:00:07. > :00:13.It's just over a year since David Cameron committed the UK
:00:14. > :00:16.to helping 20,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the decade.
:00:17. > :00:19.In the last 12 months more than 4,000 people have arrived
:00:20. > :00:23.under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
:00:24. > :00:26.In the South Today area, councils have helped just 150.
:00:27. > :00:29.60% of our councils have taken no Syrians at all,
:00:30. > :00:34.including Havant, despite the council leader saying
:00:35. > :00:38."We are really supportive of assisting where we can".
:00:39. > :00:46.So what do people in the borough think about the local response?
:00:47. > :00:49.If they are genuine refugees then more needs to be done
:00:50. > :00:52.but it needs to be proven that they are genuine refugees.
:00:53. > :00:56.I think Havant should take at least a couple of hundred.
:00:57. > :00:58.I think every council should, to be honest.
:00:59. > :01:01.We can't even help the homeless around here,
:01:02. > :01:06.or around Portsmouth, let alone refugees and all like that.
:01:07. > :01:10.People leave their families. People run away from war to Europe
:01:11. > :01:15.and it's happening again. It's not easy.
:01:16. > :01:18.Havant Council says priority must be given to local families
:01:19. > :01:24.Others are worried about who pays, although councils do get more
:01:25. > :01:27.than ?8,000 to cover the first year costs of each refugee.
:01:28. > :01:34.Argyll and Bute Council in the Scottish Highland and Islands
:01:35. > :01:41.has a population of under 90,000 thousand -
:01:42. > :01:45.has a population of under 90,000 - but it's taken 61 Syrians so far.
:01:46. > :01:47.In the South, Wiltshire has led the charge with 47
:01:48. > :01:49.and Winchester is now home to 22 refugees.
:01:50. > :01:56.Ben Moore has been to meet one family who've recently arrived.
:01:57. > :02:04.But Ahmed, his wife, and four children have been in the UK
:02:05. > :02:08.Ahmed was a carpenter in Aleppo but when the war came,
:02:09. > :02:13.We can't reveal exactly where they are living
:02:14. > :02:16.but all they have has come from the people of Wokingham.
:02:17. > :02:19.TRANSLATION: I feel comfortable and safe here and the people
:02:20. > :02:22.of Wokingham are so kind and accepting.
:02:23. > :02:25.They have given as all our furniture and they support us in every step.
:02:26. > :02:27.They've brought gifts for the children and if they ask
:02:28. > :02:29.them for anything, for any reason, they help.
:02:30. > :02:32.This is all that remains of Ahmed's house after two bombs fell on it.
:02:33. > :02:35.Two of his children were rescued after being trapped in the rubble.
:02:36. > :02:37.Afterwards, the family fled but arrived here with nothing.
:02:38. > :02:41.From a storage container, Wokingham's online women's group has
:02:42. > :02:48.The lovely people of Wokingham have given everything from pillows,
:02:49. > :02:50.to clothes, to furniture, sofas, fridges, everything
:02:51. > :02:59.There are four other Syrian families in Wokingham.
:03:00. > :03:02.This man has been here a year and helps those coming after him.
:03:03. > :03:04.It's only to say thank you to everyone who support us.
:03:05. > :03:10.We look for safe, yes, but we are looking to be
:03:11. > :03:17.TRANSLATION: The most important thing is that my children should
:03:18. > :03:19.learn English and should finish their education.
:03:20. > :03:24.But, now, as a family, we are feeling much
:03:25. > :03:37.Thanks to the generosity of the people in Wokingham,
:03:38. > :03:39.the Syrian children will be getting a few presents
:03:40. > :03:43.Meanwhile at Ringwood in Hampshire, the council has been
:03:44. > :03:45.forced to look again at whether the town could offer
:03:46. > :03:48.Last year one councillor said that would be a
:03:49. > :03:53.But now they're reconsidering - after a petition
:03:54. > :03:56.from sixth formers in the town - who believe more should be done.
:03:57. > :04:01.A bravery award has been given to a police officer
:04:02. > :04:04.who risked his own safety to help save the life
:04:05. > :04:08.PC Stuart Dickerson was policing a Euro 2016 game in France,
:04:09. > :04:11.when England supporters were attacked by Russian hooligans.
:04:12. > :04:13.He helped medics to treat Andrew Bache, who's still struggling
:04:14. > :04:22.In Marseille, the highly organised attack which dedicated football
:04:23. > :04:26.himself in the midst of was savagely violent.
:04:27. > :04:30.Probably 150-200 Russian hooligans stormed through the square
:04:31. > :04:35.attacking any England fan they could find.
:04:36. > :04:37.There were serious injuries all over the place.
:04:38. > :04:43.Myself and colleague were attacked. We were in plain clothes.
:04:44. > :04:49.At that time, we saw French police colleagues working on an
:04:50. > :04:56.The injured man was lifelong Portsmouth supporter Andrew Bache
:04:57. > :05:01.punched, kicked and hit on the head with a metal bar.
:05:02. > :05:09.Because disorder was going on around us, bottles and chairs thrown,
:05:10. > :05:13.fans being attacked, we got the French riot police
:05:14. > :05:26.to form a protective cordon around us so Mr Bache
:05:27. > :05:31.Friends of Mr Bache, who call him by his nickname Pepe,
:05:32. > :05:33.to help with his recovery and longterm rehabilitation.
:05:34. > :05:36.I've only got admiration for those two police officers
:05:37. > :05:38.and the French policemen who gave Andrew CPR.
:05:39. > :05:43.We might have been looking at a different outcome.
:05:44. > :05:47.He's working really hard on physiotherapy
:05:48. > :05:54.PC Dickerson is proud of his commendation but he says
:05:55. > :06:00.he never wants to see violence on the scale of that again.
:06:01. > :06:04.A musician from Southampton says he's "truly humbled" -
:06:05. > :06:07.after people donated more ?100,000
:06:08. > :06:11.to fund treatment abroad for his advanced bowel cancer.
:06:12. > :06:16.is best known as the lead singer of the band Delays.
:06:17. > :06:19.Doctors here say they can only offer him chemotherapy.
:06:20. > :06:22.But his family are determined to get him treatment
:06:23. > :06:27.Greg says he's "still reeling" at the public's generosity.
:06:28. > :06:29.Of course, we wish Greg and his family
:06:30. > :06:32.That's all from the South Today news team tonight.
:06:33. > :06:44.Now Sarah Farmer's here with the festive forecast -
:06:45. > :06:54.We have a mild Christmas in store but tonight a little on the fresher
:06:55. > :07:02.side. Some clear spells overhead tonight. Just one or two isolated
:07:03. > :07:10.sheltered spots catching a touch of Frost first thing tomorrow. A bright
:07:11. > :07:14.and cheery start to the day with some good freshness and bright
:07:15. > :07:23.conditions through much of the morning. The cloud increasing as the
:07:24. > :07:28.day goes on. Highs of 10-11 degrees. Christmas Day looks like it will be
:07:29. > :07:30.a mild day with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle but turning fresher
:07:31. > :07:33.by the time big day? Christmas Day. It will stay
:07:34. > :07:35.mild and temperatures could reach 14, 15. He is down bet that the
:07:36. > :07:37.national