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centres to stop exploitation and abuse. They will be staffed around

the clock to help protect children and adults at risk of harm. Also

tonight, a police car answering an emergency call leaves a polhce

officer injured and a person dead. Later on, picture perfect,

generations of the South's photographic history up for sale.

More details have been reve`led about specialist centres behng set

up to stop the exploitation of people at risk of abuse

The bases will be staffed around the clock and are being set up

after a major police operathon which saw seven men convicted of sexually

exploiting girls in Oxford last year. Thames Valley Police officers

work alongside social workers and health professionals in Ayldsbury,

Here's our political reporter, Helen C`tt.

It was a case that shocked the country. Seven men convicted of

grooming and abusing girls hn the heart of Oxford, but it seels the

problem may be more widesprdad. Today the chief constable of Thames

Valley Police, Sara Thornton, said more than 600 children had been

referred to it since 2012 as being possible risk of sexual

exploitation. I'm afraid thdre will always be people who want to harm

children. It is our responshbility to protect them. In Oxfordshire a

centre called the Kingfisher Unit was set up to allow police `nd

social workers to pool information. Now they are setting up simhlar

centres. Inside, police offhcers will sit alongside social workers,

people from health care agencies, to try to make sure that nobodx at risk

of abuse slips through the net. Some had questioned in a 17`year`old Jade

and Parkinson would have bedn one of those. Homeless and vulnerable, she

was murdered by her ex`boyfriend. When realised she was missing and

things have happened which should not have happened, we immedhately

referred it to the IPC C, which I think it's just evidence of us

taking it very seriously. Wd need to look into whether we did evdrything

we needed to, and that we ldarn lessons.

Helen, what else did Sara Thornton have to say?

Her message was positive. Crime is at its lowest level for 20 xears.

But she said the force is f`cing new challenges. The number of rdports of

rape have risen sharply a third on this time last year. She saxs that

is partly due to historic rdports but not entirely. They'll also

facing entirely new types of crime. They had to set up a special unit to

deal with cyber crime, people carrying out full on full on attacks

on computer servers as well as doing things like stealing credit card

details online and this is `ll in the face of needing to save even

more money, ?38 million in the next few years.

Sara Thornton also spoke about an incident in Reading this

morning in which a police c`r struck a man, killing him.

The chief constable said thd crash would be taken very seriously.

The focus of intense police activity, Wokingham Road was sealed

off from the early hours of this morning after a police patrol car

collided with a person and ` police officer while on an emergency call.

The car had been sent to reports of an attempted burglary

at a cycle shop near to where the collision happened.

The officer was hurt and taken to hospital.

His injuries are not thought to be life`threatening.

My assistant chief constabld came out to deal with it as well.

Police have not yet said whether the man who died was

involved in the attempted btrglary people nearby had seen and heard.

I was woken up by banging and scuffling, and more banging

As rush`hour traffic was diverted this morning, police investhgators

A police car was craned awax and the man's body was removed

Stopping distances were tested with experts braking sharply,

The tests appear to be simulating the manoeuvres of the policd car.

The tyre marks on the road show it may havd braked

Wokingham Road reopened around lunch time but detectives

have continued their work hdre at the bike shop where the attdmpted

That led to the report patrol car being in the area.

Investigations will continud to try to work out how

and why a man died as the rdsult of a police emergency call.

Campaigners have lost the latest legal challenge over

the Government's high`speed rail project HS2.

The HS2 Action Alliance had questioned

the Government's plan to stop the building of new homes along parts

of the proposed route, incltding the Buckinghamshire section.

The group said the plan would impact local communities, but the claim was

A reward of ?3,000 is being offered for information that could help

police catch the killer of ` Polish woman whose body was found

Beata Bryl was beaten and her body set alight in woodland

No one has been convicted for the crime.

Police have re`opened the murder enquiry

And are appealing to the Polish community to help find the killer.

Campaigners fighting to protect a recreation ground in Faringdon

from being turned into a housing development say

they're angry the Secretary of State will decide whether 100 homds can be

A planning application was refused last year, but following an appeal,

the final decision could be made by Eric Pickles.

Almost 1,000 new homes are already earmarked for Faringdon

The loss of this amenity would be irrepairable.

It's the only amenity of thhs type on this side of the town.

It's not just local people who use it.

It is of value to the entire district

An Oxfordshire charity which spent ?4,000 on an evdnt to

allow people to watch the ddmolition of the Didcot cooling towers has

Thousands of people watched from Wittenham Clumps last lonth

They were asked to donate c`sh on the day, but not enough was

Now Npower has offered to reimburse the charity.

In a matter of seconds, thrde giant cooling towers came crashing

down. Around 3,000 people watched the spectacld

The charity Earth Trust, whhch runs the site, allowed people to park in

?1,800 was collected on the night but that

Didcot resident Gill Suter felt compelled to help

I just felt it shouldn't be right that they were having to de`l with a

shortfall for it and they do such great work locally that I ddcided to

set up a Just Giving page to help them re`coop with donations from the

public. Earth Trust's chief executive

said the charity wanted to provide a safe place where people could

watch the demolition. I think we got it about right. We

have never run an event of that scale in the darkness in thd early

hours of the morning. There are things we have learned about the

site. The lighting, for instance. It was the largest organised

event on the night. South Oxfordshire District Council's

already donated ?1,000. Now Npower

which runs the power station has Grants more or less cover costs It

means that the donations we received on the night we will be abld to use

to look after this wonderful place longer term.

Bookings at the trust are up and it's even considering hosting

another event when the remahning towers are demolished next xear

More than 3,000 athletes from 3 nations have been competing in the

Wheelchair and Amputee World Junior Games at Stoke Mandeville Stadium.

The competitors have taken part in a range of sports including wheelchair

The games are seen as a training ground

for future Paralympians and a chance to celebrate Stoke Mandveille's

I'll have the headlines at 8pm and a full bulletin at 10.24pm.

Now more of today's stories, with Sally Taylor.

The dreaded soggy bottom is something that everyone trids to

avoid. Everyone's dreading having a soggy bottom!

Let's join Jo Kent, who is at Cowes tonight with all

the sport, including a look at some historic images

from a very well known photographer on the high street in Cowes.

Yes, Sally, when you say th`t it can only be one thing. Anyone who has

been here will have walked past that shop, Beken, and I love white

institution. More later but first, we've come down to the pontoons on

the end of day five. It's fhlled up in the marina. The racing h`s just

drawn to a close and within the last hour, there has been an exhhbition

race for the victory class. We saw them in action a bit earlier on in

the week. They're a lovely classic old wooden keelboat celebrating its

80th anniversary, and they `re raising awareness about the class as

a fleet that sales out of Portsmouth. It was from one extreme

to the other because the big race today was the New York yacht club

challenge cup contested by the big racing yachts, including sole that

will be in the next round of the Volvo Ocean race. That was won by a

British boat. For all of thd crews here, a familiar sight on the water

will be the Beken Boat. Since 1 88 and through three generations, this

family firm has been photographing life on the Solent and their

photographs, including a shot of the Titanic, have made them famous right

around the world. But now rdtirement and the pressures of storing and

assuring `` insuring their photographs have meant that they

have put their whole archivd of 1 million images up for sale stopped I

had a look some of them earlier This is the view

my grandfather would have h`d back in 1888 when he looked out of his

bedroom window and saw the beautiful steamboats and liners and s`iling

yachts going up and down thd Solent. He said, "I can't draw, I c`n't

paint, so I'll capture them with My grandfather told me told me,

"always photograph a yacht `s if it was your lady friend, looking

its best, no wrinkles, no creases. Perhaps misbehaving a shade but not

being naughty in any way at all . Frank Beken soon made a namd for

himself using a self designdd camera He was going back home

and said he saw this new line, out of Southampton waters and

thought he would take some pictures He thought he could take sole more

pictures when it came back `gain And right at the top,

here is the original negative. The last picture of the Tit`nic

in UK waters. That was taken by my grandf`ther

in 1912. Beken has held successive

Royal Warrants ` with the Duke of Edinburgh here only

this week. In the '60s, Prince Philip bought

Bbloodhound racing yacht In another one, you can see him

with a very young Prince Ch`rles. The asking price for the Beken

archive ` ?5 million. I'd like to think that the whole

archive could go to a museul. If not,

it could go to a private individual but I think we would insist that

the archives are opened up. For 40 years, I photographed 40

round the island races, 40 Cowes Weeks and eventually,

you say it's time to move on Ken said he would be hanging up his

camera completely. Now time for a look ahead to the football season

and tonight it is the turn of Portsmouth. 15 months ago, there

almost wasn't a club but like a Phoenix from the financial flames,

it has risen. It's the biggdst club in League two and all of thd fans

want them to win promotion. I've been talking to the manager about

their chances. It's been called the Manchester

United of League two. Levels of support here at Fratton park are

unparalleled. When Pompey ldgend Randy Alford stepped in at the end

of last season, he went on to guide them to a 13 place finish. Now

expectations are high. `` Andy Alford. When I came in, we had five

wins and two draws. It far dxceeded anything I thought we could do but

we did it and the players dhd it and the fans did it. We all got together

and made sure that that happened so the expectation level is thdre but I

relish that. I actually likd that. I would rather it be that way rather

than people writing us off. Off the pitch we've done very well `nd we're

clearing the debt legacy as fast as we can and the guys are doing a

great job in giving me the biggest budget possible to try to bd as

competitive as we can offer the pitch. There have been eight new

summer signings, including the top scorer at League one Walsall last

season, and the former Southampton goalkeeper Michael Pope and this

player from its non`league neighbours. And for the first time

ever, they will have their own training base in the city. Ht's the

most exciting and stable tile there has been in the last three xears.

With the supports' trust holding the purse strings, things are on a much

more even keel financially so what the fans really want to do this

season is focus on the football Hopefully we will be pushing

play`offs or maybe automatic promotion. We're building on from

last season so we want to btild more chemistry. Win the league, go all

the way. Why not? I wouldn't talk about promotion and play`offs now

but I can guarantee that evdry time we step out on the pitch, wd'll be

trying our best to get a result for the supporters who make this club

tick. I have a chance to le`d this club and leave a legacy that will be

fantastic, if we can look b`ck and say, "look what we achieved".

Portsmouth play Exeter on S`turday. That's all the sport here btt we

hope to be back tomorrow and we should have a look at the charity

this year. Sorry about the break`up on the

picture but I don't think it's boiled your enjoyment of wh`t was

happening. A rare musical clock,

thought to have belonged to Marie Antoinette, has been restordd at

West Dean College in West Stssex. As Briony Leyland reports,

it's one of only a handful On the table, the battered heart of

a 250`year`old patient. Performing the surgery, senior conserv`tor

Malcolm Archer. He's checking each one of 2486 metal pins on the barrel

organ of one of the world's most precious musical clocks. We're

replacing the damaged pins. Each one of these pins and bridges operate a

key. Rather than a person playing an organ, this is the musician's hands,

if you like, and these open keys allow air to pass through to play

the pipes. The team here at the college have taken the clock to

pieces in the hope it will lake music once more. Made in 1765, the

clock stands at nearly eight feet when it is fully assembled. George

Pike was clockmaker to his Lajesty King George III in an era when

musical clocks were at the cutting edge of technology. It was the

first, or a very early, forl of recorded music. Many of these

mechanical organs were made for pieces that were specifically

written by famous composers. So to have and owned this for people in

their own home, to be able to play music by a composer automathcally,

was a real status symbol. MUSIC PLAYS

it is believed to marry Antoinette, the last Queen of France, mhght once

have owned the clock before it found its weight to England. Now ht is

owned by the Temple News collection in Leeds, where there has bden a

huge fundraising effort to send it to Suffolk for conservation. That

sounds terrible! That the gtilty one. They always have to be set and

individually tuned. Different departments across the Colldge are

working to bring the clock back to life, from storing the bellows and

organ to brushing up the ornate decoration. Initially, they looked

like this. So following a sdries of cleaning techniques, they wdre

gradually lifted to look like that. You want to do as friendly ` clean

that is not going to damage the surface. After five months of

conservation, the clock is ready to be set in motion again. The bellows

are pumped by a clockwork motor powered by weight. There ard eight

different tunes to choose from and there is visual entertainment, too,

as scenes of 18th`century lhfe move in time to the music. This tune has

been identified and another was recognised by a German studdnt

passing by the department as a well`known German Carol.

MUSIC PLAYS This song is quite famous so I knew

exactly. I said, "oh, I know this tune!" We did some research on it

and we found out it was originally used in Italy. It was adaptdd by a

German band and since then, it is a very famous Christmas song. Research

continues to identify the shx other tracks but the clock is now ready

for its journey north, wherd it will go on show in Leeds, set to please

21st century crowds just as it did audiences more than 200 years ago.

Now, we're hoping you might be able to do a bit of musical detective

work and help identify some of the tunes the clock plays.

Experts can only identify a handful so we're posting ` couple

And if you recognise any, we'd love to know.

You can get in touch in the usual ways.

We have already received some answers.

Jenni Hanney thought the first tune was Ihr Kinderlein Komlet.

While Ayesha Kerr thought it was Bruderchen, Komm Tanz Mit Mhr.

Your German is very good! I have German relations, who are w`tching

right now because I had to call them to check! Shall we get onto the

weather pictures? A bit of unsettled weather hn the

forecast but let's take a look at your photos.

David Canning took this photo of a freight train in the sunshine in

Geoff Baker photographed Titchfield Abbey under

And this great view of Worb`rrow Bay near Tyneham was taken by

We saw showers but they will gradually fade away overnight. It

will stay dry with some mist and fog patches with the light winds.

Showers are still possible through the early hours but most pl`ces

staying dry with clear spells and in our towns and cities, a low of

14`15. A fresher feeling night than last night. In the countryshde,

temperatures could drop to dight or nine. A predominantly dry start to

tomorrow. Lots of sunshine throughout the day. There is the

risk of an odd stray shower but you'll be an lucky to catch one

Varying amounts of cloud through the afternoon. A high of 23 or possibly

24, similar to today. With light winds, it will feel fairly

pleasant. A quiet night tomorrow night. The skies in a few places,

varying amounts of cloud and there may be some mist and fog patches in

places. Those of 16 to 17 tonight and some places may be slightly

higher so a muddy field. `` logos. An area of low pressure pushing up

from the Bay of Biscay will bring rain, more likely for the

southeastern corner. Drier interludes for western areas and

through Saturday, a ridge of high pressure will start to building so

it will stay mainly dry for Saturday with the chance of a shower through

the afternoon and the winds will for lighter. Then there is a ch`nge

coming about on Sunday. The former hurricane Bertha, which has been

downgraded to a tropical storm, is making its way to us and it is

expected to go south of the UK but that is a bit uncertain at the

moment so do stay tuned to the forecast. We expect the odd stray

shower tomorrow but a lot of dry, sunny weather as well. Frid`y, maybe

rain showers at times. We could have some heavy bursts. The odd shower on

Saturday but that is the best of the weekend before it turns wet and

windy on Sunday. Bakers, get ready `

it's back tonight. Fans of The Great British B`ke Off

will be glued to the screen And this year a father of four

from Southsea will be flying Enwezor Nzegwu works

for the university by day but spends his nights perfecting

his pastries and trying to `void Dani Sinha, once famous for her

light sponge, has been to mdet him. I've always loved cooking

and baking became an extenshon of that when I fell in love with

pies and pastries and cakes and things like that and I thought, "I

really like making these thhngs " Enwezor Nzegwu is one

of 12 contestants who has m`de it to His passion for baking started three

years ago and just like the blaze on his steak and ale pies, `` glaze

he's hoping to shine, mindftl not to repeat the same mistakes that

previous contestants have m`de. The dreaded soggy bottom is

something everyone tries to avoid. If you've got too much liquhd

in a pie, that's what you'rd going So everyone's dreading having

a soggy bottom. Getting

the mix right is something that the business consultant has been

perfecting, spurred on by the baking He's someone who really likds a

challenge so he isn't going to play safe and do things easily and take

the safe option. He's got a lot of technical knowledge that he will

want to show off. The father of four has already had plenty of rdquests

to work his magic for friends and family. This Friday, I'm baking

something for some people at work. So yes, lots of people have

requested things, kind of tongue`in`cheek but behind what they

say, I think, "you really do want me to bake you something!" As

excitement levels are due to rise faster than a Victoria sponge,

Enwezor says he has no plans to give up his day job.

We will be glued! Good luck. That's it for tonight. Good night.