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Coming up: Claims that lives are being put at risk

because of computer crashes in the call centre for one

It is simply been a matter of chance that lives have not been lost. But

safety has been compromised. of This Country, how siblings

from Cirencester have turned Storm Doris on the way tomorrow. I

will have details. It's claimed that lives are being

put at risk because of failures with the computer system

which handles Fire Service The system which is provided

by Capita, cost ?7.5 million. It crashed at least

ten times last year. One call handler says she had

to direct fire crews Dorset and Wiltshire Fire

and Rescue Service have responded to more than 42,000 calls

since the new call-handling system provided by Capita was put in place

in the summer of 2015. It's designed to break down borders

between the three Fire and Rescue areas it covers and deploy fire

engines from the closest Well, just on Monday,

we had two very common Kate Scott is a control room

operator and local rep The system fails and we're unable

to mobilise fire engines. When you are answering 999 calls,

you're trying to do the best you possibly can for that person

on the end of the phone and when you're not able to do that

as effectively as you would like, it is very frustrating

and stressful for the operators. A freedom-of-information request

from the BBC has revealed over the last 18 months,

there have been several problems, these include the system failing

to work and calls having to be taken This is a single control room that

covers all of Dorset. The union says the

system must be fixed. It has simply been a matter

of chance that lives I tell you what, safety

has been comprimised. It has taken us longer to reach some

incidents because of this system. The three areas using the system,

Dorset and Wiltshire, Devon and Somerset and Hampshire

Fire And Rescue Services Of course, we are aware

there have been problems. We have been doing everything

we possibly can with partners Capita and others to ensure those

problems are resolved. There is absolutely no risk

of us not responding, so in the event of an emergency that

requires Fire and Rescue Service response, dial 999 and we will

respond and we will be Capita says its system

was introduced after robust testing and it will continue to work

with the Fire Service Forensics officers are continuing

their investigation of a former home of the convicted murderer

Christopher Halliwell. Gardens and the garages behind two

properties on Broad Street Halliwell murdered Becky Godden

and Sian O'Callahan. The sentence he was given means

he'll never be released from prison. A woman from Banbury

says she's frustrated - but not surprised -

at the Supreme court's decision that the Government's minimum income

immigration rule is lawful. Mandy Ryder's husband can't move

to the UK from Morocco because she can't prove

she earns enough money. This is the closest

Mandy Ryder from Banbury gets to her husband,

Boubaker, each day. They met in Morocco three years ago

and married last year. But because Mandy is self employed

and doesn't earn enough money to sponsor his visa,

he's not allowed in the UK. You just want to be able to get up

in the morning and do things together and go out together,

like anyone else in this country Since 2012, the law states British

nationals must earn ?18,600 a year That increases if a child's

included and goes up again Today, the British Supreme Court

ruled those financial measures do not breach human-rights

legislation, leaving Mandy They should really look at each

person's, each couple's, They're just one of thousands

of couples affected by this. What we do know is that around 40%

of all people who are working in the UK as employees,

whether they are British citizens or not, are currently not earning

enough to meet the income threshold. Mandy's now trying to earn

the required amount by April to apply for the visa,

but even then there's no A pilot from RAF Brize Norton

is being court martialled over an incident when his aircraft went

into a nosedive over the Black Sea. The Voyager plane,

with passengers on board, was en route from the base

to Camp Bastian in 49-year-old Fleight Lieutenant

Andrew Townshend initially claimed the nosedive was caused

by a technical fault. But it's believed his digital camera

collided with the control stick, The trial has heard that many

people on board thought An official complaint has been filed

against an Oxford councillor who called homeless people

in the city a disgrace. Labour councillor John Tanner has

been working at a soup kitchen in Oxford as an apology

about his comment. The Conservative Party association

of East Oxford has made an official complaint to the City Council

regarding the remark. Well, I was very

pleased to be invited. I thought because of the mistake

I made on Radio Oxford when I was interviewed,

it is time that I ate And it was a real privilege

they allowed me to come and help in the kitchen and help to prepare

the food for this invaluable soup The number of parking spaces

at Charlbury railway station in West Oxfordshire

could be doubled. Great Western Railway has been

meeting town council officials to discuss plans to increase

capacity to around 500 cars. The number of passengers travelling

from Charlbury has increased It's a BBC mockumentary

about two cousins in the Cotswolds, written

by and starring a brother Episode three of This Country became

available to watch today. It's filmed in Northleach,

where Steve Knibbs met up Northleach, a textbook

Cotswold town. And in This Country,

home to cousins Kerry Over there, we saw Laurence

Llewelyn Bowen once. I was walking in the Co-op

and he was coming out and he said, after you and he said,

no, after you. In real life, Kerry

and Kurtan are Brother Working together as brother

and sister, what is that like? This Country isn't the view

of the Cotswolds that you'd normally It has such a strong identity

and we wanted to show the side that we knew and grew up

with and not the side that you up We wouldn't want to

live anywhere else. Yes, there are so many

big characters. You end up finding out a lot

about people that we write down So you get to hear about

the frustrations of the annual And meet the locals like Mandy,

who's just taken up tatooing. That is Grant from Eastenders,

but also it could be But many of the stories are based

on Daisy and Charlie's real life Someone's been throwing

plums at my house. There is a plum tree

in our front garden, so there are loads of kids throwing

plums at our window, but to make it worse our dad

would always chase them. This Country reflects

the rawness of real life, definitely isn't family viewing

so hasn't been everyone. I think the language could be

toned down a little bit. As long as you don't think

that this is the sort of documentary of Northleach,

it is just a comedy programme People have been absolutely amazing

and it just means so much to us. What do think the impact

on the Cotswolds image will be? So for Daisy and Charlie's

irreverent take on where they grew up, This Country is on iPlayer

and on BBC One on Saturday nights, Alexis has the latest

on storm Doris. Storm Doris is on its way tomorrow,

more about that and just a second, overnight tonight we will have

increasing winds from the south-west,

outbreaks of rain as well. A fair amount of cloud,

temperatures falling to a fairly The winds will continue

to strengthen through the day tomorrow and as a result,

the Met office has issued a ample warning for northern parts

of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, elsewhere, there is

a yellow warning in force. In the amber region,

we could see wind gusts of between 60 to 80 mph,

elsewhere, 50 to 60 mph. So, the amber and yellow

warning warning is in force through the day tomorrow morning,

we will have some heavy rain Strengthening winds

during the course of the day. The winds will only really start

to ease after dark tomorrow. Highs tomorrow at around

eight to 10 Celsius. The wind strengthening tomorrow

afternoon and into the evening We will see some brighter spells,

perhaps some isolated showers, but it should be mainly dry and it

will feel quite chilly The winds coming in from

the south-west after the cold front In summary: for tomorrow

we are expecting a Met Office amber warning in force through the course

of the day and a yellow The amber warning it in force

for northern parts of the region, we could see wind gusts

there of between 60 and 80 mph. Wind gusts elsewhere

of between 50 to 60mph. some sunshine around and light

winds. For more on Doris and its impact, here is the national

weather. Good evening, a rough patch weather

on the way. Time to fasten your seat belt. A high wind warning from the

Met office, an amber one, so pretty severe. Let's see where Storm Doris

is right now, only just developing to the west of the UK, in its early

stages which is not good because it will be at its peak when it crosses

the UK. You can see this hook of cloud which is where the twisting is

starting to happen, which is where the big mid-latitude cyclone is

starting to develop and it will slam into the centre of the UK during the

morning and move across the country through the morning and into the

afternoon. Two rounds from this storm, we will see some snow across

southern and central parts of Scotland first tonight and into the

early hours of Thursday morning. Let's look at the snow, also an

amber warning from the Met office, the Southern uplands, the borders,

including Edinburgh, there could