:00:15. > :00:22.Labour leader Ed Miliband says he will abolish the bedroom tax if his
:00:22. > :00:25.party wins the next election. Also tonight, the derelict site that will
:00:26. > :00:30.be transformed into a railway station, the first to be built in
:00:30. > :00:36.Oxford —— Oxfordshire Fanelli named two years.
:00:36. > :00:41.And of the ten on its last refuelling mission from Brize
:00:41. > :00:43.Norton. Anna is off to a fast start as she takes on her final summing
:00:43. > :00:56.challenge. Good evening. Opponents call it the
:00:56. > :00:59.Bedroom Tax. The government calls it the Spare Room Subsidy — changes to
:00:59. > :01:02.housing benefit that have led to cuts in monthly payments for
:01:02. > :01:06.thousands of people with a spare room. It's a policy that the Labour
:01:06. > :01:09.Party says is causing misery for those who can least afford it, and
:01:09. > :01:13.in an exclusive interview tonight, their leader Ed Miliband has told
:01:13. > :01:16.South Today they plan to ditch the change if they get into government.
:01:16. > :01:20.It's been a controversial policy, sparking demonstrations and protest
:01:20. > :01:23.marches. It's affecting people like Toni from North Oxfordshire — who's
:01:24. > :01:34.now paying £100 more for her home since the change was introduced.
:01:34. > :01:39.Before the bedroom tax came in, we were making ends meet by the skin of
:01:39. > :01:43.our teeth. Now the bedroom tax has come in, we struggled for the first
:01:43. > :01:48.couple of months, and then with the school holidays, the kids being home
:01:48. > :01:51.a lot more and eating a lot more, I have had to concentrate more on
:01:51. > :02:00.putting food on the table for the children. That change in labour
:02:00. > :02:03.policy to scrap the bedroom tax will cost £470 million. It will be
:02:03. > :02:10.formally announced at the political party conference tomorrow. We asked
:02:10. > :02:16.the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, how he planned to fund this and if it
:02:16. > :02:26.would be a difficult policy to reverse. It is difficult to work out
:02:26. > :02:30.who should be losing this benefit. It is a benefit, not a tax. There
:02:30. > :02:35.was also the money it saves the taxpayer. Labour has worked out
:02:35. > :02:39.exactly how to fund that, and when I sat down to interview Ed Miliband,
:02:39. > :02:44.he was very clear what his policy would be in 2015. We are going to
:02:44. > :02:49.end the bedroom tax, because it is unfair and it isn't working. We will
:02:49. > :02:53.find the money to do so by ending the tax loopholes that have been
:02:53. > :02:58.allowed under this government. The government is saying the economy is
:02:58. > :03:02.healing. Lots of families feel that by this getting worse. The Labour
:03:02. > :03:09.Party is on their side. This £470 million you are saying you would use
:03:09. > :03:15.to get rid of the probe could surely have gone towards the living wage
:03:15. > :03:22.campaign, which is so high in the south of England. I believe that the
:03:22. > :03:28.bedroom tax is deeply unfair. As a country, we should do the right
:03:28. > :03:32.thing. We shouldn't be cutting taxes for hedge funds is when we are
:03:32. > :03:37.imposing that kind of thing on people. It is about making fair
:03:37. > :03:41.decisions. When you went to Oxford, David Cameron's constituency, you
:03:41. > :03:46.won a seat in the local elections. Are you going to spend more time
:03:46. > :03:51.campaigning in those unwinnable southern seeds? I am not forecasting
:03:51. > :03:56.that we are going to take such seats in the general election, but we will
:03:56. > :04:00.be campaigning right across the South of England, because we have an
:04:00. > :04:04.important measure which about the cost of living, which faces so many
:04:05. > :04:10.people. The other issue with that pledge to reduce the Spare Room
:04:10. > :04:15.Subsidy, as the conservatives call it, is that we have some of the
:04:15. > :04:21.highest waiting lips for housing in the whole of the country. This was a
:04:21. > :04:25.policy that was designed to free up large houses for growing families,
:04:25. > :04:29.to reduce those waiting lists. Labour say they want to build more
:04:29. > :04:35.houses now, something the coalition is now getting on with, but many
:04:35. > :04:39.will say, why didn't they do that when they were in office? You can
:04:39. > :04:43.see that whole interview on the Sunday Politics this Sunday at 11am.
:04:43. > :04:46.Meanwhile members of the UK Independence Party have been talking
:04:46. > :04:49.about consolidating and building on their recent performance in our
:04:49. > :04:51.area, at their own conference in Central London. The party took six
:04:51. > :04:54.seats on Buckinghamshire County Council at the election four months
:04:54. > :04:57.ago. Activists from the county were among voices speaking out today
:04:57. > :05:06.against the government's High Speed rail line, HS2, which would cut
:05:06. > :05:12.through the Chilterns. Not everybody in Buckinghamshire who is objecting
:05:12. > :05:17.to HS2 is in the in a mansion. A lot of people objecting are normal
:05:17. > :05:22.people who are having their home values slashed. This made people
:05:22. > :05:26.look at UKIP closer. Away from politics — it'll be the
:05:26. > :05:29.first new railway station to be built in Oxfordshire in almost 80
:05:29. > :05:32.years, and tonight we can reveal that it's to be called Oxford
:05:32. > :05:35.Parkway. It should be ready for passengers to use by 2016. Chiltern
:05:35. > :05:38.Railways claims it will radically improve services, but its £130
:05:38. > :05:46.million investment won't get passengers into London any faster.
:05:46. > :05:52.Jeremy Stern reports. It's not much to look at, and that
:05:52. > :05:56.is being kind, but Chiltern Railways believes this site has the potential
:05:56. > :06:01.to revolutionise travel in Oxfordshire. The first new station
:06:01. > :06:07.to be built in the county since 1935 will be called Oxford Parkway. This
:06:07. > :06:14.will be a whole new rail travel experience. An out—of—town station,
:06:14. > :06:19.handy to get to, large car park with fast, modern trains straight into
:06:19. > :06:24.London Marylebone with free Wi—Fi and air conditioning. Currently,
:06:24. > :06:29.commuters use the First Great Western line by Didcot into London
:06:29. > :06:34.Paddington. From 2016, they will have the option of taking the
:06:34. > :06:42.children Railways train via Bicester into Mala bone. —— the Chiltern
:06:42. > :06:45.Railways train. Passengers have welcomed the £130 million
:06:45. > :06:50.investment, but say other parts of the county have been neglected. We
:06:50. > :06:55.need a lot more investment in the opening stages, and on the lines,
:06:55. > :07:04.hurting people from the satellite towns into Oxford. There has been a
:07:04. > :07:08.consistent failure to reopen some stations that have been closed.
:07:08. > :07:14.Oxford Parkway should be open by 2015, but customers will not get to
:07:14. > :07:19.London any quicker. Travel time from Oxford to Marylebone will be around
:07:19. > :07:22.50 minutes. A support group offering help to
:07:22. > :07:24.people who've lost someone through suicide has been launched in
:07:24. > :07:28.Swindon. It's being led by Jacky Parry, whose brother killed himself
:07:28. > :07:31.five years ago. She says when it happened, she found there was next
:07:31. > :07:37.to no support available for those he'd left behind. Allen Sinclair
:07:37. > :07:42.reports. Jacky's brother was 37 when he took
:07:42. > :07:50.his own life. You go through denial, through anger, through crying... It
:07:50. > :07:55.is just very overwhelming. There has been a rise in suicide among young
:07:55. > :07:59.men, and research has shown there is a link between this and the
:07:59. > :08:02.emotional stress that recession brings. Mental health workers say
:08:02. > :08:08.their experience backs up those findings. We try to see people
:08:08. > :08:11.early, so if you can teach someone strategies about how they can
:08:11. > :08:17.thought challenge, or what they might do differently, because there
:08:18. > :08:21.is a connection between how they think and what they do. The
:08:21. > :08:25.challenge for mental health professionals is to reach out to
:08:25. > :08:30.those who feel there is no future. For those left behind after suicide,
:08:30. > :08:34.there is now at least more help. If you have gone through that journey
:08:34. > :08:38.yourself, you can have identification and empathy for those
:08:38. > :08:44.that are also suffering bereavement by suicide.
:08:44. > :08:52.You can contact that support group by calling the number on the screen
:08:52. > :08:57.now. A landmark building in Swindon is to
:08:57. > :09:02.be protected with listed status. The Spectrum Building, designed by Sir
:09:02. > :09:08.Norman Foster, was built in 1980 by the car company Renault. It was used
:09:08. > :09:11.as a location in a James Bond film. The listing reflects the
:09:11. > :09:14.architectural importance of the warehouse.
:09:14. > :09:19.It is an aircraft affectionately known as the Queen of the skies.
:09:19. > :09:26.Earlier today, two of the military's refuelling aircraft, the
:09:26. > :09:32.V10, left RAF Brize Norton. It has been used all over the world.
:09:32. > :09:42.They were first used by the military in the 1960s, and have been based at
:09:42. > :09:49.RAF Brize Norton since 1984. I have flown on the VC10 for most of my
:09:49. > :09:55.military career. There is a degree of dignity, pride and excellence.
:09:55. > :09:59.The VC10 has transported royalty, heads of state and even hostages who
:09:59. > :10:04.have been released throughout its history. Now it is about to make its
:10:04. > :10:10.final journey, and we are about to go on board. They may be old, but
:10:10. > :10:16.they are vast. This plane flew from the UK to Perth, Australia, in just
:10:16. > :10:21.under 16 hours. Take—off was about ten minutes ago. We are facing
:10:21. > :10:26.backwards, which is a common trait in all RAF aircraft for safety
:10:26. > :10:32.reasons. There are only 17 of us on board, and we are heading towards
:10:32. > :10:36.the North Sea near Newcastle to refuel some typhoons and tornadoes.
:10:36. > :10:41.Most of the fusilade is taken up by these tanks. This is one of the
:10:41. > :10:46.things the VC10 does best, refuelling and aircraft. These
:10:46. > :10:51.tornadoes have flown from a base in Scotland. You can see just how old
:10:51. > :10:56.this plane looks. This is a four manned flight deck, made up of two
:10:56. > :11:01.pilots, and navigator and an engineer. It is very different from
:11:01. > :11:08.modern aircraft, which only require two pilots. It is pretty much all
:11:08. > :11:14.manually operated. It is an old aircraft, and it takes a lot of
:11:14. > :11:20.work. The VC10 has been part of my life since 2002, so that will be 11
:11:20. > :11:25.years of some good memories, some not quite so good memories, but
:11:25. > :11:30.overall, it has been fantastic. I feel privileged to have the Pacino T
:11:30. > :11:38.to fly the aircraft. There will be one final voyage to museums in
:11:39. > :11:44.Leicestershire and Surrey. Nominations have opened for this
:11:44. > :11:52.year's Oxfordshire sports awards. Nominations include unsung hero. We
:11:52. > :11:55.will be at the awards ceremony on November the 29th. That's it from
:11:55. > :12:07.us. Goodbye. public than reacting? They are
:12:07. > :12:13.loving it. We need to fund raise. The hard bit is still to come. Back
:12:13. > :12:22.to you. Still to come: This woman takes a close—up look. Join me later
:12:22. > :12:30.when I have my first lesson in this bad boy.
:12:30. > :12:33.The mother of a soldier serving in Afghanistan has described her as she
:12:33. > :12:38.felt sick to the stomach when she opened a letter and a wooden cross
:12:38. > :12:41.with a poppy on it fell out. It is part of a direct marketing campaign
:12:41. > :12:46.by the Royal British Legion. It is not the first time the Royal British
:12:46. > :12:51.Legion's letters have caused upset. The organisation has apologised for
:12:51. > :12:56.any distress it may have caused. The first thing that happens, the cross
:12:56. > :13:00.fell out of my lap. It was the most heart—wrenching, gutless feeling I
:13:00. > :13:05.have ever felt in my life. The whole world went through the floor. Joe
:13:05. > :13:10.Edwards lives on the Isle of Wight and does not want to identify her
:13:10. > :13:13.son. She admires the work of the Royal British Legion and is
:13:14. > :13:20.surprised by what she feels is the thoughtlessness. To me across
:13:20. > :13:25.signifies a grave, a death. My son being over there at the moment, I
:13:25. > :13:30.did not need to see that. I need to know that he is going to come back
:13:30. > :13:35.safe and sound. And not be reminded of the dangerous situation that he
:13:35. > :13:38.is in along with everybody else. The crosses are meant to provide a
:13:38. > :13:42.tangible and meaningful way of helping people honour the memory of
:13:42. > :13:46.a loved one who may have died in service. More than 100,000 people
:13:46. > :13:49.send them back to Royal British Legion each year with personal
:13:49. > :13:55.messages on, many accompanied by donations. The Legion then plans
:13:55. > :13:59.them in the fields of remembrance in their behalf —— on their behalf.
:13:59. > :14:03.This isn't the first time their envelopes of upset people. In a
:14:04. > :14:12.statement, the Royal British Legion told us it empathises with Joan
:14:12. > :14:18.Edwards. It says it is very sorry for any distress caused. The
:14:18. > :14:21.envelopes carry a message in small print offering sincerest apologies
:14:21. > :14:26.for any upset caused if the letter arrives at an inappropriate time.
:14:26. > :14:29.Thousands of residents in Surrey have signed a petition calling for
:14:29. > :14:33.professional cycling races in the county to be scrapped. The Tour of
:14:33. > :14:36.Britain race arrives in Guildford tomorrow and once again there will
:14:36. > :14:39.be a series of rolling road closures. Some residents say it's
:14:39. > :14:42.like being "kettled" in their own homes — a reference to the police
:14:42. > :14:53.tactic of restricting the movement of protestors. Ben Moore reports.
:14:53. > :14:58.It's almost like a chain reaction in Guildford when the cycling comes to
:14:58. > :15:02.town, the roads are closed. Now some residents in the middle of the
:15:02. > :15:08.course wish cycling would get on its bike.
:15:08. > :15:12.The entrance to and from my property leads me to a road that is closed. I
:15:12. > :15:18.cannot get out of my house in a motor vehicle and SI wish to leave
:15:18. > :15:24.before 5am or come home after 7pm. How do you feel? Kettled, to use an
:15:24. > :15:30.expression. More than 60,000 cyclists took part
:15:30. > :15:36.in the riding event this summer. Some roads were closed for many
:15:36. > :15:42.hours. Tomorrow's event is for professionals, so some of the
:15:42. > :15:48.cycling chaos should be avoided. We have had a consultation that has
:15:48. > :15:53.gone out to individuals and residents, talking about what we can
:15:53. > :15:57.do to make this less inconvenient. Surrey has been a focus for cycling
:15:57. > :16:00.since the Olympics. It is that legacy that is also causing
:16:00. > :16:05.problems. This whole part of the county is
:16:05. > :16:10.absolutely saturated with people who wish to be like the Olympic road
:16:10. > :16:14.racers. Businesses on the course say that
:16:14. > :16:19.despite the popularity of races, they are not cashing in.
:16:19. > :16:24.It is putting our normal customers of the area, because they are slowed
:16:24. > :16:28.down by the cyclists. They ride three or four abreast on the country
:16:28. > :16:32.lanes, and it becomes a real nuisance for them to come out and
:16:32. > :16:38.use the local businesses. Tomorrow, the finish line will be
:16:38. > :16:45.packed, testament to the popularity of the sport. Surrey post—Olympics
:16:45. > :16:49.is making the sport its own. But it is hoped that the popularity of the
:16:49. > :16:57.cycling will not be a divisive issue for those and to wheels or not.
:16:57. > :17:03.It's an interesting debate, because the Tour of Britain is big this
:17:03. > :17:07.year. It has proved a hit with cycling fans, sporting fans.
:17:07. > :17:12.Indeed, it is the other side of the coin of the Bradley Wiggins affect.
:17:12. > :17:17.We start off with another sport, World Cup qualifying starts for
:17:17. > :17:22.Britain's —— England's women tomorrow. England had a difficult
:17:22. > :17:25.summer with poor performances in the British Championships, which led to
:17:25. > :17:32.the sacking of manager Hope Powell. Tomorrow, temporary boss Trent Hills
:17:32. > :17:37.is in charge, and with the visitors from Turkey to Fratton Park.
:17:37. > :17:42.There are a few new additions to the team, so everyone will be looking
:17:42. > :17:49.forward to being a bit better than a few months ago.
:17:49. > :17:57.That match is live on BBC One tomorrow from 9:50am. In the Premier
:17:57. > :18:05.League, Southampton travel away. After a 0—0 game, it means that
:18:05. > :18:09.Saints have lost only once, but they have struggled to score.
:18:09. > :18:19.Reading have signed form and Southampton defender —— defender,
:18:19. > :18:24.and also Saints striker Billy Sharpe could be set to join him. They are
:18:24. > :18:30.trying to bring the man aside from Doncaster to them. Also, a record
:18:30. > :18:41.signing of tequila ran the pipe once must could lead to a leading start
:18:41. > :18:45.—— coq lo Runcie. Don't forget, there is commentary on all of the
:18:45. > :18:50.matches later. In cricket, Surrey has been
:18:50. > :18:56.relegated to the second—tier of the championships. Surrey gambled and
:18:56. > :19:00.forfeiting as they needed to win to stay in the Division One. But they
:19:00. > :19:08.did not pay off, Warwickshire won by six wickets.
:19:08. > :19:11.Ben Ainslie and Oracle USA stayed alive in the Americas cup
:19:11. > :19:20.yesterday, after beating team New Zealand. Yesterday's game was as
:19:20. > :19:25.boned until today. The Kiwis lead 8—2. —— was aspirant until today.
:19:25. > :19:31.The Kiwis need only one more race to win the trophy.
:19:31. > :19:35.Making the change from enthusiastic amateur to contender must be one of
:19:35. > :19:43.the most exciting and difficult tasks. It certainly will be for a
:19:43. > :19:47.Dorset teenager, George Rogers has cerebral palsy. He is setting his
:19:47. > :19:52.sights on the Paralympics, but tomorrow he is setting itself a
:19:52. > :19:57.different fundraising challenge. George has only been swimming
:19:57. > :20:00.competitively for two years. He wants to progress. But if he needs
:20:00. > :20:04.to races game, he needs to raise some cash.
:20:04. > :20:10.I need to be at every competition, you need to be up three places at
:20:10. > :20:14.once in order to get your name into the Paralympics swimming world. You
:20:14. > :20:18.cannot do that without substantial financial backing.
:20:18. > :20:20.He is in training now, not force women competitions but for the
:20:20. > :20:28.fundraising challenge he has set himself, —— not for swimming
:20:28. > :20:33.competitions. He will be walking, in a kayak and in his racing
:20:33. > :20:39.wheelchair. He is under no dissolution of how hard it will be.
:20:39. > :20:47.With my training, it will be very challenging thing to do, especially
:20:47. > :20:50.as I have just got out of a kayak. Travelling to accommodation and
:20:50. > :20:55.competitions will cost £5,000 a year and will increase if he competes
:20:55. > :20:59.abroad. It is the challenge itself that holds the appeal. It is a
:20:59. > :21:02.difficult time for teenagers with a disability.
:21:02. > :21:06.When people start achieving in the sport, their self—esteem goes
:21:06. > :21:11.through the roof. That has happened to George.
:21:11. > :21:13.I would go mad without this sport. I would not like to not be able to do
:21:13. > :21:20.it myself. His team is to —— his dream is to
:21:20. > :21:24.competes in team GB in the Paralympics. He is looking forward
:21:24. > :21:28.to future competitions. Quick mention, the Portsmouth
:21:28. > :21:32.triathlon, good luck to all the 700 competitors taking part.
:21:32. > :21:38.A national conference with the American football taking place too,
:21:38. > :21:43.good luck to them. Here is Sarah Farmer with the
:21:43. > :21:52.weather. Is there a good weekend? Yes, it could warm up a bit as we go
:21:52. > :22:00.through the week. We will look at the weather now. Newbury Racecourse
:22:00. > :22:09.had glorious sunshine. This is Benjy. He is drying off in
:22:09. > :22:14.the sun. He was photographed by his owner.
:22:14. > :22:20.This is the picture of the Monet Pond at the Queen Elizabeth Country
:22:20. > :22:21.Park, it is in sunshine. Whichever picture you look at, they
:22:21. > :22:35.are all beautiful. There will be some good weather, but
:22:35. > :22:40.there will be cloudy skies as you move into the evening. The class
:22:40. > :22:47.will perhaps be thick enough to produce some rain or drizzle. Some
:22:47. > :22:54.—— our temperatures tonight down to ten or 11 degrees. We start tomorrow
:22:54. > :22:57.and at weekends on a cloudy note. We are looking at seeing maybe some
:22:57. > :23:03.light rain in the picture, that should gradually cleared through the
:23:03. > :23:07.day. We was to see the cloud winning and breaking. Some sunny spells
:23:07. > :23:12.developing in the south. Temperatures at 16, 17 or 18
:23:12. > :23:17.degrees. Some decent sunshine, might make those temperatures go up to 20
:23:17. > :23:21.degrees. So a pleasant afternoon. Tomorrow evening looking fine as
:23:21. > :23:26.well with some sunshine. But we will see the cloud increasing through
:23:26. > :23:31.tomorrow night, some patches of mist and fog developing. Relatively mild,
:23:31. > :23:35.temperatures 14 or 15 degrees, but Saturday morning starts with low
:23:35. > :23:40.cloud around and patchy mist and fog will lift throughout the morning.
:23:40. > :23:44.Sunday itself will be a decent day, most of us will be dry, but there
:23:44. > :23:48.will be some drizzle in the picture. As we start the new working week, we
:23:48. > :23:53.have this every of high—pressure from the continent, winning is some
:23:53. > :23:58.dry conditions. As we start Monday, we have some dry and settled
:23:58. > :24:04.conditions to come. Most others will have a dry day with some good sunny
:24:04. > :24:08.spells. It will be pleasantly warm in the sunshine.
:24:08. > :24:12.We will look at the summary for the current days. There will be some
:24:12. > :24:16.cloud through the days on Saturday and Sunday, improving into the
:24:16. > :24:22.afternoon. Monday, there will be some brightness and the temperatures
:24:22. > :24:29.will climb a little. Very good indeed. We will be looking
:24:29. > :24:30.at the town meeting the country and food producers meeting their
:24:30. > :24:39.customers. Yes, it is a celebration of all
:24:39. > :24:43.things rural with great food and farming machinery.
:24:43. > :24:58.And thousands will be flocking to the Showgrounds near Newbury for the
:24:58. > :25:03.current events. This is the Berkshire Showgrounds.
:25:03. > :25:08.There will be livestock and even a hot—air balloon. Today, it is about
:25:08. > :25:19.putting the finishing touches to the showground. Final preparations are
:25:19. > :25:27.under way. We are very lucky in our county. We
:25:27. > :25:35.have a lovely mix, to the east there is some real industry and business,
:25:35. > :25:43.and in the West we have very rural areas with farming. The show brings
:25:43. > :25:48.the two areas together. Amongst the marquees and sales
:25:48. > :25:52.stands, the education tends shows work from local schools.
:25:52. > :25:56.We took our children to the seaside to have a first—hand experience. The
:25:56. > :26:03.children became deep sea explorers and invented their own creatures.
:26:03. > :26:07.Coming to the show gives us a chance to celebrate the children's work and
:26:07. > :26:15.show it off. Time for a wash, cuts and hairdryer.
:26:15. > :26:26.Sadly not for me. Put this in the bucket. Brush left
:26:26. > :26:31.and right on her feet. The merger is coming off. That is
:26:31. > :26:36.what we are after! —— the moat is coming off.
:26:36. > :26:43.It is my first time on the tractor. You have a very fancy tractor. Yes,
:26:43. > :26:49.it will steer you up the field and then it will guide steer you at ——
:26:49. > :26:57.up the field, although you will have to turn the corner. Can I have a
:26:57. > :27:02.drive? Yes. You are sitting on two questions of
:27:02. > :27:07.air, one in the cab and one above to give you some comfort. I was quite
:27:07. > :27:10.nervous driving that, because it is such a huge vehicle and a different
:27:10. > :27:16.aspect of software you are on the road will stop it is time to get
:27:16. > :27:22.back to the office. Which way to the A34?
:27:22. > :27:29.We thought you were late getting back. But we are very jealous. I
:27:29. > :27:35.went 65 miles an hour. The show continues over the weekend? Yes,
:27:35. > :27:39.both on Saturday and Sunday. It will be great. We will leave you tonight
:27:39. > :27:44.with some live shots across the Needles at censure —— sunset. See
:27:44. > :27:47.you on Monday. Goodbye.