05/06/2017 South Today

The tragedy of little Harry House. night. Daniel, thank you very much.

As the two-year-old's killer is sent to prison for 18 years,

a judge says we may never know the extent of his mistreatment.

"No-one will ever know the extent of your mistreatment of Harry."

The words of a judge today as she sentenced Josephe Eke

to a minimum term of 18 years for the murder of

The court heard how the little boy was brutally kicked and punched

Harry House was left with Josephe Eke. He had a fractured skull and

bruising all over his body. Josephe Eke always denied killing Harry

House. Did you assault him? I haven't been like that towards him.

The trial heard he was a heroin addict and had footage -- had

footage of him assaulting Miss O'Neill. This was her reaction.

Justice the Harry. Harry should be a three and a half

-year-old boy, looking forward to school and unfortunately that life

has been taken from him. The investigation team is sad and it has

been an emotional investigation and we have had a picture of Harry up in

our crew room for the whole time. I am pleased justice have been served

but it was a sad day Joseph showed no apology for his death. Harry's

family will now try to move on from their heartbreak.

Part of one of the south's major roads has been closed

for much of the afternoon after a major accident.

There have been a number of injuries in the crash,

involving three lorries and a car, on the M3, near Winchester.

Matt Treacy is live for us, near the M3, tonight.

Despite the bad weather, work is continuing to remove the vehicles

involved in that crash eight hours ago.

Emergency services were called just before 10.30 this morning

to an incident involving at least three lorries and one car.

For a time this morning, the motorway was shut

the air ambulance to land, part of a huge response from

It caused significant traffic jams in the area.

One person was taken to Southampton General

Another was taken to Winchester hospital with minor injuries

and a third person was treated here at the scene.

This has caused traffic delays in the area and this is a significant

part of the roadwork coming from the south coast coming up to the north.

Less than a mile in that direction as the A34, a major intersection

with the motor macro three. Ten miles in both directions. -- M3. In

Winchester, a lot of traffickers trying to divert. One carriageway is

open and traffic is crawling past. They are still working on recovery

and investigation at this site and it could carry on for a number of

hours still to come. It's claimed tonight that health

services, across the South, are struggling to keep staffing

levels safe because of an ongoing Latest figures from NHS

Digital, show hospitals, community health trusts,

and Ambulance Services here have a combined total of more

than 4,500 vacancies - and hundreds more GPs

and nurses are needed According to the British

Medical Association, increasing workloads,

under-investment, and pay issues, are just some of the reasons staff

are leaving the profession. So how do those hoping to be elected

into the next government Our Health Correspondent,

Nikki Mitchell, joins me. With 30 years experience in neonatal

and paediatric nursing, Filling shifts which hospitals can't

fill because they have I work as an agency

and a bank nurse. I am there because there

is a shortage of nurses. There are a lot of stories, people

going home completely demoralised, Those sorts of shifts

and your workload is intense. You are not getting the breaks

and people need a period of refreshment where they can

eat and drink. Going home very late,

that is becoming more frequent. At University Hospital

SouthhHampton, a recent report shows At University Hospital Southhampton,

a recent report shows where older people are treated,

there are a third fewer Vacancy rates for surgical,

neonatal and emergency Trusts treating patients with mental

health problems are also At this psychiatric and intensive

care unit in Southampton, there were nine so-called red flags

staffing incidences in April. On those occasions, a lack

of trained staff meant checks were late or missed and some

patients didn't get to staff night shifts largely

with temporary nurses which is not At Gosport's War Memorial Hospital,

some wards have been forced to staff night shifts largely

with temporary nurses which is not Solent NHS Trust meanwhile

spent around ?4.5 million Most of it here on temporary staff

of the mental health wards at Saint James'

Hospital in Portsmouth. More investment is

definitely required. The trusts are doing all they can

to maintain the best staff to maintain patients

but unfortunately the situation is becoming unsustainable

and we need to look to a future government to put in place

a national workforce strategy that So what do the political

parties have to say? We want to cite up a national

workforce strategy. Second thing, we want to make sure

the EU nationals are working in the NHS and care sector

and can remain here. Thirdly, we want to make sure

bursaries are given to nurses that want to train and we want to remove

the pay cut because in the south-east and south,

it is very expensive to live. We do need to focus on how

quickly we can train people in the workforce without any way

compromising our standards and we need to make sure people

feel their work is rewarding, they are not overburdened

by bureaucracy and that they do get The first thing we would do

is remove the 1% pay cap so staff Secondly, we guarantee EU citizens

the right to stay in the UK after Brexit. We do that as part of the

negotiation. Thirdly, provide more support the student nurses. We need

to extend training places and the bursary for students. We need to

value staff and make them feel welcome and supported when they are

at work and help stop people leaving. Ukip says it will increase

the number of training placements the doctors, nurses, midwives and

other health professionals and pay their tuition fees if they commit to

working for the NHS. Bridget is keen to stress that being

a nurses hugely rewarding. She just wishes there were enough of them to

meet the soaring demand. In the past, I have not wanted to talk

about the crisis because it worries the general public but I personally

think it is time for people to become worried. Given the years it

takes to train nurses, doctors and other professionals, the unions

representing them believe it will take successive governments to solve

the critical staff shortage once and for all.

Our Health Correspondent Nikki Mitchell is with me now.

We heard there about staff shortages in hospitals,

mental health units and community teams, how serious is the situation

GPs are struggling with increasing workloads.

They're exhausted and are worried their patients

Just last week we heard of yet another of the South's GP surgeries

There was a poll of 22 of their current trainees and of those, only

eight in ten to go directly into general practice in the UK. The

others are taking leave, going to work abroad and they are retraining

in other specialties. One of them is considering leaving medicine before

they have started. It is not good. As we're just days away

from the general election, we're entering that final push

in the campaign for our votes. Our reporter Ben Moore has spent

a whole day travelling across the south to talk to people

who often feel Early in the morning, Portsmouth,

the city is waking up and people are coming off the ferry. There are 4

million people who live in the south of England and over the next 24

hours, we will try and talk to as many as possible in a day. At the

fish market, there are strong opinions but not everyone wants to

talk. The main topic for those working on our coast seems still to

be Brexit. We are governed by the EU and the fishing laws. We are leaving

the EU so we should be able to make our own rules but we are not.

Everyday is a struggle. They promise waiters are going to go up but they

never go up. When you focus for something as big as Brexit and you

don't see a change... Why bother. Eastleigh is a marginal. There are

those here that feel marginalised. When the Conservatives got in, they

introduced bedroom tax and it has affected my mum, my brothers. I

don't see why I should vote Conservative. They have damaged my

life so far. I met Lynn who was leaving after signing on. Her bad

knee has cost her job and ?10,000 for a private -- private operation.

I always voted Tory but I am not impressed at the moment. They are

hitting me and my group the same all the time. Bang, bang, bang. You've

got my son who is talking about emigrating. I'm going to lose my

grandchildren as well. Down the road, Allison and Katie are hard at

work. They will vote for the first time this week. I am a single parent

and I work. It is finding someone to have my child. We struggle and that

is the main thing for me. Childcare and finding hours that fit around

that. It is hard to find mat. The town centre Bracknell in Berkshire

is undergoing a rebuild as you can see. This is Tory heartland but the

voters here do now have a chance to restructure the political landscape.

Edging towards the Conservatives. At the end of the day, we are still

doing all right and there still loads of jobs and lives of

developments happening. Tough times ahead with Brexit but although they

have not done a great job, they've done a job. I've not heard that

before. Exactly. As the light starts to fade, those voting for the first

time on Thursday are out on Bournemouth beach.

We are asking whether you guys are voting or not or whether you care

about it. Despite you not voting, they are switched on. I don't trust

anyone. You agree with some of the policies but not all that them. All

the friends I knew before didn't vote and now they are. It has been a

long day and is not just the places we have been that so different but

what people want this election. There is fundamental concerns

Brexit, the NHS, education. There are a lot of other concerns also.

Wage rises, student debt, house prices and there is still voter

apathy. That feeling that no matter what the politicians say about how

different they are now, that they are really not working in the

interests of the ordinary man and woman. That perhaps is still the big

issue as the sun begins to set on another general election.

Operations and other medical treatments were cancelled, today,

after a fire broke out at Chichester's St

The hospital had to be evacuated and fire crews attended the blaze,

If you want to know what the weather is like this week, stay with us.

It will be wet and windy at times this week. I will have the weather

for the week ahead shortly. It is a big day for Ben Ainslie in

Bermuda. We were talking about the weather on Friday and how important

the weather is. Do we know what the weather is like in Bermuda?

In the last half hour, Ben Ainslie's Portsmouth based

Land Rover BAR team have been in action in their first race

in the America's Cup challenger semi-finals in Bermuda.

Racing yesterday was cancelled because of light winds

but that certainly wasn't a problem today and played very much

Our Sports Editor Tony Husband is in Bermuda where the competition

is still under way right now, Tony.

We have some real drama here on this first day of the semifinal racing.

The first race was underway between the Portsmouth base Land Rover BAR

and a Kiwi team. Whilst Sir Ben Ainslie team -- Ben Ainslie's team

sustained some damage, the boat is being brought in. They will have to

do a wind change. They will have to take this one off and they will have

to get the other one on and then try and get back out on the water in

time to phase the Kiwi's in today's second scheduled race in about 30

minutes time. Real drama. We can show you pictures of what happened

during the race. They made a reasonably good start. The wind

conditions were favourable but then big problems struck for them and

therefore they had to retire from the wet -- retire from the race.

Let's bring in Martin, the CEO of the team. The boat has arrived back

and it is extremely tight. We will try and change the win. It is a 24

metre wing. We don't normally change the wing on the water because of the

difficulty but it is our only option here. We have ten minutes before we

can get out there. This isn't something we have rehearsed or would

do normally. These wings have been incredibly reliable and we have been

out in bigger winds than this. This is a new one but it happens in

sport. A big challenge here and we are not sure whether we will get out

but we will do everything we can. Is it fair to say our America's Cup

challenges in the balance? It will be pretty windy and we will see what

it will happen. It is a blow today and we will have to give away that

first race and it will be very tight to get out the second but we will do

everything we can. It is part of being in a team race and you face

these things. This is not a routine procedure and it would be very

tricky to see if we can pull this off. We appreciate you joining us.

We have unfolding drama on the water behind us. They are busy trying to

get the boat out there. If they don't, there will be more racing but

Maude drama. Artemis and Japan will be out there also. Back to you.

Cricket and our bowlers have been in fine form

in the County Championship today wrapping up impressive wins for both

by an innings and 94 runs for their third win of the season

They restricted the visitors to just 100 and 67 in the follow on.

And there was an impressive win too for Sussex, beating

Worcestershire by an innings and seven runs.

The visitors were bowled out for 260, Sussex overseas signing

South African Vernon Philander taking three for 30.

We understand Liverpool are now the firm favourites to sign

Southampton defender Virgil Van Dijk.

However, no deal's been reached with Southampton yet and Liverpool

Meanwhile, four Saints players are among five from our region to be

selected for the England Under 20 ones squad for the forthcoming

Southampton's James Ward-Prowse, Nathan Redmond, Jack Stephens

and Matt Targett all feature along with Reading's John Swift.

England face Sweden in their opening group game

Surrey Storm's hopes of reaching the netball Superleague finals

are over following defeat at the weekend to table toppers

The Guildford based defending champions had to settle

for a disappointing fifth place league finish after a close

Weymouth's Beach classic volleyball tournament will go ahead after local

businesses stepped in to sponsor the event. Many international and

national players battle it out. A fundraising came has played off and

it will play at the end of July. It is a good note to finish on. We will

have the weather now and we will be joining Alexis in a moment. First,

your pictures. We have this stunning picture of the blue skies over the

weekend. Colin photographed this sunshine at the River Avon. Alexis

is here. There is a lot of wind around.

We may have some gale force winds coming up. We have some blustery

conditions overnight night. The chance of gales for the coast. The

driest of the days will be Wednesday and Friday. Overnight tonight, a

period of rain. Once the rain dissipates, it will dissipate into

showers. Quite a mild night to come. Tomorrow, the showers will continue

and they make the heavy for a time. Temperatures tomorrow afternoon will

reach a high of 17 Celsius. There is the risk of hail and thunder.

Tomorrow night, the showers will fade away and that will start to see

one of our drier days through the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The risk of a shower on Wednesday. Temperatures tomorrow night lower

than two nights, down to 11 Celsius. Through the day on Wednesday, we

will have glorious sunny spells. Patchy cloud through the afternoon

but in the sunshine, temperatures will do very well indeed reaching 17

to 18 Celsius. That is around average for this time of year. The

wind will be brisk. We have more blustery conditions along coastal

stretches. This is the next period of rain moving in from the Atlantic.

The Windies brisk, stronger for the south coast. Through Thursday, we

will have some heavy rain at times. Some dry interludes as well. Friday,

some dry periods with a high of 18 Celsius. Through the weekend, rain

is possible but it is uncertain as that timing of the rain band moving

in. Jumping over to be nude, if Ben Ainslie can race, the winds will be

ten to 15 knots. -- Bermuda. It's a semi-derelict

mansion in the heart of the Hampshire countryside

and for nearly 20 years it hosted It looked like that tradition

would come to an end when the resident company

at the Grange, near Alresford, But as someone once said,

it's not over till And, thanks to the astonishing

generosity of the public, a new company called

the Grange Festival is about to David Allard has had

a sneak preview. Opera, passionate emotions. Not

always confined to the stage. The story behind the scenes is just as

dramatic. The biggest challenges starting with scratch -- from

scratch and with nothing. When we got the theatre, it was

stripped of seats and everything and we had to fill the void. They raised

?3 million to refit the theatre. Generous donors and a lot of

goodwill have brought them to the brink of opening night. The new

seats were an incredible gift from Cameron Mackintosh. We have

reupholstered them and modernised them but they are essentially old

seats which worked well in this theatre. Top price visiting in them

is ?185. With other tickets available for ?10, they're hoping to

get a diverse audience. Certainly cheaper than going to a football

match. This is the first performance. You feel there is a lot

of history and stories of its own. Other shows include Carmen and James

-- Jane Austin, Mansfield Park. There was a message for those

bringing music back to the Grange. A very loud and repeated thank you.

Opening night is this Wednesday. It is sold out but there are tickets

for the later performances. That is all for now. Fingers crossed that

Sir Ben can get back on track in Bermuda. Thanks for watching.

Goodbye. This government has decided

to impose austerity on health care, the NHS has been underfunded

by over 3% per year.