:00:00. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to South Today, I'm Edward Sault.
:00:10. > :00:18.18 years in prison for murdering his partner's young son.
:00:19. > :00:21.Joseph Eke is sentenced for killing Harry House who was two years old.
:00:22. > :00:23.Also, struggling to keep staffing levels safe -
:00:24. > :00:25.the health services here with an ongoing recruitment crisis
:00:26. > :00:34.And we've got some very wet and windy weather to come today. Will
:00:35. > :00:43.that last all week? The full forecast later in the programme.
:00:44. > :00:46.A man from Dorset has been sentenced to a minimum
:00:47. > :00:48.of 18 years in prison for murdering his
:00:49. > :00:55.Joseph Eke kicked and punched two-year-old Harry House at his home
:00:56. > :01:01.in Broadmayne last May while Harry's mother was out shopping.
:01:02. > :01:03.Anjana Gadgil is live from Winchester Crown Court
:01:04. > :01:10.A horrific case for everybody involved.
:01:11. > :01:15.Little toddler Harry died from a blow to the abdomen
:01:16. > :01:19.A post-mortem examination showed he also had a fractured skull
:01:20. > :01:27.Last month 22-year-old Joseph Eke, the partner of Harry's mother
:01:28. > :01:28.Lauren O'Neill was convicted of Harry's murder.
:01:29. > :01:32.The trial heard that Ms O'Neill had gone to buy washing powder but had
:01:33. > :01:35.returned to find her son turning white and his lips turning blue.
:01:36. > :01:40.Eke denied his guilt all along and today Dorset police have issued
:01:41. > :01:44.this footage of Eke being questioned after his arrest.
:01:45. > :01:54.I've not assaulted him, I've not ever laid a finger on him.
:01:55. > :02:09.Ms O'Neill was emotional throughout the trial and again
:02:10. > :02:11.today during sentencing - and declined to talk to us
:02:12. > :02:16.but Dorset police said they were pleased with the outcome.
:02:17. > :02:18.Harry should be a three and a half-year-old boy.
:02:19. > :02:21.He should be looking forward to school over the next year.
:02:22. > :02:23.Unfortunately, that life has been taken from him.
:02:24. > :02:26.So, the whole investigation team is very sad.
:02:27. > :02:33.We've had a picture up of Harry in our crew room for the whole time.
:02:34. > :02:37.I'm pleased that justice has been served but it's a sad day.
:02:38. > :02:42.In sentencing, the judge at Winchester Crown Court,
:02:43. > :02:47.Ms Justice May, said, "No-one will ever know the extent
:02:48. > :02:49.of your mistreatment of Harry over the last few days and weeks
:02:50. > :02:54.You wilfully, fatally failed Harry when you assaulted
:02:55. > :03:02.Three lanes of the M3 Northbound in Hampshire are to remain closed
:03:03. > :03:05.for the rest of the afternoon after a serious crash this morning.
:03:06. > :03:09.Three lorries and a car are reported to have been involved.
:03:10. > :03:12.It happened between junctions nine and ten near the Winnal roundabout,
:03:13. > :03:15.an Air Ambulance was called to the scene.
:03:16. > :03:19.Investigations are continuing into a murder of a man
:03:20. > :03:23.in Blackbird Leys - as Thames Valley Police have told
:03:24. > :03:28.the public they "won't tolerate violence of this kind"
:03:29. > :03:36.Yesterday police confirmed five people aged between 16
:03:37. > :03:38.and 27 had been arrested in relation to the incident.
:03:39. > :03:41.They have appealed for anyone who was near the Premier shop
:03:42. > :03:43.on the junction of Pegasus Road and Crowberry Rd from 10pm
:03:44. > :03:47.There's been increased police presence across parts of the South -
:03:48. > :03:49.following the terror attacks in London.
:03:50. > :03:51.Extra officers have been out on the streets and attending busy
:03:52. > :03:55.There is currently believed to be no specific risk to the region,
:03:56. > :03:57.but the police are urging us to keep alert.
:03:58. > :03:59.Meanwhile four thousand worshippers observed a minute's silence
:04:00. > :04:03.led by the Archbishop of Canterbury inside Winchester Cathedral
:04:04. > :04:07.as a mark of respect to those killed and wounded
:04:08. > :04:13.We acknowledge, as Christians, or we should, the reality of evil.
:04:14. > :04:19.Of deep and profound wickedness and of the
:04:20. > :04:22.anger and grief and sadness and compassion for those affected that
:04:23. > :04:26.every single person here will be feeling.
:04:27. > :04:29.Health services across the South are struggling to keep
:04:30. > :04:30.staffing levels safe because of an ongoing
:04:31. > :04:36.Latest figures from NHS Digital show our hospitals,
:04:37. > :04:39.community health trusts and ambulance services
:04:40. > :04:41.have a combined total of well over 4,500 vacancies.
:04:42. > :04:49.Our Health Correspondent, Nikki Mitchell, reports.
:04:50. > :04:54.With 30 years experience, Bridget Catterall is much in demand, filling
:04:55. > :04:59.shifts which different hospitals can't fill because they have too
:05:00. > :05:05.many vacancies. I work as an agency nurse. I'm there because there is a
:05:06. > :05:09.shortage of nurses. People going home company lead to moral eyes to,
:05:10. > :05:17.depleted. I have felt the same myself. Those sort of shifts when
:05:18. > :05:27.your workload is intense and you're not getting breaks, going home very
:05:28. > :05:29.late. That is very frequent. Unfortunately the situation is
:05:30. > :05:32.becoming unsustainable and we need to look to a future government to
:05:33. > :05:40.put in a strategy that meet the needs of patients. We want to start
:05:41. > :05:44.a national workforce strategy. We want to make sure EU nationals
:05:45. > :05:50.currently working in the NHS and care sector can remain here with an
:05:51. > :05:53.NHS passport to remain here. We want to make sure bursaries are given to
:05:54. > :05:59.nurses who want to train and we want to remove the pay gap because in the
:06:00. > :06:03.south-east and the south it is very expensive to live. We want to focus
:06:04. > :06:08.on training people without compromising standards and we need
:06:09. > :06:11.to make sure that people feel their work is rewarding, not overburdened
:06:12. > :06:18.by bureaucracy and that they do get a reasonable reward. First thing we
:06:19. > :06:24.would do is remove the 1% pay cap so the staff can earn a decent wage.
:06:25. > :06:31.Secondly, guaranteed you workers can stay after Brexit. Thirdly, to
:06:32. > :06:36.provide more support for student nurses. We need to expand training
:06:37. > :06:41.places and restore the bursary for NHS students. We need to value staff
:06:42. > :06:48.and make them feel welcome and supported at work. We need to stop
:06:49. > :06:57.people leaving. In its manifesto you -- Ukip says...
:06:58. > :07:11.Bridget is keen to stress that being a nurse is hugely rewarding. She
:07:12. > :07:18.just wishes that there were enough of them to meet soaring demand. In
:07:19. > :07:21.the past I've not wanted to talk to watch about the staffing crisis
:07:22. > :07:27.because it worries the general public. I personally think it's time
:07:28. > :07:32.for people to become worried. Given the years it takes to train nurses,
:07:33. > :07:36.doctors and health professionals, unions believe it will take
:07:37. > :07:43.successive governments to solve the NHS's critical staff shortage once
:07:44. > :07:47.and for all. We'll have more on that tonight at 6:30pm.
:07:48. > :07:49.Time for the weather with Bee Tucker.
:07:50. > :07:55.We have got some wet and windy weather spreading in
:07:56. > :07:58.We've seen very little in the way of sunshine.
:07:59. > :08:01.We've had a lot of cloud already today and we're starting
:08:02. > :08:04.This week generally is going to be unsettled.
:08:05. > :08:06.Spells offering push in, heavy at times, often quite windy too.
:08:07. > :08:10.There will be dry and bright spells but over the next few days
:08:11. > :08:14.You can see the bulk of the rain out towards the West.
:08:15. > :08:17.A few holes, generally fairly cloudy.
:08:18. > :08:19.That rain will only get heavier as the afternoon goes on.
:08:20. > :08:21.Southerly winds pick up along the south coast.
:08:22. > :08:25.I think, in rush hour, that rain could be quite heavy,
:08:26. > :08:28.coupled with strong winds could lead to some fairly challenging
:08:29. > :08:31.The rain continues for most of the night.
:08:32. > :08:41.Eventually, as the low pulls away, will see the rain easing.
:08:42. > :08:43.Most parts dry by dawn, still quite windy, so no
:08:44. > :08:48.Tomorrow, I think we'll see early rain clearing and then a mixture
:08:49. > :08:54.We pick up northwesterly airflow tomorrow.
:08:55. > :08:56.So, it is still going to be a very windy day.
:08:57. > :08:59.That will feed in some showers, heavy at times.
:09:00. > :09:00.Perhaps even the odd rumble of thunder.
:09:01. > :09:03.More sunshine, more dry weather than many of us have seen today.
:09:04. > :09:08.Unsettled as we head through the week.
:09:09. > :09:10.Another fairly windy day on Wednesday
:09:11. > :09:15.Towards the tail end of the week, the winds ease and things
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