:00:00. > :00:05.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's
:00:05. > :00:09.programme... A passionate defence of HS2 — David
:00:09. > :00:16.Cameron says it will help create a land of opportunity. We meet one man
:00:16. > :00:19.living near the route who agrees. Also tonight — defying doctors who
:00:19. > :00:23.said she had months to live — how Claire Grant is surviving with
:00:23. > :00:28.breast cancer. And later on... Easing tensions —
:00:28. > :00:44.the scheme that's putting student wardens on the streets.
:00:44. > :00:49.Good evening. HS2 will help to create a land of opportunity,
:00:49. > :00:53.according to David Cameron. Opponents of the high—speed rail
:00:53. > :00:57.line had been campaigning at the Conservative party conference but
:00:57. > :01:00.the Prime Minister used his speech to reiterate his full support for
:01:00. > :01:05.the project. Most people who live near the route are opposed to it but
:01:05. > :01:09.one man living in Buckinghamshire says Britain should unite and back
:01:09. > :01:13.HS2. It is the cost of high—speed rail
:01:13. > :01:18.that is turning a transport issue into a party political one. While
:01:18. > :01:24.still backing the plans, Labour says they cannot be a blank cheque. For
:01:24. > :01:29.campaigners, that is one of many objections. The business case does
:01:29. > :01:32.not stack up. It is too much money. People do not want it. It is crazy
:01:32. > :01:38.to suggest that just by bringing the northern cities closer to London
:01:38. > :01:44.that you will regenerate their economies. They do have support from
:01:45. > :01:52.some politicians but have failed to convince the primers do. The West
:01:52. > :01:55.Coast mainline is almost full. We have to make a choice between an old
:01:55. > :02:03.big Tory line or a new one. People have said we cannot build it. It is
:02:04. > :02:07.about bringing North and South together in our national endeavour.
:02:07. > :02:13.Trains will link London and Birmingham, passing through
:02:13. > :02:19.Buckinghamshire. Despite living on his doorstep in Pitchcott, one man
:02:19. > :02:23.with more than 20 years experience in the industry is considering
:02:23. > :02:27.moving closer to the line. For Mark Smith, it is not about politics, it
:02:27. > :02:31.is about building a rail network fit for the future. We are not the first
:02:31. > :02:40.people to suggest a high—speed railway. It has been done in France,
:02:40. > :02:43.Spain, Germany and Turkey. It has been immensely successful
:02:43. > :02:47.everywhere. It does God every one out of polluting airliners, got them
:02:47. > :02:51.out of cars. Although not opposed to the rude, Mark thinks it will be
:02:51. > :02:55.better placed alongside a motorway. The tri— Minister sees this project
:02:55. > :02:59.as part of his vision to build a land of opportunity and is still
:02:59. > :03:08.expecting the first passengers to board high—speed trains in 2026.
:03:08. > :03:11.Earlier, I spoke to the BBC transport responded Peter Plisner,
:03:11. > :03:15.who told me there are many hurdles to cross before the line can be
:03:15. > :03:20.built. The big problem is public opinion. They need to win over the
:03:20. > :03:22.hearts and minds of people north of London. Other issues are
:03:22. > :03:28.consultation, a property consultation is going on. There is a
:03:28. > :03:38.rude consultation going on on phase two. —— a route consultation. It
:03:38. > :03:40.could be difficult to get it through parliament because it replaces the
:03:40. > :03:45.need for a public enquiry. Members of the public can petition
:03:45. > :03:52.Parliament but it will be scrutinised by MPs. That is likely
:03:52. > :03:55.to be, law into 2015 but it will require Royal assent before made
:03:55. > :04:01.2015 because we have a general election. If we don't get a law in
:04:01. > :04:03.by them, then it could be delayed. Costs have escalated with the
:04:03. > :04:09.project since it was first talked about. Will it happen? This scheme
:04:09. > :04:12.still has cross—party support in parliament and members of the
:04:12. > :04:16.business community in many areas still support the idea of a
:04:16. > :04:20.high—speed rail line but in some parties we have seen some senior
:04:20. > :04:26.figures go against HS2 and that could be a problem but ultimately,
:04:26. > :04:31.as we head toward the general election in 2015, this scheme could
:04:31. > :04:38.become a liability and at that stage we don't know what various parties
:04:38. > :04:42.will do with their manifestos. A man from Chipping Norton is among
:04:42. > :04:46.14 Greenpeace activists charged with piracy by Russian authorities. The
:04:46. > :04:49.group aboard a Greenpeace ship were protesting over drilling in the
:04:49. > :04:52.Arctic when they approached an oil drilling platform owned by a
:04:52. > :04:57.state—controlled gas company. Phil Ball could face up to 15 years in
:04:57. > :05:00.prison if convicted. A man has been arrested on suspicion
:05:00. > :05:04.of voyeurism inside Abingdon police Station. The 32—year—old has been
:05:04. > :05:07.released on bail while officers carry out enquiries. The police are
:05:07. > :05:12.fusing to say whether they seized a camera. They say the suspect is not
:05:12. > :05:17.a police officer or anyone employed by the force.
:05:17. > :05:20.A new scheme in Aylesbury is giving independent retailers and
:05:20. > :05:27.opportunity to try out their businesses. Start up companies are
:05:27. > :05:31.running market spaces for free for six weeks. It is a scheme put
:05:31. > :05:36.forward by Mary Portas. A family business started at home,
:05:36. > :05:42.now grown to a market stall. Sisters Karen Beazley and Tracy Cook are one
:05:42. > :05:48.of five new enterprises in Aylesbury. Launching the stall
:05:48. > :05:51.rent—free was too tempting to turn down. It was a great opportunity to
:05:52. > :05:57.get into the town. We want to trade in front of customers and do the
:05:57. > :06:03.hand to hand with customers. With our product, they are touch—feely.
:06:03. > :06:06.The aim of the scheme is to ultimately feel empty shop spaces in
:06:06. > :06:11.the town centre. Each of the new shops has been paired up with an
:06:11. > :06:19.existing business in town. Each new manager is given marketing training.
:06:19. > :06:22.We see independent traders need to get out into town to stop we see
:06:22. > :06:26.this as a hotbed to get them into trading. With the right support,
:06:26. > :06:30.they could start small and who knows where they will end up. We want to
:06:30. > :06:34.see them going into empty shops. Down the road, Andrew Dean is about
:06:34. > :06:38.to open a shop. Without the help of the scheme, he would not have
:06:38. > :06:42.considered it. You have a network of people around you who will help me
:06:42. > :06:48.with that. It is easier to take a cue steps forward. I think, in ten
:06:48. > :06:55.or 20 years, I will look back and think this was quite an aborted
:06:55. > :07:02.step, definitely. Former winner of The Apprentice Lee McQueen supports
:07:02. > :07:07.the scheme. There is a lot of talent in the UK, especially in oxygen. My
:07:07. > :07:10.company is based in oxygen. It is partnerships like this that allowed
:07:10. > :07:14.it to grow. The project has been such a success that the cancer will
:07:14. > :07:20.be offering marketing spaces next year. —— the council will be
:07:20. > :07:23.offering marketing spaces. The future of Stow Fair because the
:07:24. > :07:27.land on which it is held is being sold. Travellers and gypsies have
:07:27. > :07:32.been travelling on the field in Stow—on—the—Wold since the 15th
:07:32. > :07:36.century. The lad is being sold to a developer who has a plan to open a
:07:36. > :07:42.doctor 's surgery. A new site has not been found.
:07:42. > :07:46.Up to 250 new parking spaces are to be planned in Oxford city centre to
:07:46. > :07:53.cover date for the closure of a Westgate car park. The spaces will
:07:53. > :07:57.be added to the ice rink car park with the possibility of building a
:07:57. > :08:05.second level. Work is expected to begin bit —— towards the end of next
:08:05. > :08:09.year. Lots of investment will go into the city. £375 million of
:08:09. > :08:13.investment by people building the new centre. We did not think you'll
:08:13. > :08:17.be to push them on this. If this team did not happen, which Oxford
:08:17. > :08:20.needs, we would be left with a bill for refurbishing or rebuilding the
:08:20. > :08:26.existing Westgate car park, which would be very expensive.
:08:26. > :08:29.She says she is living, driving and surviving with breast cancer. A year
:08:29. > :08:34.ago, Claire Grant from Oxford was told she could just have six months
:08:34. > :08:41.to live. She has been determined to prove doctors wrong and is kept up
:08:41. > :08:52.her job, her active life and has become a mastectomy underwear model.
:08:52. > :08:55.Emma Vardy has been to meet Claire. When I was told in July last year
:08:55. > :09:01.that it was a terminal diagnosis, I can remember that vividly and I
:09:01. > :09:03.thought that something should be done. When Claire was diagnosed with
:09:03. > :09:10.what is called triple negative breast cancer, she decided to do
:09:10. > :09:15.everything possible to fight it. You feel to begin with, what is the
:09:15. > :09:20.point? But then you pick yourself up and we went to what we call cancer
:09:20. > :09:26.college, did a lot of research and I decided to is get as healthy as
:09:26. > :09:30.possible. She changed her lifestyle, beginning yoga,
:09:30. > :09:32.meditation and exercise to see whether she could prove her
:09:32. > :09:39.prognosis run with a healthy lifestyle.
:09:39. > :09:45.Doctors do seem to be surprised. I believe it is everything I am doing,
:09:45. > :09:47.it is a state of mind. Claire has been through several courses of
:09:47. > :09:53.chemotherapy and had a mastectomy last year. It led to her being taken
:09:53. > :10:01.on why a mastectomy launch a company —— lingerie company. It was
:10:01. > :10:07.brilliant and I felt brilliant. Initially, I felt I must have
:10:07. > :10:10.reconstruction surgery. As time has gone on, I don't really want to have
:10:10. > :10:16.any more surgery. People worry too much about it. It is not the end of
:10:16. > :10:20.the world. Claire has been contacted by many other women through the blog
:10:20. > :10:26.she writes about her experiences. Although she has proved some of the
:10:26. > :10:30.early predictions wrong, she still does not know how much longer she
:10:30. > :10:34.will live. I try not to think about it. There is no point. You need to
:10:34. > :10:43.live in the present, do not sweat the small stuff. Life has so much to
:10:43. > :10:49.offer and I would rather kick everyone and get on with it.
:10:49. > :10:53.That is all from me for the moment. I will have the headlines just
:10:53. > :10:57.before 8pm and a bulletin at 10:25pm. The details of the rain
:10:57. > :11:03.expected tomorrow are coming up in a few minutes.
:11:03. > :11:06.Federation criticised it as a "blurring of the line" between
:11:06. > :11:10.police and the public. Still to come in the programme. Warnings of heavy
:11:10. > :11:17.rain and wind. Alexis will be here with the details and Kris Temple has
:11:17. > :11:21.the sport news. Yes, I will be here with all the key action from last
:11:21. > :11:24.night 's championship football. Anyone who lives near a university
:11:24. > :11:28.will know that life alongside students can create tensions.
:11:28. > :11:32.Bournemouth is one town in the south with a very large student population
:11:32. > :11:37.and has a new idea to help reduce noise and anti—social behaviour. The
:11:37. > :11:42.university has around 18,000 students. Only first years live in
:11:42. > :11:46.halls, leaving 12,000 students to live out in rented accommodation in
:11:46. > :11:54.the town. In some areas of the town, 25% of the population is made up of
:11:54. > :11:57.students during term time. Now a new scheme is underway, using specially
:11:57. > :12:06.recruited wardens to help improve relations. James Ingham has been to
:12:06. > :12:15.see how it's working. Friendly knock at the door. Students helping others
:12:15. > :12:18.become better neighbours. We are from the student union at
:12:18. > :12:22.Bournemouth University, making sure you have settled in OK. These
:12:22. > :12:26.student wardens are offering advice to those living on their own for the
:12:26. > :12:34.first time and other residents who live alongside them. I know from
:12:34. > :12:39.first—hand experience when I first lived in a house, you do not take
:12:39. > :12:41.into consideration. We yet raising awareness that there are other
:12:41. > :12:46.people living down the throats. Simple things like being quiet with
:12:46. > :12:53.taxi doors, I think it is really important. On this particular
:12:53. > :12:58.street, a total of ten homes lived in by students and it is clear that
:12:58. > :13:02.considerable friction. They don't realise that people are working in
:13:02. > :13:07.the area and have to get up when they are screaming at 3am. It is
:13:07. > :13:12.constant. Usually it starts on Tuesday and ends on Sunday night. We
:13:12. > :13:16.get Monday respite and that is it. Every night, the children had been
:13:16. > :13:20.woken up. Over the weekend, it comes to the point where we have two phone
:13:20. > :13:26.the police to get something done about it. People urinating against
:13:26. > :13:29.the walls. The police came straight out within half an hour and went
:13:30. > :13:34.into a certain house and spoke to them but they rarely stop. The
:13:34. > :13:37.scheme's based on pioneering work by Oxford Brookes University which has
:13:37. > :13:39.gone a step further employing police community support officers.
:13:39. > :13:45.Bournemouth University says this is part of a long term plan to bridge
:13:45. > :13:50.the divide between town and gown. It will be a long—term process but it
:13:50. > :13:56.will be something that we will introduce to the students. Six
:13:56. > :14:04.wardens will work during the pilot year. If it works, more will follow.
:14:05. > :14:08.A new 24—hour cross—Solent ferry service is due to be launched early
:14:08. > :14:13.next year, promising to bring renewed competition to Isle of Wight
:14:13. > :14:15.ferry services. Nauti Fast Ferries will operate a round—the—clock
:14:15. > :14:24.passenger service between Portsmouth and Cowes. Mark Sanders reports.
:14:25. > :14:29.There are already big fish in the cross—Solent ferry market, so is
:14:29. > :14:32.there room for someone else to muscle in? Paul Duffield thinks so.
:14:32. > :14:36.He already runs a charter boat business from Portsmouth. He's due
:14:36. > :14:40.to start a 24 hour ferry service from the city to Cowes. He expects
:14:40. > :14:48.to take about 70,000 passengers between the Isle of Wight and
:14:48. > :14:56.Portsmouth in the first year. Are you trying to be the easyJet of the
:14:56. > :15:03.Solent? Cheap and cheerful? I think there are various issues with the
:15:03. > :15:07.budget. A similar problem would arise with a budget ferry. We want
:15:07. > :15:11.to provide a fast and reliable service that fulfils a need. Nauti
:15:11. > :15:15.Fast Ferries will use two small boats to cross the Solent in 25
:15:15. > :15:20.minutes, up to three times an hour at peak periods. Each boat will
:15:20. > :15:24.take12 passengers. The company believes the business model is
:15:24. > :15:26.viable. Wightlink and Hovertravel run passenger services between
:15:26. > :15:32.Portsmouth and Ryde, with RedFunnel's RedJet operating between
:15:32. > :15:37.Southampton and Cowes. Wightlink reduced its Fast—Cat timetable last
:15:37. > :15:40.month. The ferry company says competition helps to drive up
:15:40. > :15:45.standards and keeps prices affordable. These were the views of
:15:45. > :15:53.people in Southsea we spoke to about the new service between Portsmouth
:15:53. > :15:58.and Cowes. That extra step would be quite good, I think. It would
:15:58. > :16:02.encourage more people to come to the area. It is a great advantage for
:16:02. > :16:07.business users because in winter time, it will take an hour between
:16:07. > :16:11.travelling is at the moment. But is quite inconvenient. I think it is a
:16:11. > :16:17.great service. The more the merrier. I am not really interested. Paul
:16:17. > :16:20.Duffield's new business has been helped with a £50,000 grant from the
:16:20. > :16:23.Solent Local Enterprise Partnership, and it's expected the Portsmouth to
:16:23. > :16:28.Cowes service will start early next year. A quarter of a million people
:16:28. > :16:46.go missing in the UK each year. More than 10,000 are adults. —— 100,000.
:16:46. > :16:49.But while the majority of cases are resolved quickly, for the families
:16:49. > :16:52.waiting for news of their loved ones it can be agonising. In April this
:16:52. > :16:55.year 54—year—old Richard Gibbons walked out of his family home in
:16:56. > :16:59.Swanage, and hasn't been seen since. Earlier I spoke to his daughter
:16:59. > :17:16.Sandra, who began by telling me about her dad. He would tell us
:17:16. > :17:23.about the music. He would not move with the times. My daughter was
:17:23. > :17:30.named after a song that was played around the house. What happened the
:17:30. > :17:36.night he disappeared? We checked on him and he was fine, it was normal
:17:37. > :17:41.for him to wander around the house and have a cup of tea. But at half
:17:41. > :17:47.six, I woke up and realised he was not in the house. Was that normal
:17:47. > :17:52.for him to just go off on his own? The only time he would ever go off
:17:52. > :17:57.on his own would be to the shop with the dog, take the dog around the
:17:57. > :18:01.local park. But never on his own. He had not been well. He had been
:18:01. > :18:04.having seizures. He had his first seizure in January of this year and
:18:04. > :18:12.then he had three major ones in March. He was really poorly. He was
:18:12. > :18:16.waiting for an MRI scan. He was not the same afterwards. Was he
:18:16. > :18:22.depressed? I don't know. I think because he had been poorly, he felt
:18:22. > :18:27.a bit helpless. He felt as if he could not be there for the family so
:18:27. > :18:32.much, I think. And it has been five months. He disappeared in April. How
:18:32. > :18:41.has it affected your family and your mother? My mum is destroyed. Some
:18:41. > :18:45.days, we will be more posted as a family but in other ways, it has
:18:45. > :18:55.torn us apart. What do you think has happened to him? I have days where I
:18:55. > :18:58.think he is somewhere, singing in someone else's ears but then there
:18:58. > :19:06.are the days when you think the worst. You have got a social network
:19:06. > :19:12.site setup, what sort of response have you had? An amazing response.
:19:12. > :19:18.My sister is on their everyday. But obviously, you do get the odd nasty
:19:18. > :19:21.response. You don't expect people to understand. I know myself before
:19:21. > :19:29.this, you don't realise how many missing people there are. But just
:19:29. > :19:33.look, because it might just be that one person. Thank you for coming in
:19:33. > :19:39.to talk to us. Let's hope there is some good news first. —— some good
:19:39. > :19:42.news soon. And if you've got any information about Richard or
:19:42. > :20:00.anything that might help Sandra and her family go to our Facebook page.
:20:00. > :20:09.Anything you can do to help. It was the Swanage area that he went
:20:09. > :20:12.missing from. We have the sport now. Bournemouth and Redding fans had a
:20:12. > :20:15.long journey last night. Reading are up to fifth in the Championship
:20:15. > :20:21.table, as they extended their recent unbeaten run. They did let a lead
:20:21. > :20:27.slip though at bottom club Barnsley last night. The Royals broke the
:20:27. > :20:31.deadlock shortly after half time, when Hal Robson—Kanu's shot beat
:20:31. > :20:34.Barnsley keeper Jack Butland. It was Robson—Kanu's first goal of the
:20:34. > :20:40.season, and one enjoyed by the travelling Royals fans. The
:20:40. > :20:42.goalkeepers then took centre stage, Alex McCarthy saving well for
:20:42. > :20:46.Reading and Butland turning away an effort from Adam Le Fondre. Alex
:20:46. > :20:49.Pearce then hit the bar from close range for the Royals. Before
:20:49. > :20:57.Barnsley's equaliser from Chris O'Grady 11 minutes from the end.
:20:57. > :21:02.Reading are unbeaten since their 6—0 League Cup loss at Peterborough.
:21:02. > :21:05.Staying in the Championship, Bournemouth were also served up a
:21:06. > :21:09.midweek trip to Yorkshire. But Eddie Howe's side returned south
:21:09. > :21:14.empty—handed. It was a tale of another red card. The sixth time in
:21:14. > :21:22.ten league matches, that a Cherries game has featured a sending off.
:21:22. > :21:24.Unfortunately, it was the second game in success and that Bournemouth
:21:24. > :21:49.had been reduced to ten men. But the penalty was saved. The
:21:49. > :22:07.pressure of 11 against ten told for Leeds early in the second half. The
:22:07. > :22:10.cherries deserved their equaliser. Despite the earlier heroics, the
:22:10. > :22:14.keeper could not keep out this shot which broke the team 's hearts and
:22:14. > :22:17.left and 13th in the table. With Ryan Allsop suspended for this
:22:17. > :22:20.weekend, Cherries have recalled third—choice goalkeeper Shwan Jalal
:22:20. > :22:23.from his loan spell at Oxford. A Dorset semi—professional football
:22:23. > :22:25.club have responded to a crisis, by registering their manager as a
:22:25. > :22:30.player. Nothing exceptional about that you may think, except that Phil
:22:30. > :22:34.Simkin is 60 years of age! Dorchester Town's surprise exit from
:22:34. > :22:37.the FA Cup at the weekend has led the club to slash their playing
:22:37. > :22:41.budget, and put the whole first team squad up for sale. Simkin, who was a
:22:41. > :22:44.defender in his more familiar playing days, could be on the bench
:22:44. > :22:49.for Saturday's Conference South game at Dover. You may remember the story
:22:49. > :22:53.of Hampshire's 16—year—old cricketer Brad Taylor, who completed the leap
:22:53. > :22:56.from village team to the county's first eleven this summer. Well,
:22:56. > :23:01.there's been more good news for Brad, who comes from Holybourne near
:23:01. > :23:04.Alton. Having impressed in his early matches for Hampshire, off—spinner
:23:04. > :23:07.Taylor has now caught the eye of the England selectors. He'll spend the
:23:07. > :23:12.winter at an Under 17 development camp, along with county team mate
:23:12. > :23:13.Joe Weatherley. Another couple of good products from the Hampshire
:23:13. > :23:33.Academy. OK, onto the weather. The calm
:23:33. > :23:39.before the rain, shall we say? But we do have some lovely weather from
:23:39. > :23:54.today. Some sparrows cooling off in this unseasonably warm weather.
:23:54. > :24:00.Yes, rain is on the way. Let's talk about tonight first because that
:24:00. > :24:03.does come before tomorrow. Tonight staying very mild. Temperatures
:24:03. > :24:08.overnight are what they would normally be during the daytime at
:24:08. > :24:11.this time of year. Summer showers overnight but it will become dry as
:24:11. > :24:15.we head to the early hours of the morning. Some clear skies. A dry
:24:15. > :24:23.start of the day but a mild night to come. Lowest temperatures just 17
:24:23. > :24:28.Celsius. The torrential downpours will arrive soon enough, around
:24:28. > :24:32.midday. That will give difficult driving conditions and maybe cause
:24:32. > :24:36.some localised flooding. The Met office have issued a yellow warning.
:24:36. > :24:40.The bulk of the country will be affected by this weather warning. We
:24:40. > :24:48.could see around an inch of rain fall in a short period of time.
:24:48. > :24:54.Possibly up to two inches locally. There is an active weather system
:24:54. > :25:02.pushing in from the south. These two systems merging will produce those
:25:02. > :25:07.torrential downpours. Expecting the rain to arrive in parts of Dorset
:25:07. > :25:13.around 9am tomorrow. Working its way northwards. Some quite heavy bursts.
:25:13. > :25:18.Top temperatures tomorrow despite the cloud and rain above the
:25:18. > :25:24.seasonal average of 19 Celsius. And the winds will be press. —— the
:25:24. > :25:32.winds will be brisk. Drier conditions will develop. Very mild
:25:32. > :25:35.temperatures yet again. Lowest temperatures 16 Celsius. If you are
:25:35. > :25:38.concerned about the weather situation, the heavy torrential
:25:38. > :25:44.downpours over the next two days, over the next 24 hours, stay tuned
:25:44. > :25:47.to your local BBC radio station. There may be localised flooding and
:25:47. > :25:53.it may give disruption to travel. This is the outlook for the rest of
:25:53. > :25:56.the week. Some torrential rain tomorrow. Strong southeasterly
:25:56. > :26:04.winds. The rain gradually clearing tomorrow night. Friday is a mixture
:26:04. > :26:08.of sunshine and showers. A better day than tomorrow. As we head
:26:08. > :26:12.towards the weekend, the good news is high pressure is building in from
:26:12. > :26:18.the Atlantic. So it will turn more settled. Don't forget, any
:26:18. > :26:23.pictures, any flooding that you see, send them in. But is it from us. And
:26:23. > :26:30.the rest of the team, good evening.