:00:00. > :00:00.looking pretty good. Dry in most parts with sunshine around.
:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's programme:
:00:09. > :00:12.The ?500 million project th`t will transform part of Oxford city
:00:13. > :00:14.centre. Plans to redevelop the Westgate Centre are approved,
:00:15. > :00:26.meaning new shops and rooftop restaurants. It's going to bring
:00:27. > :00:30.growth to the area. It's not easy to get into Oxford.
:00:31. > :00:34.Also tonight: The farmer sentenced over the death of a worker on his
:00:35. > :00:37.land. John Binning, on the left admitted failing to have addquate
:00:38. > :00:43.safety measures in place. And later on: the piece of `rt which
:00:44. > :00:57.is actually a car park. Good evening. Oxford's Westgate
:00:58. > :01:02.Centre IS to be redeveloped, with building work planned to st`rt next
:01:03. > :01:05.year. Councillors voted in favour of plans for the ?500 million
:01:06. > :01:10.development last night. The new shopping centre will be thrde times
:01:11. > :01:13.its current size. It's hoped it will attract more people into thd city
:01:14. > :01:16.but that's brought concerns about parking and traffic congesthon.
:01:17. > :01:22.Charlotte Stacey is in Oxford for us now. So, Charlotte, a big change on
:01:23. > :01:26.the cards? Yes. It's been a long wait. 25 years, several planning
:01:27. > :01:28.applications and the recesshon. As plans have constantly stalldd, this
:01:29. > :01:31.part of Oxford's become less attractive for shoppers, losing them
:01:32. > :01:43.to bigger centres like Milton Keynes, Swindon and Reading. But
:01:44. > :01:48.now, that could all change. It's over 40 years old but now the
:01:49. > :01:54.Westgate Centre could get a total make over. This is what the plans
:01:55. > :02:09.look like. But does everyond want a change? They have opened a new H
:02:10. > :02:16.Maybe it's an unnecessary spend It will bring great and employlent to
:02:17. > :02:22.the area. You have to move on. This is where a new Jon Lewis wotld be.
:02:23. > :02:27.This would be a 3`storey retail building. But while there whll be
:02:28. > :02:32.more shops, there will be fdwer parking spaces. There is room for
:02:33. > :02:36.1200 cars at the moment and that could go down to 900. Some people
:02:37. > :02:43.are also worried about traffic congestion. Oxford is a challenging
:02:44. > :02:51.city to developing but we h`ve spent a lot of time understanding what the
:02:52. > :02:56.issues are. It is estimated that Oxford has lost more than ?200
:02:57. > :03:03.million of trade a year. Thhs could be a way of bringing some of that
:03:04. > :03:06.money back. Oxford has been under shops for a long time now and that
:03:07. > :03:12.has been one of the things that has come up from all the servicd. So it
:03:13. > :03:16.is very important for tourism and our own population and for the
:03:17. > :03:20.people of Oxfordshire. Therd are concerns it could take away ?55
:03:21. > :03:25.million a year from other Oxfordshire businesses and there may
:03:26. > :03:29.be knock`on effects for ret`il in neighbouring towns and citids. So,
:03:30. > :03:32.there is still a long way to go The development now moves into ` more
:03:33. > :03:35.detailed design phase, with more in`depth plans for buildings and
:03:36. > :03:38.public spaces being put forward over spring and summer this year. The
:03:39. > :03:41.Secretary of State, Eric Pickles, also has to approve the plans. If
:03:42. > :03:44.everything gets the go`ahead, construction could start as early as
:03:45. > :03:47.the beginning of next year, with the centre opening in 2017.
:03:48. > :03:52.An Oxfordshire farmer has bden fined for breaking health and safdty rules
:03:53. > :03:54.after a man died at his farl. Dean Henderson Smith suffered multiple
:03:55. > :03:59.injuries after falling throtgh the roof of a barn at Great Park farm in
:04:00. > :04:01.Besselsleigh in 2012. His elployer, John Binning, admitted failhng to
:04:02. > :04:06.have proper safety measures in place. Peter Cooke reports.
:04:07. > :04:10.It was Dean Henderson Smith's second`to`last day at work hn
:04:11. > :04:15.October 2012 when he was asked to replace skylights on a roof at Great
:04:16. > :04:19.Park Farm in Besselsleigh. The 46`year`old had previously served in
:04:20. > :04:21.the army for 22 years but hd and a colleague hadn't been wearing
:04:22. > :04:26.helmets or harnesses when hd stepped on a skylight, falling seven metres.
:04:27. > :04:29.He died of multiple injuries in hospital. The owner of the farm
:04:30. > :04:33.John Binning, was initially charged with manslaughter. That charge was
:04:34. > :04:42.dropped but this week, he pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the
:04:43. > :04:46.safety and welfare of his worker. John and his family deeply regret
:04:47. > :04:54.the tragic accident that resulted in the loss of a valued employde. They
:04:55. > :04:57.would like to `` expressed their condolences to Dean's familx and
:04:58. > :05:03.friends. And those closest to him gave their reaction. Dean's partners
:05:04. > :05:11.said the last 16 months had been the worst of her life. She said in one
:05:12. > :05:15.moment, her life was wrecked and would never be the same. Since this
:05:16. > :05:20.tragic death, a number of hdalth and safety improvements have bedn made
:05:21. > :05:29.at the farm near Cumnor. Thd judge ordered John to pay a fine of
:05:30. > :05:33.?67,500, saying the 65`year`old had failed to appreciate responsibility
:05:34. > :05:37.for the health and safety of some of his workers and the death of Dean
:05:38. > :05:40.was a profound tragedy. A former policewoman from B`nbury
:05:41. > :05:44.has been jailed for three and a half years for selling personal details
:05:45. > :05:47.of accident victims. Sugra Hanif got information from the Thames Valley
:05:48. > :05:50.Police computer and with her lover, Raza Khan, planned to sell ht to
:05:51. > :05:54.firms of solicitors to purste compensation claims. The referral
:05:55. > :05:58.fees paid could have netted them ?1 million. Khan was jailed for three
:05:59. > :06:02.years. A former teacher who raised concerns
:06:03. > :06:04.about behaviour at an Oxfordshire public school was not constructively
:06:05. > :06:09.dismissed, an employment trhbunal has ruled. Rachel Ashley cl`imed she
:06:10. > :06:12.was unfairly forced to resign from her post at the Oratory School in
:06:13. > :06:18.Woodcote after she reported extreme bullying and animal cruelty but a
:06:19. > :06:21.judge has dismissed her clahm. People in Oxford are being offered
:06:22. > :06:25.homes as far away as Birmingham because the city council can't find
:06:26. > :06:28.accommodation for them in Oxford. The people are homeless, thd housing
:06:29. > :06:33.is expensive and Oxford Citx Council says it has no option. Sine`d
:06:34. > :06:37.Carroll joins me in the studio now. Who is affected by this? Holeless
:06:38. > :06:41.people on housing benefit. Oxford City Council Council has a duty of
:06:42. > :06:44.care to house them but, as we know, rents are high in Oxford and some
:06:45. > :06:47.landlords are refusing to ldt properties to tenants on benefits,
:06:48. > :06:55.so they're being offered hotsing elsewhere. What has the reaction
:06:56. > :07:01.been from the tenants? Well, only five households have taken tp the
:07:02. > :07:06.offer. Today, I met Elysha `nd her two young daughters, who live in
:07:07. > :07:12.temporary accommodation. Thd council have found her a house but ht's in
:07:13. > :07:16.Birmingham. I would rather be homeless on the streets than live in
:07:17. > :07:21.Birmingham because I would be homeless in Birmingham apart from
:07:22. > :07:26.having a roof over my head. I will have no friends and family. How many
:07:27. > :07:29.people are affected? The cotncil wouldn't tell us but solicitor John
:07:30. > :07:36.McNulty has seen eight people in similar predicaments since December.
:07:37. > :07:43.It's a very difficult situation for them because the consequencds are
:07:44. > :07:47.refusing the offer of accomlodation and the person will become homeless.
:07:48. > :07:50.Is it just Oxford City Council that is doing this? No. In the London
:07:51. > :07:54.borough of Hackney, housing was such a problem that they offered tenants
:07:55. > :07:58.a ?500 incentive to leave the district. That's not on the cards
:07:59. > :08:02.here. The city council regularly houses people in towns like Abingdon
:08:03. > :08:10.or Kidlington but moving thdm out of the county is something manx people
:08:11. > :08:13.are unhappy about. After six months of chipping away,
:08:14. > :08:17.two carpenters from Oxfordshire finally saw their hard work pay off
:08:18. > :08:21.as new lock gates were moved into place at Grafton on the Rivdr
:08:22. > :08:24.Thames. Richard Wicks and Mhchael Yearwood have been crafting the 2.5
:08:25. > :08:29.tonne wooden structures since last summer. Jeremy Stern reports.
:08:30. > :08:33.It's taken hundreds of hours to turn huge chunks of shapeless wood into
:08:34. > :08:39.the two lock gates put in place today. Concentration was kex at
:08:40. > :08:42.Grafton Lock near Faringdon. The two carpenters who crafted the gates in
:08:43. > :08:52.Oxford said the job required patience, care and an indoor crane.
:08:53. > :08:56.It is all handbuilt and heavy work, so you have to have the right
:08:57. > :09:00.lifting equipment and tools to do the job. The timber is very dense
:09:01. > :09:04.and hard. There was just enough time for some last minute perfecting but
:09:05. > :09:08.the carpenters are convinced their gates can withstand water pressure,
:09:09. > :09:14.knocks from boats and any wdather. The old gates lasted nearly 40
:09:15. > :09:22.years. The new ones were moved in with the hope they can survhve even
:09:23. > :09:25.longer. When you see the months you have put into it, and it coles
:09:26. > :09:36.together at the end, it's ddfinitely good. Some spectators may h`ve been
:09:37. > :09:39.wondering when everything's going to get back to normal. The Envhronment
:09:40. > :09:44.Agency says the new gates whll be opened and closed before Easter
:09:45. > :09:47.The goals from last night's games from Oxford, Swindon and thd MK Dons
:09:48. > :09:53.are coming up and there's a hat trick in one of them. That's all
:09:54. > :09:59.from me for the moment. Herd's Sally.
:10:00. > :10:00.fought this hard, and South`mpton lost. But one of the city's MPs
:10:01. > :10:23.John Denham, be previewing Basingstoke Bhson s
:10:24. > :10:26.final tonight. We will also be hearing from the new chairm`n of
:10:27. > :10:31.Southampton football club and he knows a little bit about icd hockey
:10:32. > :10:38.or so. `` also. Sussex Police are to start
:10:39. > :10:42.using a controversial unmanned drone. The ?35,000 helicoptdrs will
:10:43. > :10:45.be used in an initial trial in and around Gatwick Airport, the force
:10:46. > :10:47.saying they will help make the county even safer. But civil
:10:48. > :10:50.liberties groups are deeply concerned, worried that the flying
:10:51. > :10:53.video cameras could be used to record and spy on people with one MP
:10:54. > :11:00.branding them sinister and questioning whether they will be
:11:01. > :11:05.safe. They will be gathering film footage and it can be used to ensure
:11:06. > :11:11.any unforeseen activity that goes on and can be monitored. It can be used
:11:12. > :11:14.where the safety of offices is paramount when you can't necessarily
:11:15. > :11:18.deploy police officers. You can check from the air. A senior
:11:19. > :11:21.Worthing Borough Councillor has resigned in protest and askdd the
:11:22. > :11:24.police to investigate the h`ndling of the termination of a contract
:11:25. > :11:28.between the council and car park firm NCP. It's believed the council
:11:29. > :11:31.has paid hundreds of thousands of pounds compensation to the car park
:11:32. > :11:35.provider but the two sides have signed an agreement keeping details
:11:36. > :11:47.of the settlement confidenthal. Sean Killick reports. For the past ten
:11:48. > :11:54.years, NCP has run council car parks. In 2009, a pilot schdme was
:11:55. > :11:59.agreed to reduce parking ch`rges with the Council underwriting NCP's
:12:00. > :12:03.last `` lost income. Now it is not being renewed and there is ` battle
:12:04. > :12:10.over how much compensation NCP is due for its losses during the pilot
:12:11. > :12:14.scheme. NCP sued the Council for ?1 million that is before a High Court
:12:15. > :12:17.hearing, the two sides reached an out`of`court settlement belheved to
:12:18. > :12:24.be for around ?700,000 but neither party would confirm that sul. They
:12:25. > :12:26.issued a joint statement saxing that it was an amicable settlement and
:12:27. > :12:33.that both sides agreed it would remain confidential. That ottraged
:12:34. > :12:39.Council cabinet member, Tom, who has resigned from the council in
:12:40. > :12:45.protest. I always said I wotld not accept a gagging order on this. Why
:12:46. > :12:55.is the money going to NCP? Ht should be in the public domain. I resigned.
:12:56. > :13:01.Today, there was mixed reaction I guess the compensation should be
:13:02. > :13:06.paid but as a taxpayer, it hs not very good. I agree with him making a
:13:07. > :13:12.stand on principle and resigning. Worthing council should tell us why
:13:13. > :13:14.they have put that amount of money. In a statement, the force told South
:13:15. > :13:33.today: Meanwhile, from April one, charges
:13:34. > :13:37.in the multistorey car parks involved would drop from ?1 70 an
:13:38. > :13:41.hour to ?1 an hour. From a parking row in Sussex to a
:13:42. > :13:45.much happier car parking story along the coast in Dorset. If you've
:13:46. > :13:47.driven into Bournemouth recdntly, you'll have noticed the
:13:48. > :13:51.multi`coloured building takhng shape on the Wessex Way. Decked ott in
:13:52. > :13:56.sunshine colours you may be forgiven for thinking it's a piece of art,
:13:57. > :13:58.it's actually a new car park. And it marks the start of
:13:59. > :14:00.multi`million`pound plans to give the resort an economic boost. Chris
:14:01. > :14:12.Robinson reports. The opening of a multistorex car
:14:13. > :14:19.park isn't headline grabbing news. It looks rather boring but when you
:14:20. > :14:27.come outside, its colours are warm and inviting and it has got people
:14:28. > :14:32.talking. It as a vision intdrest. A lot of car parks are dull and
:14:33. > :14:38.boring. It could cause accidents if people are looking. It might be
:14:39. > :14:49.something to think about. I like it having some, `` some colour. This is
:14:50. > :14:54.the view on the busy Wessex way The panels offer a ray of light all year
:14:55. > :15:00.round. The car park is in the first completed stage of a ?40 million
:15:01. > :15:05.regeneration stage of the town. Bournemouth is open for bushness. It
:15:06. > :15:11.is colourful but I don't thhnk that is a bad thing. Car parks nded to be
:15:12. > :15:21.something a bit different so we actually attract more peopld to ask
:15:22. > :15:26.what development is. Opposite our student flats. The new residents
:15:27. > :15:32.move in this autumn. Down the road is more homes. 14 sites are
:15:33. > :15:36.earmarked for development across the town as well as private hotdl and
:15:37. > :15:43.leisure developments closer to the seafront. This car park stands out.
:15:44. > :15:48.It sends a great message. It is a bright beacon of development
:15:49. > :15:57.activity. The car park opens to the public from Monday.
:15:58. > :16:06.On to sport and a big night for isotopic `` ice hockey in H`mpshire.
:16:07. > :16:09.Basingstoke Bison are hoping to end a long run without silverware in the
:16:10. > :16:13.second leg of the Premier Ldague Cup. And ice hockey is a bit of a
:16:14. > :16:20.theme of Tony's sports spot tonight he's live at Planet ice in
:16:21. > :16:24.Basingstoke. It is the second leg of the Premier League final. N`vy ``
:16:25. > :16:30.Basingstoke have a lead. Thdy are getting the ice ready. This machine
:16:31. > :16:34.smooths the ice. Look how f`st that is going to be tonight when the
:16:35. > :16:40.teams get out there on to the rink. More on the ice hockey in a moment.
:16:41. > :16:43.It has been an ice hockey D`y because I have been to meet a man
:16:44. > :16:58.whose life has been all abott ice hockey. Ralph Krueger has jtst
:16:59. > :17:02.really `` returned from the Olympics and he is now a public face to the
:17:03. > :17:14.Southampton regime. I went to see him earlier. I will bring a
:17:15. > :17:21.freshness and we will freezd the pitch. What I bring is experience in
:17:22. > :17:30.the sports world and an understanding of what they need I
:17:31. > :17:33.will not in anyway take responsibility or be involvdd or get
:17:34. > :17:41.in the way. I to create an environment where everybody can
:17:42. > :17:49.concentrate on what they ard here to do. He is very different to his
:17:50. > :17:58.predecessor who rarely spokd to the media. One of my biggest walls as
:17:59. > :18:02.chairman will be to create ` great platform of communication at all
:18:03. > :18:07.levels, where people can express themselves. It is a major
:18:08. > :18:10.responsibility that I have taken on here, to build those vehiclds of
:18:11. > :18:23.communication inside and outside the organisation. A question for fans.
:18:24. > :18:28.If the club for sale? It is not Catherine is embracing the
:18:29. > :18:33.environment. Soon she has h`d her presence known, she has been visible
:18:34. > :18:40.in and is coming to games. Can you keep the manager? The answer isn't
:18:41. > :18:44.very sexy. We need to be successful on and off the pitch and we will do
:18:45. > :18:53.everything possible to have the best possible team here together. It is
:18:54. > :18:57.clear he wants to grow Southampton commercially and has an initial
:18:58. > :19:05.opinion on the thorny subject of playing games abroad. If I look at
:19:06. > :19:08.what the NFL playing at Wembley does for the NFL worldwide, it is
:19:09. > :19:17.certainly something that nedds to be part of the discussion. One last ice
:19:18. > :19:23.hockey question. Who is your money on tonight? I have to cheer on
:19:24. > :19:28.Hampshire and wish them a rdally good match that night. I will slide
:19:29. > :19:32.into that environment once hn awhile to remember how cold it can be
:19:33. > :19:42.playing the sport that grew up playing. It is called in Basingstoke
:19:43. > :19:44.tonight. The full interview is on the BBC sport website right now A
:19:45. > :20:03.busy night of football last night. This was the start of a terrific
:20:04. > :20:14.night. It's got even better in the second half with this free kick It
:20:15. > :20:22.doubled the lead. Nick Blackman weighed `` waded in to make it
:20:23. > :20:30.three. After this folly, thd Royals scored three in nine minutes. Leeds
:20:31. > :20:37.came back with two quickfird goals. This header was converted. @ustin
:20:38. > :20:44.popped up with the goal of the game. It still finished as a miserable
:20:45. > :20:50.night for Brian McDermott it on the anniversary office sacking.
:20:51. > :20:59.Elsewhere, Portsmouth continued to find goals hard to come by. Chances
:21:00. > :21:06.came and went at Burton Albhon. The outcome was a goalless draw.
:21:07. > :21:16.Tonight Bournemouth aim for a third consecutive Championship win.
:21:17. > :21:21.In Racing, a great afternoon for the West Sussex trainer Gary Moore and
:21:22. > :21:25.his family. He saddled the winner of the big race ` the Queen Mother
:21:26. > :21:28.Champion Chase. Sire De Grugy romped to victory with Gary's son Jamie in
:21:29. > :21:31.the saddle ` ahead of the Mhck Channon trained Somersby. Great
:21:32. > :21:35.celebrations for the family ` Gary also has a stake in the horse. The
:21:36. > :21:40.other owners, who include a hairdresser, a sweet salesm`n, and a
:21:41. > :21:46.plumber, were pretty pleased too! 14 years since any silverware for
:21:47. > :21:55.Basingstoke Bison 's. Tonight, they could lift a trophy in the cup
:21:56. > :22:00.final. Here is the thoughts of Doug Sheppard. We are confident. We are
:22:01. > :22:09.in a pretty good spot here. We are hoping to carry that on tonhght 4`1
:22:10. > :22:15.up and how much of an advantage is that? You have to approach the game
:22:16. > :22:25.and we will approach it likd it is goalless. We have been pretty strong
:22:26. > :22:31.at home all year. Our fans have got behind us. We want to reverse that
:22:32. > :22:35.form. It has been a long tile since you have got some silverward. What
:22:36. > :22:41.will it be like to lift the trophy tonight? Our fans have been
:22:42. > :22:47.unbelievable and have always got behind us. No nerves? We ard not
:22:48. > :22:54.nervous. We are pumped up and ready to go for it. They want to hang
:22:55. > :23:00.another pennant next to that one. We will have the result at 10:25pm
:23:01. > :23:08.Now to the weather. It has been glorious. Long may it continue.
:23:09. > :23:26.A stunning shot of a Red Kite and stunning blue skies too.
:23:27. > :23:30.We have had some beautiful sunshine and tonight, we can expect clear
:23:31. > :23:41.skies for a time but dense, patchy fog is working its way in. We start
:23:42. > :23:46.with those clear spells. A fine day. We may see a touch of frost early on
:23:47. > :23:53.as temperatures head down to three Celsius. The fog and mist starts to
:23:54. > :23:59.spill in and by the early hours we can expect some dense, patchy fog.
:24:00. > :24:01.Some spots could well have some problematic travel disruption first
:24:02. > :24:08.thing tomorrow through the lorning rush`hour. Stay tuned to yotr BBC
:24:09. > :24:15.local radio station. We havd that fog to around ten o'clock in the
:24:16. > :24:20.morning. Eventually it is sdt to shift and we are left with bright,
:24:21. > :24:26.sunny skies once again. There will be some cloud around at timds. It
:24:27. > :24:32.feels pleasant with highs of 40 Celsius. Plaques along the coast a
:24:33. > :24:43.little bit of sea mist. Looking ahead to tomorrow, it is a repeat
:24:44. > :24:50.performance. Visibility is `n issue through the course of tomorrow
:24:51. > :24:57.night. We see clear skies for a time and then the fog spills back in We
:24:58. > :25:01.may see some problematic fog at times on Friday morning. Through the
:25:02. > :25:06.day on Friday, the sunny skhes are developing so it is feeling fine
:25:07. > :25:11.with temperatures into the lid teens. I pressure is our nehghbour
:25:12. > :25:15.for the weekend. We have sole settled conditions for Saturday and
:25:16. > :25:18.Sunday. It looks like we will see more of a breeze. Here is the
:25:19. > :25:30.summary. That is it from us this evening We
:25:31. > :25:36.will have more on that ice hockey game at 10:25pm. We are back
:25:37. > :25:38.tomorrow at 6:30pm. Enjoy your evening, good night.