:00:00. > :00:07.goodbye from me. On BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where
:00:08. > :00:21.A this is both today from Oxford. `` this is so today from Oxford. A
:00:22. > :00:29.man has died in floodwaters. Homeowners say more needs to be done
:00:30. > :00:33.to protect their properties. Every animal counts. The new additions
:00:34. > :00:40.that are part of the annual stock take at the Cotswold wildlife Park.
:00:41. > :00:44.Later, powering up electric cars in a flash. High Speed two recharging
:00:45. > :00:52.points coming to motorway service stations.
:00:53. > :00:55.Good evening. There are fresh warnings tonight
:00:56. > :01:00.about the dangers of going into flood water after the death of a
:01:01. > :01:04.cyclist. The man who was in his 70s got into difficulties on a road at
:01:05. > :01:07.Wytham near Oxford. He's the second person to die in floodwater in
:01:08. > :01:19.Oxfordshire since the weekend. The flooding has brought more problems
:01:20. > :01:23.on the roads and the rails today. A second main route into Oxford the
:01:24. > :01:27.Botley Road has now closed. It's led to long delays for drivers and buses
:01:28. > :01:29.have had to be re`routed. Train services have been affected with
:01:30. > :01:33.delays and cancellations. Outside Oxford many other roads are closed
:01:34. > :01:36.and the Thames is still rising. Our reporter is in Wytham just outside
:01:37. > :01:38.Oxford. What do we know about the man who's died?
:01:39. > :01:47.Well, police have just told us in the past hour that the man was 73
:01:48. > :01:53.years of age. Behind me was a road. It is now or ever the flooding
:01:54. > :01:58.fields on either side. He was taken to hospital for he was pronounced
:01:59. > :02:03.dead. His next of kin had been informed. We have no identity as
:02:04. > :02:07.yet. Others turned back when they realised it was too dangerous. He is
:02:08. > :02:11.the second man to die in the last couple of days within the county.
:02:12. > :02:21.There was a 47`year`old man travelling across a bridge in Oxford
:02:22. > :02:25.on a mobility scooter. He was taken away by the water. The water is
:02:26. > :02:32.rising. There is a danger for people trying to travel through roads like
:02:33. > :02:37.this. Botley Road is usually a major
:02:38. > :02:43.thoroughfare into Oxford. Today it was more quiet. Some were prepared.
:02:44. > :02:46.For those in cars, turning around was their only option. The road
:02:47. > :02:52.closure has been devastating for some businesses. It has been quite
:02:53. > :02:58.severe. We do a lot of passing trade and rely on the traffic. We have
:02:59. > :03:04.lost all of that trade that we would normally have. January is usually
:03:05. > :03:09.quiet anyway, but the weather has not helped. It is quite a dramatic
:03:10. > :03:21.effect on business. Across the county, bus diversions and road
:03:22. > :03:30.closures caused major delays. And trains were running much more
:03:31. > :03:35.slowly. This road is usually closed to traffic. It was opened to ease
:03:36. > :03:46.congestion. Flood defences might not have helped the allotments, but many
:03:47. > :03:52.properties have remained dry. The defences have done a good job. Lots
:03:53. > :04:01.of pumps are going. They have been here all night. It is hard to sleep
:04:02. > :04:03.because of the noise, however. Despite that, resident here I've
:04:04. > :04:14.been told to prepare for evacuations. Some have already
:04:15. > :04:22.packed up and left their homes. How effective have flood defences
:04:23. > :04:26.being? The Environment Agency say flood
:04:27. > :04:30.defences are holding their own. Have safety pumps ready to go for
:04:31. > :04:37.required. As we just heard, surrounding roads around Botley Road
:04:38. > :04:40.or affecting thousands of motorists. Residents are being told they might
:04:41. > :05:11.have to evacuate because defences will not hold. In so think say, ``
:05:12. > :05:15.in this town, homes have flooded. Underwater again. Peter Rawcliffe's
:05:16. > :05:24.home has been flooded four times in the last ten years. We need to do
:05:25. > :05:39.more for people, for business and we need to do more sooner rather than
:05:40. > :05:43.later. Today the Prime Minister told the Commons more than 100 flood
:05:44. > :05:47.warnings are still in place across the UK. He asked the public to be
:05:48. > :05:53.vigilant. We have been coordinating this at a national level. We will
:05:54. > :06:03.continue to meet until the threat has passed. We advise people to pay
:06:04. > :06:11.attention to local information. Things have got worse over the last
:06:12. > :06:16.24 hours. We have been successfully holding back water on Botley Road
:06:17. > :06:26.since Saturday, but levels got too high and we had to let water in.
:06:27. > :06:30.Oxford city counci are worried about the impact flooding will have on
:06:31. > :06:34.Oxford's economy. If you have pictures of flooding
:06:35. > :06:39.where you are you can send them to us at oxpics@bbc.co.uk.
:06:40. > :06:42.While there's too much water in many places, in Upper Rissington near
:06:43. > :06:45.Burford, there's the opposite problem a lack of it. Hundreds of
:06:46. > :06:48.residents keep losing their water supply because of building works
:06:49. > :06:58.nearby. Our reporter has been to meet some of the people affected.
:06:59. > :07:08.Boxing Day came, my waters broke and there was no water. I couldn't have
:07:09. > :07:12.a bath or flush the toilet. Katie never knows when the water will be
:07:13. > :07:14.on or off so she's resorted to buying in water to sterilise her
:07:15. > :07:20.baby's bottles. The washing machine stops when it pleases. You can't do
:07:21. > :07:30.the washing up. It is an absolute chore. She's not alone. Over 300
:07:31. > :07:35.homes in the village are affected. Karen's spending ?5 a day on bottled
:07:36. > :07:40.drinking water. We don't know what is happening. No one is telling us
:07:41. > :07:45.if the water is safe to drink. We asked over a week ago and they have
:07:46. > :07:50.not told us of the water is safe to drink. The problem is linked to a
:07:51. > :07:53.new housing development where the local the water system's being
:07:54. > :07:54.replaced. In a statement Rissington Management Company apologises for
:07:55. > :08:19.the disruption and says: But some residents think they
:08:20. > :08:21.haven't acted quickly enough. Cotswolds District Council says it
:08:22. > :08:24.has received a number of complaints and is holding urgent discussions
:08:25. > :08:27.with the management company. The council's environmental health
:08:28. > :08:30.officers are testing the quality of the water but residents have been
:08:31. > :08:39.told by RMC that the issues will be dealt with in the coming days.
:08:40. > :08:42.People living in Goring in South Oxfordshire are challenging Tesco
:08:43. > :08:45.tonight over plans to open a new store. The retail giant is hoping to
:08:46. > :08:49.convert a former pub into a Tesco Express. But more than 900 people
:08:50. > :08:53.have signed a petition opposing the plan. Residents will hold a vote
:08:54. > :08:56.tonight at a meeting at the Village Hall. Tesco says the company's
:08:57. > :08:59.investment would create new jobs. A decision is expected later this
:09:00. > :09:02.evening on plans to build housing on the site of the old greyhound
:09:03. > :09:06.stadium in Oxford. Developers want to put 200 homes on the site which
:09:07. > :09:10.closed in December 2012. But there's been a vocal campaign, backed by the
:09:11. > :09:13.Oxford East MP Andrew Smith, for the track to be re`opened. Planners at
:09:14. > :09:17.Oxford City Council have recommended refusal of the scheme.
:09:18. > :09:20.Imagine trying to count a case full of stick insects or an enclosure of
:09:21. > :09:24.bats. That's what keepers at the Cotswold wildlife park have been
:09:25. > :09:31.doing. They've been carrying out their annual animal stock take this
:09:32. > :09:37.week. There are a couple of extra humps to
:09:38. > :09:46.count in this enclosure. The baby camel was born last month. Asterix
:09:47. > :09:57.is six months old, the baby rhino. And these baby leopard cubs are so
:09:58. > :10:09.new they don't have names yet. The ringtail bloomers all look the same.
:10:10. > :10:17.`` lemurs. You have to count several times to make sure you have the
:10:18. > :10:31.correct number. One, two, three. Well, that is the giraffes done. But
:10:32. > :10:39.there are 1500 animals including tiny insects. We have 78 fruit bats.
:10:40. > :10:44.They can have babies without us knowing. They hide a babies under
:10:45. > :10:49.their wings. They are tricky. Some of the birds are difficult. They can
:10:50. > :10:58.estimate bushes and you don't know about it. The headcount is nearly
:10:59. > :10:59.done. The data will be used to share with others used to assist in
:11:00. > :11:24.reading programmes. home for more than one battery
:11:25. > :11:26.charge. Unions representing lecturers and
:11:27. > :11:29.support staff at Bournemouth University say they're insulted by
:11:30. > :11:32.the pay rise given to their boss. The Vice Chancellor, Professor John
:11:33. > :11:35.Vinney, received a 19% increase last year `` taking his total annual
:11:36. > :11:38.package to almost a ?250,000. Teaching staff were offered a 1%
:11:39. > :11:41.rise which they're currently fighting through industrial action.
:11:42. > :11:44.James Ingham is here with more. Thanks Sally. Details of this latest
:11:45. > :11:48.pay rise come at a difficult time for universities, with campuses in
:11:49. > :11:50.the midst of a pay dispute ` teaching staff campaigning for
:11:51. > :11:56.better salaries. Professor Vinney's 19% rise takes his total package to
:11:57. > :11:59.?244,000. It's an increase that's higher than the average given to
:12:00. > :12:04.captains of industry in the UK's top 100 companies, where salaries went
:12:05. > :12:08.up by an average 14%. Bournemouth's boss is not the only one to benefit
:12:09. > :12:11.from large rises. Southampton University's leader Don Nutbeam was
:12:12. > :12:17.awarded almost six percent ` taking his total annual earnings to almost
:12:18. > :12:23.?33.000. And at Winchester University, Joy Carter got a 12 per
:12:24. > :12:26.cent rise ` she now earns 222,000. Meanwhile university staff, who've
:12:27. > :12:32.had six years of pay restraint, are limited to a 1% rise. Most students
:12:33. > :12:35.I met on campus, whose ?9,000 annual fees contribute to staff salaries,
:12:36. > :12:45.thought the pot should be more evenly shared.
:12:46. > :12:51.I think it's unfair on the lecturers, seeing as they are doing
:12:52. > :12:59.the hard work. It depends on job roles. If he's doing more for the
:13:00. > :13:05.University, he deserves it. It does sound like a lot. Bournemouth, like
:13:06. > :13:08.many other Universities, benchmarks senior salaries within the UK and
:13:09. > :13:12.abroad, and against similarly sized public and private organisations. So
:13:13. > :13:17.how do they compare? Professor Vinney has a billion pound budget
:13:18. > :13:20.and fourteen hundred staff. The Chief Executive of Hampshire County
:13:21. > :13:26.Council, one of the largest in the country, has a similar budget, but
:13:27. > :13:30.seven times more staff. He earns slightly less. Surrey Police has a
:13:31. > :13:36.?200 million budget, and four and a half thousand employees. The Chief
:13:37. > :13:39.Constable gets just under ?140,000. Bournemouth University has told us
:13:40. > :13:51.its most senior managers have taken on extra responsibilities, and they
:13:52. > :14:01.don't set their own salaries. Remuneration for its senior staff is
:14:02. > :14:06.Unions will resume their industrial action in the next few weeks, with
:14:07. > :14:13.more strikes at campuses across the country ` as this increasingly
:14:14. > :14:16.bitter battle continues. No`one from Bournemouth University
:14:17. > :14:19.was available to come onto the programme to explain the pay awards
:14:20. > :14:23.` and the group which represents most universities, Universities UK,
:14:24. > :14:26.didn't have anyone free either. A short time ago, I spoke to Simon
:14:27. > :14:30.Renton, the president of the University and College Union. I
:14:31. > :14:35.asked him how angry his members were about this and other pay rises.
:14:36. > :14:38.I would like to say that they were disappointed by this unequal, uneven
:14:39. > :14:42.handed treatment, but I think they are now so accustomed to it, that
:14:43. > :14:49.they remain angry but I think they are not surprised. Is it not about
:14:50. > :14:52.attracting the best talent in these jobs? For example, the vice
:14:53. > :15:00.Chancellor of Southampton is from Australia. I have no doubt that if
:15:01. > :15:06.you wish to attract the best talent then decent salaries must be paid.
:15:07. > :15:09.That's precisely the argument that we made, in favour of our members
:15:10. > :15:20.who are university professionals, who are the best, the most dedicated
:15:21. > :15:26.talent you can find. The universities are made up principally
:15:27. > :15:30.of their staff. They are much more important than the vice chancellors
:15:31. > :15:34.are ` they come and go. Is that fair? We're not talking about
:15:35. > :15:38.educational institutions, so much as businesses they are running. Trying
:15:39. > :15:44.to attract from overseas, sometimes with premises overseas. This is a
:15:45. > :15:48.very different job, it's a business. I do see that point, but the reason
:15:49. > :15:52.it is a major export industry, one of the few remaining healthy exports
:15:53. > :16:02.that the UK still has, is based on its reputation for quality. It's the
:16:03. > :16:04.quality of the teaching and of the support staff, which makes it
:16:05. > :16:10.attractive to students from overseas. You've had many years of
:16:11. > :16:15.pay restraint ` do you anticipate that you will be striking again this
:16:16. > :16:27.year? Do you honestly think it will make a difference? Since 2009, we
:16:28. > :16:30.have lost 13%. We have had two days of strike action, together with
:16:31. > :16:33.other trade unions. Industrial action will certainly continue into
:16:34. > :16:36.this year, both in terms of strike action and action short of a strike,
:16:37. > :16:55.perhaps, including disruption of marking. A new centre has opened in
:16:56. > :16:59.Berkshire with the aim of dealing with what's been called the dementia
:17:00. > :17:02.time bomb. Reading's already one of a group of communities gearing up to
:17:03. > :17:05.deal with the growing number of people living with the condition.
:17:06. > :17:08.Now, the Town's university and local NHS have teamed up to carry out
:17:09. > :17:11.cutting edge research into dementia as Joe Campbell reports.
:17:12. > :17:14.Few universities can boast facilities like this. By working
:17:15. > :17:18.with the NHS, academics will gain access to patients with a personal
:17:19. > :17:24.interest in tackling dementia. Already, a list of areas worth
:17:25. > :17:27.exploring is taking shape. We know that diet and health are linked to
:17:28. > :17:34.the incidence of dementia, and the progression of dementia. That's one
:17:35. > :17:38.of the areas we will be doing a lot of work in. It's not just a set of
:17:39. > :17:42.new offices that's generating enthusiasm for the centre. To be
:17:43. > :17:49.able to help patients and advance clinical science is fantastic. The
:17:50. > :17:53.fact that we are collaborating with the University of Reading is a
:17:54. > :18:00.logical next step for where we need to be going. We've all seen the
:18:01. > :18:03.messages from charities, that with a little more funding, together, we
:18:04. > :18:10.can beat cancer or tackle heart disease. But dementia has always
:18:11. > :18:18.been something of a Cinderella. Now, it seems as though they're playing
:18:19. > :18:28.catch up. That's welcome news for Ruth, whose husband was diagnosed
:18:29. > :18:31.with Alzheimer's four years ago. When you're living with someone who
:18:32. > :18:35.you've known for a long time, and you see changes in them that you
:18:36. > :18:40.know could cause problems, you want to get help as soon as possible. No
:18:41. > :18:43.one can predict when a breakthrough may come, but the work starts
:18:44. > :19:02.tomorrow when patients arrive for the first clinic.
:19:03. > :19:11.After four days, exhibitors and say that big deals are being signed at
:19:12. > :19:17.the London boat show. Princess and caught up with southerly yachts.
:19:18. > :19:21.Last March, the West Sussex Yard stopped trading with the owner went
:19:22. > :19:27.bust. The brand has continued after the business was restructured.
:19:28. > :19:33.Today, a show of confidence. It's been an interesting period. Sales
:19:34. > :19:43.across the industry are moving forward. A positive outlook. A very
:19:44. > :19:50.good on the water show, generally. A different dynamic of customer. With
:19:51. > :19:53.more than 100 businesses from across the leisure marine industry,
:19:54. > :19:59.exhibitors from the South were a dominant force. Getting a sense of
:20:00. > :20:06.the deal is taking place isn't easy, but one boat builders sold three
:20:07. > :20:12.yachts on the first day. There is a tangible sense of optimism in this
:20:13. > :20:20.sector. We believe we are seeing a recovery in the UK boating market.
:20:21. > :20:24.Last year, there was good reports of sales across all sectors. That has
:20:25. > :20:29.been sustained over the last few months. We are very confident that
:20:30. > :20:37.2014 will be good for the boating industry. This company makes
:20:38. > :20:44.waterproof dear. They have been in business for eight years and are
:20:45. > :20:50.growing steadily. There is definitely growth this year. We are
:20:51. > :20:56.certainly seeing an uplift in confidence. This industry is more
:20:57. > :21:03.resilient than most. Their exports are increasing, but the domestic
:21:04. > :21:07.markets still needs to pick up. To do that, attendance at shows like
:21:08. > :21:10.this is essential. He may have retired from Olympic
:21:11. > :21:14.sailing, but Sir Ben Ainslie has a very busy diary for 2014. He was at
:21:15. > :21:27.the London Boat Show, today, announcing his racing ambitions for
:21:28. > :21:31.the next year. This is what Sir Ben has lined up for 2014 ` the Extreme
:21:32. > :21:34.Sailing series. It's a glamorous global circuit, where the multihulls
:21:35. > :21:37.reach up to 30 knots. It's not called extreme for nothing. It's a
:21:38. > :21:40.very different type of racing, with very short courses. It's very close
:21:41. > :21:44.to the shore, so great for spectators. The racing is very close
:21:45. > :21:48.quarters ` quite often, the boats are wiping out and getting close to
:21:49. > :21:56.each other. We do a lot of races, so I guess it's a high impact type of
:21:57. > :21:58.racing. He's immediately pitted himself against another south`coast
:21:59. > :22:01.rival ` Lee McMillan from Southampton has been the winning
:22:02. > :22:07.skipper twice, and is the current series champion. We've got a strong
:22:08. > :22:15.line`up of British sailors in the Extreme Sailing, this year. That's
:22:16. > :22:18.fantastic, particularly as Ben is trying to put together an America's
:22:19. > :22:21.Cup team. Hopefully, if we can make a strong presence in the Extremes,
:22:22. > :22:28.it really shows what we're capable of, and gives us a good grounding
:22:29. > :22:31.for future cup campaigns. Last summer, Ben dedicated his
:22:32. > :22:34.record`breaking win at the Round the Island race to fellow Olympic sailor
:22:35. > :22:39.Ben Simpson, who died in a training accident in San Francisco Bay in
:22:40. > :22:42.May. Known to everyone as Bart, Simpson's sister Amanda, and some of
:22:43. > :22:46.his friends, came up with the idea of Bart's Bash. It's a mass
:22:47. > :22:50.participation event, and has been billed as the largest dinghy sailing
:22:51. > :22:55.event in the world. They were the ones who really camp up with the
:22:56. > :22:59.idea to have a global race of clubs all over the world, having a race at
:23:00. > :23:07.the same time on 21st September, to get as many people out there sailing
:23:08. > :23:12.in memory of Bart as we can. It's a fantastic idea. It's very fitting of
:23:13. > :23:15.his memory. The one thing then wouldn't be drawn on today was any
:23:16. > :23:18.more detail of his America's Cup campaign. We'll have to wait until
:23:19. > :23:26.the spring before any further announcements.
:23:27. > :23:29.Our next story is about a rubbish art exhibition. That's not a
:23:30. > :23:32.comment, because Lou McCurdy and Chloe Hanks make displays using
:23:33. > :23:36.pieces of plastic dumped or washed up on the Sussex sea shore. It's to
:23:37. > :23:39.raise awareness of the need to re`use and re`cycle. When Lou's
:23:40. > :23:43.sister`in`law came to see their latest work, she was amazed to see
:23:44. > :23:49.it included a shoe she'd lost on the beach years before. Ian Palmer has
:23:50. > :23:52.the story. For three weeks, Lou McCurdy on the
:23:53. > :23:57.beach between Shoreham and Birling Gap. Little did she know, that one
:23:58. > :24:01.day, she'd pick up the shoe her sister`in`law lost four years
:24:02. > :24:05.earlier. It had only moved up the beach, about four or five beaches
:24:06. > :24:11.up, so 300 to 400 yards up from where she had it on, swimming that
:24:12. > :24:16.day. I suppose it's quite a funny story. Elaine McCurdy lives in
:24:17. > :24:19.Oxford, but on a visit to the London Road gallery in Brighton, she was
:24:20. > :24:26.astonished to find her long lost shoe was part of the exhibition. I
:24:27. > :24:30.was really surprised. I was walking along the shelves with my niece, and
:24:31. > :24:39.I said, I wonder if Louise will ever find my shoe? And, literally, at
:24:40. > :24:45.that minute `she was next to me and can verify it ` looked down, and
:24:46. > :24:49.there was my shoe. I picked it up and shrieked down the exhibition:
:24:50. > :24:52.Louise, you've found my shoe! Elaine kept the remaining shoe, on the off
:24:53. > :24:59.chance her sister`in`law would find it. However, tired of waiting, she
:25:00. > :25:02.threw it away. She bought them in Greece, and she went back to the
:25:03. > :25:06.shop, and they don't do this particular kind of shoe any more.
:25:07. > :25:10.So, she was a bit upset. I said I'd sell it on eBay! The exhibition of
:25:11. > :25:13.rubbish is trying to raise awareness about what we consume, and what we
:25:14. > :25:26.throw away, and the everlastng nature of plastic. Plastic memories
:25:27. > :25:27.` lost and found. Onto today's weather, and Spike
:25:28. > :25:38.Holifield took this another band of rain on its way
:25:39. > :25:43.tonight. The high pressure starts to build. The rest the week should be
:25:44. > :25:46.slightly weaker. But rain band will clear through the Purley errors of
:25:47. > :25:52.the morning, particularly for areas south of Berkshire. Temperatures
:25:53. > :25:56.dropping to a mild seven to eight Celsius. The winners will start to
:25:57. > :25:59.increase through the course of the Purley hours of the morning.
:26:00. > :26:05.Tomorrow, it will be quite blustery. It should be an improving
:26:06. > :26:12.picture throughout the day, some sunny spells will develop. Drier end
:26:13. > :26:18.to the day with a high of nine Celsius. Tomorrow, there is still a
:26:19. > :26:23.risk of a shower. Temperatures falling away rapidly. The risk of
:26:24. > :26:29.ice and Patsy frost, as well. Reticulin Purley in the countryside.
:26:30. > :26:37.To or three Celsius, perhaps, perhaps down to the freezing. ``
:26:38. > :26:42.down to freezing. I dry start on Friday. It should stay may be
:26:43. > :26:46.driving through daylight hours. We are expecting this whether France to
:26:47. > :26:51.greet them, maybe light to moderate rain. That will arrive after dark on
:26:52. > :26:56.Friday, lasting through the Purley hours of Saturday morning. On
:26:57. > :27:02.Saturday, it should be a damp and cloudy start, with sunny spells for
:27:03. > :27:08.the rest of the day. Tomorrow, we can expect a few showers. Any
:27:09. > :27:13.showers throughout the day could be quite blustery, with strong
:27:14. > :27:16.south`westerly winds. Radiation the drive, with the odd scattered
:27:17. > :27:28.shower. The winds are lighter than tomorrow. `` Friday should be
:27:29. > :27:29.drying. The chilly start on Sunday, and the possibility of further rain
:27:30. > :27:31.overnight into Monday