:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening. There are concerns for
:00:10. > :00:12.Good evening. There are concerns about the level of traffic
:00:13. > :00:15.congestion that will accomp`ny the start of construction work on the
:00:16. > :00:20.controversial high speed rahl line, HS2. The work is due to start in
:00:21. > :00:23.2017 ` bringing thousands of lorries to our region every day. Banbury,
:00:24. > :00:26.Aylesbury and Buckingham ard being singled out as places which will
:00:27. > :00:31.suffer more jams over sever`l years. Helen Catt has this report.
:00:32. > :00:36.Before this, will come a lot more of this.
:00:37. > :00:39.Thousands of lorries will nded to use the roads of Oxfordshird and
:00:40. > :00:49.Buckinghamshire each day to build vital elements of the HS2 lhne, like
:00:50. > :00:55.bridges and cuttings. According to HS2 Limited at the
:00:56. > :01:00.busiest period of constructhon and average one extra lorry will go
:01:01. > :01:04.along this road every 13 seconds. A few miles away is the farl which
:01:05. > :01:07.Rachel Halverson's family h`s worked for a century. She'll lose land to
:01:08. > :01:13.construction ` but now worrhes the extra traffic will affect hdr daily
:01:14. > :01:23.life and her shop too. My htsband getting to the station. It will be
:01:24. > :01:27.one more hurdle to get here. Major jams are also predictdd at
:01:28. > :01:29.Banbury, two junctions of the M 0, Aylesbury and Buckingham.
:01:30. > :01:35.And around Calvert the busidst months will see 3,000 extra lorries
:01:36. > :01:38.and the same number of cars. For people living in rural villages
:01:39. > :01:46.between these routes, the lorries operated by HS2 may not be the
:01:47. > :01:51.biggest problem. They can be constrained by
:01:52. > :01:55.agreement, but other traffic will not. We are concerned that the other
:01:56. > :02:00.traffic will seek to use thd back roads through our village.
:02:01. > :02:04.HS2 Limited says it will put controls on what vehicles are used
:02:05. > :02:09.and will work with local authorities to minimise disruption. It will be
:02:10. > :02:14.worth it. It will tie our country together. It will be worth ht. It
:02:15. > :02:21.will tie our country togethdr. It will European competitors.
:02:22. > :02:24.Meanwhile Cherwell District Council intends to petition MPs on the
:02:25. > :02:27.issue. Meanwhile, the Transport Secretary
:02:28. > :02:32.has been to see work begin on the new rail line between Oxford and
:02:33. > :02:34.London Marylebone. The ?300 million Evergreen project will conndct
:02:35. > :02:45.Oxford to the capital, via `n upgraded station in Bicester.
:02:46. > :02:48.It looks like a building site now but by some time next year this will
:02:49. > :03:06.be a fully functioning really lying. `` railway line. Why is this
:03:07. > :03:12.development important? We are seeing the start of the first new railway
:03:13. > :03:23.line between a British city and London in 100 years. This whll link
:03:24. > :03:26.Oxford and London. Not only this, but the ?130 million
:03:27. > :03:28.investment will see new stations being constructed. This 1940s
:03:29. > :03:32.eyesore in Water Eaton was demolished last year to makd way for
:03:33. > :03:35.the new Oxford Parkway stathon. Currently most commuters who live in
:03:36. > :03:40.Oxford and work in London, tse the First Great Western line vi` Didcot
:03:41. > :03:43.into London Paddington. Frol 20 6 they'll have the option of taking
:03:44. > :03:50.the Chiltern Railways train via Bicester into London Marylebone
:03:51. > :03:54.People living north of Oxford will be able to get on board at Oxford
:03:55. > :03:57.Parkway. Today the Secretarx of State for Transport, Patrick
:03:58. > :04:04.McLoughlin, was on site herd to see the start of work in Bicestdr.
:04:05. > :04:12.It shows that we are investhng in an modern railway line. We havd seen
:04:13. > :04:17.passenger numbers go from 740 million to 1.5 billion passdngers
:04:18. > :04:19.per year. That requires a htge amount of investment and we are
:04:20. > :04:23.doing that. Although this is good news for
:04:24. > :04:26.commuters, you won't be abld to get to London any faster. Travel time
:04:27. > :04:30.from Oxford to Marylebone whll still be around 55 minutes. The ftll line
:04:31. > :04:34.to Oxford will open in the summer of 2016.
:04:35. > :04:38.There's been an armed raid on a bookmakers in Headington. Two men
:04:39. > :04:41.threatened staff with at thd Stan James shop in Roundway at around
:04:42. > :04:45.11.30 this morning. It's thought the men had a gun. They left with money
:04:46. > :04:49.in a sports bag. The body of a soldier who dhed in
:04:50. > :04:52.Afghanistan has been been flown into RAF Brize Norton. Sapper Ad`m
:04:53. > :04:55.Moralee, from Newcastle died in an accident at Camp Bastion last
:04:56. > :05:00.Wednesday. Soldiers lined the street at the Memorial Garden in C`rterton
:05:01. > :05:05.as the cortege passed. His family paid tribute to him saying he'd
:05:06. > :05:08."touched the hearts of all of us". A major commuter route over the
:05:09. > :05:13.River Thames has re`opened `fter it was closed six weeks ago because of
:05:14. > :05:16.the flooding. Temporary rep`irs have been carried out on the road at
:05:17. > :05:19.Sonning Bridge in South Oxfordshire. The council needs to carry out more
:05:20. > :05:22.work, but has come under crhticism from drivers and politicians for not
:05:23. > :05:28.acting quickly enough. Nikkh Mitchell reports.
:05:29. > :05:35.The emergency repairs began this morning so one carriageway `t least
:05:36. > :05:39.could be reopened. There has been huge political pressure to get this
:05:40. > :05:44.busy commuter route open ag`in. All the local MPs including Theresa
:05:45. > :05:51.May have been inundated with complaints from businesses `nd
:05:52. > :05:53.residents. They have been urging Oxfordshire County Council to act
:05:54. > :06:00.more quickly. Now the floodwaters have dropped engineers have conceded
:06:01. > :06:03.a temporary fix is adequate for now. But a ?1 million bid has gone into
:06:04. > :06:07.the government in the hope ht will pay for a more permanent repairs, so
:06:08. > :06:17.the roads will have to be closed again soon. Now we can work out a
:06:18. > :06:27.proper plan. We have got a balance as to when the best time is for
:06:28. > :06:31.this. Even that is permanent repairs will not be permanent. The long`term
:06:32. > :06:38.more expensive plan is to r`ise the road significantly so it dods not
:06:39. > :06:43.get engulfed by flood water again. That is all for now. We are back
:06:44. > :07:00.tomorrow morning. For many today was at day of
:07:01. > :07:07.glorious sunshine. A similar picture tomorrow morning. That fog bubbling
:07:08. > :07:13.up through the course of thd night. There could be dense patches.
:07:14. > :07:27.Temperatures down to three degrees. Perhaps some rule fog. We hope to
:07:28. > :07:31.see the fog gradually lifting. Taking a look ahead, the wedkend
:07:32. > :07:40.the Thames estuary, temperatures could be 17 or 18 degrees. Now we
:07:41. > :07:47.will get the National forecast. It has been a funny day. Warm and
:07:48. > :07:50.sunny for some, cool and mystique for others, cloudy and damp for a
:07:51. > :07:56.few. Wet weather getting into northern Scotland tonight. Fog is
:07:57. > :08:00.the issue. It already is across the heart of England with thick patches.
:08:01. > :08:05.It could become widespread through the rest of the night. Touches of
:08:06. > :08:08.frost where the skies remain clear for any length of time. Tomorrow
:08:09. > :08:13.morning, difficult conditions across more central and southern parts of
:08:14. > :08:18.England. Dense patches. If you are planning a journey early, allow
:08:19. > :08:22.extra time because you could run into trouble. Check out your BBC
:08:23. > :08:28.local radio station first thing in the morning. There could be some
:08:29. > :08:34.disk -- significant disruption. There is a yellow warning in force.
:08:35. > :08:35.Some of us can look forward too hazy sunshine