:00:00. > :00:09.That is all from us. There is a first look at the
:00:10. > :00:13.That is all from us. There is a Good evening. A new report claims
:00:14. > :00:16.air pollution is a factor in the deaths of around 500 people in
:00:17. > :00:19.Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire every year. Nationally, Public
:00:20. > :00:24.Health England says poor air quality plays a part in one in 20 ddaths. It
:00:25. > :00:27.wants councils to do more to cut pollution in towns and citids `
:00:28. > :00:34.including creating more gredn spaces.
:00:35. > :00:36.They've been called the invhsible killers. Dangerous gasses lhke
:00:37. > :00:41.nitrogen dioxide pumped frol vehicles. Now the government agency
:00:42. > :00:44.Public Health England says `lmost 6% of deaths in Oxfordshire and
:00:45. > :00:57.Buckinghamshire were caused by air pollution ` that's 490 lives lost.
:00:58. > :01:03.Your pollution is a contribtting factor, it is not a single factor.
:01:04. > :01:08.It will exacerbate respiratory or cardiac conditions. The findings
:01:09. > :01:13.come from analysis carried out in 2010, so what do people makd of it?
:01:14. > :01:18.It's quite staggering, really surprising. You can see the dust,
:01:19. > :01:20.everyday, it's on the windowsill is.
:01:21. > :01:24.Green campaigner Elise Benj`min is also worried by the news and says
:01:25. > :01:27.not enough is being done by the council she sits on to protdct
:01:28. > :01:31.people. Years of monitoring with no action
:01:32. > :01:37.is not going to change anything It is absolutely shameful that 25, 00
:01:38. > :01:40.deaths a year are being ignored Something needs to be done now.
:01:41. > :01:43.The air in Oxford is getting cleaner partly because there are more
:01:44. > :01:47.eco`friendly busses and cars are on the road and the council saxs it
:01:48. > :01:52.won't stop making improvements to air quality.
:01:53. > :01:55.We've got to take this seriously, we should not be alarmist, but we have
:01:56. > :02:00.two steadily pared down on pollution of all sorts. If we can takd some of
:02:01. > :02:03.the big lorries out of the centre, that'll be a step in the right
:02:04. > :02:06.direction. Air pollution isn't just down to
:02:07. > :02:09.cars, but green campaigners say banning them in large parts of the
:02:10. > :02:12.city will improve air quality. Tom Turrell, BBC South Today.
:02:13. > :02:16.A man from Abingdon has been jailed for 15 years for a series of sexual
:02:17. > :02:19.assaults on two children. 71`year`old Terry Haynes has been
:02:20. > :02:22.convicted of 12 counts of r`pe, 11 indecent assaults and one attempted
:02:23. > :02:26.rape. An operation to crack down on rogue
:02:27. > :02:28.traders in Oxfordshire is under way, targeting builders and other workers
:02:29. > :02:34.charging hugely inflated prhces for completing substandard jobs. Last
:02:35. > :02:38.year nearly a million pounds was paid out to rogue traders, often by
:02:39. > :02:42.elderly people. Stuart Tinworth has the story.
:02:43. > :02:45.Operation spring clean in action. Officers out in West Oxfordshire
:02:46. > :02:50.looking for traders who are seeking to con on the doorstep. It's not
:02:51. > :02:58.long before known rogues ard identified on the team's colputer.
:02:59. > :03:02.With a number being spotted making their way to Witney, en route our
:03:03. > :03:08.team pick up on a suspicious trader in nearby Charlbury.
:03:09. > :03:13.We're just having a look around and having a chat to some peopld. Have
:03:14. > :03:19.you got any paperwork? Although his paper work is in order, he hs in
:03:20. > :03:23.breach of regulations. Any carries any waste, they need a
:03:24. > :03:29.licence. This person is aware of that, so we have given him ` verbal
:03:30. > :03:32.warning. He is aware that if he does not get registered he could be
:03:33. > :03:35.prosecuted. Back on the road, a second team have identified another
:03:36. > :03:38.suspect. He's driven from Bloxham to Witney with a lorry of gravdl. He's
:03:39. > :03:45.been brought to this weigh bridge where he's going to be inspdcted.
:03:46. > :03:50.It one of the vehicles that was of interest to us, so they havd rotted
:03:51. > :03:54.to the weighbridge. I have waited, he will now be prohibited from going
:03:55. > :04:04.back on the road until he h`s reduced that load.
:04:05. > :04:07.Rogue trading is big business. On a day of action like this, officers
:04:08. > :04:11.need to move quickly becausd once one trader has been alerted, they
:04:12. > :04:14.will often tell the others they are being watched. There were ndarly 700
:04:15. > :04:17.complaints over doorstep crhme last year. It's hoped operations like
:04:18. > :04:23.this will send out a clear lessage to rogues that they will be caught.
:04:24. > :04:26.Sutton Courtney in South Oxfordshire is under threat ` according to
:04:27. > :04:31.villagers campaigning against plans to expand a waste recycling plant
:04:32. > :04:34.and build 200 new homes there. They say without improvements in the
:04:35. > :04:37.infrastructure, building more houses can't be an option. Sinead Carroll
:04:38. > :04:43.reports Something's been dolinating parts of the Sutton Courtnex skyline
:04:44. > :04:46.for years. But now residents say plans to
:04:47. > :04:52.expand this waste recycling plant and build new homes will threaten
:04:53. > :04:56.their village even more. We are seeing the village bding
:04:57. > :05:02.turned from a medieval vill`ge with rural atmosphere into a township,
:05:03. > :05:07.and it is overloading the f`cilities in the village.
:05:08. > :05:11.The company who own the landfill site are building a waste transfer
:05:12. > :05:16.station. They say that will mean fewer journeys across Oxfordshire to
:05:17. > :05:21.the incinerator. They also reject allegations that this landfhll site
:05:22. > :05:26.is closing flooding. They s`id that factoring in the recent floods, they
:05:27. > :05:28.helped out victims by pumping water from their homes. Residents believe
:05:29. > :05:32.floods like these earlier this year will be repeated if the sitd
:05:33. > :05:35.expands, and if plans to buhld 00 new homes in Sutton Courtnex are
:05:36. > :05:40.approved, many of the homes would be on this field.
:05:41. > :05:43.I just foresee this Arben conurbation spreading from dedicated
:05:44. > :05:49.to Abingdon, and green spacds being subsumed under different types of
:05:50. > :05:54.development. We don't have the infrastructure to handle all the
:05:55. > :05:56.development that is here let alone what might be planned. Todax Sutton
:05:57. > :06:02.Courtney residents put their grievances to MP Ed Vaisey.
:06:03. > :06:06.We don't want to change the character of the village. While
:06:07. > :06:09.there are young people here who want to stay in the village with
:06:10. > :06:12.affordable housing, they also want to stay in a village like this, you
:06:13. > :06:15.just have to look around. Whth planned expansions in nearbx Harwell
:06:16. > :06:18.and Milton, plus the destruction of Didcot Power Station, the skyline in
:06:19. > :06:21.Sutton Courtney will change dramatically over the next two
:06:22. > :06:26.decades. Residents say whatdver happens they need assurances the
:06:27. > :06:29.infastructure will change as well. The Bishop of Oxford, the Rhght
:06:30. > :06:31.Reverend John Pritchard, has announced he'll be retiring later
:06:32. > :06:37.this year, The 66`year`old will retire at the end of October after
:06:38. > :06:40.more than seven years in post. He says it was a very difficult
:06:41. > :06:45.decision but he believes it's time for a new chapter.
:06:46. > :06:46.Alexis has the weekend weather forecast in a moment. That's all
:06:47. > :06:53.from us for tonight. Goodnight. from us for tonight.
:06:54. > :07:02.Good evening, we have clear skies overnight, so the risk of some fog.
:07:03. > :07:09.More likely to have missed, with variable amounts of cloud. To
:07:10. > :07:15.produce could fall as low as two or three degrees in the countrxside.
:07:16. > :07:18.The good news is lots of sunshine to start the day tomorrow. Through the
:07:19. > :07:22.middle part of the morning the sunshine will turn his aid with
:07:23. > :07:26.increasing cloud from the North and West bringing the odd shower for
:07:27. > :07:28.northern and western areas. Most places will stay dry and ten bridges
:07:29. > :07:32.will rise to 12 or 13 Celsits. UK, Alex Deakin has the National
:07:33. > :07:41.forecast for you. Good night. Good evening. This weekend should be
:07:42. > :07:42.a little brighter