23/04/2017 South Today

Five women attacked by a gang of men in Portsmouth say they're now

They say they were set upon by 20 to 30 men,

who shouted homophobic abuse as they punched and kicked them.

James Ingham has spoken to three of the women,

There's on one punch, jawline fractured here

from the bruise that you can see just there.

All of my top seven front teeth are completely away.

It was horrific what happened, but coming in afterwards,

after being in the hospital, and my son seeing me with no teeth.

That was more painful than any blow that could have, could have been,

because he doesn't understand why someone's done that.

It's a vicious animal thing that's ruined six women's lives.

The women were walking home from a night out in this

bar on Easter Sunday when they were set upon.

They say up to 30 men, who they believe are Polish,

brutally attacked them because they are lesbians.

They were just punching me, kicking me, pulling my hair.

Grabbing me inappropriately and calling me a dirty dyke.

As a group as well, it's shattered us - completely.

The women are upset with the way Hampshire Police

responded that night, and in the days that followed.

Like they're there to do a job and I don't feel

My friend was telling the police to call for an ambulance

and they turned round and said she can get a taxi.

And I'm seizuring - blood's coming out of my mouth -

on the floor and the police, none of them even come

The police have told us homophobic crimes are treated

While four men they arrested have now been released,

they say several lines of inquiry are ongoing.

The Iranian Supreme Court has rejected an appeal

against a five-year prison sentence given to a woman

accused of trying to topple the Tehran government.

Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe was arrested last year while in Iran

Her husband, Richard, who's from Fleet, says they've

exhausted all legal options now, and he's hoping the

Some workers at BMW plants in Cowley and Swindon have been on strike

Members of the Unite union are taking part in industrial action

in protest at plans to close the company's final

BMW says it wants to protect future pension provision

It's been a poignant day for a young family from New Zealand,

in a service to commemorate 94 Anzac soldiers buried in

the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Brockenhurst in Hampshire.

The men were all patients at the New Zealand General Hospital,

set up in the village to care for men injured

Among those who never returned home was Alita Holdaway's

Lest we forget, that is what we have grown up hearing, those words.

Actually While many people from the south

will have been running in the London marathon today, Southampton

staged its first full marathon And it was won by a local man

running his first ever marathon. Pounding the streets is tough enough

but add in features like the steep incline of the Itchen Bridge,

across and back again, and the Southampton marathon

was clearly not one for the faint hearted - or anyone who hadn't

put the training in. words are real life, lest we forget

these men who died on the opposite side of the world from New Zealand.

I definitely think it is something to remember. These guys have already

ran the 13 miles. Quite a few from our local park. Lots of cheering and

lots of support. They are doing fantastic.

A Saints legend was among those taking part.

Three races were being run simultaneously -

a 10k, a half marathon, and for the first time in three

But there was certainly a competitive edge - the winner.

The event's also been a winner for the city,

bringing hundreds of thousands into the local economy,

and raising many more for local good causes.

And Bee Tucker has the regional forecast.

Good evening. A beautiful day today. Many of us have seen sunshine. Cloud

has drifted in and out. That will be how it will be tonight. Where their

well breaks we could see loads of four, 5 degrees. For most it will be

a bit milder. A great start to the day. Some early spells of sunshine.

Showers will start to work their way in from the north. By afternoon

there will be more widespread and on the heavy side still sunshine

between the showers and relatively mild temperatures are around 15.

Overnight Monday and introduced it we get the cold air digging down.

There will be a widespread frost There's more on the BBC

News website. And our next news is

tonight at 20 past 10. We had a beautiful day across most

of UK today, but there's a taste of winter on the way. Even a little bit

of snow. Its forecast for one or two places. This is the forecast

tonight. We're watching this cold front, this will line, this weather

front. Everything to the north of that line is cold as dreaming

straight from the Arctic. -- streaming straight from the Arctic.

You can see showers are affecting parts of Scotland. To the south of