:00:00. > 3:59:59report from South Africa, on the impact of the long-running Oscar
:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. The bodies of five men Pistorius murder trial.
:00:12. > :00:15.Good evening. The bodies of five men have been flown into to RAF Brize
:00:16. > :00:25.Norton. They were killed when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan
:00:26. > :00:28.ten days ago. Tonight, the servicemens' bodies have been taken
:00:29. > :00:31.from the base to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. As Stuart
:00:32. > :00:34.Tinworth reports, more than a thousand people lined the route.
:00:35. > :00:37.BELL TOLLS. Dark skies above Brize Norton as five servicemen returned
:00:38. > :00:40.home. The people of West Oxfordshire and beyond gathering to pay their
:00:41. > :00:44.respects. I said we should make every effort to go and do something
:00:45. > :00:49.for them and to show our support to their families. Poignant to us. My
:00:50. > :00:53.brother is out there at the moment. He is based out there as well. They
:00:54. > :00:56.are his friends that we are saying goodbye to today. The five men,
:00:57. > :00:59.named as Captain Thomas Clarke, Warrant Officer Spencer Faulkner,
:01:00. > :01:01.Corporal James Walters, from the Army Air Corps and RAF Iintelligence
:01:02. > :01:05.Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Chauhan, who were based at RAF Odiham. Army
:01:06. > :01:13.Reservist, Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas was based in London. The
:01:14. > :01:16.memorial garden here on Norton Way, the focal point of grief this
:01:17. > :01:20.afternoon, more than 1,000 people lining the streets to pay their
:01:21. > :01:24.respects. A little earlier, the families of the five men were given
:01:25. > :01:30.the chance to grieve privately at a purpose`built facility at RAF Brize
:01:31. > :01:35.Norton. This is the second largest repatriation here since 2011. A
:01:36. > :01:48.poignant day and one so close to the end of military operations in
:01:49. > :01:52.Afghanistan. With five billion tonnes of rain falling on the Thames
:01:53. > :01:55.Valley, this year's floods were the worst on record. Three months on, an
:01:56. > :01:58.Oxfordshire farmer says he's concerned not enough is being done
:01:59. > :02:01.to prevent a repeat. Tim Hook is worried the Environment Agency isn't
:02:02. > :02:05.clearing the River Thames as effectively as it might. When the
:02:06. > :02:09.water level rises it becomesital and the water flows up our drainage
:02:10. > :02:22.ditches. They become full. Eventually the water spills out onto
:02:23. > :02:26.the land. We've had five billion tonnes of water fallen on the Thames
:02:27. > :02:29.catchment and only half of that has made its way out. We still have more
:02:30. > :02:33.water slowly making its way through. Levels will be high, but it's not
:02:34. > :02:36.through lack of maintenance. We have an ongoing programme. You can see
:02:37. > :02:53.work is going on on the Thames behind me. Councillors have turned
:02:54. > :02:56.down proposals for a community solar farm in West Oxfordshire. The ?5
:02:57. > :03:00.million facility would have been among the biggest of its kind in the
:03:01. > :03:03.country, and could have generated up to a ?100,000 a year for Charlbury
:03:04. > :03:06.and neighbouring villages. Councillors decided the impact on
:03:07. > :03:09.the landscape would be too great. The group behind the project is now
:03:10. > :03:13.considering an appeal. Next tonight, police say they were astounded to
:03:14. > :03:16.see a driver on a busy road in Oxford this morning eating a bowl of
:03:17. > :03:20.cereal behind the wheel. What's more, he was a driving instructor on
:03:21. > :03:22.his way to give a lesson. Our reporter, Sinead Carroll's, here.
:03:23. > :03:26.Incredible! "8.00am, Cowley. We stopped a driver eating a bowl of
:03:27. > :03:47.muesli at 30mph. No hands on wheel, a driving instructor enroute to a
:03:48. > :03:51.lesson!" Police have confirmed that it was a male driver. He was stopped
:03:52. > :03:54.on the Garsington Road for driving without full control of his vehicle,
:03:55. > :03:58.fined ?100 and given three points on his licence. Two years ago a driver
:03:59. > :04:01.hit and killed a cyclist on a country road near Abingdon. It was
:04:02. > :04:04.discovered he'd been eating a sandwich moments before the crash.
:04:05. > :04:07.He was sentenced to community service after admitting a charge of
:04:08. > :04:10.death by careless driving. 60 years ago tonight, something extraordinary
:04:11. > :04:13.took place at Oxford's Iffley Road running track. In front of a
:04:14. > :04:17.cheering crowd, Sir Roger Bannister became the first man in history to
:04:18. > :04:20.run a mile in under four`minutes. He went on to become a highly respected
:04:21. > :04:24.doctor, but it's his achievement as an athlete on that spring evening
:04:25. > :04:27.that lives on as one of the greatest ever sporting moments. A race
:04:28. > :04:33.against the clock. A sport story that is stands the test of time.
:04:34. > :04:37.Going sub`four`minutes would be superhuman, unachievable according
:04:38. > :04:42.to some. Those here 60 years ago tonight will tell you that was
:04:43. > :04:47.wrong. The crowd was quite a small one, because I hadn't wanted to
:04:48. > :04:50.advertise the fact that I was attempting it. If the weather had
:04:51. > :04:56.been impossible I wouldn't have attempted it. Barbara was 14 at the
:04:57. > :05:03.time. She was taken to see him race by her father. We were on the grassy
:05:04. > :05:09.bank, just before the last bend. You know we cheered him on each time he
:05:10. > :05:13.came round. The fine lap, he looked so exhausted and frail. I can
:05:14. > :05:20.remember my legs shaking as though I was almost trying to run it for him.
:05:21. > :05:26.It wasn't really until the last lap that it became painful and
:05:27. > :05:29.difficult. NEWS REEL:
:05:30. > :05:33.The tape is broken. So the record that athletes have been long
:05:34. > :05:40.dreaming about. The announced went like this "3... " nothing more was
:05:41. > :05:46.heard because the crowd were then absolutely delighted. No`one heard
:05:47. > :05:52.the "59.4 seconds" they realised he had done it. There was a total joy
:05:53. > :06:00.and excitement all around. 60 years ago tonight, Ted East was the lone
:06:01. > :06:06.police man patrol ing the area. I heard the cheer. People were
:06:07. > :06:10.shouting. I thought it's not usual. It wasn't a football match, it was
:06:11. > :06:16.an athletics evening. I was completely unaware the four`minute
:06:17. > :06:26.mile had been broke. Sir Roger is fighting park Parkinson's disease.
:06:27. > :06:32.He has come to terms with the fact he is one of Britain's few sporting
:06:33. > :06:44.immortals because of what he achieved on this track 60 years. It
:06:45. > :06:49.was a cool breezy evening in Oxford 60 years ago, the weather is coming
:06:50. > :06:56.up targeting with the regional forecast. Good night. Unsettled week
:06:57. > :07:01.all in all. Tonight we are looking at showers. Temperatures will stay
:07:02. > :07:04.in double digits. Lows to nine to ten Celsius. Showers will continue
:07:05. > :07:08.through the course of the night. They could be heavy in a few places.
:07:09. > :07:12.Most places will have light to moderate showers. The showers will
:07:13. > :07:17.continue through the day tomorrow on and off. Heavy bursts here and
:07:18. > :07:22.there. Sunny spells to be had. Away from the breeze, which will be brisk
:07:23. > :07:28.tomorrow, fairly mild temperatures, highs of 14`15 Celsius. Unsettled
:07:29. > :07:30.through the rest of the week. Spells of rain at times. Rain on Thursday,
:07:31. > :07:36.showers on Friday. Strong winds. Up on Friday as well. I rather wet
:07:37. > :07:45.start the weekend and it will be blustery during the week. As you may
:07:46. > :07:53.have just heard, our weather is taking a turn for the worse. Some
:07:54. > :08:00.lovely weather on the Spanish Costas. We leave that behind and
:08:01. > :08:02.find low-pressure close by the British Isles. Behind