:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to South Today, I'm Laura Trant.
:00:08. > :00:09.The top stories this evening: Topshop says it's "deeply saddened"
:00:10. > :00:11.by the "horrific" accident which killed a ten-year-old boy
:00:12. > :00:21.999 control centre staff at an Ambulance Trust,
:00:22. > :00:25.left suicidal by a climate of fear, say union leaders.
:00:26. > :00:40.of online dating from a woman who lost thousands.
:00:41. > :00:43.Investigators have spent the day at the Reading branch
:00:44. > :00:46.of Topshop following the death of a ten-year-old boy.
:00:47. > :00:49.He suffered fatal head injuries in an incident
:00:50. > :00:54.The death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.
:00:55. > :00:59.David Allard is at the Oracle shopping centre tonight.
:01:00. > :01:02.Laura, tonight, messages of support and sympathy have been offered
:01:03. > :01:05.to the family of ten-year-old Kayden Reddick.
:01:06. > :01:08.We understand he's the boy who died following an accident in Topshop
:01:09. > :01:11.on the upper floor of the Oracle Shopping Centre here.
:01:12. > :01:15.The exact circumstances of what happened are still unclear,
:01:16. > :01:18.though we know it involved some sort of store display barrier.
:01:19. > :01:19.Today shoppers spoke of their shock and sadness
:01:20. > :01:27.and Kayden's family paid tribute to him.
:01:28. > :01:30.This is Kaden Reddick, who was said to have been
:01:31. > :01:32.on the first day of his half-term holiday when the accident happened.
:01:33. > :01:35.One relative was quoted as saying "He made me laugh, and smile."
:01:36. > :01:39.These pictures show it shuttered, with security guards outside.
:01:40. > :01:41.Inside, staff and police officers have been working
:01:42. > :01:47.Emergency services were called to the Oracle yesterday afternoon
:01:48. > :01:49.after reports of a ten-year-old boy being injured.
:01:50. > :01:52.The police now say the incident involved what they call
:01:53. > :02:03.Kaden was taken to the Royal Berkshire
:02:04. > :02:07.hospital with serious head injuries and later died.
:02:08. > :02:18."The Topshop Board, together with thousands of staff are deeply
:02:19. > :02:21."saddened by the horrific accident that occurred in our Reading
:02:22. > :02:29."All our thoughts are very much with the family
:02:30. > :02:36."We are thoroughly investigating all the events surrounding this
:02:37. > :02:40.Taking place in a shop inside a mall, this
:02:41. > :02:43.was an extremely rare incident, one that's touched people
:02:44. > :02:52.here as Kaden's family come to terms with their grief.
:02:53. > :02:53.Union leaders representing 999 call handlers at
:02:54. > :02:56.South East Coast Ambulance Service, which covers Sussex,
:02:57. > :02:58.Surrey and North East Hampshire, are claiming that horrific acts
:02:59. > :03:00.of staff bullying have been covered up.
:03:01. > :03:03.The report was completed in May last year, but has now been leaked
:03:04. > :03:08.It's said to describe a "climate of fear" with two call
:03:09. > :03:13.handlers attempting suicide because of the abuse.
:03:14. > :03:20.Behind these walls was a workforce subjected to a culture of fear,
:03:21. > :03:22.according to reports carried out after four staff members complained
:03:23. > :03:28.999 call operators suffered bullying, coercion and
:03:29. > :03:36.Looking at some of the findings in this report,
:03:37. > :03:44.I am beyond disappointed, I am very angry.
:03:45. > :03:46.There will be serious questions to ask if
:03:47. > :03:57.A culture of favouritism and nepotism
:03:58. > :04:00.meant that some were threatened with the sack.
:04:01. > :04:03.The trust declined an interview, but in
:04:04. > :04:06.a statement described these as
:04:07. > :04:09.historical allegations that had either been dealt with or had no
:04:10. > :04:12.evidence to back them up, but they did say they take bullying
:04:13. > :04:14.and harassment very seriously and are
:04:15. > :04:17.working hard to address this area of concern.
:04:18. > :04:19.The union which represents call handlers says that staff who
:04:20. > :04:30.were responsible are still in place and more must be done.
:04:31. > :04:33.They are still taking prime positions within the trust, so
:04:34. > :04:41.I think that as an outright lie by the trust and if they have been
:04:42. > :04:44.dealt with, but then had been dealt with behind closed doors.
:04:45. > :04:47.It is very much a boys' club and these members are
:04:48. > :04:48.the leading lights in the boys' club.
:04:49. > :04:55.The need to be removed from the organisation.
:04:56. > :04:58.It is hardly the first scandal to hit the trust.
:04:59. > :05:00.It was alleged that ambulances were delayed
:05:01. > :05:04.in a deliberate tactic to
:05:05. > :05:08.A new chief executive has been appointed but has not yet
:05:09. > :05:27.He will have a lot on his plate when he arrives.
:05:28. > :05:32.A soldier's been charged with two counts of causing death
:05:33. > :05:34.by dangerous driving after a car crash which killed two teenage
:05:35. > :05:38.girls while they were out running in Aldershot.
:05:39. > :05:40.16-year-old Stacey Burrows and 17-year-old Lucy Pigott died
:05:41. > :05:42.after the collision on Queen's Avenue in early November.
:05:43. > :05:44.24-year-old Michael Casey from North London has been bailed
:05:45. > :05:53.and will appear before magistrates in Basingstoke next month.
:05:54. > :05:55.The communications giant Motorola Solutions,
:05:56. > :05:57.which has its European headquarters in Basingstoke - IS relocating
:05:58. > :06:00.Around 300 people are currently employed at the site.
:06:01. > :06:03.The company isn't the first high profile name to move
:06:04. > :06:06.on from the town in recent years - the chinese technology firm
:06:07. > :06:14.along with energy giant SSE last year.
:06:15. > :06:17.They say love is blind - and that's perhaps what internet
:06:18. > :06:23.Hampshire Police have chosen Valentine's Day to launch a campaign
:06:24. > :06:26.about the dangers that online dating can sometimes pose.
:06:27. > :06:32.A victim reports dating fraud every three hours to the police.
:06:33. > :06:35.The average victim is 49 years old and loses ten thousand pounds.
:06:36. > :06:38.And it typically takes 30 days from first contact for the victim
:06:39. > :06:43.Today a victim of online dating fraud is sharing her experiences
:06:44. > :06:46.of how she lost thousands of pounds and ended up with a conviction
:06:47. > :06:58.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Emma Vardy has the story.
:06:59. > :07:05.Very early on he was telling me how much he loved me.
:07:06. > :07:07.A love story which became a nightmare.
:07:08. > :07:10.When Jenny met a man online, he quickly gained her affections.
:07:11. > :07:12.But later, he began asking for help to transfer money
:07:13. > :07:16.I would go to maybe three different branches
:07:17. > :07:24.and withdraw the funds and
:07:25. > :07:25.deposit it into the other bank accounts.
:07:26. > :07:27.Over three years, she lost more than ?20,000
:07:28. > :07:30.of her own cash, and was convicted of money
:07:31. > :07:38.And she has made this film with Hampshire Police to warn others.
:07:39. > :07:44.I didn't think anything like this could happen to me.
:07:45. > :07:46.The man who conned her has never been tracked down.
:07:47. > :07:49.Police say a quarter of all so-called romance frauds
:07:50. > :07:56.But often the fraudsters are operating from abroad,
:07:57. > :07:58.and can be scamming hundreds of people online at once.
:07:59. > :08:01.This type of scam can be so powerful, because they prey
:08:02. > :08:07.on a victim's deepest desires and their longing for love.
:08:08. > :08:10.Be aware of a few things, such as declarations of undying love
:08:11. > :08:22.The number of people defrauded in the UK by online dating scams
:08:23. > :08:37.They say something that they are generally not the person they say
:08:38. > :08:41.they are. You cannot trust people if you know them. You'll hear more
:08:42. > :08:45.about it, so be cautious. You can write anything you like and say
:08:46. > :08:49.anything you want, but until you see them, it is different.
:08:50. > :08:51.Now, on Valentine's Day, police are warning potential victims,
:08:52. > :08:57.because the fraudsters themselves will very rarely be caught.
:08:58. > :09:00.Peace talks between Southern Railway and the RMT union ended this
:09:01. > :09:03.28 days of strikes have been held over the last
:09:04. > :09:06.year in the dispute over the role of conductors.
:09:07. > :09:09.The drivers' union, Aslef, has done a deal with the company
:09:10. > :09:10.to modernise working practices and is balloting its members.
:09:11. > :09:16.Onto football and in the Championship,
:09:17. > :09:19.Brighton missed the chance to go top of the Championship
:09:20. > :09:22.as they were held at home by Ipswich Town - one-all there.
:09:23. > :09:27.as Reading came from behind to beat Brentford 3-2 and boost
:09:28. > :09:35.Meanwhile in League Two, Portsmouth beat Blackpool 2-nil.
:09:36. > :09:38.That's all from the South Today news team this evening.
:09:39. > :09:41.We're back tomorrow with bulletins in BBC Breakfast and there's more
:09:42. > :09:44.Time for our regional weather forecast now.
:09:45. > :09:58.Quite murky tonight. A good deal of cloud and it will be mild. Tonight,
:09:59. > :10:06.low cloud, mist and fog developing during the night and reducing
:10:07. > :10:12.visibility. Lots of 7-8 C temperatures to start tomorrow. Mist
:10:13. > :10:18.and fog may be slow to lift. A dry start and a bit fragmented rain
:10:19. > :10:27.moving from the. Heavy at times, a bit of thunder. Temperatures will
:10:28. > :10:32.reach 9-11 C. The rain will clear tomorrow night. Then, it is an
:10:33. > :10:36.improving picture. A cloudy start Thursday, but through the day, the
:10:37. > :10:40.cloud will break up with high-pressure dominating. Decent
:10:41. > :10:45.sunny spells in the afternoon and into the evening. That high pressure
:10:46. > :10:50.stays through Friday. Thursday Friday quite similar. Highs of
:10:51. > :10:58.10-11 C. Cloudy to start each day, but sunny spells in the afternoon.
:10:59. > :11:00.Cloudy tomorrow, rain at times, but heavy enough at times to produce
:11:01. > :11:06.them be. Thursday cloudy, but drying weather into the weekend. A bit of
:11:07. > :11:08.fog around to watch out for. Jon Hammond with the national forecast
:11:09. > :11:12.now. Good evening. There is some rain in
:11:13. > :11:18.the forecast but not a lot. Plenty of dry weather to look forward to as
:11:19. > :11:22.we head to the weekend. Cloud delivering some rain but plenty of
:11:23. > :11:28.spaces in between, hence my optimism. One of these blobs of
:11:29. > :11:32.cloud is producing dampness right now. We could see a glancing blow
:11:33. > :11:37.across the far south-east through the early hours and later some rain
:11:38. > :11:41.arriving across the far south-west. In between some hill fog overnight,
:11:42. > :11:45.not desperately cold, for most a touch of frost across the northern
:11:46. > :11:49.Glens of Scotland. At the other end of the UK some wet weather first
:11:50. > :11:54.thing for breakfast, pushing through Devon and Cornwall into South Wales.
:11:55. > :11:55.It won't hang around. Things will brighten up later in the day. Ahead