:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening. A scientist from complainants in the trial.
:00:10. > :00:15.Good evening. A scientist from Oxford is standing by his criticism
:00:16. > :00:19.of the anti`viral drug Tamiflu. Professor Carl Heneghan led a group
:00:20. > :00:22.that looked into the drug and says it may not be any better th`n
:00:23. > :00:25.paracetamol at reducing flu systems. The study raises questions `bout the
:00:26. > :00:28.government's decision to spdnd hundreds of millions of pounds
:00:29. > :00:31.stockpiling the medication hn case there's a flu pandemic. Fergus Walsh
:00:32. > :00:34.reports. Huge stocks of Tamiflu were
:00:35. > :00:39.distributed during the swind flu epidemic in 2009. It is an
:00:40. > :00:42.anti`viral and should ease symptoms but researchers who spent fhve years
:00:43. > :00:46.fighting to get access to all the data from clinical trials s`y the
:00:47. > :00:52.drugs don't work or at least not very well. The Cochrane
:00:53. > :00:56.Collaboration, the global hdalth care research network, say the drug
:00:57. > :01:03.shortened symptoms by half ` day and may be no better than paracdtamol.
:01:04. > :01:05.They say there is no good evidence it reduces hospital admissions or
:01:06. > :01:11.complications and it increases the risk of nausea, vomiting other other
:01:12. > :01:15.side`effects. What is more worrying is th`t if you
:01:16. > :01:18.don't have a clear benefit which is complication reduction, any harm is
:01:19. > :01:21.then accentuated and this is in otherwise healthy people. In elderly
:01:22. > :01:26.people or children, this is deeply worrying.
:01:27. > :01:29.But this detailed review is at odds with the recent study from the
:01:30. > :01:31.Nottingham University, funddd by the manufacturers Roche, which looked at
:01:32. > :01:40.30,000 hospital admissions worldwide and found that early use of the drug
:01:41. > :01:43.halved the risk of death. Roche says no wonder the WHO, US and Etropean
:01:44. > :01:49.health bodies all recommenddd Tamiflu.
:01:50. > :01:53.There is a clear consensus `cross all of those people and that is a
:01:54. > :01:57.significant body of expertise that have looked at our data and share
:01:58. > :02:00.the same position that we do that Tamiflu is a very usable medicine
:02:01. > :02:04.for treating what is a serious infection that can lead to death in
:02:05. > :02:07.some instances. This drug has been a blockbtster
:02:08. > :02:10.which has made billions but, for critics, it symbolises a culture of
:02:11. > :02:13.secrecy within the pharmacettical industry with some companies
:02:14. > :02:15.cherry`picking the data that they release from clinical trials that
:02:16. > :02:22.shows their products in the best light. The Health Secretary says
:02:23. > :02:28.suggestions that drug companies withheld data is worrying. The
:02:29. > :02:33.government has to decide by the end of the year whether to renew its
:02:34. > :02:36.stockpile of Tamiflu. Sex workers in Swindon's red`light
:02:37. > :02:40.district are to be given extra help getting off the streets.
:02:41. > :02:43.Prostitution has been an ongoing issue in parts of the town for
:02:44. > :02:47.years. Now ?35,000 of policd money is to be used to try to protect
:02:48. > :02:50.those who find themselves sdlling sex for a living. Tom Turrell
:02:51. > :02:53.reports. By day, Manchester Road in Swindon
:02:54. > :03:00.looks like any other but, when night falls, many of these businesses shut
:03:01. > :03:04.and the sex industry takes over But for every one of the 30 sex workers
:03:05. > :03:09.in the town there's often a story of drugs and alcohol which sheds a
:03:10. > :03:12.little light on how they got here. Now the man elected by the people of
:03:13. > :03:16.Wiltshire to run their police force is handing a local drug and alcohol
:03:17. > :03:25.charity almost ?35,000 to hdlp the women tackle their addiction.
:03:26. > :03:32.If you can stop people using drugs in the first place, stop thdm
:03:33. > :03:37.abusing alcohol, get them into healthy relationships, then in a
:03:38. > :03:41.while, those things will cole right. For charity who are in recehpt of
:03:42. > :03:48.this one`off gift they say ht'll really help.
:03:49. > :03:53.This money mean we will be `ble to engage a specialist full`tile worker
:03:54. > :03:59.focused on doing outreach workers work `` outreach work with sex
:04:00. > :04:04.workers and that will not only make them safer but offer them an exit
:04:05. > :04:07.from the cycle they are trapped in. But some campaigners insist this is
:04:08. > :04:13.tinkering around the edges `nd missing the bigger picture.
:04:14. > :04:17.Practical help is very good but that can't be a substitute for changing
:04:18. > :04:22.the law which is what puts women into danger, drives them underground
:04:23. > :04:26.and makes it harder to come forward and report to the police.
:04:27. > :04:29.The sex trade in Swindon is probably as old as the town itself btt for
:04:30. > :04:33.the people of Manchester Ro`d they'll be hoping this latest
:04:34. > :04:36.initiative can at least go some way to curb the curb crawling.
:04:37. > :04:40.A man who beat a musician from Aylesbury to death has been told he
:04:41. > :04:42.may never leave a secure mental health hospital. 53`year`old Mark
:04:43. > :04:46.Austin died after the assault in January last year. In court in
:04:47. > :04:56.Reading, 50`year`old John B`ss from Aylesbury was detained under a
:04:57. > :04:59.hospital order. The Irish President Michael D Higgins has been `t a
:05:00. > :05:02.sustainable farm at Wytham near Oxford during his state visht to the
:05:03. > :05:05.UK. He wanted to see if the techniques
:05:06. > :05:08.could be used in Ireland's food industry. Meanwhile, the Farming
:05:09. > :05:09.Minister George Eustice vishted an organic dairy farm in west
:05:10. > :05:12.Oxfordshire. At Step Farm, they pride thdmselves
:05:13. > :05:15.on being forward thinkers. Today, the Farming Minister heard dairy
:05:16. > :05:25.products were sold not just in Oxfordshire but mainland Europe and
:05:26. > :05:29.even America. There is huge potential for new
:05:30. > :05:33.markets in places like Chin` and India and British products `re seen
:05:34. > :05:38.as premium product 's. Some of the best dairy products in the world and
:05:39. > :05:44.there is a real opportunity for some of our fantastic cheeses, yoghurt
:05:45. > :05:52.and other dairy products. Step Farm wasn't the only f`rm to
:05:53. > :05:57.welcome a VIP. Michael D Higgins has come here to
:05:58. > :06:01.find out about sustainable farming and food made in his own cotntry.
:06:02. > :06:05.The Food Animal Initiative hs one of several dotted around the world The
:06:06. > :06:10.President, who grew up on a farm in County Clare, heard how the farm
:06:11. > :06:14.makes the most of the environment. We have a lots of wet flood meadows
:06:15. > :06:19.so we grow lots of good grass and we try and find different ways of using
:06:20. > :06:27.it. For example, we feed our pegs on a forage `based silo. That hs
:06:28. > :06:29.unusual but it means we can take that natural resource with very
:06:30. > :06:32.extra inputs to produce pig meat. Oxfordshire's farms have had their
:06:33. > :06:35.problems, many didn't make ht through the recession. But for two
:06:36. > :06:47.that are now flourishing, there was certainly something to crow about.
:06:48. > :06:50.That's all from us but no thme for the weather forecast.
:06:51. > :06:56.We are experiencing a lot of cloud at the moment but there will be some
:06:57. > :07:00.clear spells as well. A touch of frost and some mist and fog in the
:07:01. > :07:03.countryside and the risk of the odd shower with this weather front
:07:04. > :07:07.moving south across the reghon. Not much in the weather front in terms
:07:08. > :07:10.of rain. There will be the odd shower but, under clearing skies, a
:07:11. > :07:14.touch of frost tomorrow morning It will be a mainly dry start to the
:07:15. > :07:18.day tomorrow, bar one or two showers. Mist and fog first thing
:07:19. > :07:25.but it will be an improving picture. Sunny spells will develop and it
:07:26. > :07:26.will feel warm. Variable amounts of cloud but some decent sunny spells
:07:27. > :07:36.for the rest of the week. weather stays with us into the
:07:37. > :07:44.weekend and for the London Marathon as well.
:07:45. > :07:48.Parts of Australia are about to be hit by a powerful cyclone bringing
:07:49. > :07:52.whether that is just about as bad as it gets with winds gusting over 100
:07:53. > :07:59.miles an hour and potentially flooding rain. First of all, back
:08:00. > :08:05.home our weather could not be more different. Settled weather generally
:08:06. > :08:11.for the next few days including the weekend. Tonight temperatures are
:08:12. > :08:15.falling sharply and it is a cold night in northern areas. In the
:08:16. > :08:22.countryside it will be down to just two or three Celsius. Some pockets
:08:23. > :08:26.of fog are likely. Showers in western Scotland, but generally
:08:27. > :08:31.there will be some dry and fine weather around. It will be a
:08:32. > :08:35.sparkling start to the day in northern England. Some fog and mist
:08:36. > :08:39.patches in south Wales and south-west England. We will have
:08:40. > :08:40.more cloud in