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A violent attack on a group of gay women by up to 30 men.

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They claim police didn't do enough to help.

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Have you anything to say to the staff and patients?

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You should feel ashamed - the judge's verdict

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after a hospice manager steals money from the most vulnerable.

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And an Arctic blast gives us a cool feel for the next couple of days. I

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will have the weather later. Punched in the face so hard one

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of them lost seven teeth. Bruised internal organs,

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dislocated knees and shoulders. Injuries sustained by a group

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of young gay women on a night out in Portsmouth in what's believed

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to have been a violent Today, there was concern

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and bitterness among some of the victims that the police

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were not doing enough Bruises, black eyes,

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teeth knocked out. In total, five women were hurt

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as they made their way home along They were repeatedly punched

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and kicked by a group The woman whose teeth were knocked

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out is amongst the victims Before I even got to turn round,

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I was hit and in that hit, I remember I could feel something

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had moved in my mouth, but at that point, I didn't

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know it was my teeth. I was just crying and

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screaming frantically. The victims think the men

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who attacked them were Polish and believe they were targeted

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because they are lesbians. They say they are upset

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with the way Hampshire Police I don't think they

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handled it well at all. We were telling the police

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who assaulted people and they were letting

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them go in taxis. Neither witnesses got

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called to give statements. There was 20 to 30 men involved,

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I don't understand how only They didn't even come over

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and check if I was OK. We had no photos taken

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of the injuries. I've been groped and grabbed

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as well as the other girls. We should have had

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a female officer there. Hampshire Police say an ambulance

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was requested by officers as soon as they arrived at the scene

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in Kingston Road. The police have also

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revealed that four men - one from Portsmouth and three

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from London - were arrested They have been released but remain

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under investigation. Hampshire Police declined an

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invitation to be interviewed and said they could not comment on the

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details as it would prejudice a future court case. They have said...

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Recent Government figures show that the number of recorded

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There were just over 7,000 such crimes in the past year

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At the same time, research by one gay charity showed that half

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of those who reported hate crime said they did not feel

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Earlier, I spoke to Benjamin Butterwortth who is a reporter

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for the gay newspaper, Pink News.

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He's also been a victim of hate crime and reported it to the police.

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He told me incidents like the one in Portsmouth are not uncommon.

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Four in five LGBT people say they have experienced a hate crime at

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some point in their lives. That could be anything from someone

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shouting an insult at them in the street, right through to the tragic

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aggressive insult we have seen in this incident. What is more

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concerning is how many of those people don't report it. It is

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thought the majority of LGBT people who experienced hate crime don't

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follow it up and tell the police. We have seen with these ladies in

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particular they were upset with how they were treated by the police.

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Other issues with police training? One of the key things we find is

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that about 40% of cases, the LGBT people feel the police and the

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authorities who they dealt with were not properly trained in LGBT issues.

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That can be anything from asking people to prove they are LGBT in an

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unreasonable way, making assumptions about people that make them feel

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uncomfortable, and that is one of the biggest issues. A whole number,

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about a quarter of people who have reported a hate crime before said

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they wouldn't feel comfortable doing it again. I do think police forces

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have to do -- look at carefully how they provide training for this

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issue. You deserve to feel shameful

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for what you have done - the words of a crown court judge

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today as he sentenced a hospice finance manager

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for stealing thousands of pounds Simon Plummer was given an 18-month

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suspended sentence and ordered to do 300 hours of unpaid work for taking

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the money from Oakhaven He used it to fund building work

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on his own house in Sway. He was trusted to take care

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of the money at a place What do you say to the staff

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and patients at the hospice? But Simon Plummer abused his

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position to steal more than ?13,000. Southampton Crown Court heard that

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between November 2015 and August 2016, Mr Plummer had diverted cash

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and cheque donations from being paid Instead, he used the money to cover

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the cost of building materials The fraud was uncovered

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when the building company Travis Perkins began sending

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invoices to the hospice. After an internal inquiry,

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Mr Plummer was dismissed from Oakhaven and the police

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were informed. In court, he pleaded guilty to fraud

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by abuse of position. Taking that into account,

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Judge Francis Burrell gave Mr Plummer an 18-month suspended

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sentence and told him... No-one from Oakhaven

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wanted to appear on camera "This has been a very sad

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and difficult period for us "We have in place a strong set

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of financial procedures "so the public and all our

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supporters can be assured that "fundraised income and donations

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are safe and secure." And maintaining that goodwill

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from the public is crucial. Mr Plummer has written

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to staff at the hospice expressing his remorse,

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but declined to comment It's been described as a ticking

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time bomb inside our care system. A new report published

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by Healthwatch in West Berkshire reveals the failure of many councils

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to put adequate plans in place to look after vulnerable people

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with learning difficulties when their carers can no

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longer look after them. As Nikki Mitchell reports,

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many parents are terrified about what will happen

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to their children, Severe autism means Nathanial

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is more like a two-year-old He's a big baby and he's lovely,

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but we've had a toddler for 18 years But what about the next 18 years

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and the 18 years after that? Our social care system has neither

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the time or the money to plan for what should happen when parents

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and carers can care no longer. If I suddenly had to go

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into hospital long-term or God We need an action committee

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formed of key professionals, the voluntary sector,

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the parents and carers, to actually look at potential

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solutions, and who knows, perhaps This is a national problem,

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it's not just West Berkshire. The plain fact is that there

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is less accommodation than the number of people

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we would like to provide for it. And, therefore, perhaps we do

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step in rather later than some The distress, for me,

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would be acute, not knowing where he was, was he

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safe, was he happy? Finally from me, in football,

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Brighton must wait to see if their promotion to

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the Premier League They needed Newcastle

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to lose to Preston tonight, Nevertheless, Brighton can still win

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the title this weekend. That's all from the South Today

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news team this evening. The weather for the week ahead, we

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have some Arctic air coming our way for the next couple of days and then

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we see a bit of a turn, back to the milder conditions. In the meantime,

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one or two wintry showers. Tonight, clear skies overhead and with the

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cool air mass, temperatures will tumble down to freezing in most

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spots, a touch below in rural areas. Widespread frost tomorrow morning

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but had brightness, sunny skies through the cause in the morning,

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the cloud bubbling up and one or two showers as well. The temperatures

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could nudge up to 11 or 12 degrees. Through the latter part of tomorrow

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afternoon, the Shah was built in intensity and in number. Winter

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greens -- through the evening and overnight period, they tend to ease

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away and once again clearing skies and temperatures around freezing.

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Into Wednesday, a frosty start, again some brightness to get the day

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going but the showers start to shop earlier in the day. Once more, the

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risk of sleet and hail and thunder in the mix and where we see the

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showers, the winds pick up as well. Feeling cool as the showers pass

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through. Thursday, we will see a bit of a change, milder conditions on

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the way, the fund is sinking southwards, that will bring more

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cloud and outbreaks of rain. A cloudy pig show on Friday. One odd

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to showers. Looking ahead to next weekend we stick with a cloudy

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theme. We could still see one or two spells of rain.

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course, there'll be the threat of some rain. More with the national

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forecast now. Good evening. It's been turning

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colder from the north so far today. It's been cold enough for

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significant snow in northern Scotland. This was mid afternoon.

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More recently it's been blowing around over the tops of the

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mountains. Snow in April not necessarily unusual but it's usually

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unwelcome. The colder air coming in behind the front which clears

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towards the near continent, opening the floodgates to this Coldstream of

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air all the way from the

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