:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to South Today News at Six - so it's
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's
:00:00. > :00:20.programme: A police officer whose mistake
:00:21. > :00:30.prevented a murderer from standing trial resigns. Also tonight, claims
:00:31. > :00:37.that we are facing a housing crisis unless more properties are built.
:00:38. > :00:42.The cars are the stars as Silverstone celebrates 50 years of
:00:43. > :00:50.grumpy racing. And later on, keep it in the family, for generations
:00:51. > :01:07.working on a farm. `` for generations. Good evening. A lease
:01:08. > :01:16.officer has resigned from the force. He was seen to have broken these
:01:17. > :01:23.rules after a man never faced trial for murder despite having led
:01:24. > :01:28.detectives to the body. The officer always said he did what he thought
:01:29. > :01:34.was right. This taxi driver had admitted killing the women from
:01:35. > :01:40.Swindon before telling detectives he had murdered a second woman in 2002.
:01:41. > :01:47.The officer failed to caution him and he came to a police station. He
:01:48. > :01:54.claimed this was because he wanted to appeal to the conscience of the
:01:55. > :02:00.Keller. It was the fact he was prepared to give me his keys as
:02:01. > :02:07.evidence, we drove at that point of time to the location where he took
:02:08. > :02:15.me to a field at the cross roads. We were able to cross the wall of the
:02:16. > :02:22.field and he was able to piece out an exact spot to where he said he
:02:23. > :02:28.had buried a young girl. The man was given life in 2012 for one telling
:02:29. > :02:32.but was never prosecuted over the other death. Despite this, the
:02:33. > :02:37.mother of the dead girl always supported what the police officer
:02:38. > :02:45.dead. He broke the rules but I will stand by him. He did what he did to
:02:46. > :02:55.bring two girls back to their family. He was allowed to keep his
:02:56. > :03:07.job but for months on has decided to resign.
:03:08. > :03:11.programme: A 26`year`old man's been arrested
:03:12. > :03:14.after a woman reported she was raped in Oxford this morning. Police were
:03:15. > :03:18.called to George Street Mews in the city centre, and also to South Park,
:03:19. > :03:20.at around 3:15 this morning. The areas were cordoned off. The man
:03:21. > :03:24.remains in custody. Oxford Brookes has been named as one
:03:25. > :03:28.of more than 20 universities to have deducted a full day's pay from staff
:03:29. > :03:31.who joined a two`hour walkout over wages. Members of the University and
:03:32. > :03:35.College Union staged a protest in Oxford earlier this year, angry at a
:03:36. > :03:38.pay rise of 1%. The union says it?s written to a total of 26
:03:39. > :03:46.universities, demanding the money is returned to its members. Brookes
:03:47. > :03:57.says it will respond, but doesn't pay staff for partial performance.
:03:58. > :04:00.A shortage of housing in our region is pushing house prices and private
:04:01. > :04:03.rents out of reach for local workers according to a new report. The
:04:04. > :04:06.National Housing Federation claims the situation is reaching crisis
:04:07. > :04:09.point and wants more affordable homes to be built. A recent study
:04:10. > :04:13.has suggested Oxfordshire needs an extra 5,000 houses to be built every
:04:14. > :04:19.year until 2031. Tom Turrell has more details.
:04:20. > :04:28.We have never had so many viewings and telephone calls as we have that
:04:29. > :04:38.in the most recent days. 1700 homes will be built on this site by 2021.
:04:39. > :04:43.This is known as affordable housing and in a new report published by the
:04:44. > :04:49.organisation which represents housing associations, it says we
:04:50. > :04:54.need more of them. There is not enough affordable housing. There are
:04:55. > :05:00.not enough homes being built to meet demand. This is causing problems for
:05:01. > :05:11.families all across the county. Wires affordable housing such a big
:05:12. > :05:18.deal? The average house costs 11% more now than three years ago. The
:05:19. > :05:26.average wage means people cannot afford to buy. The wider plan by
:05:27. > :05:32.councils is to build 18,000 homes in Oxfordshire by 2031. The prospect of
:05:33. > :05:39.paving over large swathes of Oxford's green and pleasant land is
:05:40. > :05:44.causing worries. We need to think carefully about the quality of the
:05:45. > :05:49.housing and where it goes. We think there must be a way to have a
:05:50. > :05:53.grown`up debate about this without sacrificing our countryside and the
:05:54. > :05:58.landscape. That is why most people want to live here in the first
:05:59. > :06:03.place. Homes these days are getting harder and harder to afford but
:06:04. > :06:10.quite where and how many new ones we build is likely to be fought over
:06:11. > :06:16.for some time yet. The issue of new homes is one of the battle grounds
:06:17. > :06:21.of the main parties. Our political reporter is with me now. Housing is
:06:22. > :06:27.an issue that is dividing opinion, isn't it? It says. People are going
:06:28. > :06:33.to be concerned about where the new houses might go. If we take the
:06:34. > :06:39.three areas that are up or election at the moment, there are different
:06:40. > :06:45.risks for different areas. Oxford city is petty small, surrounded by
:06:46. > :06:51.green belt, house prices are high. People cannot afford to buy here. ``
:06:52. > :06:58.pretty small. Do you try to get people to live outside city limits?
:06:59. > :07:04.In West Oxfordshire it is village is that are concerned. Large numbers of
:07:05. > :07:10.new houses could fundamentally change the character of where people
:07:11. > :07:17.live. And around West it is pretty well accepted there could be more
:07:18. > :07:24.homes but some villages have found they have to take hundreds of new
:07:25. > :07:28.homes because the secretary of state says they can be built there but
:07:29. > :07:41.there is concern whether the infrastructure will cope. More than
:07:42. > :07:47.300 temporary and permanent Honda workers are using `` losing their
:07:48. > :07:55.jobs. 99 redundancies are compulsory. Up to ?1000 is being
:07:56. > :08:02.offered for vandals who daubed graffiti in a park. Parish
:08:03. > :08:07.councillors in Kennington have Dolby graffiti obscene. There will be a
:08:08. > :08:13.report to find out who is behind it and lead to a prosecution. It is
:08:14. > :08:18.costing us money and the obscenities on the young children's play
:08:19. > :08:26.equipment are unacceptable. The people who are doing it have not got
:08:27. > :08:37.any sense. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the British Grand
:08:38. > :08:43.Prix at Silverstone. A mecca of motor sport. No other circuit in the
:08:44. > :08:50.world has seen Formula one's best battle it out for so long. The
:08:51. > :08:59.summer of celebrations is planned. It will be open to fans the day
:09:00. > :09:11.before first practice. It was hopefully magic. To win a British
:09:12. > :09:16.Grand Prix was a very cherished memory. We had the wonderful
:09:17. > :09:25.afternoon. Everyone went home happy. My dad never won the British Grand
:09:26. > :09:30.Prix despite coming close. The stars in the cars might have changed but
:09:31. > :09:35.the appeal for those taking part remains just as strong. The current
:09:36. > :09:43.crop want to write their own names in the history books for themselves
:09:44. > :09:51.and for the teams based nearby. The UK is the home of Formula one. I
:09:52. > :09:57.live in the UK. We will get the lot of people from the factory in the
:09:58. > :10:03.grandstand and that is nice. A lot of fans love motor sport, they come
:10:04. > :10:18.here early in the morning and leave late in the evening. Success at
:10:19. > :10:22.Silverstone still tastes sweet. The museums at night festival in
:10:23. > :10:27.Oxfordshire and across the country runs from today for the next four
:10:28. > :10:35.days. There will be a special television programme this weekend.
:10:36. > :10:41.It is on this weekend on Saturday on BBC Two. 500 museums, galleries and
:10:42. > :10:46.historic places up and down the country will open after hours for
:10:47. > :10:52.special nocturnal events. Our programme is called museums at
:10:53. > :10:57.night. That is all from me for the moment. I will have the headlines
:10:58. > :11:41.just before eight. Now over to Sally.
:11:42. > :11:53.They appeared his food pipe during an operation that lasted nearly four
:11:54. > :12:00.hours. Surgery damaged his boys. I could not eat at all. That is when
:12:01. > :12:05.they decided to cut the whole software gets out and then I had
:12:06. > :12:11.problems after that. Doctors told him he had the condition which eats
:12:12. > :12:16.the flesh. Another operation followed, this time using tissue
:12:17. > :12:25.from his neck and the skin from a pig. We went into hospital one day
:12:26. > :12:29.thinking this was not good but we were surprised pleasantly he had
:12:30. > :12:34.improved slightly. The next day we would go in hoping it would be
:12:35. > :12:42.better but sometimes his health would plummet. It was day by day.
:12:43. > :12:54.Since 2012 he has lost four stones in weight. I could have yours or I
:12:55. > :13:02.could have days. That is why I am appealing for some help. `` years or
:13:03. > :13:08.days. Somebody could help me out. In England or America. His condition is
:13:09. > :13:16.controlled with steroids and chemotherapy. And experts said
:13:17. > :13:25.stabilising his condition is the best way forward. Many of the
:13:26. > :13:32.conditions we suffer from we cannot actually cure but we can at least
:13:33. > :13:41.alleviate them or compress them. He is trying to contact the other
:13:42. > :13:47.sufferers of his condition, he believes they can shed more light on
:13:48. > :13:54.this condition by sharing information. Now onto the weather.
:13:55. > :14:04.Tony is at Goodwood for not the racing but for all. The big question
:14:05. > :14:15.is, are we going to see the tips you have managed to pick up today? You
:14:16. > :14:23.can try! The main tip I have had is to practice more. It is a beautiful
:14:24. > :14:31.evening. There are two courses here and a lot of very good young players
:14:32. > :14:40.coming through. Today the experts were here to give tips on how to
:14:41. > :14:47.make it in the expert game. I am on the 18th. Let's get up to the green.
:14:48. > :14:55.While we do that, another line of sports news, Southampton defender
:14:56. > :15:01.Luke Shaw has been talking about his delight at being called into the
:15:02. > :15:08.World Cup squad. He will be on the plane to New York at the time when
:15:09. > :15:24.he is being linked to the move to Manchester United. `` on the plane
:15:25. > :15:31.to Rio. I did not want to overthink and say that I was definitely going
:15:32. > :15:38.but when the squad came out and I saw I was in it my family and I were
:15:39. > :15:44.just sitting there thinking, wow, I am 18 years old and going to the
:15:45. > :15:49.World Cup. Now, we are bunkered! This would take a little bit of
:15:50. > :15:59.skill and boys, perhaps professional prowess. I can have the ball but I
:16:00. > :16:06.can warn you my bunker play is not fantastic. We are out, that will do.
:16:07. > :16:14.Justin Rose can do a lot better than that. Some of the Academy juniors
:16:15. > :16:22.here are the brightest prospects in golf. For a man who grew up in the
:16:23. > :16:29.South it is fond times for him to come back here. Justin Rose flew in
:16:30. > :16:36.from Florida and was straight onto the course to provide these
:16:37. > :16:44.youngsters with golfing tips. It was very impressive how the hit shots. I
:16:45. > :16:52.remember being in a similar position when I was about eight years old. I
:16:53. > :17:00.was trembling. I have a lot of respect for them. This 16`year`old
:17:01. > :17:07.was Europe's number one in his age group. Yellow macro they said to
:17:08. > :17:14.just keep working hard and obviously you have got to work hard if you are
:17:15. > :17:23.going to get there. Being back on home soil stirs the memories. It
:17:24. > :17:31.makes me smile. Some of those days were the best of my life. I played
:17:32. > :17:36.purely for the love of the game. It gets more complicated the higher the
:17:37. > :17:42.level you get. It makes media lies that I loved it and why I started
:17:43. > :17:52.playing in the first place. `` it makes me realise why I loved it. It
:17:53. > :17:57.does not make it any easier on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday but if
:17:58. > :18:02.you find yourself down the stretch on the Sunday you have a lot of
:18:03. > :18:07.positive experiences to draw from. Real champions, however busy, make
:18:08. > :18:15.time for others. His contribution here today has proven to be an
:18:16. > :18:33.inspiration for so many. Now, Tony, what is it now? The double bogey? At
:18:34. > :18:46.least! Here we go. Though! That is not too bad, is it? Enjoy yourself!
:18:47. > :18:52.Now, Roger then has been to visit a farm in the new Forest. In many
:18:53. > :18:58.ways, a perfectly ordinary family farm. There is one thing that makes
:18:59. > :19:17.this farm unique as far as we know. For generations of the same family
:19:18. > :19:27.share the work. Another busy morning at the farm. This man is the farmer
:19:28. > :19:34.here now but his dad still rules his weight. Despite his 93 years, his
:19:35. > :19:41.grandfather is never far away. We still work together. They keep me in
:19:42. > :19:51.touch with what is happening. I was born down there in 1920. I went to
:19:52. > :20:00.the war and when we came back we started it up. It is the life of the
:20:01. > :20:05.poor man and if you are pure you are happy. To his delight, the fourth
:20:06. > :20:14.generation is now showing a keen interest. The family run the mixed
:20:15. > :20:19.farm with 140 head of cattle. Today, some are being worsened. Others are
:20:20. > :20:26.being driven out to take advantage of the ancient right to graze
:20:27. > :20:35.animals freely. They are just out there for the night and they will be
:20:36. > :20:44.back again in the morning. Back in the lambing yard, something has been
:20:45. > :20:50.spotted. A little medical. We fed them this morning, we have been in
:20:51. > :21:03.twice since then and nothing. All of a sudden you have got the perfect
:21:04. > :21:08.fall. `` perfect lamb. At one time I would have known everybody in the
:21:09. > :21:20.village. Everyone would have known me. Now I know half of them. I can
:21:21. > :21:26.remember when the first car came. We would go to school and stand down at
:21:27. > :21:38.the bottom watching it coming down the road. We cut the gas and did
:21:39. > :21:49.everything. Now if we put the grass cutter on the would not know what to
:21:50. > :21:58.do. `` graphs cutter. According to his dad, the youngest member of the
:21:59. > :22:12.family is tracked mad. `` tractor mad. What is the trickiest thing you
:22:13. > :22:20.have ever had to do? Sometimes it sticks together and will not work.
:22:21. > :22:28.It can be a bit scary sometimes. Some kids might read comic magazines
:22:29. > :22:33.like he leads the farming magazine, he loves anything to do with
:22:34. > :22:41.tractors. Being born here it is read into you. What is it like having the
:22:42. > :22:51.advice of your father and grandfather? It is useful, the pain
:22:52. > :22:56.at times but on the whole good. The youngest generation have another
:22:57. > :23:04.job. This lamb was one of triplets, its mother could feed only to but,
:23:05. > :23:11.like the farm, it is in safe hands. Now, as you know, there have been
:23:12. > :23:17.some strange tools that Roger has been rummaging through. He has been
:23:18. > :23:29.challenging us to guess what they are. He showed us a glass bottle and
:23:30. > :23:36.just a few of you did get it right. The odd looking glass bottle was the
:23:37. > :23:46.elite preserver. Fill it with water and it keeps them fresh. This is
:23:47. > :23:52.wood, metal, what is it? Have a guess on our Facebook page and we
:23:53. > :23:59.will reveal the answer next week. I suspect somebody will know what that
:24:00. > :24:04.is. I have not a clue! Now the weather. A beautiful today is in
:24:05. > :24:21.store but then it all goes downhill on Sunday after the weekend. Through
:24:22. > :24:27.the course of tonight we will see the sky is clear in places and
:24:28. > :24:35.temperatures fall away. Today we saw lovely highs of 20 Celsius. Through
:24:36. > :24:40.the course of tonight we will see temperatures fall away into single
:24:41. > :24:46.figures. There will be the risk of one or two mist patches. Through the
:24:47. > :24:52.course of tonight temperatures will drop in our towns and cities to
:24:53. > :24:58.around seven or eight Celsius. The wind will be fairly light. You are
:24:59. > :25:04.more likely to see the mist and fog patches in parts of Dorset and
:25:05. > :25:10.Wiltshire. Lots of sunshine on offer through tomorrow. Temperatures will
:25:11. > :25:20.soar into the low 20s. Tomorrow perhaps up to 21. The wind will once
:25:21. > :25:28.again be fairly light. The sunshine may turn he's the tomorrow
:25:29. > :25:35.afternoon. Again cloud will melt away overnight and temperatures will
:25:36. > :25:41.drop to around ten or 11 Celsius. A lovely start to Saturday, lots of
:25:42. > :25:49.sunshine and high pressure is still in charge of our weather. The change
:25:50. > :25:56.comes about later on on Sunday. There may be one or two showers
:25:57. > :26:03.through the course of the day on Sunday. Still the risk of shower
:26:04. > :26:07.also on Saturday for eastern areas. Mostly settled with lots of
:26:08. > :26:14.sunshine. Temperatures tomorrow possibly 21 selfie is, on Saturday
:26:15. > :26:23.in some areas potentially up to 23 Celsius. That is it from ours. ``
:26:24. > :26:54.from ours. Good evening. Good night. at the European elections
:26:55. > :27:03.on May the 22nd. even though that would wreck
:27:04. > :27:10.the recovery and destroy jobs. The Conservatives
:27:11. > :27:15.are now openly flirting with exit.