20/05/2014 BBC Oxford News

to be swift. David Bond, BBC News. On BBC Two in a few moments, the

And Good evening. The Deputy Prime former

And Good evening. The Deputy Prime Minister has been in Oxford this

afternoon. Nick Clegg had offered more than 100 local people the rare

chance to quiz him face to face on any issue they liked. But his visit

was controversial with some students in the city who feel that his party

has let them down. This from our Political reporter Helen Catt. It

was a direct line for the people of Oxford to the big man himself. Nick

Clegg offered a no holds barred question session this lunchtime with

no topic apparently off the table. In 40 minutes of questioning, Mr

Clegg answered questions on whistle`blowing and the Ukraine.

Surprisingly little, though, considering it's two days till the

local elections, on Oxfordshire. I thought it was really good and

interesting to meet a politician that you see almost every week. He

was surprisingly human, actually. As always, like a politician, he's

always going to give see`saw answers, not really making a mark,

but I thought he definitely made a new statement about tuition fees. A

few streets away and a few hours later, some Oxford students were

giving their own statements about tuition fees. They are angry that

the Liberal Democrats went back on a pledge not to increase them. We

don't think the Nick Clegg should be able to come onto our campus when he

ran on a platform of free education and when he got into power, we

suddenly have fees of 9000. And Nick Clegg's answer today? I am not Prime

Minister, we did not win. People can't think we came third at

election and have a right to implement our manifesto. It's called

democracy. Away from Oxford, in West Oxfordshire and Cherwell, the Lib

Dems are putting up fewer candidates in Thursday's local elections than

any other party. We are putting forward nationally more candidates

this time than last year but of course I accept that we are fighting

the selections in quite a different context to the context in which they

were last fought. It is voters though we will have the final say on

all of our politicians this Thursday. You can find a full list

of people standing in the local elections on the BBC website. A pond

near Swindon where the boots of a murdered woman were found last week

is due to be completely drained by police tomorrow. Sian o'Callaghan `

who was also from the town ` was killed by taxi driver, Christopher

Halliwell. Her boots and a shotgun were found in the pond last week. A

woman from Swindon jailed for stealing more than 900 designer

handbags has been ordered to pay back more than ?117,000 ` the

profits she made from selling the bags online. Jayne Rand carried out

a nationwide campaign of shoplifting over three years. If she doesn't pay

the money back in six months she will face further jail time. BBC

South Today has seen figures which show nearly 4000 people in our

region have complained about noisy neighbours in the last year. Oxford

City Council received almost 1500 complaints. But the largest increase

was in West Oxfordshire. Adina Campbell has more. We've discovered

thousands of people across our area could be experiencing excessive

noise. The reports include complaints about loud music, car

alarms or drinkers leaving the pub. Some places do seem to be worse than

others. For example, last year in West Oxfordshire, there was a 31%

increase in the number of complaints on the year before ` up to more than

500. There has been a rise in reported complaints in Cherwell too

` a 10% increase to more than 750 complaints. But for those living in

the Vale of White Horse things are getting better. There they saw a 33%

drop in the number of complaints reported. But one environmental

charity says no one should have to put up with noisy neighbours. Has

been affected by a noisy party at some point or somebody doing some

noisy do`it`yourself job that goes on for weeks so it is a widespread

problem of whether it be the country. Whether the noise is a

problem depends on where you live. Swindon and Oxford saw the most

complaints in the whole of our region. But your council does have

the power to do something ` they can confiscate equipment and fine

people. Cherwell District Council say it's up to us to act, though. We

need to be a bit more proactive in making people aware of what we can

do and promoting responsible behaviour and preserving our formal

powers for cases that really warranted. `` warrant it.. The

reality is most cases don't end up in court. A soft Humpty Dumpty toy,

used in the BBC series Playschool, has been sold for more than ?6000 at

an auctioneers in Oxfordshire. When Sinead Carroll was a little girl she

was a big fan. For her report we travel through ` the arched

window... Hello, Humpty, hello! He was one of Play School's most

recognisable stars, featuring on the first ever programme to be aired on

BBC Two. If you were a child anytime between 1964 and 1988, l then

chances are you were fairly well acquainted with this chap. It is the

first time an example of Humpty has come up for auction. I think Humpty,

out of all thecharacters on Play School, was the one that you

iconically remember most of all. This Humpty is one of around 20 of

the original television toys... And he's seen better days, with a

missing button and a small tear on his collar. But I guess that's what

comes from being an egg sitting on a wall. Humpty, from BBC's Play School

series... The winning bid of ?5000 was actually a sale of 6250`

including a premium. At that price Humpty's new owner` a telephone

bidder and private collector` will no doubt keep this toy somewhere

safe` and on ground level. The little hand is edging towards the

number 11 ` that's means it time for us to go. The weather is next `

starting with the regional forecast with Sarah Farmer. Goodnight.

The skies were clear overnight tonight and we may see some patchy

mist for rural locations. Clear spells overhead for a time and

temperatures down to a degree and temperatures down to eight degrees

nine degrees. Tomorrow starts on a bright note with quite a fine

morning but we will see the cloud built with a lunchtime period and

through the afternoon sea water to showers drift our way. Top

temperatures around 18 or 19 degrees. It will turn to Risley

through tomorrow evening and then we have a weather warning for some wet

weather going into Thursday. heavy showers but also sunny spells.

Maybe some showers for the weekend. Good evening, yet again we are

finishing the day with some thunderstorms clustered across parts

of Cumbria, some torrential downpours at the moment, and flashes

of lightning. Along the front of this weather system, showers have

developed. They are pushing their way northwards, and will continue to

do so, taking the downpours into Scotland. Behind that, clearer skies

with temperatures dipping down into single