:00:00. > :00:00.independent Scotland. That is all from the News at six,
:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's programme,
:00:09. > :00:19.400 officers, 70 properties, 45 arrests. Police! Wiltshire Police
:00:20. > :00:23.carry out their biggest ever planned operation targeting drug dealers.
:00:24. > :00:28.Change at the top as the health service in Oxfordshire tries to
:00:29. > :00:31.balance its books. Also tonight, transport for the
:00:32. > :00:34.young at heart. The man who's staying in touch with his inner
:00:35. > :00:39.child by creating a grown`up version of a pedal car.
:00:40. > :00:41.And later in the programme, it's a healthy superfood but now there are
:00:42. > :00:54.concerns watercress maybe damaging our chalk rivers.
:00:55. > :00:59.Wiltshire Police have carried out their biggest ever operation
:01:00. > :01:03.targeting Class A drug dealers in Swindon. The force says street gangs
:01:04. > :01:07.in London have been moving into the town to sell crack and heroin.
:01:08. > :01:11.Dozens of homes have been raided in Swindon and the capital and drugs,
:01:12. > :01:21.cash and weapons have been seized. 45 people have been arrested. Scott
:01:22. > :01:25.Ellis reports. One of 60 homes raided today by
:01:26. > :01:32.Wiltshire police, targeting those suspected of drug dealing. You have
:01:33. > :01:39.been arrested on this `` on suspicion of conspiracy to supply
:01:40. > :01:45.drugs. It is hoped they have been able to disrupt supply of six
:01:46. > :01:50.different drug networks with links to London. Neighbours are shocked it
:01:51. > :01:54.was happening on their street. I am shocked this could have happened on
:01:55. > :02:02.this street. Are you reassured by the police action? I am, yes. Nice
:02:03. > :02:09.to see them doing something. This operation was so big, the only way
:02:10. > :02:20.to brief all these staff was at an RAF base. We know that the impact
:02:21. > :02:23.will be substantial. We have been gathering information on these
:02:24. > :02:27.individuals but we are not complacent. We know people will try
:02:28. > :02:31.to take their place and we are keen to send a message to those thinking
:02:32. > :02:37.about it, this is what will happen to you. Some shop in Swindon were
:02:38. > :02:43.also raided, the culmination of almost a year 's surveillance
:02:44. > :02:53.jarring which the police links people to the capital. They are
:02:54. > :03:00.often linked to firearms, violence, weapons. They are nasty individuals
:03:01. > :03:05.are a lot of the time and a lot of them are often very young. Do not be
:03:06. > :03:12.filled by that. They would not in price but using `` they would not
:03:13. > :03:15.think twice about using violence. Wiltshire police hopes to mount
:03:16. > :03:18.these high`profile operations at least four times a year so that new
:03:19. > :03:24.people do not try to move into Sweden `` Swindon once these drug
:03:25. > :03:27.dealers are gone. Police believe a house fire in
:03:28. > :03:29.Oxford in which five people were injured was started deliberately.
:03:30. > :03:33.Firefighters called officers to the scene in Blackbird Leys just before
:03:34. > :03:36.4am today. The five people escaped from a first`floor window, with one
:03:37. > :03:38.man breaking his leg. All required hospital treatment. Police are
:03:39. > :03:40.urging anyone with information to contact them.
:03:41. > :03:43.The Health Service in Oxfordshire is struggling to work within its
:03:44. > :03:47.budget. It gets less government money per patient than anywhere else
:03:48. > :03:49.in the country and the county's Clinical Commissioning Group is
:03:50. > :03:53.approaching the end of the financial year with a ?6 million deficit. Now,
:03:54. > :03:56.we've learned the Chief Executive has been replaced, as the
:03:57. > :04:04.organisation tries to balance its books. Our political reporter, Helen
:04:05. > :04:08.Catt, told me how the funding works. At the moment, the NHS gives the
:04:09. > :04:13.clinical commissioning group 856 pounds per person to buy things like
:04:14. > :04:18.district nursing and hospital care. That is ?260 less than the national
:04:19. > :04:23.average. It is set to go up a little next year but not by enough to take
:04:24. > :04:28.us up `` to take as of the bottom of the table. They recognise this is as
:04:29. > :04:38.an extremely difficult financial situation. They are talking about
:04:39. > :04:44.taking more money out by 2020. Money is people in the NHS. We cannot cut
:04:45. > :04:49.?250 million without losing lots of doctors and nurses. I understand
:04:50. > :04:54.there has been a change of management at the group? Yes, the GP
:04:55. > :04:58.who was the Chief Executive of the group has been replaced with a
:04:59. > :05:03.manager. The temporary one who is in place at the moment has a history of
:05:04. > :05:08.turning round failing NHS organisations. This ECG decided they
:05:09. > :05:15.needed somebody with more management experience because of the situation
:05:16. > :05:20.they face. The point of this was that doctors would be controlling
:05:21. > :05:26.health care. GPs do make up a lot of the board and the chair is a GP as
:05:27. > :05:29.well but the symbol of the `` the symbolism of removing a TV executive
:05:30. > :05:35.who is also a GP will not be lost on those who have questioned the system
:05:36. > :05:39.all along who said it does not matter how good a medic you are,
:05:40. > :05:41.does that qualify you to handle a budget of hundreds of millions of
:05:42. > :05:44.pounds? Almost ?7 million of Government
:05:45. > :05:47.money has been allocated to develop the science industry in Oxfordshire.
:05:48. > :05:49.Milton Park, near Didcot, is already home to 200 organisations, including
:05:50. > :05:52.50 science businesses. This investment will mean 4000 square
:05:53. > :06:00.metres of new laboratories. It's expected to create more than 350
:06:01. > :06:03.jobs in a new Milton Science Centre. This is a very economically
:06:04. > :06:10.successful part of the country so it is important here where we have a
:06:11. > :06:14.lot of jobs and high employment and also for the whole of the country,
:06:15. > :06:19.as the companies he will put Britain at the head of the global race. Keep
:06:20. > :06:23.us ahead with regards to global technology.
:06:24. > :06:26.A growing number of people in Oxfordshire are being given training
:06:27. > :06:29.on how to better support people with dementia. Last week, we reported
:06:30. > :06:32.that Thames Valley Police is increasingly called out to find
:06:33. > :06:34.people with the condition who've gone missing. The Oxfordshire Rural
:06:35. > :06:37.Community Council has organised almost 60 training events in the
:06:38. > :06:43.last year, as Jessica Cooper reports.
:06:44. > :06:48.Four years ago, John was diagnosed with Alzheimers. His wife and carer
:06:49. > :06:56.Jackie has welcomed support from her local community. We are so lucky to
:06:57. > :07:00.live in such a wonderful village where I have got lots of good
:07:01. > :07:04.friends. If things get difficult, I can just pick up the phone and have
:07:05. > :07:11.a little chat with somebody if things had got on top of me. They
:07:12. > :07:15.will say `` I will say, I need some help and it is there. More than
:07:16. > :07:17.17,000 people in our region have dementia but it's thought many go
:07:18. > :07:24.undiagnosed, especially those living in rural areas who're lonely. It may
:07:25. > :07:27.be very small things that we need to do... But help is on hand. Free
:07:28. > :07:34.training sessions are being offered across Oxfordshire, like this one at
:07:35. > :07:37.Minster Lovell. This is giving bespoke training and dementia to
:07:38. > :07:42.enable that community to support people who live in their community,
:07:43. > :07:47.whether they are directly or indirectly affected by dementia. It
:07:48. > :07:52.is nice to know there is something close in the community where we can
:07:53. > :07:56.come to learn more. I think it is a great idea. The village needs to be
:07:57. > :08:00.self`sufficient. Once the training's complete, it's up to the groups to
:08:01. > :08:06.decide how to keep the support going. By sharing all that knowledge
:08:07. > :08:10.and the ideas, people do see that they can make a big difference. And
:08:11. > :08:15.that that big difference might be in their shop, in their street, in
:08:16. > :08:19.church. Whatever it is, it will make a difference. More than 300 people
:08:20. > :08:23.have taken part so far. It's hoped that number will double by the end
:08:24. > :08:26.of the project. It's 130 years since the Oxford
:08:27. > :08:32.English Dictionary first put its name to a book of words. That first
:08:33. > :08:36.instalment just went from A to Ant. Over the next 44 years, more than
:08:37. > :08:45.100 other instalments were published to complete the first edition. I
:08:46. > :08:51.like to think of it as a part work. Like part two free with part one.
:08:52. > :08:57.Only part two didn't come out for another year and it was not free. It
:08:58. > :09:01.was a dictionary. The pages from a two and went in to make up the
:09:02. > :09:08.complete dictionary. It just took a long time to do it properly.
:09:09. > :09:12.If you're in touch with your inner child and all the cars you see on
:09:13. > :09:16.the road seem too grown up, or lacking in character, we may have
:09:17. > :09:19.the perfect model for you. It's an adult version of a child's toy, with
:09:20. > :09:22.an 800cc engine. It's been created at a garage in Ambrosden near
:09:23. > :09:25.Bicester. Charlotte Stacey has been out for a ride.
:09:26. > :09:28.For many people, this is their first car. But now there is a grown`up
:09:29. > :09:41.version and this one has got more than pedal power. John has created a
:09:42. > :09:47.real`life, roadworthy version of the car. It takes petrol, has a tax disc
:09:48. > :09:53.and goes a bracing 70 mph. The question is, why? I just thought,
:09:54. > :09:58.what a wonderful idea, to make something like that but real. As
:09:59. > :10:04.soon as I thought of it I thought, I know the car. It has to be one of
:10:05. > :10:09.these. It took a lot of time and more than ?4000 to make. What did
:10:10. > :10:18.you really want to maintain about the original car? Mostly it was the
:10:19. > :10:28.lack of Windows. I have two say I think that could have been a nice
:10:29. > :10:33.addition as Commissioner Mark ``! It is just like the original, except
:10:34. > :10:39.there is now an airbag and mirrors. They are going to use it to make
:10:40. > :10:44.money for charity. It's going to go from John O'Groats to lands end in
:10:45. > :10:49.30 days, stubbing in a big town every day to make money. For now
:10:50. > :10:55.though, John is enjoying being a big kid on the road.
:10:56. > :11:03.That's all from me for now. I love that car estimation mark ``!
:11:04. > :11:08.the vote for Scottish independence the last voters will take their
:11:09. > :11:13.redundancy. Still to come, Kris Temple will have
:11:14. > :11:19.the sport, and... We take a look at Sir Malcolm
:11:20. > :11:28.Campbell's Sunbeam as it is fired up for the first time in 50 years.
:11:29. > :11:34.You have heard of the phrase out of the firing `` frying pan, into the
:11:35. > :11:40.fire. It might have special meaning for residents of Ford in Sussex. Not
:11:41. > :11:48.long ago their residence was earmarked for an eco`town but now it
:11:49. > :11:54.has been decided as the place for waste burning station.
:11:55. > :12:01.It was once a World War II airfield but now a new battle is being fought
:12:02. > :12:06.here. At a disused factory site, an incinerator plant was proposed which
:12:07. > :12:10.would create 60 jobs and help West Sussex meet its target of not
:12:11. > :12:14.sending any waste to landfill. Residents are concerned about the
:12:15. > :12:20.effect of the admissions and lorries. We will have two chimneys,
:12:21. > :12:27.50 metres high. You will see that from everywhere in the South Downs.
:12:28. > :12:30.It is massive overdevelopment. The company says it will disperse
:12:31. > :12:36.traffic through two separate access point and the emissions will be
:12:37. > :12:47.safe. Plants are designed to take out of the emissions `` take out the
:12:48. > :12:53.omissions and the bodies we are assessed by have both said these
:12:54. > :12:56.plants are suitable. Residents have previously opposed plans for an
:12:57. > :13:03.eco`town development but their MP insisted they are not NIMBYs. We
:13:04. > :13:13.don't object to small housing developments or small developers,
:13:14. > :13:19.but we object to large projects such as this in a rural area. The
:13:20. > :13:33.decision is expected in the next few months.
:13:34. > :13:37.Wildlife and fish in some of Europe's most important chalk rivers
:13:38. > :13:40.are set to benefit from new rules about to be imposed on watercress
:13:41. > :13:43.growers. There is growing evidence that phosphate used as a fertiliser
:13:44. > :13:45.has caused damage to some of Hampshire's rivers. One of the
:13:46. > :13:49.region's biggest watercress growers has already pledged it will take
:13:50. > :13:51.action to reduce the amount of phosphates it releases into the
:13:52. > :13:55.environment. Steve Humphrey reports. This is watercress. It is healthy
:13:56. > :13:59.and nutritious, particularly good in salads and soups, but in recent
:14:00. > :14:04.years there has been growing concern that the way it is grown as been
:14:05. > :14:09.causing damage to the wildlife and plants in some of our most famous
:14:10. > :14:14.chalk rivers. The big issue is the level of phosphate going into
:14:15. > :14:20.streams and rivers after it has been used as a fertiliser by watercress
:14:21. > :14:23.growers. We see changes in the communities, the plant communities
:14:24. > :14:32.in particular, which get back at it with algae. It grows quickly and
:14:33. > :14:38.reduces the overall biodiversity. One of the country's biggest
:14:39. > :14:43.producers, Vitacress Salads, has already decided to take action in
:14:44. > :14:48.advance of the new regulations limiting the amount of phosphates
:14:49. > :14:53.which can be released. We are simply doing the right thing. We run a
:14:54. > :14:57.conservation trust at the University of Southampton but told `` tells us
:14:58. > :15:06.that phosphates are damaging to these chalk streams. I am delighted
:15:07. > :15:14.that they have come on board. We have to replicate this right across
:15:15. > :15:22.the country. This is a valuable case study but it has to be the same
:15:23. > :15:30.right across the country. To reduce phosphate levels, Vitacress Salads
:15:31. > :15:37.is going to start recent `` re`site `` recycling water around its plots.
:15:38. > :15:40.The new legislation will be introduced at the end of March.
:15:41. > :15:50.Kris Temple, let's talk about Saints. There have been some adverse
:15:51. > :15:54.headlines, training grounds and the parting chief executives. But they
:15:55. > :15:58.have had a performance that will encourage them. Previously only West
:15:59. > :16:03.Brom have stopped Arsenal winning away from home in the Premier
:16:04. > :16:08.League. It gave the leaders plenty to think about at Saint Mary 's.
:16:09. > :16:14.With Rickie Lambert injured, Sam Gallagher was thrown into quite a
:16:15. > :16:24.game for his league debut and Saints got off to an ideal start when the
:16:25. > :16:30.deadlock was broken on 20 minutes. A slow start to the second half saw
:16:31. > :16:35.Saints relinquish the lead. The gunners looked on course for their
:16:36. > :16:45.eighth win on a road when Sante cause a beat the keeper. `` Sante
:16:46. > :16:53.cause all. But Adam Lallana made the most of this opening. Arsenal played
:16:54. > :17:04.at the final ten minutes a man down after this lunch `` lunge. Saints
:17:05. > :17:12.settled for a point when many thought they deserved more. We did
:17:13. > :17:15.everything we could for a win but we were playing against the top of the
:17:16. > :17:18.league so credit to us for holding on.
:17:19. > :18:23.There was Portsmouth recorded only their
:18:24. > :18:32.second away win of the season. Brian Taylor lead's penalty was enough to
:18:33. > :18:36.give them the points. Three cricketers from the South were
:18:37. > :18:38.in the England women's cricket team who retained the Ashes against
:18:39. > :18:42.Australia in Hobart. Sussex's Sarah Taylor hit an unbeaten half century,
:18:43. > :18:45.as England retained their version of the urn with a nine`wicket T20 win.
:18:46. > :18:48.Another Sussex player, Arran Brindle, was also in the side, along
:18:49. > :18:52.with Natalie Sciver of Surrey. No such joy for the men's team in the
:18:53. > :18:56.first T20 international. Hampshire spinner Danny Briggs was smashed for
:18:57. > :18:59.six by his former county colleague Glenn Maxwell. Surrey's Jade
:19:00. > :19:08.Dernbach didn't fare much better, as England lost by 15 runs.
:19:09. > :19:11.First details of the route of the Queens Baton Relay around England
:19:12. > :19:16.this summer have been released today. The relay is part of the
:19:17. > :19:19.build up to the Commonwealth Games taking place in Glasgow in July, and
:19:20. > :19:22.passes through all 53 Commonwealth member states. The baton will spend
:19:23. > :19:26.the day in Southampton on June fourth ` two days later it will be
:19:27. > :19:30.in Oxford. More details on the events, and how the public can get
:19:31. > :19:37.involved, will be released later in the year. We will see plenty more of
:19:38. > :19:47.that thing, Clyde, the Commonwealth Games mascot, over the course of the
:19:48. > :19:53.next few months. There was a fair bit of excitement
:19:54. > :19:57.in Beaulieu today. A British car that won the world land speed record
:19:58. > :20:03.three times was brought back to life today.
:20:04. > :20:06.The engine of the Sunbeam, driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell in the 1920s,
:20:07. > :20:09.had not been started for more than 50 years. Our transport
:20:10. > :20:12.correspondent Paul Clifton was there.
:20:13. > :20:18.A noise that has not been heard from more than half a century. This is in
:20:19. > :20:33.essence an aeroplane engine on four wheels. It took three land speed
:20:34. > :20:38.records. The car was left to decay. 20 years later it looked like this,
:20:39. > :20:43.little more than scrap metal, but it was restored. Here is the last time
:20:44. > :20:48.the car moved under its own power, at Goodwood in the 1960s. The engine
:20:49. > :20:59.later Luard and it has not been driven since. `` later blew up. Now
:21:00. > :21:07.many parts have been made at the National Motor Museum. It is a
:21:08. > :21:12.one`off engine so there are no drawings or specifications. Hundreds
:21:13. > :21:15.of people came to watch this landmark occasion, including several
:21:16. > :21:24.of Sir Malcolm Campbell's descendants. He was incredibly
:21:25. > :21:34.brave. To hang onto that steering wheel, no seat belt, no crash
:21:35. > :21:38.helmet, 150 mph in an open cockpit. Today this 95`year`old car had to be
:21:39. > :21:45.pushed into place. The project is not quite complete. The car did not
:21:46. > :21:51.move today but the plan is to have it driving again within a couple of
:21:52. > :21:57.months. A wonderful piece of history.
:21:58. > :22:01.Starting up the first time 50 years. Onto the weather. Alexis is here and
:22:02. > :22:10.we are really looking forward to Friday, aren't we?
:22:11. > :22:12.Guess what we have? Rain. We could have another inch of rain fall
:22:13. > :22:29.unfortunately but we have some weather pictures for you.
:22:30. > :22:36.More rain tonight and tomorrow. We could have some heavy bursts
:22:37. > :22:46.tonight, showers or longer spells at times, and maybe the odd wintry
:22:47. > :22:50.flake as well. A bit of sleep over the Chilterns. Temperatures falling
:22:51. > :22:55.to a chilly two to three Celsius. Perhaps down to one degree in the
:22:56. > :22:59.countryside. We are looking at a damp start tomorrow, a messy, league
:23:00. > :23:05.picture for the start of the day, but slowly improving, with dryer and
:23:06. > :23:09.perhaps brighter conditions developing the southwestern areas
:23:10. > :23:14.through the afternoon. Breast is best tomorrow, with the rain still
:23:15. > :23:22.hanging on the parts of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. ``
:23:23. > :23:26.West is best. A cold feel to things, similar to today, when we
:23:27. > :23:32.had rain showers through the day and a cold easterly breeze. Through the
:23:33. > :23:36.night he showers and rainbow gradually clear but there is the
:23:37. > :23:44.risk of ice on untreated roads and pavements and some mist and fog
:23:45. > :23:48.patches as well. Temperatures down to around 12 Celsius, perhaps
:23:49. > :23:52.freezing in the countryside. Haps some patchy fog and I is to start
:23:53. > :23:56.the day on Friday. A dry, bright start but it will not stay that way.
:23:57. > :24:01.Weather fronts coming in from the Atlantic and with them strong gale
:24:02. > :24:05.force winds, particularly along the south coast. We look at that
:24:06. > :24:12.southerly breeze increasing through the day on Friday, with up to an
:24:13. > :24:23.inch of rain fall. The rest of the week, tails along the south coast
:24:24. > :24:28.and perhaps some coastal flooding. Strong winds along the south coast,
:24:29. > :24:35.gale force, bringing those quite big waves. To the cost of `` the risk of
:24:36. > :24:41.flooding through the course of Friday night and into Saturday.
:24:42. > :24:49.Bournemouth have signed Josh O'Hanlon today.
:24:50. > :24:55.Just to let you know that tomorrow night... Do you remember the laws
:24:56. > :25:00.about hogging the middle lane of the motorists? We have got in touch with
:25:01. > :25:06.police forces and we will be finding out Hani people have been prosecuted
:25:07. > :25:11.so far. Tomorrow night at half past six. `` how many people have been
:25:12. > :25:35.prosecuted. Have a good evening. Good night.
:25:36. > :25:39.'The cost of living crisis goes deep into people's lives,
:25:40. > :25:42.'deep into the way our country is run,
:25:43. > :25:48.'deep into who our country is run for.
:25:49. > :25:52.'the solutions need to be deep as well.'