:00:09. > :00:13.Thames Water says up to ?1 million of damage has
:00:14. > :00:16.been caused ` following a btrst water main in Oxford. The incident
:00:17. > :00:19.at Normandy Crescent has ruhned dozens of homes and left falilies
:00:20. > :00:22.living in temporary accommodation. It may be both before some can go
:00:23. > :00:30.Returning to his home six d`ys after it was flooded.
:00:31. > :00:33.Last Tuesday Brett and his family woke to find water
:00:34. > :00:39.pouring into their ground floor flat on Normandy Cresent.
:00:40. > :00:42.This is the bathroom. Everything from the bin in the kitchen was
:00:43. > :00:48.washed into here and into the bedroom.
:00:49. > :00:50.75 people have been forced to leave their homes for temporary
:00:51. > :00:55.accommodation, but Brett saxs it's hit him and his wife h`rd.
:00:56. > :01:02.We are as far as we can go. She sits and cries and I stay up thinking
:01:03. > :01:06.about what we are going to do. It is all right saying they'll bux
:01:07. > :01:11.replacements, but it has taken us nine years to build this so will
:01:12. > :01:15.it take another nine years to build the rest?
:01:16. > :01:18.In total, there are 23 homes that have been evacuated. Many are these
:01:19. > :01:21.flats, boarded up on the ground floor. The source of the problem
:01:22. > :01:24.lies 12 feet underground, one of the largest water mains which
:01:25. > :01:26.this time last week burst. For many, hotels are now home.
:01:27. > :01:29.Thames Water say they'll pick up the costs and pay the repair bills
:01:30. > :01:33.for properties, a tab they say could reach ?1 million.
:01:34. > :01:35.But for those keen to get back to Normandy Cresent
:01:36. > :01:49.We usually say it could takd six months because the drying ott stage
:01:50. > :01:55.is intensive. We hope some can return to their houses in the next
:01:56. > :02:06.Normality then is still a long way off for many,
:02:07. > :02:08.but the question many peopld here want answering is `
:02:09. > :02:15.how could this have happened twice in seven years?
:02:16. > :02:18.Six men and a teenager ` ch`rged with a string of sex offencds
:02:19. > :02:21.against seven underage girls ` have appeared in court in Oxford. The
:02:22. > :02:24.offences are alleged to havd been carried out in Banbury ` ovdr a
:02:25. > :02:30.period of five years. All sdven have denied the charges.
:02:31. > :02:33.Six men and a 17`year`old who can't be named
:02:34. > :02:36.for legal reasons face a total of 25 charges including rape, sextal
:02:37. > :02:39.activity with a child and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
:02:40. > :02:42.The men were arrested in June after police investigating child
:02:43. > :02:48.sexual exploitation in Banbtry carried out a series of warrants
:02:49. > :02:55.It is claimed the offences against seven girls aged
:02:56. > :03:03.between 13 and 15 took placd between 2009 and this year.
:03:04. > :03:08.brothers ` Said Saleh and Mohamed Saleh,
:03:09. > :03:14.Takudzwa Hova, Kagiso Manasd, and Alexandru Nae.
:03:15. > :03:20.Six have been remanded in ctstody, the 17`year`old has been gr`nted
:03:21. > :03:24.All seven will appear beford Oxford Crown Court for the start
:03:25. > :03:35.A Swindon man ` charged with murdering his parents in 2007 ` is
:03:36. > :03:37.due in court tomorrow, after being deemed fit to stand trial.
:03:38. > :03:40.50`year`old Timothy Crook, of Thames Avenue, was first charged the murder
:03:41. > :03:43.of Robert and Elsie Crook on 14th July, 2007. He was declared unfit to
:03:44. > :03:46.stand trial due to mental hdalth concerns. He's now due to appear at
:03:47. > :03:58.A Buckinghamshire mother ` whose child has severe allergies ` says
:03:59. > :04:01.advice on the condition is so limited, she's set up her own
:04:02. > :04:05.support group to help other parents. Kerry Azhar, who lives in Mhlton
:04:06. > :04:08.Keynes, has to carry emergency medicine around with her ` hn case
:04:09. > :04:11.her three year old daughter suffers an allergic reaction which could
:04:12. > :04:16.prove fatal. Brennan Nicholls has been to meet them both.
:04:17. > :04:58.And then hold it for ten seconds. Can you count to ten?
:04:59. > :05:07.goes everywhere with us. We don t leave the house without it.
:05:08. > :05:11.The number of people sufferhng from allergies is on the rise.
:05:12. > :05:14.No one knows why, but up to one in three of us now
:05:15. > :07:38.more breezy. Now for the national weather.
:07:39. > :07:44.Good evening. We all know that summer has been a bit extended this
:07:45. > :07:50.year. It has been a very dry and warm month. On the final day of
:07:51. > :07:55.September, we are promised more dry weather once we have lost early
:07:56. > :08:00.morning mist and fog. There will be some rain creeping into western
:08:01. > :08:04.areas. Ahead of that, we have been drawing up big showers from France.
:08:05. > :08:09.A few thunder storms today. Downpours over the north Midlands
:08:10. > :08:15.and north-east England. The showers will go out to the North Sea. Most
:08:16. > :08:20.of us will have a dry night. Misty out there. Not turning cold.
:08:21. > :08:27.Temperatures in towns and cities in the mid-teens. It is not a cold
:08:28. > :08:28.start to Tuesday. Quite grey, mist and fog may take a while to