02/01/2014 BBC Oxford News

Campaigners say prices are rising three times faster than wages. That

is all from BBC News Hello and welcome to South Today

from Oxford. In tonight's programme: Trying to stop Tesco moving in.

Claims local shops will be driven out of business if the retail giant

is allowed to open a store in a disused pub.

Also tonight: Weaving their way to a medical

instead of pints of beer. There are a dozen shops in Goring`on`Thames.

It is a five`minute walk away from the planned Tesco site. The prospect

of a new Tesco store is a worry for shopkeepers, already competing with

big chains and surrounding towns and villages. I think it will have a lot

We are not against competition, but will have special offers which we

We are not against competition, but this is not in the village, it is on

the outskirts. Therefore it affects the heart of the village. There are

concerns about parking. Villagers will get the chance to tell Tesco

what they think at a meeting next week.

Coming up in a few minutes here on South Today, David Cameron in the

studio with Sally Taylor. Fresh from his Christmas break at home in

Oxfordshire, the been talking`up the government's

Help To and greener. They are hybrid and

emit less CO2. Oxford's the second city to follow London's lead the

emission zone there, introduced in 2008, sees certain vehicles pay a

daily charge if they don't meet emissions standards. Buses in Oxford

city centre will also be banned from keeping their engines running for

more than a minute at a bus stop. But the Green Party doesn't think it

goes far enough. We need a zone more like London. Not just for busses but

of green garden waste. The decision was agreed last month to introduce a

yearly fee of ?40 for householders who want to take up the service. The

Council believes it'll result in an annual saving of around ?700,000.

But the authority's scrutiny committee says there's still a lack

of detail on precisely how the green bin collections would work.

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a new implant

which they say could improve success rates after surgery. It's being

tested on patients with side is made of thick woven

material. The other side is very fine and encourages cells to grow up

and bond as they would naturally in a younger patient. We have used

modern technology to produce these fibres that have the extraordinary

ability to direct the way that cells behave. They can wake up tired and

ageing cells and make them want to heal. Previously they were not.

interview with David Cameron. Here's Sally Taylor.

will be here and Tony Husband has the sport.

Earlier etoday the Prime Minister was in Southampton to meet some of

those who have taken up the Government Help to Buy scheme, to

get on the property ladder. He joined me here in the studio and we

began by talking about the power cuts over Christmas and the New

Year. He gave his reaction to the length of time it has taken to get

power restored in some areas. mortgage and a mortgage payment, but

they can't get together a ten or 20% deposit for their house or flat

because they haven't got a rich mum or dad. They should be able to buy

one I am helping them do that. Are you concerned the bubble could

burst? I don't think that will happen, because we have expressly

given the Bank of England the role of advising us and intervening if

they see any bubbles emerge in any markets,

ahead. They are not feeling or seeing that. We are recovering from

a dreadful and deep recession, there have been disappointing

announcements over particular factory, if we look at the overall

economy of the south`east, there are 167,000 more people in work today,

than there were three years ago, there are 35,000 fewer people

claiming unemployment benefit. The economy is grow, new businesses are

starting, more people are getting job, do I want more people to work,

or do I want them to be paid we have got to get out of A into

the homes with proper care package, so the solution to A problems is

both making sure the hospitals are well run but making sure we invest

in GPs surge I haves and making sure we deal with social care. We did

make a decision as a government, yes, we have had to make cuts in

policing and other programmes, but the NHS we haven't cut but we need

reroom to as well. But doctors are saying having this money is not the

solution, long`term... this exclusive report.

Anti`social behaviour can plague local communities, with offences

that may be deemed leave, causing great distress. And for some young

people, what starts as a laugh with their mates can lead to a life of

offending, it is something Casey Taylor knows well. First started

getting in trouble at 15, thought it would be funny with my mates, going

out drinking on the street. offence, committed by their young

peers. Teen court is an awesome platform for both the jurors and the

defendant, because the jurors are able to see people their age, their

peers that have been mistakes and they are able to em thies, as far as

the defendant it is a great opportunity for them to have a

punishment set out by their peers, I think that punishment will have a

greater impact. PC Mark Walsh plans to introduce a similar

business where period. All the football. We are going into the New

Year with lots of questions, hopefully answers, one of those in

the next month could be the transfer window, Southampton have shrugged

off interest from West Ham so far, amid speculation they want to take

Rickie Lambert to Upton Park. He was a substitute yesterday as they lost

to Chelsea. Torres, a well placed shot from Willian, and an Eden

Hazard goal mean much to the dismace of the crowd.

1700 Bournemouth voices cheered this goal.

`` dismay. Talks to keep him are on going and Albion left it late to

score a point. Steven ward reacted fist. They are 16th in the table

after a draw. Portsmouth fans must be hoping for better Fortunes in

2014. They took the lead at Southend yesterday, Bradley's first goal for

the stopped, did it. It was awful. And

we have had storm after storm it feel like, we have a few more to

come. The unsettled theme continues but it eases off next week a bit.

Some respite. Today, the driest day of the year so far.

A lovely day too. Some degree, relatively mile but we will

see a breeze so strong gusty winds rounds, severe gales in some spots.

For the weekend, we start with this area of wet weather, a waving front

nudging in from France, bringing wet conditions first thing Saturday. An

improving picture, it looks to dry up a touch. But come Sunday, another

weather warning for us for very wet and very windy condition, so perhaps

a dry start but this deep area of