27/10/2016 South Today

The family who claim their lother could have been saved but f`ilings

at Southern Health allowed a tragedy to unfold.

We had to go through this process and knowing there are other families

in exactly the same failings and the trust still haven't got thehr act

together. The bombings, the miscarriage

of justice, and the newly-rdleased secret files which tell a ndw story

and mean so much The truth matters. It has to matter

because if it doesn't matter we live in her society that is ruled by

anarchy. -- a society. Bouf`l brings it down brilliantly and he will curl

it. Oh, what a goal! Saints' new signing

and a piece of singular maghc. And the project trying to bring barn

owls back. Her family say she had

so much to live for. But Marion Munns became sevdrely

depressed and one November night last year, she fell to her death

from a motorway bridge. Today, at the end of her inpuest,

the coroner criticised the Southern Health Trust

for failing Marion. "Her death could have been

prevented," they said, Our Health Correspondent

David Fenton has been following the inquest

from the start. He's live at Southern Health's

headquarters tonight. Munns was a very ill woman who was

let down by Southern help not because people didn't care, but

because they didn't do what they should have done. Her familx

believed that she may still be alive if she had been properly looked

after. I think at death could

have been prevented. They missed so many opportunities,

so many professionals believed what my mum was saying when actually

that wasn't the right way I'd like to take you back to the

night of November 12 last ydar when Mrs Munns had called a family

meeting. There were chaotic scenes, she became agitated and had to be

pinned to the ground while her daughter tried to call the police

and call for help from Southern help. Mrs Munson escaped, fled into

the night and came to this bridge over the motorway. She climbed over

the railings and felt her ddath on the road. It was a moment, `nd night

that her will never forget. You just have to do what yot have

to do, but I was very, very apprehensive because it

wasn't my mum. But the problem is I have to live

with that image of my mum on that last incident that

I saw her and that will haunt.. Well, my mum said that she will

haunt me for the rest of my life. In reality, it wasn't my mul,

but it is still very, very hard What went wrong with her care? The

coroner said in his narrative verdict there were three kex

failings. Firstly, there was no real care plan for Mrs Munns. Secondly,

her condition wasn't being reviewed as it should be. Thirdly, there was

no crisis plan in place for when things went wrong, as they clearly

did on November 12. Southern help that today they accepted thd coroner

's findings and have since lade comprehensive changes to thd way

they look after older peopld with mental health issues. A fin`l were

from the coroner, he said Mrs Munns's death should be a w`ke-up

call to Southern help. -- Southern Health.

the way it deals with patients and their loved ones.

But some of the families interviewed for a new report,

commissioned by the trust, have expressed scepticism

Today, just a few miles from where the inquest took place,

some of the relatives met with trust governors.

I thought it was extremely inappropriate that you would even

say that you might have adddd to our group as a family whdn you

We are all, myself personally and all of us, are incredibly sorry.

It's been a torrid 12 months for Southern Health -

with a series of highly critical reports.

Two chairmen and the Chief Executive have gone.

Today, as the verdict in the Marion Munns case

was delivered, some of the other families whose loved ones h`ve died

while in Southern Health's care were meeting the Trust's

Maureen Rickman - whose sister died back in 2011 -

gave this reaction to today's comment by the coroner that

Mrs Munns case should act as a wake-up call to the Trtst.

How many wake-up call does the trust actually need?

Again and again we keep hearing that things are going wrong

at Southern Health and still we are hearing the same old story.

Today the families were told what the Trust is doing

Ian Hartley's son Edward didd while being looked after by a carer

For us, I think this is encouraging but as I say, we have yet

to see tangible action and that is what we hope

A new report commissioned by the Trust is strongly crhtical

of its relationship with falilies - saying things went wrong because:

Our main concern is the fact the culture won't change if some

of the, shall we say, long-standing directors

We want to see change and ensure that it happens in a way

that is conducive with the services that need to be delivered hdre.

makes difficult reading - and the interim chief executive has

said, "We know we need to ilprove and we are committed

It was one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history.

Now, for the first time, thd BBC has gained access to secret filds,

which contain new clues as to how four people were wrongly convicted

of the Guildford pub bombings in the '70s.

Gerry Conlon, along with his co-defendants,

served 15 years in jail before the convictions were

Our Home Affairs Corresponddnt Emma Vardy is live for us tonight

This was once the horse and Groom pub and it was here 42 years ago

that the first attack took place. It was at the height of the troubles in

Northern Ireland but the subsequent wrongful convictions destroxed trust

in the police. It was Gerry Conlon's dying wish that the files in this

case be made public. In October 1974 bombs ripped

through two Guildford pubs. Five people were killed

and many more injured. Police were under pressure

to apprehend the IRA bombers The police and army came

in and kicked the door in. Ann McKernan was 14 when her brother

Gerry Conlon was We were an ordinary catholic family

grew up on the Falls Road There was no way that Gerry Conlon

was involved in any bombs The accused were brought to court

from police stations But the Guildford Four were found

guilty and sentenced Charged as a result

of Surrey Police investigathons In 1989, their moment

of redemption came. The Court of Appeal overturned

their convictions and For something I didn't

know anything about. The case shattered confidence

in the British legal system. The Guildford Four claimed they had

been set up by corrupt police. An enquiry into the wrongful

convictions was carried out by a High Court judge,

Sir John May. But more than 700 files

from his findings remained private, Now a Freedom of information request

by the BBC has succeeded in securing the public

release of six files. For the first time, they show some

members of the enquiry refuse to accept that Gerry Conlon had not

been a member of the IRA. Gerry was burning up

inside that he never To him, it was an injustice piled

on top of a whole heap The papers refer to the polhce

intelligence from the time of the arrest which was

never tested in court. They give us an indication that some

of the problems that we had in the course of the case over many

years, the persistent attempt to try and reconvict the Guildford Four,

was still going on. I would like to see everythhng

that Sir John May saw, the evidence given to him,

or the documents produced to him so we can see

what it was that he was abld to find out about the case and why ht went

so badly wrong, why four young people were convicted

of terrible offences and served an enormous period

of time in prison. Being cleared was never enotgh,

he wanted a public apology I am very sorry they were stbject

to such an ordeal In 2005, the then Prime Minhster

Tony Blair issued an apologx to the Guildford Four

for the miscarriage of justhce. It was almost like a millstone had

been taken from around my ndck. Gerry Conlon died two

years ago aged 60. A former spokesperson for the IRA

and biographer and friend of Gerry Conlon says

there are now renewed calls for all 700 files to be placed

into the public domain. It still matters because it was

such a huge injustice. It matters to his sister and a lot

of other people. The truth matters, it has to matter

because if it doesn't matter, we live in a society

that is ruled by anarchy. What the British government has

done, they have destroyed mx family 42 years later and still

not getting answers. The Home Office says the government

is planning to release more files in 2020 but it may take many more

years. There are still hopes those files may contain some answdrs to

the questions that have surrounded the case for so long.

He famously handed over chepues for up to a million pounds.

Now TV presenter Chris Tarr`nt is asking people to dig

into their own pockets in stpport of a cause that's dear to hhs heart.

Swings and Smiles is a Berkshire-based charity,

providing a safe play space for hundreds of disabled

Swings and Smiles is about play giving a chance for disabled

children and even young adults with special needs to relax,

be themselves and spend timd with their families and fridnds

something most of us take for granted.

For the past two years, it has leased rooms inside ` council

run building in Newbury, but it is not big or flexible enough

sp there is a push to build bespoke centre of its own.

I got involved with Swings and Smiles a couple of years

ago and I just think what they do is extraordinary.

I spent a lot of my time gohng down to London to black tie dinndrs

for charities but this is a sweet outfit and what they have done

from just a handful of extr`ordinary people, they've now got

something like 300 families using this facility.

They've done wonders here with virtually no help at all.

They got a place which is fhne but they can only use it

They need their own place bdcause what they do is extraordinary.

Sian Cook set up the charitx because there was no

based locally for her two d`ughters because of Amy's

A potential development sitd has been offered to them nearby

and they have made a good start on raising the money needed

Luckily for us, we're 25% of the way through a recent initiative

of restaurants and ?66,000 was raised in just one month

We've now raised 116,000 and need to generate the rest within the next

couple of years so we can open our permanent site.

Meanwhile, this unique service continues to grow.

Now even taking play equipmdnt out to families who can't come

here and they are confident that a fundraising push will see

the dream of a totally flexhble inclusive play space

You can find out more about that tariffs on our Facebook pagd.

The Chancellor of the Exchepuer has backed the expansion

of Southampton Port on a visit to the docks.

Phillip Hammond said he supported the strategic need

to build on reclaimed land at Dibden Bay to help

Associated British Ports saxs, despite a fifty million pound

investment in a new car terlinal, it's unable to meet current demand.

Alexis will have weather details in a moment and we'll feature

the sport of ski cross, and meet the University

of Portsmouth student who's Britain's top performer

A coach operator from Salisbury today failed to appear at a public

inquiry into whether he shotld keep his operator's licence.

Rikki Lee Powell, who traded as Tempo Travel, based

at Marchwood near Southampton, said he'd tried a number of times

to surrender his licence but the Traffic Commissioner had

She said today that she will publish her judgement 'soon'.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Poundbury today,

the estate on the outskirts of Dorchester which is part

of the Duchy of Cornwall and where a whole new development

has been built over more than twenty-five years.

They were joined by the Prince of Wales and the

Our Dorset reporter Simon Clemison has been looking at the county's

royal relationship down the decades.

Since the early days of her reign, the Queen has been taking the train

to Dorset arriving here in Dorchester in 1952. Today, `t the

age of 90, she may be same journey keeping along history of Roxal links

with this county alive. Its royal connections spread back at least a

thousand years. It is that human connection with a monocle arrives on

a Dorset Railway which has been so strong over the last 60 also years.

-- a monarch who arrives. Stch is the atmosphere repeated with each

visit down the generations, a sign of the regard in which the Pueen is

held by so many here are. I continue to come out in their hundreds to

show their support. -- they continue. Today was a chancd to get

to the front of the stalls. What does the Queen mean to Dorsdt? Just

look, it says it all, brillhant turnout. We've been waiting a few

hours to see her and it's lovely to see her come here on a train. We

have got daughter, ma'am, grandmother, all come out of seedy

Queen. What was it like? -- all come out to see the Queen. Amazing. We

ran here just to see her. The Poundbury state the focal point this

afternoon built on Prince of Wales land with his ideals in mind. The

development has grown significantly since the Queen last came in the

90s. She unveiled a statue of her late mother. Some want a different

system for deciding the head of state but here, even the cr`nes say

Queen and the buildings thex are building is many Buckingham Palace.

-- a mini. On to sport. Let's start with

football. What did you want to say? No, I'm going to savour it. There

will be a moment. I built it up so high now, it's only down here. A guy

stopped me in the petrol st`tion this morning and said were xou at

the game this morning? Is this a joke? No! It although it fedls like

it. I said we will show it properly to night. Did you say it is

beautiful. I been wedded as they about all day. -- I've been waiting

to say that all day. He's Southampton's record shgning

and he lit up a pretty dull encounter between Southampton

and Sunderland in the EFL ctp last night, one piece of magic h`s put

Saints into the quarter fin`ls- Boufal brings it down out of the sky

brilliantly and he'll curl ht. On his debut, Boufal shows

what he's got in his locker. Southhampton's record signing lights

at St Mary's in the League Cup. A wonderful bit of individu`l

skill and that is why Fantastic. One of the goals of the

season so far. The draw has handed Claude Puel s

side a date with Arsene Wenger and Arsenal, that tie is likely

to be played on Wednesday David Morley is the Sunderl`nd boss

was sent to the stands at the end of the game and is charged by the FA in

the last hour. -- has been charged. Hampshire golfer Richard Bl`nd has

made yet another good start as he lines up in one of thd most

elite fields in his career The Stoneham golfer

who is enjoying his best year on tour moved to 5

under par at one stage, He dropped a shot at the 17th

to finish on 4 under par. But he is enjoying being in such an

elite field. It's just a nice way

to the sort of settle in. At the end of the day it is just

a game of golf and I've plaxed It does feel good playing in this

kind of quality field Now it's time to meet the UK's

number one ski cross compethtor Laurence Willows is studying

at the University of Portsmouth and has been selected to represent

Great Britain at the University sports equivalent of the Winter

Olympics in Kazakhstan next year. It's another step towards

what Laurence hopes will be a place Even if you are not a skier,

this is the Alpine sport th`t anyone can enjoy and it probably produced

the most dramatic ever finish He is reaching, it is not

that the other hand. 20-year-old student Laurencd Willows

will be one of 3000 athletes of 3000 athletes competing

in the World University Gamds With this event being so large

and being broadcast on 60 channels, I hope to step it up and make it

through to the quarterfinals. Giving it a realistic game,

getting into the top 16. If I can get into the top tdn,

great. Same with the world junior champs

next year, I'm looking to try and step into the top

20, top 15. A keen skier since early schooldays,

Lawrence has the attributes needed You've got to have a lot of drive

and determination and work With Laurence, he's come

from an Alpine racing background and he still competes in Alpine

as well, to help develop his skills but it is down to having thd guts

to go for it and you got You don't often get much sp`ce

and just got to go for thosd Competing internationally is very

expensive and Laurence has With some help from

friends and family too. The bank of mum,

as skiiers know it as. As well as individual peopld

who don't mind sponsor and then it's basically

doing my own work around it. It is easy to see why Laurence

is dedicated to ski cross. It is thrilling, demanding

and very competitive. That is thrilling stuff. Prdtty good

skiers. And now onto the we`ther. More fog this morning.

Tomorrow morning it would bd as dense but we have a very spdcial

video for you. An amazing view greeted

James Loveridge this morning at West Bay in Dorset where a bank

of fog was flowing over He sent his drone up and took some

timelapses to create The most likely cause in thhs

instance was that as the sun came up it started to heat the ground

and cause a light northerly breeze, which stirred things up and pushed

the fog off the cliff. That is really calming, isn't it? It

is like that Scandinavians flow television. Indeed. You can see that

on our Facebook page. Tonight, there is a chance we could have some mist

and fog but it won't be as widespread as last night, f`irly

patchy courtesy of the clear skies and the light winds. There will be

slightly more cloud stopping the fog from forming but where therd are

clear skies, most likely in River valleys and hilltop areas where the

fault will form. Temperaturds in the countryside around seven or 8

degrees. These are poor urb`n areas. Fog first of all, slowly cldaring.

Once it clears, varying amotnts of cloud, sunny spells and a hhgher

tomorrow of 14-15dC with a light westerly breeze. That will stay with

us through the rest of tomorrow afternoon and through the wdekend.

It will be dried, we will h`ve the westerly breeze to roaring `nd

milder from the Atlantic. Lows of 11-13dC. Quite a mild night

to come tomorrow night. Sattrday, high pressure dominating our

weather. A lot of cloud associated with it but we are in the cdntre of

the high-pressure, winds will be light and there will be quite a lot

of cloud in the day but the sun will start poking through once the mist

and fog clears and temperattres will be in the mid-teens, a few degrees

above the seasonal average. For the rest of the weekend and into next

week, Sunday is the day verx similar to Saturday. Each day very similar,

white a lot of cloud, fog and mist first things, clearing and we will

see some bright and sunny spells, the best of the sunshine likely on

Monday with temperatures re`ching a high of 14-15dC. Don't forgdt this

Sunday morning, the clocks go back an hour giving us that extr` hour of

sleep in bed. It's one of the most beautiful

creatures of the night - with a haunting cry many will have

heard across the The size of the region's

barn owl population But, in Berkshire,

a project is under way - to create new homes for the birds

displaced from their She has a blind spot

through the middle of her f`ce she is trying to look

at everything through the mhddle. Villagers hope her wild cousins

could become her new neighbours after residents chipped in to put 15

boxes up in the area. By putting the boxes up it lade

a tremendous difference to the conservation of the species

in the country. The number of pairs has gond up

from something like 3000 pahrs 0 years ago to about 8000 pairs today

and 75% of those are in boxds. The conversion of old-style barns

into housing combined with the felling of older trees

which are often considered ` safety risk has all lead to a declhne

in the barn owl's natural h`bitat. Professor Driver put up boxds

on university land 25 years ago which was soon hole to 3-4

pairs of owls. We chose this one because it is

open, the owls can see it. Villagers got a chance to sde some

of the boxes bought to repl`ce them which they paid

and provided homes for. We are interested in wildlife,

we always have been and we travelled the world basically for wildlife

and to have the opportunity to do something on our own doorstdp,

we said, yes, we will sponsor one. When he told me about it,

that night I came back When he told me about it, that night

I came back and heard an owl. Next time, I said I think I've heard

one of your owls and he said, no, They are a completely different

species than the barn Experts will be back next ydar

to check how many of the rarer barn That is a gorgeous picture.

Beautiful, aren't they? It hs an amazing sound when you hear them. I

can't tell the difference bdtween the owls, though. That is it from

ours. More at 8pm and 10:30pm. Thank you so much for watching. Good

night.