20/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.over on BBC Two in a moment. Now, on BBC One, it's time

:00:00. > :00:09.for the Four people have been arrested after

:00:10. > :00:12.letter bombs were sent to an army careers office in Oxford ` and other

:00:13. > :00:16.parts of the country in February. Two men and two women are being

:00:17. > :00:21.questioned in Northern Ireland. This was scene six months ago

:00:22. > :00:26.when police cordoned off the St Giles area in Oxford

:00:27. > :00:30.after a letter bomb had been sent to Shops, restaurants and other

:00:31. > :00:37.businesses had to be evacuated. But the parcel was diffused

:00:38. > :00:40.by bomb disposal experts and people Just days before the package had

:00:41. > :00:47.been sent here, six similar parcels were also posted to other army

:00:48. > :00:51.centres across the south of England At the time, the government believed

:00:52. > :00:58.they could be linked to terrorism Four people are now being questioned

:00:59. > :01:02.by the Serious Crime Unit Two men, aged 35 and 46,

:01:03. > :01:08.and two women, who are 21 and 44, were arrested

:01:09. > :01:12.in Londonderry this morning. Officers are trying to find out

:01:13. > :01:16.if they may be part of A mother's spoken of her anger after

:01:17. > :01:25.the man who killed her teenage son in a car crash near Thame avoided

:01:26. > :01:29.being sent back to prison today. Sam Edwards was jailed

:01:30. > :01:33.for five years in 2010 for causing But earlier this year he was caught

:01:34. > :01:37.behind the wheel ` Sam Edwards leaving court today,

:01:38. > :01:45.guilty but unapologetic. I haven?t breach a family?s licence,

:01:46. > :01:50.I?ve breached my licence. There?s nothing to say to

:01:51. > :01:54.the family, is there? In 2010, the 30 year old from Marsh

:01:55. > :01:58.near Aylesbury, was sentenced to five years for causing the death

:01:59. > :02:03.of 18 year old Greg Stiles. But by law he was only required to

:02:04. > :02:06.serve half that term The former racing driver tried to

:02:07. > :02:13.overtake a car on this road between Princes Risborough and Thame,

:02:14. > :02:16.putting himself directly in the Greg lost control,

:02:17. > :02:22.hitting another car. He died instantly and his girlfriend

:02:23. > :02:25.and passenger, Abigail Dowdy, Sam Edwards was also banned

:02:26. > :02:31.from driving for eight years. Despite that he was caught

:02:32. > :02:34.behind the wheel on the A41 Something which came as no

:02:35. > :02:41.surprise to Greg Stiles? family. He?s proved that he can?t live

:02:42. > :02:44.by the terms of his licence. If that?s the case, why did they not

:02:45. > :02:50.insist on a recall to prison today? She also believes people should

:02:51. > :02:55.have to serve their full sentence. The whole two

:02:56. > :02:58.and a half years out of five, on licence for two and a half years,

:02:59. > :03:01.actually is meaningless, totally and utterly meaningless, if you end up

:03:02. > :03:05.with a result like we?ve got today. Sam Edwards was ordered to do 100

:03:06. > :03:11.hours of community service He'll remain on licence

:03:12. > :03:21.until next year. A coroner has ruled that

:03:22. > :03:24.the death of a robber who was held down by several people in Oxford

:03:25. > :03:27.was misadventure. Clint Townsend was attempting to

:03:28. > :03:30.rob a jewellery shop in the His family believe the restraint `

:03:31. > :03:35.where several people sat on him ` But an inquest heard that he had

:03:36. > :03:39.an underlying heart condition There's been a rise in the number

:03:40. > :03:45.of prostitutes known to be working Wiltshire Police say there are now

:03:46. > :03:50.38 sex workers in the town compared The force says the increase may be

:03:51. > :03:55.because it's become more aware of the women since increasing

:03:56. > :03:59.its efforts to protect them. Residents living in some blocks of

:04:00. > :04:02.flat in Oxford could find themselves picking up a bill for additional

:04:03. > :04:05.refuse collections, unless they The City Council is threatening to

:04:06. > :04:10.leave bins behind Residents could end up paying

:04:11. > :04:14.for private firms to take away Our Political Reporter Helen Catt

:04:15. > :04:21.explains. Its plan is simple ` for every bin

:04:22. > :04:30.of recycling a block creates it Anything extra will have to be

:04:31. > :04:44.taken to the tip by private firms. For this block in North Oxford,

:04:45. > :04:46.it?s estimated that would cost This will not affect landlords,

:04:47. > :04:54.but tenants, and ultimately private Effectively, everyone

:04:55. > :05:01.in the block will have to pay for The council says it has given block

:05:02. > :05:09.owners more than a year to improve rates and it?s helped to educate

:05:10. > :05:12.tenants although with a quarter of the city's population moving

:05:13. > :05:17.ever year, that's an ongoing job. We don?t want to see anybody

:05:18. > :05:20.bringing in private collectors of rubbish ?

:05:21. > :05:23.the council does that very well. Yes,

:05:24. > :05:29.we do all pay for it ? if we don?t recycle it, we pay more in landfill

:05:30. > :05:32.charges, it goes onto the council tax, so it?s cheaper and better

:05:33. > :05:45.for the environment to recycle. And it?s not just Oxford trying to

:05:46. > :05:48.get us to recycle as much as we throw away ? the EU has set

:05:49. > :05:52.a target for half of all waste to Police say they'll be seizing

:05:53. > :06:00."legal highs" from festival goers in Reading this weekend to check

:06:01. > :06:02.they haven't been mixed with Legal highs which include chemicals

:06:03. > :06:08.intended as plant food and laughing Anyone arrested carrying them could

:06:09. > :06:13.face problems with the authorities who for the first

:06:14. > :06:16.time are using sophisticated equipment to check they've not been

:06:17. > :06:19.mixed with outlawed drugs. Police officers

:06:20. > :06:21.from Wiltshire will be helping to They'll be

:06:22. > :06:25.among 9,500 officers being drafted in to provide security for 67 heads

:06:26. > :06:28.of state and their 10,000 staff It's the largest gathering

:06:29. > :06:34.of international leaders ever to The regional weather

:06:35. > :06:41.forecast is coming up next. A lot

:06:42. > :06:50.of dry weather overnight tonight. Clear skies allowing temperatures

:06:51. > :06:52.to fall away rapidly. A chilly night to come

:06:53. > :06:55.into towns and cities. In the countryside,

:06:56. > :06:59.we could see a low A dry start with lots

:07:00. > :07:07.of sunshine first thing. During the afternoon that sunshine

:07:08. > :07:11.will turn hazy and there are may be the odd shower brought

:07:12. > :07:13.in with the increasing cloud. The showers are hit and miss ` some

:07:14. > :07:17.areas could stay dry altogether. some sunny spells,

:07:18. > :07:26.the odd shower here and there. The best day

:07:27. > :07:46.of the weekend is Saturday. Good evening. For many of us a bank

:07:47. > :07:49.holiday looms large and so does a change in the weather patterns. Is

:07:50. > :07:54.the that good or bad news? Only you can decide that. For the time being

:07:55. > :07:58.we've got similar weather patterns. Another chilly day tomorrow, with

:07:59. > :08:02.some sunshine but probably more showers. Today's showers are fading

:08:03. > :08:05.from the east but we are seeing outbreaks of rain in parts of

:08:06. > :08:08.Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and later in the night northern

:08:09. > :08:10.England. You won't be as cold here tonight.