:00:09. > :00:16.Good evening. A letter bomb has been sent to the Army Careers Office in
:00:17. > :00:19.Oxford. The suspect package was found this morning, leading to part
:00:20. > :00:22.of the city centre being evacuated. Six similar packages have been sent
:00:23. > :00:26.to other army centres, including one in Reading, in the last few days.
:00:27. > :00:30.The Government says the devices bear the hallmarks of Northern Ireland
:00:31. > :00:33.related terrorism. Adina Campbell has been following the story and
:00:34. > :00:41.told me about the latest developments. We now know that seven
:00:42. > :00:46.letter bombs, including the one found in Oxford, have been sent to
:00:47. > :00:54.BBS army recruitment centre this week. Today about ten o'clock this
:00:55. > :01:00.morning the ball became aware of something not quite right and
:01:01. > :01:08.eventually police officers, fire officers and the bomb disposal unit
:01:09. > :01:13.were called to the Army careers centre to carry out investigations.
:01:14. > :01:18.The emergency services confirmed they were looking into a suspicious
:01:19. > :01:25.parcel. Homes and businesses in the area where is actuated. We turned
:01:26. > :01:32.the lights off and walk away from the scene. Whenever there is the
:01:33. > :01:38.bomb skier you do fear for your life a little bit but I think he had it
:01:39. > :01:50.all under control and it was OK in the end. `` bomb skier. Officials
:01:51. > :01:56.have held the big meeting to discuss what happened. All of the packages
:01:57. > :02:05.contain small but potentially expose of devices. They have said this
:02:06. > :02:11.could be linked to Northern Ireland. Items have been sent off for tests
:02:12. > :02:17.and military officers have been given more guidance on how to deal
:02:18. > :02:21.with these threats in future. Next tonight: More bad news for First
:02:22. > :02:24.Great Western passengers. Engineers are planning to close the line
:02:25. > :02:27.between Reading and London Paddington so that flood damaged
:02:28. > :02:30.signalling can be replaced. The work could take weeks and follows a
:02:31. > :02:32.warning that it'll be two months before ground water levels recede.
:02:33. > :02:35.Our Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton reports. The top speed
:02:36. > :02:42.through the Thames Valley should look like this, 125 mph. Today the
:02:43. > :02:49.speed limit is five miles per hour. One train in five is running. The
:02:50. > :02:54.Environment Agency thinks it could be April before ground water
:02:55. > :02:59.subsides entirely. We are working closely with network rail and the
:03:00. > :03:06.Environment Agency to understand how quickly that water can get back down
:03:07. > :03:12.to the water table. This weekend engineers will take out some signals
:03:13. > :03:18.which should allowed two trains in five to get through by Monday. After
:03:19. > :03:26.that they are considering closing one of Britain's busiest rail routes
:03:27. > :03:33.to appear it. It is a massive task. Replacing damaged rails would
:03:34. > :03:38.normally take months but they are considering putting hundreds of
:03:39. > :03:44.people on the project to complete it within weeks. A passenger group
:03:45. > :03:54.supports this plan. If they are told to weeks problems will be to ten
:03:55. > :04:03.years of good work they will accept it. To take the 35,000 usual
:04:04. > :04:10.passengers by bus you would need the fleet of 700 coaches. A sticking
:04:11. > :04:14.plaster solution will not heal the problems. Over the next few days,
:04:15. > :04:17.we've been told to expect the highest water levels on the Thames
:04:18. > :04:21.in Oxfordshire since 1947. Peter Cooke's been finding out what impact
:04:22. > :04:28.this year's flooding has had on two businesses. Just one Oxfordshire
:04:29. > :04:32.business, their bill ?60,000. Gary Soame has run his company in Witney
:04:33. > :04:41.for five years, today he was moving to new and higher premises. So, does
:04:42. > :04:48.he feel supported? We have had some support, the business rates have
:04:49. > :04:54.been frozen up to a PE dog six months which has helped. One of the
:04:55. > :04:58.business develop council as has been to see us and helped relocate new
:04:59. > :05:06.premises. Businesses are being given an extra three months to repay any
:05:07. > :05:13.money they owe the taxman. It will be grants of up to ?5,000 to help
:05:14. > :05:20.with future flood protection. Could they have done more? I do not think
:05:21. > :05:24.we having gauged with people in the way we might. We have not supported
:05:25. > :05:29.them in helping them build resilience within their communities
:05:30. > :05:37.in the way we might. We must do better in the future. This football
:05:38. > :05:47.club last month had its income wiped out by the water. And this is it
:05:48. > :05:51.today. It is just one of dozens of his misses throughout our region
:05:52. > :05:57.counting the cost of this unprecedented winter weather. The
:05:58. > :06:04.say they will be feeling the effects for some time to come. A
:06:05. > :06:08.multi`million pound centre dedicated to treating cancer patients could be
:06:09. > :06:10.built at Milton Keynes Hospital. The unit would include a radiotherapy
:06:11. > :06:14.area. The hospital's chief executive says the plan is in the early stages
:06:15. > :06:18.but it would help patients who have to travel out of the area for
:06:19. > :06:21.treatment. The Countess of Wessex has been in Oxford, visiting the
:06:22. > :06:24.Oxford Food Bank to learn about the work it does. The charity is
:06:25. > :06:30.celebrating its fifth birthday. Charlotte Stacey reports. Chatting
:06:31. > :06:34.over a pack of potatoes, party time at the Oxford food bank means
:06:35. > :06:40.celebrating all types of food, even when you have got the royal guest.
:06:41. > :06:47.The Countess of Wessex joined volunteers for celebrations this
:06:48. > :06:52.afternoon. The Oxford food bank is unique because it takes mainly fresh
:06:53. > :06:59.food from suppliers who cannot sell it and gives it to people who cannot
:07:00. > :07:04.afford it. There will always be wasting the food cycle, it is
:07:05. > :07:07.criminal that goes into a hall in the ground when you see the quality
:07:08. > :07:15.of what we get and you think what can be done with it. The food bank
:07:16. > :07:20.deliver these are vital, not just for sustenance but for helping
:07:21. > :07:27.people get better. If you have an illness, particularly mental health,
:07:28. > :07:33.sitting down together to consider what they eat and cooking a meal is
:07:34. > :07:43.very good for us. The Oxford food bank provides 8000 meals for people
:07:44. > :07:58.each week. The say all that food is worth ?800,000 per year. So what did
:07:59. > :08:02.the royal visitor make of it all? It is amazing to see you can do so much
:08:03. > :08:08.with the fresh food which we sometimes think will be un`usable
:08:09. > :08:14.after its sell by date. There are hopes the food bank model can be
:08:15. > :08:18.enjoyed elsewhere. For the moment everybody is just enjoying the
:08:19. > :08:27.party. By Mike wrote the weather is coming up soon, but from all of us
:08:28. > :08:33.here, good night. The risk of ice on untreated surfaces. The odd stray
:08:34. > :08:39.shower as well. We are expecting a band of rain to move into model.
:08:40. > :08:43.Through the day tomorrow, and through the night into the early
:08:44. > :08:49.hours of Saturday morning that dream could become heavy in places. Before
:08:50. > :08:55.it clears most places during the afternoon when it will be followed
:08:56. > :09:01.by showers. Temperatures up to around 11 Celcius. The link will be
:09:02. > :09:03.an issue into the early hours of Saturday morning and
:09:04. > :09:04.few days and now we go to the weather centre for the national
:09:05. > :09:13.forecast from Nick Miller. Hello, in this winter of perpetual
:09:14. > :09:17.autumn, it seems we're never more than a day away from a storm so we
:09:18. > :09:21.must be due another one and as you've just heard, here it comes,
:09:22. > :09:26.deepening in the Atlantic Trio heading for us. Overall for the UK,
:09:27. > :09:30.we're not expecting this to be as severe as the storm yesterday that
:09:31. > :09:34.there will be some significant impact, particularly where the Met
:09:35. > :09:42.Office has weather warnings in force and that means more rain will serve
:09:43. > :09:45.to heighten the floods. All the while, the wind is picking up,
:09:46. > :09:50.reaching its peak tomorrow night in southern England. This is the rest
:09:51. > :09:56.of tonight and where we've had showers, south-west England and
:09:57. > :10:02.Northern Ireland and Scotland, as icy patches developing. Quite a cold
:10:03. > :10:09.start but, for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, a dry
:10:10. > :10:12.start for most of us. Look at this - the rain from that area of low
:10:13. > :10:17.pressure I showed you is already across much of southern England and
:10:18. > :10:18.South Wales. These triangles are Met Office amber warning is for rain