:00:08. > :00:08.Good evening. BBC News Channel.
:00:09. > :00:11.Good evening. An alternative route has bedn
:00:12. > :00:16.suggested for the controversial High Speed two rail line. Councils in
:00:17. > :00:21.Buckinghamshire are proposing trains run through a 15`mile tunnel instead
:00:22. > :00:25.of cutting through the countryside. An ancient landscape, an Arda of
:00:26. > :00:28.Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Chilterns is one of the most
:00:29. > :00:39.important environmental are`s in southern England. But in a few
:00:40. > :00:45.years' time, it could see trains travelling at 250 mph through the
:00:46. > :00:47.countryside. Part of the controversial high`speed line to
:00:48. > :00:50.Birmingham and beyond. Camp`igners today launched an alternative.
:00:51. > :00:54.Second only to the Channel Tunnel, their plan is to go deep
:00:55. > :00:57.underground. Over 15 miles of tunnels stretching from the M25 in
:00:58. > :01:00.the south to just south of Aylesbury. It would, supporters say,
:01:01. > :01:07.save money, time and the environment. There is an alternative
:01:08. > :01:12.route, it is far better, not only in the immediate sense that it will
:01:13. > :01:17.minimise disruption, but in the longer term it will have a luch
:01:18. > :01:21.reduced whole life cost. The revised route would add ?1.
:01:22. > :01:24.billion to the overall cost of the project, around a 2% rise.
:01:25. > :01:28.HS2 Limited say a long tunndl has already been looked at and the
:01:29. > :01:35.current plans are sympathethc. But local politicians want this new
:01:36. > :01:40.tunnel to be considered. I hope colleagues will look at this
:01:41. > :01:47.very carefully. If they havd do support the HS2 Bill I hope they
:01:48. > :01:50.will also support a tunnellhng option for the Chilterns to protect
:01:51. > :01:59.the environment. The report is published tod`y in the
:02:00. > :02:02.Westminster centre, they hope MPs will take note ahead of the debate
:02:03. > :02:04.next week. A woman's been detained in hospital
:02:05. > :02:07.indefinitely after admitting driving onto a level crossing in
:02:08. > :02:11.Oxfordshire. Heather Bister, from Banbury, was driving a car that was
:02:12. > :02:13.hit by a train at the Sandy Lane crossing in Yarton last Novdmber.
:02:14. > :02:21.The 43`year`old pleaded guilty to endangering safety on the r`ilways
:02:22. > :02:23.without intent. New pictures have been rele`sed of
:02:24. > :02:36.the planned ?400 million redevelopment of the Westgate
:02:37. > :02:38.shopping centre in Oxford. Ht's 25 years since changes were first
:02:39. > :02:42.talked about. People are now being asked for their views on thd plans
:02:43. > :02:45.for the new centre. Five firms of architects are working together on
:02:46. > :02:47.the designs which will be stbmitted for planning permission latdr this
:02:48. > :02:51.year. A retired couple from Swindon say
:02:52. > :02:54.the fight to free their son from a foreign jail has cost them `ll their
:02:55. > :02:57.savings and affected their health. Gerald and Mary Taylor's son Kevin
:02:58. > :03:00.has been in prison in the Philippines for five years, waiting
:03:01. > :03:04.for a trial. They say they've spent ?18,000 on legal fees, expenses and
:03:05. > :03:07.even sending him food. Victoria Cook has been to meet them.
:03:08. > :03:10.For five years Gerald and M`ry Taylor from Swindon have bedn
:03:11. > :03:16.battling to free their 48`ydar`old son Kevin from prison in thd
:03:17. > :03:19.Philippines. He's accused of being involved in illegal immigration and
:03:20. > :03:25.cheating Filipinos who paid him to help them fill out forms and apply
:03:26. > :03:33.for visas. Gerald and Mary hnsist he and his partner are innocent. They
:03:34. > :03:40.wanted to have a fair trial. If he has done what they sax he did,
:03:41. > :03:44.then I have got to put him on trial, and he has got to take his chances
:03:45. > :03:47.on whatever sentence he gets. They don't do it this way, this hs not
:03:48. > :03:51.right. They say the case, which has still
:03:52. > :03:54.not come to trial, has cost them their savings, nearly ?20,000, and
:03:55. > :03:59.damaged their health. They say it's driven them, and their son, to
:04:00. > :04:05.nervous breakdown. I do get depressed. Just sat here
:04:06. > :04:10.with my hands tied. We feel sometimes we are in prison `s well,
:04:11. > :04:15.because we can't go anywherd, we can't do anything as such. Like
:04:16. > :04:18.retired people are supposed to do. The retired couple say they've
:04:19. > :04:21.received no help from offichal sources, the only help they've had
:04:22. > :04:29.has been from a charity, Prhsoners Abroad.
:04:30. > :04:33.The conditions are extremelx harsh. There is a great deal of
:04:34. > :04:37.overcrowding, between 40 and 60 people in a cell, there is very
:04:38. > :04:40.little food and water provided. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
:04:41. > :04:45.says it's aware of Kevin's `rrest and continue to provide consular
:04:46. > :04:52.assistance. As yet there is no date set for his trial.
:04:53. > :04:56.A team of scientists in Oxford have produced a new piece of technology
:04:57. > :05:01.which is going to help oper`te the largest and most sensitive radio
:05:02. > :05:04.telescope on earth. It's based in South Africa and will collect
:05:05. > :05:07.signals from the depths of the universe, possibly from the first
:05:08. > :05:12.stars and galaxies formed after the Big Bang.
:05:13. > :05:21.To see the furthest galaxies you need telescopes like this. Hn the
:05:22. > :05:24.centre a crucial piece of kht. It doesn't look complicated but the
:05:25. > :05:32.cooling technology in here hs about to help scientists see further into
:05:33. > :05:37.space than ever before. The dishes sit, in soaring temperatures, in the
:05:38. > :05:41.middle of the South African desert. It cools the very heart of the radio
:05:42. > :05:45.telescope. The receiver. Th`t is the bit that receives all the
:05:46. > :05:47.information from the depths of space.
:05:48. > :05:50.Once the telescopes are up `nd running, they'll scan space for
:05:51. > :05:52.sound waves, collecting vast amounts of data. For the 30`year`old Oxford
:05:53. > :06:00.business behind the unit, it's an business behind the unit, it's an
:06:01. > :06:04.exciting time. We are able to survive systdms for a
:06:05. > :06:11.project like this, it is thd next big hadron Collider, starting with
:06:12. > :06:15.?120 million in the project, we are very proud to be part of it.
:06:16. > :06:18.Everything we make it we attempt to source locally, we have it
:06:19. > :06:21.manufactured locally. It is a great thing for the community.
:06:22. > :06:24.This project has been funded by governments across the world and
:06:25. > :06:27.it's hoped it'll expand. Evdntually, over the next 15 years, there could
:06:28. > :06:29.be more than 3,000 dishes g`thering information to tell us more about
:06:30. > :06:40.what's out there. Alexis is coming up with thd weekend
:06:41. > :06:41.weather forecast. That's all from us for tonight. From everyone here at
:06:42. > :06:53.South Today, goodnight. A fairly damp night to come,
:06:54. > :06:58.outbreaks of rain. It could be heavy and thundery. We will have some
:06:59. > :07:05.drier conditions, some missdd in places. The rain will skate its way
:07:06. > :07:10.north and east was tomorrow morning. A brief respite during the liddle
:07:11. > :07:12.part of the day, before we start to see if you thundery showers arrived
:07:13. > :07:21.during the afternoon. There will be some sunshine to be had. Pldasantly
:07:22. > :07:25.warm. A blustery feel, the wind is strong from the south. Stayhng and
:07:26. > :07:30.settled through Sunday, showers at times. Showers also for Monday and
:07:31. > :07:31.into next week. Up next is the national weather.
:07:32. > :07:41.with an outlook. We will have the outlook for the rest of the country.
:07:42. > :07:46.Goodbye. Good evening. A bit of a
:07:47. > :07:51.disappointing day. A lot of cloud around and we saw showery outbreaks
:07:52. > :07:55.of rain. Courtesy of this continental plume which arrived
:07:56. > :07:59.during the early hours and continues to drift further north. Into the
:08:00. > :08:03.weekend, this area of low pressure will influence our weather. It is
:08:04. > :08:09.already arriving bringing gusts of wind is to the Isles of Scilly and
:08:10. > :08:13.the south-west. Further north, and easterly feed are dragging more
:08:14. > :08:18.cloud, misty conditions and poor visibility with light rain.
:08:19. > :08:22.Overnight lows of eight to 10 degrees. A band of persistent rain
:08:23. > :08:24.through Northern Ireland moving out of Wales and into the North of
:08:25. > :08:30.England and the south-east means a great, miserable start to Saturday.
:08:31. > :08:34.But a clearance with sunny spells coming through. All the time that
:08:35. > :08:37.area of low pressure to the south-west will keep feeding in
:08:38. > :08:43.plenty of showers here and strong winds as well. I miserable afternoon
:08:44. > :08:45.in prospect. Head further east and we will keep some sunshine