26/09/2014

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:00:00. > :00:08.evening. evening.

:00:09. > :00:11.Oxfordshire Fire Service has missed its own target time

:00:12. > :00:15.for responding to emergencids ` for the second year in a row.

:00:16. > :00:18.The problem is in rural are`s, with crews taking longer than 11 minutes

:00:19. > :00:27.A lorry fire near Burford b`ck in February ` one of hundreds

:00:28. > :00:32.of cases emergency crews in Oxfordshire deal with each year.

:00:33. > :00:35.The time it takes to get thdre can sometimes be the difference

:00:36. > :00:42.But response times by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

:00:43. > :00:50.Their target is 80% of emergencies, reached within 11 minutes.

:00:51. > :00:54.In Oxford city they achieved that ` with 94%.

:00:55. > :00:58.But not so good news in South Oxfordshire ` just under 0%.

:00:59. > :01:03.And it wasn't much better in West Oxfordshire ` at 66%.

:01:04. > :01:05.So why aren't they hitting their targets?

:01:06. > :01:08.We work very hard to make stre that we get as many fire engines

:01:09. > :01:14.However, there are things stch as the flooding in the wintdr

:01:15. > :01:17.and also things like increased traffic which means that sole

:01:18. > :01:22.They will now be reviewing their on`call services.

:01:23. > :01:26.But insist a fully`crewed fhre engine always runs during

:01:27. > :01:31.There is more pressure in Oxfordshire in particular

:01:32. > :01:35.though ` it is the most rur`l county in the south`east.

:01:36. > :01:38.And with tight budgets and fewer staff, emergency crews across the

:01:39. > :01:44.The Government has really reduced Fire Authority spending

:01:45. > :01:48.With Oxfordshire and its nehghbours, millions of pounds have been taken

:01:49. > :01:57.The whole essence of stopping a small fire getting large hs

:01:58. > :02:02.Two people have died in house fires in Oxfordshire

:02:03. > :02:07.But bosses say their hard work educating children,

:02:08. > :02:09.safety information on websites, and staff training programmds have

:02:10. > :02:16.helped saved millions of potnds to the local economy, and, mord

:02:17. > :02:24.Two men have been convicted of attempted murder

:02:25. > :02:26.following the shooting of a man in Aylesbury in March.

:02:27. > :02:29.The incident happened in Hilton Avenue, when a 44`ye`r`old

:02:30. > :02:34.Nicholas Talburt, who is 22 and from Walsall, and 20`year`old

:02:35. > :02:37.Marcus McIntosh, from West Bromich, were both found guilty following

:02:38. > :02:47.An event has been held in Didcot to mark what would have

:02:48. > :02:50.been murdered teenager Jayden Parkinson's 18th birthday.

:02:51. > :02:52.It is to raise funds to est`blish a charity

:02:53. > :02:55.in her name with the aim of helping teenagers in violent relationships.

:02:56. > :03:04.Poignant, celebratory, and understandably emotional.

:03:05. > :03:08.This would have been Jayden Parkinson's 18th birthday.

:03:09. > :03:11.A day her mum had a promise to keep to her.

:03:12. > :03:13.I should have been taking hdr to a festival.

:03:14. > :03:16.We had arranged years and years ago that we would pick

:03:17. > :03:21.in January which festival wd would go to and I would take her there.

:03:22. > :03:25.So today, we have decided wd will have a mini bands and festival

:03:26. > :03:30.Jayden, who was pregnant, was killed by her ex`boyfridnd

:03:31. > :03:34.Ben Blakeley in a field near Didcot in December last year.

:03:35. > :03:36.He was jailed for life for her murder in July.

:03:37. > :03:38.As well as a day to mark Jaxden s life,

:03:39. > :03:48.Her family want to start a charity in Jayden's name to give

:03:49. > :03:52.teenagers trapped in violent relationships somewhere to turn

:03:53. > :03:56.If I can help one child, ond dad, one mum not to be in this shtuation,

:03:57. > :04:06.Plans to build 200 new homes, and a traveller site, on Green Belt land

:04:07. > :04:12.The houses are part of an expansion project, which could see land to

:04:13. > :04:17.Officials say new affordabld homes are desperately needed to mdet

:04:18. > :04:23.Developers of Bicester's new eco`town are looking to hird more

:04:24. > :04:27.than 100 new employees to work on construction of the site.

:04:28. > :04:29.Building work on the first homes is underway.

:04:30. > :04:30.A special session has been held highlighting training

:04:31. > :04:36.A2 Dominion, who are behind the project, say a range of skills

:04:37. > :04:39.` including bricklaying, roofing and carpentry ` are all reqtired.

:04:40. > :04:42.Eventually 6,000 homes will be built on the site.

:04:43. > :04:44.The Princess Royal has ended a two`day tour

:04:45. > :04:49.of Oxfordshire with a trip to one of Oxford's historic collegds.

:04:50. > :04:51.Harris Manchester played a vital role in the D`Day l`ndings.

:04:52. > :04:53.Princess Anne has also unvehled a new ?3.5 million museum

:04:54. > :05:07.Making a mark in Oxford's hhstory ` Princess Anne here to recognise

:05:08. > :05:12.Harris Manchester College's role in World War II.

:05:13. > :05:17.This is where maps were drawn and the D`Day landings planned.

:05:18. > :05:21.There were many sections here, which worked in complete secrecy

:05:22. > :05:25.The two Wrens who visited us today, Eleanor and Pamela,

:05:26. > :05:31.both worked in the same section ` specialising in Norway.

:05:32. > :05:35.But they were not aware of what was going on in the other sections.

:05:36. > :05:39.Oxford and the university played an important role in World War II.

:05:40. > :05:41.It was rumoured that Hitler liked the buildings here,

:05:42. > :05:46.so that meant it stayed rel`tively protected from the bombs.

:05:47. > :05:48.It also meant it made a great military base.

:05:49. > :05:52.Over the last couple of days, her Royal Highness has been shown

:05:53. > :05:56.more of how Oxford played its part in World War II.

:05:57. > :05:58.At the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, modern`day

:05:59. > :06:03.conflicts are documented alongside the stories of wars gone by.

:06:04. > :06:06.Stories of people like Gilbdrt King, a soldier who helped liberate those

:06:07. > :06:14.One thing I always remember is one of them coming up to me,

:06:15. > :06:18.bending down, kneeling down, and kissing my boots.

:06:19. > :06:21.It must have brought tears to my eyes.

:06:22. > :06:24.This situation must never bd forgotten and this museum hdlps

:06:25. > :06:32.Princess Anne's visit marks the official opening of the museum

:06:33. > :06:37.to the public, so now others can hear stories like Gilbert's.

:06:38. > :06:45.The weather is next, starting with the regional forecast from @lexis.

:06:46. > :06:52.We will have cloudy skies through much of tonight.

:06:53. > :06:56.There may be some holes herd and there and where we do c`tch

:06:57. > :06:58.those holes you may see somd pretty stubborn mist and fog developing.

:06:59. > :07:02.It is going to be a mild night with a blanket of cloud overhead.

:07:03. > :07:07.There will be some murky conditions in some spots.

:07:08. > :07:10.A grey start to early Saturday morning.

:07:11. > :07:13.Some of the fog may linger on into the middle of the mornhng.

:07:14. > :07:18.Cloud coverage may produce some light rain,

:07:19. > :07:23.but in the afternoon an improving picture of warm and sunny spells.

:07:24. > :07:29.Sunday looks like another cloudy day with temperatures above average

:07:30. > :07:45.Good evening. Some very useable weather on offer this weekend in.

:07:46. > :07:48.Fact, most of September has been decent, and that's because our jet

:07:49. > :07:51.stream that drives our weather systems across the Atlantic has been

:07:52. > :07:57.driving them to the North West of the UK. So not much rain has made

:07:58. > :08:02.its way across our shores. By the same token, it's been quite warm,

:08:03. > :08:07.especially in the south. Little change to that pattern this weekend.

:08:08. > :08:12.Mainly dry with warm sunshine. We will pick up for fog than we've

:08:13. > :08:15.seen. That could be a hasrd for travellers. -- hazard for

:08:16. > :08:18.travellers. In the south we have the remnants of a couple of weather

:08:19. > :08:23.systems. They've introduced the moisture. Further north, different

:08:24. > :08:27.issues. Under clearing sky it's will turn chilly as the winds ease. Nine

:08:28. > :08:30.or ten in towns, but in the countryside, where it was mild last

:08:31. > :08:35.night, temperatures close to freezing for the likes of Bala in

:08:36. > :08:38.North Wales panned indicatesbridge in Northern Ireland. There could be

:08:39. > :08:42.a grass frost in the morning. We should see good spells of sunshine.

:08:43. > :08:47.Still a peppering of showers across northern and western parts of

:08:48. > :08:48.Scotland, coming and going through Northern Ireland, Western fringes of

:08:49. > :08:49.England and