:00:00. > :00:00.colder. It could be short lived. That is all from the BBC's
:00:00. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford.
:00:13. > :00:15.In tonight's programme: Oxford United's Wilder days are over.
:00:16. > :00:19.One of the longest serving manager's in football has left with the club,
:00:20. > :00:22.we assess the impact he has made in his five`year reign and ask what
:00:23. > :00:26.next for United. It was a big decision. I Iain Percy
:00:27. > :00:29.enjoyed myself, the support was first class.
:00:30. > :00:38.Also, it's charged with smoothing out the economy so why is private
:00:39. > :00:42.sector employment is falling? And faster than anywhere else in the UK
:00:43. > :00:45.in one city in our region? Further frustration for businesses
:00:46. > :00:48.and travellers. As work on a bridge over the Thames is delayed.
:00:49. > :01:02.And later, on the buses, we're with the artist who has a ticket to ride
:01:03. > :01:06.for the sake of art. He was one of the longest serving
:01:07. > :01:10.managers in football but after five years at the helm with Oxford United
:01:11. > :01:15.Chris Wilder has gone. His rink included in messy circumstances with
:01:16. > :01:20.a claim and counterclaim for a settlement was reached. While he had
:01:21. > :01:24.already taken over at Northampton Town, United have been left
:01:25. > :01:28.searching for a replacement. The end of an era. By the time
:01:29. > :01:34.Saturday 's victory over Torquay was over Chris Wilder knew his time at
:01:35. > :01:37.Oxford United was as well. Within 48 hours he would be unveiled as the
:01:38. > :01:42.manager of the football the's bottom club, the security of the three and
:01:43. > :01:47.a half year contract going on the way to explain why he would leave
:01:48. > :01:51.United for a job at Northampton Town.
:01:52. > :01:54.I have got my own reasons, personal and professional. Maybe it is the
:01:55. > :01:58.right time. I have been there for five years. Maybe the car was
:01:59. > :02:04.driving itself is on its own, maybe I needed that new challenge. Oxford
:02:05. > :02:10.were pretty tough in their negotiation but we got there.
:02:11. > :02:14.Delighted it is finally done. Chris has done a fantastic job for
:02:15. > :02:21.the football club, no doubt. I see him now as a close friend. I wish
:02:22. > :02:25.him well. The ups and downs of the last 48
:02:26. > :02:30.hours or fitting giving his emotional time in charge of Oxford,
:02:31. > :02:40.beyond doubt the highlight Wembley win in 2010 that restored football
:02:41. > :02:44.league status. Long celebrated victories over local
:02:45. > :02:47.rivals Swindon also brought joy but in other ways progress was too slow
:02:48. > :02:54.for some fans, and his relationship with the owner group VAT is. Now
:02:55. > :03:00.Lenaghan faces his biggest football decision, appointing his successor.
:03:01. > :03:05.Joining me is the chairman of Oxford United's supporters group, was his
:03:06. > :03:08.leaving inevitable? I think it probably was, he wanted more
:03:09. > :03:12.stability, Oxford United wanted to see how the season was going before
:03:13. > :03:16.activating next year in his contract.
:03:17. > :03:20.We saw some memorable moments with him at the helm, how significant is
:03:21. > :03:25.his departure? It is a massive decision. I know a
:03:26. > :03:29.lot of firms working to see him go, a lot looking to see him stay. The
:03:30. > :03:32.key thing now is getting the next replacement right, not forgetting
:03:33. > :03:37.the great memories we had. He goes to the bottom club, Oxford
:03:38. > :03:42.United find themselves in the play`off places. Do you think Oxford
:03:43. > :03:47.United will be rocked by his departure?
:03:48. > :03:50.That depends on how quickly and who comes in. You got to look to the
:03:51. > :03:55.owner to get the decision right, it is a key decision. A great chance of
:03:56. > :04:00.promotion. The players we have got our good professionals. All we need
:04:01. > :04:02.is to get a guy that isn't a polarising character, can push is
:04:03. > :04:08.on. The betting for MK Dons manager,
:04:09. > :04:12.Martin Allen, the former Swindon manager, Paolo Di Canio. As a
:04:13. > :04:18.consensus about who should be the replacement? `` is there a
:04:19. > :04:27.consensus. I think you can write Di Canio off for a start. . Every fan
:04:28. > :04:31.has an opinion but the opinion that matters is the board. All eyes are
:04:32. > :04:38.upon making the decision and hopefully we can push on.
:04:39. > :04:42.We have heard much about how the economic recovery will be driven by
:04:43. > :04:46.the private sector creating new jobs which is why use of a dramatic fall
:04:47. > :04:52.in the number of those jobs in Oxford may come as a concern. It has
:04:53. > :04:59.seen the fastest drop of any major UK city down by 2000 between 2011
:05:00. > :05:01.and 2012, at the same time Swindon 11 is seeing that much`needed
:05:02. > :05:05.private sector investment. Why the difference?
:05:06. > :05:10.The construction industry has been hit hard by the recession but you
:05:11. > :05:16.would not know it here. In the last five years this Swindon firm has
:05:17. > :05:18.taken on an extra 50 staff. Even during the recession that has been a
:05:19. > :05:24.significant amount of building work going on. Over the last four or five
:05:25. > :05:29.years we have increased in size by about 50%. Last year our turnover
:05:30. > :05:33.was 77 million. According to a report out today for every five jobs
:05:34. > :05:38.in Swindon in 2012 four of them were in the private sector. But the same
:05:39. > :05:43.cannot be said for its neighbour Oxford. Here there has been a 4%
:05:44. > :05:48.fall in the number of private sector jobs. That is more than 2000 posts
:05:49. > :05:53.lost, and that is the worst for any UK city or major town. Would you put
:05:54. > :06:00.your head office in Oxford where you know your staff will take good,
:06:01. > :06:05.extra half hour to get into work? Where your customers cannot get in
:06:06. > :06:09.to see you, you will tend to locate somewhere with good transport links.
:06:10. > :06:13.When complete the Regent Circus Development in Swindon will be held
:06:14. > :06:15.to a cinema, restaurants and supermarkets creating in the
:06:16. > :06:24.process, it is claimed, to 1000 new jobs. Why is Swindon succeeding
:06:25. > :06:30.where Oxford isn't? The connectivity to London and other places, but also
:06:31. > :06:33.the availability of the skilled and adaptable workforce. The two main
:06:34. > :06:38.things we hear from the businesses we talk to as to why they are here.
:06:39. > :06:42.This report is by no means all bad news for Oxford, it showed its
:06:43. > :06:46.people are the second most highly qualified in the UK, and levels of
:06:47. > :06:49.inequality in the city are relatively low. But if business is
:06:50. > :06:58.going to boom, there is still plenty of work to be done.
:06:59. > :07:01.Next to night, nearly 25,000 people have signed an online petition
:07:02. > :07:05.demanding the resignation of the Henley councillor who claimed God
:07:06. > :07:09.sent the recent floods because of the government's stance on gay
:07:10. > :07:14.marriage. David Silvester has said he will not stand down from the town
:07:15. > :07:18.council even though he has been suspended by his party. Sarah
:07:19. > :07:23.Butcher, who started the petition, says in her view he isn't fit to
:07:24. > :07:27.represent the people of Henley. We are appealing to him to stand
:07:28. > :07:34.down, we have got nearly 25,000 votes, that should give him a good
:07:35. > :07:38.idea his views are not part of how we feel today. His views makes
:07:39. > :07:43.people feel uncomfortable. We don't want somebody like that are
:07:44. > :07:46.presenting us in Henley. The Templars Square shopping Centre
:07:47. > :07:49.in Cowley in two and had to be closed for a short time after part
:07:50. > :07:53.of its glass ceiling collapsed during heavy rain and strong wind.
:07:54. > :07:57.Nobody was injured in Saturday afternoon's incident and the centre
:07:58. > :08:03.was reopened a few minutes later. Temporary repairs have been carried
:08:04. > :08:06.out on the shops open as normal. 93 man has died following a house
:08:07. > :08:12.fire in Abingdon. Part of Preston Road had to be closed while five
:08:13. > :08:17.entered into the house at 6pm last night. The elderly occupant's death
:08:18. > :08:22.is currently being treated as not explained but it is not suspicious.
:08:23. > :08:26.Work to renovate the Whitchurch toll bridge over the River Thames will
:08:27. > :08:28.now take three months longer to complete than first thought. Drivers
:08:29. > :08:35.have been forced to make if retreating detour since it was
:08:36. > :08:39.closed `` frustrating detour. The work has been disrupted by bad
:08:40. > :08:46.weather and high and fast flowing river doubles.
:08:47. > :08:50.`` levels. Work ground to a halt before
:08:51. > :08:55.Christmas. The project is three months behind schedule. It is the
:08:56. > :09:00.three disappointing, because it is a ten mile trip by car extra if we
:09:01. > :09:05.want to go to Pangbourne. Going through Caversham is a nightmare.
:09:06. > :09:12.Going three touring is not too bad, but we are spending a lot more money
:09:13. > :09:14.on fuel. `` going through Goring. It will have an impact, local
:09:15. > :09:20.businesses are suffering. Another three months will not be what they
:09:21. > :09:24.want to hear. My customers have been really annoyed, it is hit trade
:09:25. > :09:30.quite hard, especially the food outlets. Frustrated, disappointed,
:09:31. > :09:34.but the weather being what it is, record flood levels, the flow is
:09:35. > :09:40.still very high, the contractor cannot go on the river while the
:09:41. > :09:48.River is red bordered by the Environment Agency. The project was
:09:49. > :09:50.aimed to be done in the summer months but the investment agency
:09:51. > :09:55.said no because it would have been too disruptive operators. The
:09:56. > :09:59.contractors say they are confident they are going to get the vertical
:10:00. > :10:05.columns installed in the riverbed by the end of March so this section of
:10:06. > :10:10.the river can be open to voters as planned before Easter. Drivers will
:10:11. > :10:15.have to wait until July. Friends and relatives of the
:10:16. > :10:18.murdered Didcot teenager Jayden Parkinson gathered at the weekend to
:10:19. > :10:21.remember her and give thanks for her life. A special service took place
:10:22. > :10:25.at the church where her body was found last month, hidden in the
:10:26. > :10:29.graveyard. It still isn't clear how she died, or when a funeral service
:10:30. > :10:31.could be held. There is talk of creating a lasting memorial for her
:10:32. > :10:46.in her hometown. They came to remember her, a special
:10:47. > :10:51.service to help the community here say goodbye to Jayden Parkinson. Her
:10:52. > :10:55.family were very aware people in Didcot would have a chance to
:10:56. > :11:01.remember Jayden and give thanks for her life. So they wanted to give
:11:02. > :11:06.them a opportunity to come together to celebrate her and put aside the
:11:07. > :11:11.terrible circumstances surrounding her death. It was the same
:11:12. > :11:15.churchyard where she was found in a disturbed grave. After she went
:11:16. > :11:20.missing more than 100 police officers were involved in the search
:11:21. > :11:24.to find her. Forensic experts combed sites in Didcot and the nearby
:11:25. > :11:29.village of opting until eventually she was found here at All Saints
:11:30. > :11:32.Church. Now those here want the images of the crime scene to be
:11:33. > :11:38.forgotten, and for the church to bring peace again.
:11:39. > :11:44.There is a kind of reclaiming of a space. What is wonderful about these
:11:45. > :11:46.old churches is they have known everything in their history, and
:11:47. > :11:54.they are still here, and they still places of prayer, supremely of hope.
:11:55. > :11:56.Her family have asked the media not to film inside during the service
:11:57. > :12:00.but of the next hour they will listen to some of her favourite
:12:01. > :12:09.songs. School friends are here to pay tribute and at the end her
:12:10. > :12:13.mother is go to thank the community to pay `` for their support. Herrick
:12:14. > :12:21.'s boyfriend has been charged with her murder. A 17`year`old boy from
:12:22. > :12:25.Didcot has been charged with perverting the course of justice. A
:12:26. > :12:32.post`modern hasn't explained how she died but more tests are due to take
:12:33. > :12:36.place. You have seen the Oxford United
:12:37. > :12:39.action on and off the field, the rest of the sports including news of
:12:40. > :12:48.a victory for Swindon in a few minutes.
:12:49. > :12:50.cheaper to make that settlement. And you can see the full story on
:12:51. > :12:54.tonight's Inside Out starting in about 45 minutes here on BBC One.
:12:55. > :13:07.Still to come in this evening's South Today: battered by a tornado.
:13:08. > :13:10.That is what residents believe they witnessed.
:13:11. > :13:13.The Government calls small businesses the lifeblood of the
:13:14. > :13:17.economy. At a major conference today the Prime Minister was keen to show
:13:18. > :13:20.off what he's doing to help them grow. While the political focus has
:13:21. > :13:24.been about reducing red tape ` it's a more familiar problem that still
:13:25. > :13:31.seems to be holding back firms here in the South ` access to finance.
:13:32. > :13:38.Alastair Fee reports. Five Digital has been around for about two years.
:13:39. > :13:44.Their livelihood readily growing. The battle for businesses like them
:13:45. > :13:49.is underway. We focus quite strongly on new businesses, and
:13:50. > :13:54.entrepreneurs. Over the last 12 months, that has definitely changed
:13:55. > :13:57.and has been improving. In London today, the Prime Minister took
:13:58. > :14:01.centre stage at the National conference of the Federation of
:14:02. > :14:09.Small Businesses. The message, nicking things easier by cutting red
:14:10. > :14:13.tape. `` making things easier. Legislation is unbelievably own
:14:14. > :14:20.arrest. You almost would not employ people, you would use contractors.
:14:21. > :14:28.Very difficult for businesses of below ten people to engage. 18
:14:29. > :14:33.months ago, we caught up with Colin, an ex`banker who now advises new
:14:34. > :14:39.firms. The big issue was access to finance. As I improved? Lott will
:14:40. > :14:44.not go to the banks. They will try to get it from friends, family and
:14:45. > :14:48.other people. They feel they will get rejected do things are not
:14:49. > :14:52.comfortable with doing. The last budget contained a number of
:14:53. > :14:56.measures aimed at small firms. There was a ?300 million investment scheme
:14:57. > :14:59.to boost lending small businesses. They were given ?2000 cut in
:15:00. > :15:07.employers national contributions, and by Kevin as, benefited from the
:15:08. > :15:11.cancellation of the fuel duty rise in 2013. Removing the so`called
:15:12. > :15:15.barriers to growth is exactly what our Bournemouth `based production
:15:16. > :15:22.company needs. The announcement are welcome. I don't think it goes far
:15:23. > :15:33.enough, it is on the periphery. Small companies like is really need
:15:34. > :15:35.funding and proper funding. They employ three, and plan to take on
:15:36. > :15:49.more staff if the climate continues to improve. The message still hasn't
:15:50. > :15:54.changed. Free up money. On to sport an hour. Transfer
:15:55. > :16:00.window, end of the week? Yes. I think we will have a lot of
:16:01. > :16:04.gossip. Primarily about Southampton. Keep an eye on Redding and
:16:05. > :16:07.Bournemouth as well. As it gets closer to the wire, it is more
:16:08. > :16:10.exciting. Mauricio Pochetinno says he's not
:16:11. > :16:13.expecting Luke Shaw to go anywhere in the final days of the transfer
:16:14. > :16:16.window Pochettino reiterated Saints desire to keep their star players at
:16:17. > :16:19.the club during today's press conference ahead of their Premier
:16:20. > :16:25.League clash against Arsenal tomorrow night. He also refused to
:16:26. > :16:28.be drawn on Dani Osvaldo's future with the striker currently suspended
:16:29. > :16:46.following a training ground fight last week. But has he had an offer
:16:47. > :16:50.for Shaw? I focus on the match. When it happens, if it happens, I will be
:16:51. > :16:54.informed. Meanwhile Saints beat Yeovil at St Mary's to book their
:16:55. > :16:57.place in round five of the FA Cup. A first half penalty was converted by
:16:58. > :17:04.Guly do Prado, his first goal for more than two years. Yeovil refused
:17:05. > :17:08.to lie down, and Saints had to wait until the 69th minute to seal
:17:09. > :17:10.victory thanks to a first senior goal from Sam Gallagher.
:17:11. > :17:13.Confirmation then Southampton will play at Sunderland` their third
:17:14. > :17:16.visit to the stadium of light this season on the weekend of the 15th
:17:17. > :17:20.and 16th February. They've already lost there in the league cup and
:17:21. > :17:24.drawn in the league. Brighton are at home to Hull. Brendan Rodgers paid
:17:25. > :17:27.tribute to Eddie Howe and his Bournemouth side after Liverpool's
:17:28. > :17:34.victory at Dean Court. A sell`out crowd saw the likes of Luis Suarez
:17:35. > :17:37.in action. There was a rare glimpse too of Cherries owner Max Demin the
:17:38. > :17:43.man whose investment has helped turn the club around. Liverpool scored a
:17:44. > :17:46.goal in each half, Victor Moses's effort which beating Lee Camp at the
:17:47. > :17:55.near post. Then Daniel Sturridge finishing well in the second half to
:17:56. > :18:04.end any hope of an upset. While are very good and I would give credit to
:18:05. > :18:14.them. It is not easy when you are a manager, sticking your head out, but
:18:15. > :18:17.he certainly does that. They were excellent. There was Football League
:18:18. > :18:20.action this weekend too, Kris Temple's round`up starts after this
:18:21. > :18:35.town crier at Portman Road has finished. This fan will have gone
:18:36. > :18:41.home happy. It took into the second half for Ipswich to go in front.
:18:42. > :18:52.Redding had penalty appeals on the day and saw efforts go high and
:18:53. > :18:58.wide. They are still sixth in the table. Swindon lead against
:18:59. > :19:12.Shrewsbury. The goal of the game came from the visitors. Two late
:19:13. > :19:24.goals gave Swindon all three points. Portsmouth were left to rue a
:19:25. > :19:33.goalkeeping clanger. The scores were level, but then a second was
:19:34. > :19:38.grabbed. Trevor Carson let this effort slip through his fingers.
:19:39. > :19:40.Basingstoke Bison are still in the race for ice hockey's Premier League
:19:41. > :19:44.title they beat Sheffield Steeldogs 6`5 on Saturday night. The Bison
:19:45. > :19:47.stormed into a four goal lead, Thomas Karpov and Ciaron Long among
:19:48. > :19:51.the goals. The visitors threatened a comeback and got to within one goal
:19:52. > :19:57.of the bison before, Joe Rand made it 6`3. A late fightback didn't
:19:58. > :20:00.prevent a Bison win, they're second in the table, Guildford lost to
:20:01. > :20:02.Telford and are third. Reading Rockets basketball team are
:20:03. > :20:06.celebrating after national success this weekend. The Rockets beat
:20:07. > :20:18.Newnham Neptunes by 93 points to 72 in Worcester yesterday.
:20:19. > :20:22.If you've travelled anywhere by bus, you've probably found yourself
:20:23. > :20:25.gazing blankly out of the window. As the landscape passes by, you might
:20:26. > :20:28.not concentrate on that changing view. Not so for an artist in
:20:29. > :20:31.Bournemouth, who's been commissioned to record her journeys with pencil
:20:32. > :20:34.drawings. But this is conceptual art, which not everyone may
:20:35. > :20:38.immediately warm to. James Ingham has been to meet the artist at work.
:20:39. > :20:43.Boarding a bus not for anywhere in particular, but simply to enjoy the
:20:44. > :20:47.journey. Denise Poote is recording her view of a dozen routes around
:20:48. > :20:58.Bournemouth in a rather unusual way. Armed with just a pencil and paper,
:20:59. > :21:03.she's turning the trip into art. I draw whatever catches my eye as I go
:21:04. > :21:07.past. Part of the trees become part of the buildings and vice versa. It
:21:08. > :21:12.is a physical response of my hand on the paper.
:21:13. > :21:15.For someone who gets travel sick, this seems an unusual choice of
:21:16. > :21:22.studio, but it's that unpleasant feeling that first inspired her. You
:21:23. > :21:27.are looking out of the window into the distance when I am a passenger
:21:28. > :21:31.made me observe things I thought I could begin to capture without
:21:32. > :21:35.looking at the paper. I will end up with a record of those things, and I
:21:36. > :21:38.wanted to do locally. Bournemouth's Yellow Buses
:21:39. > :21:47.commissioned this work ` so do their regular passengers like it? Very
:21:48. > :21:55.interesting. Yes. Does it make any sense to you? I am trying to figure
:21:56. > :22:00.it out. No, not really. Sorry. What do you like it? It draws attention.
:22:01. > :22:04.It makes you want to find out what it could be. At a different things
:22:05. > :22:08.to all sorts of people. That is the beauty of this. There are all sorts
:22:09. > :22:17.of different styles out there. So, just looking now, what you make of
:22:18. > :22:22.it? There is a bit of Christchurch Priory somewhere in there. There is
:22:23. > :22:26.no way you could have predicted how it would come out before. That is
:22:27. > :22:31.right. It belongs to the journey, really. I am just making marks of a
:22:32. > :22:35.particular set of circumstances. Love it or hate it, this is a view
:22:36. > :22:43.from a bus you've probably never seen before. Fascinating.
:22:44. > :22:46.More bad weather over the weekend, and on Saturday there were reports
:22:47. > :22:50.of a mini tornado over parts of Hampshire and West Sussex. Alexis
:22:51. > :22:54.will be here in a moment to give us her take on that. Roofs were ripped
:22:55. > :22:57.off garden sheds and trees felled across roads and train tracks.
:22:58. > :23:00.Although there were no reports of any serious injuries, some had a
:23:01. > :23:07.lucky escape, as Chris Robinson reports. Nestled in this tree is
:23:08. > :23:12.part of the roof of Christina's garden shed. On Saturday afternoon,
:23:13. > :23:19.she watched a strong winds ripped it apart. Homes were battered across
:23:20. > :23:28.part of the South. Her prize vintage car survived with barely a scratch
:23:29. > :23:34.on it. There is debris everywhere. Luckily, none of the horses were
:23:35. > :23:40.hurt. I am from Michu can. The midwest is quite tornado prone. I
:23:41. > :23:44.really do think this was a mini tornado. Nothing drastic like we get
:23:45. > :23:50.in the state. It looks quite familiar. This was the scene outside
:23:51. > :23:54.and over the leisure centre. A mother and her children had been
:23:55. > :23:59.sheltering under this tree when it came down on top of them. They
:24:00. > :24:05.escaped with just minor injuries. South West Trains reported some
:24:06. > :24:10.trains blocking part of a network. The driver was treated for shock
:24:11. > :24:15.when his car was trapped between branches. A massive branch was
:24:16. > :24:30.ripped off a tree here, crushing a roof. Chris Robinson.
:24:31. > :24:39.Was at a tornado? The Met Office cannot confirm because they do not
:24:40. > :24:46.have the evidence. They've is an organisation looking into it. They
:24:47. > :24:50.always send someone to have a look. A tornado gives a clearly defined
:24:51. > :24:56.damaged track. There was quite a track for that.
:24:57. > :24:59.You never know. Moody skies but a splash of colour
:25:00. > :25:02.in Mudeford in Dorset captured by Alan Smith. George Andrews took this
:25:03. > :25:05.photo of Portsmouth from East Wittering this morning. And Stephen
:25:06. > :25:12.Michelle captured a Great Egret which is in temporary residence at
:25:13. > :25:15.Blashford Lakes near Ringwood. We did see some sunshine today but
:25:16. > :25:22.tonight, the risk of further heavy rain. The Met Office have a yellow
:25:23. > :25:27.warning in place. This week, we are looking at blustery showers. It will
:25:28. > :25:33.turn slightly colder, and maybe introduce Frost and ice on untreated
:25:34. > :25:39.surfaces. Through tonight, we will see the rain showers, they will
:25:40. > :25:48.merge into longer spells of rain at times. Quite heavy in a few places.
:25:49. > :26:00.Perhaps some hair and thunder. Potentially, we could see up to an
:26:01. > :26:16.inch of rain. Lows tonight of four, five Celsius. Frost free and ice
:26:17. > :26:21.free, but the winds are blustery. Ltd brightness. If you catch
:26:22. > :26:28.sunshine, you will be very lucky. Temperatures up to around eight
:26:29. > :26:40.Celsius. Showers will continue tomorrow. They will not be as heavy.
:26:41. > :26:49.More unwelcome rain. Temperatures similar to tonight. It will be a wet
:26:50. > :27:04.start to the day we are looking at a slowly dying out scenario. There is
:27:05. > :27:11.the risk we could have some snow showers through Thursday. The Met
:27:12. > :27:14.Office do have a warning for rain for tonight and tomorrow.
:27:15. > :27:18.Thank you. That is it from us.