:00:00. > 3:59:59drawn comparisons between Vladimir Putin's That's all from the BBC News
:00:00. > :00:00.at Six. Actions in Ukraine
:00:00. > :02:11.On trial accused of sexually In tonight's programme:
:02:12. > :02:16.She went to the bathroom from where she dialled 999.
:02:17. > :02:19.Today the court heard a recording of that phone call.
:02:20. > :02:21.So what happened in the following weeks?
:02:22. > :02:24.This afternoon the court heard the victim was allegedly approached
:02:25. > :02:27.He was Zeeshan Ahmed, Bilal's cousin.
:02:28. > :02:31.She said at first he was friendly but that changed.
:02:32. > :02:35.In January 2012 in a text message, she claims her said he would have
:02:36. > :02:39.her shot if she continued talking to police.
:02:40. > :02:45."I didn't know whether he would be capable
:02:46. > :02:58."I didn't know whether he was serious.
:02:59. > :03:03."I was very fearful for my baby's life.?
:03:04. > :03:05.Bilal Ahmed and Mustafa Ahmed deny assault charges.
:03:06. > :03:07.Zeesham Ahmed denies perverting the course of justice.
:03:08. > :03:11.A former teacher has been jailed for 13 years for sexually abusing
:03:12. > :03:14.young boys at two public schools, including one in South Oxfordshire.
:03:15. > :03:17.56`year`old Jonathan O'Brien worked at the Oratory School in Woodcote
:03:18. > :03:20.He also taught at a school in Worcestershire.
:03:21. > :03:23.He'd been found guilty of 22 counts of indecent assault
:03:24. > :03:28.The Swindon murder victim Sian O'Callaghan was almost
:03:29. > :03:30.certainly murdered near a remote pond in Wiltshire.
:03:31. > :03:33.And police have now discovered 60 pieces of women's clothing hidden
:03:34. > :03:36.beneath undergrowth next to the pond where her boots were recovered.
:03:37. > :03:43.The remains of a woman's jumper are searched for clues.
:03:44. > :03:48.Just one of 60 pieces found buried two inches beneath the ground.
:03:49. > :03:51.The hoard was found here around a hundred yards
:03:52. > :03:54.from the pond where Sian O'Callaghan's boots were recovered.
:03:55. > :03:57.The clothes didn't belong to the Swindon secretary murdered
:03:58. > :04:04.by taxi driver Christopher Halliwell in 2011, but
:04:05. > :04:14.by taxi driver Christopher Halliwell in 2011.
:04:15. > :04:20.On about what is in my view, but we know we're still missing a murder
:04:21. > :04:22.weapon. When police arrested Halliwell,
:04:23. > :04:24.he admitted to killing Sian He also confessed to killing
:04:25. > :04:27.Becky Godden, whose remains were later discovered
:04:28. > :04:29.in Eastleach in Gloucestershire, but that admission was ruled
:04:30. > :04:32.inadmissible because of a breach The case has never been closed
:04:33. > :04:44.and is currently headed by I have committed is the review that
:04:45. > :04:53.investigation and identify to new lines of enquiry. We had some
:04:54. > :04:57.activity if you weeks ago and have identified a boat which we have
:04:58. > :04:57.discovered was Becky's. I have one aim, which is justice for Becky and
:04:58. > :05:00.some closure for her family. Today, Wiltshire police began
:05:01. > :05:02.pumping out the eight`foot deep pond, and already have removed
:05:03. > :05:11.25,000 litres of water. The water is being taken out of the
:05:12. > :05:15.pond, filtered and saved. I want to leave the site knowing that every
:05:16. > :05:20.piece of evidence has been removed and nothing has been missed. The
:05:21. > :05:23.their investigation into a case that their investigation into a case that
:05:24. > :05:26.has cost two women their lives and has still a way to go.
:05:27. > :05:30.A plane from RAF Brize Norton has been sent to help in the search
:05:31. > :05:32.for the four British sailors missing in the Atlantic.
:05:33. > :05:34.The Hercules aircraft left at five this morning.
:05:35. > :05:38.The men have now been missing for five days after their yacht got
:05:39. > :05:44.into difficulties about 620 miles east of Cape Cod last week.
:05:45. > :05:50.This is the Hercules will resume in search tomorrow morning.
:05:51. > :05:52.Parents of disabled children in Oxfordshire are worried there could
:05:53. > :05:56.be fewer opportunities for their sons and daughters to take part in
:05:57. > :05:59.The county council has told them it's considering
:06:00. > :06:01."substantially reshaping" how it delivers
:06:02. > :06:03.short breaks and childcare because of "significant budget pressures".
:06:04. > :06:05.The council says no cuts have been decided.
:06:06. > :06:13.Here at the Yellow Submarine cafe in Oxford, children with learning
:06:14. > :06:16.disabilities like Darren are given the chance to learn social skills
:06:17. > :06:20.The charity also runs residential breaks and holiday clubs helping
:06:21. > :06:23.But the charity says it's been told that spending
:06:24. > :06:27.on children's disability services in Oxfordshire could be cut by up to
:06:28. > :06:41.At the moment, the county council and its disability teams are doing a
:06:42. > :06:46.brilliant job. Parents say it is a life`saver and a vital service. Our
:06:47. > :06:47.concern is that it is a fragile setup for parents. This service is a
:06:48. > :06:51.fragile setup for parents. If services.
:06:52. > :06:53.More than 200 parents responded to a survey
:06:54. > :06:56.the charity carried out asking what impact changes might have.
:06:57. > :06:59.94% said it would have a significant impact on their ability to cope.
:07:00. > :07:03.Of those working, 77% said they would have to reduce the hours
:07:04. > :07:06.they worked, while 17% said they would need to give up their jobs.
:07:07. > :07:09.In a statement, Oxfordshire County Council says short break
:07:10. > :07:11.and child care services for disabled children are being reshaped
:07:12. > :07:14.as a result of budget pressures over the next three years.
:07:15. > :07:18.It is not talking about budget cuts at this stage and will meet parents
:07:19. > :07:31.Was it a happy today they would date today at school?
:07:32. > :07:34.Alison from Abingdon uses holiday clubs to help look
:07:35. > :07:37.after her autistic son Tom while she and her husband are at work.
:07:38. > :07:41.Childcare is a nightmare for everybody, but for parents of
:07:42. > :07:44.disabled children, there is so little out there that is suitable.
:07:45. > :07:49.Families of disabled children are under a lot of strengths there with
:07:50. > :07:52.stress, financially and socially. The charity says it understands
:07:53. > :07:54.councils have to make difficult decisions
:07:55. > :07:56.but wants more clarity over which The Labour leader Ed Miliband has
:07:57. > :08:01.been campaigning in Milton Keynes ahead of the local and European
:08:02. > :08:03.elections tomorrow. He was visiting the Open University,
:08:04. > :08:06.where he met cleaners Earlier today, he apologised for not
:08:07. > :08:10.knowing the name of the Labour group leader on Swindon Borough Council
:08:11. > :08:14.when he was asked about him in a Meanwhile, one councillor in
:08:15. > :08:19.Oxfordshire has already been elected before voting even starts.
:08:20. > :08:23.Conservative Tim Hallchurch was the only candidate put forward in Otmoor
:08:24. > :08:27.ward in Cherwell. It's one of just a handful of places in the country
:08:28. > :08:30.where it's happened. Our Political Reporter Helen Catt has been to one
:08:31. > :08:35.of the villages in the ward. It has one church, one pub,
:08:36. > :08:41.one school. And this year, just one candidate
:08:42. > :08:55.for the district council. Not only is it that all voters, who
:08:56. > :08:57.are effectively disenfranchised, it also means the candidate, once
:08:58. > :09:00.elected, really lacks a public elected, really lacks a public
:09:01. > :09:02.mandate, because they are in there without a' having been cast for
:09:03. > :09:04.them. The newly re`elected member
:09:05. > :09:15.for Otmoor says it's not up to him I was elected. The clear majority in
:09:16. > :09:20.a few years ago, so I was democratically elected, and I say it
:09:21. > :09:24.again, anybody can stand against me. If somebody had stood against
:09:25. > :09:28.me, they have a democratic right to do so, and they would have done it.
:09:29. > :09:31.Plenty of Greens at the nursery ` but none available to stand here.
:09:32. > :09:35.Labour say they missed Otmoor out just by mistake.
:09:36. > :09:42.Are people here bothered? Not everybody wants to vote for the same
:09:43. > :09:48.person will stop I would like to see a lot more people coming round and
:09:49. > :09:52.giving their views to me. In the 14 years we have lived here, I think we
:09:53. > :09:55.have had one person come to the door. And it seems there hasn't been
:09:56. > :09:57.any contest for parish council seats either.
:09:58. > :10:01.Otmoor won't now be up for election again until 2018.
:10:02. > :10:03.And there'll be more on tomorrow's elections coming up
:10:04. > :10:07.Oxford United striker James Constable has turned
:10:08. > :10:13.Constable, nicknamed Beano, joined Oxford in 2008
:10:14. > :10:20.That's just one goal behind the all`time scorer's record.
:10:21. > :10:24.He's moving to the conference side Eastleigh in Hampshire.
:10:25. > :10:30.I'll have the headlines at 8 and a full bulletin at 10:25.
:10:31. > :11:07.Now more of today's stories with Sally Taylor.
:11:08. > :11:10.even earlier in nurseries. But one school near Southampton which
:11:11. > :11:13.teaches outdoors says it is worried it may be penalised under this new
:11:14. > :11:26.drive. The children of this centre are all
:11:27. > :11:30.three or four, preschool age. They are learning under the forest to
:11:31. > :11:31.their natural interest out of doors. their natural interest out of doors.
:11:32. > :11:36.It is an environment without ceiling all walls. They can follow their own
:11:37. > :11:43.interest and find resources. There is enough for everybody. It is
:11:44. > :11:48.outdoor `based activities like these that this centre believes are most
:11:49. > :12:02.beneficial for children. The nursery covers the guidelines set out by the
:12:03. > :12:15.government for early years education but the head of Ofsted recently
:12:16. > :12:29.spoke out in favour of introducing structured, classroom `based
:12:30. > :12:32.learning in nurseries. We are concerned about the quality of
:12:33. > :12:36.provision in early years. It is one of the most vital times in a child's
:12:37. > :12:41.life. If they don't have the basic skills and social and emotional and
:12:42. > :12:48.learning skills necessary before four and five, they do not start
:12:49. > :12:53.school well. The children's minister agrees but Britain is already out on
:12:54. > :12:54.a limb with its low school age is a limb with its low school age is
:12:55. > :12:55.most Europeans do not start school most Europeans do not start school
:12:56. > :12:58.until they are six. The staff here things structured tuition in schools
:12:59. > :12:59.will be too early. They are worried their method will be squeezed out.
:13:00. > :13:00.We feel afraid that, although Ofsted inspectors appreciate and value what
:13:01. > :13:02.we do, they won't be allowed to mark is as good or outstanding any longer
:13:03. > :13:02.because we do not follow the very tight curriculum within a table
:13:03. > :13:08.based setting. We put these concerns to Ofsted and it said that play is
:13:09. > :13:11.inherently educational but its focus is ensuring the most disadvantaged
:13:12. > :13:11.children reach a good level of development before they start
:13:12. > :13:15.school. The head teacher of a Dorset school
:13:16. > :13:18.once named the worst in the country for GCSE results has resigned.
:13:19. > :13:22.Cheryl Heron was given the task of turning around St Aldhelm's Academy
:13:23. > :13:27.in Poole. In 2011, just 3% of pupils got five good GCSE grades. The
:13:28. > :13:31.school recently hit the headlines after losing more than ?1 million
:13:32. > :13:35.when it fell victim to an online scam. It has yet to get the money
:13:36. > :13:47.back. It is the last day of campaigning in
:13:48. > :13:53.local and European elections. Just 20 local authorities in the area are
:13:54. > :13:58.holding ballots but everyone has the chance to vote in European
:13:59. > :14:01.elections. Labour has been campaigning in areas where people
:14:02. > :14:13.haven't bothered to vote in the past. I think political parties have
:14:14. > :14:16.got to realise we can't just fight for dwindling numbers of votes. We
:14:17. > :14:20.have to ask why are their dwindling number of votes and we have to ask
:14:21. > :14:26.what we are doing wrong and how we can put it right.
:14:27. > :14:31.The Peace Party is putting up a full list of candidates. Its principle is
:14:32. > :14:36.to treat others at you with `` as you would wish to be treated
:14:37. > :14:41.yourself. It is for peaceful coexistence which has existed in
:14:42. > :14:46.Europe for many years past. The Peace Party would build on that
:14:47. > :14:50.success story by scaling down the military, first amongst the smaller
:14:51. > :14:58.countries and then later with all countries in the union.
:14:59. > :15:01.So, two sets of elections, each with a different voting system.
:15:02. > :15:04.That could be confusing so let's bring in
:15:05. > :15:12.Let's take the local elections first ` they're not happening everywhere?
:15:13. > :15:17.Ones to watch include some of the big towns ` Reading, Oxford,
:15:18. > :15:21.Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester, Basingstoke.
:15:22. > :15:25.Crawley in Sussex, Swindon in Wiltshire and Purbeck
:15:26. > :15:40.One viewer said he didn't know who his MEP is a a question we have
:15:41. > :15:48.heard a lot. I'll try and explain with fruit. That was popular last
:15:49. > :15:55.night. First past the popes for Westminster and the winner is ``
:15:56. > :15:59.first past the post goes to Westminster. Europe is totally
:16:00. > :16:04.different. We are trying to elect a whole basket of different
:16:05. > :16:11.candidates. I brought you a whole bowl of fruit. Marvellous. There are
:16:12. > :16:16.ten MEPs for a constituency like the south`east. It is as big as Austria,
:16:17. > :16:23.the number of people voting there. How do we decide which ten go to
:16:24. > :16:31.Brussels? Well, you've got the huge, long ballot paper. You vote for a
:16:32. > :16:34.party. You put a cross. It is simple. They will help you fill this
:16:35. > :16:40.in when you go to the polling station. Then we may elect to
:16:41. > :16:45.oranges, we may have to bananas. It is done in proportion to the votes
:16:46. > :16:51.for the party. Those ten individuals are your MEPs. It gives a whole new
:16:52. > :16:54.meaning to five a day. The blueberries have been going down
:16:55. > :16:58.well. Thank you. You can find a full list
:16:59. > :17:08.of candidates for the European elections on the website.
:17:09. > :17:19.Now to the sport. Unusually, a rare opportunity for the Saints chairman
:17:20. > :17:24.to speak out. We didn't hear a lot from him when he was the chairman
:17:25. > :17:30.but here is something to say on the future of some of their stars. The
:17:31. > :17:33.former chairman believes the club risks undermining their recent
:17:34. > :17:38.success if they sell some of their best players this summer. Speaking
:17:39. > :17:42.since he stepped down coming he has told the BBC that the future of some
:17:43. > :17:47.of his players would not be in doubt if he had stayed there. The key is
:17:48. > :17:54.to keep those talents. You don't produce talents just to sell them.
:17:55. > :18:04.So, if you had an offer of any size for the top players, the answer
:18:05. > :18:05.would be? No. It would have been no money would have persuaded you?
:18:06. > :18:19.Absolutely not. The Cherries need to reduce their
:18:20. > :18:22.losses from their recently posted ?15 million to ?8 million by
:18:23. > :18:30.December. The current rules have been called archaic. Bournemouth
:18:31. > :18:33.could face a chance for embargo if they do not comply by the end of the
:18:34. > :18:43.year. Not a happy start for the English
:18:44. > :18:47.batsmen in his debut at the Oval. A communication breakdown saw him
:18:48. > :18:52.spill this easy chance in the field. When he came to bat, things got
:18:53. > :18:58.briefly better. This boundary lifted his confidence but then he got one
:18:59. > :19:09.to third man and was dismissed for seven. Sri Lankan won by nine runs.
:19:10. > :19:13.A one`day series starts tomorrow. Hampshire reinforce their position
:19:14. > :19:14.at the start of division two. They rolled Leicestershire 496 to
:19:15. > :19:28.complete a big win. For the country 's hockey players,
:19:29. > :19:31.their big focus of this year comes before the Commonwealth Games. Both
:19:32. > :19:40.are women and men's teams contest the World Cup in the Netherlands.
:19:41. > :19:46.England's hockey players use the banks on the River Thames as a
:19:47. > :19:53.training base. Their work is geared to the World Cup which gets underway
:19:54. > :19:54.on May the 31st. Ten Reading players, five from the men's and
:19:55. > :20:03.women's team, have made it into the England squad. The whole squad has
:20:04. > :20:07.gelled well but having five of us from the club helps because you know
:20:08. > :20:12.where everyone will run. It will help us play together. With the
:20:13. > :20:17.exception of the Olympics, the World Cup is regarded as hockey 's biggest
:20:18. > :20:22.event and the England team will have their work cut out if they are to
:20:23. > :20:28.reach the finals. The World Cup to us is the same as the Olympic Games.
:20:29. > :20:32.The World Cup is the highest thing we can play in and it is the best
:20:33. > :20:39.teams in the world. The Netherlands, it will be fantastic. The 12 best
:20:40. > :20:42.nations on the planet will be at the Netherlands next month. With that,
:20:43. > :20:46.and the Commonwealth games coming up at the end of July, it is a busy
:20:47. > :20:53.summer ahead for the England hockey stars.
:20:54. > :21:01.That tournament gets underway on May the 31st. Well done to them.
:21:02. > :21:06.Thank you. Now the mystery of the handwriting. Her words are still
:21:07. > :21:11.famous the world over severed might surprise you to hear that very few
:21:12. > :21:22.examples of Jane Austin's handwriting survive. There are no
:21:23. > :21:26.books or manuscripts and many of her letters were destroyed after her
:21:27. > :21:33.death. You can understand the excitement when a fragment of her
:21:34. > :21:39.handwriting turned up. It was stuck onto a letter by hurler
:21:40. > :21:42.`` nephew in Robust protection for a fragile
:21:43. > :21:47.piece of history. Inside the climate controlled safe at this college near
:21:48. > :21:49.story to tell. In 1870, 50 years story to tell. In 1870, 50 years
:21:50. > :21:51.after Jane Austin's death, her nephew published a book about his
:21:52. > :21:56.aunt and he sent it to a friend with a letter glued inside with a
:21:57. > :22:02.fragment of her handwriting. The conservation Department at this
:22:03. > :22:07.college was asked to stick the layers. We need to delegate lead
:22:08. > :22:12.separate them without causing damage. There is extra pressure
:22:13. > :22:18.because it is a Jane Austin script and there are few of those around.
:22:19. > :22:21.Armed with blotting paper and Gore`Tex, this student has gently
:22:22. > :22:27.eased apart the first two of three layers. If we applied the moisture
:22:28. > :22:30.to the back of the sheet it will work up through the paper and soften
:22:31. > :22:39.the adhesive sitting on the back of this letter. Her nephew writes that
:22:40. > :22:44.the fragment is the handwriting of his aunt but not her words. He says
:22:45. > :22:51.it is part of a sermon copied out by Herbert written by her brother, the
:22:52. > :22:56.Reverend James Austin in 1814. Men may get into the habit of repeating
:22:57. > :22:58.the words of our prayers by rote perhaps without thoroughly
:22:59. > :23:05.understanding, certainly without thoroughly feeling there full force
:23:06. > :23:09.`` that's sermon was delivered. This `` that's sermon was delivered. This
:23:10. > :23:17.is where Jane Austin's father was rest and when he retired, her
:23:18. > :23:22.brother followed in his footsteps `` rector. The words are similar to
:23:23. > :23:28.those written in her novel, Mansfield Park. I imagined it
:23:29. > :23:38.coincided with the day he prepared his sermon. Did he work with her?
:23:39. > :23:42.That is the big question. Whether he was influencing whether they
:23:43. > :23:46.composed it together, we can't really answer but we can question it
:23:47. > :23:52.and the link back to Mansfield Park makes it a compelling question. Jane
:23:53. > :23:55.Austen wrote on both sides of the fragment and the reverse has not
:23:56. > :24:03.been seen since it was stuck down 150 years ago. Experts were planning
:24:04. > :24:07.to glue this final but then they discovered that the words became
:24:08. > :24:16.clear when viewed under a light box. You can start to see this wording
:24:17. > :24:21.clearly. "great propriety preserved". Austin scholars will now
:24:22. > :24:30.ponder these words. We know there are other parts of the `` similar
:24:31. > :24:34.fragments and it will be fascinating to ring them together and reassemble
:24:35. > :24:39.the jigsaw. This fragment will go on display
:24:40. > :24:40.later this year. The whole story behind it will take longer to
:24:41. > :24:53.uncover. That is very exciting and a real
:24:54. > :24:57.treat for Jane Austen lovers. A jigsaw putting it together. Moving
:24:58. > :25:00.on to the weather. A bit of a warning for tonight and tomorrow.
:25:01. > :25:28.Yes, thunderstorms are on the way. We had some sunshine today and a
:25:29. > :25:48.number of showers but tonight the rain will really start to creep in.
:25:49. > :25:54.Torrential, thundery downpours through the night and the Met office
:25:55. > :25:55.from midnight tonight until 9pm from midnight tonight until 9pm
:25:56. > :25:58.tomorrow night. Heavy Some areas could escape the showers
:25:59. > :26:18.yellows Some areas could escape the showers
:26:19. > :26:26.altogether. Temperatures will reach a high of 17 degrees Celsius and
:26:27. > :26:40.squally conditions. Showers will continue tomorrow night. And more
:26:41. > :26:43.will edge up from the south with prolonged periods of rain on Friday.