:00:08. > :00:11.A waste recycling plant near Swindon where tons of rubbish burned
:00:12. > :00:16.Councillors say they will investigate all legal avenuds
:00:17. > :00:21.The management agency has b`nned any waste from being taken therd
:00:22. > :00:25.and is investigating if any offences have been committed.
:00:26. > :00:28.The fire at Averies has gond but tempers
:00:29. > :00:38.Last night councillors agredd unanimously to pursue all ldgal
:00:39. > :00:44.This was a very serious fird and has caused all kinds of disrupthon to
:00:45. > :00:49.the local area, chucking thd air with fumes and smoke and Google
:00:50. > :00:55.businesses have had to closd their doors. Residents have had to keep
:00:56. > :00:57.their windows closed. It is really important we make sure that a
:00:58. > :01:02.problem like this does not happen again.
:01:03. > :01:05.An inquiry into what caused the fire will also take place.
:01:06. > :01:13.It could have an impact beyond Swindon.
:01:14. > :01:20.There are things that government could learn because for exalple
:01:21. > :01:24.there is no insurance. Oper`tors are supposed to have it in the dvent of
:01:25. > :01:25.such eventualities, so we are concerned that these things should
:01:26. > :01:30.not fall to the public pursd. Meanwhile people living
:01:31. > :01:42.and working close to Averies are If we could get something b`ck, it
:01:43. > :01:50.would be great because we h`ve just had to carry on.
:01:51. > :01:53.Although the council have responsibility for public hdalth, it
:01:54. > :01:56.is the Environment Agency who are responsible for licensing Averies.
:01:57. > :01:59.The agency has imposed an enforcement notice on thd site,
:02:00. > :02:01.meaning it cannot accept anx waste until it improves.
:02:02. > :02:04.It also says the infrastructure is not up to standard and is checking
:02:05. > :02:10.An investigation into the fhre and whether Averies should be
:02:11. > :02:15.A former Milton Keynes police officer has been jailed
:02:16. > :02:18.for 18 months for helping a gang try to smuggle drugs into the UK.
:02:19. > :02:22.Martin McElvenna accessed the Police National Computer to get
:02:23. > :02:28.He was convicted of miscondtct in a public office.
:02:29. > :02:32.Scientists in Oxford are finding out if a drug used to treat acnd could
:02:33. > :02:37.Researchers at the Warneford Hospital want to see
:02:38. > :02:42.if it can slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
:02:43. > :02:46.Six years ago Tony Thomas was diagnosed with dementia.
:02:47. > :02:50.Since then he and his wife Cindy have moved house to help thdm cope
:02:51. > :02:56.I don't think it has really affected me a great deal.
:02:57. > :03:00.I have lots of friends, I go out and I am on my own with lots of
:03:01. > :03:05.people and so on and the only thing is, I forget small and tedious
:03:06. > :03:13.But there could be new hope for people like Tony.
:03:14. > :03:16.A drug called Minocycline is being trialled in Oxford as part
:03:17. > :03:21.This centre at the hospital is one of 27 across
:03:22. > :03:28.The work being done here focuses on a range of conditions
:03:29. > :03:31.like Parkinson's disease, anxiety and bi`polar.
:03:32. > :03:35.But could research being done here about dementia be
:03:36. > :03:54.We are looking at the possibility of the drug, that is may have `n effect
:03:55. > :03:58.in early dementia. ?13 million
:03:59. > :04:00.of government funding was ghven to NHS research centres like this one
:04:01. > :04:02.across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire But health care
:04:03. > :04:08.for dementia alone costs thd UK more Early results
:04:09. > :04:15.of this trial are expected hn 2 17. If the drug proves to be a success,
:04:16. > :04:20.more tests will need to be carried out before it is offered as
:04:21. > :04:28.a treatment for dementia patients. A man arrested at
:04:29. > :04:31.a house where bomb disposal officers carried out a controlled explosion
:04:32. > :04:35.yesterday has been released A joint army and police
:04:36. > :04:39.investigation was launched `fter wartime ammunition was discovered at
:04:40. > :04:42.a property in Bicester yestdrday. Police say many
:04:43. > :04:46.of the items date back to the First ?6 million of work to repair
:04:47. > :04:52.a bridge that connects Oxfordshire and Berkshire over the River Thames
:04:53. > :04:55.has finally been completed. The Whitchurch Bridge has now fully
:04:56. > :04:57.reopened for the first time since last October
:04:58. > :05:01.following five months of delays Vehicles will be able to cross
:05:02. > :05:04.the toll bridge for free This was the day people had waited
:05:05. > :05:11.for, and waited, and waited. Work had been due to be completed
:05:12. > :05:15.by April but then came For almost a year, businessds
:05:16. > :05:22.like this found themselves hsolated from many customers on the Oxford
:05:23. > :05:25.side of the Thames. It was a disaster for us with
:05:26. > :05:30.all this rain and floods. Across the street, it was
:05:31. > :05:37.a similar story at this bushness. It has been quite difficult,
:05:38. > :05:39.the weather has been against The weather is good today
:05:40. > :05:45.and we have been waiting a long time Let's just get it open and welcome
:05:46. > :05:50.new people back into the village. Let's just hope they
:05:51. > :05:53.continue to come. As the reopening drew close,
:05:54. > :05:57.this little chap seemed to lake an official break to be
:05:58. > :06:01.the first vehicle across. Pedal power had been
:06:02. > :06:07.the only way to travel for lany The first car to cross,
:06:08. > :06:11.a 1902 vintage model from the year After all the problems, the owners
:06:12. > :06:15.can only hope the refurbishdd It is very unusual for the Thames to
:06:16. > :06:20.stay so high for so long, but it was the planning perlissions,
:06:21. > :06:23.we had to do it in winter. The Environment Agency wantdd
:06:24. > :06:26.the river open for boat traffic I know there is talk about whether
:06:27. > :06:30.boat users should have priority over For the next few days,
:06:31. > :06:32.the bridge will be toll`fred but prices will soon rise by at least
:06:33. > :06:36.25% and possibly many times more to We're back in BBC Breakfast tomorrow
:06:37. > :06:51.morning but for now, The Met Office have issued
:06:52. > :06:54.a yellow weather warning and that is in force until 00:0
:06:55. > :06:56.tomorrow morning for torrential thunderstorms which could ghve some
:06:57. > :06:58.surface water like they did today. The thunderstorms drifting
:06:59. > :07:00.across the region through the course of the night.
:07:01. > :07:03.Mild temperatures, 16 or 17 degrees the low.
:07:04. > :07:07.Those thunderstorms will st`y with us until the early morning
:07:08. > :07:11.We start in some places on a pretty wet note but thdre will
:07:12. > :07:14.be a slowly improving picture. Gradually the showers will dase
:07:15. > :07:18.and we will see some bright and sunny spells through thd
:07:19. > :07:20.afternoon and a high of 19 Celsius. A look ahead to the rest
:07:21. > :07:24.of the weekend and Sunday is the better day of the two d`ys.
:07:25. > :07:25.Monday and Tuesday, not bad at all with high`prdssure
:07:26. > :07:41.staying in charge. Hello. Our weather is about to
:07:42. > :07:46.correct itself and stop acting as if we are still at the height of
:07:47. > :07:50.summer. 26 Celsius today in Sussex and Kent. Some disruptive thunderer
:07:51. > :07:51.storms. Those