24/04/2014 BBC Oxford News

In Good evening. Counter terrorism police have been in Banbury ` as

part of their campaign to stop young British Muslims going to Syria to

fight in the conflict there Last month a man from Oxford was arrested

by police on suspicion of tdrror offences linked to Syria. Vhctoria

Cook reports. More than 400 British Muslils are

estimated to have gone to fhght in Syria according to police. Those

going are often young men, hnpsired say police by Jihadist ideology on

the internet. Today police let leaders of a Muslim women's group in

Banbury. The aim ` to get them involved in stopping their lale

relatives travelling abroad. It is a really good idea because obviously

mothers know what their children are doing or thinking if they h`ve a

good relationship with the child. It's this type of imagery e`sily

available on social media that's blamed for encouraging Brithsh

Muslims to join the Syrian rebel fight against the country's leader `

President Assad. The South Dast Counter Terrorism Police ard today

launching a new campaign urging people not to go. We have all felt

we want to do something but it is very dangerous country. It hs very

difficult get into and then when people do get end, they get drawn

into activities they did not originally set out to do. More than

40 people from the UK were `rrested in connection with Syria thhs year.

The numbers are small but police fear those who've been drawn into

extremist ideologies abroad police fear, could pose a threat to the UK

on their return. Some don't agree with the counter terrorism tactics.

Religious leaders in Oxfordshire say it should fall to the community to

tackle the problem. Not the police. I think it is better to havd the

police in the background rather than at the forefront. I would also

question the idea that thosd women can stop these young men because

most of these people who ard going abroad to fight doing in secret The

fear is that these measures may have little effect on those insphred by

the idea of fighting jihad, who see being the prospect of being killed

in Syria, as a noble martyr's death. David Cameron has been in

Oxfordshire, promising more money to repair damaged roads. The Government

is setting up a new fund to fix potholes ` and the County Council

says it's going to bid for `lmost five and a half million pounds. Our

political reporter Helen Catt has the story.

Not many politicians would be pleased to find themselves staring

into a hole just weeks before an election. But David Cameron was here

in Clifton Hampden to help fill this one. Applications open todax for a

new government fund for potholes. Oxfordshire is already spending over

?4 million on dealing with potholes. We're setting up this new ftnd, ?168

million, enough to mend thrde million potholes. Counties like

Oxfordshire will bid for th`t money and get that money in addithon to

the money they are renting spending. `` already spending. Oxfordshire

county council says it will apply for up to ?5.4 million. Last year

the county council said it fixed more than 36,000 potholes in

Oxfordshire's roads. At an `verage cost of ?63 per hole, that hs no

small bill. There is no guarantee Oxfordshire will get the money. It

says to get those completelx up to scratch would take 150 millhon.

Earlier Mr Cameron was in Rdading and looking at upgrade work on the

Great Western rail line. Sole question how much credit thd

coalition government can take. It was the last Labour governmdnt which

approved the investment in Reading station and we're now seeing the

benefits flowing through. The big question will be if smoother rides

on our roads and rail will lake for an easier journey to economhc

success. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrat

leader Nick Clegg has launched his party's European Election C`mpaign.

The Deputy Prime Minister urged his party to combat the 'EU Myth Makers'

and criticised Labour and the Conservatives, saying they'd gone

"missing in action" instead of challenging UKIP. The isolationists

for so many years have complained for many years that every problem

would be dealt with by leavhng the European Union. They need to be

challenged. We will speak up and I hope people who agree with ts will

vote for us on May 22nd. And over the next few weeks we'll

hear from the other main parties as they launch their European dlection

campaigns. The former Radio 1 and BBC Three

Counties DJ, Dave Lee Travis, has appeared before magistrates in

central London accused indecently assaulting a woman in 1995. The

68`year`old presenter, who lives in Buckinghamshire, pleaded not guilty

and will appear in court ag`in next month.

Lamb kebabs being sold in Buckinghamshire have been found to

contain chicken and beef. Trading Standards officers tested s`mples

from take away shops across the county, including Alyesbury. Adina

Campbell reports. For some, it's a tasty lunchtime

treat or the best way to end a night out. But do we really know what s on

that kebab skewer? The simple answer is no if you live in

Buckinghamshire. That's according to latest test results from Tr`ding

Standards. Officers took salples of meat from take`aways in Ayldsbury,

High Wycombe, Amersham and Chesham. They found a majority contahned the

wrong kind of meat. You shotld be getting what you pay for. If cheaper

products have been substituted, it is to the detriment of the consumer.

The numbers are small but of the 14 lamb donor kebabs tested, 10

contained chicken and one included beef. And of the 13 burgers sampled,

two had lamb in and one camd back as unknown. This road in Aylesbury is

full of kebab shops and manx are open from 12 in the afternoon until

the early hours of the mornhng. How do people here feel about the meat

in their food? I think they are generally very good. They cook them

fresh. You generally know what you are getting. It is things that the

customer should know. We ard left in the lurch, no one tells us. Even

though some kebabs do have ` mixture of meats, Trading Standards say

shops must have clear labelling when advertising their meals.

Alexis has the regional weather forecast ` and we're back in BBC

Breakfast. From everyone here, goodnight.

Good evening. A lot of cloud around tonight and missed in places with

the odd stray shower. It will stay frost free. Mainly dry start to the

day tomorrow, mist and fog will clear first thing. Showers will roll

in late morning and they cotld be heavy. Drier periods through the

afternoon to allow for some sunshine and temperatures will reach a high

of 14 Celsius. But the showdrs could be slow`moving. It remains tnsettled

for the rest of the week. Unsettled over the weekend,

weekend, you can see what is going on. Sunday might be brighter. Now

over to Louise Lear for the national weather.

Good evening. Today has been a day of sunny spells and a few scattered

showers, but where we see the sunshine, we have also seen some

warmth, with temperatures in the high teens. A slightly disappointing

story across the far north-east of Scotland. We keep that easterly feed

through the night to night, but looking out into the Atlantic, we

also start to pick up the south-westerly circulate in, and

area of low pressure bringing in some blustery winds for the start of

the weekend. Tonight it stays mostly dry, with some fog around. And we

pick up the risk of a few showers in the far south-east. Clearer skies at

the the South West, and cloudy, murky start our day tomorrow the

showers gather in strength and then start to march north and west. Some

of those showers quite heavy and