:00:12. > :00:12.Good evening. the English game couldn't ignore.
:00:13. > :00:16.Good evening. BBC South Today's been given special
:00:17. > :00:19.access to a drug and alcohol support group in Oxfordshire which is
:00:20. > :00:22.planning to open its fourth centre in the county, due to increased
:00:23. > :00:26.demand. Lifeline's helped more than 1,000 alcoholics and addicts since
:00:27. > :00:29.it started two years ago. We've been to meet former heroin user Dennis,
:00:30. > :00:34.who's had support from the service to help turn his life around.
:00:35. > :00:39.I started getting in trouble with the police when I was 12. I was
:00:40. > :00:45.arrested for violent crime when I was 14. And I was... By 17, I was
:00:46. > :00:53.addicted to heroin and crack cocaine. If I went to bed at night
:00:54. > :00:57.and went to sleep, I didn't even want to wake up. Because as soon as
:00:58. > :01:01.I opened my eyeballs... The obsession... We call it an
:01:02. > :01:12.obsession. It was on me. I had to get up, try and spot myself up to
:01:13. > :01:16.get into a shop to do shoplifiting. `` smarten myself up. Because that's
:01:17. > :01:20.where it took me in the end. There was no robberies. There was nothing
:01:21. > :01:23.of that going on. I was out thieving bacon, cheese and coffee in shops
:01:24. > :01:27.and making ?30, ?40. You can't see this illness. You know, if someone's
:01:28. > :01:30.broke their arm you can see because they've got a plaster on. If they've
:01:31. > :01:34.got cancer, they have chemotherapy. You know, you normally see signs. If
:01:35. > :01:37.you're not ready and fully committed 100% into recovery, it doesn't
:01:38. > :01:41.work. This time the difference was I came into a service in Oxford. I
:01:42. > :01:51.No`one pushed me. No`one said, "You've got to do this, Dennis". I
:01:52. > :01:55.took it on my own bat because I got to a stage where I just couldn't
:01:56. > :01:58.manage any more. You know, the young offenders is where I would like to
:01:59. > :02:02.work because I was young once and no`one showed me the way. Knowing
:02:03. > :02:06.that I come from a background of... Of drug and alcohol for, like, 35
:02:07. > :02:09.years, as you say, and to put that down and start helping other people
:02:10. > :02:13.and start caring what they're doing... You know, it's a miracle.
:02:14. > :02:17.The Oxford Stadium has been saved from being turned into a new housing
:02:18. > :02:20.site. The city council had rejected planning permission for 200 new
:02:21. > :02:24.homes and now the developer's confirmed it won't challenge that
:02:25. > :02:27.decision. The owner wants to rent the site for leisure purposes,
:02:28. > :02:32.meaning greyhound racing and speedway could return there.
:02:33. > :02:36.A man's been arrested on suspicion of robbery, after someone dressed as
:02:37. > :02:41.Santa threatened staff with a knife at a clothes shop in Cowley. Money
:02:42. > :02:45.was stolen at the Next store in the retail park just before Christmas
:02:46. > :02:51.last year. Police have arrested a 23`year`old man from Cowley, who's
:02:52. > :02:54.been bailed until later this month. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
:02:55. > :02:58.Cornwall has been in Oxford to officially open a new ?12 million
:02:59. > :03:01.research centre. The bone disease unit is being run at the Nuffield
:03:02. > :03:06.Hospital in Headington. It specialises in research for people
:03:07. > :03:12.with conditions like arthritis. Tom Turrell was there for the opening.
:03:13. > :03:15.The Duchess of Cornwall, in Oxford to officially open a new research
:03:16. > :03:20.centre ` which it's hoped will help those with bone and joint conditions
:03:21. > :03:23.like osteoporosis and arthritis. Her Royal Highness is patron of the
:03:24. > :03:30.Nuffield Orthopedic Centre charity, which raised the ?12 million needed
:03:31. > :03:36.to build the new facility. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall was
:03:37. > :03:40.last here in 2007. Osteoporosis is a condition close to her heart. Both
:03:41. > :03:45.her mother and her grandmother suffered from it. During her visit,
:03:46. > :03:48.a tour ` with a demonstration of how some of the technology works. Around
:03:49. > :03:53.13 million people suffer with arthritis and osteoporosis. Surgical
:03:54. > :03:59.simulators like this help doctors practice tricky operations outside
:04:00. > :04:04.of theatre. The professor in charge says the work conducted here will
:04:05. > :04:08.really help patients most in need. Without centres like this, we won't
:04:09. > :04:12.be able to take discoveries into the hospitals, into the clinics. So we
:04:13. > :04:17.need groups of people who are focused on that step of translation.
:04:18. > :04:23.On designing the trials, on conducting the trials, on recruiting
:04:24. > :04:26.the patients into the studies. The truth of the matter is we're living
:04:27. > :04:30.longer and longer and we're demanding our quality of life keeps
:04:31. > :04:34.pace too. If that's going to happen, then those that deal in the business
:04:35. > :04:41.of joints and bones know there's a lot of work still to be done.
:04:42. > :04:45.A permanent memorial has been unveiled in Didcot to honour seven
:04:46. > :04:50.bomb disposal experts killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The town has
:04:51. > :04:56.already named seven new streets in their memory. All the soldiers were
:04:57. > :04:58.based at the Vauxhall Barracks. Jeremy Stern reports.
:04:59. > :05:02.They'll always be remembered by their family and friends. Now
:05:03. > :05:06.they're a part of the town in which they were based. Members of the 11
:05:07. > :05:10.EOD regiment were honoured at ceremony in Didcot's new Great
:05:11. > :05:15.Western Estate. It was the idea of a town councillor. This is there for
:05:16. > :05:20.the people and the relatives. Their home was Didcot so, you know... They
:05:21. > :05:25.gave everything for our country and our town, so if we can give a little
:05:26. > :05:28.bit back... The seven soldiers who lost their lives since 2003 were
:05:29. > :05:30.Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, Warrant Offcier Gary O'Donnell, Captain Dan
:05:31. > :05:33.Shepherd, Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmidt, Captain Dan Read, Staff
:05:34. > :05:43.Sergeant Brett Linley and Captain Lisa Head. Some of the new residents
:05:44. > :05:47.have been finding about the heroes who their roads are named after.
:05:48. > :05:56.It's something very different and very original. I think it's lovely.
:05:57. > :05:59.Quite unusual. It's the first time I've come across it anywhere I've
:06:00. > :06:03.lived. I think it's a really good idea. A very fitting tribute, being
:06:04. > :06:06.so close to the barracks. I'm glad they've done it. Didcot is
:06:07. > :06:10.continuing to grow. It's possible more roads will be named after
:06:11. > :06:13.soldiers who died over the past few decades. But today's congregation
:06:14. > :06:17.prayed for those currently in service to stay safe.
:06:18. > :06:25.Employees at the Honda plant in Swindon have until tonight to apply
:06:26. > :06:28.for voluntary redundancy. So far nearly 200 people have shown
:06:29. > :06:32.interest, but there's still a shortfall. A further 109 compulsory
:06:33. > :06:43.redundancies are expected to be made and the formal process is due to
:06:44. > :06:47.start next week. That's it from me and late team
:06:48. > :06:50.here. For more news, head to our Twitter and Facebook pages. We're
:06:51. > :06:53.back in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning but coming up is the weather
:06:54. > :06:54.with Sarah Farmer. Enjoy your weekend. Goodnight.
:06:55. > :06:59.Hello and a very good evening to you. We've cloudy skies turning to
:07:00. > :07:02.wet weather as we venture through tonight. Rain approaching from the
:07:03. > :07:05.West and bringing some pretty heavy downpours at times, particularly as
:07:06. > :07:08.we venture into the early hours. Temperatures, as a result of all
:07:09. > :07:12.that cloud coverage and wet weather, staying at nine or ten. A grey and
:07:13. > :07:16.damp start to Saturday first thing but we should start to see a bit of
:07:17. > :07:19.an improvement quite early on. Some brighter skies developing but then
:07:20. > :07:22.some bands of really quite heavy showers moving in. Really heavy
:07:23. > :07:26.downpours, torrential rain at times. Temperatures 14 or 15. The winds
:07:27. > :07:30.really picking up ` they could be up to 40 mph. Sunday ` some showers but
:07:31. > :07:32.easing off into the afternoon. Let's take a look at the national forecast
:07:33. > :07:35.for this weekend now. forecast, where things are looking
:07:36. > :07:43.pretty unsettled for the next couple of days.
:07:44. > :07:46.Good evening. In this country, no two days of whether are stacked in
:07:47. > :07:57.this country, no two days of whether are Saky the same. But this weekend,
:07:58. > :07:59.it will feel like no two hours are the same. This