:00:00. > :00:09.That's all from us. Now it's time for the news where
:00:10. > :00:11.Children's services in Buckinghamshire have been given
:00:12. > :00:14.the lowest possible rating in a new report.
:00:15. > :00:16.Inspectors from Ofsted have told the Government the protection
:00:17. > :00:19.and care of young people in the county is inadequate.
:00:20. > :00:22.The report highlights shortcomings in leadership and management,
:00:23. > :00:27.a failure to manage workloads, and weaknesses in record`kedping.
:00:28. > :00:29.Council leaders have promised to improve.
:00:30. > :00:32.Tom Turrell has been followhng the story and explained more about the
:00:33. > :00:38.One of Buckinghamshire County Council's biggest roles is to
:00:39. > :00:41.protect vulnerable children in the county, so children who are
:00:42. > :00:45.potentially living in households where the parents have drug or
:00:46. > :00:50.alcohol problems, where there is domestic violence ` the council have
:00:51. > :00:53.to swoop in and sometimes rdscue the child, placing them into care.
:00:54. > :00:57.Now, Her Majesty's inspectors have been into Buckinghamshire County
:00:58. > :01:00.Council, had a look around and don't like what they saw.
:01:01. > :01:03.They said the service they are providing is inadequate.
:01:04. > :01:07.And the council concede that there are problems.
:01:08. > :01:09.My primary concern is around our staffing and havhng the
:01:10. > :01:16.right calibre and numbers of staff to deliver the quality of sdrvices
:01:17. > :01:21.that we must deliver for vulnerable children in Buckinghamshire.
:01:22. > :01:27.I don't intend to, because I have a plan to deliver.
:01:28. > :01:32.It is going to be very hard work and rigorous.
:01:33. > :01:35.In terms of why there may bd problems there, well,
:01:36. > :01:40.There's a shortage of resources and they are very stretched.
:01:41. > :01:43.They say they are having problems recruiting social workers
:01:44. > :01:46.at the moment and there is `n increasing caseload at the loment.
:01:47. > :01:49.More and more of us are reporting issues
:01:50. > :01:55.of child protection after rdcent high`profile cases in the mddia
:01:56. > :01:58.There are some good things that the council are doing.
:01:59. > :02:01.They say apparently social workers are very caring and are tryhng
:02:02. > :02:05.their best for the children who are at risk in Buckinghamshire,
:02:06. > :02:08.but this evening, I'm afraid, there are some big questions that the
:02:09. > :02:16.A conman from Swindon has bden jailed after being extraditdd back
:02:17. > :02:21.Christopher Baines set up a furniture store
:02:22. > :02:41.Sir to of fraud after peopld ordered goods which never arrived. `` he was
:02:42. > :02:46.charged with 54 counts of fraud There's a fresh warning abott the
:02:47. > :02:49.dangers of trespassing on r`ilway lines, as electrified tracks are
:02:50. > :02:51.laid in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. There have been
:02:52. > :02:53.around than 1,600 reported cases of trespassing in
:02:54. > :02:56.our region in the past thred years. Network Rail says the
:02:57. > :02:58.the new lines are potentially more dangerous than existing ones.
:02:59. > :03:02.Sinead Carroll reports. She's only a schoolgirl,
:03:03. > :03:04.and, as if walking across these tracks in Milton Keynes
:03:05. > :03:06.wasn't shocking enough, she then does this.
:03:07. > :03:08.This trespassing case from last April isn't the only one.
:03:09. > :03:11.In the past three years there have been
:03:12. > :03:13.1600 cases of people walking across the lines in our region alone.
:03:14. > :03:15.Since April this year, that number is 174.
:03:16. > :03:20.British Transport Police sax half the cases they have dealt
:03:21. > :03:23.with across the UK involve teenagers between the ages of 15 and 25.
:03:24. > :03:27.Electrified train lines will reach Oxfordshire by 2016.
:03:28. > :03:32.Trains will be quieter, faster ` all great for commuters,
:03:33. > :03:39.but with the current in tracks of 650 volts, trespassing whll be
:03:40. > :03:42.even more deadly. They say, I will be OK,
:03:43. > :03:45.I know I can beat the train, I can hear it before it comds.
:03:46. > :03:48.Unfortunately, we know that is not true, with the number of de`ths
:03:49. > :03:51.and incidents in the last fdw years. Around 40 people are killed in train
:03:52. > :03:55.lines every year and that does not include sticides.
:03:56. > :03:57.It can have a devastating ilpact on train drivers.
:03:58. > :04:01.It can cause drivers to suffer stress.
:04:02. > :04:06.Many find it hard to sleep `t night. It affects their home life.
:04:07. > :04:12.So the impact can be far wider than perhaps the people who trespass
:04:13. > :04:15.can possibly think. Network Rail says people of all ages
:04:16. > :04:17.should respect the warnings, as once electrified the tracks are
:04:18. > :04:23.potentially even more dangerous Firefighters will begin eight days
:04:24. > :04:27.of strike action a midday tomorrow. There have been
:04:28. > :04:29.a series of walk`outs this xear as staff protest against pl`ns to
:04:30. > :04:32.change to their pensions. The Government says the deal is fair
:04:33. > :04:35.and that firefighters have one of the most generous pensions
:04:36. > :04:39.in the public sector. Repairs have started
:04:40. > :04:41.on a community centre in Swhndon when the crash happened yesterday,
:04:42. > :04:49.and the driver wasn't hurt. The front part
:04:50. > :04:51.of the building is being rebuilt Joanna Lumley, Bill Nighy and
:04:52. > :04:57.Alan Rickman are helping to tell the story of a church
:04:58. > :05:00.in the Costwolds. St Mary's in Fairford has the
:05:01. > :05:07.country's only complete set of medieval stained glass whndows
:05:08. > :05:10.to be housed in a church. There are 28 of them and
:05:11. > :05:12.after a painstaking restoration taking more than 23 years, ` new
:05:13. > :05:16.audio tape to explain their history behind them has been producdd.
:05:17. > :05:20.Here's Fiona Lamdin. The very careful shaping
:05:21. > :05:25.of the class and delicate ldading You will recognise Joanna Ltmley's
:05:26. > :05:32.voice but it is not her who is star This production is all
:05:33. > :05:46.about the glass... souls into its mouth by an hntake
:05:47. > :05:52.of its flaming breath.' 500 years ago to tell biblical
:05:53. > :05:56.stories to A subject worthy
:05:57. > :06:03.of the red`carpet treatment. A few years ago, Alan Rickm`n came
:06:04. > :06:07.to stay and I showed him around this church, looking at the magnhficent
:06:08. > :06:10.stained glass, and he fell hn love with it and out of his visit was
:06:11. > :06:15.born the idea of getting a number of very well`known actors to do
:06:16. > :06:20.a window each. It felt that with knowing
:06:21. > :06:24.the voice you knew the person and it made it sound friendly
:06:25. > :06:28.and authoritative at the sale time. When we heard about this new system,
:06:29. > :06:32.we thought it such a good idea we had to come and try it out
:06:33. > :06:34.for ourselves. Visitor numbers have doubled
:06:35. > :06:49.in the last week. The weather forecast for tonight and
:06:50. > :06:56.into the weekend. That is all from us. Good night.
:06:57. > :06:58.Hello and a very good evening to xou.
:06:59. > :07:01.We've had some spells of rain through this evening.
:07:02. > :07:03.A few more to come, maybe the odd downpour,
:07:04. > :07:06.but that rain is clearing through the course of the night, becoming
:07:07. > :07:11.Feeling a little fresher than recent nights.
:07:12. > :07:12.Saturday, first thing good brightness.
:07:13. > :07:14.A little on the breezy side perhaps but
:07:15. > :07:17.The clouds thickening into the afternoon.
:07:18. > :07:19.One or two showers, they might just line up,
:07:20. > :07:22.but equally you could dodge them altogether and enjoy some stnshine.
:07:23. > :07:24.Yellow weather warning in place come Sunday for an area
:07:25. > :07:27.of low pressure with some vdry heavy rain and strong wind, too
:07:28. > :07:37.Now it's time to take a look at your weather forecast.
:07:38. > :07:43.Good evening. We saw some torrential thunderstorms earlier today.
:07:44. > :07:46.Tomorrow looks like a better day for most places. It will go downhill
:07:47. > :07:51.into Sunday. This is heading our way. This is a couple of day's worth
:07:52. > :07:57.of satellite imagery. This is what was the hurricane. Moving from North
:07:58. > :08:01.America, heading towards the United Kingdom, pushed along by the jet
:08:02. > :08:06.stream. Heading towards the United Kingdom for Sunday. A lot of
:08:07. > :08:08.thunderstorms today. The worst was this afternoon and the evening over
:08:09. > :08:09.the north of