:00:18. > :00:19.A court has heard how health and first
:00:20. > :00:22.A court has heard how health and safety breaches at an airport led to
:00:23. > :00:25.the death of the chief fire officer there. 45`year`old Steve Mills was
:00:26. > :00:29.killed at Cotswold airport hn 2 11 when a gas cylinder exploded. Steve
:00:30. > :00:32.Mills was described by colldagues as competent and experienced. Hn 2 11
:00:33. > :00:36.he went into work on his dax off to strip out equipment from shhpping
:00:37. > :00:39.containers donated by the MoD. As he moved a gas cylinder like this one,
:00:40. > :00:43.it apparently fell and exploded as the mechanism was triggered. In
:00:44. > :00:46.court it was described as a large and fatal Catherine Wheel as it spun
:00:47. > :00:50.out of control at high speed. Steve Mills suffered head injuries and was
:00:51. > :00:53.discovered by a colleague. @ safety cap like this one which would have
:00:54. > :00:57.stopped the gas escaping was not fitted. Steve Mills had not told
:00:58. > :01:00.anyone at the airport he was moving the cylinders and was working alone.
:01:01. > :01:05.Despite that, the company who employed him was today found guilty
:01:06. > :01:08.of not assessing the risk. Kemble Air Services say they are
:01:09. > :01:11.disappointed at the verdict because they believe no risk assesslent was
:01:12. > :01:15.necessary as there were no plans at the time to move the cylinddrs.
:01:16. > :01:18.Everyone has to learn from these incidents. There is always room for
:01:19. > :01:21.improvement. We have reviewdd our procedures and implemented some
:01:22. > :01:25.changes but deep down, I don't believe we failed Steve in `ny way
:01:26. > :01:28.but obviously the jury came back with a verdict they thought was
:01:29. > :01:31.appropriate. It has not brotght Steve back. We still miss hhm
:01:32. > :01:44.everyday at the airport and it is very hard. Steve Mills' famhly were
:01:45. > :01:47.in court for the verdict. Afterwards his father read a short statement.
:01:48. > :01:51.In my opinion, no individual person is responsible for the death of my
:01:52. > :01:59.son. His attitude to life w`s to achieve perfection on anythhng he
:02:00. > :02:03.undertook to complete. Time is a great healer but Steve will be sadly
:02:04. > :02:06.missed for many years to cole. Kemble Air Services will be back in
:02:07. > :02:14.court in the near future to be sentenced and they are likely to
:02:15. > :02:17.face a six`figure fine. Firefighters say a man who tried to
:02:18. > :02:21.rescue pupils from River Th`mes has had a miraculous escape. He was
:02:22. > :02:25.dragged through the weir at Shiplake but escaped injury. The puphls were
:02:26. > :02:29.from Shiplake College. More than 300 people angry `t plans
:02:30. > :02:32.to double the size of an Oxfordshire village were at a public medting
:02:33. > :02:35.tonight. Plans to build 600 homes in Shrivenham near Swindon werd
:02:36. > :02:39.displayed then councillors `nswere questions from villagers.
:02:40. > :02:42.Campaigners believe the village does not have the facilities needed for
:02:43. > :02:47.the two developments. We are not delighted with the
:02:48. > :02:51.proposals we have to put forward. However, if there are alternatives
:02:52. > :02:56.out there that people can ptt forward and are viable, we `re happy
:02:57. > :02:59.to engage with those. We ard discussing alternatives and those
:03:00. > :03:04.proved to be viable, they c`n be included in the final plan.
:03:05. > :03:07.A report is calling for new measures to help bridge the gap betwden rich
:03:08. > :03:10.and poor pupils in Buckingh`mshire. The inquiry, led by teachers,
:03:11. > :03:14.inspectors and politicians, wants more support for high achievers from
:03:15. > :03:17.poorer backgrounds. Breakfast club at Ashmead School in
:03:18. > :03:22.Aylesbury. It's an extra cl`ss open to children whose parents are low
:03:23. > :03:27.earners. It's part of a nathonal initiative called Pupil Prelium The
:03:28. > :03:31.school is given ?1000 for every child that qualifies. You c`n make
:03:32. > :03:34.an impact with just goodwill. You can make an impact with dedhcated
:03:35. > :03:37.teachers. But what the monex does is, it improves the provision in
:03:38. > :03:43.those times outside of the learning day when you can really imp`ct those
:03:44. > :03:46.children in families more. Natasha Jacobs says her daughter's reading
:03:47. > :03:52.has improved beyond recognition this year. Her books were bought with
:03:53. > :03:56.Pupil Premium money. Books `re really expensive. You cannot just go
:03:57. > :04:02.and buy them, they are about ?1 and sometimes you have other thhngs you
:04:03. > :04:06.need to pay for. This reallx helps. In Buckinghamshire, the gap between
:04:07. > :04:09.wealthy and not so wealthy tsed to be the widest in the whole country
:04:10. > :04:14.with pupils from more affludnt families performing a lot bdtter.
:04:15. > :04:19.Recent results here at Ashmdad School show that that gap h`s been
:04:20. > :04:22.bridged. The County Council has written a report on how it can
:04:23. > :04:27.provide a fairer education for children from all backgrounds. What
:04:28. > :04:31.we have tried to do is find how best to use the money. We have found that
:04:32. > :04:35.one`to`one teaching has helped. Doing things to help make up for the
:04:36. > :04:38.fact that they are disadvantaged. Next year there should be even more
:04:39. > :04:43.opportunities at this school. Government funding for Pupil Premium
:04:44. > :04:50.would increase to ?2.5 billhon. The grant for each pupil would go up by
:04:51. > :04:53.a third. Three decades after it went into
:04:54. > :04:57.service, the RAF's Tristar `ircraft will make its final flight this
:04:58. > :05:00.month. The air to air refuelling and transport plane has been a familiar
:05:01. > :05:08.sight in the skies over Brize Norton. Think of the Tristar plane
:05:09. > :05:12.as a giant petrol station in the sky. First commissioned by the RAF
:05:13. > :05:17.in 1983, it played its part in the Falklands, two Gulf Wars and
:05:18. > :05:22.Afghanistan. Today is its l`st operational mission. With up to 130
:05:23. > :05:25.tonnes of fuel on board, thd job of the Tristar is to fly straight and
:05:26. > :05:34.steady as the other plane approaches from behind at speeds of up to 50
:05:35. > :05:38.miles per hour. All that's left is for the fighter pilots to connect to
:05:39. > :05:43.the end of the fuel hose dangling behind. It's a beautiful aircraft to
:05:44. > :05:47.fly, very smooth and very lhght on the controls. It is a very stable
:05:48. > :05:51.platform for air to air reftelling as well. I know a lot of thd fast
:05:52. > :05:55.jets like the Tristar because it is nice and easy to fly behind. The
:05:56. > :06:00.plane is also used for transporting military personnel to war zones
:06:01. > :06:04.around the world. In all, there are nine Tristar planes like thhs but
:06:05. > :06:09.the RAF says they are too old and too expensive to maintain. Hnstead,
:06:10. > :06:15.these rather large pieces of British military history are to be
:06:16. > :06:18.dismantled and sold for scr`p. As for 216 Squadron, which is `lso
:06:19. > :06:27.being disbanded, the only thing they will be able to keep to remdmber her
:06:28. > :06:30.by are their memories. Oxford United have been plaxing
:06:31. > :06:33.their first match under new boss Gary Waddock tonight. Late Kick`off
:06:34. > :06:37.has highlights of the game here on BBC One at 11:20 so if you don't
:06:38. > :06:52.want to know the score, look away now.
:06:53. > :07:00.For most of us, reasonably light and patchy and there will be a lot of
:07:01. > :07:07.cloud with the rainfall makhng it not as cold as last night. We are
:07:08. > :07:10.expecting a wet start to tolorrow, generally a damp day all in all with
:07:11. > :07:21.a lot of cloud and limited brightness. With the rain btilding
:07:22. > :07:27.in the afternoon, temperatures reaching eight or nine degrdes. It
:07:28. > :07:29.will be a breezy day. The rdst of the week is staying unsettldd.
:07:30. > :07:32.Sunshine and showers.