:01:02. > :01:04.Grammaticas, BBC News, Beijing. Before we go tonight, a reminder of
:01:05. > :01:08.the chaos being caused by the winter storms. Winds of up to a hundred
:01:09. > :01:11.miles an hour have been battering the West coast of Britain. Transport
:01:12. > :01:14.links on road and rail have been cut causing chaos for passengers. And
:01:15. > :02:40.heavy rain is causing more misery as flood waters are on the
:02:41. > :02:44.possibly can be. On the ground, fire crews working round the clock to
:02:45. > :02:46.keep water away from homes and successfully keeping roads open.
:02:47. > :02:50.It's in stark contrast to last month, when roads were closed for
:02:51. > :02:53.days, homes flooded and the city at a standstill. This time, the
:02:54. > :02:56.emergency services have tried a different approach. New pumping
:02:57. > :03:02.techniques have mostly kept the floods away. Vital routes like the
:03:03. > :03:05.Botley Road were protected this afternoon. The Abingdon Road also
:03:06. > :04:27.tracks at Wolvercote. Tonight there are suggestions the problems caused
:04:28. > :04:30.by the flooding for First Great Western services might not be fixed
:04:31. > :04:33.for weeks. Here's our transport correspondent, Paul Clifton.
:04:34. > :04:38.When a train company advises people not to travel by train, you know
:04:39. > :04:43.things are really bad. This metal box is to blame. It
:04:44. > :04:47.contains signalling equipment on the great Western at Maidenhead and it's
:04:48. > :04:49.not working. This isn't a flooding river, it's ground water, bubbling
:04:50. > :06:09.In other news, around ?1 million of up.
:06:10. > :06:12.In other news, around ?1 million of planned cuts to public services in
:06:13. > :06:15.Oxfordshire now won't be going ahead. The County Council has
:06:16. > :06:17.reversed its decision and says it's going to invest ?3 million into
:06:18. > :06:24.improving services. Our political reporter, Helen Catt, has the story.
:06:25. > :06:29.The leader of Oxfordshire county council stayed a lot longer than 15
:06:30. > :06:32.minutes when he visited Jill and David Cooper this morning. Soon, the
:06:33. > :07:53.couple's he'll ever fly again. Giles English
:07:54. > :07:59.was praised for his quick thinking ` which saved his life, and that of
:08:00. > :08:10.his 11`year`old godson. Giles's father died in a previous plane
:08:11. > :08:17.crash. I was at the back and Olly would have been here. Because we had
:08:18. > :09:37.back injuries, we were cut out. So my
:09:38. > :09:41.We will have the weather in a minute. South Today is back if BBC
:09:42. > :09:48.Bereft. Good night. If it is not wind and rain it is
:09:49. > :09:55.ice. A Met saus yellow weather warning is in place tonight.
:09:56. > :09:58.Temperatures tonight will drop to one or two Celsius. A bit of sleet
:09:59. > :09:59.and even hail in the rumble the thunder. The showers will
:10:00. > :11:23.continue through the day tomorrow. rumble the thunder. The showers will
:11:24. > :11:28.and gusting up to 70 mph. Easily around the 80 mph mark across much
:11:29. > :11:33.of northern England. Across the Pennines this evening and overnight,
:11:34. > :11:36.travelling will be treacherous. Wind and rain at lower levels will
:11:37. > :11:42.produce a lot of spray. You don t have to go to high up the Pennines
:11:43. > :11:46.to see that turned to snow. One way or another, further disruption to
:11:47. > :13:08.travel is more than likely. BBC local