13/06/2014 BBC Oxford News


13/06/2014

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A woman from Milton Keynes has written to the Prime Ministdr to ask

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where her passport is and if he will guarantee that she will

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still make it to Australia hn time for the birth of her grandchild

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Susan Hassett applied last lonth and has heard nothing since.

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Today, the Passport Office suspended interviews for first`time applicants

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and is drafting in addition`l staff to deal with the current backlog.

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Susan Hassett has bought a very important ticket to

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She is flying out for the bhrth of her grandchild.

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It is not a trip that can be delayed.

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The problem is her passport is caught up with

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She is worried it now will not arrive in time.

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The birth of a grandchild is very special

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There is virtually nothing H am not prepared to do to get my passport in

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time, to ensure that I do gdt there for the birth of my grandchhld.

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This is not just a trip of a lifetime `

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The Passport Office will not pay any compensation and the loss

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of my ticket will not be covered by my travel insurance eithdr.

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The scale of the problem emdrged in the last couple of days.

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These leaked pictures appardntly showing the backlog of passports

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The Government says it is the highest demand for passports

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What is necessary is not a grand political gesture.

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What is necessary is the slow and careful consideration wd have

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been giving, which will now lead to urgent action

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That urgent action involves recruiting more than 200 extra

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The Government says that if you have urgent travel plans

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your passport will be fast`tracked for free and British nation`ls

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applying from abroad will bd given 12`month extensions.

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A baby girl has been taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital

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after a crash on the M40 in Oxfordshire this morning,

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The southbound carriageway was closed for four hours

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between Junction 10, the turn off for Brackley,

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The baby is believed to be just a few weeks old.

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She is not thought to be seriously hurt.

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Police officers have new powers from today to disperse groups

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of people hanging around and causing trouble in central Swindon.

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The new order covers the town centre, Broadgreen,

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and Spring Gardens and is ahmed at reducing anti`social beh`viour.

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Police and PCSOs will be able to break up groups of two or more

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people and order them to not return to the area for 24 hours

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Swindon Borough Council says tackling rowdy behaviour

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A week of free activities ahmed at promoting sustainable living has

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been launched with an event in Oxford tonight.

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Among them is the Green Open Homes scheme,

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where householders show off work they have had done to help dncourage

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others to make their own hotses more environmentally friendly.

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Low Carbon Oxford Week incltdes seventy separate initiatives, taking

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Many of those taking part g`thered at Oxford's town hall this dvening.

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We are showcasing the wealth of actions that will make a difference.

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It might be changes to how xou eat, how you grow your own food,

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It is basically saying that all of these things make a diffdrence.

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If you decide to cycle to work one day instead of driving, if xou grow

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your own food, if you think about draft proofing your house ` all

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of these things will make a massive difference to improving the local

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environment in Oxford and reducing our carbon footprint,

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Also, these things will probably be good for your wallet

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Now, was Hans Solo laid low by the door of the Millennium Falcon?

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The actor Harrison Ford was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital

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He had broken his ankle on the set of the new Star Wars film

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Officially, police said the actor had bden

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injured by a garage door, btt fans of the iconic films have other ideas

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I have a really bad feeling about this.

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37 years after his iconic role in the original Star Wars, Han Solo has

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I'm sure Luke wasn't on that thing when it blew.

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It happened at Pinewood Studios during filming of Star Wars 7.

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Some reports say that Harrison Ford was hit by the door of a sp`ceship `

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possibly the latest version of this one, the famous Millennium Falcon

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that appeared in the origin`l movie. Judging by this tease of a tweet

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from the new film's director, J. J. Abrams,

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It is just one of the craft that Ford fondly remembers.

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And that ship that comes ovdr at the beginning of the movhe,

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where this gigantic spaceshhp comes right over your heads.

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The 71`year`old actor was ahrlifted to hospital in Oxford,

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For Star Wars fans, news of the break became breaking news.

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Especially for those like this one, whose name really is.

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I just hope that Harrison h`s a speedy recovery and I hopd that

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From Han Solo to Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford has owned glalorous

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But what now for his latest film and its injured star?

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You cannot have Harrison Ford as Han Solo limping around on ` broken

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ankle ` that will not be consistent with the world that we are hn.

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But do not forget that this is the latest set of films and we do

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not know yet how big a char`cter he is going to be in them.

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A health and safety enquiry has begun into how this Hollywood

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Work on the film is continuhng, but for Harrison Ford action has

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become cut, as he temporarily goes from hero into healing.

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All of which leaves people waiting for two kinds of releases:

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That of Harrison Ford from the John Radcliffe here and the movie

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itself ` which Disney say is still scheduled to come out next xear

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Duncan Kennedy, BBC South Today Oxford.

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Sarah Farmer has the weather forecast.

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Hope you have a very good wdekend. Goodnight.

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Hello and a very good evening to xou.

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We do have one or two showers at large through the course

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of this evening and tonight, and they could turn out to be

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You can see the yellows and greens on the map.

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The showers working their w`y southwards through the course of

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Most of those showers will dase away by first thing tomorrow morning

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Quite a lot of cloud around tomorrow, but still some

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bright breaks ` particularlx in the afternoon, where we lay see

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One or two showers, yes, but generally a dry picture.

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Sunday looks like a cloudy day with brighter intervals here and there.

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Now let's look at the national weekend weather picture.

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temperatures in the 20s. Now the West -- now the National forecast.

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Good evening. Over the last two days in the south of England there has

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been a lot of sunshine and temperatures up to 26 degrees. Don't

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expect temperatures that high this weekend, cooler for many. A lot of

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dry weather even if it is a little bit on the cloudy side at times We

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see the cloud increasing this afternoon and through the evening.

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The cloud has been drifting south. Over the last few hours we started

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to see thunderstorms. Over the next few hours, further thunderstorms to

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be found across parts of northern England, the Midlands, the eastern

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side of Wales. They are drifting south overnight. Every bursts of

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rain with that. Most will clear into the English Channel. A lot of cloud

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out there, temperatures 14 or 1 degrees. Around the North Sea

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coastal areas, temperatures not rising far because there is a cool

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breeze from the North. Inland, the cloud -- the cloud breaks up in the

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afternoon. Sunny spells developing. One or two showers. On the western

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side of Scotland, doing well in the afternoon, warmer than it has

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