18/09/2014 BBC Oxford News


18/09/2014

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Good evening. A controlled explosion has been

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carried out at a house in Bhcester, after ammunition from the Sdcond

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Police believe it had been stolen from a heritage site.

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Officers are investigating if today's discovery is linked to

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a similar one yesterday in St Albans, and whether illegal

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Cordoned off and on virtual lockdown.

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The scene that greeted people on this Bicester road this morning

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An army explosives team and sniffer dogs drafted in to assist

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police officers after they found First and Second World War lunitions

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in a house near the end of this cul de sac.

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Neighbours told me that at six o'clock this morning police started

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As the day progressed more and more of them followed.

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Now we've got a bomb dispos`l unit at the end of the road and `t 1 30

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this afternoon a controlled explosion was carried out.

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My mum rang me to say that she had a police escort

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when she left for work this morning and then my dad woke me up to tell

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me that we had the bomb squad outside.

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It is an unusual view when xou are making your morning cup of tea,

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I opened my curtains and thdre they were, so a bit of a surprise.

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Officers suspect the items found at the house were stolen

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from protected and heritage sites with the help of a metal detector.

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It follows yesterday's raid in Hertfordshire where,

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in a normal`looking garage on a suburban street,

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an arsenal of historic weapons and munitions were discoverdd.

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English Heritage are working with police on the case,

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but they insist most within the metal detecting community act

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They are as horrified as we are by the actions of the tiny criminal

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minority who do not take account of the law, remove property without

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permission and of course, in this case, not only removing property

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that may have a financial v`lue but property that may have

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Police say they don't yet h`ve an exact list of all the items found at

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the house, but a 35`year`old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft.

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A prisoner who'd absconded from Springhill Open Prison in

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Buckinghamshire has been arrested in Oxford.

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Michael Rothery had been missing since Monday.

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He'd absconded from an open prison before.

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?8 million has been spent rdvamping Didcot Parkway railway stathon.

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It's taken more than two ye`rs to finish ` longer than first thought `

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and it's over budget by a million pounds.

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Overdue and overspent ` the ?8 million upgrading

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of Didcot Parkway has finally been completed.

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But is it an improvement for those who use it?

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It is looking a lot neater and tidier, there are road signs and

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everything, clear, people c`n see where they are going.

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Before all the cars and busds and taxis were trying to get

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The station's new look incltdes more than 100 new parking spaces,

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improved bus stops with dightal timetables

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When asbestos was found earlier this year it pushed the cost up by more

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than ?1 million and forced plans for a covered walkway to be scr`pped.

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The whole thing is a sort of compromise because we are lhmited

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with space and the amount of facilities we want to provide so

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we have had to do a bit of cutting here and there to make

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sure that everything we want to be here is here.

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But some people who use the station say more needs to be done.

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The roads could be a bit larger than what it is,

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We have not seen the improvement because there has

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With the improvements now fhnished, it's hoped the three million

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passengers who use this station will benefit from the effects.

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Motorists have been promised that the cause of major delays on the A34

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during this morning's rush hour won't be repeated.

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Gas contractors began coning off a lane at the Milton Interchange

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near Didcot ahead of work to redesign the roundabout.

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It caused delays of more an hour during.

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Southern Gas Networks has apologised.

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More than 10,000 people havd been to the Thame Show todax.

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It's one of the biggest agricultural shows in England.

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While the event was celebrating life in the countryside, the challenges

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facing rural communuties were being debated by councils and charities

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It's a celebration of agrictlture, a chance to get up close

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Every year the Thame Show highlights the best

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But how well are Oxfordshird's rural businesses faring

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and what are the issues facdd by those living in the countryside?

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They have suffered this year because prices for corn,

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From the farming side, the harvest has been quite good

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but the income will not be puite as good as in the past.

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Nearly 20 miles across Oxfordshire, in Yarnton, the rural econoly was

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just one area tackled in a flagship debate by somd of

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Its aim, to highlight some of the key social and economic concerns

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facing rural communities and ask what charities and volunteers can do

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to ease the pressure on squeezed council budgets.

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There will not be an immedi`te difference but I hope this debate

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will contribute to thinking across the county about how to support

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the elderly, how to make sure that housing growth is managed in a

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Back at the Thame Show, we asked people here what they

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If you are brought up in a village unless you havd

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a very good job you are not going to be able to live there.

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My issues are with public transport being taken away from villages

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so that the older population will not have means to get into lajor

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I have a problem with the towns swallowing up the villages

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Today's meeting hopes to sthmulate debate about what steps need to be

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taken to support the elderlx, make villages more affordable places

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to live in and keep rural businesses competitive.

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Alexis is coming up with thd weather forecast for our part of thd world.

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Good evening. Heavy, slow`moving thundery downpours are a possibility

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overnight. The Met Office h`s issued a yellow warning from midnight

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tonight until midnight tomorrow night. We expect thundery downpours,

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quite heavy at times in the early hours. A pretty damp start for some,

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some mist and fog patches for some as well. They should clear `nd in

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between the thunderstorms a few showers. The risk of localised

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flooding. A high of 20 Celshus, maybe up

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21 degrees. Possibly a better day by Sunday.

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Hello, you know when you get temperatures in the mid-20s

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