:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's programme:
:00:09. > :00:12.The floods are back ` with warnings up to a month's rain could fall in
:00:13. > :00:15.the next two days. Parts of Buckinghamshire and
:00:16. > :00:22.Oxfordshire are already under water ` and the Environment Agency says it
:00:23. > :00:26.could become as bad as in 2007. The Fire Service is brought in to
:00:27. > :00:31.help keep the water out of people's homes ` sandbags have arrived, but
:00:32. > :00:34.they're simply not enough. Also tonight: Once the site of
:00:35. > :00:39.protests over its future, the plans to turn a former boat yard into a
:00:40. > :00:45.canal side development. And later on: Celebrating her 106th
:00:46. > :00:59.birthday ` but what was Hilda's big birthday surprise?
:01:00. > :01:06.We'd barely begun drying out after the January floods, and now it seems
:01:07. > :01:09.more major disruption is inevitable. Heavy rainfall overnight caused
:01:10. > :01:12.chaos this morning. Roads became rivers once again, and there have
:01:13. > :01:15.been scores of incidents ` among them, a bus packed with school
:01:16. > :01:20.children stranded in deep water for three hours. Sandbag deliveries have
:01:21. > :01:26.been made ` but for many properties it was too little, and far too late.
:01:27. > :01:29.Peter Cooke reports. Chalgrove in South Oxfordshire first
:01:30. > :01:34.thing this morning ` and a wake`up call nobody wanted. Residents
:01:35. > :01:39.frantically trying to protect their properties, and firefighters doing
:01:40. > :01:48.what they could to help. But the pace of the water meant no escape,
:01:49. > :01:52.and many homes were flooded. 28 years we have lived here, and this
:01:53. > :01:57.is the worst we have ever seen easily. We have even chatted to folk
:01:58. > :02:03.who have lived here longer and they say the same. The Village people are
:02:04. > :02:08.absolutely great. Lots of people have been ringing to make sure that
:02:09. > :02:11.we are safe. Dozens of sandbags arrived, but
:02:12. > :02:20.there simply weren't enough to go round.
:02:21. > :02:24.This is actually chargrilled high street, instead it looks like a
:02:25. > :02:32.river, with some two to three foot of water. `` Chalgrove. There is no
:02:33. > :02:34.`` with more bad weather to come, many are fearing the worst is yet to
:02:35. > :02:37.come. Nearly 40 children from the King
:02:38. > :02:40.Alfred Academy had to be rescued from their school bus near
:02:41. > :02:44.Farringdon this morning, when it became stuck. The pupils were
:02:45. > :02:47.trapped for more than three hours. Oxfordshire currently has six flood
:02:48. > :02:49.warnings in place ` and dozens of road closures across the county.
:02:50. > :02:53.Meanwhile in Buckinghamshire, motorists were forced to abandon
:02:54. > :02:56.their cars in Aylesbury. The County Council has advised dozens of
:02:57. > :02:59.homeowners in the town to evacuate before the weekend, and have opened
:03:00. > :03:04.an emergency rest centre at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. Today's sunny
:03:05. > :03:09.skies brought a brief respite ` but worse is expected in the days ahead.
:03:10. > :03:17.More heavy showers and gale force winds are headed our way.
:03:18. > :03:20.As Peter mentioned, there's more heavy rain predicted this weekend
:03:21. > :03:23.and into next week. And that's meant new and renewed
:03:24. > :03:26.flood alerts and flood warnings right across our region. The
:03:27. > :03:31.Environment Agency is updating its website and telephone information
:03:32. > :03:35.line minute by minute. Those in areas at risk are being warned to
:03:36. > :03:38.take action as soon as possible. There's real concern that this
:03:39. > :03:43.latest flooding could be as bad, or worse, than the floods of 2007. A
:03:44. > :03:46.short time ago Oxfordshire county councillor Rodney Rose told me the
:03:47. > :03:54.authorities are as prepared as they can be.
:03:55. > :03:57.In terms of protecting people I think we are slightly better off.
:03:58. > :04:04.There are more hedge protectors in place, people know there are bags of
:04:05. > :04:11.sand available if you are at risk of flooding. Make sure you know where
:04:12. > :04:15.the local store is. Oxfordshire will have a share of ?40 million to help
:04:16. > :04:19.with flooding in the future, but you need that money now, don't you? We
:04:20. > :04:24.need to get on with short`term measures available to us recently
:04:25. > :04:32.quit `` reasonably quickly, but longer term we need the bigger
:04:33. > :04:37.schemes. That seems so far away for people who are having such a dismal
:04:38. > :04:41.time at the moment. It is, my heart goes out to them. How frustrating is
:04:42. > :04:47.it not to have the money you need from central Government to make the
:04:48. > :04:55.changes you want to make? I am on a Thames wide board that has two
:04:56. > :05:04.disburse, not enough money that `` enough money that `` that can be
:05:05. > :05:08.disbursed. What have you learned from the last month's flooding?
:05:09. > :05:15.What if you have to close the Abingdon and Botley roads? What we
:05:16. > :05:27.have learned is don't cycle through water, don't drive through water,
:05:28. > :05:29.just look after your own safety. Meanwhile Thames Water has defended
:05:30. > :05:32.how it's been dealing with sewage discharge problems caused by the
:05:33. > :05:35.recent flooding. Officials claim they're doing all they can ` but
:05:36. > :05:39.some South Today viewers say it's still not enough. Earlier this week
:05:40. > :05:42.we reported on how sewer systems in two villages had been overwhelmed,
:05:43. > :05:45.spilling their contents into the street. Since then, many more of you
:05:46. > :05:51.have been in touch. Adina Campbell reports.
:05:52. > :05:55.While this man was out walking his dogs, other pet owners are choosing
:05:56. > :06:00.to steer clear. That is because next to this waterlogged paddock, sewage
:06:01. > :06:03.is bubbling up. This is the lowest part of the
:06:04. > :06:08.village where all the sewage pipes come together and make their way
:06:09. > :06:13.down there to the public system. That is where the main problem is.
:06:14. > :06:17.People in this area says sewage has been overflowing for decades, and
:06:18. > :06:22.usually it is caused by flooding. It is unpleasant to look at, excessive
:06:23. > :06:33.bad smell and forces Manitowoc the Long way round. I walk my dog along
:06:34. > :06:37.the footpath, obviously he is a very small dog and he cannot walk along
:06:38. > :06:42.that any more. This means more work for Thames Water who are now dealing
:06:43. > :06:45.with two big problems, staff have been meeting people here in
:06:46. > :06:51.Cirencester is part of what they are calling the flood bus tour. If we
:06:52. > :06:55.flush our downstairs toilet, the water comes right up to the rim.
:06:56. > :07:00.People are susceptible to illness is from this sort of thing.
:07:01. > :07:05.At the moment Thames Water are using tankers to clear away sewage in
:07:06. > :07:10.badly affected areas, but critics say they are too expensive and are
:07:11. > :07:22.not up to the job. All of our sewage pumping stations are working flat
:07:23. > :07:25.out. And this is not allowing the waist to get away.
:07:26. > :07:30.Thames Water insists sewage is not harmful when mixed with floodwater,
:07:31. > :07:34.but leaks should be reported. The owners of an Oxford comedy club
:07:35. > :07:37.have won a long`running legal battle with the makers of the hit American
:07:38. > :07:40.television show Glee. Comic Enterprises had argued that
:07:41. > :07:45.the 20th Century Fox programme had breached its trademark rights to the
:07:46. > :07:50.phrase "The Glee Club". The company owns this venue in Oxford and three
:07:51. > :07:53.others. Although ruling in the comedy club's favour, a judge also
:07:54. > :07:57.said the business had not suffered any damage.
:07:58. > :08:00.For the first time in the UK, telescopic poles have been trialled
:08:01. > :08:03.to show how tall proposed buildings in Oxford could be.
:08:04. > :08:08.Eight poles were used on Elsfield Hall car park, where 17 affordable
:08:09. > :08:11.homes are planned. A city councillor came up with the idea after hearing
:08:12. > :08:21.how developers in Switzerland demonstrate the true scale of new
:08:22. > :08:27.buildings. It shows you the true height, the true scale, and gives
:08:28. > :08:30.people living nearby and example of what actually is intended to be
:08:31. > :08:33.built here. Previous regeneration schemes have
:08:34. > :08:37.come and gone ` some provoking angry protest. So there was much riding on
:08:38. > :08:40.fresh plans to breathe new life into the run`down boat yard area at
:08:41. > :08:43.Jericho in central Oxford. Those behind the proposals hope to win
:08:44. > :08:46.wider public support by opening up the area with a new footbridge and a
:08:47. > :08:49."Venetian`style piazza". They'll offset the impact of new housing
:08:50. > :08:55.with community facilities. This from Tom Turrell.
:08:56. > :09:01.It's been the cause of much controversy.
:09:02. > :09:03.This was 2006, but for more than a decade campaigners have battled
:09:04. > :09:10.against various plans to develop Oxford's historic Jericho Wharf.
:09:11. > :09:21.Now, though, there's a new attempt to turn this... Into this. If and
:09:22. > :09:26.when this old boat Yard gets redeveloped, this area will be
:09:27. > :09:29.turned into a piazza, over the bow will be a community boat Yard and
:09:30. > :09:32.over there there will be restaurants and houses built.
:09:33. > :09:35.In the nearby St Barnabas Church the architects' drawings were unveiled
:09:36. > :09:38.for people to take a closer look. They show a new boat yard will be
:09:39. > :09:46.built, along with a pre`school, cafe, town houses and flats. But how
:09:47. > :09:51.would locals react? I realise they are all artists' impressions, but if
:09:52. > :09:55.it is anything like it looks it will be great. In contrast to what we
:09:56. > :10:00.have seen over the past number of years, this is a bit better, but it
:10:01. > :10:03.is not as good as what is there now which is actually nothing.
:10:04. > :10:07.The developer's hoping to spend around ?20 million on the project
:10:08. > :10:10.and wants to start work next year. He says he's done all he can to
:10:11. > :10:17.accommodate the needs of people living nearby. Over 60% of the land
:10:18. > :10:21.will be put to public use, and it is always about striking the right
:10:22. > :10:23.balance. It's one of Oxford's most
:10:24. > :10:27.controversial development sights. So much so, in fact, that a special
:10:28. > :10:36.group was set up to represent the local community. And now for the big
:10:37. > :10:39.question ` do they feel listened to? There are still some issues that we
:10:40. > :10:43.need to resolve and detail that we need to work up, but this is a good
:10:44. > :10:48.opportunity, the best opportunity we have had for over a decade.
:10:49. > :10:51.The plans must still get the go`ahead before any work can start,
:10:52. > :10:56.but if that happens the diggers could be moving in in around a year.
:10:57. > :11:00.That's all from me for the moment. I'll have the headlines at 8:00 and
:11:01. > :11:01.a full bulletin at 10:25. Now, more of today's stories with Sally
:11:02. > :11:04.Taylor. including sexual assault has been
:11:05. > :11:06.sentenced to six years in prison. David Whittaker stepped down as a
:11:07. > :11:10.Conservative councillor several years ago but took up a role as a
:11:11. > :11:14.parish councillor in Newport. He denied all six charges but was found
:11:15. > :11:16.guilty after a retrial. He will be placed on the sex offenders register
:11:17. > :11:19.for life. There was a big celebration in
:11:20. > :11:23.Portsmouth today. 202 years to the day since Charles Dickens was born
:11:24. > :11:27.in the city, a statue of the writer was unveiled in Guildhall Square.
:11:28. > :11:30.It's the life size version of the model we have here in the studio and
:11:31. > :11:34.it's the first ever statue of Dickens in this country. David
:11:35. > :11:37.Allard is with me ` there's quite a story behind this statue, isn't
:11:38. > :11:40.there? Yes ` this is the original maquette that the artist Martin
:11:41. > :11:43.Jennings created as the basis for the statue. Hundreds of people
:11:44. > :11:46.around the world from Tokyo to Sarajevo to Philadelphia ` they've
:11:47. > :11:50.all donated to help raise a ?140,000 to get this statue made. There was a
:11:51. > :11:52.real carnival atmosphere in Guildhall Square today ` people
:11:53. > :11:56.riding penny farthings, dressed up in costume ` and a big crowd to see
:11:57. > :11:59.the statue unveiled. That was performed by Esher Abadin, a pupil
:12:00. > :12:02.at Charles Dickens Primary School, and Oliver Dickens who is the
:12:03. > :12:06.writer's great great great grandson. Oliver was one of about 50 members
:12:07. > :12:09.of the Dickens family who were present there today. They were
:12:10. > :12:13.joined by Dickens fans who had flown in from around the world, and of
:12:14. > :12:18.course of plenty of local residents who were pleased to see Dickens
:12:19. > :12:22.finally return home. I think it is a lovely positive thing for
:12:23. > :12:27.Portsmouth. We have had a lot of bad news recently and this is cheering
:12:28. > :12:30.everybody up. We came from the States because we have seen the
:12:31. > :12:37.statue in Philadelphia but we have never seen the one in Australia, but
:12:38. > :12:42.now we have seen two out of three. This is a way to remind people to
:12:43. > :12:52.read more books, not just his novels but other people's. He is the
:12:53. > :12:58.theatre of life. So many people, and Edward Fox was there as well? Yes,
:12:59. > :13:01.he said that Dickens's heart would have swelled with pride at the
:13:02. > :13:05.number of people who turned out today. It's taken a long time for
:13:06. > :13:09.this day to come ` even in the past week the statue's been sprayed with
:13:10. > :13:12.chemicals to give it a darker hue and withstand the elements. Here's
:13:13. > :13:14.the story of how Charles Dickens finally came home. Writer, actor,
:13:15. > :13:16.social campaigner. Charles Dickens was one of the first global
:13:17. > :13:21.celebrities and a complex man. A new film delves into his relationship
:13:22. > :13:29.with the actress Ellen turned on. This is my favourite time when the
:13:30. > :13:32.day is creeping up on us... But Dickens left an extraordinary legacy
:13:33. > :13:38.of work and that is why these men are waiting outside a foundry in the
:13:39. > :13:46.cold in Gloucestershire. This man has been hoping to get a statue in
:13:47. > :13:52.Portsmouth, this man is Charles Dickens' great great great grandson.
:13:53. > :14:02.I am itching to see what it will look like but I think it will be
:14:03. > :14:07.emotional. It will be gobsmacking. Miniversion was unveiled at the
:14:08. > :14:13.bicentenary celebrations. The research for this is to read all of
:14:14. > :14:22.his novels and biographies and what better fun can one have? May 2012,
:14:23. > :14:29.this is Martin's studio and he first models the statue in clay on a steel
:14:30. > :14:37.frame. There is something great about making people out of mud. This
:14:38. > :14:42.is Dickens but before that it was Philip Larkin, the same clay before
:14:43. > :14:47.that was Ronnie Barker, then John Betjeman, and Dickens. Not someone
:14:48. > :14:51.who settled back, he was always on the go, so even though I am
:14:52. > :14:57.representing him seated, I want to suggest he was a man who was about
:14:58. > :15:05.to spring up. It is so strange not have a monument of Dickens in
:15:06. > :15:08.Britain yet. It is often said Charles Dickens didn't want to
:15:09. > :15:14.statue based on these words in his will.
:15:15. > :15:23.Dickens didn't want to statue, he was categorical about it and he said
:15:24. > :15:29.he wished to be remembered for his work. If you read the will in its
:15:30. > :15:33.entirety, he was talking about his burial and grave, and we believe it
:15:34. > :15:39.is 200 years overdue to have a statue that celebrates his life,
:15:40. > :15:43.work and achievements. Ian has helped spearhead the drive to raise
:15:44. > :15:48.the money, taking part in fundraising walk from London to
:15:49. > :15:55.Portsmouth. Actress Gillian Anderson has added some star quality the
:15:56. > :16:02.campaign. Hundreds of people have donated, they have got a share of
:16:03. > :16:07.it. They can go along and say, this is my statue. January 2014, the
:16:08. > :16:23.statue has been cast in bronze and it is ready for inspection. That is
:16:24. > :16:35.extraordinary, isn't it? Aren't we glad! I love this little touch.
:16:36. > :16:41.Portsmouth will be very proud. If it inspires a child walking past ` who
:16:42. > :16:47.is that man? And if it encourages them to read, that will be
:16:48. > :16:55.terrific. Fabulous. And to sport now, and the Winter Olympics
:16:56. > :16:59.ceremony is still going on in Sochi. It seems that many of our sporting
:17:00. > :17:05.athletes may not get that far, it will be a struggle and it is because
:17:06. > :17:09.of financial reasons. Funding has been withdrawn for several sports,
:17:10. > :17:14.one of those is synchronised swimming. They have pledged to fight
:17:15. > :17:21.that funding cut saying it could mean the end of the sport at an
:17:22. > :17:29.elite level. The athletes have been based in Aldershot since 2007 but
:17:30. > :17:32.earlier this week it was announced that their entire ?4.3 million
:17:33. > :17:35.budget was being withdrawn by UK Sport, after the retirement of key
:17:36. > :17:38.athletes. It's part of a "no compromise" policy that rewards
:17:39. > :17:49.sports financially if they win medals. GB rowing who are based at
:17:50. > :17:52.Caversham lake maintained their ?32 million of funding after a year
:17:53. > :17:55.where they won two gold and three bronze medal at the world
:17:56. > :17:57.championships. And the Bisham Abbey`based national hockey squad
:17:58. > :18:01.saw their funding increase after bronze medals in the world league.
:18:02. > :18:03.Today the GB synchro squad were back in training in Guildford. Ed Sherry
:18:04. > :18:13.reports. The Olympic dream is a medal in
:18:14. > :18:19.Tokyo in 2020, but to get their will takes `` take six years of this for
:18:20. > :18:25.up to 45 hours a week. I have made a lot of sacrifices but if I had to do
:18:26. > :18:30.it again, I would. It means so much to me to train with such high
:18:31. > :18:35.quality coaches and athletes. There is no other sport like it and it
:18:36. > :18:44.means so much to compete for my country. But to have a national
:18:45. > :18:47.squad costs. Athletes train so many hours there's no time for a job.
:18:48. > :18:50.Coaches are employed, physios required. And while their HQ in
:18:51. > :18:53.Aldershot is being refurbished the squad have to hire space in pools
:18:54. > :18:56.like here at the Surrey Sports Centre. If they are not successful
:18:57. > :19:02.with their appeal, it will cease to exist and Great Britain will go back
:19:03. > :19:06.to how it functioned prior to funding before the 2012 games. They
:19:07. > :19:20.will have to be happy with maybe a top 20 finish if any entries at all.
:19:21. > :19:24.UK Sport say money is only be given to those sports that have medal
:19:25. > :19:30.potential at the next two games. If we embarked on this journey to Rio,
:19:31. > :19:34.it will cost more, and then onto 2024 then it would be a significant
:19:35. > :19:41.public investment which is not affordable. We agree we are not a
:19:42. > :19:51.medal target for Rio but we are very credible for 2020. GB Synchro are
:19:52. > :20:00.now preparing to appeal the decision. Without financial support
:20:01. > :20:15.the dreams of these young athletes could well be over.
:20:16. > :20:18.One of the south's winter Olympians has had to withdraw from the Games
:20:19. > :20:22.in Sochi after suffering a slipped disc during training. Craig
:20:23. > :20:25.Pickering from Milton Keynes had been selected as part of the British
:20:26. > :20:28.Bobsleigh team. He's a former Olympic sprinter, switching from
:20:29. > :20:31.athletics to bobsleigh just over a year ago with the aim of winning
:20:32. > :20:35.selection to a second Olympics. He would have been only the eighth
:20:36. > :20:38.British athlete to compete for Team GB at both a Summer and Winter
:20:39. > :20:42.Olympics. It is difficult to replace an athlete of his calibre, and it is
:20:43. > :20:53.very disappointing for everybody. In football, Southampton play Stoke at
:20:54. > :20:57.St Mary's tomorrow. Saints come off the back of a 3`0 win at Fulham last
:20:58. > :21:00.weekend. They're now unbeaten in four games as they go into the match
:21:01. > :21:03.against Stoke, two places below them. Southampton are currently
:21:04. > :21:06.ninth. In the Championship Reading could further boost their play off
:21:07. > :21:09.chances. Currently in the sixth spot the Royals play bottom half
:21:10. > :21:11.Sheffield Wednesday at the Madjeski stadium. Bournemouth are away at
:21:12. > :21:14.Bolton, while Brighton host Doncaster. In League One, MK Dons
:21:15. > :21:18.are away at Walsall while Swindon are at Port Vale. And in League Two
:21:19. > :21:21.Oxford go to Bristol Rovers. Meanwhile, with things tight at the
:21:22. > :21:23.bottom of League Two, Portsmouth remain dangerously close to the
:21:24. > :21:26.relegation zone. Pompey have tightened up their defence, but
:21:27. > :21:29.suffered a disappointing 1`0 defeat to Torquay last weekend. They're
:21:30. > :21:32.away at Exeter, where a win would put some distance between them and
:21:33. > :21:36.the bottom places. We could do with a few more goals. We had an issue in
:21:37. > :21:39.terms of conceding them before and I'm not saying we have 100% solved
:21:40. > :21:44.that but we would like to think we have become harder to score against
:21:45. > :21:48.and harder to beat. We need to turn that around and move it on from
:21:49. > :21:54.harder to beat to winning more football matches. The bottom ten may
:21:55. > :21:58.be is probably as close as I have ever seen. Anybody who can put a run
:21:59. > :22:03.together will probably come out of the bottom half very quickly. Full
:22:04. > :22:11.commentary of those games on BBC local radio and the goals are on the
:22:12. > :22:14.football league show tomorrow night. And there's a big game tomorrow
:22:15. > :22:18.night for the Worthing Thunder basketball team ` the Thunder are
:22:19. > :22:21.unbeaten at home so far in 2014 and they'll be looking to hang onto that
:22:22. > :22:25.as they play Manchester Magic in the National Trophy semi final. Tip off
:22:26. > :22:27.at Worthing Leisure Centre is at 7.30.
:22:28. > :22:29.This is the moment you have all been waiting for, you want to know what
:22:30. > :22:36.will happen with the weather tonight. How bad is it going to be?
:22:37. > :22:42.We have another storm and an amber warning with wet weather, roughly an
:22:43. > :22:52.inch of rain fall through a six`hour period overnight tonight. That
:22:53. > :22:58.doesn't sound like a huge amount but when you have the sodden ground, it
:22:59. > :23:02.is really bad news. Yes, stay tuned to your local forecast. Today we
:23:03. > :23:09.have had some respite and it seems a long time since we have had blue
:23:10. > :23:26.skies and sunshine. More flooding of course at Bicester, thank you for
:23:27. > :23:30.this picture. After that dry weather, we are already starting to
:23:31. > :23:36.see signs of the wet weather arriving from the west. An amber
:23:37. > :23:40.warning in place through this evening and into tomorrow morning as
:23:41. > :23:46.well. Roughly an inch of rain fall in sunspots. The band of rain proper
:23:47. > :23:50.sweeps through the course of tonight and it will bring some gusty winds
:23:51. > :23:55.with it as well. By the time we reached Dawn, it has pretty much
:23:56. > :24:04.cleared and we will see some showers cropping up. We do see a windy one
:24:05. > :24:08.through the day tomorrow. That weather front has cleared through
:24:09. > :24:13.but you can see this area of low pressure and be isobars attached to
:24:14. > :24:18.it mean that we will have strong winds because they are tightly
:24:19. > :24:24.packed together. Tomorrow the winds are key concern, 70 mph along the
:24:25. > :24:29.coast. Very blustery day, some showers with hail or blunder,
:24:30. > :24:32.temperatures up to 10 degrees but that is academic because it will
:24:33. > :24:38.feel miserable with the wet and windy weather. The windy weather is
:24:39. > :24:44.with us through the overnight period as well. Temperatures at around four
:24:45. > :24:51.degrees through the overnight spell. With that wet weather on top
:24:52. > :24:57.of the sodden ground already, the potential for further disruption.
:24:58. > :25:02.Into Sunday, we still have some wet weather to come. Further showery
:25:03. > :25:07.conditions and a breeze as well, but becoming drier and less windy into
:25:08. > :25:13.the afternoon, so just darting to see a slight respite. Then Monday,
:25:14. > :25:17.the winds drop out a touch but not for long because the next system
:25:18. > :25:25.arriving through the overnight period in situ stay will be
:25:26. > :25:35.arriving. It looks set to stay the same for the next couple of weeks.
:25:36. > :25:41.Now we all know we're living longer, but still 106 is going some isn't
:25:42. > :25:44.it? And what on earth do you give someone who's had that many
:25:45. > :25:48.birthdays? Well, you're never too old to have the ride of your life.
:25:49. > :25:53.And that's what happened to the lovely Hilda Baybutt. Katie Austin
:25:54. > :25:57.explains. It wasn't the sort of present you
:25:58. > :26:05.could wrap, Elder was treated to a surprise helicopter ride, the oldest
:26:06. > :26:14.ever president of this care home. `` resident. Her first flight was at
:26:15. > :26:20.the couple 's flying Circus on Blackpool beach. She is an
:26:21. > :26:25.incredible woman. Helder and her husband moved to Bournemouth to run
:26:26. > :26:35.a hotel and they never left. 84 years, you must like it. I love it!
:26:36. > :26:39.World War II left some bitter memories. Five planes came over and
:26:40. > :26:53.hit everything, and then went back again. A bomb went through Beales,
:26:54. > :27:00.that went up in flames. They used to be a very high`class furniture shop
:27:01. > :27:08.across, that was on fire. But today was all about celebrating a special
:27:09. > :27:17.lady's birthday. The helicopter ride took Hilda to a cream tea. It has
:27:18. > :27:24.turned out quite different, very exciting. Hilda's family will have a
:27:25. > :27:30.job eating this birthday present next year!
:27:31. > :27:36.How wonderful, all of the candles out! We were just chatting, what is
:27:37. > :27:42.your secret because you look fabulous! Have a good weekend, stay
:27:43. > :28:24.safe with all of this weather coming our way. Goodbye.
:28:25. > :28:36.It's your job to keep law and order, isn't it?
:28:37. > :28:40.It must be exciting being a policewoman. It has its moments.