:00:00. > :00:07.combat for the first time. That's all from the BBC News.
:00:08. > :00:19.Hello and welcome from Oxford. Job fears. Worries start at the
:00:20. > :00:21.Kenco coffee factory as the company emerges it is merging its business
:00:22. > :00:30.with another firm. Also, the floats Minister visits
:00:31. > :00:37.Oxford as he takes a look at the way the western convergence project
:00:38. > :00:41.called `` could work. And MPs and other experts hold a
:00:42. > :00:47.conference in Oxford to discuss human trafficking.
:00:48. > :00:50.And the surprise found in a schoolteacher's draw is now being
:00:51. > :01:00.kept as a pet. Good evening. There are worries
:01:01. > :01:09.hundreds of jobs could be under threat in Banbury at one of the
:01:10. > :01:12.town's biggest employers. The UNITE union says staff at the Kenco coffee
:01:13. > :01:15.factory, which employs around 600 people, could be at risk of
:01:16. > :01:18.unemployment. The company that owns the coffee firm has confirmed it's
:01:19. > :01:21.merging with another business. The factory's been in Banbury for 50
:01:22. > :01:28.years ` it now produces 100 million jars of coffee every year. Tom
:01:29. > :01:32.Turrell has this report. Behind those factory gates, almost
:01:33. > :01:42.600 people help produce coffee for household names like Kenco. But
:01:43. > :01:45.staff at this and refractory `` Bunbury factory are being told about
:01:46. > :01:53.a planned merger that will see their coffee making merge with a rival
:01:54. > :01:59.firm, TE masterplan debts. `` master lenders. It will be anxious because
:02:00. > :02:04.we have people who have worked here for about 40 years with good pay and
:02:05. > :02:07.conditions. People are always worried about
:02:08. > :02:11.losing their job but it might not come to that.
:02:12. > :02:15.The union which represents the majority of staff here say they also
:02:16. > :02:24.have their reservations. This plant has been here for 50 years. It is
:02:25. > :02:28.the main employer so any loss of jobs or attacks on terms and
:02:29. > :02:34.conditions will be massive. After speaking with the company, the
:02:35. > :02:38.town's MP has more faith that lending the two coffee firms will
:02:39. > :02:44.work out for the best. Each successive owner has invested
:02:45. > :02:49.more money in plant. It is a huge plant, one of the largest of the
:02:50. > :02:57.processing plants in Europe. I have little doubt that further owner
:02:58. > :03:00.would continue to invest money into the plant. The current owners told
:03:01. > :03:22.me: Reassuring words perhaps but for
:03:23. > :03:24.staff going home tonight, they may feel a dark cloud could linger
:03:25. > :03:30.overhead for some time yet. Victims of modern slavery could be
:03:31. > :03:33.cleared from crimes like prostitution or growing drugs if
:03:34. > :03:39.they can prove they only broke the law because they were held against
:03:40. > :03:43.their will. Speaking at a conference on human trafficking in Oxford today
:03:44. > :03:45.MP Frank Field called for more to be done to prosecute those criminals
:03:46. > :03:52.and protect the victims. Sinead Carroll has more.
:03:53. > :04:01.`` Stuart has more. Forced to work. The rest of suspected illegal
:04:02. > :04:05.immigrants like these show that modern slavery is big business. The
:04:06. > :04:11.government says tackling it is a priority. We have to get tough on
:04:12. > :04:16.the slave drivers and if we can catch more of them, prosecute them
:04:17. > :04:20.and put them behind bars, they will be fewer victims. Today in Oxford,
:04:21. > :04:25.academics discussed the business of human trafficking. Many thought the
:04:26. > :04:31.modern slavery draft bill doesn't go far enough. It needs to include
:04:32. > :04:35.secretion, which it doesn't sufficiently at the moment. It
:04:36. > :04:40.doesn't include detection of victims and it also needs to look at
:04:41. > :04:47.liability of corporations to ensure that those who comply are protected
:04:48. > :04:51.and those who wish not to comply are brought to justice. Often victims
:04:52. > :04:56.fear the police and failed to report their situations. Frank Field said
:04:57. > :05:02.people who commit crimes only because they were enslaved should be
:05:03. > :05:06.pardoned. We don't want a get out of jail ticket for people who could
:05:07. > :05:12.claim because they were enslaved and they can now connect murder. We
:05:13. > :05:20.cannot go on where people have for example been enslaved, made to grow
:05:21. > :05:23.cannabis and the cannabis farm is rated and they are charged with
:05:24. > :05:30.breaking the law because they are growing cannabis. Parliament will
:05:31. > :05:33.discuss the bill later this year. It is expected new laws will be passed
:05:34. > :05:35.before the general election. It's claimed house prices in
:05:36. > :05:39.Kidlington have risen steeply following the planned work of a new
:05:40. > :05:43.railway station linking the north of Oxford to London. The Oxford Parkway
:05:44. > :05:47.station's expected to open next year next to the Water Eaton park and
:05:48. > :05:51.ride. Estate agents say the number of properties up for sale in the
:05:52. > :05:56.area has fallen, creating a shortage of supply. In the Oxford area, the
:05:57. > :06:06.average asking price for a home is now more than ?400,000 ` 11% up on a
:06:07. > :06:10.year ago. We are seeing the market at the
:06:11. > :06:13.moment pushing up growth. When the train station of rights, we suspect
:06:14. > :06:17.growth will slow down slightly because we will see more sellers
:06:18. > :06:24.coming to the market, which will balance the supply and demand.
:06:25. > :06:27.It's a flood prevention plan costing more than ?125 million pounds and
:06:28. > :06:31.today the floods minister has been in Oxford to see for himself how it
:06:32. > :06:35.would work. The Western Conveyance Project will see a channel built to
:06:36. > :06:38.the west of the city to carry water during severe flooding. The area was
:06:39. > :06:41.badly affected following the heavy rain last winter with major routes
:06:42. > :06:49.cut off for days. Our political reporter Helen Catt has more
:06:50. > :06:55.details. Appropriate weather for a visit from
:06:56. > :07:02.the floats Minister. Luckily `` floods Minister. Local Lib Dems had
:07:03. > :07:08.invited him. Oxford experienced flooding through the winter period,
:07:09. > :07:12.like many areas. It has been impacted time and again by flooding
:07:13. > :07:16.so we want to invest money in dealing with that problem but we
:07:17. > :07:19.have to make sure it is the right solution. We have to protect
:07:20. > :07:27.Abingdon and Oxford and surrounding areas. The scheme would see a four
:07:28. > :07:31.mile channel around Oxfordshire. The conservative and independent lead
:07:32. > :07:39.counsel and the city council have backed it. We back the plan because
:07:40. > :07:42.we think it will technically work. We have earmarked nearly half ?1
:07:43. > :07:51.million for next year's work and we are happy to two more. UKIP,
:07:52. > :07:54.standing candidates in the upcoming city elections, saying they support
:07:55. > :08:00.it but some are worried what might be good for Oxford might not be so
:08:01. > :08:03.grateful other areas. We are concerned that while it would take
:08:04. > :08:09.water away from Oxford, it will send the water further south. It is a
:08:10. > :08:14.long`term expensive project and we need something that is a broader
:08:15. > :08:20.project that looks at more mitigation, tree`planting,
:08:21. > :08:23.agricultural land management. Nobody is saying the western conveyance
:08:24. > :08:27.channel will be a quick fix. The environment agency says it will take
:08:28. > :08:32.up to eight years to build and it has got to get funding first. In the
:08:33. > :08:36.meantime, permeable pavement are being discussed on Tuesday by the
:08:37. > :08:40.county council. The Oxford Stadium ` the long time
:08:41. > :08:44.home to speedway and greyhound racing in the city ` has been made
:08:45. > :08:47.available for lease as a leisure site. It means there's a big
:08:48. > :08:50.possibility that sport could return to the site in Blackbird Leys, with
:08:51. > :08:56.plans for 220 new homes being shelved.
:08:57. > :08:59.Artists in north Oxfordshire are hoping to raise tens of thousands of
:09:00. > :09:03.pounds for charity through the sale of hundreds of sculptures in
:09:04. > :09:08.Kingham. Around 300 pieces of art have been delivered to Kingham
:09:09. > :09:16.Lodge. Jeremy Stern has been to see them.
:09:17. > :09:23.In the extensive grounds of kingdom Lodge, there are some interesting
:09:24. > :09:27.visitors. The family have welcomed hundreds of exhibits. We did it for
:09:28. > :09:32.the first time two years ago and about 3000 people came to see it.
:09:33. > :09:36.This time we have got works by local schools on show as well and we hope
:09:37. > :09:41.we will have even more visitors come to see what it all looks like. The
:09:42. > :09:46.first Oxfordshire Art week was held in 1981 and since then, thousands
:09:47. > :09:50.have exhibited across the county. It is brilliant because it gives a
:09:51. > :09:58.platform for professional and amateur artists and somebody who is
:09:59. > :10:04.just trying their hand and wants to show what they've been doing. For
:10:05. > :10:09.Ashley, it's more than a part`time. He spent 40 hours creating this.
:10:10. > :10:15.I've gone for an abstraction of an owl. I always end up doing spiral
:10:16. > :10:24.work. I thought I would put an owl on top and abstract form. Kingham
:10:25. > :10:27.Lodge will be open to the public on Saturday and a share of the profits
:10:28. > :10:34.will help charities in Oxfordshire and Africa.
:10:35. > :10:36.Scientists in Oxfordshire have paid tribute to the space scientist
:10:37. > :10:39.Professor Colin Pillinger who's passed away at his home near
:10:40. > :10:42.Cambridge. Professor Pillinger had an illustrious career ` and worked
:10:43. > :10:46.with scientists at the Rutherford Appleton lab in South Oxfordshire,
:10:47. > :10:52.as part of the Beagle Two mission to Mars.
:10:53. > :10:56.That's all from me for the moment. I'll have the headlines at 8:00pm
:10:57. > :10:57.and a full bulletin at 10:25pm. For more of today's stories, here's
:10:58. > :11:11.Sally Taylor. the game. I can really smile from
:11:12. > :11:15.everywhere. `` on me again. Coming up, it was an unwelcome guest. The
:11:16. > :11:22.corn snake that is now one of the family. Developers in Portsmouth
:11:23. > :11:26.want to knock down a derelict office complex and build a new tower block.
:11:27. > :11:29.If the plan goes ahead Brunel House would be replaced with a 387 feet
:11:30. > :11:41.tower ` that's 118 metres. The project is part of a big
:11:42. > :11:43.redevelopment of The Hard. This week we've been looking at unmanned
:11:44. > :11:46.aerial vehicles, often called drones. They're being used for all
:11:47. > :11:49.sorts of things. Engineers at easyJet have a drone for carrying
:11:50. > :11:53.out safety checks on its aircraft. It can scan the plane's surface for
:11:54. > :11:56.holes and dents much quicker than using the human eye. That means
:11:57. > :12:00.fewer delays in getting them ready for the next flight ` good news for
:12:01. > :12:04.passengers and saving the company millions. And there are benefits for
:12:05. > :12:08.one of man's oldest activities ` agriculture. Sarah Farmer has been
:12:09. > :12:16.to a farm in Wiltshire where drones are helping to increase their crop
:12:17. > :12:20.yields. It is a beautiful day in the sunshine in South Wilts, but what
:12:21. > :12:27.you do not expect to find in this open countryside is cutting`edge
:12:28. > :12:31.technology. They are test flying drone that is used to carry out
:12:32. > :12:38.aerial surveys of the farmland. And I get to press the launch button.
:12:39. > :12:42.Here goes. It is no secret that crop yields can be improved if
:12:43. > :12:49.fertilisers and weedkillers are applied selectively. Farmers need to
:12:50. > :12:54.know how much they apply and where. This has been going on for a while
:12:55. > :13:00.with satellites. And with large, manned aircraft and with unmanned
:13:01. > :13:02.aircraft we can get lower, we can get higher resolution imagery and
:13:03. > :13:07.get data that was not available before. We are providing maps of
:13:08. > :13:10.where good and bad things are happening in the fields, and they
:13:11. > :13:17.can react appropriately and make significant savings. The drone takes
:13:18. > :13:21.hundreds of images and, in a converted granary, the pictures are
:13:22. > :13:28.processed into maps highlighting the areas where there could be problems.
:13:29. > :13:30.We are seeing the result of images from seven different cameras looking
:13:31. > :13:36.at different parts of the spectrum, to pick out differentiation of crop
:13:37. > :13:41.and we throughout the field, and the resolution and detail that we are
:13:42. > :13:43.seeing is probably 100 times greater than the commercial satellites that
:13:44. > :13:52.have traditionally been used in agriculture. In the field that data
:13:53. > :13:59.is coupled with a GPS unit to target the areas identified by the drone.
:14:00. > :14:02.From an environmental perspective it means putting down less pesticides
:14:03. > :14:07.and herbicides, and when you put down fertiliser, you put it down
:14:08. > :14:11.more accurately at the right rate to get the best response from the crop,
:14:12. > :14:18.and if you can get more out of each hectare, every farmer has gone to be
:14:19. > :14:24.happy. Drones are suited to aerial photography, but flying them is a
:14:25. > :14:32.skill. `` skilled job, overseen by the civil aviation authority. Anyone
:14:33. > :14:36.wanting to do any commercial activity with one of these has to
:14:37. > :14:40.comply with UK aviation legislation and they need possession `` they
:14:41. > :14:45.need permission to do that. 200 licences have been issued for this,
:14:46. > :14:52.and as the public see more of them, Jonathan hopes that the drones will
:14:53. > :14:56.be perceived better by the public. They had previously been seen in an
:14:57. > :15:01.military context in Afghanistan and so on, now, there is realisation at
:15:02. > :15:08.the same technology is being applied to these serial drones. It is very
:15:09. > :15:14.good for small and medium enterprises like ourselves, being
:15:15. > :15:17.close to good universities like Southampton, where we can draw on
:15:18. > :15:24.skilled people as they come out of degree courses. I think that it is a
:15:25. > :15:36.hugely exciting time for the UK. You have been leaving comments about
:15:37. > :15:39.this on our Facebook page. Nick Bishop picked up on the idea they
:15:40. > :15:44.could be used to deliver pizza. "What if it's too windy and you meal
:15:45. > :15:53.is grounded?" Tony husband has been wearing about that! `` worrying
:15:54. > :15:57.about that. And Ian Townsend has been in touch. He used to fly Army
:15:58. > :16:01.drones with the Royal Artillery on Salisbury Plain in the 1960s. One on
:16:02. > :16:05.occasion, a drone went missing over Easterton and landed close to a
:16:06. > :16:08.farmhouse. The troop commander who was sent round with a bottle of
:16:09. > :16:16.champagne to apologise and collect it, fell in love with the farmer's
:16:17. > :16:21.daughter and ended up marrying her! Unmanned cupid's arrow! Keep those
:16:22. > :16:26.coming in to the Facebook page. Sports news now. We are talking
:16:27. > :16:38.about a cricket ground where some of the greats have played. And others,
:16:39. > :16:43.like me! I have played there. I got 50 against an oxygen of the 11,
:16:44. > :16:50.playing at this ground. `` against an Oxford University 11. Campaigners
:16:51. > :16:53.fear one of the south's most historic cricket grounds could be
:16:54. > :16:57.lost. Dean Park has hosted some of the sport's biggest names over more
:16:58. > :16:59.than a century. These days, minor counties cricket is the norm there.
:17:00. > :17:02.The current leaseholders, Bournemouth University, are leaving
:17:03. > :17:06.the ground later this year and the owners are looking for a buyer amid
:17:07. > :17:13.concerns that cricket may be the loser for a prime piece of land
:17:14. > :17:16.close to the town centre. No play because of rain at Dean Park today
:17:17. > :17:19.but those concerns that the future of this cricket ground are worried
:17:20. > :17:26.that there might not be much play at all, one day. We are trying to prove
:17:27. > :17:30.`` to keep the ground as it is. It is such a part of the heritage of
:17:31. > :17:36.Bournemouth, that we are going to try and preserve it. Dean Park has a
:17:37. > :17:43.rich history. Hampshire won their first county title here 1961. Even
:17:44. > :17:47.WG Grace played at the ground. And royalty has taken guard at the
:17:48. > :17:53.crease, too. Bournemouth sees a cricket match that will not go down
:17:54. > :17:59.in Wisden. The Duke of Edinburgh proves that he is a prince amongst
:18:00. > :18:05.cricketers. It was a lovely tree`lined ground in amongst some
:18:06. > :18:10.big houses. We had a good win ratio there. It was a lovely place to play
:18:11. > :18:15.cricket and we have got some fond memories of it. Bournemouth
:18:16. > :18:19.University are the current leaseholders but will not renew the
:18:20. > :18:22.lease when it expires in September. Friends of Dean Park believe this
:18:23. > :18:27.could lead to a housing developer and there, long term. The owners of
:18:28. > :18:31.the land insist that this will not happen, and a pavilion and all the
:18:32. > :18:34.grounds are great to listed. Dean Park is in a conservation area, but
:18:35. > :18:40.something will have to change. As a cricket ground, it does not quite
:18:41. > :18:44.work. Looking after buildings of this age can be an expensive game.
:18:45. > :18:46.We are trying to combine cricket with some other activities make
:18:47. > :18:52.better use of it through the winter months. And we have that brings life
:18:53. > :18:56.back to the ground and helps people to come here and see what is so
:18:57. > :19:01.great about it. Dean Park goes up for sale again this summer. Cricket
:19:02. > :19:09.lovers will be hoping that the pavilion Bell rolling out again at
:19:10. > :19:13.this ground in the future. The Football League season maybe over
:19:14. > :19:16.for South today's core clubs, but we know many of you in West Sussex will
:19:17. > :19:19.be following Brighton and Hove Albion's promotion hopes in the
:19:20. > :19:23.play`offs. Albion host Derby in the first leg of their play off
:19:24. > :19:26.semifinal tonight at the Amex. A full house is expected to cheer on
:19:27. > :19:30.Oscar Garcia's men, who pipped Reading to sixth place on the final
:19:31. > :19:33.day of the season. The return leg is on Sunday. We will have the goals
:19:34. > :19:36.for you tomorrow night. We'll be previewing Sholing Football Club's
:19:37. > :19:40.big day out tomorrow night. On Saturday, they play at Wembley in
:19:41. > :19:44.the final of the FA Vase. And it'll be a last game in charge for manager
:19:45. > :19:47.Dave Diaper, who will step down after this weekend's showpiece final
:19:48. > :19:49.against West Auckland. The club have already secured promotion from the
:19:50. > :19:52.Wessex Premier League this season. Diaper will continue as the club's
:19:53. > :19:55.chairman and director of football. Looking forward to that. Going to
:19:56. > :20:01.Wembley on Saturday. It should be a great day. According to the song,
:20:02. > :20:08.you usually need to go down to the woods to be sure of a big surprise.
:20:09. > :20:11.But for Kayleigh Neal, she only had to go as far as her kitchen. The
:20:12. > :20:14.schoolteacher from Southsea found a 3`foot corn snake hiding in a
:20:15. > :20:19.cupboard. What's more, she had to live and sleep in her flat for two
:20:20. > :20:22.days knowing it was still on the loose ` until a friend helped her
:20:23. > :20:25.catch it. Dani Sinha has the story. Imagine opening your kitchen
:20:26. > :20:29.cupboard and having this stare back at you. A three foot yellow and red
:20:30. > :20:40.corn snake wrapped around your dusters. I thought I was going to
:20:41. > :20:44.have a panic attack. I just had to, I was on the phone to see many
:20:45. > :20:49.people at that time, just trying to calm myself down. After calling the
:20:50. > :20:52.RSPCA and the police, to no avail, a snap of the reptile was uploaded
:20:53. > :21:49.onto Kayleigh's facebook account, where she sought help
:21:50. > :21:51.snakes so they are not likely to out breed their welcome. It's thought
:21:52. > :23:21.Kayleigh's snake may have got trapped in the building when