:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, welcome to South Today. where you are.
:00:00. > :00:00.Coming up: Stopping people with mental health problems ending
:00:00. > :00:10.We have exclusive access to the teams who try to get
:00:11. > :00:15.Also: The growing number of apprentices in the NHS,
:00:16. > :00:19.and what it could mean for you as a patient.
:00:20. > :00:22.And how a flower pot at Blenheim Palace turned out to be
:00:23. > :00:37.BBC South has been given exclusive access to some of the teams trying
:00:38. > :00:39.to stop people with mental health problems from being
:00:40. > :00:45.Across the South, the number ending up in police cells is down by more
:00:46. > :00:49.But there's been an increase in those being taken to casualty
:00:50. > :00:52.and mental health units - up by more than 800
:00:53. > :00:58.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Peter Cooke reports.
:00:59. > :01:02.Side-by-side on the front line - Reading's street triage team links
:01:03. > :01:05.up a mental health worker and police officer who attend emergency
:01:06. > :01:11.The team advise those in need about finding suitable care,
:01:12. > :01:16.and help them avoid being taken into custody or hospital.
:01:17. > :01:19.This man called 999 saying he was depressed
:01:20. > :01:28.But the thing is, when it goes away, it's still here with me, you know,
:01:29. > :01:34.Nobody knows what I'm going through, basically.
:01:35. > :01:36.The scheme will soon be operating seven days a week.
:01:37. > :01:38.It means that we can do some reviewing in advance
:01:39. > :01:43.We get some instant updates on the background of people,
:01:44. > :01:47.and it just gives us a sporting chance.
:01:48. > :01:50.I am hoping that this is something that is going to be seen
:01:51. > :01:53.as a beneficial service across the whole country,
:01:54. > :01:55.because it will definitely make a big difference,
:01:56. > :02:00.as it has made a difference in this area.
:02:01. > :02:02.A team of mental health experts are on-hand
:02:03. > :02:05.at the Royal Berkshire Hospital to support them.
:02:06. > :02:09.Everyone is now conscious that we need to work as a team.
:02:10. > :02:12.Most people's problems cannot be solved by a single service,
:02:13. > :02:19.The team operate 24 hours a day to deal with the ever-increasing
:02:20. > :02:30.The cost of burying a dead child in Oxford has been abolished
:02:31. > :02:34.Parents used to be charged ?340 if they lost a child
:02:35. > :02:38.A small number of councils across the country,
:02:39. > :02:43.including South Oxfordshire, had already dropped the fees.
:02:44. > :02:45.An investigation's started into a major oil spill
:02:46. > :02:51.The spill has affected almost two miles of the river.
:02:52. > :02:55.Booms have been put in the water near Grazeley to stop
:02:56. > :03:00.The number of apprentices at the John Radcliffe Hospital
:03:01. > :03:03.in Oxford has doubled in the past year.
:03:04. > :03:05.The Health Trust says it's now taking on even more,
:03:06. > :03:08.to improve patient care and tackle the long-term problem of recruiting
:03:09. > :03:16.17-year-old Olivia has been working at the John Radcliffe Hospital
:03:17. > :03:22.She is one of almost 30 apprentices here,
:03:23. > :03:26.who have taken the decision to learn while they earn.
:03:27. > :03:28.At the beginning it was quite scary because, like,
:03:29. > :03:32.Everyone's quite a lot older as well, and not a lot of people
:03:33. > :03:37.So, but as they've kind of got to know what I can do, you just,
:03:38. > :03:39.like, start to feel part of the team.
:03:40. > :03:43.Clinical apprentice numbers here have doubled in the last year,
:03:44. > :03:45.and Oxford University Hospitals Trust plans to appoint
:03:46. > :03:51.At the moment, we've got about 13 clinical apprentices and 13 business
:03:52. > :03:55.And a couple of engineering apprentices.
:03:56. > :03:58.But actually we've had a lot more than that actually move
:03:59. > :04:04.In yesterday's Budget, the Chancellor Philip Hammond
:04:05. > :04:06.pledged an extra ?425 million to the NHS in England
:04:07. > :04:11.Money for plans to improve local services.
:04:12. > :04:14.But critics say this is just a cloak to disguise forthcoming cuts.
:04:15. > :04:18.So, as people continue to fight to for their NHS,
:04:19. > :04:22.is the using cheaper apprentices a quick fix to a bigger problem,
:04:23. > :04:29.I do actually want to be a nurse when I'm older.
:04:30. > :04:31.So I'm going to go down and keep pursuing it.
:04:32. > :04:35.So I'm not just going to leave it and just go and do something else.
:04:36. > :04:41.Earlier, I spoke to Laura Roberts, who's the Managing Director
:04:42. > :04:44.of Health Education England - an independent group which sets out
:04:45. > :04:47.to improve the quality of healthcare through better training.
:04:48. > :04:51.She told me who's signing up to be an apprentice in the NHS.
:04:52. > :04:55.It is a huge variety of people who are signing up at the moment.
:04:56. > :04:59.We have school leavers, as you say - people particularly
:05:00. > :05:11.We have apprentices in their 30s, 40s and 50s.
:05:12. > :05:14.We also, within the NHS, have about, over 70%
:05:15. > :05:22.It's not just about school leavers, it's not just about kind
:05:23. > :05:26.of traditional manual work, and it isn't just for boys.
:05:27. > :05:29.What about the view that there is a danger of using apprentices
:05:30. > :05:31.to plug staff shortages, even though they're
:05:32. > :05:34.inexperienced and they're essentially cheap labour?
:05:35. > :05:38.Oh, I think that has changed quite considerably, really.
:05:39. > :05:40.The NHS is really keen to almost set the benchmark
:05:41. > :05:52.We produced over 19,000 apprenticeship starts last year,
:05:53. > :05:57.and over 90% of those people carried on working in the NHS at the end
:05:58. > :06:00.of their apprenticeship, which I think is evidence
:06:01. > :06:04.that they both received good quality training and there was a real job
:06:05. > :06:07.From a patient's perspective, in terms of clinical apprentices,
:06:08. > :06:09.how much responsibility are they given in terms
:06:10. > :06:13.Oh, they will be very strictly supervised,
:06:14. > :06:19.for those apprentices that work in direct patient care.
:06:20. > :06:21.So they would be ones who say are working
:06:22. > :06:24.in rehabilitation or on the wards, and there will always be registered
:06:25. > :06:35.But apprentices are about way more than just the direct patient care.
:06:36. > :06:38.We have them in all fields - in admin, in finance,
:06:39. > :06:45.We have them in gardening, plumbing, electricians.
:06:46. > :06:57.A marble flower pot used in the grounds of Blenheim Palace
:06:58. > :06:59.has turned out to be a Roman stone coffin, dating back
:07:00. > :07:03.The container was discovered by chance when an antiques expert
:07:04. > :07:06.visited the stately home in west Oxfordshire.
:07:07. > :07:13.Could this be the most expensive flower pot in the country?
:07:14. > :07:17.For many years, it was tucked away in the grounds of Blenheim Palace.
:07:18. > :07:21.But an expert spotted its historic significance.
:07:22. > :07:27.It's always a lovely surprise to find something like that.
:07:28. > :07:30.And in a place this size, we have so many beautiful artefacts,
:07:31. > :07:33.and it's always surprising to find something you didn't know was
:07:34. > :07:39.Something you've seen every day that you didn't realise what it was.
:07:40. > :07:49.It is one of the many treasures of Blenheim Palace.
:07:50. > :07:51.It was brought here in the early 1800s.
:07:52. > :07:57.You know, why would we want to part with it?
:07:58. > :08:01.Visitors to Blenheim can see the sacrophogas, but it's not kept
:08:02. > :08:04.It's inside, given the respect it deserves.
:08:05. > :08:10.A Harry Potter-inspired sports tournament is taking place
:08:11. > :08:13.this weekend, involving a team from Oxford.
:08:14. > :08:14.Quidditch is one of the fastest growing
:08:15. > :08:18.In the books, it takes place in the air.
:08:19. > :08:21.Broomsticks are still involved, even though
:08:22. > :08:26.From the pages of Harry Potter to the fields
:08:27. > :08:29.of Oxfords University Parks, Quidditch is fast becoming the most
:08:30. > :08:33.progressive competitive sport around the world.
:08:34. > :08:36.So, it was made about 11 or 12 years ago now in America.
:08:37. > :08:41.But it was some people who had read the books and went,
:08:42. > :08:46.So they made it, and then obviously being on the ground you have
:08:47. > :08:48.to change some rules, but there are things that
:08:49. > :08:52.It's both genders playing it, there are the same number
:08:53. > :08:54.of people on the pitch, the same sort of aims.
:08:55. > :08:57.Each team consists of seven players - a keeper, three chasers,
:08:58. > :09:05.And I like it because it involves less running than a chaser.
:09:06. > :09:08.I'm a chaser, and I play with the quaffle, and my role
:09:09. > :09:10.is to throw the quaffle into the hoop.
:09:11. > :09:15.We come out 18 minutes into the game, and the job for us
:09:16. > :09:19.The snitch is worth 30 points, and when we catch
:09:20. > :09:24.This weekend will see the annual Quidditch Cup,
:09:25. > :09:27.with over 30 teams from around the UK taking part.
:09:28. > :09:30.The team from Oxford University Quidditch Club,
:09:31. > :09:32.the Oxford Quidlings, will be battling with clubs
:09:33. > :09:35.from Reading and Southampton for the top prize.
:09:36. > :09:48.Sarah Farmer has the weather forecast for tonight
:09:49. > :09:54.During the first part of tonight there may be a few clear spells,
:09:55. > :09:57.which will allow temperatures to fall away in the usual cold
:09:58. > :10:01.But during the second part of the night we will see increasing
:10:02. > :10:03.cloud, allowing temperatures to rise to around six or seven Celsius.
:10:04. > :10:05.So, these are temperatures by dawn tomorrow.
:10:06. > :10:07.There will be a dry start to the day tomorrow.
:10:08. > :10:10.Cloud will thicken even further, and we may have the odd spot
:10:11. > :10:12.of light rain or drizzle here and there.
:10:13. > :10:15.One or two brighter spells, but also the risk of mist and fog
:10:16. > :10:17.patches developing during the course of the day, particularly
:10:18. > :10:20.Temperatures tomorrow will reach a high of 10-12dC.
:10:21. > :10:24.Tomorrow night, there will be one or two clear spells.
:10:25. > :10:28.But during the course of Saturday, there will be a good deal of cloud.
:10:29. > :10:30.It should stay mainly dry during daylight hours.
:10:31. > :10:32.There will be some brightness here and there, particularly
:10:33. > :10:35.during the afternoon on Saturday, and we will see the cloud break up,
:10:36. > :10:38.although the winds once again will be fairly light.
:10:39. > :10:40.And in general, Saturday is quite a cloudy day,
:10:41. > :10:43.although it should, as I said, be mainly dry during daylight hours.
:10:44. > :10:46.And through Sunday, well, that is where we are likely
:10:47. > :10:51.Mainly light and patchy, the odd moderate burst
:10:52. > :10:55.Still a lot of uncertainty about the rain band
:10:56. > :11:10.day. On Sunday, cloudier, maybe spots of rain.
:11:11. > :11:17.Good evening, in the spring sunshine we saw temperatures as high as 17.5
:11:18. > :11:21.Celsius. Not as warm or Sonning on Friday. Still a lot of dry, settled
:11:22. > :11:25.weather in the forecast for the next few days. This was the sunset
:11:26. > :11:28.captured by one of our Weather Watchers. Clear skies there. We have
:11:29. > :11:31.had increasing amounts of cloud moving in from the West. Through the
:11:32. > :11:35.remainder of tonight we will continue to see that cloud across
:11:36. > :11:38.the south-west of England, the Channel Isles, weaving in across
:11:39. > :11:42.Wales, Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Bringing with it some
:11:43. > :11:46.outbreaks of drizzly rain, particularly around the coast and
:11:47. > :11:49.the hills. Further east, clear skies and the coldest temperatures. We are
:11:50. > :11:53.likely to see frost across eastern parts of Scotland by Friday morning.
:11:54. > :11:57.The west of Scotland will see the cloud moving in, bringing spots of
:11:58. > :11:59.light, drizzly rain. A similar picture for Northern Ireland. Fairly
:12:00. > :12:00.cloudy and