07/04/2017 South Today

Horse riders in Berkshire who were the victims of a vicious

dog attack are calling on the government to review the law.

The attack on two horses and their riders left one

of the animals needing six and a half hours of surgery.

And its owner says she's shocked that the police say no

Anna Bunton still has nightmares about the attack.

Her horse Mo's injuries were so severe,

to stop the bleeding and carefully stitch her back together again.

The dog which attacked them was a Staffordshire Bull Terrier

As soon as it started biting, it just turned into a wild animal and

it was jumping for the jugular. It took off with the dog still biting

at the back legs and then the dog that my leg and hung on for quite a

long time and all I remember was just seeing its face lunging at us

at every conceivable angle. I wasn't aware of those injuries until I had

walked away and could see the blood on her.

The dog's owner eventually managed to get the dog off,

but then let it go again and it went for Lauren Colwell's

She had a massive cut on her leg. The vet shaved the area and said it

was a lot worse than it looked because of the possession. If it had

been another half an inch we could be looking at having to get her put

down. In a statement Thames Valley Police said officers investigated

the incident and it was established no criminal incident had occurred.

The incident was resolved at the satisfaction of the owner of the dog

and of the horse. They are far from satisfied. They have started a

parliamentary petition for the law to be reviewed. I just want there to

be a re-evaluation of the laws. It was in a public place, the animal

was injured and humans were injured and the owner allowed to walk away

without punishment. Physical wounds are healing that Anna hasn't found

the courage to take habit of the yard for a ride.

An inquest jury has concluded that neglect contributed to the suicide

of a 22-year-old man in Winchester prison.

Daryl Hargrave, who had a history of mental health issues,

was found hanged in his cell in July 2015.

The inquest heard that he had been on remand for six days.

The jury found there was a failure to provide treatment for psychosis

and a decision not to put him on constant supervision also

We feel that the jury couldn't have done any more. They have said it all

in one word, neglect. What do you hope will be the legacy? We pray

that his death all we can ask is that lessons are learned and for the

present, more training. Two fire stations in Berkshire may

have to close as the Fire Authority looks to save almost two

and a half million pounds by 2020. Fire stations at Pangbourne

and Wargrave have been A decision will be

made later this month. Conductors on Southern Rail

are preparing to walk out from midnight -

as part of the on-going dispute over Members of the RMT Union

moved their latest strike to tomorrow to accommodate talks

with the operator - Southern says it will provide

"almost its entire normal A crackdown on taxi drivers

who are rude, turn up late or look scruffy is gathering pace

across the region. Next month, Mid Sussex District

Council will become the latest authority to introduce a penalty

points system for cabbies And if a driver accumulates 12

penalty points they could Steve Humphrey has been looking

at this and joins me now. Steve, this is a very clear

message to taxi drivers? Yes, these new penalty points

systems apply to both taxi drivers and drivers

of private hire vehicles. Mid Sussex District Council says

it's a good way of closely monitoring the behaviour and conduct

of drivers - For instance, drivers

with dirty or scruffy cars Those who go the long way

round to boost the fare And those who turn away a customer

without a good excuse could get Any driver who accumulates 12

points within two years We've been talking to

cabbies in Haywards Heath. I think it is a good idea but a few

things are strict, you cannot have food and said, a bottle of water,

what are you going to do? I keep my car clean and tidy like most of the

guys do. I can't see why the council want to award you points. My car is

always clean anyway. They don't pay me enough to drive over the limit! I

just think it is crazy. What has Mid-Sussex Council said

about its new penalty points system? Well, the council wants to make sure

taxis and private hire vehicles are It also says the system

will highlight repeat offenders. It is something others

councils have introduced - including Reading and East

Hampshire, and Portsmouth has had Football and Brighton overtook

Newcastle at the top of the Championship tonight

after a 2-1 win away at QPR. Brighton had two goals disallowed

before Tomer Hemed put Glenn Murray Four minutes later Sebastien

Pocognoli scored this free kick. QPR pulled one back -

but Albion are now one step closer That's all from the South Today

news team this evening. We're back tomorrow evening

at 6:45 and there's more Newsnight will be starting

shortly on BBC Two but now Alexis Green is here

with our regional weather forecast. Good evening. A lovely day for most

and we saw a high of 18 Celsius and tomorrow could be warmer. Turning

chilly with mist and fog patches developing in the early hours and

maybe the odd pockets of frost. We could see the temperature falls to

one Celsius. Mist and fog could and once it does we will have blue skies

above. It could be higher than today reaching a high of 20. It will feel

cooler along the coast with the slight breeze from the south-east

but the temperature will do well in line and it could be warmer still

through Thursday with the temperature reaching a high of 21,

so the weekend will be dry and settled with high, warm

temperatures, but cooler into next week.

Monday, and north-westerly wind will drag in more cloud and temperatures

will be down by 8-9 . Hello, my advice would be to make

the most of the weather this weekend, if you can. Because there

will be a good day love sunshine on offer and it will continue to warm

up as well. This picture was taken in Cumbria, at Workington, later in

the afternoon. We got the sunshine eventually in northern England but

it's in the Northwest we have the lowest temperatures at the moment.

Under clear skies, it's turning quite chilly. There's