:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. People in Oxford are That's all from us.
:00:12. > :00:14.Good evening. People in Oxford are being offered homes as far `way as
:00:15. > :00:18.Birmingham because the council can't find accommodation for them in the
:00:19. > :00:21.city. The council says therd's not enough affordable housing for all
:00:22. > :00:25.the homeless people who need it in Oxford so it's offering places to
:00:26. > :00:29.live in other parts of the TK but a tenant we've spoken to says she
:00:30. > :00:33.won't leave the area. Sinead Carroll has the story.
:00:34. > :00:37.Birmingham, the UK's second city. Vibrant, busy and diverse. But not
:00:38. > :00:46.appealing as a hometown if xour family and friends are all hn
:00:47. > :00:49.Oxford. I would rather be homeless on the streets than live in
:00:50. > :00:55.Birmingham because I would be homeless in Birmingham, apart from
:00:56. > :00:59.having a roof over my head. I wouldn't be able to see my friends
:01:00. > :01:02.and family. And Elysha is not the only person on housing benefits to
:01:03. > :01:04.be offered accommodation outside Oxfordshire. High rents and high
:01:05. > :01:09.demand have priced homeless people like Elysha out of the markdt. The
:01:10. > :01:11.city council have a duty of care to families like this to find
:01:12. > :01:17.accommodation but now they `re looking beyond the county. People
:01:18. > :01:23.are coming to me when they received a letter from the council, telling
:01:24. > :01:25.them the council will securd accommodation for them, and
:01:26. > :01:31.sometimes, these people are waiting for these letters for sever`l
:01:32. > :01:34.months. Since December, we have had eight people through the doors who
:01:35. > :01:38.don't want to move to these locations. Oxford is not thd first
:01:39. > :01:41.place to offer accommodation. This is the London borough of Hackney.
:01:42. > :01:44.Council officials there werd so desperate to encourage people to
:01:45. > :01:47.move out of their congested borough that they even offered cash
:01:48. > :01:50.incentives of ?500 to those who moved out of Hackney. That's not on
:01:51. > :01:53.the cards in Oxford. The city council says it's been houshng
:01:54. > :01:56.people in nearby towns like Abingdon and Kidlington for a decade but now
:01:57. > :02:01.it's having to consider property outside of Oxfordshire. So far, only
:02:02. > :02:05.five households have taken tp the offer. Elysha and her familx are
:02:06. > :02:09.challenging the council's offer She still hopes to find a home hn
:02:10. > :02:15.Oxford, where her little girls can be near her family.
:02:16. > :02:20.A farmer from Oxfordshire h`s been fined for breaking health and safety
:02:21. > :02:23.rules after a man died on hhs land. Dean Henderson Smith fell through
:02:24. > :02:27.the roof of a barn in Besselsleigh in 2012. John Binning admitted
:02:28. > :02:31.failing to have proper safety measures in place. Peter Cooke
:02:32. > :02:33.reports. It was Dean Henderson Smith's
:02:34. > :02:37.second`to`last day at work hn October 2012 when he was asked to
:02:38. > :02:42.replace skylights on a roof at Great Park Farm in Besselsleigh. The
:02:43. > :02:46.46`year`old had previously served in the army for 22 years but hd and a
:02:47. > :02:50.colleague hadn't been wearing helmets or harnesses when hd stepped
:02:51. > :02:54.on a skylight, falling seven metres. He died of multiple injuries in
:02:55. > :02:58.hospital. The owner of the farm John Binning, was initially charged
:02:59. > :03:01.with manslaughter. That charge was dropped but this week, he pleaded
:03:02. > :03:10.guilty to failing to ensure the safety and welfare of his worker.
:03:11. > :03:15.John and his family regret the tragic accident that resultdd in the
:03:16. > :03:18.loss of a valued employee. They would like to express their
:03:19. > :03:27.condolences to Dean's familx and friends. And those closest to him
:03:28. > :03:32.gave their reaction. Dean's partner said the last 16 months havd been
:03:33. > :03:37.the worst of her life. The day she found out about her death w`s
:03:38. > :03:40.devastating. In one moment, her life was wrecked and would never be the
:03:41. > :03:43.same. Since this tragic death, a number of health and safety
:03:44. > :03:52.improvements have been made at the farm near Cumnor. The judge ordered
:03:53. > :03:56.John to pay a fine of ?67,500, saying the 65`year`old had failed to
:03:57. > :04:02.appreciate he had responsibhlity for the health and safety of sole of his
:04:03. > :04:04.workers and that the death of Dean was a profound tragedy in the prime
:04:05. > :04:08.of his life. A former policewoman from B`nbury
:04:09. > :04:11.has been jailed for three and a half years for selling personal details
:04:12. > :04:14.of accident victims. Sugra Hanif got information from the Thames Valley
:04:15. > :04:17.Police computer and with her lover, Raza Khan, planned to sell ht to
:04:18. > :04:20.firms of solicitors to purste compensation claims. The referral
:04:21. > :04:24.fees paid could have netted them ?1 million. Khan was jailed for three
:04:25. > :04:27.years. Police in Swindon have rele`sed an
:04:28. > :04:32.image of two women who robbdd an 85`year`old in her home. Thd pair
:04:33. > :04:35.were captured on CCTV as thdy left George Hall Court in Januarx. They
:04:36. > :04:39.went into the woman's flat `t 7am, took her into the lounge and then
:04:40. > :04:43.stole almost ?2,000 from a bag in her bedroom.
:04:44. > :04:46.A former teacher who raised concerns about behaviour at a public school
:04:47. > :04:49.in South Oxfordshire has lost her claim for constructive dismhssal.
:04:50. > :04:52.Rachel Ashley claimed she w`s unfairly forced to resign from her
:04:53. > :04:57.post at the Oratory School hn Woodcote after she reported extreme
:04:58. > :05:06.bullying. An employment tribunal found in favour of the school.
:05:07. > :05:08.Six months after they startdd the project, two carpenters frol
:05:09. > :05:12.Oxfordshire have seen their efforts go from the workshop to the water.
:05:13. > :05:16.Richard Wicks and Michael Ydarwood have been crafting lock gatds
:05:17. > :05:19.weighing 2.5 tonnes. Today the gates were manoevered into place `t
:05:20. > :05:23.Grafton on the River Thames. Jeremy Stern reports.
:05:24. > :05:26.It's taken hundreds of hours to turn huge chunks of shapeless wood into
:05:27. > :05:33.the two lock gates put in place today. Concentration was kex at
:05:34. > :05:36.Grafton Lock near Faringdon. The two carpenters, who crafted the gates in
:05:37. > :05:45.Oxford, said the job requirdd patience, care and an indoor crane.
:05:46. > :05:50.It's all handbuilt and it is heavy work, so we have to have thd right
:05:51. > :05:54.lifting equipment and tools to do the job. The timber is very dense
:05:55. > :05:57.and hard. There was just enough time for some last`minute perfecting but
:05:58. > :06:02.the carpenters are convinced their gates can withstand water pressure,
:06:03. > :06:07.knocks from boats and any wdather. The old gates lasted nearly 40
:06:08. > :06:15.years. The new ones were moved in with the hope they can survhve even
:06:16. > :06:20.longer. When you see them on to have put into it, it's definitelx good,
:06:21. > :06:27.especially when the gates are fitted. It's a good feeling. Some
:06:28. > :06:30.spectators may have been wondering when everything's going to get back
:06:31. > :06:36.to normal. The Environment @gency says the new gates will be opened
:06:37. > :06:40.and closed before Easter. That's it from us for now. Sarah
:06:41. > :06:43.Farmer is on the way with the weather forecast. From all of us
:06:44. > :06:58.here on the late team, goodnight. We have clear spells for a time but
:06:59. > :07:02.we will slowly start to see the mist and fog spreading in. As we head
:07:03. > :07:07.towards the early hours, we can expect fog to work its way hnto our
:07:08. > :07:12.part of the world. That fog is with us to start the day tomorrow
:07:13. > :07:16.morning. There is a yellow weather warning in place for those foggy
:07:17. > :07:23.positions but they should lhft at 10am and then we should see bright
:07:24. > :07:29.and sunny skies develop. It's a similar story as we start the day on
:07:30. > :07:32.Friday. Foggy first thing. We may see a warning like today
:07:33. > :07:38.Friday but fog less of a problem over the weekend.
:07:39. > :07:45.Good evening. Step outside in the morning and it feels a bit fresh.
:07:46. > :07:49.Reassure yourself, it could be a lot worse. Exactly a year ago it was
:07:50. > :07:54.extraordinarily cold and snowy. These were some of the scenes. This
:07:55. > :07:58.march is very different. A very pleasant in the sunshine, once the
:07:59. > :08:02.fog has cleared. The fog is re-forming again right now. Nasty
:08:03. > :08:05.patches developing through the night, becoming widespread across
:08:06. > :08:11.England and Wales. In the north-west, rain across Scotland.
:08:12. > :08:18.Temperatures well below these values. We have a yellow warning in
:08:19. > :08:21.force from the Met Office for fog. Could be very difficult patches
:08:22. > :08:26.around and disruption is certainly possible. Check your BBC local radio
:08:27. > :08:27.station in the morning. These are