19/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening. Channel but now,

:00:10. > :00:12.Two men have been cleared of a double murder in Milton Kdynes.

:00:13. > :00:14.Brahim Haji and Ahmed Ahmed had admitted being

:00:15. > :00:17.at the scene of the shooting on the Fishermead estate three years ago.

:00:18. > :00:21.But they told the jury that they had not known it was going to happen.

:00:22. > :00:27.They were teenage friends who lost their lives in a row about drugs.

:00:28. > :00:32.19`year`old Mohammed Abdi Farah and Amin Ahmed Ismail, who was 8,

:00:33. > :00:39.The prosecution described it as an execution.

:00:40. > :00:43.This is the chilling 999 call that alerted police.

:00:44. > :00:45.There's someone laying in the alleyway

:00:46. > :00:59.The gunman Fuad Awale and his accomplice Sharmake

:01:00. > :01:03.Abdulkadir were convicted of the murders in January last year.

:01:04. > :01:08.But the prosecution alleged others were actively involved.

:01:09. > :01:14.Among them, Dutch national Brahim Hajji and Ahmed Ahmed.

:01:15. > :01:16.Both men admitted being at the scene on the night

:01:17. > :01:21.of the murders but denied any knowledge of the shootings.

:01:22. > :01:23.The jury accepted their version of events and cleared them

:01:24. > :01:31.I think it's very important, both for the interests of justicd that

:01:32. > :01:34.all five people were brought to account and made to answer for their

:01:35. > :01:37.actions, and also for the families involved to be able to hear the

:01:38. > :01:40.words of those two people and to have a full understanding

:01:41. > :01:43.of exactly how their two sons came to tragically lose their lives.

:01:44. > :01:47.Three years on, justice has finally run its course.

:01:48. > :01:56.For the victims' families, though, it can never heal their pain.

:01:57. > :01:58.They've often fled the horrors of conflict and persecution

:01:59. > :02:01.at home and arrive in the UK to an uncertain ftture.

:02:02. > :02:04.For many refugees, that new life begins in Swindon.

:02:05. > :02:07.It's one of four places in the UK designated by the government

:02:08. > :02:10.as dispersal towns ` places where refugees are sent upon

:02:11. > :02:19.This is no ordinary Swindon resident.

:02:20. > :02:22.At the age of 23, Mohamed Abdo has led resist`nce to

:02:23. > :02:29.Hidden in a mountain cave for days in an unknown country.

:02:30. > :02:32.And helped save the lives of hundreds of his fellow asylum

:02:33. > :02:34.seekers when their overloaded boat got lost in the Mediterrane`n.

:02:35. > :02:37.And he didn't even want to leave Syria in the first pl`ce.

:02:38. > :02:40.I leave Syria because my life was in danger.

:02:41. > :02:45.If I stay in Syria, I would die and this is the first reason.

:02:46. > :02:49.My political activities pushed me to go outside.

:02:50. > :02:52.How dangerous was it for you to leave?

:02:53. > :02:55.It was very dangerous because the way how I came to the UK

:02:56. > :03:09.demonstrations against President Assad in Aleppo in 2012.

:03:10. > :03:14.He's here in the white coat on the left.

:03:15. > :03:18.This re`enactment shows doctors being killed by soldiers.

:03:19. > :03:22.2,000 miles away in Swindon, Mohamed finds shelter at The Harbour,

:03:23. > :03:30.Single asylum seekers only get five pounds a day

:03:31. > :03:33.from the government until they hear whether they can stay.

:03:34. > :03:38.Here they can access legal `dvice, English classes, friendship.

:03:39. > :03:42.In actual Home Office accomlodation, it can be six men in one house, all

:03:43. > :03:50.You know, you've come from ` new country, you don't know anybody.

:03:51. > :03:54.In Swindon, there are around 100 asylum seekers.

:03:55. > :03:56.Refugees say when they come to this country,

:03:57. > :04:07.Places like this give them a voice and a future.

:04:08. > :04:10.A bike hire scheme has been relaunched in Oxford after it was

:04:11. > :04:13.started last year but folded within a few months when the company

:04:14. > :04:18.Thornhill Park and ride is one of seven locations where

:04:19. > :04:22.It's hoped more people will choose to cycle rather than take

:04:23. > :04:25.their car into the city to reduce congestion on the roads.

:04:26. > :04:28.It's a pound to join the scheme and the first 30 mins

:04:29. > :04:36.Music is just as important as any medicine, according to residents

:04:37. > :04:40.They are taking part in a ten week long project looking

:04:41. > :04:43.at the power of music to increase happiness and reduce anxiety.

:04:44. > :04:56.Memories aren't always clear for some of these residents

:04:57. > :05:05.# You can always hear me singing my song. #.

:05:06. > :05:17.I've lost a lot but not all of it, so that's something, isn't it?

:05:18. > :05:23.Specially`trained musicians are running a ten`week course

:05:24. > :05:33.in this care home and it's `lready having an impact on residents.

:05:34. > :05:36.If we can listen to a piece of music, it allows them to express

:05:37. > :05:39.their emotions and then aftdr that there is no anxiety and that's

:05:40. > :05:45.The residents really seem to get a lot out of it

:05:46. > :05:48.and we had some lovely moments with singing along, particularly singing

:05:49. > :05:52.We had a lovely moment where myself and a resident were singing

:05:53. > :05:59.The main thing is that they enjoy it and they certainly seemed to today.

:06:00. > :06:03.The results will be analysed by researchers at Essex University.

:06:04. > :06:09.Staff here say the music sessions are already having

:06:10. > :06:19.a long lasting impact, striking a chord with a variety of reshdents.

:06:20. > :06:21.A building at Oxford Brookes University has been recognised

:06:22. > :06:25.The low`carbon John Henry Brookes building was commended

:06:26. > :06:32.Judges from the Royal Institute of British Architects said it also

:06:33. > :06:36.has a personality which is evident throughout.

:06:37. > :06:38.It's now been shortlisted among 56 developments being considerdd

:06:39. > :06:44.Alexis is on the way with the weather forecast.

:06:45. > :06:51.Slightly cooler tomorrow and slightly fresher overnight

:06:52. > :06:54.tonight with perhaps one or two mist patches but staying dry through

:06:55. > :06:57.the course of the night with temperatures in our towns and cities

:06:58. > :07:00.Slightly lower in the countryside, eight or nine degrees.

:07:01. > :07:02.A mild but dry start to the day tomorrow.

:07:03. > :07:08.A cloudy start but we will start to see that cloud

:07:09. > :07:11.thin and break in places to allow for some sunshine and temperatures

:07:12. > :07:15.won't be as high as today, reaching around 19, possibly 20 Celshus.

:07:16. > :07:18.In some spots for a lucky few of us in the sunshine,

:07:19. > :07:21.a high of 22 degrees but the pollen levels tomorrow are high and they

:07:22. > :07:25.High pressure is in charge of our weather.

:07:26. > :07:32.It stays settled but up next is the national weather forecast.

:07:33. > :07:40.dry. With the national details, here is Darren Bett.

:07:41. > :07:44.Hello there, my blood pressure has been high for the past few hours. I

:07:45. > :07:46.don't think it has anything to do with the air pressure! The high

:07:47. > :07:53.pressure is shaping our weather. It pressure is shaping our weather It

:07:54. > :07:58.is sat there all week. Here we are seaing the weak weather front. The

:07:59. > :08:02.warmth has been in the south-west, 26 Celsius. The temperatures in

:08:03. > :08:06.Scotland yesterday, today nearer 20 Celsius. Still pleasant. There is

:08:07. > :08:08.slightly cooler air from the