26/09/2013 BBC Oxford News

Had and welcome to South Today from Oxford. Tonight, the world 's most

wanted woman. Interpol issue a red notice for the arrest of the

Aylesbury woman dubbed the white widow.

Keith Hyatt tells his story after five years for the crime he did not

commit. How Africans are using mobile phone technology developed in

the Thames Valley as a mobile bank. Good evening. The top arrest notice

has been issued for the Aylesbury woman dubbed the white widow.

Samantha Lewthwaite has been linked to the terror group Al—Shabab. She

was married to the 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay. The red notice for

her arrest has been issued at the request of Kenya. Our reporter Peter

Cooke is an Aylesbury for us tonight.

It is important to explain that this notice issued by Interpol today is

not connected to last weekend's attack on the Westgate shopping

centre. This red notice is issued because Samantha Lewthwaite is

wanted on charges dating back to 2011. There has been lots of

speculation linking her in some way to the attack on the Westgate

centre. The 29 —year—old is the widow of Jermaine Lindsay. Tonight,

her father refused to comment on this latest news. She has not been

seen for many years and she let this area many years ago. More

revelations for the people in Aylesbury two digests? Yes, indeed.

Earlier this week, we spoke to some of the family and friends of

Samantha. They could not marry up the thought of this quiet,

unassuming girl that the new to the woman that they are seeing on their

television screens now. This woman, and mother of three, raised in this

small town has now become one of the most wanted people in the world.

Two men who were wrongly convicted of murdering the teenager Rachel

Manning have been told they will finally get compensation. Rachel

Manning was found strangled in Milton Keynes in 2000. Barri White

and Keith Hyatt where jailed two years later but in 2007, both

convictions were crossed. The men renewed their claims for a pay—out

earlier this month after Shahidul Ahmed was jailed for the murder. Our

reporter spoke to Keith Hyatt earlier. For 13 long years, Keith

Hyatt has been fighting to clear his name. He spent three years in prison

for a crime he did not commit. Yesterday, he learned that he will

at last receive compensation for the miscarriage of justice. We have

waited so long. We are shocked it is now actually happened. In 2002,

Keith's friend Barri White was given a life sentence after being wrongly

convicted of murdering his girlfriend 19—year—old Rachel

Manning. Keith was jailed for supposedly helping him to dump her

body. But last month, Shahidul Ahmed was convicted for murder. I just

want a just and fair settlement where I can rebuild my life with my

family and just make life a lot easier. It has been 13 years of

hell. Did you ever feel this day would never come? Many, many times.

I like to think of this as the last page in the book. We can tell the

full story now. Up until now, we told people and it was up to them

whether they believed it or not. It could be many months before Barri

White and Keith Hyatt receive their compensation. Both men are seeking

an interim payment. It will not mend the past, but Keith believes it is

an important step to show the world he is an innocent man.

An Aylesbury man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a musician

in the town. Mark Austen died after being assaulted in a Harcourt Green

area of the town in February. John Bass will go on trial next month. It

was told it had serious feelings and must improve —— failings.

NHS hospitals in Buckinghamshire was placed into special measures back in

the summer. It was not an easy meeting for health officers from the

trust. Councillors and the public asked a range of questions but they

all came down to the same point. Why are the hospitals in special

measures and what is being done to improve quality? There are concerns

over staffing levels and over the care of seriously ill and dying

patients. In the meeting, the trust said that the findings had to be

taken in context. It found it had concentrated on individual

complaints rather than the more positive stories coming out.

Councillors told me they were pleased to year that the trust had

launched a 22 week action plan to try to better service. It is going

to be ongoing. We will not just stop here. They will have to report back

in December to see how they are going to see if they can come out on

special measures. The trust was keen to stress that hospitals here are

safe and that the public should not worry. Mortality rates are only one

measure of how well a hospital is doing. In my opinion, the most

important people who can tell you how the hospital is doing are the

patients and their carers and relatives. The trust will be

reassessed in December. If things have improved, it will continue to

try to achieve foundation status. A new scheme encouraging people to

part build their own homes is being launched in parts of north

Oxfordshire. These old buildings in Bicester will be torn down to make

way for new housing. The project is aimed at people struggling to raise

a deposit for a mortgage. Some will be refurbished. This particular one

will be built by developers up to watertight. You will put in your

internal fit. They will be shared ownership. The council will own a

percentage of them. Research being carried out at one of

Oxfordshire 's science parks could soon create a healthier group of

superfoods. Scientists at Harwell near Didcot are experimenting with

wheat grains using in tense beams of light.

The Harwell campus, described by the government as a world—class science

research Centre. Hundreds of experiments happen here every day.

This week, the task is to produce wheat with better health benefits.

The process starts with this grain of wheat which is cut in half, put

in resin and take into this laboratory work it will be exposed

to the Diamond Light Source. My part has been to understand how to go

from wheat grain like this which looks uncomplicated to understanding

how it behaves as a food. Why does this research matter? We eat wheat

often every day, and it contains a lot of nutrients. But we do not

digests are lot of those nutrients. By generating new types of grain,

highly digestible, it means that the bread wheat can be more nutritious.

All of this uses highly sophisticated equipment. This is

where we expose our samples to x—rays. The beam is focused on the

surface of our samples here. It creates a lot of fluorescents which

we are interested in. The beam is being used to test the wheat or from

a multi—million and science project called Diamond Light Source.

Researchers have been using this in the UK since it became available in

2007. If you can imagine a large Catherine wheel with light coming

from it, that is essentially what I Diamond Light Source is. The results

are expected next week. South Today continues now.

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Still to come in this evening's South Today: Nikki Mitchell is live

at Fratton Park for a World Cup qualifier.

England's women are going through their warm up routine head of the

match against Turkey, after giving Belarus eight six nil thrashing on

Saturday. A small research team in Southampton

has been given nearly £60,000 to study the early stages of

Alzheimer's Disease. The team — a doctor and research

student — will try to pinpoint exactly what happens in the brain

when the disease starts. With research projects often costing

millions of pounds — our Health Correspondent David Fenton went to

see what they hope to achieve. This is Sarmi Sri. For the next

three years she'll be studying memory loss in mice, genetically

bred to mimic the signs of Alzheimer's disease.

We will be checking at what time point they start to display signs

and then looking at further detail to see what is happening in the

brain to see where it is going wrong.

And this is what she'll be looking for. These tangled shapes are

amyloid proteins, known to play an important part in the development of

dementia. These are at an advanced stage. But Sami and her mentor are

investigating the very beginnings of the disease, to pinpoint exactly

when and why the brain stops making new memories. This is a small

research project — the £58,000 is just a drop in the ocean compared to

£50 million spent on dementia research every year, so what are

they hoping to achieve? We understand a lot more about

Alzheimer's disease right now, however, we still don't have each

year, and we believe that is because we know a lot about how the disease

ends, but we don't understand how the disease begins. Our research

project is exactly about that. But can small scale projects like

this one tell us anything we don't already know?

In science, I think it is often the studies that you don't expect to

yield results that do, and for that reason we shouldn't disregard small

funding and small, innovative projects, because they could be the

projects that hold real potential for the future.

Whatever the outcome, work on the new project, begins on Monday.

The Solent and Portland coastguard stations will close next September.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency says the stations, which co—ordinate

search and rescue services, are being replaced by the operations

centre in Segensworth in Hampshire. That will be run alongside nine

other 24—hour centres in the UK. The majority of staff from the Solent

and Portland stations are expected to move to the new site.

Now, how would you fancy paying for your shopping, or clearing your

electricity bill, using a text message? Well, sending money using

your mobile phone is only just starting to take off in the UK. But

in Africa, it's already used by millions. The service allows people

in remote areas to send money to shops and business without using

cash, or having to go to a bank. And companies based right here in the

South have played a significant part in its development. Rob Powell has

the story. A town in Tanzania 200 miles in

lined from Dar es Salaam. Even in this relatively remote area, the

streets are lined with stories that will let you if you're shopping in

just a few keystrokes using your phone. Mobile services like this

give the benefits of the bank account. Thousands of high street

agents like these will let you top up or money that are to accounts on

your mobile. This lady uses it to pay her bills.

Translation TRANSLATION: You can pay anyone with it at any time. If I'm

at home and have a bill today, but something happens, I can still pay

whoever it is and get on with my life.

Payment by Mobile has proved popular in Africa because, while most people

have mobile phones, few have bank accounts. And in the modern areas,

ATMs and bank branches are scarce. Some of the roots of this African

technology like year in Berkshire and Vodafone's HQ. In 2007 they

launched a payment system in tenure. —— in tenure. —— in Kenya.

Simon bachelor works for a firm that looked at phone use in Africa for

the British government in 2002. They spotted that Africans were using

mobile phone top—up vouchers to transfer money.

They were buying their airtime in the capital city and scratching it

off to get their code, and instead of putting the accord on their own

phone, DirectX ten that called to relatives in other countries who

then either put it on their phone or soldered onto the merchant. It was

effectively a way of transferring money very quickly, instantly, and

very conveniently. While payment by mobile has boomed

in Africa, it is still relatively rare in this country.

People are scared of the security and are scared of changing from what

they know and can rely on. Their chip and pin and so on. They don't

want to change to something new that is untried and untested.

Our allegiance may currently still lie with our card, but it may not be

long before we catch up with our African cousins.

In the next hour, England's women footballers will kick off their

second World Cup qualifier in Portsmouth. They made an impressive

start last weekend in Bournemouth, beating Belarus 6—0. Tonight they're

up against Turkey. Nikki Mitchell is at Fratton Park for us ahead of all

the action. England have been training on the

pitch for about half an hour. Turkey are training at the other end.

Turkey are little further down the world ranking table than Belarus, so

there is optimism here tonight after such a positive opening game. But

England have had a tough year. They were eliminated from the group

stages of Euro 2013 after their worst performance beer in Europe for

12 years. That led to the sacking of their long—standing manager, Hope I

will. So tonight England still have a lot to prove.

The 6000 spectators didn't have to wait long for a goal in Saturday's

qualifier. By the end of the first half, there was a hat—trick. And by

the end of the second, Belarus had been thrashed six nil. Caretaker

manager Brent Hills was pleased with an energetic performance, but wants

to see more improvement throughout the qualifiers.

Energy and temple was important, and we spoke about that last week. We

have to maintain that. Consistency is a big thing. And we have to keep

developing our composure when we have possession.

The lionesses had a final pre—match training session yesterday, but this

week have still found time to spread the word about the women's game in

Portsmouth, hitting a primary school and meeting some fellow female

players claim for the Navy. Here they are very much up against a

home crowd. Among the crowd, are commentary team. How confident are

you, watching them train? They had a really good start on

Saturday against Belarus for the World Cup qualifying game, you

mentioned that Turkey are lower than Belarus, and the one that Game six

nil, but last time we played them back in 2010 in the last time

campaign, we beat them three nil, so we are expecting to beat the likes

of Turkey and Belarus. But it is about the performance and obviously

hoping we can get those three points.

How much was the confidence knocked by losing Hope Powell?

It wasn't the team I know, none of them really performed, and that led

to Hope being sacked. There is maybe a new year. She was in charge for 15

years. We want to show what they can do on this stage and in these

qualifying games. How much has the women's game moved

on in the last 20 years since the FA to get under their wing?

Massively. It is very different from when I started when I was 16. We

have over a quarter of a million girls playing regularly in leagues,

and over 1 million having some sort of experience of playing, so it is

really good. Thank you. Fey is part of the

commentary team on BBC Three tonight. The kick—off is at 7:05pm.

A couple of other items of soccer news: Reading have signed the

Southampton striker Billy Sharp on emergency loan. Sharp, who's 27,

will go straight into the Royals' team to play Birmingham City this

weekend. It's the third different club he's played for when Nigel

Adkins has been their manager. Saints themselves meanwhile have

been given an away draw in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup.

After beating Bristol City on Tuesday, they'll play Sunderland,

who're currently bottom of the Premier League.

It is 75 years this week since one of the most famous liners was named.

Queen Elizabeth was named by Queen Elizabeth. We have been looking back

at the Queen Elizabeth with the help of some recently discovered film

footage. This often mellow voice of the Queen

bids into singing words. It is like the inception of all

great human enterprises. She was meant to sail to

Southampton. But the Second World War intervened and she headed

straight from the shipyard to New York.

She heads for the New World. She finally entered passenger

service for Cunard from Southampton in 1946.

She is once again Queen of the Atlantic.

Bernie Webb from Southampton was a 14—year—old bellboy.

One of the youngest bellboy is on the ship. We were fortunate to be

there, because there was good food, plenty of money. The accommodation

was nothing to rave about. Here is he with another young

steward. On the right, that's John Prescott, who became Deputy Prime

Minister. We had come from poverty into

luxury. 20 years later, working as a steward

on Queen Elizabeth, he met his wife Diane, who was also working on

board. Romance was frowned upon in those

days. Yes. If they thought you were

cavorting around with one of the other members of the crew, your

quite often put onto the mothership. Previously unseen archive film of

the ship shows her sailing to New York in rough weather. Here, the

liner is at Southampton's Ocean Terminal. And here she is leaving

New York for the last time in 1968. It's been hidden away, much of it,

since just after the Second World War. When she left here, she went

out with a whimper, I felt. Reports didn't turn out to see her. She was

so's ship. I wish she would have stayed here as a hotel or a museum

somewhere. Peter Jelley joined the ship as a

17—year—old soon after the war. All the movie stars which you so,

the whole lot. Elizabeth Taylor when she was married to the English

actor, then later she was there with Richard Burton. That was before they

started flying. Southampton. The Queen Elizabeth

prepares for final voyage, but not without a final goodbye from Queen

Elizabeth the Queen Mother. She caught fire in Hong Kong

harbour. She sang while her sister Queen Mary beginning Museum in

California. Today, there is nothing in Southampton to remind people of

one of its greatest liners. Incredible pictures. Alexis is

herewith the weather. Still market out there, isn't it?

Yes I'm settled. Another marquee started the day in some areas.

Another murky start to the day in some areas. This is Sandown Pier on

the Isle of Wight captured by Peter Churchman. Low cloud in over the

South Downs, this picture was sent in by Judi Lion. And Jane Pearce

tweeted us this picture to @BBCSouthWeather of the rain this

morning in Christchurch. @BBCSouthWeather of

A few showers today, and there will be showers tonight, one or two

missed patches but not as dense and as widespread as we have seen in

recent nights. There is a shower risk along the south coast. Some

clear spells more likely that further north and east you are.

Temperatures of 11 Celsius at the lowest. Not as mild as last night,

but pretty mild for the time of year. It will be a damp and cloudy

start for tomorrow, but it is a much better day than today. Sunny spells

will start to develop. Missed patches will clear. And highs of 19

degrees or 20 Celsius. A few degrees above the seasonal average. It will

be breezy, from the North or North East. Some lovely late evening

sunshine, and then the shower risk is evident in the early hours of

Saturday morning. The bridges of 12 Celsius at the lowest. Uncertainty

on Saturday as to whether we will see a weather front pushed up from

the continent. Some showers in the evening time, also light and patchy

during the morning. Later on in the day we could have thunder.

Uncertainty about that, so stay tuned to the forecast over the next

few days. The weather may enter some events, but for the British Masters

grass track speedway championships, and sure no one will be put off by

the rain. The farmers murky starts at 9am, and Piglet racing is on at

10am. An unsettled picture for the rest of the week. Some sunshine

around tomorrow will stop. A lovely end to the day tomorrow. Some

showers or maybe some thunderstorms on Saturday into Sunday morning. The

risk of rain on Sunday and Monday. That is it from us tonight. We have

more news at 8pm and 10:25pm. From both of us, good evening.