:00:11. > :00:12.Good evening. A controlled explosion has been
:00:13. > :00:22.carried out at a house in Bhcester, after ammunition from the Sdcond
:00:23. > :00:26.Police believe it had been stolen from a heritage site.
:00:27. > :00:29.Officers are investigating if today's discovery is linked to
:00:30. > :00:31.a similar one yesterday in St Albans, and whether illegal
:00:32. > :00:36.Cordoned off and on virtual lockdown.
:00:37. > :00:38.The scene that greeted people on this Bicester road this morning
:00:39. > :00:41.An army explosives team and sniffer dogs drafted in to assist
:00:42. > :00:44.police officers after they found First and Second World War lunitions
:00:45. > :00:48.in a house near the end of this cul de sac.
:00:49. > :00:50.Neighbours told me that at six o'clock this morning police started
:00:51. > :00:57.As the day progressed more and more of them followed.
:00:58. > :01:01.Now we've got a bomb dispos`l unit at the end of the road and `t 1 30
:01:02. > :01:03.this afternoon a controlled explosion was carried out.
:01:04. > :01:14.My mum rang me to say that she had a police escort
:01:15. > :01:18.when she left for work this morning and then my dad woke me up to tell
:01:19. > :01:20.me that we had the bomb squad outside.
:01:21. > :01:23.It is an unusual view when xou are making your morning cup of tea,
:01:24. > :01:28.I opened my curtains and thdre they were, so a bit of a surprise.
:01:29. > :01:31.Officers suspect the items found at the house were stolen
:01:32. > :01:33.from protected and heritage sites with the help of a metal detector.
:01:34. > :01:35.It follows yesterday's raid in Hertfordshire where,
:01:36. > :01:37.in a normal`looking garage on a suburban street,
:01:38. > :01:39.an arsenal of historic weapons and munitions were discoverdd.
:01:40. > :01:43.English Heritage are working with police on the case,
:01:44. > :01:45.but they insist most within the metal detecting community act
:01:46. > :01:52.They are as horrified as we are by the actions of the tiny criminal
:01:53. > :01:56.minority who do not take account of the law, remove property without
:01:57. > :02:01.permission and of course, in this case, not only removing property
:02:02. > :02:05.that may have a financial v`lue but property that may have
:02:06. > :02:12.Police say they don't yet h`ve an exact list of all the items found at
:02:13. > :02:19.the house, but a 35`year`old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft.
:02:20. > :02:23.A prisoner who'd absconded from Springhill Open Prison in
:02:24. > :02:25.Buckinghamshire has been arrested in Oxford.
:02:26. > :02:28.Michael Rothery had been missing since Monday.
:02:29. > :02:32.He'd absconded from an open prison before.
:02:33. > :02:34.?8 million has been spent rdvamping Didcot Parkway railway stathon.
:02:35. > :02:38.It's taken more than two ye`rs to finish ` longer than first thought `
:02:39. > :02:43.and it's over budget by a million pounds.
:02:44. > :02:47.Overdue and overspent ` the ?8 million upgrading
:02:48. > :02:52.of Didcot Parkway has finally been completed.
:02:53. > :02:57.But is it an improvement for those who use it?
:02:58. > :03:00.It is looking a lot neater and tidier, there are road signs and
:03:01. > :03:04.everything, clear, people c`n see where they are going.
:03:05. > :03:07.Before all the cars and busds and taxis were trying to get
:03:08. > :03:11.The station's new look incltdes more than 100 new parking spaces,
:03:12. > :03:14.improved bus stops with dightal timetables
:03:15. > :03:23.When asbestos was found earlier this year it pushed the cost up by more
:03:24. > :03:28.than ?1 million and forced plans for a covered walkway to be scr`pped.
:03:29. > :03:32.The whole thing is a sort of compromise because we are lhmited
:03:33. > :03:37.with space and the amount of facilities we want to provide so
:03:38. > :03:40.we have had to do a bit of cutting here and there to make
:03:41. > :03:43.sure that everything we want to be here is here.
:03:44. > :03:55.But some people who use the station say more needs to be done.
:03:56. > :03:57.The roads could be a bit larger than what it is,
:03:58. > :04:02.We have not seen the improvement because there has
:04:03. > :04:05.With the improvements now fhnished, it's hoped the three million
:04:06. > :04:10.passengers who use this station will benefit from the effects.
:04:11. > :04:13.Motorists have been promised that the cause of major delays on the A34
:04:14. > :04:17.during this morning's rush hour won't be repeated.
:04:18. > :04:19.Gas contractors began coning off a lane at the Milton Interchange
:04:20. > :04:21.near Didcot ahead of work to redesign the roundabout.
:04:22. > :04:25.It caused delays of more an hour during.
:04:26. > :04:28.Southern Gas Networks has apologised.
:04:29. > :04:31.More than 10,000 people havd been to the Thame Show todax.
:04:32. > :04:33.It's one of the biggest agricultural shows in England.
:04:34. > :04:35.While the event was celebrating life in the countryside, the challenges
:04:36. > :04:39.facing rural communuties were being debated by councils and charities
:04:40. > :04:47.It's a celebration of agrictlture, a chance to get up close
:04:48. > :04:51.Every year the Thame Show highlights the best
:04:52. > :04:57.But how well are Oxfordshird's rural businesses faring
:04:58. > :05:05.and what are the issues facdd by those living in the countryside?
:05:06. > :05:08.They have suffered this year because prices for corn,
:05:09. > :05:22.From the farming side, the harvest has been quite good
:05:23. > :05:25.but the income will not be puite as good as in the past.
:05:26. > :05:28.Nearly 20 miles across Oxfordshire, in Yarnton, the rural econoly was
:05:29. > :05:30.just one area tackled in a flagship debate by somd of
:05:31. > :05:34.Its aim, to highlight some of the key social and economic concerns
:05:35. > :05:37.facing rural communities and ask what charities and volunteers can do
:05:38. > :05:39.to ease the pressure on squeezed council budgets.
:05:40. > :05:46.There will not be an immedi`te difference but I hope this debate
:05:47. > :05:49.will contribute to thinking across the county about how to support
:05:50. > :06:00.the elderly, how to make sure that housing growth is managed in a
:06:01. > :06:08.Back at the Thame Show, we asked people here what they
:06:09. > :06:11.If you are brought up in a village unless you havd
:06:12. > :06:15.a very good job you are not going to be able to live there.
:06:16. > :06:17.My issues are with public transport being taken away from villages
:06:18. > :06:21.so that the older population will not have means to get into lajor
:06:22. > :06:25.I have a problem with the towns swallowing up the villages
:06:26. > :06:34.Today's meeting hopes to sthmulate debate about what steps need to be
:06:35. > :06:36.taken to support the elderlx, make villages more affordable places
:06:37. > :06:40.to live in and keep rural businesses competitive.
:06:41. > :06:44.Alexis is coming up with thd weather forecast for our part of thd world.
:06:45. > :06:58.Good evening. Heavy, slow`moving thundery downpours are a possibility
:06:59. > :07:02.overnight. The Met Office h`s issued a yellow warning from midnight
:07:03. > :07:09.tonight until midnight tomorrow night. We expect thundery downpours,
:07:10. > :07:16.quite heavy at times in the early hours. A pretty damp start for some,
:07:17. > :07:22.some mist and fog patches for some as well. They should clear `nd in
:07:23. > :07:29.between the thunderstorms a few showers. The risk of localised
:07:30. > :07:30.flooding. A high of 20 Celshus, maybe up
:07:31. > :07:40.21 degrees. Possibly a better day by Sunday.
:07:41. > :07:41.Hello, you know when you get temperatures in the mid-20s