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29/12/2016

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Hello, I'm Jo Kent with the news here in the south.

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The Debenhams department store in Portsmouth has apologised

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after a homeless man, who was sleeping outside

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on Boxing Day, had his bedding drenched with water

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The store says it was an accident, but there has been an angry reaction

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from many in Portsmouth, as Roger Finn reports.

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Russell Allen was sleeping in a doorway at Debenhams

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in Portsmouth, on Boxing Day morning, when he was woken

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by a security guard and told to move on.

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Sneaky little comment as he walked away.

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I argued back, said to him, there's no need to be like this, you

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don't realise what people are going through.

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He just continued being rude, walked off.

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I've gone to pack up all my bedding and whatnot,

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lifted up my sheet and it's absolutely soaking, and I don't mean

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just a little bit - it was absolutely drenched.

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There was an outpouring of sympathy on social media,

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We could all be in that situation one day, who knows?

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I think it's awful, to be honest with you, mate.

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I don't know how, with the Christmas spirit, how they can do

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I've been homeless over the years myself and I wouldn't

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In a statement, Debenhams say they take

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this matter seriously and have investigated it.

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They say it was an unfortunate accident, in which some

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routine cleaning on the inside of the fire exit resulted in the

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gentleman's property on the outside of the fire exit becoming wet.

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Debenhams have apologised to Russel Allen and provided him

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But there have been threats against members of their staff

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and one local councillor, who has been homeless himself,

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This isn't just about this incident - it's

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And it's an opportunity for us to raise awareness for the homeless

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and hopefully bring the business sector a bit closer to working

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with us for the greater understanding of the homeless.

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A man's appeared in court in Portsmouth charged

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with manslaughter, following the death of a 57-year-old man

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Nick Medlin was a father of two and worked as a prison

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He died at the Rose Inn on Pier Street in Ventnor,

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in the early hours of Christmas morning.

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32-year-old Michael Hudson, of no fixed address,

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He'll appear at Winchester Crown Court in January.

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St Mary's hospital on the Isle of Wight has been on black

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Planned operations were cancelled in response to very high

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However, the hospital's operations director told the BBC this morning

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that measures to ease the pressure were working.

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Extra nurses and doctors were brought in and more

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The outgoing chief executive in charge of three of Hampshire's

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hospitals, has spoken about the difficult times

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Mary Edwards is responsible for Hampshire Hospitals Trust,

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with sites in Winchester, Andover and Basingstoke.

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As she comes to the end of 40 years working in the NHS,

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she spoke to our reporter, Joe Campbell.

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Mary Edwards isn't saying goodbye just yet,

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but come the New Year this will no longer be one

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That doesn't stop her noting the emergency department here hasn't

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been spruced up under the last three Prime Ministers.

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Really we ought to be investing in new lifts so that we didn't

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have to keep repairing, but each lift is probably up to ?250,000 and

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at the moment we can't prioritise that above other things.

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One priority will be keeping overseas staff,

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many of whom have been unsettled by the past year's events.

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So what does she say to those negotiating Brexit?

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I would be asking them to do their best to try and

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make sure we don't destabilise those people who work in an

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We need staff from overseas, and we need them to feel

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Soon there will be a new picture hanging here and, after

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forking out a hefty sum for health care to visit family

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in Australia and the US, on her retirement Mary Edwards

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for one remains convinced the NHS is still a bit of a bargain.

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Now, if you've ever tried hula hooping you'll know it's

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But that hasn't stopped a schoolgirl from Oxford.

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Poppy Campion has raised more than ?2500 for charity this week,

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by hula hooping nonstop for half an hour.

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The money is going to the charity Seesaw,

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Poppy came up with the idea after her grandfather

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We rode on the tractor in the garden.

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We painted, we played the piano together.

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She was literally the light of his life, from the moment she was born.

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They both loved each other very, very dearly.

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I've never really had people watching me with hula hooping.

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I never thought I could do it for half an hour.

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Now let's take a look at the weather, with Dan Downs.

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It is turning cloudier here as we head towards the close

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The high pressure which has given us the settled weather for

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the past couple of days slipping away to the south - those isobars

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squeeze in a bit, turning a bit breezy, and this

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weather front is trundling through on New Year's Day,

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turning it rather cloudy and damp for a time, before colder

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For tonight, though, quite a lot of fog around

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again - maybe not quite as dense as the past couple of nights,

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with a bit more of a breeze stirring it around, but it will be

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another cold night - quite a widespread frost again,

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particularly in rural parts, with temperatures down

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Tomorrow starts off rather cold and foggy once again,

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and a cloudier day tomorrow than we've seen today.

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One or two brighter spells are a strong possibility, but

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a lot more in the way of cloud, and with a bit more breeze it

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won't feel particularly warm either, with temperatures

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Staying cloudy into New Year's Eve, slightly milder for the

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weekend though, and then we see that rain passing through first

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thing on New Year's Day, behind it turning

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Our next updates are in BBC Breakfast.

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Hello. Fold and frost has been a feature of the weather in recent

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mornings in England and Wales, producing a wintry scene with Frost

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in Oxfordshire this morning. In Highland Scotland, a completely

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different story. Thank you to our weather watchers for the photos.

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Snow on the hills but temperatures reaching double figures as the wind

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picked

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