:00:00. > :00:12.Good evening. People who ardn't well That's all from us.
:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening. People who ardn't well enough to work are being rejected
:00:16. > :00:18.for sickness benefit becausd of flaws in the Government's assessment
:00:19. > :00:24.procedures, according to a welfare charity in Oxfordshire. It says not
:00:25. > :00:27.enough evidence is being collected. In our area, almost one in five
:00:28. > :00:31.people who apply for Employlent and Support Allowance are told they
:00:32. > :00:33.can't have it. Tom Turrell takes up the story.
:00:34. > :00:37.Chronic fatigue syndrome can make even everyday household chores
:00:38. > :00:40.difficult. Sean Wilson from Swindon used to be a financial advisor,
:00:41. > :00:45.until four years ago when hhs condition got the better of him But
:00:46. > :00:49.after being assessed for sickness benefits, the Department for Work
:00:50. > :01:01.and Pensions told him he was fit for work. You try and arrange a
:01:02. > :01:05.treatment plan, and then yot are basically told you are fit for work.
:01:06. > :01:09.You may have struggled on for months or years and so there is a sense of
:01:10. > :01:16.disbelief, because you go into the assessment with the best of
:01:17. > :01:19.intentions. In the end Sean managed to get the decision overturned. But
:01:20. > :01:23.a welfare rights charity is describing the Government w`s Mike
:01:24. > :01:35.assessment process is extrelely poor. This system has been dxtremely
:01:36. > :01:39.poor since 1996. Although the name of the test has changed, thd process
:01:40. > :01:43.hasn't, and no Government h`s faced up to the problems with the process
:01:44. > :01:49.itself which is going wrong in so many cases.
:01:50. > :01:53.But the Government says overall its assessments work. It points to the
:01:54. > :01:56.fact that nationally only 14% of tribunal cases are won, and that's
:01:57. > :01:59.often because claimants comd forward with additional evidence at the
:02:00. > :02:03.hearing. But when lives are being affected so much by just ond
:02:04. > :02:05.decision ` people on both shdes of the fence will agree that ddcision
:02:06. > :02:08.needs to be right. Oxford's New College has pahd
:02:09. > :02:11.tribute to the veteran Labotr politician Tony Benn, who studied
:02:12. > :02:14.there in the 1940s. The former Labour Cabinet mhnister
:02:15. > :02:17.became head of the Oxford Union debating society in 1947. Hd took
:02:18. > :02:25.part in Levellers Day in thd city in 2009 ` and is seen here in the
:02:26. > :02:29.parade. He had an enormous hmpact on national life, and I think `ll of
:02:30. > :02:37.the fellows and students ard acutely aware that he had been a sttdent
:02:38. > :02:42.here. `` were acutely aware. In 2005 he was elected honorary fellow.
:02:43. > :02:45.The Henley town councillor who claimed the recent flooding was
:02:46. > :02:48.God's response to gay marri`ge is to be formally investigated. 12 people
:02:49. > :02:50.have made official complaints to South Oxfordshire District Council
:02:51. > :02:54.over comments made by David Silvester, who was expelled by his
:02:55. > :02:56.party UKIP. An independent investigator will now consider
:02:57. > :03:05.whether he breached the council s code of conduct.
:03:06. > :03:08.An online campaign by black and ethnic minority students from Oxford
:03:09. > :03:12.University has been viewed by around a million people in 200 countries.
:03:13. > :03:15.The campaign is called I, Too, Am Oxford, and is designed to highlight
:03:16. > :03:17.racism. Students have uploaded pictures of themselves with
:03:18. > :03:24.prejudiced comments they've received while at the university. Ch`rlotte
:03:25. > :03:28.Stacey has the story. These are just some of the comments
:03:29. > :03:32.the students have faced at Oxford University. They are putting
:03:33. > :03:37.pictures like this online to show others what is happening, and try to
:03:38. > :03:42.challenge the prejudice. Apparently because I want to combat ethnic
:03:43. > :03:47.minority representation I al anti`white, anti`capitalist. That is
:03:48. > :03:54.simply not true. Yesterday more students werd eager
:03:55. > :03:57.to have their voice heard. Some of the examples were completelx
:03:58. > :04:04.shocking, one maths student being asked if he was the janitor. Another
:04:05. > :04:10.girl saying, why are you at Oxford, I thought Jamaicans didn't study X
:04:11. > :04:17.Mac `` I thought Jamaicans didn t study. We are looking to diversify
:04:18. > :04:24.our intake, and welcome those who have the potential to study at
:04:25. > :04:28.Oxford, and we recruit regardless of background. We welcome diversity.
:04:29. > :04:34.But now an alternative group has emerged. They say the I, Too, Am
:04:35. > :04:37.Oxford project is not representative. We are worrhed that
:04:38. > :04:41.prospective applicants think Oxford is a place where if you are an
:04:42. > :04:46.ethnic minority you are abused or made to be `` made to feel hnferior.
:04:47. > :04:51.Which just is not the case. They are all state `` all t`king
:04:52. > :04:54.pictures of themselves with positive statements, and say Oxford hs a
:04:55. > :04:59.great place, whatever your background. Meanwhile the I, Too, Am
:05:00. > :05:03.Oxford site has had nearly 0 million hits, and more students are coming
:05:04. > :05:07.forward to take part. They say they want a discussion on race to be
:05:08. > :05:11.taken seriously, and are calling for institutional change.
:05:12. > :05:14.A robot that's been programled to work out your age, gender and mood
:05:15. > :05:18.has been showing his true colours this evening. He's called Artie and
:05:19. > :05:21.has been created at Oxford Brookes University. He's been on display at
:05:22. > :05:24.the Ashmolean Museum ` wherd the University has been marking 150
:05:25. > :05:30.years since it was founded. Jeremy Stern reports.
:05:31. > :05:39.Hello. My name is Artie. The Ashmolean Museum showed a step
:05:40. > :05:43.into the future today. Artid the robot has been programmed bx
:05:44. > :05:49.engineers. He was designed for fun originally, but we are using him to
:05:50. > :05:51.research into ways in which we can make it comfortable for people to
:05:52. > :05:54.interact with robots. Artie's on display as part of the
:05:55. > :06:01.celebrations for the university s 150th anniversary. Tonight
:06:02. > :06:09.singer`songwriter Sian Magill, a Brookes student, performed `t the
:06:10. > :06:15.museum in a concert. Living in Oxford you have all the old
:06:16. > :06:21.buildings, but it is really modern, so you have the best of both worlds.
:06:22. > :06:28.But it was Artie who was thd star of the show. I have been competing with
:06:29. > :06:31.Artie all week. We have had so many schoolchildren saying, he is going
:06:32. > :06:36.to be there isn't he? Everybody loves Artie.
:06:37. > :06:39.Artie's heading back to Brookes technology department. The people
:06:40. > :06:42.who programmed him say one day every household could have a robot like
:06:43. > :06:49.Artie to help do the chores. That's it from us for now. Now, with
:06:50. > :06:53.the weather, here's Alexis Green. `` Sarah Farmer.
:06:54. > :06:57.`` Sarah The tales of this morning's fog
:06:58. > :07:04.seemed to be a thing of the past. Tonight, the breeze picking up. That
:07:05. > :07:10.should leave `` lift any mist and fog. Temperatures six or seven
:07:11. > :07:16.degrees. A grey start to thd day for Saturday, but on improving picture
:07:17. > :07:18.with bright and sunny intervals into the afternoon. North`westerly breeze
:07:19. > :07:25.just taking the edge of those temperatures, but still ple`sant.
:07:26. > :07:28.Highs of 14 or 15 degrees, laybe a touch higher. Sunday we are staying
:07:29. > :07:33.settled with good sunshine on offer. Clouding over later. Now it is time
:07:34. > :07:34.for the national weather picture.