:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford.
:00:00. > :00:10.Prince William arrives in Oxford to open a new multi`million potnd
:00:11. > :00:14.centre strengthening the university's links with China.
:00:15. > :00:16.Not surprisingly, the visit's overshadowed by news
:00:17. > :00:21.offering support to men and boys who've suffered phxsical
:00:22. > :00:26.and mental abuse ` the new charity reaching out to help victims.
:00:27. > :00:30.why plans for one of the cotntry's biggest solar farms are being
:00:31. > :00:38.Pensioners in the South have been tellhng us
:00:39. > :00:52.about their financial traum` over a certain type of mortgage.
:00:53. > :00:57.It may've been overshadowed by the big story of the day ` but Prince
:00:58. > :00:59.William's long`planned visit to Oxford is a royal seal of approval,
:01:00. > :01:04.for efforts to build better links between the UK and China.
:01:05. > :01:07.The Duke of Cambridge was in the city to open a new ?21
:01:08. > :01:10.million university building, bringing all academics with an
:01:11. > :01:15.Although Kate's morning sickness forced her to pull out
:01:16. > :01:18.of the event at short noticd, news of the new Royal baby on
:01:19. > :02:31.China has now come into our lives in the west in a way we couldn't
:02:32. > :02:33.even have imagined, perhaps, ten or 15 years ago.
:02:34. > :02:36.Within, a few years it'll bdcome the world's biggest economy.
:02:37. > :03:19.Here in the UK, we simply don't know enough about it. With
:03:20. > :03:24.that the university building visit was over. Eight men arrested over a
:03:25. > :03:30.number of child sex abuse offences in Buckinghamshire have been
:03:31. > :03:35.remanded in custody at Amersham It follows raids on residential vest ``
:03:36. > :03:40.addresses last week. The men appear in court for a pre`trial he`ring in
:03:41. > :03:45.late November. It is an isste that many find difficult to talk about.
:03:46. > :03:49.Male rape and domestic abusd. Reports of sexual offences of
:03:50. > :04:03.violence across `` against len is on the rise against the Thames Valley
:04:04. > :04:09.but a charity in Paul was jtst 4 when he was attacked and raped by a
:04:10. > :04:15.stranger. Too terrified to report it he kept it a secret for nearly 0
:04:16. > :04:21.years. I had no one to talk to, or so I felt, and I just carridd it
:04:22. > :04:30.around a year after year. It hit my self`esteem and I lost my confidence
:04:31. > :04:35.stop I lost trust in people. Also I turned to alcohol. I used to drink a
:04:36. > :04:41.lot. From almost straight after it happened, anything to just drop ``
:04:42. > :04:47.block it out. Paul says he found the courage to speak out followhng the
:04:48. > :04:49.Jimmy Savile scandal in 2012. Thames Valley Police and support charities
:04:50. > :04:53.say they have seen a surge hn reports of sexual offences of men
:04:54. > :04:57.and women in the last coupld of years. There has been a lack of
:04:58. > :05:03.counselling services for male victims. The charity hopes to break
:05:04. > :05:09.down taboos and help men talk about their experiences. The men that are
:05:10. > :05:15.coming forward to us want to talk about it. It affects their life
:05:16. > :05:18.drastically, whether it is through PTSD or depression, it affects their
:05:19. > :05:21.relationships with their partners in the family and friends and `lso
:05:22. > :05:27.their working life as it can make them emotionally unwell for a long
:05:28. > :05:31.period of time. Nationally 02% of rapes are on the man but it is
:05:32. > :05:36.thought the figure could be much higher because many feel too afraid
:05:37. > :05:44.to report it. The charity hopes to empower both men and boys to come
:05:45. > :05:57.forward. That is what Paul hs doing and he hopes his story will motivate
:05:58. > :06:00.others to come forward. With the results of the Scottish
:06:01. > :06:06.referendum coming up a report says other areas could do with more
:06:07. > :06:10.responsibility over how thex are run. They could choose their own
:06:11. > :06:15.priorities and spending plans. A short time ago I asked Ben Lucas
:06:16. > :06:21.Whiteley the city growth colmittee commission believes some cities
:06:22. > :06:26.should go further. What we `rgue in our report is that cities all over
:06:27. > :06:30.the world are now driving growth. They are the concentrations of
:06:31. > :06:34.productivity, innovation and creativity. In Britain our cities
:06:35. > :06:38.are not achieving their full potential because they do not have
:06:39. > :06:43.enough of the powers that they would need to drive growth in the place ``
:06:44. > :06:46.their places. We had a similar thing happen in Oxford with the chty
:06:47. > :06:53.deal, allowing spending priorities to be decided on a local level. Is
:06:54. > :06:57.it right to widen those powdrs? Yes, I do. City deals are an important
:06:58. > :07:02.first step but they are onlx a first step. A number of cities we think
:07:03. > :07:09.are ready for much greater powers. One of the things we advocate in the
:07:10. > :07:12.report is an independent colmittee to make a decision about thd
:07:13. > :07:17.capability that the cities have in order to move to having gre`ter
:07:18. > :07:21.fiscal powers. Is Oxford ond of those cities? That is for the
:07:22. > :07:24.independent commission that we are suggesting should be created to make
:07:25. > :07:29.that judgement. We think all cities in the long term have the potential
:07:30. > :07:36.to be able to achieve greatdr control over their own growth.
:07:37. > :07:40.Clearly some cities have put more effort into already establishing the
:07:41. > :07:46.infrastructure, the governance and the capability they need for that.
:07:47. > :07:51.Thank you very much. Planning officials in South
:07:52. > :07:56.Oxfordshire have advised to Tesco to resubmit its controversial proposals
:07:57. > :08:00.to open a new express store in a disused pub opposite goring station.
:08:01. > :08:04.The owners of the pub had got permission for an expansion of the
:08:05. > :08:08.building with a new kitchen, bar and dining area. The additional space
:08:09. > :08:13.has not yet been built but Tesco's would rely on that expansion is part
:08:14. > :08:18.of the redevelopment. They say the company must now submit a ndw plan
:08:19. > :08:23.so it can be considered properly. Protesters say Tesco shop could plan
:08:24. > :08:27.the stores in the middle of goring. It is due to become one of the
:08:28. > :08:32.biggest solar farms in the country, generating power for ?12,000 in
:08:33. > :08:37.Swindon `` 12,000 homes in Swindon. Approval had already been ghven for
:08:38. > :08:40.the field of solar panels btt the project is now being reconshdered at
:08:41. > :08:46.a public enquiry which starts tomorrow. This could soon bd home to
:08:47. > :08:53.one of the biggest solar farms in the country. 150 solar panels on 170
:08:54. > :08:59.acres of land, generating enough electricity to power 12,000 homes.
:09:00. > :09:03.It is one year since Swindon Borough Council gave its permission for a
:09:04. > :09:07.solar farm to be built on this airfield site. It is by the hangers
:09:08. > :09:14.we can see behind me. It was hoped that building work would begin this
:09:15. > :09:16.month by the government stepped in. The Department for Communithes and
:09:17. > :09:20.Local Government says that they have openly changed planning guidance on
:09:21. > :09:24.renewable energy to give grdater protection for local heritage, how
:09:25. > :09:30.landscape and to protect good quality farmland. A campaign spoke
:09:31. > :09:33.to us. They will not put thd solar panels on the tarmac runways or the
:09:34. > :09:37.buildings but on the green bits in between that are effectivelx fields
:09:38. > :09:41.and they have been farmed until very recently, if they are not bding
:09:42. > :09:53.farms now. The government ddcision to bring in a planning inspdctor has
:09:54. > :09:55.been criticised by others. When you are doing a scheme incredibly well
:09:56. > :09:58.that is very well supported by the local community, by the loc`l
:09:59. > :10:00.council, and yet Eric Picklds and Westminster are still calling it in
:10:01. > :10:04.and saying there is a probldm, that just destabilises and underlines
:10:05. > :10:08.confidence across the industry. The land is owned by the Sciencd Museum
:10:09. > :10:12.that stores big objects in the hangers around the site and they are
:10:13. > :10:16.backing the plans. The solar park and other research and development
:10:17. > :10:20.activities such as those behind us help to bring in income into the
:10:21. > :10:26.site that we can reinvest. Lembers of the public can invest in the site
:10:27. > :10:27.now as well and the planning department will get evidencd until
:10:28. > :10:29.September 18. Oxford's annual St Giles' F`ir
:10:30. > :10:32.started today and continues tomorrow Thousands are expected to enjoy
:10:33. > :10:35.the traditional funfair ridds The event started out
:10:36. > :10:38.as a parish festival back Various road closures are in place
:10:39. > :10:43.until Wednesday morning and some bus That's all from me
:10:44. > :10:51.and the team here. I'll have the headlines at 8pm
:10:52. > :10:53.and a full bulletin at 10:24pm. For more of today's stories,
:10:54. > :11:02.here's Sally Taylor. fantastic parents and, yeah, another
:11:03. > :11:03.little baby. It is good news for the village of course, people are
:11:04. > :11:06.thrilled around here. Lovelx! Still to come
:11:07. > :11:08.in this evening's South Tod`y.. Could Portsmouth pull off a giant
:11:09. > :11:26.killing and beat Manchester to Ashya King is tonight in Pr`gue
:11:27. > :11:31.hospital of planned proton beam treatment, after a legal order which
:11:32. > :11:36.had made him a ward of court was removed. Denby was taken from
:11:37. > :11:46.Southampton General Hospital earlier this week and doctors had qtestioned
:11:47. > :11:53.the benefit of the proton therapy. `` Ashya was taken. We have seen a
:11:54. > :11:58.war of words between Southalpton General Hospital and the clhnic in
:11:59. > :12:03.Prague over this proton beal therapy, whether it is really
:12:04. > :12:07.necessary. The doctors here say it will not do Ashya any harm but
:12:08. > :12:08.equally it will not do anything they could do with their normal
:12:09. > :12:15.radiotherapy. There was no benefit in Ashxa's
:12:16. > :12:18.case for proton radiotherapx. We do not say it was
:12:19. > :12:22.unacceptable treatment. In Ashya's case,
:12:23. > :12:27.with the type of tumour that he has, because we need to irradiatd
:12:28. > :12:30.the spinal cord and most of the brain because of the tumour, the
:12:31. > :12:37.advantages you would get from proton radiotherapy are not as gre`t.
:12:38. > :12:45.Is this just the hospital trying to defend itself? I think therd is a
:12:46. > :12:49.point in that but also generally medically they think they are in the
:12:50. > :12:56.right word in the last half an hour they say they wish Ashya well in
:12:57. > :13:07.Prague and I hope he makes ` full recovery. He is over there `nd
:13:08. > :13:11.likely to start therapy soon. That is their treatment of choice
:13:12. > :13:15.and according to current knowledge it should spur some of the dffects
:13:16. > :13:33.of treatment . I understand Portsmouth Citx Council
:13:34. > :13:40.is writing to the family to ask about their schooling ` bec`use
:13:41. > :13:43.classes went back this week and those children are still abroad
:13:44. > :13:45.Clearly exceptional circumstances, but the council wants to know they
:13:46. > :13:49.are not losing out and may even be sending somd home
:13:50. > :13:52.education packs out, if thex can get an address for them.
:13:53. > :13:54.Police are continuing to qudstion two people about the murder
:13:55. > :13:57.of a mother`of`five who was stabbed to death on a New Forest farm.
:13:58. > :14:00.The body of Pennie Davis was found in a field
:14:01. > :14:03.A 37`year`old man, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender,
:14:04. > :14:07.A 24`year`old woman is still in custody, and police have bedn given
:14:08. > :14:11.extra time to question a 22`year`old man on suspicion of murder.
:14:12. > :14:13.A new coastguard control room started taking responsibility
:14:14. > :14:19.Next week it will replace Portland coastguard as well.
:14:20. > :14:21.It marks the end of a hugely controversial process,
:14:22. > :14:23.strongly opposed by coastal communities, coastguards
:14:24. > :14:32.It will be responsible for coastal safety from Beachy Head
:14:33. > :14:35.in East Sussex right down to Topsham in Devon, but also have overall
:14:36. > :14:40.The coastguards' union has warned that a loss of local knowledge
:14:41. > :14:50.Our Transport Correspondent Paul Clifton reports.
:14:51. > :14:57.This is the National Maritile operations centre. When a M`yday
:14:58. > :15:05.signal is received the Coast Guard teams, life guards and helicopters,
:15:06. > :15:10.will be run from here. Unlike older centres, from here you can't see the
:15:11. > :15:17.sea. You can barely see daylight. Does that really matter? Air`traffic
:15:18. > :15:21.controllers at Swanwick can't see aeroplanes. Today good
:15:22. > :15:25.communications is all about computers. So the old Coast Guard
:15:26. > :15:26.base at Lee on Pompey computers. So the old Coast Guard
:15:27. > :15:27.base at Lee on the Solent whll is computers. So the old Coast Guard
:15:28. > :15:27.base at Lee on the Solent whll is a base at Lee on the Solent whll close
:15:28. > :15:27.later base at Lee on the Solent whll close
:15:28. > :15:29.name synonymous base at Lee on the Solent whll close
:15:30. > :15:29.later this week. base at Lee on the Solent whll close
:15:30. > :15:31.name synonymous with base at Lee on the Solent whll close
:15:32. > :15:31.later this both base at Lee on the Solent whll close
:15:32. > :15:31.later this week. Portland whll base at Lee on the Solent whll close
:15:32. > :15:32.later this week. Portland the base at Lee on the Solent whll close
:15:33. > :15:46.later this week. Portland whll close a week later. Mark Robb awax used to
:15:47. > :15:52.work at Portland. `` Rodawax. Half the coastguards in some are`s have
:15:53. > :15:55.applied for voluntary redundancy. The national coastguard agency has
:15:56. > :16:01.not brought a lot of the st`ff with them and that is a lot of experience
:16:02. > :16:05.that will not be transferred to this new centre and that will affect
:16:06. > :16:09.ultimately operations in thd future. This place was built as a fhre
:16:10. > :16:17.service headquarters but it was never used for that. Since 2008 it
:16:18. > :16:21.has stood empty, rented by government at ?120,000 a month. I
:16:22. > :16:26.suspect this is to do with loney. It is not all to do with money. To be
:16:27. > :16:33.fair, it did not need modernising, if that is the word, but I think
:16:34. > :16:37.they modernised too far. Ne`rly 50 coastguards will work it, increasing
:16:38. > :16:46.to 100 in a year's time, colbination of national control Centre `nd the
:16:47. > :16:55.20 47 `` 20 47 macro centre for the south coast. `` 24/7. city `nd
:16:56. > :16:58.Pensioners from the South who were sold "shared appreciation mortgages"
:16:59. > :17:01.have called for help in getting banks to change what they ddscribe
:17:02. > :17:04.Inside Out South has been investigating after being told
:17:05. > :17:06.by some homeowners they havd been left trapped in their properties.
:17:07. > :17:12.When Brian Daughtry retired after working for charities abroad he had
:17:13. > :17:19.little in the way of a penshon so he was tempted by the offer of a
:17:20. > :17:22.in the ?35,000 interest`free loan from the
:17:23. > :17:25.Bank of Scotland in return for a 75% share in any increase in
:17:26. > :17:28.the value of his New Forest home. Since then property prices have
:17:29. > :17:31.soared and if he sold the house role tomorrow he would have to ghve the
:17:32. > :17:33.bank more than ?232,000. Thousands of such mortgages were sold. is in
:17:34. > :17:35.and out A group action
:17:36. > :17:38.against the banks failed before the details could ever be assessed in
:17:39. > :17:40.court. The banks argued technicalities
:17:41. > :17:46.until the legal funds ran ott. The way it has turned out
:17:47. > :17:50.is very unfortunate. I am really
:17:51. > :17:56.in a difficult situation. of Both banks say they can't change
:17:57. > :17:56.the mortgage terms and that I am really
:17:57. > :17:59.in a difficult situation. of the at the time pensioners were advised
:18:00. > :18:02.to take independent advice club but they say they do try to help
:18:03. > :18:06.people who are trapped in homes that And you can see Jon's full report on
:18:07. > :18:15.Inside Out tonight at the l`ter time It's one of the biggest fledts
:18:16. > :18:22.of green buses in Europe, and is and today a specially built filling
:18:23. > :18:25.station was opened for Readhng's The state`of`the`art facility was
:18:26. > :18:33.built with a grant in from the Department of Transport,
:18:34. > :18:36.and, as Ben Moore reports, the drive to be eco`friendlx is
:18:37. > :18:41.catching on in the town. is When Reading buses need to fill
:18:42. > :18:46.up with gas they do just th`t. The depot's new ?1 million natural
:18:47. > :18:49.gas station has been paid for We find Reading is
:18:50. > :18:57.a great place to trial new hdeas because it is willing to take on
:18:58. > :19:01.that risk and innovation and we want other cities across the UK, who can
:19:02. > :19:10.also access funding if they choose, to take a look at what is h`ppening
:19:11. > :19:12.here. There are 34 such buses
:19:13. > :19:15.and all are now in service. But if eco`friendly travel hs
:19:16. > :19:18.your thing the bus is not Of the town's 216 black cabs,
:19:19. > :19:30.113 are being converted to hybrid natural compressed gas at a cost
:19:31. > :19:38.of ?370,000. For once there will not be
:19:39. > :19:40.the finger pointed at taxis and say, look, there's a polluting
:19:41. > :19:44.vehicle going along the road. We will be cleaner,
:19:45. > :19:50.which can only improve the hmage Does that mean fares
:19:51. > :19:56.are going to go down? As two forms of transport go green
:19:57. > :19:59.there is a spirit of collaboration. We fuel our buses
:20:00. > :20:01.in a great hurry in the evening when they come off service so
:20:02. > :20:04.in the day this depot is largely empty and the fuelling facility is
:20:05. > :20:08.sitting here unused and has enormous capacity for providing gas
:20:09. > :20:12.for road vehicles other than buses. This is ultimately
:20:13. > :20:15.a commercial venture ` But with taxis converting too it
:20:16. > :20:21.seems the commitment to go green Portsmouth stepped up
:20:22. > :20:46.its bid to become the first 'City Three cities are in the running for
:20:47. > :20:53.not only the title, but over one and a ?500,000 of Sport England money to
:20:54. > :20:56.spend on developing the gamd. As I discovered earlier,
:20:57. > :20:59.Portsmouth is going all out to win. Pompey is a name synonymous with
:21:00. > :21:02.both the city and its footb`ll club. When you talk of Pompey,
:21:03. > :21:15.you don't know whether it's The spirit
:21:16. > :21:35.of the fans is clear to see. Today was about making it
:21:36. > :21:37.official and becoming Sport ?1.6 million will be award
:21:38. > :21:47.to invest in the game. For that kind of money,
:21:48. > :21:50.I think we should have Earlier, a delegation from
:21:51. > :21:56.Sport England toured the city to see The money would mean we
:21:57. > :22:06.could make such a differencd Sports England will make
:22:07. > :22:15.the decision next week. As for Pompey, we all know
:22:16. > :22:21.what they're looking for. If they win, they'll hold
:22:22. > :22:24.the title for two years. The ultimate goal is to find
:22:25. > :22:34.the next generation of talent. So they performed well
:22:35. > :22:36.off the pitch, but not quitd Portsmouth were beaten 2`nil
:22:37. > :22:40.at Burton Albion They fell behind after just two minutds `
:22:41. > :22:42.manager Andy Awford criticising And a fine second goal eased Burton
:22:43. > :22:50.to a fifth successive home win. Meanwhile,
:22:51. > :22:56.Oxford United won their first away point of the season thanks to
:22:57. > :22:59.Danny Hylton's second half penalty. Michael Appleton's men are still
:23:00. > :23:03.without a win though and In Athletics, Hampshire's Andy
:23:04. > :23:09.Vernon beat his personal best time The Fareham runner lost out again to
:23:10. > :23:14.Mo Farah, but his time of 62 minutes and 46 seconds was
:23:15. > :23:18.enough to give him a sixth place finish in the half`marathon between
:23:19. > :23:22.Newcastle and South Shields. Dorset Eventer William Fox`Pitt
:23:23. > :23:25.finished fourth at the Burghley Here he is during the Cross Country
:23:26. > :23:30.round, riding Bay My Hero. A perfect show jumping round moved
:23:31. > :23:34.him up the rankings, New Zealander Andrew Nicholson
:23:35. > :23:39.became the first man ever to win the competition
:23:40. > :23:59.in three successive years. beaten in the opening fixtures of
:24:00. > :24:03.the season, and London Irish were narrowly beaten.
:24:04. > :24:17.It is only the beginning of the season. Now the weather, Aldxis is
:24:18. > :24:18.here. We have an area of high pressure well established over the
:24:19. > :24:39.UK. It was a misty and murky st`rt in
:24:40. > :24:47.some places and the mist and fog tonight could be more dense than in
:24:48. > :24:51.other areas. Clear skies me`ns temperatures will fall away in the
:24:52. > :24:58.countryside into single figtres seven or eight Celsius. Ten to 3 in
:24:59. > :25:01.the towns and cities. A cooler, fresher feeling night than last
:25:02. > :25:08.night. Temperatures similar each night this week, cooler in the
:25:09. > :25:12.countryside. Lots of sunshine initially tomorrow and as the day
:25:13. > :25:18.wears on we will see a lot lore cloud in eastern areas. West is best
:25:19. > :25:23.for the sunshine, with a high of 21 Celsius. Slightly cooler along the
:25:24. > :25:29.south coast with the breeze. Through the course of tomorrow night it
:25:30. > :25:33.stays right again under cle`ring skies. Temperatures falling away the
:25:34. > :25:40.single figures in the countryside. A low of 11 to 14 in the towns and
:25:41. > :25:46.cities. Much of this week stays dry thanks to this area of high pressure
:25:47. > :25:52.well established over the UK. I can't promise wall`to`wall sunshine
:25:53. > :26:00.but recent amounts at times. Western areas faring best for the stnny
:26:01. > :26:05.spells, eastern areas have cloud creeping in from the North Sea and
:26:06. > :26:09.the English Channel. We will have chilly nights and a misty and murky
:26:10. > :26:18.start. The fog could be quite dense and take its time to clear.
:26:19. > :26:23.Wednesday, sunny spells, bit more cloud on Thursday, but all hn all
:26:24. > :26:31.quite pleasant thanks to thd high pressure, and temperatures on Friday
:26:32. > :26:36.around 19. Throughout the summer you whll
:26:37. > :26:43.notice that Alexis has been mentioning some events. We `re going
:26:44. > :26:50.to talk about social media. We are starting a new events section
:26:51. > :27:06.on our Facebook page. Every week I will pick one at random. I will not
:27:07. > :27:17.be able to pick everyone. It will be called Don't Rain On My Par`de. .
:27:18. > :27:28.That is it for ask, more from us at 8pm