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any man who murdered Connor Tremble. He stabbed the teenager 15 times and

has been jailed for life. Also, the last MotoGP at Silverstone. How

local businesses could pay ` high price. The race against timd to

produce a vaccine against Ebola Later, we'll meet again, but sadly

not this weekend. The Lancaster reunion that has been forced to be

postponed. Good evening. A man from Banbury who

stabbed a teenager to death in a frenzy of anger, jealousy and hate,

has been jailed for at least 23 years.Oxford Crown Court he`rd Will

Blencowe was consumed by bitterness when he learned Connor Tremble was

seeing his ex girlfriend. Hd repeatedly stabbed the 17 ydar old

earlier this year ` on the day before Valentine's Day.The Judge

described the killing as vicious and carefully planned. Sinead C`rroll

reports. You'll you stab him. You did stab

him. This was Will Blencowe's stands in numerous police interview

throughout his trial. And today in the courtroom when he was h`nded a

life sentence for murder. Throughout this process, Will Blencowe has

shown no remorse for his actions. He has not done anything to help the

police with investigations. He will not have a long time in prison to

reflect upon his actions. The court heard that Will Blencowe was

mentally unstable. He was excluded from school and suicidal. When he

discovered his ex`girlfriend was dating Connor Tremble, he w`s

consumed by jealousy and wanted revenge. On February 13, CCTV shows

him leaving home, then taking a train from Banbury to Oxford. Seen

in a taxi on his way to Connor Tremble's flat. The court w`tched

this footage of Will Blencowe leaving the flat, inside a

17`year`old Connor Tremble was fighting for his life. He h`d been

stabbed 15 times. He died. Lisa tremble spoke outside the court I

cannot stop a mother's love. I wish I could be given one more d`y. Just

to hold you close and see the things I have two say. But I know that will

never be. In sentencing, thd judge described the terror and pahn that

Connor Tremble must have felt as he was attacked in his own house in a

frenzy of anger, jealousy and hate. Will Blencowe's actions to `void

detection were cunning and incriminated others. For those

reasons, you sentenced to a life imprisonment with a minimum term of

20 years. Three Milton Keynes councillors have

resigned after a convicted rapist was awarded a taxi driver's licence.

Subhan Shafiq, who's the Milton Keynes mayor, gave a reference for

the driver who had four convictions for serious sexual assaults

including rape. Two other councillors, Stuart Burke and

Gladstone McKenzie, who werd members of the licensing committee have also

given up their posts. Businesses near Silverstone say

they'll lose significant amounts of income ` when the British Moto Grand

Prix is moved to Wales. Arotnd a hundred and fifty thousand people

are expected in Northamptonshire over the weekend, for this xear s

race. The event's worth millions of pounds to the local economy but it

could be the last time its held at Silverstone. Paul Scoins has this

report. Racing at 200 mph, just inches from

the ground. Silverstone has been the home for MotoGP for the last four

years. Bosses here say the local area benefited. The impact hs

immense. We do not have specific immense. We do not have specific

figures for MotoGP but if you look around the world, other countries

are saying the impact is solewhere between ten and 20 million duros.

After Formula One, MotoGP is the second`largest event at Silverstone.

It could now be to Wales. L`st year, 150,000 fans attended the MotoGP.

Many travelled from all over the country. Fans said Silverstone is

like no other circuit. It is the atmosphere... Is an old circuit It

has character. It is a masshve shame, not just Silverstone, but for

a local businesses. When yot think where we are, what that means for

them if it is not here. A m`ss of consequence. The money made this

weekend for businesses which spring up during the Grand Prix, hdlps them

through the rest of the year. At the minute, the campaign we do depends

on these events. To lose it will have a big impact on us. In

Silverstone village, motor sport is in the blood. That is why stpporters

say the Grand Prix should rdmain. I cannot see how it makes economic

sense to spend so much monex in Wales to build a motorsport circuit

when other motorsport circuhts around the world, without Government

aid, are struggling. Eyes`m`c it may not be the end. Negotiations are

ongoing to secure another ydar's racing whilst the circuit in Wales

is being built Pope.... Scientists in Oxford have bden given

a grant to fast`track tests for an Ebola vaccine. An outbreak of the

virus in Africa has killed lore than 15 hundred people this year.

Researchers here say they could start testing a vaccine next month.

Charlotte Stacey reports. Vaccine trials normally takd years.

But the Ebola virus is spre`ding fast. Here at this institutd in

Oxford, they will be pioneering research into a possible vaccine and

doing it in record time. Thd vaccine being tested not contain anx Ebola

virus. It is not infectious. Instead, it uses an Ebola protein to

try to generate an immune rdsponse. It works in two ways. It produces

antibodies and the challengd is to get enough neutralising anthbodies.

The second way it works is by stimulator meet cellular arda of the

immune system. This vaccine induces both arms of the immune system. The

speed of this sky was unprecedented. It would normally take months but

will happen in weeks. Pending ethical and readily to approvals,

trials and Oxford will start next month, followed by trials in Gambia

in October. By November, thdy will deliver findings to the World Health

Organisation. The virus has already killed more than 1500 peopld in West

Africa and more are diagnosdd every day. It is important to unddrstand

this is not... It is a humanitarian crisis. It is getting worse every

day. Well testing takes place, manufacturers will produce `round

10,000 doses of the vaccine, so that if it is successful it can be

distributed immediately. People living near the formdr air

base at Upper Heyford have objected to plans for films to be shot there

for up to four months a year. Building developers the Dorchester

Group want the number of possible filming days to be extended from 28

to 125 days. But some neighbours have complained about light and

noise pollution and want Chdrwell district council to refuse the

application next week. Roadworks on the Kennington

roundabout near Oxford have frustrated motorists over the

summer, now the County Council says the traffic jams could be about to

get worse. Senior figures at the council have warned of longdr delays

when the new school term st`rts next week. Drivers have been advhsed to

find other routes or other forms of 60,000 vehicles use the Kennington

roundabout everyday. The ro`dworks began in June. By the time the

improvements are complete, ht is hoped a third more vehicles will be

able to pass through here. With schools about to reopen, thd council

is warning the traffic jams could get worse. If people do not take

account of this, there will be issues with more traffic trxing to

get around the roundabout. We're asking to plan their journexs and

take buses and trains. Oxfordshire County Council is spending ?6

million to turn the roundabout into a hamburger roundabout. The plan is

to slice a new carriageway straight through the middle. This allows

traffic to pass freely. There is already one in Headington and in

Heyford. Each approach to the roundabout has been reduced to one

carriageway. That means traffic is crawling along slowly. On Monday,

things get worse. The kids go back to school and the amount of traffic

increases. The question is, will commute is follow the counchl's

advice and find alternative routes to work. I only builders yard around

the corner. It is the only way to get there. We have no choicd. The

message from the council is if you do not want the new hamburgdr

roundabout to give you a he`th on Monday, you may have devised a new

way to get to work. A couple say Royal Mail has refused

to deliver letters .. because their hanging baskets are too big. Peter

Kelly and his wife Hazel ` from Woburn Sands near Milton Kexnes `

say their postwoman has clahmed that ducking under the flower

arrangements was hurting her back. It's understood they didn't receive

post for two weeks. Royal M`il has apologised. A spokesman said there's

been no formal suspension of mail .. but it was in discussions to find a

solution. I am not stating the baskets down. I

have never had this before, ever. So, you know, it is my pleasure and

my wife's pleasure, so... Bx giving? No other postmen have ever

complained in all the years we have had these flowers. So, why hn these

last few weeks have we come against this

More than ten thousand music and food fans are expected in Khngham

near Chipping Norton for thhs weekend's Big Feastival. Thd

three`day event was first staged two years ago, and is being held at Alex

James's farm in North Oxfordshire. The former member of Blur h`s

organised the event with chdf Jamie Oliver. Jamie Cullum, Kelis and

Alexis will have the weather forecast for the festival goers and

the rest of us this weekend. That's all from me for the moment. Here's

and why a reunion of the last two flying Lancasters won't now happen.

A row has broken out over the handling of education on thd Isle of

Hampshire took over services last year after concerns over pass rates.

Now a councillor who speaks on education for the Conservative

group on the island, has crhticised Hampshire over its handling of the

It was a day of celebration for many but overall the schools on the Isle

of Wight are down on the nulber of pupils achieving good grades,

including Carisbrooke College. Last year we went up 29%. We looked at or

out indications and we thought we would have a slight improvelent but

we did not. There is a national picture of volatility, parthcularly

in English, and we went down 14 in English which had" on our overall

headline figures. One counchllor said it should have been picked up.

They should have spotted thhs result coming down the tracks towards them.

It has come as a complete shock and it should not have happened if

proper tacky `` tracking was being done and data was being challenged

as they say it is. The council took over the running of education on the

island last year. It is not their job to predict our school rdsults,

that is our job and based on our improvements which have been noted

especially by the students `nd the students say this school is a far

better place but it looks as though the improvements have not h`d a

chance yet to impact on our exam results but they will in tile. This

year Isle of Wight schools got the lowest GCSE results since 2011. It

is almost 2% lower than last year. Hampshire have gone beyond what they

first signed up for. They h`ve worked in partnership and gone the

extra mile. The Key stage two attendants results and A`level

results are indicative of that. There are some good GCSE results and

some positive process growing teaching staff and the commtnities

of this island as a result of the partnership. The target is to match

the national average by 2016. Beach`goers

in Littlehampton have been warned to avoid going for a swim for 24 hours

because Southern Water has been Waste is being diverted frol the Sea

Road pumping station as enghneers It will be released 100 metres off

the coast in an effort to protect We've heard of plans for

teaching Britishness in schools But how

about making video games th`t better This month the government introduced

new tax breaks But it will only be paid to

companies who meet a cultur`l test Our Political Editor Peter Henley

asks if that makes sense Jousting, Mortal Kombat between

knights of old. It is the ultimate sport from Britain's heritage. These

pictures from a festival of jousting at Arran dulling Sussex last year.

It is the inspiration for this video game. It is created by a colpany in

Oxford who is Chief Executive takes part himself. Sometimes in the

summer it can get absolutelx steaming. He was one of those

leading the charge for tax reductions to help British Games

companies, Pete. People are setting up new studios but not in the UK.

The idea of tax breaks is to tweak the percentages in favour of people

making the decision to work in the UK. I am hoping that what h`ppens is

that slows the brain drain down or even reverses it. He was taking part

in a medieval fair at Leeds Castle this week. It is more trickx than it

looks but easier than what hs going on out there. The battle for tax

breaks for British Games colpanies is all about a joust with the

European Union. They felt that giving British companies 20$ of

their production costs back was just a little unfair so they introduced

what they called British cultural tests. Is this just a dodge to

justify an EU subsidy? The linister who signed the deal says it is not.

In my view Britishness sells around the world and you only have to see

the success of the Harry Potter franchise made by an Americ`n film

studio but with British actors made in Britain with a British grit and

the British writer. Foreign visitors are the medieval fair could see the

appeal of a British game. the British writer. Foreign visitors

are the Would you buy a British game? Yes, to be honest for the

language. Maybe some of the history as well? Yes. Expect more G`mes with

the British flavour such as Lara Croft and her butler for thd global

market. I quite like all of that jotsting!

It is quite good fun. Tony hs here with the sport. We start with

transfers. When does the window close? It is

all very exciting at this thme of year because the August transfer

window shuts at Monday at 10pm. Expect some activity from otr clubs.

It is all a bit last`minute, especially from Reading.

Reading will sell goalkeeper Alex MCCarthy before the tr`nsfer

It had been expected that the 24`year`old would sign for

Queens Park Rangers this afternoon in a three million pound de`l.

That hasn't yet been confirled though, despite the player having

been speculation of late interest from Liverpool for the Royals

In the Premier League Ronald Koeman looks for his first win as Saints

boss as his side travel to West Ham In the Championship Bournemouth are

on the road, Brighton back `t the Amex Both Swindon and MK Dons have

home fixtures in league one while Portsmouth,

unbeaten in League Two, host Newport and winless Oxford really nded to

get something from their gale against Dagenham and Redbridge.

Commentary on local radio and highlights on both Match of the

Day and the football league show tomorrow night here on BBC One.

The FA Cup is back on the BBC this season and here

at South Today we are shining a light on the competition right

We started at Romsey two wedks ago in the extra preliminary rotnd.

So, continuing the thread I've been to the home of the Creeksiddrs to

A good ball. Perfect. That hs better place. This is the home of Fareham

town. They have beaten Romsdy 3`1 in the extra preliminary round, setting

up again this weekend. They hope to take another step towards the first

round of this competition which is a place they have been to four times.

The last time was 1988. Thex pulled off a shock by drawing two ` two at

Torquay United and the Leagte Cup came back for a replay. It was a

memorable night but the Hampshire club finally bowed out, loshng `2.

The manager now and for the last six years has been Fareham boy Latt

Parr. I was here that they `` day. It was such a massive game for the

club and to get that far was excellent. Watching as a yotngster

was brilliant and the days of being in the Southern Premier League, we

are a long way from that at the moment and it would be good to get

to that stage again. Saturd`y is important for us. This weekdnd they

placed `` face a team from Bristol. Victory and there is still `nother

four rounds to go before thd first round proper. It is nice to give

summing back to the supportdrs who are committed. We have a nulber of

fans who come to away Games and travel around so it is nice to have

run so they can enjoy it basically. At the end of the day you'rd playing

in the same competition as people like Manchester United so it is a

dream for us all. Good luck to Fareham and we will tell yot the

result on Monday. Britian's rowers, who are b`sed

at Caversham, are set to colpete in a series of finals this weekend

in the world rowing championships. Southampton's James Foad along

with partner Matt Langridge will They qualified second

in their semi final. Also going

for gold are the so`far unbdatable pair of Helen Glover and He`ther

Stanning in the women's pair. What's billed as the world's

toughest offshore powerboat race takes place this weekend Thd Cowes

Torquay Cowes race starts e`rly on Sunday morning with around 20 boats

due to be on the start line for the 200 mile round trip down to

the Devon coast and back ag`in. Leading boats can hit on thd water

speeds of 85 miles per hour. It's a spectacular sight

along the coastline and there's a lot of places to get

a vantage point, starting whth Egypt Point the times listed are

for the first and second legs. Other viewing points includd Hurst

Castle, Fort Victoria, Anvil Point, Do check the times as they can

be affected by the weather. Good luck to everyone taking part in

that. We will have the weather before we

find out about Bournemouth @ir Festival. Is it my imaginathon or is

it getting colder? Yes, it is slightly cooler.

Temperatures are below the seasonal average and for 20 years it has been

the coldest August. And the 18th wettest in the UK. We have some

lovely weather pictures. Stormy skies over

Lymington this morning. Ashley Cooper took this picture

from Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. Phil Little took this picture of the

grey skies over Blackbushe @irport near Yateley in Hampshire And Neil

Lawrence took this photo of a We did have a few showers today and

they were on the heavy side in place is particularly in Hampshird.

Tonight the showers will continue with outbreaks of rain at thmes and

it is a fairly mild night. The rain moves from west to east and a lot of

cloud around a night and maxbe they'll top fog. The breeze should

keep it at bay. These temperatures are for towns and cities and in the

countryside it will be slightly lower than that. Ben first thing for

the Isle of Wight, West Sussex and Hampshire. And improving picture

tomorrow with a lot of dry weather and the odd stray shower in

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Slightly more clout with

temperatures tomorrow up to 18 or 19 degrees. That is a notch below the

seasonal average at this tile of year. The wind will not be `s strong

as it was today. Clear skies tonight, a quiet night. A fdw

showers initially but most places have dry weather to start the day on

Sunday. There will be a change because high pressure is buhlding in

from the Atlantic and turning things fairly settled for the second part

of the weekend. A lot of sunshine initially on Sunday and then the

cloud builds up. The sunshine could turn hazy in places. A weather front

moves in on Monday despite the high pressure and that means we could

have rain at times on Mondax and also Tuesday morning. A lot of

events taking place this wedkend and the weather looks fairly good.

Fairly good for events taking place this weekend, especially Sunday On

Monday the weather front bushes in from the Atlantic so rain at times

and temperatures will be suppressed where we have the rain and then

Tuesday starts on a damp thd good news is that high pressure builds in

from the Atlantic so Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next wedk will

be warm. Temperatures could be above the seasonal average. Today we had a

high of 19 degrees and next Wednesday we could have a hhgh of 25

degrees. That is so much better! Thank you

very much. It's one of the aviation evdnts

of the south's year, And this year we were looking

forward to particularly Because the last two airworthy

Lancaster bombers were set to appear The British one being joined

by a Canadian plane. The Canadian aircraft today

developed an engine problem The aircraft is now undergohng

maintenance and will not make That is a great pity but thdre is

plenty of other stuff going on. Sarah Farmer has been

following the drama of the day. Wings clipped and engine silenced.

This is one of just two Lancaster 's that are still flying in thd world.

Both were meant to grace thd skies today but neither did.

Both were meant to grace thd skies today but neither did. It stffered

engine failure up in Teesidd and they had to shut the engine down

which means they have got to do some maintenance to get her flying

again. The good news is she was put down on the ground safely and the

guys are looking after her `nd hopefully it will not be long before

we fly together again. The pair flew together last weekend but until she

has been given the all clear they will not be performing together The

Canadian Lancaster was faced with engine difficulties but for the rest

of the Battle of Britain Melorial flight team it was the weather that

hampered them. They have got crosswind limits of 15 knots and

today's conditions meant th`t they remained grounded. We are as

disappointed, if not more so, than everyone else and that is why we

have come down here. We likd to show the public these aeroplanes and we

are incredibly disappointed not to be able to do that. Of course with

the Canadian Lancaster not being able to come down either it just

means a double disappointment for us. Despite a gap in the schedule

the air Festival programme loved on. The crowds could yet get a glimpse

of the British Lancaster. The weather is looking a lot better for

tomorrow so hopefully the whnd will drop off. Sadly the two Lancaster 's

are unlikely to fly together this weekend but certainly the B`ttle of

Britain Memorial flight, we are planning to get airborne and instead

the crowds at Bournemouth tomorrow and on Sunday. The Battle of Britain

Memorial flight crews hope to climb into the crowds this weekend ``

clouds this weekend as a trhbute, following in the flight path of the

World War II heroes that went before them.

Lots going on at the Bournelouth Air Festival all weekend. It is also the

sure as show as well so just looked at the skies this weekend something

good will be happening somewhere. The weather will be good for them.

Yes, much better than today with lighter wind and some sunshhne.

Whatever you are doing have a fantastic time. We will all be back

on Monday as usual. Thank you for. Good night.