29/08/2014 South Today

spells and it will get warmer -- sunny spells. A story with a happy

ending. The search widens for

a five`year`old boy with a brain tumour who was taken by his parents

from Southampton General Hospital. If he does not receive urgent

medical care or the wrong treatment is given, his condition will become

life`threatening. Concerns over a lack of some

prescription drugs for patients. At the moment there do not seem to

be enough drugs to go around but the exciting of telling people that you

cannot get the right medication that they need has an impact on their

health as well. Tax breaks to boost

the gaming industry with a focus on British heritage and we'll meet

again but sadly not this weekend. The Lancaster reunion that's been

postponed. Recovering from a major operation,

seriously ill from a brain tumour, and with medical equipment feeding

him running out of power. A desperately sick little Hampshire

boy is being searched for on the continent tonight after being taken

out of hospital by his parents. As the search continues, questions

are being asked as to the handling of the case by the hospital,

and the motivation of his parents. Our health correspondent

David Fenton is at David, just tell us what has

happened and what the latest is? What happened was the parents of

this quite seriously ill young boy took him out of hospital yesterday

afternoon, just seven days after surgery for a brain tumour, and they

did not bring him back. This was the moment at 2pm yesterday when he was

brought out in his buggy. You can perhaps see the feeding tube

attached to him there. He was taken on a ferry to France and presumably

he is still somewhere on the continent while a major police

search is underway looking for him and the entire family. We learned

today that the hospital took six and a half hours to alert police to the

fact that he was missing and in the last half`hour we have heard that

the batteries that power his feeding equipment have probably run out so

his condition will deteriorate quite rapidly from now on.

A little boy fighting for life. At his bedside, a loving family. There

is no doubt that Ashya's parents and rest of the family had felt the

strain of the discovery that he had a brain tumour. His big brother

expressed his feelings in a video on YouTube. I have been awake all night

worrying. Everyone is praying for you. We want to see your smile

again. No kid at the age of five years old is praying for you. We

want to see your smile again. No kid at the age of five years old

deserves to have think they should be concerned about his treatment.

Police today said that Ashya been removed without consent and they

have now backtracked and accepted the parents acted within their

rights. To be honest that is not our concern at the moment, our focus is

on recovering Ashya. We can talk about terminology but it does not

matter. All we want to do is appeal to his parents or anyone else in the

public who might know where he ears that there is a desperate need to

ensure that he gets the medical care that he needs. Tonight, as French

police use social media to seek the public's help to find the family,

one legal expert said the hospital would now be viewing them very

differently. I would guess they would have asked the court to make

orders for the return of the child from France to this jurisdiction.

Also, potentially to allow the hospital that is treating the child

to administer any emergency medical care that may be required. But first

Ashya is to be found. Tonight the search continues. Returning to

David, we know that Ashya seriously ill and this feeding equipment has a

battery that is running out. How seriously ill is he?

Well I do not think anyone really knows exactly what his condition is

at the moment, other than that he is in a very dangerous situation.

Generally speaking patients who have had a brain tumour operation are

liable to seizures sometimes, epileptic fits and often they cannot

swallow properly, hence the need for special feeding tubes. They require

a whole range of medication which unless he is in a hospital at the

moment he is probably not getting. Any indication as to why the family

have behaved like this? You know there was a lot of talk

today about Jehovah's Witnesses and religion and whether that was a part

of their decision. The police say they are keeping an open mind on the

matter and Jehovah's Witness groups say there is no indication that it

had anything to do with this case. My observation is that offer me

issue here is around blood transfusion which usually comes

before surgery. Of course Ashya had his surgery seven days ago.

Do we have any explanation as to why there was a six`hour gap before the

police were alerted. That does seem puzzling, doesn't it?

But hospitals are not prisons and patients can leave, even if they are

with their parent `` even if they are children and with their parents.

They can wander around the gardens for several hours so it could be

sometime before the staff realised he was not coming back. They would

then have to search the site and then try to contact the parents and

finally alert the police the hospital have issued a full medical

report to any hospital on the continent that he may go to to help

them but has yet Ashya is still missing and still in danger and the

police are still searching for him. Brittany Ferries has confirmed that

the family were on board the Normandy Express fast

catamaran sailing from Portsmouth to Cherbourg yesterday,

in their grey Hyundai car. The company also says that

the family had declared they were travelling with

a child with special medical needs These pictures posted on YouTube

by Ashya's brother show the family Let's cross to our correspondent

Lucy Williamson in Paris. What can you tell us

about the investigation in France? French police have disseminated

details of the family's vehicle to the media organisations. They have

given a description of the car and the family and given the car

registration number. They have made a point that it is right hand drive

car from the UK so it is different to French cars so they hope people

will come forward. to French cars so they hope people

will come They say they have not had much response. Just that handful of

people have so far called in so they are trying to widen the appeal. They

are not disseminating photos of the boy his family.

They say that doing that often leads to a lot of information coming in

from the public that is not very useful to the police and ties up the

police officers. They are focusing on the car because they think it is

a precise piece of information and if the public can help them find

that vehicle they will find the family. There is an Interpol alert

for the missing boy. How significant is that?

It shows how much information we have at the moment about whether

family is. There is now taught that the family will have had enough time

to drive out of France so they may not be in the country at all the

vice prosecutor is scaling up the search but he is also saying that we

do not actually nowhere in France they are or even if they are in

France. Thank you for joining us this

evening. If you have any information

and his family, you're asked to call Hampshire Police on the 101 number

It's been revealed that patients are waiting weeks for vital prescription

medicines because of a shortage of stock in chemists across the south.

In some cases vital drugs for blood pressure, allergies, and breast

Chemists say the issue is particularly bad here

because of an older population and fluctuations in demand due to

They also warn that lives could be put at risk.

Coming to collect a prescription is routine for many of us.

But what if the drug's not available?

This order will take a few days but some patients have to wait

information this is our latest list of out of stock that we have just

sent. I have several items here that are subject to quotas by

manufacturers. Problems that are rumbling on at the moment are with

adrenaline pens that we do not want to run out of because of serious

consequences resulting, even death. For older drugs the reason

for shortage is simple ` Manufacturers

of new drugs only release a limited amount, a quota, into the UK, to

stop them being sold on at profit. So if individual pharmacies with

specific local needs run out ` At the moment there are not enough

drugs to go round. I spent my whole time on the phone trying to source

medicines from various different suppliers. I have a particular

patient who has gone without his blood`pressure medicine which leads

to a rise in his BP and that potentially puts him at risk of a

heart attack or stroke. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society

says the problem is huge and wants the government to encourage

suppliers to be more flexible. The government will not do anything

because we have a free trade situation in Europe. We say that

actually you should be looking at this because patients are suffering.

They are putting trade before patients which is wrong.

The Department of Health sent us a statement

admitting there are occasionally problems in the supply chain,

but saying it continues to mitigate these problems wherever it can.

Have things improved? I still cannot get medicine for my patients so to

me things have not improved. The Portsmouth Liberal Democrats

have formally chosen Gerald Vernon`Jackson to be

their parliamentary candidate for Portsmouth South

at the next election. The party released this photograph

after the selection was made at Gerald Vernon`Jackson was leader

of Portsmouth City Council for ten years until this summer

when he resigned after The Portsmouth South seat has been

held for a total of 20 years by Mike Hancock, who is currently

suspended from the Lib Dem party. Still to come

in this evening's South Today: The latest from the

Bournemouth Airshow and why a reunion of the last two

flying Lancasters won't now happen. A row has broken out over the

handling of education on the Isle of Hampshire took over services last

year after concerns over pass rates. Now a councillor who speaks

on education for the Conservative group on the island, has criticised

Hampshire over its handling of the It was a day of celebration for many

but overall the schools on the Isle of Wight are down on the number of

pupils achieving good grades, including Carisbrooke College. Last

year we went up 29%. We looked at or out indications and we thought we

would have a slight improvement but we did not. There is a national

picture of volatility, particularly in English, and we went down 14% in

English which had" on our overall headline figures. One councillor

said it should have been picked up. They should have spotted this result

coming down the tracks towards them. It has come as a complete shock and

it should not have happened if proper tacky `` tracking was being

done and data was being challenged as they say it is. The council took

over the running of education on the island last year. It is not their

job to predict our school results, that is our job and based on our

improvements which have been noted especially by the students and the

students say this school is a far better place but it looks as though

the improvements have not had a chance yet to impact on our exam

results but they will in time. This year Isle of Wight schools got the

lowest GCSE results since 2011. It is almost 2% lower than last year.

Hampshire have gone beyond what they first signed up for. They have

worked in partnership and gone the extra mile. The Key stage two

attendants results and A`level results are indicative of that.

There are some good GCSE results and some positive process growing

teaching staff and the communities of this island as a result of the

partnership. The target is to match the national average by 2016.

Beach`goers in Littlehampton have been warned to

avoid going for a swim for 24 hours because Southern Water has been

Waste is being diverted from the Sea Road pumping station as engineers

It will be released 100 metres off the coast in an effort to protect

We've heard of plans for teaching Britishness in schools.

But how about making video games that better

This month the government introduced new tax breaks

But it will only be paid to companies who meet a cultural test

Our Political Editor Peter Henley asks if that makes sense

Jousting, Mortal Kombat between knights of old. It is the ultimate

sport from Britain's heritage. These pictures from a festival of jousting

at Arran dulling Sussex last year. It is the inspiration for this video

game. It is created by a company in Oxford who is Chief Executive takes

part himself. Sometimes in the summer it can get absolutely

steaming. He was one of those leading the charge for tax

reductions to help British Games companies, Pete. People are setting

up new studios but not in the UK. The idea of tax breaks is to tweak

the percentages in favour of people making the decision to work in the

UK. I am hoping that what happens is that slows the brain drain down or

even reverses it. He was taking part in a medieval fair at Leeds Castle

this week. It is more tricky than it looks but easier than what is going

on out there. The battle for tax breaks for British Games companies

is all about a joust with the European Union. They felt that

giving British companies 20% of their production costs back was just

a little unfair so they introduced what they called British cultural

tests. Is this just a dodge to justify an EU subsidy? The minister

who signed the deal says it is not. In my view Britishness sells around

the world and you only have to see the success of the Harry Potter

franchise made by an American film studio but with British actors made

in Britain with a British grit and the British writer. Foreign visitors

are the medieval fair could see the appeal of a British game.

the British writer. Foreign visitors are the Would you buy a British

game? Yes, to be honest for the language. Maybe some of the history

as well? Yes. Expect more Games with the British flavour such as Lara

Croft and her butler for the global market.

I quite like all of that jousting! It is quite good fun. Tony is here

with the sport. We start with transfers.

When does the window close? It is all very exciting at this time of

year because the August transfer window shuts at Monday at 11pm.

Expect some activity from our clubs. It is all a bit last`minute,

especially from Reading. Reading will sell goalkeeper

Alex MCCarthy before the transfer It had been expected that

the 24`year`old would sign for Queens Park Rangers this afternoon

in a three million pound deal. That hasn't yet been confirmed

though, despite the player having been speculation of late interest

from Liverpool for the Royals In the Premier League Ronald Koeman

looks for his first win as Saints boss as his side travel to West Ham

In the Championship Bournemouth are on the road, Brighton back at the

Amex Both Swindon and MK Dons have home fixtures in league one

while Portsmouth, unbeaten in League Two, host Newport

and winless Oxford really need to get something from their game

against Dagenham and Redbridge. Commentary on local radio

and highlights on both Match of the Day and the football league show

tomorrow night here on BBC One. The FA Cup is back

on the BBC this season and here at South Today we are shining

a light on the competition right We started at Romsey two weeks ago

in the extra preliminary round. So, continuing the thread I've been

to the home of the Creeksiders to A good ball. Perfect. That is better

place. This is the home of Fareham town. They have beaten Romsey 3`1 in

the extra preliminary round, setting up again this weekend. They hope to

take another step towards the first round of this competition which is a

place they have been to four times. The last time was 1988. They pulled

off a shock by drawing two ` two at Torquay United and the League Cup

came back for a replay. It was a memorable night but the Hampshire

club finally bowed out, losing 3`2. The manager now and for the last six

years has been Fareham boy Matt Parr. I was here that they `` day.

It was such a massive game for the club and to get that far was

excellent. Watching as a youngster was brilliant and the days of being

in the Southern Premier League, we are a long way from that at the

moment and it would be good to get to that stage again. Saturday is

important for us. This weekend they placed `` face a team from Bristol.

Victory and there is still another four rounds to go before the first

round proper. It is nice to give summing back to the supporters who

are committed. We have a number of fans who come to away Games and

travel around so it is nice to have run so they can enjoy it basically.

At the end of the day you're playing in the same competition as people

like Manchester United so it is a dream for us all. Good luck to

Fareham and we will tell you the result on Monday.

Britian's rowers, who are based at Caversham, are set to compete

in a series of finals this weekend in the world rowing championships.

Southampton's James Foad along with partner Matt Langridge will

They qualified second in their semi final.

Also going for gold are the so`far unbeatable

pair of Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in the women's pair.

What's billed as the world's toughest offshore powerboat race

takes place this weekend The Cowes Torquay Cowes race starts early on

Sunday morning with around 20 boats due to be on the start line for the

200 mile round trip down to the Devon coast and back again.

Leading boats can hit on the water speeds of 85 miles per hour.

It's a spectacular sight along the coastline

and there's a lot of places to get a vantage point, starting with

Egypt Point the times listed are for the first and second legs.

Other viewing points include Hurst Castle, Fort Victoria, Anvil Point,

Do check the times as they can be affected by the weather.

Good luck to everyone taking part in that.

We will have the weather before we find out about Bournemouth Air

Festival. Is it my imagination or is it getting colder?

Yes, it is slightly cooler. Temperatures are below the seasonal

average and for 20 years it has been the coldest August. And the 18th

wettest in the UK. We have some lovely weather pictures.

Stormy skies over Lymington this morning.

Ashley Cooper took this picture from Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight.

Phil Little took this picture of the grey skies over Blackbushe Airport

near Yateley in Hampshire And Neil Lawrence took this photo of a

We did have a few showers today and they were on the heavy side in place

is particularly in Hampshire. Tonight the showers will continue

with outbreaks of rain at times and it is a fairly mild night. The rain

moves from west to east and a lot of cloud around a night and maybe

they'll top fog. The breeze should keep it at bay. These temperatures

are for towns and cities and in the countryside it will be slightly

lower than that. Ben first thing for the Isle of Wight, West Sussex and

Hampshire. And improving picture tomorrow with a lot of dry weather

and the odd stray shower in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Slightly more clout with temperatures tomorrow up to 18 or 19

degrees. That is a notch below the seasonal average at this time of

year. The wind will not be as strong as it was today. Clear skies

tonight, a quiet night. A few showers initially but most places

have dry weather to start the day on Sunday. There will be a change

because high pressure is building in from the Atlantic and turning things

fairly settled for the second part of the weekend. A lot of sunshine

initially on Sunday and then the cloud builds up. The sunshine could

turn hazy in places. A weather front moves in on Monday despite the high

pressure and that means we could have rain at times on Monday and

also Tuesday morning. A lot of events taking place this weekend and

the weather looks fairly good. Fairly good for events taking place

this weekend, especially Sunday. On Monday the weather front bushes in

from the Atlantic so rain at times and temperatures will be suppressed

where we have the rain and then Tuesday starts on a damp the good

news is that high pressure builds in from the Atlantic so Wednesday,

Thursday and Friday next week will be warm. Temperatures could be above

the seasonal average. Today we had a high of 19 degrees and next

Wednesday we could have a high of 25 degrees.

That is so much better! Thank you very much.

It's one of the aviation events of the south's year,

And this year we were looking forward to particularly

Because the last two airworthy Lancaster bombers were set to appear

The British one being joined by a Canadian plane.

The Canadian aircraft today developed an engine problem

The aircraft is now undergoing maintenance and will not make

That is a great pity but there is plenty of other stuff going on.

Sarah Farmer has been following the drama of the day.

Wings clipped and engine silenced. This is one of just two Lancaster 's

that are still flying in the world. Both were meant to grace the skies

today but neither did. Both were meant to grace the skies

today but neither did. It suffered engine failure up in Teeside and

they had to shut the engine down which means they have got to do some

maintenance to get her flying again. The good news is she was put

down on the ground safely and the guys are looking after her and

hopefully it will not be long before we fly together again. The pair flew

together last weekend but until she has been given the all clear they

will not be performing together. The Canadian Lancaster was faced with

engine difficulties but for the rest of the Battle of Britain Memorial

flight team it was the weather that hampered them. They have got

crosswind limits of 15 knots and today's conditions meant that they

remained grounded. We are as disappointed, if not more so, than

everyone else and that is why we have come down here. We like to show

the public these aeroplanes and we are incredibly disappointed not to

be able to do that. Of course with the Canadian Lancaster not being

able to come down either it just means a double disappointment for

us. Despite a gap in the schedule the air Festival programme moved on.

The crowds could yet get a glimpse of the British Lancaster. The

weather is looking a lot better for tomorrow so hopefully the wind will

drop off. Sadly the two Lancaster 's are unlikely to fly together this

weekend but certainly the Battle of Britain Memorial flight, we are

planning to get airborne and instead the crowds at Bournemouth tomorrow

and on Sunday. The Battle of Britain Memorial flight crews hope to climb

into the crowds this weekend `` clouds this weekend as a tribute,

following in the flight path of the World War II heroes that went before

them. Lots going on at the Bournemouth Air

Festival all weekend. It is also the sure as show as well so just looked

at the skies this weekend something good will be happening somewhere.

The weather will be good for them. Yes, much better than today with

lighter wind and some sunshine. Whatever you are doing have a

fantastic time. We will all be back on Monday as usual. Thank you for.

Good night.