:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening. That's all from us.
:00:10. > :00:11.A man from Banbury accused of killing
:00:12. > :00:14.a 17`year`old boy has been described in court as jealous, paranoid and
:00:15. > :00:19.The jury heard Will Blencowe was so angry that Connor Tremble was
:00:20. > :00:22.dating his former partner, he stabbed him at least 10 times.
:00:23. > :00:29.Aimee Harrison, the woman at the centre of this murder trial, was
:00:30. > :00:33.She went out with Will Blencowe for four years,
:00:34. > :00:39.In January she got together with 17`year`old Connor Tremble
:00:40. > :00:44.The prosecution claims Mr Blencowe couldn't handle her being happy with
:00:45. > :00:48.someone else and that's what motivated him to commit murder.
:00:49. > :00:51.It's alleged that on February the 13th Mr Blencowe took a taxi
:00:52. > :00:57.from Oxford station to Connor Tremble's house in Fairacres Road.
:00:58. > :01:00.When he arrived the prosecution say Mr Tremble tried to defend himself
:01:01. > :01:20.with his arms but was repeatedly stabbed all over his body.
:01:21. > :01:22.Aimee Harrison, who's 20, said Mr Blencowe owned
:01:23. > :01:26.a collection of knives at his home in Banbury, she said he would pose
:01:27. > :01:32.The jury also heard a 999 call made by Mr Tremble's friend
:01:33. > :01:42.Two other men are also on trial over Connor's death.
:01:43. > :01:47.Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire have more families struggling with debts
:01:48. > :01:49.they can't pay than other parts of the south.
:01:50. > :01:52.That's according to a new report, put together by two charities.
:01:53. > :01:54.The Children's Society and Stepchange say around
:01:55. > :01:57.a quarter of families living in East Oxford are unable to meet household
:01:58. > :02:05.A year ago Emma found herself homeless
:02:06. > :02:10.Despite being a working mum, the 30`year`old from Witney had also
:02:11. > :02:27.I was left with debt from a previous relationship because everything was
:02:28. > :02:33.in my name. It is easy to get into debt with payday loans especially.
:02:34. > :02:36.She's now paid most of the debt off, but according to new research,
:02:37. > :02:38.Emma's family isn't the only one which has had problems.
:02:39. > :02:40.New figures suggest in the South East,
:02:41. > :02:44.Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire have some the highest number of families
:02:45. > :02:49.That's when they can't keep up with bill or loan repayments.
:02:50. > :02:53.In east Oxford 25 percent of families are living with these
:02:54. > :02:57.problem levels, compared to 21 percent in Banbury.
:02:58. > :03:00.Fewer families are affected in Milton Keynes though,
:03:01. > :03:06.It's slightly lower in Wantage and Witney, with 16 percent
:03:07. > :03:11.And in Abingdon and Aylesbury, it's 14 percent.
:03:12. > :03:14.So why are so many families finding it difficult to manage their
:03:15. > :03:31.For many families that we talked to it was sudden and often did costs of
:03:32. > :03:37.living that moved debts into becoming a problem and caused them
:03:38. > :03:41.to become problematic. Some of the other concerns was worth someone in
:03:42. > :03:43.household lost their job or where someone became ill.
:03:44. > :03:45.With Emma's finances under control, she's now hoping she stay clear
:03:46. > :03:54.Work's now underway to transform the Great Western Line
:03:55. > :03:57.so electric trains can run on it and we've been given exclusive
:03:58. > :04:00.access to the trackside to see a key piece of machinery in action.
:04:01. > :04:04.It's a factory on wheels that's cost ?40 million.
:04:05. > :04:07.It's used at night so trains can keep running during the day.
:04:08. > :04:09.With more details, here's our Transport Correspondent,
:04:10. > :04:17.From clocking on at the Swindon Depot to starting on`site
:04:18. > :04:28.It is already one o'clock in the morning and raining hard.
:04:29. > :04:32.But when this factory train gets going it is impressive.
:04:33. > :04:37.These piles hold the gantries on which power lines
:04:38. > :04:41.It is the first stage, the transformation
:04:42. > :04:48.We are through the testing and commissioning phase and
:04:49. > :04:59.This ?40 million train is called Brunel and carries everything it
:05:00. > :05:04.needs to dig holes, mix and pour concrete, erect overhead
:05:05. > :05:15.We have to install 18,000 of these piles all along the route.
:05:16. > :05:21.We can do this while the adjacent line remains open.
:05:22. > :05:24.This is the biggest railway investment
:05:25. > :05:33.We are investing a huge amount of money to electrify the route.
:05:34. > :05:40.So by 2016 we will have faster trains and cleaner trains.
:05:41. > :05:43.The train will be five times faster than conventional gangs of track
:05:44. > :05:48.workers, taking years off the modernisation of the Great Western.
:05:49. > :05:54.The price tag for the whole project, around ?1.5 billion.
:05:55. > :05:59.The team will work westwards, one mile a night, reaching Oxford,
:06:00. > :06:03.Newbury, Swindon and eventually Bristol
:06:04. > :06:14.In the past this would have required five years
:06:15. > :06:21.But by breakfast time, trains will be running again,
:06:22. > :06:35.Football, and in the League Cup, all our local teams are through to
:06:36. > :06:39.The MK Dons knocked out AFC Wimbledon 3`1.
:06:40. > :06:46.Alexis is coming up with the weather forecast.
:06:47. > :07:07.The odd shower is possibility and temperatures tonight falling to
:07:08. > :07:18.around 11 degrees. Perhaps just into Sigel fingers in the countryside. ``
:07:19. > :07:22.single fingers. We start to see showers developing the afternoon and
:07:23. > :07:26.these could be on the heavy side but not as frequent or heavy as today.
:07:27. > :07:31.And there will be some sunshine. So pretty decent day tomorrow but heavy
:07:32. > :07:33.rain is expected on Thursday. Coming up next the national weather
:07:34. > :07:36.forecast. of a messy couple of days with some
:07:37. > :07:41.heavy rain and showers but here'sing Matt with the national weather.
:07:42. > :07:45.Good evening. Given the recent change in weather conditions I am
:07:46. > :07:49.esure a few of you have mentioned "autumn" who would blame new western
:07:50. > :07:53.Scotland today a mid-August day, driving wind, strong winds,
:07:54. > :07:57.temperatures at one po incompetent were just 13. A better day tomorrow,
:07:58. > :08:01.here, though. The cloud we have had today will work southwards. You will
:08:02. > :08:03.notice still unstable air across England and Wales. Lively
:08:04. > :08:07.thunderstorms through today. They are fading away by in large. One or
:08:08. > :08:11.two showers in the West but longer, clearer periods here. We still have
:08:12. > :08:14.that cloud, pushing through to the Scotland, Northern Ireland, north
:08:15. > :08:19.Wales and the north Midlands by the end of the night. But rather than
:08:20. > :08:20.persistent rain, away from the hills it'll be