:00:00. > 3:59:59tonight. Their arch -- there are plans for children as young as four
:00:00. > :00:13.to be taught about healthy We are going to have to come
:00:14. > :00:34.together and work something out. Stealing from the
:00:35. > :00:35.vulnerable: The care worker caught taking money
:00:36. > :00:50.from an elderly man in his own home. It was a complete betrayal of trust
:00:51. > :00:55.everyone involved. What method you go to for someone you love. -- what
:00:56. > :00:58.lengths would you go to? And off to the operating
:00:59. > :01:00.theatre in style...The made to measure Roller
:01:01. > :01:05.delighting young patients. For almost two decades arguments
:01:06. > :01:15.have raged about whether a bypass for Chichester should pass
:01:16. > :01:18.to the north or south of the city. The one thing most people did agree
:01:19. > :01:21.on was that improvements Today came the shock announcement
:01:22. > :01:27.the scheme has been scrapped. The first big viability study
:01:28. > :01:30.was carried out in 2000. Four years later the scheme
:01:31. > :01:32.was included in the government's A consultation was
:01:33. > :01:37.carried out last year. Five schemes - all developing
:01:38. > :01:49.the existing road to the south - Then as the consultation came
:01:50. > :01:54.to an end in September, West Sussex councillors said
:01:55. > :01:56.they wanted a northern Tonight it looks as though it
:01:57. > :02:00.won't happen at all. Let's join Steve Humphrey who's
:02:01. > :02:05.by the A27 in Chichester tonight. There's no underestimating
:02:06. > :02:11.the importance of the A27 - Lots of ideas have been put forward
:02:12. > :02:27.to improve the road. Today the Department for Transport
:02:28. > :02:31.said it is scrapping an improvement scheme because there was no clear
:02:32. > :02:34.agreement about the straight way forward.
:02:35. > :02:38.The battle to get agreement on how the A27 should be improved has
:02:39. > :02:40.proved as frustrating as driving along the road in the rush-hour.
:02:41. > :02:42.With no local consensus on the best option -
:02:43. > :02:44.the Transport Secretary delivered today's bombshell news.
:02:45. > :02:56.I am absolutely dismayed by the news that the Chichester improvement has
:02:57. > :03:00.This is a consequence of political manoeuvring which saw a
:03:01. > :03:05.campaign for an unfeasible northern route that was never intended and
:03:06. > :03:12.Highways England had been consulting on five
:03:13. > :03:14.different schemes - to improve the A27
:03:15. > :03:18.But proposals for two possible - more expensive - routes to the north
:03:19. > :03:20.around Goodwood were not included - generating protests -
:03:21. > :03:23.and creating the North south divide in opinions.
:03:24. > :03:28.It is very difficult and it is divided Chichester North and south.
:03:29. > :03:30.Some campaigners believe a local forum should be set up
:03:31. > :03:40.Some of the interested parties today could be brought together and work
:03:41. > :03:41.together to create something that could be booted to the local
:03:42. > :03:47.community. -- put to the community. The County Council leader
:03:48. > :03:49.said she was shocked by today's announcement -
:03:50. > :03:57.but believes there is a way forward. I'm quite hopeful that if we could
:03:58. > :04:02.all pull together we could find the right solution for Chichester and
:04:03. > :04:07.then present the Government. We do need to find a solution with
:04:08. > :04:09.limitations set by the Secretary of State and given the fact he is not
:04:10. > :04:10.going to consider a northern route. So it's back to the drawing board -
:04:11. > :04:14.and the hope that the Transport Secretary might be persuaded to come
:04:15. > :04:16.up with the cash for improvements on the A27
:04:17. > :04:34.IF consensus can be reached. No quick end in sight for drivers
:04:35. > :04:44.faced to use this route and Jessica. But what is going to go ahead on the
:04:45. > :04:46.A27 R and all bypass as planned. -- Arundel.
:04:47. > :04:49.Well let's get more on this now - our Political Editor, Peter Henley
:04:50. > :04:53.Peter, what political forces are behind this?
:04:54. > :04:56.After the Southern Rail strike the people of Sussex might be
:04:57. > :04:57.forgiven for thinking the Transport Secretary Chris
:04:58. > :05:00.Grayling has it in for them, He was put in a very difficult
:05:01. > :05:02.position when councils and 5000 responses to
:05:03. > :05:09.But there is also a sense here that they've had enough of conservative
:05:10. > :05:16.councillors complaining about their own government -
:05:17. > :05:21.over schools funding, over social care -
:05:22. > :05:28.Some of them have elections this year and that is understood but
:05:29. > :05:30.with Brexit Theresa May knows her government has
:05:31. > :05:33.a rough ride ahead - and the Transport Secretary has made
:05:34. > :05:48.If someone can knock heads together, and say this is the clear road ahead
:05:49. > :05:56.but it does look like that is going to happen. -- does not look like.
:05:57. > :05:59.A care worker from West Sussex has been found guilty of stealing
:06:00. > :06:01.from the vulnerable pensioner she was looking after.
:06:02. > :06:02.Theresa Stratton who's 39 and from Littlehampton -
:06:03. > :06:04.took money from the wallet of David Skerritt.
:06:05. > :06:07.The theft was captured on a CCTV camera which had been installed
:06:08. > :06:20.Briony Leyland reports from Chichester Crown Court.
:06:21. > :06:23.Are a trusted carer in what the jury heard was an act of betrayal.
:06:24. > :06:25.This footage shows Theresa Stratton taking
:06:26. > :06:27.money from the wallet of 74-year-old David Skerritt.
:06:28. > :06:30.The footage given to the BBC by his family
:06:31. > :06:31.comes from a CCTV camera they
:06:32. > :06:40.set up in his living room to monitor any falls.
:06:41. > :06:42.They checked after he said his wallet was empty.
:06:43. > :06:45.When we went down there where to look through the
:06:46. > :06:51.CCTV and that is what we find which was we couldn't believe it.
:06:52. > :07:05.It was almost too shocking to me she was
:07:06. > :07:09.the court heard Theresa Stratton still ?130 on our second
:07:10. > :07:13.visit to David Skerritt 's home in Littlehampton.
:07:14. > :07:17.She said she'd taken ?10 of the clans permission
:07:18. > :07:23.In sentencing for reports, the judge warned Theresa
:07:24. > :07:26.Stratton that she would almost certainly face a prison sentence.
:07:27. > :07:28.He said there had been a high degree of
:07:29. > :07:57.And justice for anybody who works with honourable people of whatever
:07:58. > :08:01.David Skerritt died in September of last year.
:08:02. > :08:13.Stratton has been dismissed and will provided the company
:08:14. > :08:20.Stratton has been dismissed and will be sentenced in March. I assume.
:08:21. > :08:22.The case raises questions about how assume.
:08:23. > :08:24.to make sure vulnerable people aren't taken advantage of.
:08:25. > :08:26.Earlier I spoke to Stephen McCarthy from the charity Action
:08:27. > :08:32.on Elder Abuse and asked how common cases like this are.
:08:33. > :08:37.A tiny amount of make-up to court. It is partly to do at the society
:08:38. > :08:42.not taking these situations as seriously as they might. Through the
:08:43. > :08:45.criminal justice system there are various barriers there. Firstly the
:08:46. > :08:50.police sometimes might want to take a case for what but they might be
:08:51. > :08:56.concerned about the welfare of the older person. The Crown Prosecution
:08:57. > :08:59.Service and the other side will take a view on whether it is considered
:09:00. > :09:05.to be in the public interest to proceed with the case. Often they do
:09:06. > :09:09.not. Often these cases just go completely unreported so they don't
:09:10. > :09:16.get to the police anyway. What was Chris crucial in the successful
:09:17. > :09:20.conviction was CCTV. Do you think we should see more of that in people's
:09:21. > :09:26.homes and care homes? It is a judgment call I thank for whoever
:09:27. > :09:30.will be protected. By those cameras. It is sadly becoming more common and
:09:31. > :09:36.more unaffordable to install CCTV. I think in someone's home the seminar
:09:37. > :09:40.went for it if they think will keep them safe. I would also make sure
:09:41. > :09:45.that the other person's view was taken into consideration. Care homes
:09:46. > :09:49.is a bit trickier because they generally have a lot of public
:09:50. > :09:53.spaces and you have too mindful of violating other residence rights.
:09:54. > :09:58.But we still think there is a place for cameras in care homes as well.
:09:59. > :09:59.We often hear about cuts to frontline policing.
:10:00. > :10:02.But two of our forces are actively trying new initiatives to attract
:10:03. > :10:06.The Thames Valley force has lowered the academic standards required
:10:07. > :10:08.to join as a police officer - while Hampshire police
:10:09. > :10:11.is offering a bonus to those who want to become detectives.
:10:12. > :10:14.Ben Moore has been looking into it and asking why it's needed.
:10:15. > :10:17.Thames Valley Police is the largest force outside of a big city.
:10:18. > :10:24.And it's looking to recruit 200 new officers.
:10:25. > :10:28.Before you needed two A levels at grade A-C along
:10:29. > :10:30.with a certificate called Knowledge of Policing.
:10:31. > :10:32.Now, that's been lowered to just
:10:33. > :10:36.a pass for A Levels - anything above an E grade.
:10:37. > :10:38.Those who represent officers say it's
:10:39. > :10:41.welcome as it will mean will be able to relate better to
:10:42. > :10:55.It enables us to recruit people who have not had agreed a education but
:10:56. > :10:58.still are intelligent and able to do policing. Policing is more about
:10:59. > :11:04.doing the right thing at the right time for the right reason. And it is
:11:05. > :11:05.important the police officers have the right characteristics like the
:11:06. > :11:08.ability to get the job done. I've been on patrol with Sergeant
:11:09. > :11:10.Gassan Shaladan from Reading. He used to be a quantity
:11:11. > :11:26.surveyor...but now he's more All too often I think about the days
:11:27. > :11:29.when I was my freelance career. I was bounced my desk and it was
:11:30. > :11:41.uneventful compared to what we will do today. -- boned.
:11:42. > :11:50.-- Bound. It is great to get new people into the job and get new
:11:51. > :11:53.ideas and perspectives. And see people who want to join.
:11:54. > :11:56.In Hampshire, they need to recruit more detectives.
:11:57. > :11:59.To do that, they're proposing to offer a bonus of ?2000 to those
:12:00. > :12:05.Overall it's going to cost the force ?660,000.
:12:06. > :12:14.It's about maintaining current levels of the thin blue line.
:12:15. > :12:16.The principal of a troubled Dorset academy has resigned
:12:17. > :12:19.The Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy was put
:12:20. > :12:22.into special measures in January after the school inspectors
:12:23. > :12:29.No reason for the resignation has been given.
:12:30. > :12:30.Dorset County Council, which co-sponsors the school,
:12:31. > :12:36.says it's committed to supporting the academy
:12:37. > :12:38.Later, concern for a charity helping amputees -
:12:39. > :12:48.and why useful equipment may have to be dumped.
:12:49. > :12:50.The train drivers' union ASLEF has resumed talks
:12:51. > :12:53.They're discussing the ongoing dispute over
:12:54. > :12:57.A previous deal between union bosses and the rail company was rejected
:12:58. > :13:03.Yesterday, the conductors union - the RMT - announced it
:13:04. > :13:12.will stage another 24-hour walkout next month.
:13:13. > :13:14.Now for some good news about a story we've been following.
:13:15. > :13:17.When May Brown from Weymouth was diagnosed with Leukaemia
:13:18. > :13:23.she explored all avenues to find a stem cell donor who
:13:24. > :13:29.It seemed hopeless, until she found out her sister was a match.
:13:30. > :13:32.But then her sister - Martha - was refused permission to travel
:13:33. > :13:45.A petition signed by 60,000 people helped to get the decision
:13:46. > :13:48.reversed and tonight we can tell you that the procedure has taken
:13:49. > :13:54.Our reporter James Ingham is with the sisters in Weymouth.
:13:55. > :14:01.The stem cell transplant has taken place and a couple weeks later it
:14:02. > :14:08.seems to be a success. May, how you feeling? I'm feeling great. I feel
:14:09. > :14:16.really fine from the last time I was very ill. How do you feel about
:14:17. > :14:22.which assisted that view? -- about what your sister did for you? What
:14:23. > :14:33.can you say to somebody who saved your life? I'm feeling very happy I
:14:34. > :14:38.was able to help save my sister 's life and that it is accomplished.
:14:39. > :14:41.This nearly didn't happen when the Home Office said your sister
:14:42. > :14:47.couldn't travel to the UK. Had did that make you feel at the time? I
:14:48. > :14:55.felt very upset that they couldn't better in the UK. This is somebody
:14:56. > :15:01.who could help save my life. This was your only chance really. Yes,
:15:02. > :15:06.the doctor said if I did not have that stem cell I would not see
:15:07. > :15:11.Christmas, I would die. So I felt really upset and scared at the same
:15:12. > :15:17.time. Then there was a campaign to try to get the decision reversed.
:15:18. > :15:26.60,000 people signed it. I felt overwhelmed and grateful that people
:15:27. > :15:30.could actually come out, members of the public, and show so much love to
:15:31. > :15:37.somebody had not met and signed a position to help save my life. We
:15:38. > :15:45.wish you well for your continued company and master after you return
:15:46. > :15:49.home to Nigeria. -- Martha, for your return home to Nigeria.
:15:50. > :15:51.A charity which supports amputees by recycling walking aids
:15:52. > :15:53.and prosthetic limbs is facing closure - after losing
:15:54. > :15:56.Limbcare, which is based in Camberley - sends
:15:57. > :15:58.the old items around the world, helping those in need
:15:59. > :16:03.But it fears if it doesn't find somewhere else to keep the items -
:16:04. > :16:12.I became a quad amputee in 1987 at the age of 32.
:16:13. > :16:19.I thought there's no charity that really does what I need
:16:20. > :16:23.to do to get help and support for myself and the family.
:16:24. > :16:25.Ray Edwards is the UK's longest surviving quadruple amputee.
:16:26. > :16:28.He has met the Queen, Princess Anne and endured
:16:29. > :16:31.the struggle of learning to walk again, but now Ray has
:16:32. > :16:39.These were in our old storage which we had to get out of.
:16:40. > :16:43.If we didn't have this space, this type of item or all these items
:16:44. > :16:49.Limbcare gets calls every week from right around the country
:16:50. > :16:56.offering mobility aids and even whilst we were filming,
:16:57. > :17:13.volunteer Tony arrived with more wheelchairs.
:17:14. > :17:15.But storage is not the only problem facing the chairty,
:17:16. > :17:18.Not only have they been told they have to give up their storage
:17:19. > :17:21.facility they've been told they have to move from their Head office too.
:17:22. > :17:26.Unfortunately the landlord has decided to sell the property
:17:27. > :17:28.which of course was lovely free of charge offices.
:17:29. > :17:30.Not only do we need storage for storing the stuff,
:17:31. > :17:34.Many of the wheelchairs and mobility scooters
:17:35. > :17:35.are repaired and re distributed through the charitys
:17:36. > :17:45.Down the road in Farnborugh we meet Kenneth.
:17:46. > :17:50.His mobility scooter was saved from being dumped,
:17:51. > :17:54.I love going out in the sun to Aldershot and back again.
:17:55. > :17:58.As the donations keep on coming its getting
:17:59. > :18:03.It's hoped more storage and a new home for limbacre will be
:18:04. > :18:06.found soon so the charity can keep on moving.
:18:07. > :18:14.And now the sport with Lewis Coombes.
:18:15. > :18:22.It was a night of what could have been for Brighton. Newcastle and
:18:23. > :18:25.Brighton head-to-head in the chance for Brighton to lay a marker down
:18:26. > :18:25.and try to win the title and get promotion.
:18:26. > :18:29.For the winners, it was billed as 'a huge step towards promotion' -
:18:30. > :18:31.for the losers a case of opportunity missed.
:18:32. > :18:36.Brighton went in to their top-of-the table clash with Newcastle knowing
:18:37. > :18:39.victory would take them nine points clear of third in the race
:18:40. > :18:42.They ended the night looking over their shoulder.
:18:43. > :18:51.The Championship's best home record against its best away performer.
:18:52. > :18:54.Two titans of this year's title race both aiming for top spot.
:18:55. > :18:59.Ciarran Clark judged to have hauled Glenn Murray to the floor early on.
:19:00. > :19:04.Murray himself tuned in - to make the Toon pay.
:19:05. > :19:18.The most critical penalty of the season so far. The keeper could do
:19:19. > :19:20.little about a freaky equaliser with nine minutes to go.
:19:21. > :19:22.Mo Diame's heel...knew little about its decisive touch.
:19:23. > :19:24.As comical, as it was pivitol....You'd laugh if the goal
:19:25. > :19:27.Now fuelled by momentum...Subsitute Perez punished Albion further
:19:28. > :19:32....Leaving the Geordies to laud it at the top of the Championship.
:19:33. > :19:34.Brighton now have the Terriers of Huddersfield biting at their heels.
:19:35. > :19:40.Only six points behind with a game in hand.
:19:41. > :19:47.It was good in the first half but then Newcastle really came back in
:19:48. > :19:54.the second half. Disappointed. Can you say? Where do they go from here?
:19:55. > :19:56.They keep their confidence and keep on and go for it and they can do
:19:57. > :19:59.foot. -- they can do it. Elsewhere in the Football League,
:20:00. > :20:05.Swindon's second win on the bounce helped
:20:06. > :20:07.their fight against relegation. After falling behind,
:20:08. > :20:14.three second-half goals, including this from Jon Obika -
:20:15. > :20:16.moved the Robins to MK Dons twice let the lead
:20:17. > :20:25.slip away at Bradford. Goals from Stuart O'Keefe
:20:26. > :20:27.and George William's miss-hit cross While in League Two,
:20:28. > :20:30.Portsmouth's promotion charge Kal Naismith's 6th of the season
:20:31. > :20:33.deservedly put Pompey in front, only for former Southampton defender
:20:34. > :20:36.Lee Molyneux to level Good luck tonight to Oxford
:20:37. > :20:39.who play at Luton in the Chekatrade Trophy Semi Final -
:20:40. > :20:42.the U's one win away from Wembley. Kick off at 1945, commenatry
:20:43. > :20:44.on BBC Radio Oxford. Bournemouth's Polish
:20:45. > :20:47.goalkeeper Artur Boruc has announced his retirement
:20:48. > :20:49.from international football. The 37-year-old said in a statement
:20:50. > :20:53.the time is right to concentrate Sussex cricketers Tymal Mills
:20:54. > :20:58.and Luke Wright have pulled out of the Pakistan Super League final
:20:59. > :21:02.in Lahore, citing safety fears. The pair had helped
:21:03. > :21:05.'Quetta Gladiators' reach the final with all previous rounds held
:21:06. > :21:08.in the United Arab Emirates. But with the final itself
:21:09. > :21:10.being held in Pakistan, both announced on social media
:21:11. > :21:13.they felt with a high threat of terrorism it
:21:14. > :21:27."was not worth the risk". A difficult decision on that one.
:21:28. > :21:32.Newcastle play Huddersfield max. They are inferred soulfully another
:21:33. > :21:36.chance to get the top that league. -- they are stirred so hopefully
:21:37. > :21:41.another chance to get to the top of that league. -- third.
:21:42. > :21:44.Young patients at St Richard's hospital in West Sussex have been
:21:45. > :21:48.The team at Rolls-Royce have built an electric car for children
:21:49. > :21:50.to drive between the ward and the operating theatre.
:21:51. > :21:52.Nurses and parents say it'll help make hospital
:21:53. > :22:09.Eight-year-old Molly was a way around the theatre. Now she will
:22:10. > :22:13.travel to the theatre and stealth. I feel rich when I drive it and I feel
:22:14. > :22:32.really good. This car will give children a lot
:22:33. > :22:37.more than what they come here. This car at five and a half foot long is
:22:38. > :22:40.the smallest Rolls-Royce in the world and the detail that has gone
:22:41. > :22:46.into the design means it is far from being a toy. The laser cut and
:22:47. > :22:56.engraved in-house badge is on the front and a miniature Rolls-Royce
:22:57. > :23:00.numberplate on the fact. The car was custom-built to give children the
:23:01. > :23:11.paediatric wards are left. For this seminal boy it does more. How do you
:23:12. > :23:19.feel when you drive this car? Happy. -- seven-year-old boy. The nurses
:23:20. > :23:25.are pleased it does not have horn but are pleased it is a distraction.
:23:26. > :23:30.The excitement when they come can override their fear of coming into
:23:31. > :23:33.hospital. The car is already making hospital visits into memories. Who
:23:34. > :23:52.else keeps a roller for a runaround? Dear Rolls-Royce. My journey home
:23:53. > :23:57.would be much less daunting if I had a nice electric Rolls-Royce. Do you
:23:58. > :24:07.think I'll get it? Onto the weather. Alexis, I don't like it. We have a
:24:08. > :24:12.good day in store for you tomorrow. This the first day of meteorological
:24:13. > :24:20.spring but in the astronomical characters calendar it falls on the
:24:21. > :24:24.20th of March. -- calendar. Also a very sunny picture in Lymington in
:24:25. > :24:28.Hampshire. But a good deal of cloud across much of the region and this
:24:29. > :24:32.was the scene in Berkshire. Through the course of the night we are
:24:33. > :24:37.expecting a few clear spells in one of two showers. The main feature
:24:38. > :24:42.tonight is the winds. All the higher ground and the coastal could have
:24:43. > :24:47.some deals. Gusts of 40 mph and across the south coast of the Isle
:24:48. > :24:50.of Wight of 50 mph. A chance of a few showers and temperatures tonight
:24:51. > :24:57.will fall waited three Celsius to five Celsius. -- will fall away.
:24:58. > :25:00.Through the course of the morning we will see some lovely sunny
:25:01. > :25:05.conditions. Slightly more cloud the further north you are here. We may
:25:06. > :25:10.have the odd shower. Showers are likely almost anywhere tomorrow. The
:25:11. > :25:15.winds will ease throughout the afternoon. A high tomorrow of 9
:25:16. > :25:18.degrees to 11 degrees tomorrow. It will be very springlike conditions
:25:19. > :25:22.tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow night we will have increasing cloud ahead
:25:23. > :25:26.of the arrival of a band of rain moving up the south. This will
:25:27. > :25:32.become quite torrential during the early hours of Friday morning.
:25:33. > :25:35.Temperatures falling awake to around 4 degrees to seven Celsius. The
:25:36. > :25:38.winds will be fairly light saw this band of rain will be slow to clear
:25:39. > :25:42.northwards through Friday morning. We hope it will clear mid to late
:25:43. > :25:47.morning in most places but falling it will be a few showers. They will
:25:48. > :25:50.be fairly scattered. Outbreaks of light and patchy rain in the early
:25:51. > :25:55.afternoon. Low pressure is not far away. That weather will clear during
:25:56. > :26:02.Friday into the evening. The weekend looks fairly dry during Saturday but
:26:03. > :26:06.chance of rain showers on Sunday. Tomorrow is a lovely sunny day.
:26:07. > :26:10.Enjoy the sunshine because through Friday global of rain in the
:26:11. > :26:14.morning. The breeze coming in from the south. A breezy day on Saturday
:26:15. > :26:18.that should be mainly dry during daylight hours. The chance of the
:26:19. > :26:23.odd shower here and there. On Sunday we are looking at a mixture of sunny
:26:24. > :26:34.spells and scattered showers. We all have the car. -- coughed.
:26:35. > :26:37.Jane Austen: this year marks 200 years since the author's death
:26:38. > :26:40.and tomorrow we will be live at the Jane Austen House