:00:38. > :00:42.to the northern and western isles. The warm and sunny weather lasting
:00:43. > :00:46.August across the south-east where, through Wednesday and Thursday, we
:00:47. > :00:54.could see highs in the mid-20s. More details on the website.
:00:55. > :00:59.The veteran entertainer Rolf Harris is found guilty of 12 counts of
:01:00. > :01:01.indecent assault against women and children. That's all from the BBC
:01:02. > :01:05.News. Hello and welcome to South Today
:01:06. > :01:07.from Oxford. A 14`year`old girl left
:01:08. > :01:13.for school in Witney this morning, She was killed
:01:14. > :01:17.when a car mounted the pavelent Tributes paid to
:01:18. > :01:22.the 60`year`old man who was stabbed And parking your balloon in a park `
:01:23. > :01:29.a lucky escape for five people on board and for people
:01:30. > :01:33.in nearby homes. Hope floats ` the dentist
:01:34. > :01:37.and the round`the`world yacht, A 14`year`old girl has been knocked
:01:38. > :01:56.down and killed on her way to school, after a car ran off the road
:01:57. > :02:00.and onto the pavement in Witney. Two other schoolgirls and a man were
:02:01. > :02:03.also badly hurt in the accident just Curbridge Road was closed
:02:04. > :02:08.for several hours while polhce Tonight, an 18`year`old man's being
:02:09. > :02:13.questioned by police on suspicion of This scene in Witney that face the
:02:14. > :02:27.emergency services just aftdr This scene in Witney that f`ce the
:02:28. > :02:29.emergency services just after 8am emergency services just after 8am
:02:30. > :02:36.this morning. Only minutes earlier, this blue car had gone off the
:02:37. > :02:42.road, crashing into 314`year`old schoolgirls and a man in his 40s.
:02:43. > :02:47.Three of the four were taken to hospital, but for one of thd
:02:48. > :02:50.teenagers, the collision proved fatal.
:02:51. > :02:53.It is a terrible collision. It appears that the teenagers were on
:02:54. > :02:56.the footpath and then the c`r appears that the teenagers were on
:02:57. > :03:01.the footpath and then the c`r hit them. We are interviewing a man at
:03:02. > :03:04.the local police station. At the school, nobody was available
:03:05. > :03:09.to comment, but the headteacher said this.
:03:10. > :03:11.With deep regret, I have to report that a year nine students w`s
:03:12. > :03:24.that a year nine students was involved in a fatal accident.
:03:25. > :03:29.It was not long before hundreds of students began to pay their respects
:03:30. > :03:34.at the nearby church, lighting at the nearby church, lighthng
:03:35. > :03:37.candles and writing cards for their friend liberty Baker.
:03:38. > :03:44.It tests the community. I am aware It tests the community. I am aware
:03:45. > :03:46.of lots of people across thd community offering help and support
:03:47. > :03:50.in trying to Paul together `t community offering help and support
:03:51. > :03:50.in trying to Paul together at a in trying to Paul together at a
:03:51. > :03:53.tragic time. This evening, the other thrde
:03:54. > :03:55.This evening, the other three victims have various injurids,
:03:56. > :03:55.This evening, the other thrde victims have various injuries, but
:03:56. > :03:58.victims have various injurids, but are not in a critical condition. In
:03:59. > :04:04.are not in a critical condition In this community, people grieve very
:04:05. > :04:09.publicly for the loss of their friend, neighbour.
:04:10. > :04:11.Tributes have been paid to a man found stabbed to death
:04:12. > :04:15.60`year`old Aulton Thomas Rogers, known as Tom, was cycling home
:04:16. > :04:24.At the moment, the police say they have no idea of the motive
:04:25. > :04:31.Flowers have been made alongside the cycle path where Aulton Tholas
:04:32. > :04:36.cycle path where Aulton Thomas Rogers was murdered as police looks
:04:37. > :04:44.at 60 lines of inquiry. Tributes have been paid, including at the pub
:04:45. > :04:45.where he was working that night. Everyone is so shocked about what
:04:46. > :04:52.happened. He will be very missed. He happened. He will be very mhssed. He
:04:53. > :04:54.was very reliable and everyone cared about him.
:04:55. > :05:00.His 35`year`old son also paid His 35`year`old son also pahd
:05:01. > :05:03.tribute, saying that it has not sank in that my dad has gone and that I
:05:04. > :05:07.will not be able to spend thme with will not be able to spend thme with
:05:08. > :05:10.him any more. His brother and two sisters live
:05:11. > :05:14.overseas and said in a tribute that overseas and said in a tribtte that
:05:15. > :05:24.he was a kind, an issue main, gentle man with a happy heart.
:05:25. > :05:26.The police have been at this block of flats where Tom lived. That has
:05:27. > :05:33.not been confirmed by officdrs. not been confirmed by officdrs.
:05:34. > :05:34.There is no apparent motive, although some people think that the
:05:35. > :05:40.random attack might have been random attack might have bedn
:05:41. > :05:45.someone drunk or on drugs. I have been abused by two mdn, one
:05:46. > :05:52.I have been abused by two men, one of whom was very aggressive. They
:05:53. > :05:56.threatened to stab me if he saw me again.
:05:57. > :06:00.That may or not be relevant to this inquiry, but this supposedly random
:06:01. > :06:06.inquiry, but this supposedlx random stabbing has shocked everyone. There
:06:07. > :06:10.are appeals for better security along the path known as muggers Ali.
:06:11. > :06:12.`` pathway. A builder has been jailed
:06:13. > :06:14.after the heavy fireplace mantelpiece he installed collapsed
:06:15. > :06:16.on a six`year`old girl Bella Pritchard died of head
:06:17. > :06:19.injuries in July 2012.Christopher Elmer's work standards were
:06:20. > :06:22.described as slip shod as he was Some viewers may find images in
:06:23. > :06:39.Jeremy Stern's report distressing. Bella Pritchard was playing in the
:06:40. > :06:45.living room of her family's home, when the fireplace collapsed on her.
:06:46. > :06:48.She suffered fatal injuries. It had been fitted 12 months before by
:06:49. > :06:49.been fitted 12 months beford by Christopher Elmer, a self`employed
:06:50. > :06:55.Christopher Elmer, a self`elployed builder. He admitted breaching
:06:56. > :06:56.builder. He admitted breachhng health and safety laws, he had used
:06:57. > :07:01.to glue to attach the fireplace. The to glue to attach the fireplace. The
:07:02. > :07:03.judge said that it should h`ve to glue to attach the fireplace The
:07:04. > :07:08.judge said that it should have been common sense to use mechanical
:07:09. > :07:14.fittings rather than glue. He described the work as slipshod.
:07:15. > :07:18.These tests by Imperial College London show how easily badlx fitted
:07:19. > :07:25.London show how easily badly fitted fireplaces can fall apart.
:07:26. > :07:29.We have worked very hard to make sure about the guidance that people
:07:30. > :07:31.get about fireplaces, that ht sure about the guidance that people
:07:32. > :07:35.get about fireplaces, that ht is very clear and specific.
:07:36. > :07:39.The council believes that that guidance is now available, which
:07:40. > :07:41.means that they hope that what happened to Bella Pritchard will not
:07:42. > :07:48.happen again. The judge said that he had read a
:07:49. > :07:50.letter from her family about how the death had changed their lives.
:07:51. > :07:50.letter from her family about how the death had changed their livds. It
:07:51. > :07:56.death had changed their lives. It was kept privately from the court,
:07:57. > :07:59.but the judge had said that one could not much on the effect on the
:08:00. > :08:04.whole family of this tragedy. Last year's warm weather was
:08:05. > :08:07.a major factor behind a rise in the number of motorcycle accidents in
:08:08. > :08:10.our region, according to the Thames The charity recorded a 25% hncrease
:08:11. > :08:14.in 2013 compared to the year before. Now its senior pilot,
:08:15. > :08:16.himself a motorbike enthusi`st, is using his experience on the front
:08:17. > :08:19.line to raise road safety awareness Motorcyclists make up 1% of road
:08:20. > :08:30.users. 30 are killed or injured
:08:31. > :08:34.at junctions every day. Two years ago, Craig Course was
:08:35. > :08:37.knocked off his motorbike and nearly died as he tried to cross a
:08:38. > :08:47.dual`carriageway in Milton Keynes. I can remember lying on the road on
:08:48. > :08:59.my back looking at the sky in a my back looking at the sky in a
:09:00. > :09:05.terrible amount of pain. I had internal bleeding, a fracture to my
:09:06. > :09:08.spine and my lower right leg was completely destroyed.
:09:09. > :09:10.Craig was picked up by the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance
:09:11. > :09:14.Senior pilot Alf Gasparro's attended hundreds of motorbike accidents,
:09:15. > :09:17.he's also the driving force behind Heli Bikes ` a campaign to
:09:18. > :09:33.Ride aware and be safe. Increasing the writer's awareness of what the
:09:34. > :09:34.dangers are and what potenthal dangers are and what potential
:09:35. > :09:35.hazards there could be. Anticipating danger
:09:36. > :09:37.and thinking ahead's the kex message Some industry experts think bikers
:09:38. > :09:41.should be re`tested to refrdsh The owner
:09:42. > :09:46.of this motorcycle training centre in Oxford thinks not ` he says it's
:09:47. > :10:02.a two way street and motorcxclists If you were going to do that, you
:10:03. > :10:07.should see that for all categories of road users. If you tested
:10:08. > :10:09.everyone, there would be a cost and time issue. I think a better
:10:10. > :10:11.approach would be to encourage approach would be to encour`ge
:10:12. > :10:12.people 's behaviour. Craig says his attitude tow`rds
:10:13. > :10:14.other road users has changed and hopes to encourage all drivers
:10:15. > :10:17.to be more vigilant whether More than 1300 people have signed
:10:18. > :10:28.a petition calling on Npower to delay the demolition
:10:29. > :10:31.of the first three huge cooling towers at Didcot power stathon in
:10:32. > :10:34.order that people living nearby can The company said last week
:10:35. > :10:38.the controlled explosions would take place during the early hours
:10:39. > :10:41.of the morning on Sunday, July the 27th, for logistic`l
:10:42. > :10:45.and health and safety reasons. But campaigners say
:10:46. > :10:47.the community who've lived near the landmark for gener`tions
:10:48. > :10:50.want to witness the moment. Demolition will take
:10:51. > :10:58.just one minute. A campaign's been launched to crack
:10:59. > :11:00.down on sales A series of raids has been taking
:11:01. > :11:04.place at shops in Swindon. At one, thousands of pounds worth
:11:05. > :11:06.of products was seized. Sally Challoner joined the swoop
:11:07. > :11:19.by police Are you the manager? You need to get
:11:20. > :11:28.the owner here now. A coordinated series of raids. The
:11:29. > :11:36.police, trading standards and the campaign group Smoke`free South
:11:37. > :11:44.West. Many shops were targeted. He has been trained to find tobacco
:11:45. > :11:48.and counterfeit cigarettes. Once the dog has done the job, we will give
:11:49. > :11:53.it to the trading standards to see if it is illegal. There has been a
:11:54. > :11:58.lot of tobacco hidden here hn the lot of tobacco hidden here hn the
:11:59. > :12:05.past. There is probably still a residue which the dog is smdlling.
:12:06. > :12:11.Illegal tobacco is a huge problem in Britain. It takes two forms, legally
:12:12. > :12:15.made tobacco which has been smuggled in, and that funds serious organised
:12:16. > :12:18.crime. And tobacco which has been made illegally, and you cannot be
:12:19. > :12:24.sure what is in it. There is no quality insurance or
:12:25. > :12:29.control, said they have mord nicotine or lead in them. We
:12:30. > :12:29.control, said they have more nicotine or lead in them. Wd have
:12:30. > :12:34.nicotine or lead in them. We have had an analysis weather havd been
:12:35. > :12:38.wrapped droppings in them. So they may be cheaper, but they are not
:12:39. > :12:46.may be cheaper, but they ard not safe. `` wrapped droppings.
:12:47. > :12:53.People who Selby cigarettes do not care who the selling them to and
:12:54. > :12:57.they are sold very cheaply. An illegal packet will cost around ?3.
:12:58. > :13:01.A raid found no illegal tob`cco illegal packet will cost around ?3.
:13:02. > :13:07.A raid found no illegal tobacco in the shop, but a van outside had this
:13:08. > :13:11.in it. Some of these brands are only made for the illegal market, others
:13:12. > :13:14.have been smuggled in and sold for half the usual price.
:13:15. > :13:17.It's been confirmed no one was hurt after a hot air balloon unexpectedly
:13:18. > :13:20.landed in a park in South Oxfordshire this morning.
:13:21. > :13:22.It ended up wrapped around ` tree in Kinecroft Park in Wallingford
:13:23. > :13:28.Fallen branches from the tree have now been cleared
:13:29. > :13:38.These images were captured by Kim Munday on her mobile phone.
:13:39. > :13:45.I was very shocked to see it, because you do not expect to see it
:13:46. > :13:51.in a busy park. The tree was covered with the balloon. The balloon
:13:52. > :14:00.deflated and covered the entire tree.
:14:01. > :14:02.We will have more with Sallx Taylor. I will be back at 10:25 p.m..
:14:03. > :14:16.Goodbye. Still to come, twist and spout bash
:14:17. > :14:32.your pictures on an unusual weather phenomenon on.
:14:33. > :14:37.who was killed in a crash with a New She's
:14:38. > :14:39.who was killed in a crash with a
:14:40. > :14:53.have entirely criticised living police for reopening the ro`d while
:14:54. > :14:57.Daniel Robins was killed in January on the dual carriageway
:14:58. > :15:00.The coroner recorded a verdhct of accidental death.
:15:01. > :15:03.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Emma Vardy reports from the inqudst.
:15:04. > :15:07.It was a cold January evening at rush hour when this road was closed
:15:08. > :15:14.after reports of a horse on the road. The animal could not be found
:15:15. > :15:15.so officers opened one lane and waved traffic through. Withhn
:15:16. > :15:17.waved traffic through. Within minutes two motorcyclists h`d
:15:18. > :15:19.minutes two motorcyclists had collided with a horse I'll tp
:15:20. > :15:19.minutes two motorcyclists h`d collided with a horse I'll up the
:15:20. > :15:24.collided with a horse I'll tp the road. Nobody knew where the pony
:15:25. > :15:29.was, they just assumed it had not was, they just assumed it h`d not
:15:30. > :15:34.travelled far, but you can't just assume that. Investigators said he
:15:35. > :15:39.bikers were probably travelling between 60 and 70 mph but they had
:15:40. > :15:45.accelerated after the lane closure, believing there was no dangdr.
:15:46. > :15:51.Today, Mr Robins' mother asked police why they had not kept traffic
:15:52. > :15:54.moving slowly for a much longer stretch. She said, my son would
:15:55. > :15:58.still be alive today if that had happened. The officer at the scene
:15:59. > :16:03.said they did not have the resources to do that, but they believdd the
:16:04. > :16:07.to do that, but they believed the animal was contained within a
:16:08. > :16:11.particular stretch. Some drhvers were stuck on the a 31 for five
:16:12. > :16:15.hours and officers faced crhticism for the way the closure was handled.
:16:16. > :16:21.`` the A31. Hampshire policd said `` the A31. Hampshire policd said
:16:22. > :16:23.the accident was the culmination `` the A31. Hampshire police said
:16:24. > :16:24.the accident was the culmin`tion of the accident was the culmination of
:16:25. > :16:30.an extremely rare set of circumstances.
:16:31. > :16:34.A yacht crewed entirely by people living with Multiple Sclerosis `
:16:35. > :16:37.and leading full lives in defiance of that debilitating condithon.
:16:38. > :16:40.This week, Phil Gowers ` a Hampshire dentist and MS patient `
:16:41. > :16:43.becomes the first Brit to join that crew in their challengd to
:16:44. > :16:56.This is Phil Gowers, a denthst, a father, a sailor. He refuses to be
:16:57. > :16:58.defined by his multiple scldrosis. defined by his multiple sclerosis.
:16:59. > :16:59.You will never know when yot defined by his multiple scldrosis.
:17:00. > :17:04.You will never know when you might You will never know when yot might
:17:05. > :17:08.wake up and your eye or your leg might not work or your fatigue will
:17:09. > :17:10.be so bad you can't even get out of bed. There is a sense that xou have
:17:11. > :17:13.bed. There is a sense that you have to seize the day because tolorrow
:17:14. > :17:19.to seize the day because tomorrow you don't know. Having MS does not
:17:20. > :17:24.stop him having a life. We had an e`mail from the MS Society saying
:17:25. > :17:26.come to the next fish and chip supper, the next physio appointment,
:17:27. > :17:31.sail round the world. As the only sail round the world. As thd only
:17:32. > :17:33.British person joining B Oceans sail round the world. As the only
:17:34. > :17:37.British person joining B Oceans of Hope crew, everybody on board has MS
:17:38. > :17:44.and the determination to circumnavigate the world. Yesterday
:17:45. > :17:48.circumnavigate the world. Ydsterday the boat was docked in Amsterdam and
:17:49. > :17:52.the last time I checked it was cruising around Hastings but on
:17:53. > :17:56.Thursday it will arrive in Portsmouth for its next leg. The
:17:57. > :18:03.next stop will be France, then Portugal, before heading across the
:18:04. > :18:06.Atlantic to Boston. This is showing people they can follow their dreams.
:18:07. > :18:10.They might need to find a dhfferent way of doing it but it is possible
:18:11. > :18:16.to go out and live life to the fullest extent. 100,000 people in
:18:17. > :18:21.the UK have been diagnosed with MS but Phil Gowers says he will not let
:18:22. > :18:27.the disease stop him living his dreams. Never lose hope even in the
:18:28. > :18:29.darkest time. It is incurable but try to find the best management for
:18:30. > :18:31.try to find the best managelent for you so Ed least you can remember
:18:32. > :18:46.try to find the best management for you so Ed least you can remdmber how
:18:47. > :18:47.to dream again. `` at least. Justin Rose has found some winning form as
:18:48. > :18:49.he returns to the UK for thd Rose has found some winning form as
:18:50. > :18:49.he returns to the UK for the OP Rose has found some winning form as
:18:50. > :18:49.he returns to the UK for thd OP inch he returns to the UK for thd OP inch
:18:50. > :18:56.`` the open championship. He he returns to the UK for the OP inch
:18:57. > :18:56.`` the open championship. Hd rescued `` the open championship. Hd rescued
:18:57. > :19:02.a bad 18th with only a bogey `` the open championship. He rescued
:19:03. > :19:13.a bad 18th with only a bogex after going into the water. Stephane E
:19:14. > :19:19.double bogeyed the fourth and Rose to get.
:19:20. > :19:23.Brighton boss Sammy her Peer says he is very unhappy after Sammy Lee
:19:24. > :19:33.pulled out of a deal to become his number two. The plans were dealt a
:19:34. > :19:49.blow after Southampton made a late approach to Sammy Lee to john them.
:19:50. > :19:52.After the announcement Sammy Lee After the announcement Sammx Lee
:19:53. > :19:56.changed his mind and it was very annoying and frustrating but life
:19:57. > :20:02.goes on. Leigh McMillan and his team were
:20:03. > :20:07.beaten into second place in the latest instalment of the Extreme
:20:08. > :20:09.race. It all came down to a final shoot out between five leading
:20:10. > :20:12.shoot out between five leadhng contenders. Ben Ainslie's team
:20:13. > :20:17.contenders. Ben Ainslie's tdam finished fourth.
:20:18. > :20:38.With the Commonwealth Games less than a month
:20:39. > :20:44.Surrey athlete Emelia Gorecka warmed up by claiming the British title.
:20:45. > :20:52.away it was crazy running around with her and trying to be as gutsy
:20:53. > :20:54.as I could. The first in a series of features
:20:55. > :20:56.as I could. The first in a series of fe`tures on
:20:57. > :21:01.the Commonwealth Games starts this Thursday. We will have judo players,
:21:02. > :21:08.runners, divers, and many more athletes heading to Scotland to
:21:09. > :21:21.represent team England. So much sport, it is a great summer.
:21:22. > :21:28.It looked like a tornado had struck off the West Sussex coast and you
:21:29. > :21:32.were there with your cameras to capture it. This was a water spout,
:21:33. > :21:38.spotted all the way to rushing them. spotted all the way to rushing them.
:21:39. > :21:48.Water is sucked upwards by strong drafts. You can see pictures on the
:21:49. > :21:53.South Today Facebook page. Still not a tornado, then?
:21:54. > :22:17.It is formed in the same wax. Lots of sunshine today but ` few
:22:18. > :22:22.showers, mainly for places like art show, Buckinghamshire and
:22:23. > :22:28.Oxfordshire. They will mainly fade tonight but it was the joint sixth
:22:29. > :22:32.warmest June on record. As we head towards the weekend there is the
:22:33. > :22:37.increasing chance of rain. Through tonight the showers will ease and
:22:38. > :22:41.the skies will clear in spaces. Where we have clear skies they are
:22:42. > :22:46.in with a chance of mist in the countryside. Temperatures falling
:22:47. > :22:54.away rapidly in the countryside but in the towns and cities a low of 10
:22:55. > :22:55.degrees. Mist patches clearing fairly quickly tomorrow, thd
:22:56. > :22:58.degrees. Mist patches clearhng fairly quickly tomorrow, the chance
:22:59. > :23:00.of a shower for the Dorset coast but generally a quiet and settldd
:23:01. > :23:01.of a shower for the Dorset coast but generally a quiet and settled day.
:23:02. > :23:06.generally a quiet and settldd day. Plenty of sunny spells and warm
:23:07. > :23:12.temperatures so high of 20 or 21 Celsius. A quiet night to come
:23:13. > :23:17.tomorrow night, sunny spells to end the day. Through the course of
:23:18. > :23:18.tomorrow night it stays quiet again, temperatures similar to tonhght
:23:19. > :23:24.lows of ten to 11. A dry start temperatures similar to tonight,
:23:25. > :23:25.lows of ten to 11. A dry st`rt to the day on Wednesday, high pressure
:23:26. > :23:31.still in charge. You can see the still in charge. You can sed the
:23:32. > :23:37.widening of the isobars, so the winds will be fairly light. Fairly
:23:38. > :23:41.unsettled for the bulk of the week, up until the weekend when there is
:23:42. > :23:47.the chance of rain. `` fairly settled. Temperatures continue to
:23:48. > :23:49.climb as we head through the settled. Temperatures continue to
:23:50. > :23:53.climb as we head through thd week, climb as we head through thd week,
:23:54. > :23:54.Wednesday we are looking at a dry day, probably best in the w`y of
:23:55. > :23:57.day, probably best in the way of sunshine. A dry start to Thtrsday
:23:58. > :24:02.sunshine. A dry start to Thursday but increasing cloud through the
:24:03. > :24:08.course of the day. Friday a slim chance of a shower but more cloud.
:24:09. > :24:16.If you want a full ten Dave forecast you can log on to our website.
:24:17. > :24:28.How do you feel about puckering up? One couple certainly did. A bit of
:24:29. > :24:35.lip salve, a willing partner and some 110 miles per row wind. They
:24:36. > :24:41.tried to wind the world record for kissing in a wind tunnel.
:24:42. > :25:03.Unfortunately they could not beat the challenge taking
:25:04. > :25:09.friction at 120 mph. I think my skin will be a bit sensitive for the next
:25:10. > :25:18.few days. You have done that, having new?
:25:19. > :25:20.`` haven't you. Not the kissing!