12/02/2014 BBC Oxford News

Grammaticas, BBC News, Beijing. Before we go tonight, a reminder of

the chaos being caused by the winter storms. Winds of up to a hundred

miles an hour have been battering the West coast of Britain. Transport

links on road and rail have been cut causing chaos for passengers. And

heavy rain is causing more misery as flood waters are on the

possibly can be. On the ground, fire crews working round the clock to

keep water away from homes and successfully keeping roads open.

It's in stark contrast to last month, when roads were closed for

days, homes flooded and the city at a standstill. This time, the

emergency services have tried a different approach. New pumping

techniques have mostly kept the floods away. Vital routes like the

Botley Road were protected this afternoon. The Abingdon Road also

tracks at Wolvercote. Tonight there are suggestions the problems caused

by the flooding for First Great Western services might not be fixed

for weeks. Here's our transport correspondent, Paul Clifton.

When a train company advises people not to travel by train, you know

things are really bad. This metal box is to blame. It

contains signalling equipment on the great Western at Maidenhead and it's

not working. This isn't a flooding river, it's ground water, bubbling

In other news, around ?1 million of up.

In other news, around ?1 million of planned cuts to public services in

Oxfordshire now won't be going ahead. The County Council has

reversed its decision and says it's going to invest ?3 million into

improving services. Our political reporter, Helen Catt, has the story.

The leader of Oxfordshire county council stayed a lot longer than 15

minutes when he visited Jill and David Cooper this morning. Soon, the

couple's he'll ever fly again. Giles English

was praised for his quick thinking ` which saved his life, and that of

his 11`year`old godson. Giles's father died in a previous plane

crash. I was at the back and Olly would have been here. Because we had

back injuries, we were cut out. So my

We will have the weather in a minute. South Today is back if BBC

Bereft. Good night. If it is not wind and rain it is

ice. A Met saus yellow weather warning is in place tonight.

Temperatures tonight will drop to one or two Celsius. A bit of sleet

and even hail in the rumble the thunder. The showers will

continue through the day tomorrow. rumble the thunder. The showers will

and gusting up to 70 mph. Easily around the 80 mph mark across much

of northern England. Across the Pennines this evening and overnight,

travelling will be treacherous. Wind and rain at lower levels will

produce a lot of spray. You don t have to go to high up the Pennines

to see that turned to snow. One way or another, further disruption to

travel is more than likely. BBC local