19/03/2017

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:00:13. > :00:13.Good evening, I'm Jo Kent. stories on the BBC News Channel.

:00:14. > :00:15.Human trafficking is happening around us, but could you spot

:00:16. > :00:20.That's a question shoppers have been asked in Portsmouth this weekend

:00:21. > :00:22.by a charity raising awareness of modern day slavery.

:00:23. > :00:31.This is Maria, just one of thousands of people working in Britain

:00:32. > :00:36.Brought here by a wealthy family, she was forced to work

:00:37. > :00:45.She managed to escape, but many others can't.

:00:46. > :00:48.Which is why the organisation Stop the Traffik wants us all to be

:00:49. > :00:50.on the lookout for signs of such abuse.

:00:51. > :00:52.It's about equipping the community and the general public

:00:53. > :00:55.with the ability to understand that this does exist.

:00:56. > :00:57.You are looking for anything that looks a bit untoward,

:00:58. > :01:00.people that might seem a bit malnourished,

:01:01. > :01:04.people that feel may be afraid if they are doing agricultural work

:01:05. > :01:12.They might not be wearing the right equipment,

:01:13. > :01:20.they might not be taking breaks, so it's so varied.

:01:21. > :01:21.This is an important and unacceptable crime

:01:22. > :01:24.that is taking place in our community that we must deal

:01:25. > :01:27.with and it is important that we join together in partnerships.

:01:28. > :01:28.If they're something that gives you concern,

:01:29. > :01:31.we will take that information, treat it confidentially and we

:01:32. > :01:35.It's thought only one in five people living in slavery

:01:36. > :01:37.here are ever discovered, but better public vigilance could be

:01:38. > :01:48.A man has been arrested after a series of armed

:01:49. > :01:51.robberies in Christchurch in Dorset yesterday evening.

:01:52. > :01:54.Two people were assaulted and goods stolen from a Co-Op

:01:55. > :01:56.store, a service station and another convenience shop.

:01:57. > :01:59.The 23-year-old suspect was arrested on the M3 in Hampshire,

:02:00. > :02:09.A technology company in Basingstoke has signed a multi-million pound

:02:10. > :02:12.deal to produce life-saving medical monitors for the Armed Forces.

:02:13. > :02:19.The contract also secures jobs for the firm as Ben Moore reports.

:02:20. > :02:22.When there's a serious injury in battle, time is rarely

:02:23. > :02:25.on anyone's side but the aptly made Tempus Pro monitor is designed

:02:26. > :02:28.to buy patients and medics precious minutes, even hours that can make

:02:29. > :02:33.In Monty Python terms, it's a machine that goes ping.

:02:34. > :02:36.You can just use it for pulse and blood pressure but it does lots,

:02:37. > :02:52.For example, I can transmit the data about the patient to the next level

:02:53. > :02:55.of care so the hospital is ready to receive that casualty and can see

:02:56. > :02:59.Medical tools can be plugged in to do things like ultrasound

:03:00. > :03:02.or complex operations and the ?14 million deal

:03:03. > :03:05.with the MoD is not only big for those on the front line but also

:03:06. > :03:08.It is helping sustain 16 high-quality engineering

:03:09. > :03:10.and professional jobs in the Basingstoke and also

:03:11. > :03:13.manufacturing jobs and as a result of this contract and other things

:03:14. > :03:15.we've been doing, we've hired another 20 engineers

:03:16. > :03:20.This will save lives not only because it's got real

:03:21. > :03:22.utility as a bit of kit, but because we are capturing

:03:23. > :03:25.all that data, can analyse it and see if we can

:03:26. > :03:32.Nearly 500 monitors have already been deployed with twice that

:03:33. > :03:35.still on order and given its early success, the Tempus might not

:03:36. > :03:39.remain an exclusively military piece of kit for much longer.

:03:40. > :03:42.Football now - if you don't want to know the score turn

:03:43. > :03:46.A trip to White Hart Lane ended in defeat for Southampton -

:03:47. > :03:50.Christien Eriksen and Dele Ali put Spurs ahead.

:03:51. > :03:52.James Ward-Prowse's goal was consolation for Saints.

:03:53. > :03:58.You can see the action on Match of the Day two which follows us.

:03:59. > :04:01.15,000 runners took to the streets in Reading this

:04:02. > :04:02.morning, for it's big annual Half marathon.

:04:03. > :04:08.Well the rain held off for them, but looks like it's

:04:09. > :04:27.Here's Dan Downs with our weather forecast.

:04:28. > :04:34.We have showers moving in at the moment and temperatures tonight are

:04:35. > :04:39.no lower than 10 Celsius. A grey start tomorrow with heavy burst of

:04:40. > :04:43.rain at times and we keep the wind. A mild day with temperatures

:04:44. > :04:48.reaching 11 Celsius. Once that rain clears through and the skies break,

:04:49. > :04:52.it will be a cold night down to three Celsius. The risk of some

:04:53. > :04:57.frost and bright with showers on Tuesday. That is it from us this

:04:58. > :05:01.evening. We are backing BBC breakfast, good night.