:00:00. > :00:00.strikes against Islamic State in Iraq.
:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford.
:00:07. > :00:10.Finances under scrutiny at ` Formula One team.
:00:11. > :00:13.Caterham hasn't paid into elployees pension funds for three months,
:00:14. > :00:18.Also tonight ` compensation for flooding.
:00:19. > :00:21.Homes and businesses left underwater during the winter say they weren't
:00:22. > :00:30.told they could claim money for the damage caused.
:00:31. > :00:38.It is not just me, there ard a lot of other businesses on this road and
:00:39. > :00:39.they have not planned because they have not been told.
:00:40. > :00:41.Four tonnes is collected in Oxford every day.
:00:42. > :00:43.Now there's an appeal to bin it instead of dropping it.
:00:44. > :00:47.And later on, what makes films like Maleficent...magnificent?
:00:48. > :01:01.Special`effects experts lift the lid on Hollywood.
:01:02. > :01:04.More worrying news has emerged about the Caterham F1 team
:01:05. > :01:09.BBC South Today has learned the company has paid nothing
:01:10. > :01:12.into employees' pension schdmes since the new owners took over three
:01:13. > :01:16.It's not the only team to bd struggling and some suppliers
:01:17. > :01:20.have told the BBC they are waiting up to nine months to be paid.
:01:21. > :01:23.But Caterham F1 says it is taking care of its current employeds.
:01:24. > :01:28.The troubles at the West Oxfordshire based Formula One firm Caterham have
:01:29. > :01:35.It was sold in July to a Swhss and Middle Eastern consortitm,
:01:36. > :01:38.who dismissed a total of 44 members of staff almost immediately.
:01:39. > :01:43.This pub is said to be a favourite amongst Caterhal staff
:01:44. > :01:49.Understandably none of them wanted to appear on camera `
:01:50. > :01:52.but one employee has told the BBC that the firm has stopped p`ying
:01:53. > :01:59.Around 300 people are affected and I can confirm the F1 business has been
:02:00. > :02:19.But is this part of a much bigger financial problem in the industry?
:02:20. > :02:22.It costs around ?60 million a year to run the smaller tdams
:02:23. > :02:29.but the bigger ones are spending more like ?250 million.
:02:30. > :02:35.The implications are felt in our region where hundreds of colpanies
:02:36. > :02:38.supply Formula One teams with parts. Some tell us they are now h`ving to
:02:39. > :02:42.This uncertainty leaves manx worrying about their dependdnce on
:02:43. > :02:51.It's not clear who employs the staff at Caterham F1.
:02:52. > :02:56.When we asked, Caterham told us the staff are employed by a company
:02:57. > :02:59.that is a supplier to the company that holds its F1 licence, the
:03:00. > :03:02.licence that allows it to compete in the Formula One World Champhonship.
:03:03. > :03:04.I asked the editor of Race Tech Magazine,
:03:05. > :03:11.William Kimberley, if he cotld explain who that firm might be.
:03:12. > :03:18.I am afraid not. I have tridd to discover the entity that owns the
:03:19. > :03:30.caterer F1 team and I have drawn a blank. `` Caterham. It must be very
:03:31. > :03:35.unsettling for the staff to not know who is paying their wages. Xes, when
:03:36. > :03:41.this new group came in they basically made 50 people redundant,
:03:42. > :03:47.and that has a very unsatisfying affect throughout the team. Formula
:03:48. > :03:51.One is an expensive, very competitive sport, how do you see
:03:52. > :03:57.the future for small companhes like Caterham? Pretty dire. The cost of
:03:58. > :04:01.competing is ?60 million a xear minimum and to have that kind of
:04:02. > :04:08.money, the infrastructure and the team to become competitive, is not
:04:09. > :04:14.very bright at all. Is therd a way of making it easier for the smaller
:04:15. > :04:20.teams to remain competitive? Cost capping, making sure teams don't
:04:21. > :04:28.spend money Winnie `` willy`nilly has been in and out of fashhon for a
:04:29. > :04:32.while but until the regular take? Regulator takes a firm hand nothing
:04:33. > :04:40.will happen. What effect is the uncertainty having on companies who
:04:41. > :04:46.supply the Caterham F1 team? There is a realisation that teams at this
:04:47. > :04:52.end of the grid might be gone next year or the year after but there is
:04:53. > :04:54.an association that does crddit checks and you can have accdss to
:04:55. > :04:59.this and who the bad payers are Thames Water engineers have started
:05:00. > :05:01.to repair a water main in Oxford which burst, flooding more than
:05:02. > :05:04.50 homes. 68 residents were put up in hotels last night, and
:05:05. > :05:07.alternative accommodation is being found for them. Thames Water says it
:05:08. > :05:10.may be several weeks before they find out what caused the pipe to
:05:11. > :05:14.burst in Normandy Crescent hn Cowley. It may be six months before
:05:15. > :05:27.some people can return home. Homeowners and businesses stffered
:05:28. > :05:31.losses of thousands of pounds during last winter's flooded across
:05:32. > :05:39.Oxfordshire but only a handful have applied for government monex to help
:05:40. > :05:42.them repaired their premises. Some claim they have not been given
:05:43. > :05:45.enough information about wh`t is available.
:05:46. > :05:47.It was the wettest winter in Oxfordshire for 250 years.
:05:48. > :05:50.And when one of Oxford's major routes, Abingdon Road, was closed
:05:51. > :05:53.But why have so few people applied for grants to
:05:54. > :06:09.Obviously they should have written to ask or send forms for us to fill
:06:10. > :06:15.out. If they don't send to ts, how can we know? It is not just me,
:06:16. > :06:18.there are lots of businesses on this road and nobody knows and they have
:06:19. > :06:20.not claimed because they were not told.
:06:21. > :06:23.Potentially one reason only 16 businesses received monex.
:06:24. > :06:25.Meanwhile only 45 out of 115 people whose homes wdre
:06:26. > :06:27.flooded have claimed this rdpair and renewal grant.
:06:28. > :06:30.The money was made availabld by the Government but is handed out
:06:31. > :06:33.But those in charge want people to help protect themselves ahe`d
:06:34. > :06:45.I am amazed that people don't have the things like the little balls you
:06:46. > :06:51.can have in the shared to ptt across your front door when you know it is
:06:52. > :06:54.going to be bad weather. People seem to wait for us to deliver s`ndbags
:06:55. > :06:59.rather than having those of available. I saw on the Intdrnet
:07:00. > :07:03.they were only down to a cotple of hundred pounds .
:07:04. > :07:07.All of the councils we've spoken to say they've been working hard to let
:07:08. > :07:08.those affected know about the grants.
:07:09. > :07:10.Some through mailing lists and social media, others through
:07:11. > :07:13.roadshows in market places `nd a flood forum in West Oxfordshire.
:07:14. > :07:15.But people should be quick, with some applications only available
:07:16. > :07:19.Meanwhile, more than a million pounds hs being
:07:20. > :07:20.spent on flood prevention schemes across Oxfordshire
:07:21. > :07:27.The Environment Agency's colmitted half a million pounds to projects,
:07:28. > :07:29.like this at Sandford on Th`mes where the banks
:07:30. > :07:34.And the county council's plddged more than ?700,000
:07:35. > :07:40.for flood alleviation work `t 7 different sites across Oxfordshire.
:07:41. > :07:43.More than ?400,000 a year is spent in both Oxford and
:07:44. > :07:51.In Oxford, four tonnes of rtbbish is picked up off the streets every day.
:07:52. > :07:53.The City Council wants people to change bad habits,
:07:54. > :08:04.It says the money saved on clearing rubbish could bd put
:08:05. > :08:07.An early start for rubbish collectors in Oxford,
:08:08. > :08:10.and the usual culprits are waiting to be disposed of.
:08:11. > :08:12.We start at six o'clock in the morning
:08:13. > :08:16.Today for instance there's probably over 40 operatives on the road and
:08:17. > :08:24.The council now wants more of us to make an effort.
:08:25. > :08:26.A huge pile of rubbish was on display
:08:27. > :08:29.in the city centre this morning to show the scale of the probldm.
:08:30. > :08:39.It amounts to about four tonnes ` that's around the weight
:08:40. > :08:50.We are wasting all this mondy on clearing rubbish which wd could
:08:51. > :08:52.be spending on improving our parks, making the cycleways better.
:08:53. > :08:55.It is clearing up litter th`t is often just thoughtfully left
:08:56. > :08:57.Clearing up after the millions of people working, visiting or studying
:08:58. > :09:00.in Oxford takes up a signifhcant portion of the council's budget
:09:01. > :09:03.And for those caught litterhng, they will also be hit in
:09:04. > :09:06.And hundreds of people were fined last ydar.
:09:07. > :09:09.But would you tell those who do it to stop?
:09:10. > :09:16.I was met with abuse so I'm afraid it put the off doing it agahn.
:09:17. > :09:22.I don't think I would be brave enough.
:09:23. > :09:24.Sometimes I throw rubbish on the floor,
:09:25. > :09:28.Across Oxford and Aylesbury Vale ?800,000 a year is spent cldaring up
:09:29. > :09:36.after those who litter, a h`bit both councils hope to get rid of.
:09:37. > :09:39.Deborah, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire `
:09:40. > :09:44.She and her sisters grew up at Asthall Manor in West Oxfordshire.
:09:45. > :09:46.The Mitford sisters' fascin`ted ` and sometimes scandalised `
:09:47. > :09:51.Two of the sisters, Diana and Unity, were both linked to fascists
:09:52. > :09:57.The thing was that my sister Unity knew Hitler very well, pretty well,
:09:58. > :10:01.and he seemed to be very fond of her, and they used to go to
:10:02. > :10:22.If you would like to get in touch and tell us about the storids you
:10:23. > :10:35.think we should be covering, get in touch at...
:10:36. > :10:37.Hayling Ferry Limited pleaddd guilty to all six charges brought by
:10:38. > :10:42.Still to come in this evening's South Tod`y.
:10:43. > :10:43.What makes films like Malefhcent magnificent?
:10:44. > :10:52.The four`day event celebrathng the art of special effects.
:10:53. > :10:55.Police are appealing for help in tracing a convicted murderer who's
:10:56. > :10:59.63`year`old Albert Stanley had been on home leave in Guildford
:11:00. > :11:02.He failed to return to Leyhhll prison in Gloucestershire on Monday.
:11:03. > :11:06.Stanley was convicted of the murder of Johanna Harriman
:11:07. > :11:12.Doctors in Portsmouth say they are saving hundreds of lives
:11:13. > :11:17.a year thanks to a new way of recording a patient's vital signs.
:11:18. > :11:20.Observations like pulse readings and blood pressure are entered on smart
:11:21. > :11:26.The specially developed software then automatically calculatds
:11:27. > :11:33.It buys medical staff extra time to step in and treat patients sooner.
:11:34. > :11:40.You're not usually allowed phones in hospitals but nurses at
:11:41. > :11:43.Queen Alexandra are certainly not playing games.
:11:44. > :11:49.It's a handheld gadget, easy`to`use and the observations I
:11:50. > :11:52.have currently on show here might be a little bit
:11:53. > :11:57.of a concern and would then indicate that the patient had deteriorated
:11:58. > :12:03.and we may need to get the doctors in to review sooner rather later.
:12:04. > :12:07.A big part of a nurse's job is obs, recording patient's vital shgns like
:12:08. > :12:14.In Portsmouth, software called VitalPAK takes all that information
:12:15. > :12:21.If that's high then medical staff are alerted.
:12:22. > :12:25.When patients become more ill the initial stages can be quite subtle,
:12:26. > :12:30.which means that these pattdrns may not be immediately obvious.
:12:31. > :12:33.Our purpose is to pick this trend up earlier so that thdre's
:12:34. > :12:41.Nurses at the QA take over one million vital signs readings a year.
:12:42. > :12:44.Death rates have fallen by more than 15%
:12:45. > :12:51.That's nearly 400 lives savdd every year in Portsmouth,
:12:52. > :12:57.I would've become more unwell and probably needed
:12:58. > :13:04.a lot more treatment and it would have been a longer stay.
:13:05. > :13:07.The VitalPAK system is now in 40 hospitals and is expected to
:13:08. > :13:14.A useful tool but it doesn't replace a nurse's instinct or good
:13:15. > :13:45.It was a memorable night for Southampton and Bournemouth
:13:46. > :13:46.Certainly memorable nights for The pair re`wrote 78 years worth
:13:47. > :13:49.of history between them. Saints won at Arsenal, whild
:13:50. > :13:51.the Cherries breezed past C`rdiff. MK Dons joined them in the last 16
:13:52. > :13:54.too, while Swindon also progressed A huge following
:13:55. > :14:01.of 5,000 Southampton fans m`de the midweek trip to the Emirates Stadium
:14:02. > :14:05.as their side looked to end a run of And it looked like that seqtence
:14:06. > :14:09.might continue after Alexis But to Southampton are
:14:10. > :14:15.on a fine run and debutante Sadio Mane fell inside the box Dusan
:14:16. > :14:18.Tadic calmly drew Saints level. If Sanchez is free kick earlier had
:14:19. > :14:25.been a bit special, this thtnderbolt from Saints full back
:14:26. > :14:27.Nathaniel Clyne was even better We had good chances to kill
:14:28. > :14:42.the game in the second half. Arsenal, as well,
:14:43. > :14:45.got one or two good chances. Bournemouth are into the last 1
:14:46. > :14:54.of the League Cup Dan Gosling has now scored
:14:55. > :14:58.in all three Cherries cup thes this season and his solo efforts set them
:14:59. > :15:01.on their way at Cardiff. Defender Charlie Daniels thdn
:15:02. > :15:04.netted his first goal in allost two years before Gosling's closd range
:15:05. > :15:06.finish for three`nil wrapped the MK Dons followed up their whn over
:15:07. > :15:12.Manchester United in the prdvious round by seeing off fellow
:15:13. > :15:15.League One highflyers Bradford. Benik Afobe got both Dons goals
:15:16. > :15:19.one at either end of the gale as Dons' impressive start to
:15:20. > :15:23.the season continued. Reading's League Cup journex ended
:15:24. > :15:26.at Derby as Johnny Russell scored the fhrst
:15:27. > :15:32.and Reading's misery was colplete as the second went in
:15:33. > :15:36.off luckless defender Alex Pearce. Meanwhile, in the Johnstone's Paint
:15:37. > :15:39.Trophy, Swindon progressed to round Bidding to join Saints,
:15:40. > :15:50.Cherries and Dons in the fotrth They face a tricky trip to
:15:51. > :15:54.League Two side Burton. BBC Sussex has live comment`ry with
:15:55. > :15:56.Johnny Cantor from just The draw
:15:57. > :15:59.for the last 16 takes place later One of Britain's newly`crowned world
:16:00. > :16:08.champions has been back in the South Dorset`based sailor Giles Scott took
:16:09. > :16:11.gold in the Finn class at the World Championships in Spain,
:16:12. > :16:13.an important building block towards He's looking to challenge for
:16:14. > :16:18.the title held by the now`rdtired Sir Ben Ainslie. A little e`rlier,
:16:19. > :16:21.I chatted to Giles and started by getting his reflections on
:16:22. > :16:35.his second world championshhp win. Yes it really did. I came ott of the
:16:36. > :16:43.box 's with blocks firing and things continued that way. You went into
:16:44. > :16:47.the medal race 20 points cldar. What is the mentality going into race
:16:48. > :16:52.with that kind of advantage? It s quite relaxing knowing you `re going
:16:53. > :16:57.to come away with a victory as long as you finish the race. It hs a
:16:58. > :17:02.rarity in our sport but a bht of a privileged to have that. It's not
:17:03. > :17:11.the first time you've got your hands on this cut `` cup. It bettdr the
:17:12. > :17:16.second time? It's always good to win the world Championships. I won it
:17:17. > :17:23.three years ago and to be able to win it again at my second attempt,
:17:24. > :17:29.I'm over the moon. It had some time away, but you've been back the
:17:30. > :17:37.little over a year now. Was it easy to get back to your high level? Yes,
:17:38. > :17:43.while I was away I kept my hand in. But coming back has been grdat and I
:17:44. > :17:46.feel that I learnt a lot from the Americas's cup. I brought that back
:17:47. > :17:51.into my Olympic sailing and so far it's going well. How much of a
:17:52. > :17:56.marker is this winter you in the campaign for the next Olymphcs? This
:17:57. > :18:01.is a big step forward in gahning selection. The dinghy sailing that I
:18:02. > :18:06.do is all about the Olympic Games. It only comes around every four
:18:07. > :18:10.years so it is a big four`ydar campaign to get in good shape. At
:18:11. > :18:15.the minute, I'm looking good but there is still a lot of hard work to
:18:16. > :18:20.be done to make sure I get there and can hopefully be successful. It s
:18:21. > :18:26.been a frustrating time bec`use you gather with your chance? Yes, I m
:18:27. > :18:30.sat here and I feel quite good about where my sailing years. Two years
:18:31. > :18:33.ago I did miss out and therd were a lot of lessons I had to takd from
:18:34. > :18:40.that. Hopefully it will see me better in two years time. What does
:18:41. > :18:44.the winter to hold to you? This next month I won't do a great de`l. I'll
:18:45. > :18:48.take some time off but over the winter we are going out to Rio in
:18:49. > :18:53.November and December and then the World Series starts in Miamh. The
:18:54. > :18:58.best of luck with all that. Hampshire have made big strhdes
:18:59. > :19:01.towards the win that would book their promotion back to Divhsion One
:19:02. > :19:03.of the County Championship. They skittled Glamorgan out today,
:19:04. > :19:20.before increasing their lead even Hampshire in a commanding position
:19:21. > :19:40.here. They lead Glamorgan bx 36 with two games remaining.
:19:41. > :19:58.That will be live on BBC radio Solent tomorrow.
:19:59. > :20:04.We are going to talk movies now Do you get to the cinema much? Not
:20:05. > :20:08.really. Watch any big blockbuster fhlm now
:20:09. > :20:10.or play a computer game and the chances are it will rely
:20:11. > :20:13.heavily on special effects Bournemouth is one place whdre
:20:14. > :20:17.people learn the skills to get into the industry and some
:20:18. > :20:20.of the experts are in town to lift the lid on how they make films
:20:21. > :20:24.and games look spectacular. For the next four days the teams
:20:25. > :20:27.which worked on films like Malificent, Gravity and The Lego
:20:28. > :20:31.Movie will be at the BFX Festival. And on Saturday
:20:32. > :20:33.the event offers people the chance Angelina Jolie is the star
:20:34. > :20:43.of Disney's latest Hollywood blockbuster Maleficent,
:20:44. > :20:45.but it would be a very diffdrent And when it comes to enginedrs of
:20:46. > :20:50.the imagination, British is best. MPC created many of the cre`tures
:20:51. > :20:55.in the film. Every project we do,
:20:56. > :20:57.you are kind of, how It's kind of that and that's
:20:58. > :21:01.the exciting thing about it. You are really pushing yourself
:21:02. > :21:04.and the team and the qualitx Five years ago we couldn't have
:21:05. > :21:08.done what we're doing now. 22 companies from
:21:09. > :21:10.around the world are here for the festival and Bournelouth is
:21:11. > :21:14.a fitting place to stage it. Bournemouth University and the
:21:15. > :21:17.Arts University of Bournemotth have been here for 20`odd years now
:21:18. > :21:20.and have been effectively creating the best graduates to go off
:21:21. > :21:24.and work in those industries. We have a very tight
:21:25. > :21:26.relationship with those people. The presentations are very
:21:27. > :21:32.useful and very inspiring. They usually show you some pretty
:21:33. > :21:36.great stuff that you don't see I've always loved films
:21:37. > :21:42.and all these sorts of things. It's fun to get on the inside
:21:43. > :21:46.scoop of how they make things. You can take pretty much anx
:21:47. > :21:50.idea and make it come alive. Bringing fairytales to life
:21:51. > :21:52.on screen has been a fairyt`le The sector was worth ?3.3 bhllion
:21:53. > :21:59.in 2013. The pictures on this wall rdpresent
:22:00. > :22:02.a timeline of animation frol the original artwork for Sldeping
:22:03. > :22:07.Beauty in 1959, fast forward 55 years to Disney's reimagining
:22:08. > :22:10.of the story of Maleficent. Many of the animators
:22:11. > :22:13.of tomorrow will draw inspiration from this event and they will shape
:22:14. > :22:29.the industry in the future. Amazing special effects. I'l quite
:22:30. > :22:40.in awe of them. They have come such a long way. Did you do thosd flippy
:22:41. > :22:42.bucks at school? Looking back now. It was good fun but my artistic
:22:43. > :22:52.skills are lacking. These are the skies many
:22:53. > :22:55.of us saw first thing this lorning. Thank you to Wendy Wakelin for
:22:56. > :22:59.this view across the South Downs. Maureen Coles captured the raindrops
:23:00. > :23:06.pooling in the flowers at But the sun did shine at tiles
:23:07. > :23:27.today, as you can see in thhs photo We've had a decent end to the day
:23:28. > :23:31.with some sunny spells. Through this evening we will see clearing skies
:23:32. > :23:38.and tonight is looking rathdr chilly affair. With the clear spells and a
:23:39. > :23:45.light wind we will see the temperatures down to single figures
:23:46. > :23:52.even in the towns and cities. Some places could get down to two
:23:53. > :23:55.Celsius. A bright and fresh start to get the day started at Thursday We
:23:56. > :24:00.will see some sunshine but ` cloud begins to spilling from the north as
:24:01. > :24:05.the day goes on. Perhaps thhck enough to produce some trips and
:24:06. > :24:10.traps of wet weather. Maybe some light and patchy drizzle. In the
:24:11. > :24:13.most part a dry day and feeling temperatures up to around 18
:24:14. > :24:17.Celsius. The breeze will pick up as we head into the afternoon. Tomorrow
:24:18. > :24:21.evening will be a different affair to this evening. It looks lhke we
:24:22. > :24:28.will stick with a lot of cloud and one or two spits and spots of wet
:24:29. > :24:33.weather. With the cloud covdrage we are expecting is no lower than 4 or
:24:34. > :24:38.15 Celsius. A milder field night. As we lift ahead to the end of the
:24:39. > :24:43.week, through Friday we havd this front which sweeps through the day.
:24:44. > :24:51.It may bring some showers. The cloud will then in the afternoon. High on
:24:52. > :24:54.Saturday. That brings us sole nice settled conditions. It is sdt to
:24:55. > :25:00.stay dry in the most part whth some cloud around through much of the
:25:01. > :25:04.time. There will be bright intervals. It will feel warl for the
:25:05. > :25:15.time of the year. Temperatures three of 4 degrees above normal. Here s
:25:16. > :25:22.the summary for the coming days The weekend not doing too badly.
:25:23. > :25:34.Temperatures into the low 20s. That's about all of us by now.
:25:35. > :25:38.Tomorrow we will be visiting ace tool where children as young as four
:25:39. > :25:43.are learning computer softw`re skills as part of the national
:25:44. > :25:46.curriculum. By now though, good night.