New Milton Advertiser 16th Oct 2020

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Whole school year asked to self-isolate

Rehab for man who beat woman A LYMINGTON man who twice attacked a woman was ordered by magistrates to carry out rehabilitation activity. Richard Brown (44), of Pennington Oval, pleaded guilty to two counts of as- sault by beating earlier this year in Southampton. He also pleaded guilty to crimi - nal damage of cupboards. The rehabilitation re- quirement was included in a 12-month community order handed down by the city Bench, which also fined Brown £75 and told him to pay £180 court costs. 19 Fir Avenue, New Milton Remembrance drive-in axed PLANS to hold a “drive- in” Remembrance service in Ringwood have hit the brakes. The idea of holding a Churches Together event in a car park has been scrapped by the town council, confirmed Ring - wood mayor Cllr Tony Ring at the authority’s latest meeting when he blamed the “tightening” of coronavirus restrictions. A small, invitation-only service will be held in the town’s War Memorial Gar - dens, which will be filmed and shared on social media.

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AN ENTIRE year group has been asked to self-isolate for 14 days after a second confirmed case of coronavirus at a second- ary school. Noadswood School in Dibden Purlieu had its first reported case last Thursday, but as no students were in close contact with the affected person, no one was asked to stay home. However, after a second case was confirmed at the weekend, head teacher Kathryn Marshall asked all Year 10 students to stay home from Monday. Pupils who are well at the end of the 14 days can return to school and their usual activities, her letter to parents said. Ms Marshall wrote: “Other members of your household can continue normal activities provided your child does not develop any symptoms within the 14-day self-isolation peri- od.” To ensure pupils do not fall behind, remote learning has been put in place for those af- fected by self-isolation. A group of students at Hounsdown School in Totton was also told to self-isolate af- ter a second case of Covid-19 was revealed there too. It followed the first instance reported last Monday. Howev- er, the school in Jacobs Gutter Lane, which has about 1,230 pu- pils, said the two infections are unrelated. Pupils were not required to self-isolate after the initial case but in a letter sent to parents HAMPSHIRE has been placed in Tier 1 of the Prime Minister’s new three-tier system of re - strictions launched on Wednes- day to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. The county was set on me - dium alert, putting residents under basic national rules in- cluding pubs and restaurants closing at 10pm and the ‘rule of six’ limiting groups meeting indoors and outdoors, writes Maria Zaccaro of the Local De- mocracy Reporting Service . These restrictions apply to the areas with the lowest rate of infection. But civic chiefs have warned that the number of cas - es across the county continues to rise. In a Tier 2 area, the mixing between different households indoors is not allowed and the rule of six will only apply out- doors. Tier 3 areas, such as Liver- pool, see pubs and bars closed; households cannot mix indoors or outdoors; and gyms, leisure centres, betting shops and ca- sinos close. Shops, schools and universities will remain open. Simon Bryant, director of public health at Hampshire POLICE officers in Hampshire have been spat at more than 100 times during the pandemic, it has been revealed. Between March and Septem - ber this year Hampshire Con - stabulary recorded 115 cases of officers being spat at, writes Maria Zaccaro of the Local De- mocracy Reporting Service . The incidents have been de- scribed as “vile behaviour”, and officers are now being given the opportunity to self-isolate in hotel rooms. The government has pledged to tighten the law as the number of officers spat at is on the rise. Hampshire Constabulary figures revealed that this year the highest number of incidents was recorded in March when officers were spat at 26 times. It was followed by August with 23 incidents, February with 19 and January and May with 18 each. Chief Constable Olivia Pink- ney said at the start of the pan- demic there was “genuine fear” among police staff. At the meeting of the Hamp - shire Police and Crime Panel earlier this month, she said: “It is horrible. My staff say they’d rather be punched in the face than spat at, but when Covid is with us that makes it even more dangerous.”

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Noadswood School reported two Covid-19 cases within a week (Photo: Google)

last Thursday, head teacher Julie Turvey said the second one will this time require some students to remain at home for the next 14 days.

Ms Turvey asked parents to “continue to support us” by keeping their child at home if they became unwell. She added: “Our actions in-

clude undertaking further deep cleaning of any risk areas. This is in addition to the rigorous daily cleaning programme we already have in place which rou- tinely exceeds the government requirement for schools during the pandemic.” A guide to help parents de- cide if they should keep their child off school has been pub- lished by Hampshire County Council. The council’s cabinet mem - ber for education and skills, Cllr Roz Chadd, said: “Our handy checklist clearly describes the coronavirus symptoms and ex - plains what parents and carers should do if a child or family member has them.” Visit www.hants.gov.uk/ socialcareandhealth/corona virus/schools/flowchart

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Outbreaks at Hampshire care homes CORONAVIRUS outbreaks have been recorded in care homes across Hampshire but further details have not been revealed. cases recorded and whether any of those care homes had to close, were not revealed. In a public meeting held earlier this month, Simon Bryant, the director of public health at Hampshire County Council, told councillors that there is a general increase in cases. County bosses said they are “carefully” monitoring care homes across the county as they are seeing “sporadic out- breaks”, writes Maria Zac- caro of the Local Democracy Reporting Service . However, further details in- cluding the names of the facil - ities affected, the number of He added: “We are carefully monitoring care homes and we are getting sporadic out- breaks in care [homes] not to the extent we had earlier on.”

Counties placed at Tier 1 of new nationwide alert system

County Council, said: “While in- fection rates in Hampshire con - tinue to be well below the Eng- land average, we are seeing the overall number of positive cases continuing to rise. “To help prevent the further spread of infection, and the risk of our county moving into Tier 2, it’s critical that we all stick to the rules – hands, face, space – and refrain from gathering in a group of more than six, either indoors or outdoors, although this can be more for single household groups or support bubbles. “If we don’t, we could be faced with further curbs to our freedoms – something none of us wants to happen.” Christchurch has also been classed within Dorset as a Tier 1 medium risk area but resi - dents are being urged to help reduce the need for tighter re- strictions. The warning was made by Sam Crowe, the joint director of public health for Dorset and BCP councils, following a re- cent increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the county. Ms Crowe said: “We are classed as a medium risk area,

New Forest Covid cases still rising THE weekly number of new coronavirus cases in the New Forest is continuing to ac- celerate, government figures show. Covid-19 deaths in the con- urbation, both in care homes, putting the total at 191.

mostly contained within house - hold bubbles, specific work - places and education settings, if the current rate at which cas- es are rising continues, we are at risk of the virus spreading more widely amongst people, known as community transmis - sion.” On Tuesday the regional R-rates – the average number of people who get infected from someone with the coro - navirus – were in the range of 1.2-1.4 for the south-east. In the south-west it was slight- ly higher at 1.3-1.6. A rate of more than one indicates the pandemic is growing. There were no deaths re- ported in the New Forest, leaving the pandemic death toll in the district at 133. The provisional figures from ONS relate to cause of death for fa- talities up to 2nd October but which were registered up to 10th October.

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Officers who have been victims of spitting have been offered hotel rooms f or isolation

Police officers in Hampshire were spat at 152 times be - tween January and September this year. Over the same period last year the force recorded 120 incidents, 100 of which hap- pened between March and Sep- tember. Zoe Wakefield, chair of the Hampshire Police Federation, said it is “concerning” that fig - ures are on the rise. She added: “In any situation spitting is vile behaviour, but it really is not an acceptable part of a police officer’s job to turn up to a crime, to help

members of the public, and have coronavirus weaponised against them. “The courts need to play their part and implement the maximum sentences they can if a person is assaulting a po- lice officer. And if they have the power to implement custodial sentences, then they should be doing that.” It has not been revealed where in Hampshire the inci - dents happened. But Hamp - shire Constabulary said that, to date, no officers or staff who had been spat or coughed at

are reported to have contracted the virus, and no offer of hotel accommodation has been tak - en up. In a statement the force add - ed: “This was so that we could ensure officers’ loved ones were protected and to give peace of mind to officers whose part - ners or family members were clinically vulnerable or shield- ing. “Attacking a police officer, ei - ther verbally or physically, when we are trying to do our duty is appalling behaviour and will not be tolerated.”

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