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murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing. The Co-Op Bank has said

Good evening. A new report claims air pollution is a factor in the

deaths of around 500 people in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

every year. Nationally, Public Health England says poor air quality

plays a part in one in 20 ddaths. It wants councils to do more to cut

pollution in towns and citids. We'll hear more about that in a moment `

but first, this report from Jeremy Stern.

They've been called the invhsible killers. Dangerous gasses lhke

nitrogen dioxide are pumped out of vehicles ` it's one of the lain

causes of air pollution. Thd government agency Public He`lth

England analysed air qualitx in 2010. In both Oxfordshire and

Buckinghamshire, 5.6% of de`ths were caused by pollution. That epuates to

490 people. Nationally 25,000 died because of poor air. It is

staggering. You can see the dust every day, the dust is on the window

sills. People who offal frol all sorts of lung problems, thex will

come out the worse. If you do not clear the quality of the air. Green

campaigner Elise Benjamin s`ys the council she sits on isn't doing

enough to protect people. No action isn't going to change anythhng. It

is shameful that 25,000 deaths are being ignored. But in Oxford, the

air is cleaner than 30 years ago and since 2010, more eco friendly busses

and cars are on the road. Wd should not be alarmist, but we need to this

cut down on pollution. If wd can take the lorries out of the centre

of Oxford, that would be a love in the right direction. Local

authorities in Oxfordshire `nd Buckinghamshire say they're working

together to further improve air quality. Air pollution is jtst down

to cars, but green campaigndrs say banning them large parts of the city

will improve air quality. Earlier I spoke to Dr Sotirhs

Vardoulakis from Public Health England, the organisation bdhind the

report. I started by asking him what the government and local authorities

should be doing to respond to these figures.

Public Health England published the report on estimates of mort`lity for

pollution. The purpose of the report is to highlight the problem, and

help local authorities in government to how to reduce air polluthon at

local levels. That may incltde strategies to encourage acthve

travel, such as more cycling rather than using cars in cities, `nd to

use green spaces in urban areas Why would pollution cause someone's

death? It is a contribution factor to some of these deaths, it is not a

single factor. It will exacdrbate respiratory or cardiac problems

Some might be pre`existing illnesses. It is a risk factor

alongside tobacco use and other risk factors such as obesity and alcohol

use. Until the changes are lade what can people do to minimhse the

risk to their health? It is important for people to minhmise

exposure to air pollution, by walking and cycling in less polluted

areas. If they avoid a heavx traffic area like a busy street, and spend

most of their time in areas with less pollution, that will ilprove

exposure levels. That will reduce exposure to air pollution. Ht will

also improve their physical activity levels, and help them improve their

cardiovascular health. Thank you. You are welcome. A man from

Oxfordshire has been jailed for 15 years for a series of sexual

assaults. Terry Haynes was found guilty earlier this month of 22

counts of rape, 11 indecent assaults and one attempted rape. The

71`year`old from Abingdon h`s also been placed on the sex offenders

register for life. An operation to crack down on rogue

traders in Oxfordshire's underway ` targeting builders and worklen

charging hugely inflated prhces for substandard work. Last year nearly a

million pounds was paid out to rogue traders ` often by elderly or

vulnerable people. Police, trading standards and environmental officers

have all teamed up to work on the scheme. Our reporter Stuart Tinworth

joined them too. Operation Spring Clean in action.

Officers out in West Oxfordshire, looking for traders who are seeking

to con on the doorstep. It's not long before known rogues ard

identified on the team's colputer. They're all out today, aren't they.

With a number being spotted making their way to Witney, en route our

team pick up on a suspicious trader in nearby Charlbury. We are just

having a little look around and having a chat with some people. Do

you have any paperwork? Although his paper work is in order, he hs in

breach of regulations. If anyone carries anyways, they need `

licence. We have given them a verbal warning. There are aware now that if

he does not get registered, he could be prosecuted next time. Back on the

road, a second team have iddntified another suspect. He's driven from

Bloxham to Witney, with a lorry of gravel. He's been brought to this

weigh bridge, where he's gohng to be inspected. It wasn't a vehicle that

was of interest to us. We brought it to the Weybridge, it is overweight,

and now it is going to be prohibited. `` way bridge.

It is a very good result. Wrote trading is big business in

Oxfordshire. On the day of `ction like this, they need to movd

quickly, because one `` oncd one trader has been alerted, he would

tell the others that they are being watched. There were nearly 700

complaints over doorstep crhme last year. It's hoped operations like

this will send out a clear lessage to rogues that they will be caught.

Sutton Courtney in South Oxfordshire is under threat. That's according to

residents in the village calpaigning against plans to expand a w`ste

recycling plant and build htndreds of new houses there. Villagdrs say

without improvement in infrastructure, the idea of more

houses is untenable. Today they put their grievances to MP Ed V`izey and

to our reporter Sinead Carroll. Something has been dominating part

of the Sutton Courtney skylhne three years. But the villagers ard

concerned that they are being threatened even more. It is a

medieval beard `` Village, ` rural atmosphere, and they are turning it

into a town chip. The company that owns the landfill site want to build

a waste transfer station. They say it will mean plus trips to the

incinerator. They reject thd allegation that this place hs

causing flooding. They said they helped pump water from their homes.

But residents say that floods like these could be repeated, especially

if plans to build 200 new homes in Sutton Courtney are approved. I see

this urban conurbation spre`ding straight from did get to Abhngdon.

It is consumed under differdnt types of development. We do not h`ve the

infrastructure to handle all of the development that is here, ldt alone

whatever may be planned. Sutton Courtney that their grievances to MP

Ed Vaizey. We do not want to change the ambulance or character of the

village. There are young people who want to stay here with affordable

housing, but dot`mac with planned expansions, plus the

A warning's been issued for boat users in our region planning to go

out on the River Thames. Thd Environment Agency says manx parts

of the Thames are still fast flowing after the winter floods` so people

should check conditions before getting on a boat. More than 2, 00

million tonnes of water havd passed down the River Thames over the

winter ` the same amount as during two of the greatest Thames floods on

record. There's still plenty of watdr coming

in from the tributaries. If we have any poor weather, lots of r`in, the

weather `` the river will rdspond quite quickly. It will come back up

again. If the river flow is coming up quite quickly, the rain will be

gone, the sons coming out, `nd voters will not recognise that the

river is still had as `` hazardous. The Bishop of Oxford ` John

Pritchard ` has announced hhs retirement later this year. The

66`year`old will retire at the end of October after more than seven

years in post. He says his decision comes with mixed feelings, but that

he leaves the diocese in "good heart". He will continue his role as

chair of the Church of Engl`nd's Board of Education.

Work to remove an extreme blockage of fat and other objects from the

sewers under oxford has been completed. The work has caused

gridlock in the city centre this week ` but now all roads ard

re`open. Thames Water's said its completed the work a week bdfore

schedule. That's all from me for the loment.

I'll have the headlines at dight and a full bulletin at 10.25. Now more

remove the clause. Still to come in this evening's

South Today: In the running ` we catch up with the woman preparing to

run the London Marathon to help a children's unit which saved her son

at birth Plans by Farnborough Airport to take

control of more of the skies over double the 25,000 flights it

currently handles each year. It s proposing to change some of the

flight paths. This is the ctrrent pattern of take`offs and landings.

It also wants greater control over all aircraft in the surrounding

airspace and that prompted concern from one of the country's ldading

gliding clubs in nearby Lasham, from where Joe Campbell reports.

Lasham Airfield's the biggest gliding centre in the world. 20 7

will see it hosting the sport's European Championships. But all that

is under threat, according to the club here. The problem `

Farnborough's plans to take control of more of the skies over H`mpshire,

forcing more planes into thd air base used by the gliders. `` the

airspace. It'll make at approximately ten times mord likely

that there will be near misses around here so for people round

here, it becomes unsafe, so we can't do our normal activities. Wd can't

train normally, we can't run the competitions properly. So this

place, eventually, will losd members and launches and then we'll just

become unviable and have to shut down. Farnborough has becomd a major

centre for aviation and drives the local economy. Lasham isn't alone in

voicing concerns about its neighbour's plans. There ard also

concerns about the fact that will be felt on communities here in East

Hampshire. I'm concerned about those. In particular, the potential

for having more flights comhng over some of the villages and cotntryside

in this area and with that lore noise. One of the losers is Bentley

with a number of flights passing over jumping from six to 65 each

day. I don't see what difference it makes really. If you live in an area

like this, you live there for the peace and the quiet and you don t

really expect too many flights. I have got friends down at Gatwick and

that's unpleasant to live whth so I'm not sure that it would be the

same here. Farnborough Airport was not offering anyone for intdrview

today but they say that the proposed changes should lead to greater

predictability for all thosd who use the skies around here. And that

should mean reduced CO2 emissions and less noise. The consult`tion on

the changes continues until next month.

When it comes to new homes, is it best to put them all in one place

along with new schools, shops and roads ` even if it means buhlding on

green fields? It's an important question in Fareham, where two big

developments are on the cards. There's a public meeting tonight to

discuss proposals for 1,500 homes at Newlands. The council has already

given its backing for an entire new village called Welborne, with more

than 6,000 new homes near the M 7 motorway. Chrissy Sturt reports from

Stubbington. There's a tremdndous amount of wildlife. We have deer

here. These are the fields Julie loves living alongside. Thex are

also an official "strategic gap . I do feel for the people that need the

housing but this isn't the place for it. The infrastructure isn't such

that it could support it. Ddvelopers want to build 1,500 homes hdre `

swelling the village of Stubbington and merging it with Fareham. Much of

the South's green spaces relain under pressure because of the demand

for housing. The latest offhcial report recommends that local

authorities in the Southampton and Portsmouth conurbation build at

least 4000 new homes like the ones behind me every year. Hallal's plans

in stubbing ten include a school and other community facilities but they

have a long way to go to win over residence. `` in Stubbington. Even

those running local shops are wary of such a development. Obviously,

new homes and people would be great coming into the village, if the

traffic flow will allow it. At the moment, it looks like it will be

more directed to getting people out of this area and you don't want the

detriment to be happening to the village. Increased traffic hs a

major concern. This developlent is supposed to be on a new road. Where

is it going? More traffic congestion, I guess. There's enough

as it is round this way, getting in and out of Gosport. On the other

side of Fareham, there is another green gap which could soon

disappear. The proposed new village of Welborne is so big that ht's

going before a planning inspector later this year. If given the

go`ahead, it means 6000 new homes. We will follow that story hdre on

South Today. Last year our national parks were

given millions of pounds to promote cycling. This year, 2000 cyclists

are expected to take to the roads of the new Forest. The ride is a

sell`out but has reignited ` lively conflict between the organisers and

upset residents, some of whom have put up strongly worded warnhng

posters. The debate over cycling keeps coming

round, with some new Forest residents complaining about the

impact of Mass rides. This week posters like this started appearing

across the new Forest. They warn people to be aware of this

weekend's cycling event, cl`iming it could put them at risk in their

daily lives. They also label the event and abuse of a tranquhl low

carrot `` locality. Most posters have been taken down. The pdople who

put them up stand by them, saying narrow roads like this are

unsuitable for the event. As you can see, these roads are very n`rrow.

They're very well used at the weekend by people out enjoyhng

themselves in the New Forest and there's livestock everywherd. They

just need to understand how special the forest is and we must look after

this Forest. But others havd criticised the inflammatory language

of the poster campaign, pointing out the benefits of cycling events. It

has good economic benefits for the area. Illegal fly posting isn't the

way to get out their messagd. If there are valid causes for concern,

the authorities will deal whth those, as we have in the past. It's

a case of working together. UK Cycling Event sent us a statement

saying they have made numerous changes to make sure the ride is

safe, enjoyable and considerate to the locals.

We stay on a sporting theme. I imagine this weekend we'll get down

to the business end of the football season.

A lot of fingers being bittdn. Reading and Bournemouth are in the

mix for the play`offs. Therd are going to be some sort feet `nd sore

leg. Yes, we've got the London Marathon.

30,000 runners will be pounding the streets of London this weekdnd, each

raising money for their chosen charity. Among the many competing

from the South will be Teri Pragnell from Southampton, who's hophng to

pay back the doctors and nurses who helped save her son's life. This

morning I went to meet them both. Williams doesn't remember the last

time he arrived at this paediatric intensive care unit. He was just a

few days old and had just bden resuscitated by a doctor. One of the

things that's Dix with me is that when William was being resuscitated,

`` that sticks with me is that when William was being resuscitated, he

had this awful cry but whild he was hearing I knew he was alive. It was

awful to know he was crying but at least he was alive. I kept thinking,

" keep crying". I think every mother can probably understand that.

Diagnosed with a bacterial infection, for three weeks Teri

rarely left William's bedside. It was touch and go whether his life

would end before having a chance to begin. It was a roller`coaster ride.

It was the worst thing I've ever been through. I said that if

everything was OK, I would do my utmost to fund raise for ch`rity

once everything was back to normal. True to her word, Teri is now hoping

to repay the doctors and nurses who helped William recover. The money

that Teri is raising for us is going towards our next retrieval

ambulance. It enables us to be one of the best units in the cotntry.

William is now a healthy before boy who loves nothing more than playing

at home with his sister Amelia. On Sunday, there will be two proud

children cheering Money over the finish line. `` Mummy.

Talking about heading for the finish line, we're in the business end of

the football season and if results go their way, Bournemouth could

climb into the play`off places this weekend. A win for the Cherries at

bottom club Yeovil, coupled with defeats for their rivals, could see

Bournemouth climb into the Championship's top six. A rdmarkable

rise for Eddie Howe's men, who will be looking for their fifth

consecutive win having taken 25 out of the last 30 points avail`ble

Reading, of course, are the team currently in sixth ` they don't play

until Monday. In the Premier League, Southampton play host to Cardiff

City who are right in the mhddle of the relegation fight. Saints will be

looking to bounce back from their defeat at Manchester City and the

disappointment of losing Jax Rodriguez for six months. Goalkeeper

Artur Boruc is once again lhkely to be sidelined through injury.

In League One, Swindon host Brentford and MK Dons welcole

Crawley. Both trying to close the gap on sixth place. Portsmotth

Manager Andy Awford is lookhng to make it three wins out of three to

move further away from the League Two relegation zone. And it's eighth

versus ninth when Oxford tr`vel to Plymouth. Just a point separating

the two teams. All matches kick off at 3:07pm this

weekend to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough

disaster. In golf, Hampshire's Justin Rose has

had a better second round at Augusta in the Masters with four ovdr par in

the first round putting him eight shots off the lead overnight. A

short while ago, the US open winner was two under for the day, which it

should be about enough to m`ke the halfway cut. He's shots off the

lead. `` six shots. In speedway, former Poole Phrates

captain Chris Holder is expdcted to ride for the club in the absence of

Darcy Ward, who is out throtgh injury. Holder will replace Ward in

the short`term, after the Atssie rider broke his thumb whilst riding

in New Zealand. Ward says hd hopes to be back by the end of April.

Never easy to ride a speedw`y bike at the best of times but with a

broken thumb, impossible! I wouldn't put him as me. Sometimes

the riders amaze me with thdir courage.

It's been stored in a cardboard box for a quarter of a century. Now a

human skeleton excavated ne`r Chichester may prove to be of

national importance. Tests `re to be carried out on the 4,000`ye`r`old

remains for the first time, as part of a project funded by Chichester

District Council and the Sotth Downs National Park Authority. Se`n

Killick reports. James getting reacquainted with a

very old friend he hasn't sden for decades. James has worked as an

archaeologist with Chichestdr District Council since the 0980s. 25

years ago, he was called in after a metal detector user founded some

bones. After careful explan`tion `` exploration, James and his

colleagues found a skeleton in a crouched position with a dagger in

its hand. There was no budgdt to carry out further examination and,

for the past quarter of a cdntury, Racton Man has been kept in a box in

a storage area. But now, finally, its mystery will be revealed. It's

something I dug up 25 years ago and have wondered about for 25 xears. Is

it a man or woman, how old hs it, what is the significance of the

dagger? It's fantastic now, all this time later, much later in mx career,

to be able to get the answers and to be able to fully understand what it

was that I found when I was in my late 20s. The bones were sthll

covered in mud and the team has spent months washing and dusting

them, ready for analysis. The cleaning is very nearly complete now

and an expert from the Insthtute of archaeology at universal College

London will examine the bonds are in Chichester and the jaw bones will be

sent to the national museum in Scotland for carbon dating `nd

isotope analysis. That will show whether Racton Man was local or came

from elsewhere in Europe. Tdsts should confirm whether the dagger is

copper or bronze. It would have been unusually ornate and its burial is a

clue to the possible import`nce of the person and the find. Possibly he

was a king or warrior or prhest It's quite rare. It's one of only

half a dozen that have been of this type. So there is a great ddal of

academic interest. Once the results are analysed, Racton Man will at

last be put on display at the museum in Chichester. The story Jales

uncovered a quarter of a century ago will finally be told.

A fascinating story and really good that the man who found him hs going

to be looking into it again. Alexis is here with our weather

forecast. It's Friday, the schools are out for Easter ` is it worth me

betting against rain this wdekend? Yes, it's looking good. Herd are our

weather pictures. Jennie Franklin took this phcture of

Betty the blue tip filling her nest this morning in Bournemouth. Oliver

Staines captured Doug the tortoise enjoying the sunshine in Emler Green

in Reading. And Chris Ryder took this photo of new residents on the

Chichester canal. A decent weekend in store. Lots of

sunshine on offer, varying `mounts of cloud. Through the coursd of

tonight, under clear skies, the cloud will melt away. It will stay

mainly dry. There may be sole mist and frost in the countrysidd in the

usual promo spots, where temperatures fall away under clear

skies. Mist patches are possibility on hillside areas and through the

valleys as well, with temperatures falling in the towns and cities down

to six or seven but, in the countryside, down to two all three.

We start tomorrow on a chilly note but lots of sunshine first thing.

Cloud will bubble up from the north and west in the afternoon and that

will turn the sunshine hazy. Still sunny spells but more cloud for

northern and western areas `nd parts of oxygen and Buckinghamshire may

have spots of rain by the end of the afternoon into the evening, with

temperatures reaching ten to 12 in some spots. In sheltered spot in the

sunshine, up to 13 or 14 and winds fairly light. A lovely end to the

day tomorrow. One or two showers possible but foremost, it whll stay

dry. Clearing skies through the early hours of Sunday morning call

stopped under the clear skids, temperature is will away rapidly.

The risk of frost first thing on Sunday. Foremost, cloudy, btt it

will be a chilly start for the London Marathon runners. Telperature

is recovering nicely. High pressure is moving in even further throughout

the weekend and the early p`rt of next week. Winter stay light on

Sunday. It may be a cloudy start but it will start to break and we will

see sunshine in the afternoon. In London for the marathon, telperature

is could reach 15. The most across the South, slightly cooler than

recent days for top we are dxpecting a lovely day in store. They cloudy

start to Sunday but things will improve. Next week, the high

pressure building further. That's all from us tonight. Good

luck if you are running in the London Marathon on. More at 8pm and

10:25pm. Next week, Carolind Richardson will be here. Goodbye.

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