:00:09. > :00:13.Good evening. The number of people killed or seriously injured in road
:00:14. > :00:16.accidents has fallen by just over a third since speed cameras wdre
:00:17. > :00:20.introduced in Oxfordshire. The figure are from Thames Valldy
:00:21. > :00:23.Police. Road safety campaigners say it's evidence the cameras s`ve
:00:24. > :00:26.lives, but critics have questioned whether other factors may h`ve
:00:27. > :00:29.played a part. Stuart Tinworth's been investigating.
:00:30. > :00:33.Well, supporters say finallx this is conclusive prove that speed cameras
:00:34. > :00:38.really do make our roads safer. The first cameras were installed in
:00:39. > :00:41.Oxfordshire in 1993. Since then an average of 23 people have bden
:00:42. > :00:45.killed or seriously injured each year on the roads compared to an
:00:46. > :00:50.average of 35 before they wdre put in. The biggest difference has been
:00:51. > :00:58.recorded on the A338 in East Hanney ` four people were seriouslx killed
:00:59. > :01:01.or injured between 1990 and 199 . But with the arrival of a speed
:01:02. > :01:07.camera there were no recorddd injuries in the next 18 years. This
:01:08. > :01:10.is one of the first studies that have been done into Oxfordshire
:01:11. > :01:17.speed cameras in the last fdw years. It's great that it is posithve. It
:01:18. > :01:24.shows speed cameras have a big impact on casualties on the road. Of
:01:25. > :01:27.course, a lot has changed in 20 years. Cars have become safdr and
:01:28. > :01:32.some critics have questioned whether the numbers are really simply down
:01:33. > :01:42.to cameras. Only 6% of all `ccidents has speed as a factor and not a
:01:43. > :01:49.cause. The most cameras do hs reduce the effect of and accident. In
:01:50. > :01:52.Swindon the council turned off its cameras in 2009 and says thd overall
:01:53. > :02:01.number of accidents has dropped since then, but people we spoke to
:02:02. > :02:25.largely supported them. People are wary of them. Police don't dnforce
:02:26. > :02:27.the speed limit. They are ddfinitely affectiives, definitely in trban
:02:28. > :02:31.areas. Oxfordshire alone has 68 fixed cameras across the cotnty but
:02:32. > :02:34.the debate as to whether thdy really do make a difference isn't over yet.
:02:35. > :02:38.A former soldier from Swindon has told the BBC his family is being
:02:39. > :02:41.torn apart by new rules on immigration. Trev Rungasarmx served
:02:42. > :02:44.ten years in the army, incltding tours of Afghanistan and Ir`q. But
:02:45. > :02:49.his wife is being denied entry to the UK because he doesn't e`rn
:02:50. > :02:55.enough. Trev Rungasamy has served his country. He was born in South
:02:56. > :03:00.Africa and was in the British Army for ten years, serving in
:03:01. > :03:04.Afghanistan and Iraq. He has lived in Swindon and is now a UK citizen
:03:05. > :03:10.but cannot ring his wife and children to the UK because he does
:03:11. > :03:15.not earn enough. The first tour was a war fighting tour in Afgh`nistan.
:03:16. > :03:24.The second one was in Iraqi. I nearly lost my life. I was shocked
:03:25. > :03:30.by a sniper. My wife stood by me. Trev Rungasamy has moved to London
:03:31. > :03:35.in search of a job paying over ?18,600. That is the level of the
:03:36. > :03:42.government threshold introdtced three years ago. I live for my
:03:43. > :03:46.children and my wife. It is just a sad situation I am in right now It
:03:47. > :03:51.is breaking me emotionally `nd I feel so let down by the system. The
:03:52. > :03:56.Home Office did not want to be interviewed, partly because they are
:03:57. > :04:10.subject to a legal challengd. But in a statement they said:
:04:11. > :04:17.it is Conservative Party policy to reduce net migration to the UK to be
:04:18. > :04:21.tens of thousands, but the latest figures show that immigration is
:04:22. > :04:26.rising. If the High Court does decide the new income rules are too
:04:27. > :04:30.strict, it will make meeting that commitment even harder.
:04:31. > :04:33.Concerns are being raised about the number of vacant posts at South
:04:34. > :04:35.Central Ambulance Service, which covers Oxfordshire and
:04:36. > :04:39.Buckinghamshire. The Unite tnion's worried that 265 vacancies need to
:04:40. > :04:43.be filled while demand for their service is increasing. The @mbulance
:04:44. > :04:46.Service says there's a national shortage of paramedics and ht's
:04:47. > :04:52.looking to recruit both expdrienced and newly qualified staff.
:04:53. > :04:55.A public inquiry will be held into plans to build one of the bhggest
:04:56. > :04:58.solar farms in the country near Swindon. The borough council's
:04:59. > :05:01.approved the project, which involves installing more than 150,000 solar
:05:02. > :05:05.panels on the former RAF Wroughton airfield. There's been opposition to
:05:06. > :05:09.the plan from evironmental groups and the government has decided a
:05:10. > :05:12.public inquiry is necessary. There'll be fewer dragonflids in
:05:13. > :05:15.Oxfordshire this summer bec`use of the wet winter. And one
:05:16. > :05:18.environmental group says thdre could be more mosquitoes because the
:05:19. > :05:22.dragon flies won't be around to feed on them. Sinead Carroll's bden to
:05:23. > :05:26.the Oxford Canal in Kidlington to investigate.
:05:27. > :05:31.A dragonfly's life is brief. It mates, lays eggs and dies all within
:05:32. > :05:36.a few months. But dragonfly lavae can live for three years. Now the
:05:37. > :05:42.lava is not just underwater, it s under threat. Bankside visitation
:05:43. > :05:47.like this is where the lavad comes to hatch, but much of it has been
:05:48. > :05:57.damaged during the recent floods. However, we have found some. This
:05:58. > :06:00.lava was inside the pond. Once the lava are ready to hatch the
:06:01. > :06:06.dragonflies cling to reeds like this. But many dragonfly won't hatch
:06:07. > :06:11.this Summer ` the lavae has already been washed away by fast currents.
:06:12. > :06:20.Dragonflies and damselflies indicate good water quality. A dragonfly can
:06:21. > :06:24.eat it their body weight in mosquitoes and midges in just 3
:06:25. > :06:28.minutes. They help to maint`in the environment. So fewer dragonflies
:06:29. > :06:31.could mean more of their prdy, like mosquitoes, survive. The Canal and
:06:32. > :06:34.River Trust want us to monitor the weather's impact on wildlifd. You
:06:35. > :06:46.don't have to pond dip, just recording the species found nearby
:06:47. > :06:52.rivers, canals and ponds ponds. That is it from now. The regional weather
:06:53. > :06:56.forecast is coming up now. @ lot of Crown during the course of the
:06:57. > :07:01.weekend. Saturday will be bd drier of the two days. On Sunday there
:07:02. > :07:05.will be heavy rain. Temperatures tonight going down to six or seven
:07:06. > :07:10.Celsius. In the second half of the night there will be a lot of cloud
:07:11. > :07:18.and he'll fork. That is how things will be set up through Saturday
:07:19. > :07:23.Lots of low cloud around. Occasionally, some patches of light
:07:24. > :07:29.or showery rain across the region. But many of you will have a largely
:07:30. > :07:33.dry day. Temperatures tomorrow about 13 degrees. Similar temperatures for
:07:34. > :07:35.Sunday,