:00:00. > :00:08.brighter start on Sunday. Still warm and humid.
:00:09. > :00:49.Oxfordshire companies that have struggled to stay
:00:50. > :00:52.in business have welcomed a sharp rise in support frol banks.
:00:53. > :00:56.Figures obtained by BBC South show In just one year one
:00:57. > :00:59.of the big banks has doubled lending in the county ` worth millions
:01:00. > :01:05.Following the credit crunch of 008, financial backing for many dried up.
:01:06. > :01:08.Banks say they're now activdly seeking customers to lend to.
:01:09. > :01:23.Our business correspondent Alastair Fee reports.
:01:24. > :01:32.Harry needed to borrow ?25,000 to get his business started. I am happy
:01:33. > :01:41.with the decision. Obviouslx I am nervous because you are borrowing
:01:42. > :01:46.money. It is a big leap to take Years earlier, a different story.
:01:47. > :01:53.Banks, once eager to lend, swinging the other way. In this case, it took
:01:54. > :01:58.a business plan and a coupld of meetings with the bank to show that
:01:59. > :02:02.the climate had changed. The banks tightened up after the
:02:03. > :02:10.crash. The criteria was verx difficult. But that has changed
:02:11. > :02:14.NatWest, like the other big banks, can tell us how much they are
:02:15. > :02:19.lending and where. Suddenly, more proactive. They are touring the
:02:20. > :02:23.South in a wood to improve confidence. Banks and I want to show
:02:24. > :02:34.how they are engaging with communities. `` bid to improve
:02:35. > :02:38.confidence. It is not about getting so luch
:02:39. > :02:46.money out of the door. Clearly, we do have targets. But it is `bout
:02:47. > :02:51.finding the right businesses. For those attending sessions in
:02:52. > :02:55.Oxford, setting up on your own is still a popular choice.
:02:56. > :03:00.It gives you more experiencd, a chance to see the world the way you
:03:01. > :03:04.want to see it. I am quite confident, but not that
:03:05. > :03:10.much. I don't know if I will find support for my business.
:03:11. > :03:16.New businesses create jobs. Ten are in work thanks to this new cafe
:03:17. > :03:20.Consumer confidence is partly the key. It creates a safe environment
:03:21. > :03:26.for banks to give backing. The jury in the Jayden Parkhnson
:03:27. > :03:29.murder trial has been sent home for the weekend `
:03:30. > :03:31.after failing to reach a verdict on Ben Blakeley admits killing
:03:32. > :03:35.the pregnant 17 year old last His younger brother, Jake,
:03:36. > :03:41.is accused of helping him to bury Jayddn
:03:42. > :03:44.in their uncle's grave in Dhdcot. He denies preventing
:03:45. > :03:48.a lawful burial. A teenager who died from an ecstasy
:03:49. > :03:51.overdose is to be remembered 15 year old Martha Fernback had
:03:52. > :03:57.a heart attack after taking an extremely ptre form
:03:58. > :04:00.of the drug in Hinksey Park A 17 year old boy was convicted
:04:01. > :04:03.of supplying the ecstasy. Friends and family are expected
:04:04. > :04:06.at a picnic which will be hdld A heatwave warning is still place,
:04:07. > :04:09.despite Weather forecasters say lightning
:04:10. > :04:13.struck more than 3,000 times I slept through the storm `
:04:14. > :04:17.but lots of people didn't. More than that, some
:04:18. > :04:20.of you got up to take photographs The storm began in the middle
:04:21. > :04:25.of the night. This video was sent
:04:26. > :04:27.from north Oxfordshire. Across the region, houses wdre lit
:04:28. > :04:49.up by lightning, the thunder It was about 2:15pm and there was a
:04:50. > :04:59.sudden gust of wind. The next thing I knew, loud bangs. It was really
:05:00. > :05:07.scary. The lightning lit up the whole house. The bedroom was as if
:05:08. > :05:14.it was complete daylight. It was horrible. I don't know why we are
:05:15. > :05:18.having such bad weather. Schumann is near the ground with cooler air
:05:19. > :05:22.above, that is a good recipd for air to move up in the atmospherd very
:05:23. > :05:27.quickly, when it was so, thd water condenses, and forms clouds and
:05:28. > :05:29.rain, that is why we have strong storms.
:05:30. > :05:31.We?ve already seen similar weather this year.
:05:32. > :05:34.In March, Banbury Twenty's cricket club was burnt down after
:05:35. > :05:38.In most places this storm dhdn't cause any serious problems.
:05:39. > :05:42.But lightning did damage sole equipment used by Chiltern railways,
:05:43. > :05:50.Flood alerts are also now in place in some parts of Swindon.
:05:51. > :05:53.We've seen some of the highdst temperatures of the year thhs
:05:54. > :06:03.week but the stormy weather looks set to disrupt the coming d`ys.
:06:04. > :06:11.The big question for many is whether or not we will need this, or this.
:06:12. > :06:16.An amber weather warning has been put in place across the reghon with
:06:17. > :06:21.thunderstorms and possible flash flooding expected overnight and into
:06:22. > :06:30.tomorrow. The forecasts say we should see more sunshine as well.
:06:31. > :06:32.Alexis will have the details on the storms forecast
:06:33. > :06:39.And don't forget you can send us your pictures and videos of the
:06:40. > :06:48.Around 400 jobs would be crdated if plans
:06:49. > :06:51.for a new medical research centre in Oxford are approved next month.
:06:52. > :06:54.The ?55 million centre on Old Road would be jointly funded
:06:55. > :06:56.by the government and Asia's richest man, Li Ka Shing.
:06:57. > :06:58.Analysts would be able comb through millions of pieces
:06:59. > :07:04.of information to help tackle diseases like malaria and ddmentia.
:07:05. > :07:10.Rather than waiting until it is too late to intervene we would like to
:07:11. > :07:20.use all the information that might able to help see the signs of early
:07:21. > :07:25.dementia before it happens. Council`run leisure centres
:07:26. > :07:27.and golf courses in Swindon are to be taken over by private
:07:28. > :07:29.organisations later this ye`r. The link centre is one
:07:30. > :07:32.of six that will be run by Councillors voted for the change
:07:33. > :07:37.last night and say it will cut costs 140,000 people are expected to
:07:38. > :07:46.travel to Oxfordshire over the next three days as
:07:47. > :07:48.Blenheim Palace opens its g`tes The countryside event is ond of the
:07:49. > :07:53.largest in the world and brhngs tens of millions of pounds to thd local
:07:54. > :07:57.economy as Tom Turrell reports. You don't have to be
:07:58. > :08:02.a farmer or live in the sticks to come to Oxfordshire's CLA G`me Fair
:08:03. > :08:05.` but many are and many do. Plenty come from around the UK
:08:06. > :08:08.if not further afield to shop or maybe have a go
:08:09. > :08:26.at some countryside sports. Her we are in an absolutely
:08:27. > :08:28.fantastic lace. We expect 140,0 0 visitors over three days.
:08:29. > :08:30.For some of those 140,000 people fishing is
:08:31. > :08:33.enough of an attraction to hook them in ` others seem to prefer something
:08:34. > :08:45.For animal lovers too there are of course less adventurous acthvities.
:08:46. > :08:51.If you are looking for something more adventurous than a dog show
:08:52. > :08:53.there are plenty of big toys to get your hands on.
:08:54. > :08:55.Some, it seems, wanted some rough and tumbld without
:08:56. > :08:58.getting into a 4x4, although I'm not convinced the political deb`tes are
:08:59. > :09:08.The level of debate about agriculture in this country is at an
:09:09. > :09:11.all`time low. A few years ago
:09:12. > :09:13.the roads surrounding Blenhdim This year a special control room on
:09:14. > :09:18.site brings together the emdrgencies services and organisers to help keep
:09:19. > :09:27.the extra 16,000 cars on thd move. We have electronic messaging signs
:09:28. > :09:35.to the drivers, to help redhrect traffic and through traffic, using
:09:36. > :09:41.different lanes on June carry ways. `` dual carriageway.
:09:42. > :09:45.So it?s a challenge to get this many people in and out of Oxfordshire `
:09:46. > :09:49.but those I spoke to seemed to be having a good time.
:09:50. > :09:52.It's billed as a celebration of the Great British Countryside but
:09:53. > :09:57.organisers will certainly bd hoping the Great British weather holds out.
:09:58. > :10:05.spending increase. That cre`tes a safe environments for the b`nks to
:10:06. > :10:08.give them money. Still to come
:10:09. > :10:10.in this evening's South Tod`y: Shooting for gold in Glasgow `
:10:11. > :10:15.Amber Hill on girly ways and guns. A coroner has cleared
:10:16. > :10:17.an expedition company of neglect following the de`th of
:10:18. > :10:20.Salisbury schoolboy Horatio Chapple, who was mauled to death by ` polar
:10:21. > :10:26.bear during a trip three ye`rs ago. An inquest had heard how a tripwire
:10:27. > :10:46.warning system set up to protect the Group had parts missing. But the
:10:47. > :10:50.coroner said that this had not definitely been the issue preventing
:10:51. > :10:55.the attack. The teenager was on a search for
:10:56. > :11:01.adventure. But he was draggdd out of his tent by an polar bear and was
:11:02. > :11:06.killed. The polar bear attacked three other people before it was
:11:07. > :11:13.shot. This boy had to punch the animal to stop it from biting him.
:11:14. > :11:19.I remember the bear going through the tent. Everyone was scre`ming and
:11:20. > :11:26.was very scared. It then gr`bbed my arm and bit me and hit my hdad.
:11:27. > :11:32.During the inquest, Horatio Chapple's parents heard that there
:11:33. > :11:37.had been failures in the safety kit taken by the British schools
:11:38. > :11:44.exploring Society. The court was heard that tripwires designdd to
:11:45. > :11:48.keep the polar bears out of the camp had been defective and had been
:11:49. > :11:55.prepared by paperclips. The family said that it was not only
:11:56. > :12:01.the tripwire, a rifle had not fired straight away and the group had not
:12:02. > :12:07.had a watch for polar bears on the night. The coroner said that those
:12:08. > :12:11.were not contributory factors in Horatio Chapple's death and he chose
:12:12. > :12:19.not to use the word neglect. Jason Roberts is a leading polar
:12:20. > :12:23.safety expert. He was not involved with that expedition. He showed as
:12:24. > :12:33.how the tripwires are meant to work to scare off a polar bear.
:12:34. > :12:36.Polar bears are the world's largest predator in power. It is
:12:37. > :12:42.undescribable the power that they have.
:12:43. > :12:46.Tonight, Horatio Chapple's family released a statement talking about
:12:47. > :12:53.their sorrow and their loss. And one of his closest friends said that he
:12:54. > :12:57.was much missed. He was an incredible character, very
:12:58. > :13:05.funny, not always intention`lly He had a way about him that was very
:13:06. > :13:12.happy and polite and very fhne. `` funny. He was in a house between
:13:13. > :13:18.many different people and hd held everyone together.
:13:19. > :13:21.The exploring Society has done an independent review and introduce
:13:22. > :13:27.changes. Every group going to the Arctic must now have a polar bear
:13:28. > :13:34.look out and carry a new al`rm system. Tonight, Horatio Ch`pple's
:13:35. > :13:40.family praised their son's kindness and bravery and asked for privacy.
:13:41. > :13:44.We can cure your disease but can we afford it?
:13:45. > :13:47.This time it involves new drugs to treat the liver disease Hep`titis C.
:13:48. > :13:49.They're being tested in Portsmouth and have shown dramatic restlts
:13:50. > :13:53.Hepatitis C is a virus of the blood ` if left untrdated it
:13:54. > :13:57.There are nearly 3,000 Hepatitis C patients in Hampshire and 740
:13:58. > :14:03.But the tablets being used hn the trial cost ?600 each and a course
:14:04. > :14:16.health correspondent reports now on the search for a new tre`tment.
:14:17. > :14:25.Can I take some blood from xou? Alan has had Hepatitis C for 12
:14:26. > :14:32.years. Doctors try to cure ht but could not. Then he got a call to try
:14:33. > :14:36.a drugs trial that might help. I have been given an opporttnity to
:14:37. > :14:43.cure something that I thought would shorten my life. I decided, if that
:14:44. > :14:46.was the case, I would make the best of it. That was before I had the
:14:47. > :14:52.magic phone call. Alan was asked to take one of these
:14:53. > :14:57.every day. He did not know ht, but these pills cost ?600 each `nd were
:14:58. > :14:59.11 other patients taking thdm as well.
:15:00. > :15:05.Most of the patients have bden very favourable. Some of them have had
:15:06. > :15:08.standard treatment previously with lots of side effects. Gener`lly
:15:09. > :15:13.there have been less side effects during this trial and because they
:15:14. > :15:16.are all less time they can tolerate them.
:15:17. > :15:20.There are treatments for Hepatitis C, but the jaw rates are low and
:15:21. > :15:29.often the side`effects are bad. `` the queue all rates.
:15:30. > :15:35.After two weeks, it was shown that the virus had reduced by 70$, after
:15:36. > :15:38.four weeks it had gone completely. Alan is just one patient and this is
:15:39. > :15:46.just a trial, but the drugs look promising.
:15:47. > :15:52.You are sometimes looking at a cure rate, and this is being tre`ted with
:15:53. > :15:57.shorter courses of tablets. There are minimal side`effects.
:15:58. > :16:04.This man is having a liver scan Hoping to beyond the next trial
:16:05. > :16:09.Meanwhile, the NHS is giving 50 patients the new drug. But giving
:16:10. > :16:10.everyone who needed it the drug would cost ?12 billion and ht cannot
:16:11. > :16:15.afford it. A head injury
:16:16. > :16:29.at work led to the tragic ddath Of her husband, and now she is
:16:30. > :16:40.discussing new safety measures to help others. A helmet is wh`t she
:16:41. > :16:46.thinks could prevent head injuries. He fell and hit his head whhlst
:16:47. > :16:50.working at the airport. He did not have a heart att`ck. The
:16:51. > :16:54.only part of his body but w`s injured was his head.
:16:55. > :16:57.The inquest said that it was an accident, but she thinks th`t her
:16:58. > :17:03.husband might not have died if he had been wearing a helmet. @fter
:17:04. > :17:09.campaigning, she has come to Gatwick Airport to try and persuade them to
:17:10. > :17:15.give their workers helmets. These helmets cost ?40. 2000 people
:17:16. > :17:21.have signed the petition, whll Gatwick Airport agreed?
:17:22. > :17:25.They are going to contact the catering company to see if they will
:17:26. > :17:33.do what they can regarding head protection. If they were thd leaders
:17:34. > :17:35.of such actions, I would be very happy.
:17:36. > :17:42.Although Gatwick did not colmit to giving service workers helmdts
:17:43. > :17:46.today, her MP hopes to perstade companies working at airports to
:17:47. > :17:50.have the option. If it works, it is something that
:17:51. > :17:56.could be given to other airports and companies. And it would be `
:17:57. > :18:02.fantastic result for Rosemary and would mean some little compdnsation
:18:03. > :18:09.coming out of the tragic de`th of M. `` Mike.
:18:10. > :18:12.Gatwick would not give a st`tement, but said that they were ple`sed to
:18:13. > :18:17.have had talks with rosemarx and hope that they can support her in
:18:18. > :18:20.the future. For Rosemary, hdr next target is Heathrow Airport.
:18:21. > :18:23.And here is some sports news. We've turned our attention to
:18:24. > :18:26.the shooting for this week's On Wednesday, it was double
:18:27. > :18:28.trap with Matt French. Tonight the skeet,
:18:29. > :18:56.with one of the country's top young I do go to the gym three tiles a
:18:57. > :19:03.week. The rest is just shooting as many cartridges as I can get. I will
:19:04. > :19:12.shoot 250 each training session For me, it can get quite tiring, but you
:19:13. > :19:19.get on with it. When she's not competing abroad
:19:20. > :19:25.Amber practices shooting here in Buckinghamshire. It was London 012
:19:26. > :19:32.which inspired her to switch to an Olympic discipline.
:19:33. > :19:37.It is clay pigeon shooting, so I shoot clay discs. It is verx
:19:38. > :19:42.structured and a great compdtition. But it is not all about technique.
:19:43. > :19:51.Amber is determined to show that guns can be early as well. `` for
:19:52. > :19:57.girls. My fingernails are quite brhght I
:19:58. > :20:05.have think cartridges. I am not the typical shooter that you might think
:20:06. > :20:10.of. I like girl things, but sport is a big part of my life. I don't see
:20:11. > :20:16.why I can't have the mixturd, even though it is the male domin`ted
:20:17. > :20:23.sport. She got the young person 's sports
:20:24. > :20:28.With such a success behind her, how With such a success behind her, how
:20:29. > :20:33.will she cope with the pressure You do have two make a lot of
:20:34. > :20:38.sacrifices. I do not get to see my friends as much as I would like to
:20:39. > :20:41.and I am not at school anymore. Sir it is very different, but I enjoy
:20:42. > :20:47.what I do and I want to makd the most of the opportunity so H will
:20:48. > :20:53.compete at Glasgow. I am ailing for gold. I always put the pressure on
:20:54. > :20:58.myself to do the best that H can. It does not come from anywhere else,
:20:59. > :21:00.just me wanting to perform to my best. If that is good enough to get
:21:01. > :21:06.a medal, then that is great. Hampshire golfer Justin Rosd will be
:21:07. > :21:12.several shots off the leading players at the
:21:13. > :21:15.Open Championship as he heads Rose shot a second round of 70
:21:16. > :21:19.at Royal Liverpool, That's two under par
:21:20. > :21:22.for the tournament. A short time ago
:21:23. > :21:25.the former US open champion was seven shots off the lead held
:21:26. > :21:30.by Northern Ireland's Rory LcIlroy. There's a crucial game in the T 0
:21:31. > :21:34.Blast tonight at the Ageas Bowl Sussex need
:21:35. > :21:36.a win to keep any hopes of reaching the quarter finals alive, while
:21:37. > :21:38.opponents Hampshire are hophng for a turnaround in fortunes after losing
:21:39. > :21:41.three of their last four gales. Sir Quentin Blake is probably best
:21:42. > :21:52.known for his illustration of Roald Dahl's stories such as James
:21:53. > :21:55.and the Giant Peach and Charlie But his work spans more than half
:21:56. > :21:59.a century, much of it reflected in a new exhibition at Motthsfont
:22:00. > :22:27.near Romsey in Hampshire. This part of the building d`tes back
:22:28. > :22:31.800 years, but I have been transported back to the 1970s. I can
:22:32. > :22:36.remember these pictures frol my childhood, seeing them on BBC1
:22:37. > :22:44.stories. The QA rated told me more about
:22:45. > :22:49.them. `` Crater. These are wonderful, I remelber them
:22:50. > :22:55.as well. It would really help to get the story across as a celebrity read
:22:56. > :23:02.the story. You can get the story just from a fuel lines. You know
:23:03. > :23:11.that Mortimer is causing havoc in an ice cream shop.
:23:12. > :23:15.And Quentin Blake has done pictures even for greeting cards companies?
:23:16. > :23:20.Yes, there are many different drawings on show.
:23:21. > :23:26.There are dreams from Charlhe And The Chocolate Factory stage show, a
:23:27. > :23:34.new challenge for the man who previously illustrated the book
:23:35. > :23:39.It is about and where it coles from. It meant that I did not havd two
:23:40. > :23:45.draw all the same characters again. I could do different things about
:23:46. > :23:47.the chocolate. I think therd are different characters in there as
:23:48. > :23:52.well. They are all different, but there is
:23:53. > :23:57.the same style. They are very colourful.
:23:58. > :24:02.He has a nice cartoon style. I think it looks really good.
:24:03. > :24:07.They express all of their elotions and it is really good.
:24:08. > :24:16.The exhibition opens tomorrow and continues until September 14th.
:24:17. > :24:23.It brings it all back. I love those storing is. I gather `` those
:24:24. > :24:30.pictures. I gather that we could have more storms tonight.
:24:31. > :24:33.The temperatures are higher today so potentially more lightning.
:24:34. > :24:36.Ginny Boxall captured a wild flower meadow near Alton in Hampshhre.
:24:37. > :24:38.Martin Aust took this photo of two swans and their young
:24:39. > :24:42.And Raymond Slack captured Burnet moths feeding on a meadow flower
:24:43. > :25:00.It could be a lively night hn terms of thunderstorms tonight. There is
:25:01. > :25:09.an ample warning. There could be `` and Amber warning. There cotld be
:25:10. > :25:12.several inches of rain fallhng. Severe thunderstorms are a
:25:13. > :25:21.possibility. They will drift from France around 10pm this evening
:25:22. > :25:28.moving to the north. And very mild comic humid temperatures. Lows of 19
:25:29. > :25:36.Celsius. `` very mild humid temperatures. And we will sde is
:25:37. > :25:43.brief respite from the storls, but then more will appear in thd
:25:44. > :25:47.afternoon, with a high of 24 for 26 Celsius. Temperature is not as high
:25:48. > :25:50.as today, but it will feel very humid.
:25:51. > :25:57.Tomorrow night, those under storms will clear and there will bd times
:25:58. > :26:03.of clear skies. One or two list all four patches and temperaturds will
:26:04. > :26:09.not be as high as tonight. Lows of 17 or 18 Celsius.
:26:10. > :26:13.A dry start to the day on Stnday, some risk of thunderstorms, but they
:26:14. > :26:19.will not be as frequent or `s heavy as on Saturday. There is sthll that
:26:20. > :26:21.possibility in amongst the sunshine. Plenty of things to do this weekend.
:26:22. > :26:24.The Shotteswell Fete is takhng place tomorrow, the 19th of July,
:26:25. > :26:28.It's on from 2pm until 5pm `nd there is the risk of a thunderstorm.
:26:29. > :26:30.And Lymington and Pennington Carnival is on this Sunday, with
:26:31. > :26:44.Through the rest of the weekend we should see some thunderstorls
:26:45. > :26:49.tomorrow. Flash flooding in some places, disruption to travel. Please
:26:50. > :26:55.look at your local radio st`tion for more details. Turning quite into
:26:56. > :27:09.next week, the risk of showdrs, but it should stay mainly settldd.
:27:10. > :27:15.Not looking too bad. And we will have an intervidw with
:27:16. > :27:20.Tom Jones next week. He will be talking about his forthcoming
:27:21. > :27:30.concert on the Isle of Wight. You were due to play at the Osborne
:27:31. > :27:35.house last year? Yes, I had a laryngitis. I `lways
:27:36. > :27:40.try and go back to do things that I miss.
:27:41. > :27:47.Jonas at 6:30 p.m.. Have a good weekend. We will see you later for
:27:48. > :27:49.the ten o'clock bulletin. Good night.