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Hello, good evening, I'm Tom Hepworth.

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Shameful and an utter disgrace - a children's charity calls

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on the Government to enforce its law on adults sexually grooming

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I'd get text messages from him when my parents weren't home,

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and he'd be driving round my street, trying to get me to go

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And taking a look at the gig economy - a healthcheck

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of live music is underway, here in the south.

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It's a legal loophole the NSPCC has branded an "utter disgrace".

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The charity has condemned the Government for not implementing

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a law that was drawn up two years ago, to stop people

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Tonight, we have the story of a 15-year-old girl

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from Wiltshire, who was sent sexual messages by someone twice her age.

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We've changed their names, Molly was targeted by Gavin

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It was just pure innocence at the beginning.

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He used just be like "How's your family, what you doing?"

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And him telling me that his partner was in the bath, or asleep.

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He's just being overly friendly, at the time, is what I thought.

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I got up for school and I went downstairs and I loaded up my laptop

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I just read the message and closed my laptop back down

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I'd get text messages from him when my parents weren't home,

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and he'd be driving round my street, trying to get me to go

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I'd make an excuse that I was looking after my sisters.

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One time it got so bad I had to crawl around on my bedroom floor

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There are a lot of people out there that are having, like,

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adults talk to them the way they shouldn't, online.

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A lot more children could be protected from being groomed.

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It does happen a hell of a lot more than anybody would want to admit.

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The current grooming law only applies to people who meet

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or try to meet a child with the intention of abusing them.

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According to the NSPCC, the case of the former England

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footballer Adam Johnson highlights what they call the flaw in the law.

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He was convicted for sexual activity with a child, but the 800 sexual

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messages he sent were not a criminal offence.

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We have been waiting two years for this law to be available

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for the police to use to protect children.

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We have asked the MOJ to explain and asked if we can

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help to alleviate any challenges they may be facing.

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It is operational in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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We need it to be available to police to use in England and Wales

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We asked the Government for an interview but they told us

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no one was available, instead they sent a statement

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saying they are looking to make an announcement

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There are calls for the resignation of Surrey County Council leader

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David Hodge tonight, after further twists

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in the "sweetheart deal" allegations.

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Documents released last night, revealed the fury of some MPs

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who thought the council had been promised ?40 million of extra cash.

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The documents obtained after a BBC Freedom of Information request,

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detail extensive negotiations to allow the County Council to be

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the first in the country, to keep all of its business rates.

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But in Parliament today the Local Government Secretary

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answered Labour's questions, by saying no deal was done.

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The BBC has now published a letter from DCLG officials showing they did

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in fact offer Surrey more cash in a unique deal.

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Did the Secretary of State know about that letter

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Surrey approached the department, as do many other councils before

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a financial settlement asking for more money and they made

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a request being considered for business rates retention plan

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How to avoid mental health patients being arrested or taken to A

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As we reported yesterday, that's the challenge

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facing our police forces, but what's the solution?

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South Today has been given exclusive access to some of the region's

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mental health programmes aiming to give the right care,

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Our home affairs correspondent Peter Cooke reports.

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Reading street triage team links up a mental health worker and police

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officer who attend emergency mental health calls.

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The team advise those in need about finding suitable care and help

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the avoid being taken into custody or hospital.

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This man called 999, saying he was depressed

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Yes, it does, but the thing is, when it goes away,

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You know, the mental health problems.

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Nobody knows what I'm going through, basically.

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The scheme will soon be operating seven days a week.

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It means that we can do some reviewing

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We get some instant updates on the background

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of people and it just gives us a sporting chance.

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A team of mental health experts are on hand

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at the Royal Berkshire Hospital to support them.

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Elsewhere, the Isle of Wight runs a project called

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Serenity Integrated Mentoring - a police officer working

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with mental health professionals to reduce front-line costs,

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achieved by supporting those who repeatedly rely on the police

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Just a washed-up junkie with a mental health illness.

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And I've got to be, by far, the worst service user for SIM.

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Set up in 2014, it's already had a big impact in reducing

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the number of people being sectioned.

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There were times when we had up to 21 section 136s a month

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and through the joint approach of both Steet Triage

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and Serenity Integrated Mentoring we now have about four

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Do we select officers who jus want to drive fast cars

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and break down doors, or do we go for officers

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with preventative, clinical, human...

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more of that emphasis so they come into the service looking at justice

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rather than outcome, and that is a massive

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challenge but it starts with projects like ours.

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Surrey Police is now planning to introduce the project.

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A drunk driver who crashed into the River Medina, in Newport

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on the Isle of Wight, has been given a suspended

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CCTV footage shows 29-year-old Lucy Wilton's car careering

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around Coppins Bridge, undertaking a vehicle, before

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She will have to do 100 hours of community service,

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and is disqualified from driving for almost three years.

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It's being called a "springwatch for live music".

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Tonight a census is under way to check up on the health

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It's important to the night time economy and a vibrant part

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of a town or city's culture, but are venues booming

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That's what the researchers hope to find out in six cities including

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Lewis Coombes is in Southampton for us tonight, how important

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The Talking Heads venue here in Southampton is one

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of Hampshire's best-loved music venues - described to me today

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as the veins that breathe life to the local music scene -

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allowing bands to learn their craft on the road,

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Volunteers from Solent University have toured venues like this today

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for the world's first Music Census looking to assess

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If we get stronger data sets we can get the Government behind the

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When they realise the importance of it, hopefully we can

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get smaller venues recognised as arts centres and not just licensed

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premises, whereby they just charged as a small business like everybody

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They are very important in the ecosystem of live music.

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The Talking Heads is a case in point - on the verge of closure at it's

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previous site nearby, in Portswood - a public campaign to keep it open

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saw two local businessmen take over and move the business here.

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But it's not getting any easier - business rates for many

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are going up, which, it's feared, could force many

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If we change the name to the Talking Heads Theatre

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We offer live performances of comedy, poetry,

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everything you can think of that a theatre does.

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So I don't see why we should be treated differently and be

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cut off from the funding which I know is available.

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With big stadium tours and festivals, live music now earns

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the music industry more money than recording revenues.

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But it's the small venues that serve as the training ground

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It's something a little bit different from the normal going to

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the pub, clubbing, it's more chilled out, going to a gig, see some live

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They're not only important for the local musical

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industry but there are important for the local economy as well.

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They bring people together and they bring

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the community together, and they bring everyone, on a happy vibe,

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The census runs until midday tomorrow, with volunteers charting

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everything from "lone buskers to pub gigs to stadium concerts"

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and there's a nationwide online survey that runs until May.

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That's how its looking tonight, thanks for being there.

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We'll be back with bulletins in BBC Breakfast tomorrow

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morning but first Alexis is here with your regional

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in Ohio 16 Celsius widely across the region. Tomorrow there will be clear

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spells at with increasing cloud temperatures will rise. Under the

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clearing skies we could see a low of around three Celsius. Increasing

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cloud tomorrow morning, patchy rain, the cloud will start to engulf much

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of the region and we will see a lot of low cloud, perhaps mist and fog,

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temperatures reaching ten to 11 Celsius with light winds. There will

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be a good deal of cloud tomorrow night and during the early hours of

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Saturday. Some clear spells but Saturday should be mainly dry. It is

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the better day of the weekend. Still a lot of cloud but we are expecting

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some bright and sunny spells during the afternoon. The next weather

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front moves in from the West on Sunday. We are still uncertain as to

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the time of the rain on Sunday but there will be some rain in the

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middle of the day. A lot of cloud over the next few days. Rain

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expected on Sunday. Tomorrow and Saturday

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day. On Sunday, cloudier, maybe spots of rain.

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Good evening, in the spring sunshine we saw temperatures as high as 17.5

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Celsius. Not as warm or Sonning on Friday. Still a lot of dry, settled

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weather in the forecast for the next few days. This was the sunset

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captured by one of our Weather Watchers. Clear skies there. We have

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had increasing amounts of cloud moving in from the West. Through the

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remainder of tonight we will continue to see that cloud across

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the south-west of England, the Channel Isles, weaving in across

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Wales, Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Bringing with it some

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outbreaks of drizzly rain, particularly around the coast and

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the hills. Further east, clear skies and the coldest temperatures. We are

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likely to see frost across eastern parts of Scotland by Friday morning.

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The west of Scotland will see the cloud moving in, bringing spots of

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light, drizzly rain. A similar picture for Northern Ireland. Fairly

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cloudy and grey. A bit of hill

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