19/09/2014 BBC Oxford News

A waste recycling plant near Swindon where tons of rubbish burned

Councillors say they will investigate all legal avenuds

The management agency has b`nned any waste from being taken therd

and is investigating if any offences have been committed.

The fire at Averies has gond but tempers

Last night councillors agredd unanimously to pursue all ldgal

This was a very serious fird and has caused all kinds of disrupthon to

the local area, chucking thd air with fumes and smoke and Google

businesses have had to closd their doors. Residents have had to keep

their windows closed. It is really important we make sure that a

problem like this does not happen again.

An inquiry into what caused the fire will also take place.

It could have an impact beyond Swindon.

There are things that government could learn because for exalple

there is no insurance. Oper`tors are supposed to have it in the dvent of

such eventualities, so we are concerned that these things should

not fall to the public pursd. Meanwhile people living

and working close to Averies are If we could get something b`ck, it

would be great because we h`ve just had to carry on.

Although the council have responsibility for public hdalth, it

is the Environment Agency who are responsible for licensing Averies.

The agency has imposed an enforcement notice on thd site,

meaning it cannot accept anx waste until it improves.

It also says the infrastructure is not up to standard and is checking

An investigation into the fhre and whether Averies should be

A former Milton Keynes police officer has been jailed

for 18 months for helping a gang try to smuggle drugs into the UK.

Martin McElvenna accessed the Police National Computer to get

He was convicted of miscondtct in a public office.

Scientists in Oxford are finding out if a drug used to treat acnd could

Researchers at the Warneford Hospital want to see

if it can slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Six years ago Tony Thomas was diagnosed with dementia.

Since then he and his wife Cindy have moved house to help thdm cope

I don't think it has really affected me a great deal.

I have lots of friends, I go out and I am on my own with lots of

people and so on and the only thing is, I forget small and tedious

But there could be new hope for people like Tony.

A drug called Minocycline is being trialled in Oxford as part

This centre at the hospital is one of 27 across

The work being done here focuses on a range of conditions

like Parkinson's disease, anxiety and bi`polar.

But could research being done here about dementia be

We are looking at the possibility of the drug, that is may have `n effect

in early dementia. ?13 million

of government funding was ghven to NHS research centres like this one

across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire But health care

for dementia alone costs thd UK more Early results

of this trial are expected hn 2 17. If the drug proves to be a success,

more tests will need to be carried out before it is offered as

a treatment for dementia patients. A man arrested at

a house where bomb disposal officers carried out a controlled explosion

yesterday has been released A joint army and police

investigation was launched `fter wartime ammunition was discovered at

a property in Bicester yestdrday. Police say many

of the items date back to the First ?6 million of work to repair

a bridge that connects Oxfordshire and Berkshire over the River Thames

has finally been completed. The Whitchurch Bridge has now fully

reopened for the first time since last October

following five months of delays Vehicles will be able to cross

the toll bridge for free This was the day people had waited

for, and waited, and waited. Work had been due to be completed

by April but then came For almost a year, businessds

like this found themselves hsolated from many customers on the Oxford

side of the Thames. It was a disaster for us with

all this rain and floods. Across the street, it was

a similar story at this bushness. It has been quite difficult,

the weather has been against The weather is good today

and we have been waiting a long time Let's just get it open and welcome

new people back into the village. Let's just hope they

continue to come. As the reopening drew close,

this little chap seemed to lake an official break to be

the first vehicle across. Pedal power had been

the only way to travel for lany The first car to cross,

a 1902 vintage model from the year After all the problems, the owners

can only hope the refurbishdd It is very unusual for the Thames to

stay so high for so long, but it was the planning perlissions,

we had to do it in winter. The Environment Agency wantdd

the river open for boat traffic I know there is talk about whether

boat users should have priority over For the next few days,

the bridge will be toll`fred but prices will soon rise by at least

25% and possibly many times more to We're back in BBC Breakfast tomorrow

morning but for now, The Met Office have issued

a yellow weather warning and that is in force until 00:0

tomorrow morning for torrential thunderstorms which could ghve some

surface water like they did today. The thunderstorms drifting

across the region through the course of the night.

Mild temperatures, 16 or 17 degrees the low.

Those thunderstorms will st`y with us until the early morning

We start in some places on a pretty wet note but thdre will

be a slowly improving picture. Gradually the showers will dase

and we will see some bright and sunny spells through thd

afternoon and a high of 19 Celsius. A look ahead to the rest

of the weekend and Sunday is the better day of the two d`ys.

Monday and Tuesday, not bad at all with high`prdssure

staying in charge. Hello. Our weather is about to

correct itself and stop acting as if we are still at the height of

summer. 26 Celsius today in Sussex and Kent. Some disruptive thunderer

storms. Those