16/06/2014 BBC Oxford News

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The arson attack that killed two children. A father tells thd court

about the last time he saw them Cash and cars. How two of otr

councils made millions of pounds in profits with parking charges and

penalty fees last year. profits with parking charges and

penalty fees last year. Making a meal of it. How taking your

leftover food home could benefit you and save the restaurant mondy.

Letters from the First World War from an officer who trained the

soldiers, but wasn't allowed to join them.

The parents of two children who died following an arson att`ck on

their Oxford home 17 years `go wept in as they described the

15`year`old Majid Khan and his eight`year`old sister

the house on Magdalen Road. Five people have already been jahled for

their murders and a sixth for manslaughter. But the woman accused

of being the driving force behind the attack, Fiaz Munshi, has only

now been brought to trial. She denies two counts of murder.

The jury heard from both parents. Both parents spoke with the help of

a translator. The children's father told the jury how on the night of

the fire, he left for work `t 9pm and he broke down as he rec`lled

putting his shoes on and his daughter wrapped her arms around

him. He said it was the last time he ever saw her alive. He spokd through

his tears to say, "I am a good Muslim man. I love Oxford and the

community. I have never harled anyone." The prosecutor askdd Mr

Khan if he knew his son was in a relationship with Fiaz Munshi. His

young daughter answered the phone to the Munshi sisters. His daughter

told him, "It is those girls again." Fiaz Munshi denies two counts of

murder and the trial contintes. It has emerged that parking fees

charged in Oxford and the whder county are generating millions of

pounds in profits for the councils imposing them. After paying running

costs, Oxford City Council lade ?4 million from parking fees ilposed

last year. The County Counchl made ?2 million profit from its own park

and ride facilities and pay and Is the amount we pay to park fair?

It is a lot of money and it is very expensive. It is daylight robbery.

The money should go into thd council and be used for shortfalls

elsewhere. I don't think thdy go out to make a profit. It is not a

business. Both councils madd a substantial profit last year and the

year before. Many councils across the hole of

England are `` whole of England are making big profits. Westminster is

making ?49 million a year. Ht is making several million pounds a year

and we feel that's money th`t could be otherwise spent on the hhgh

street of Oxford. The council also collected nearly ?2

million in fines. I saw two people get issued with tickets frol the

traffic ward be, but the cotncil says none of that goes towards the

surplus. As to where it spends the strplus,

the council said it invested it in its Park and Rides and fillhng

potholes. The council says ht is allowed to make a profit because it

only runs off street car parks. With the Government talking tough on

parking revenue, the row ovdr how much drivers should contribtte is

unlikely to go away. There's been severe disrupthon to

Chiltern Railways services throughout the day after a fire

destroyed signalling cables near Marylebone station in London

yesterday. Work Is underway to repair the damage, but trains are

unable to run into or out of Marylebone. It's not yet cldar when

normal services will be abld to resume. Chiltern Railways h`s

operated a limited service today and has been advising passengers to make

alternative arrangements whdre possible. Other train operators are

accepting Chilterns' tickets. Relatives paid tribute to a woman

killed on Friday morning. The baby was taken to hospital, but wasn t

seriously injured. Joanna's family say she was vibrant, beautiful and

caring. Two recycling shops in

Buckinghamshire have been praised for diverting a thousand tonnes of

waste from landfill while at the same time raising money for a local

hospice. Reconditioned furnhture, bikes and vacuum cleaners are among

the best sellers. They're all items which would otherwise have been

thrown away. Since the Re`use shops opened two years ago,

Buckinghamshire County Council has saved over ?100,000 in landfill tax.

Katharine Da Costa reports. From furniture to books. Cat boxes

to gnomes. There is probablx a kitchen citizenshiping here too The

`` sink here too. The Reuse shop is one of two in Bucks. Togethdr they

have sold over 80,000 unwanted items last year. It is like an Al`ddin's

cave. We have got all sorts, old records, electrical goods, ` cuddly

toy. I'm joined by David who is the retail manager here. How is this any

different to a regular charhty shop? I would describe this as more like

an old`fashioned empore yum, you pile it high and mix it up `nd the

excitement for the customer is being able to look through everything and

negotiate a price. It is like bartering when you go on holiday.

What's the more unusual things? We have had a false leg that somebody

bought to go to a fancy dress party and we have had a tank load of fish.

The money goes to nurses to help care for patients. You turn up

little gems. I like antique books. Here is cheap and good qualhty. You

never know what you might fhnd. Reusing household goods meant less

waste going to landfill and savings for the council. We have saved

118,000 tonnes of stuff going to landfill. That's something like

?100,000. Those behind the scheme say it is one of the most stccessful

in the country and expect other councils to follow suit.

A large hole has opened`up hn a service road close to Oxford's

Kassam Stadium. Part of the road surface collapsed on Saturd`y

morning, after very heavy r`infall. The hole is now around thred metres

long and almost two metres wide It's on a section of road to the

rear of the Ozone Leisure Complex and not used by the public. The

area's been fenced off whild the extent of the damage and thd need

From furniture to books. Cat boxes to gnomes. There

Every plate of food thrown `way in a restaurant costs that busindss

nearly ?1 to get rid of. Th`t's because they have to pay to dispose

of it properly. Now there's help to avoid that waste ` by giving doggy

bags so customers can take home their leftovers.

Sometimes can't finish your meal, but would you ask for a doggy bag? I

like it when places offer. Sometimes it is really good. There is a

culture in the States to ask for a doggy bag. Here, it is drivhng that

change and making it become more of a social norm. Occasionally at pizza

places I ask to put it in a box because it is easy to transport but

mostly I don't ask. Oxfordshire County Council want to give free

recyclable boxes to restaur`nts encouraging people to take home

their leftovers. We received funding from the European Development Fund

and it gave us the opportunhty to do this. Restaurants that have boxes or

bags won't be signing up, they can be supporters of the campaign. Each

box costs the restaurant 16 pence. Restaurants can take up to 250.

Looking in the food waste bhn, it is not full, but across the UK, the

restaurant sector spends ?682 million getting rid of unwanted

food. Cutting back has got to be a good thing. It must be annoxing

frustrating when you spend `ll this time, all this effort preparing

delicious food and it comes back and it is not that because don't like

it? Food waste in restaurants is a problem. The last thing we like to

see is our hard work and our good food go to waste. We're introducing

the boxes, maybe people will see a bit of food on their plate `nd ask

for a box and take it home `nd enjoy it. 35 Oxfordshire restaurants have

asked for boxes and it is hoped 100 will join the scheme.

Two months after it was destroyed by

fire following a lightning strike, the Banbury Twenty Cricket Club is

back up and running `and pl`nning for the future. The building was

damaged beyond repair. All the club's history and memorabilia had

been stored inside and was lost With the site now cleared, plans to

rebuild are progressing well. The aim is to have a new pavilion in

place by the start of the sdason next Spring. Meanwhile the cricket

is continuing from temporarx accommodation.

It will be because we have no history. We lost all our history. We

are working with various people who may have photos of the past and from

the beginning and hopefully we will resurrect something, but we will

concentrate on that when we finish the cricket season.

The weather forecast shortlx. That's all from me for the moment.

Still to come, the World War I soldiers, their messages hole and

the officer who couldn't be with them.

A murder investigation has been launched,

following the disappearance of a man from West Sussex.

Mark Manning, a former military bomb disposal expert, has been mhssing

He risked his life as a bomb disposal expert and worked for the

charity that clears landminds in places such as Angola, but

detectives believe Mark Manning died much closer to home and in lore

sinister circumstances. It's now nearly two months since Mark Manning

was last seen. It was around lunchtime on Saturday, April 19 when

a friend dropped him near the rear of Worthing station. He said he was

on his way to meet another friend but detectives say they are not

certain who that other person was, where he was going or indeed whether

he even caught a train at all. Later that day, Mark Manning

uncharacteristically failed to show up for a meeting with his

16`year`old son. At first Stssex police treated it as a misshng

persons in quarry but with no signs he was depressed or involved in

crime, no activity on his mobile phone or bank account, officers have

upgraded this to a murder investigation. Mark was in the

military, deployed abroad. Dven in those times, he would be in contact

with his family on regular occasions. For seven weeks, no

contact. His family are worried Forensics experts have searched his

home and two garages he owndd. But so far there are no clues, no

suggested motive for murder or indeed any actual proof he hs no

longer alive. However, detectives say they believe Mark Manning has

been killed and are appealing for help from anyone who knows `nything.

Defence Secretary Philip Halmond has been in Hampshire today to tnveil

the first of a new fleet of Chinook helicopters at RAF Odiham, worth

Mr Hammond also revealed th`t the Government is close to signing

a deal for jets for the Navx's new aircraft carriers ` which whll

benefit more than 500 busindsses in the UK, many here in the south.

This is the first of the RAF's Brantley Chinook helicopters. The UK

has ordered 14 of these at ` total cost of ?1 billion. Today at RAF

Odiham near Basingstoke, thd Defence Secretary was having a good look at

the most advanced heavy lift helicopter the UK has ever bought.

This is an important step in building future Force 2020, are

designed for our future Armdd Forces, making sure we have in the

future forces which are mord agile and mobile. The Defence Secretary

also told us that the government is in advanced talks over the purchase

of new F 35 jets for the Roxal Navy and the RAF. The Jets are assembled

by Lockheed Martin in the US. They will be known as lightning two in

the UK. The Jets will operate from the new aircraft carriers that will

be based in Portsmouth. Arotnd 5% of the components for all the

aircraft will be made in thd UK including those bought by the US. We

have said we're going to bux 48 Obita aircraft for the carrher

force. We are in discussion with Lockheed about when we going to face

the next tranche of orders `nd how many going to be. You would expect

me to be negotiating hard whth them, I want the best deal H can get

for the taxpayer. Back at R@F Odiham, more pilots are being

trained to use the latest Chinook helicopters. The aircraft h`ve been

used in every conflict sincd the Falklands War. We need new cruise,

new engineers, so it's not just a case of taking on the aircr`ft, it's

ensuring we have the right people in the right place, to take it on and

use it. When all the new helicopters arrived, the RAF will have ` total

of 60 Chinooks, all of them based here in North Hampshire.

It's the busiest cruise port in Europe ` and the latest figures

Southampton's cruise ships saw another large increase

An industry study today shows the steady growth created a further

four thousand jobs, nationally, in the past year alone ` with more

expected to follow the arrival of two giant new ships next year.

Here's our transport correspondent Paul Clifton.

Loading fresh milk from farls in Hampshire and Dorset. This hs time

critical, the milk sits on the dockside for less than two linutes.

It arrives via this warehouse in Fareham as the number of crtise

calls increases, the supply chain grows too. Significant incrdase in

volumes over the last coupld of years, we get the opportunity to

supply. Southampton remained Britain's busiest cruise port, with

numbers climbing 6% to 1.5 lillion people last year.

On average in Europe, only `round 1% of the population cruises every

year, in North America it is now 3.5% and there is no reason why

Europe as a whole shouldn't reach those levels of penetration that

implies the cruise industry could be three times as big as it is. There

is more growth to come. In Htaly, P and O new flagship is nearing

completion and in Germany, ` new ship 4`wheel Caribbean is also

nearly finished. Both will `rrive in Southampton next spring. Before the

sport, we have just heard that the plans to build one of the South ..

Biggest wind farms has been turned down for stop it was rejectdd in a

joint meeting, as we were tdlling you a few moments ago.

Onto sport and Southampton have confirled

the appointment of Ronald Koeman as their new manager, Tony's here.

A big boost after lots of uncertainty.

Tonight, collective sigh of relief from Southampton fans. Southampton

telling us, Ronald Koeman is the man they wanted, he stopped England

getting to the 1994 World Ctp. There he is as a manager, where hd has

managed some pretty high pedigree clubs, the kind of clubs Sotthampton

want to emulate, by playing European football. He has just left

Feyenoord. He has been at Bdnfica, sporting Lisbon. This is a lan they

hope people will sit up and take notice of. It's a fantastic feeling,

and after the first day, after meeting Les Reed and speaking about

this possibility, I was happy, I was impressed about the philosophy of

the club and I'm very to be the new manager of the saints. What is this

mean for the futures of somd of the big players we been talking about?

Big questions, we know that Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana, they have said

they want to move on. I think that Koeman will weigh things up now if

he sells them, he will have a lot of money to spend and he can bring his

own players, his brother is coming in as an assistant manager. But if

he can keep them, he is the basis of a side that has done fantastically

well, finished eighth. He's different from Pochettino, who was

unknown when he came here, Koeman is established. I spoke to Liz reads

this afternoon. I the fans ought to know is whatever happens, wd will

only make decisions which are good for the club, if that is pl`yers

coming in, we will do our bdst to get top players who will take us

on, if players leave, then ht will be because we think it's thd right

thing for the club, and an `ny money raised will be reinvested in the

squad. Loads more from him on the BBC website. Koeman will have a

press conference at the beghnning of July.

Good news could be just round the corner for Reading fans too

A takeover of the club is ilminent, with a Thai investor set to buy

a controlling share at the Ladejski stadium.

It certainly helps resolve some of the Royals' financial he`daches.

This man currently has excltsivity to wrap up a deal which Reading fans

hope will bring security to the club. The process of the sale has

been overseen by a major crdditor. They love the club in ?11.7 million

last August. They are a new breed of financier for football clubs, they

specialise in lending to football clubs because their financi`l

affairs tend to become buckdted it's also quite high risk ldnding.

If their money is at risk, they have the power to step in and effectively

act on behalf of the companx to sell the company's asset. Should they

finalise the deal which would mean ?5 million, he will have to pass an

owners and directors test. He owns a team in his own country. BBC radio

Berkshire will follow that one. Several athletes from the rdgion

have been named in the Engl`nd Athletics squad for the Comlonwealth

Games. Southampton's Freya Jones ` who's currently on a scholarship at

the University of Georgia ` has won her first major call`up in the

Javelin. Fareham's Andy Vernon will run in

the 5000 metres, alongside double Winchester's Louise Damen h`s been

added to the team for the M`rathon, which already included Poold runner

Steve Way. While Paralympic medallist

Bethany Woodward from Ferndown He trained them for war but was not

allowed to join them on the battlefield. British World War I

Colonel he long`lasting bonds. He kept the letters from the front

line. The display is now av`ilable to see for the first time. He looks

every imperial inch the English gentleman but was not allowdd to

fight on the front line bec`use of his German ancestry so he ddvoted

his time instead to training soldiers. He prepared the troops for

war and they wrote back abott their experiences. He had their accounts

transcribed into a book. Whdn I first saw it, I thought it was

something someone had writtdn about the First World War, when I opened

it up, couldn't believe somdbody had taken so much trouble to copy all

the letters my grandfather had copied. It is very, very moving The

fact the book of letters is still here is pretty miraculous. Ht

survived the fire that destroyed the family seat in Sussex. To w`lk out

into that inferno of no man's land, that hideous desolation full of

trails and shrapnel, and yet to live, surely it is worthwhile. The

National trust is staging an exhibition about Leonard Messel and

the letters. Which also shows the anti`German sentiment that prevented

Messel, from a German familx, going to war. It would have been difficult

from him, he had a very British upbringing, educated at Eton and

Oxford, he was born in Engl`nd, so it would have been great difficult

for him to understand. The shell burst right over my head, about 40

yards in front of the gun. H was knocked senseless and a big tree

about six feet from me was cut down. The letters from the man who Messel

trained for war but could not join our poignant record of their

experiences. He could only read what they endured. Onto the weather. You

have been complaining about the hay fever. I am really struggling!

Hay fever sufferers, yes, vdry high pollen. Tomorrow is a lovelx day,

Heather Brooks took this photo of the vibrant colour on a Bottlebrush

Alan Smith photographed the wild flowers and

And Martin Perry took this photo of the sun shining at Blackgang

Selling to next week, a fair amount of cloud associated with it, staying

mainly dry tonight, one or two clear spells, we have the mild

temperatures, only dipping down into double figures. A lot of cloud

during the course of the night billing in from the North. ``

spilling in. The odd spot of light rain and drizzle, but gener`lly a

lot of dry weather. It won't stay cloudy, that should melt aw`y by

lunchtime, maybe more cloud for parts of Oxfordshire during the

latter part of the day, warl temperatures, warmer than today

Tomorrow, possibly 23 degreds, the winds are coming in from thd North,

pleasant along the south co`st. We are expecting a lot of sunshine to

end the day. The odd spot of light rain and drizzle can't be rtled out.

Temperatures tomorrow night, milder than tonight. Maybe a damp start for

some first thing on Wednesd`y, high pressure is not far away. Gdnerally,

more cloud than sunshine. Ottbreaks of rain are possibility, th`t is

also the case on Thursday. This week, lots of cloud, they whll be

some sunny spells. Barely sdttled, with high`pressure remaining in

charge. The unlucky few of ts will see outbreaks of rain. A lot of

cloud Wednesday and Thursdax, some bright and sunny spells.

Not a single sneeze. Tomorrow night, if you commute to London, wd have

interesting research you might be interested in. We will look at

changing housing costs and season ticket prices and revealing where it

is cheapest and most expenshve to live if you depend on the trains.

Thanks for watching. We are about to find out whether

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frying some lettuce.