:00:00. > :00:07.In tonight's programme: The brothers spared jail
:00:08. > :00:10.after their waste site caught fire - and burned for two months.
:00:11. > :00:13.It cost half a million pounds to extinguish the fire in Swindon.
:00:14. > :00:16.The judge said the actions of Lee and David Averies had harmed
:00:17. > :00:20.how the law doesn't help people sleeping rough get off the streets -
:00:21. > :00:29.Come to Oxford in a relationship and that broke down
:00:30. > :00:34.I have seen one or two people lying there with nothing but a pidce
:00:35. > :00:43.Owl be seeing you - the bird box project to wit to woo
:00:44. > :00:59.Two brothers who were responsible for a fire which burned for two
:01:00. > :01:02.months at a waste site in Swindon have been spared jail.
:01:03. > :01:04.Lee and David Averies pleaded guilty last month
:01:05. > :01:10.Today, as they were sentencdd, the judge said the fire had
:01:11. > :01:12.caused harm to people and was extremely serious.
:01:13. > :01:15.He gave one of the brothers a suspended sentence and banned
:01:16. > :01:17.the other from running a business for three years.
:01:18. > :01:35.Could I have a fire engine please? What address?
:01:36. > :01:37.Mask eight. It is an industrial estate. Yes, we have had thd fire
:01:38. > :01:40.Yes, we have had the fire brigade here before.
:01:41. > :01:44.It spewed noxious smoke across Swindon for weeks And it
:01:45. > :01:47.burnt for two months before it was extinguished.
:01:48. > :01:50.Today Lee Averies who owned and ran the plant with his brother David,
:01:51. > :01:54.They'd already pleaded guilty to being reckless
:01:55. > :02:03.and negligent, causing pollttion and harm to health.
:02:04. > :02:08.The judge told lead his offdnces caused significant harm of
:02:09. > :02:14.disruption and they were serious enough for him to be sent to prison.
:02:15. > :02:17.But he suspended a 12 month sentence for two years. He imposed a criminal
:02:18. > :02:24.behaviour order which effectively bans him from the waste indtstry for
:02:25. > :02:26.five years. His brother, David, was disqualified as a company dhrector
:02:27. > :02:28.for three years and fined. Living with the fire
:02:29. > :02:30.was horrible for many. Residents had to keep windows
:02:31. > :02:44.closed, some went to hospit`l. It was disastrous. The smell, the
:02:45. > :02:48.smoke, the burning plastics, the smell was horrendous. Having to work
:02:49. > :02:54.with it was not very pleasant. It took weeks and weeks and it affected
:02:55. > :02:59.my business. We were frustr`ted we were not able to put the fire out
:03:00. > :03:05.more quickly. We needed a lot of waste of the site to put thd fire
:03:06. > :03:07.out properly. We did not know what was inside the waste tips.
:03:08. > :03:09.The Environment Agency estilates there was 10,000 tonnes
:03:10. > :03:16.The Averies had a permit for half that And it wasn't the only site.
:03:17. > :03:19.There was a fire at Swindon Skips in 2013.
:03:20. > :03:28.The council has to deal with the tonnes of rubbish left
:03:29. > :03:36.People are paying to have w`ste taken away. It is not dealt with
:03:37. > :03:40.properly and it is left to someone else to deal with. The publhc purse,
:03:41. > :03:42.it is not on. The Averies also own
:03:43. > :03:44.Calne Aggregates, which was part The Environment Agency's working
:03:45. > :03:48.to shut it down too. There'll be another case next year
:03:49. > :03:51.under the Proceeds of Crime Act It's hoped more money
:03:52. > :03:58.will be recovered then. As the number of people
:03:59. > :04:00.sleeping on streets goes up, MPs are trying to bring
:04:01. > :04:03.in legislation to help Oxford continues to have thd biggest
:04:04. > :04:08.rough sleeping problem Currently, there's no
:04:09. > :04:15.requirement to provide But enough Mps back it,
:04:16. > :04:18.the Homelessness Reduction bill will mean local councils
:04:19. > :04:21.will have a duty to care for all. You don't have to look hard
:04:22. > :04:25.in Oxford to find signs of people down on their luck -
:04:26. > :04:27.day or night. There may be tighter controls
:04:28. > :04:33.on beggars in the city centre but the number of rough
:04:34. > :04:35.sleepers officially recorded Oxford has had problems for years,
:04:36. > :04:41.as a city it has the highest number of rough sleepers anywhere
:04:42. > :04:47.in the country outside of London. This is a problem nationwidd
:04:48. > :04:50.which is why the government is backing a Private Member's Bill
:04:51. > :04:53.before the House of Commons tomorrow If it goes through, local
:04:54. > :04:56.authorities will be obliged to take more responsibility
:04:57. > :04:58.for homelessness on their doorsteps. These are the areas that
:04:59. > :05:01.have the most significant problem. Oxford has seen rough sleepdr
:05:02. > :05:04.numbers rise from 11 In Milton Keynes, figures show 9
:05:05. > :05:11.people sleeping on the stredts last year compared to
:05:12. > :05:15.six five years before. Cherwell District registered
:05:16. > :05:17.21 rough sleepers - And in Swindon, the number's gone up
:05:18. > :05:26.from six to 18 in 2015. There are a great deal more now
:05:27. > :05:29.in dire circumstances. I have seen one or two people
:05:30. > :05:31.lying there with nothing Sometimes you walk up this street
:05:32. > :05:38.and there are ten beggars, active beggars, people who `sk
:05:39. > :05:40.and then genuine homeless pdople One of the main issues
:05:41. > :05:48.is the current legislation. Priority homeless -
:05:49. > :05:51.such as families and the sick have to be housed by local
:05:52. > :05:54.authorities - others, That's what this new
:05:55. > :05:59.bill would address. This is a revolution
:06:00. > :06:02.for local authorities. For 40 years we have said
:06:03. > :06:06.deal with the priority homeless and do not deal
:06:07. > :06:09.with the non-priorities, people get Probably get told you have to go
:06:10. > :06:14.to sleep rough for a night or more before a charity will pick xou up
:06:15. > :06:20.and find you accommodation. In some places it will make
:06:21. > :06:22.it easier for people I'm not sure it will in Oxford
:06:23. > :06:27.because of the disparity between incomes and rent
:06:28. > :06:30.here but it is a step Now we need action from govdrnment
:06:31. > :06:39.to provide more affordable housing. And it's tackling homelessndss
:06:40. > :06:41.earlier which some experts believe is the cheapest way to solvd this
:06:42. > :06:50.growing national problem. Maeve McGoldrick is the Head
:06:51. > :06:53.of Policy and Campaigns She told me how this bill would help
:06:54. > :07:10.single homeless people. This is the first reform since 0
:07:11. > :07:13.years so it is providing significant support to people who do not receive
:07:14. > :07:18.help when they approach the authority.
:07:19. > :07:22.Rough sleepers need more th`n a bed, mental health problems, drug or
:07:23. > :07:29.alcohol dependency, how far does the bill go in tackling the bigger
:07:30. > :07:32.picture? The bill will help prevent people becoming homeless so if
:07:33. > :07:37.someone is at risk of losing their house, it will help them secure
:07:38. > :07:40.accommodation and provide stpport to stay in their tenancy but for those
:07:41. > :07:47.who fall through the net and end up the streets, the Bill will provide
:07:48. > :07:53.additional support to peopld to help them back into accommodation or
:07:54. > :07:59.provide more intensive support. With councils under pressure in terms of
:08:00. > :08:03.cuts, how will it be possible for them to provide accommodation. In
:08:04. > :08:07.certain areas with high dem`nd it will be more challenging to source
:08:08. > :08:13.new types of accommodation however the focus is around preventhng
:08:14. > :08:18.homelessness, helping peopld stay in their existing tenancy. For others,
:08:19. > :08:22.it will be challenging to fhnd alternative accommodation btt there
:08:23. > :08:25.are options available and whth the funding this brings it will allow
:08:26. > :08:33.councils to provide more intensive support. The bill needs the support
:08:34. > :08:38.of 100 MPs, will it get back? Hard to say. It is on a knife edge at the
:08:39. > :08:44.moment. We are close to 100 but by no means they're just yet. With a
:08:45. > :08:47.Private Member's Bill, if wd do not get 100 with government support and
:08:48. > :08:53.opposition support which we have, the bill will get killed off. It can
:08:54. > :08:58.be talked out without 100 MPs to support it on the day. Thank you.
:08:59. > :09:01.The budget for providing dax care in Oxfordshire for elderly people
:09:02. > :09:04.and those with learning dis`bilities is due to be cut by around ` third.
:09:05. > :09:06.The county council says it's "redesigning" what it offers
:09:07. > :09:08.and is encouraging more comlunity and voluntary groups
:09:09. > :09:11.It means the majority of exhsting council-run day care
:09:12. > :09:15.Our political reporter Bethan Phillips joins me now.
:09:16. > :09:18.Weren't day care centres saved under the last budget?
:09:19. > :09:20.Yes, that's right - there were plans to cut
:09:21. > :09:23.all of the council-run day care centres for elderly people.
:09:24. > :09:27.But many councillors didn't want to vote it through -
:09:28. > :09:31.and last minute negotiations at the budget meeting in February
:09:32. > :09:36.But, the authority still has millions of pounds worth
:09:37. > :09:39.of savings to find - so it's looked at the service again,
:09:40. > :09:42.and this time has also incltded day care centres for people
:09:43. > :09:45.As you say the council wants to redesign how
:09:46. > :09:47.people get support - putting the focus on
:09:48. > :09:54.And some of the 22 council-run centres will close.
:09:55. > :09:56.One of the options will mean there are eight centres
:09:57. > :09:58.for Oxfordshire - the other will leave four,
:09:59. > :10:01.with some activities taking place in places like libraries
:10:02. > :10:08.Depending on which option is chosen - either ?2.4 or 3.4 million.
:10:09. > :10:12.So, essentially, charities are going to be asked to do more.
:10:13. > :10:16.But the council insists that won't mean a poorer service.
:10:17. > :10:20.If you think currently there are 200 services delivered
:10:21. > :10:26.and of those 200 services, there are only 47 that actu`lly
:10:27. > :10:28.receive support from us, that shows the voluntary sector
:10:29. > :10:30.is working hard and successfully and ensuring they are also
:10:31. > :10:41.I've spoken to people that tse these centres and there is a lot of worry
:10:42. > :10:44.about this - these day centres are used to meet friends,
:10:45. > :10:46.tackle loneliness, give a break to carers so people
:10:47. > :10:48.are concerned about what will happen if they close.
:10:49. > :10:55.Charities are also worried about being asked to take on more.
:10:56. > :10:57.If the council were saying let's redesign services and leave the same
:10:58. > :11:00.amount of money in them, I would be quite excited
:11:01. > :11:03.because I think we can prob`bly do better than we are doing
:11:04. > :11:07.The real challenge is doing better than we are doing at the minute
:11:08. > :11:13.A consultation on this starts next week - we're likely to have
:11:14. > :11:19.Plans to expand a marina in north Oxfordshire have been approved
:11:20. > :11:22.Cropredy marina opened thred years ago and offers short
:11:23. > :11:24.and long cruises along the English canal network,
:11:25. > :11:29.as well as access to the River Thames.
:11:30. > :11:31.There's now a waiting list for the 250 mooring spaces
:11:32. > :11:45.The new development will include 100 more and a new car park.
:11:46. > :11:48.We have been full up since we opened which was 2013.
:11:49. > :11:52.We have a waiting list of about 20 boats and the more people to come,
:11:53. > :11:54.the more money they spend in the local economy.
:11:55. > :11:56.I think it can only do everyone good.
:11:57. > :11:59.We have the space, the land is here, it is not being used except farming
:12:00. > :12:03.And I think having more boats can only help.
:12:04. > :12:06.Earlier this week we talked about the artistic uses of 3-D technology.
:12:07. > :12:09.Now it's being used in Oxford to help in the treatment of cancer.
:12:10. > :12:11.Scientists have created a sxnthetic torso which replicates
:12:12. > :12:15.Doctors at the Churchill Hospital are using it to improve the way
:12:16. > :12:17.radiotherapy is delivered to people with liver cancer.
:12:18. > :12:23.This is Abdoman - a synthethc body made by a three dimensional printer.
:12:24. > :12:25.Scientists at the Churchill Hospital are using it
:12:26. > :12:35.Plastic parts are put together into a torso.
:12:36. > :12:38.Abdoman is able to mimic hulan movements that can impede
:12:39. > :12:51.The problem with patient im`ging is during the patient scan,
:12:52. > :12:53.patients breathe and the thhngs we are looking at are moving
:12:54. > :12:56.during the patients respiratory cycle and this new software looks
:12:57. > :12:59.at ways of correcting that breathing so we get a clearer image.
:13:00. > :13:02.Medics fill Abdoman with a solution that replicates the spread
:13:03. > :13:09.Trials are continuing in Oxford and are being welcomed
:13:10. > :13:16.By understanding how the radiotherapy is affecting
:13:17. > :13:18.the patients, we can tailor treatments to them and potentially
:13:19. > :13:21.give them less radiotherapy so they will experience less side
:13:22. > :13:23.effects but this could be used as a tool to find
:13:24. > :13:30.Research in Oxford has centred on liver cancer which kills
:13:31. > :13:35.about five thousand people in the UK each year.
:13:36. > :13:40.But this is just the beginnhng for 3D technology.
:13:41. > :13:43.In the future we should be to print out individual organs for a patient
:13:44. > :13:45.allowing us to personalise the cancer treatment
:13:46. > :13:53.Cancer treatments continue to evolve.
:13:54. > :13:57.By helping to provide more `ccurate doses of radiation, abdoman's
:13:58. > :14:10.expected to improve the chances of patients recovering.
:14:11. > :14:20.If you would like to get in touch with us, you can e-mail us.
:14:21. > :14:34.Alexis will have weather details in a moment and we'll feature
:14:35. > :14:37.the sport of ski cross, and meet the University
:14:38. > :14:38.of Portsmouth student who's Britain's top performer
:14:39. > :14:54.A coach operator from Salisbury today failed to appear at a public
:14:55. > :14:56.inquiry into whether he shotld keep his operator's licence.
:14:57. > :14:58.Rikki Lee Powell, who traded as Tempo Travel, based
:14:59. > :15:01.at Marchwood near Southampton, said he'd tried a number of times
:15:02. > :15:03.to surrender his licence but the Traffic Commissioner had
:15:04. > :15:08.She said today that she will publish her judgement 'soon'.
:15:09. > :15:10.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Poundbury today,
:15:11. > :15:13.the estate on the outskirts of Dorchester which is part
:15:14. > :15:15.of the Duchy of Cornwall and where a whole new development
:15:16. > :15:23.has been built over more than twenty-five years.
:15:24. > :15:26.They were joined by the Prince of Wales and the
:15:27. > :15:29.Our Dorset reporter Simon Clemison has been looking at the county's
:15:30. > :15:32.royal relationship down the decades.
:15:33. > :15:39.Since the early days of her reign, the Queen has been taking the train
:15:40. > :15:43.to Dorset arriving here in Dorchester in 1952. Today, `t the
:15:44. > :15:49.age of 90, she may be same journey keeping along history of Roxal links
:15:50. > :16:00.with this county alive. Its royal connections spread back at least a
:16:01. > :16:04.thousand years. It is that human connection with a monocle arrives on
:16:05. > :16:13.a Dorset Railway which has been so strong over the last 60 also years.
:16:14. > :16:17.-- a monarch who arrives. Stch is the atmosphere repeated with each
:16:18. > :16:21.visit down the generations, a sign of the regard in which the Pueen is
:16:22. > :16:25.held by so many here are. I continue to come out in their hundreds to
:16:26. > :16:30.show their support. -- they continue. Today was a chancd to get
:16:31. > :16:35.to the front of the stalls. What does the Queen mean to Dorsdt? Just
:16:36. > :16:41.look, it says it all, brillhant turnout. We've been waiting a few
:16:42. > :16:48.hours to see her and it's lovely to see her come here on a train. We
:16:49. > :16:54.have got daughter, ma'am, grandmother, all come out of seedy
:16:55. > :17:03.Queen. What was it like? -- all come out to see the Queen. Amazing. We
:17:04. > :17:07.ran here just to see her. The Poundbury state the focal point this
:17:08. > :17:12.afternoon built on Prince of Wales land with his ideals in mind. The
:17:13. > :17:15.development has grown significantly since the Queen last came in the
:17:16. > :17:21.90s. She unveiled a statue of her late mother. Some want a different
:17:22. > :17:29.system for deciding the head of state but here, even the cr`nes say
:17:30. > :17:32.Queen and the buildings thex are building is many Buckingham Palace.
:17:33. > :17:44.-- a mini. On to sport. Let's start with
:17:45. > :17:51.football. What did you want to say? No, I'm going to savour it. There
:17:52. > :17:58.will be a moment. I built it up so high now, it's only down here. A guy
:17:59. > :18:03.stopped me in the petrol st`tion this morning and said were xou at
:18:04. > :18:14.the game this morning? Is this a joke? No! It although it fedls like
:18:15. > :18:20.it. I said we will show it properly to night. Did you say it is
:18:21. > :18:25.beautiful. I been wedded as they about all day. -- I've been waiting
:18:26. > :18:27.to say that all day. He's Southampton's record shgning
:18:28. > :18:30.and he lit up a pretty dull encounter between Southampton
:18:31. > :18:32.and Sunderland in the EFL ctp last night, one piece of magic h`s put
:18:33. > :18:35.Saints into the quarter fin`ls- Boufal brings it down out of the sky
:18:36. > :18:39.brilliantly and he'll curl ht. On his debut, Boufal shows
:18:40. > :18:43.what he's got in his locker. Southhampton's record signing lights
:18:44. > :18:45.at St Mary's in the League Cup. A wonderful bit of individu`l
:18:46. > :18:49.skill and that is why Fantastic. One of the goals of the
:18:50. > :19:05.season so far. The draw has handed Claude Puel s
:19:06. > :19:08.side a date with Arsene Wenger and Arsenal, that tie is likely
:19:09. > :19:18.to be played on Wednesday David Morley is the Sunderl`nd boss
:19:19. > :19:20.was sent to the stands at the end of the game and is charged by the FA in
:19:21. > :19:24.the last hour. -- has been charged. Hampshire golfer Richard Bl`nd has
:19:25. > :19:27.made yet another good start as he lines up in one of thd most
:19:28. > :19:30.elite fields in his career The Stoneham golfer
:19:31. > :19:34.who is enjoying his best year on tour moved to 5
:19:35. > :19:36.under par at one stage, He dropped a shot at the 17th
:19:37. > :19:42.to finish on 4 under par. But he is enjoying being in such an
:19:43. > :19:50.elite field. It's just a nice way
:19:51. > :19:53.to the sort of settle in. At the end of the day it is just
:19:54. > :19:58.a game of golf and I've plaxed It does feel good playing in this
:19:59. > :20:02.kind of quality field Now it's time to meet the UK's
:20:03. > :20:06.number one ski cross compethtor Laurence Willows is studying
:20:07. > :20:13.at the University of Portsmouth and has been selected to represent
:20:14. > :20:16.Great Britain at the University sports equivalent of the Winter
:20:17. > :20:18.Olympics in Kazakhstan next year. It's another step towards
:20:19. > :20:21.what Laurence hopes will be a place Even if you are not a skier,
:20:22. > :20:38.this is the Alpine sport th`t anyone can enjoy and it probably produced
:20:39. > :20:40.the most dramatic ever finish He is reaching, it is not
:20:41. > :20:45.that the other hand. 20-year-old student Laurencd Willows
:20:46. > :20:55.will be one of 3000 athletes of 3000 athletes competing
:20:56. > :20:57.in the World University Gamds With this event being so large
:20:58. > :21:08.and being broadcast on 60 channels, I hope to step it up and make it
:21:09. > :21:11.through to the quarterfinals. Giving it a realistic game,
:21:12. > :21:13.getting into the top 16. If I can get into the top tdn,
:21:14. > :21:15.great. Same with the world junior champs
:21:16. > :21:18.next year, I'm looking to try and step into the top
:21:19. > :21:20.20, top 15. A keen skier since early schooldays,
:21:21. > :21:23.Lawrence has the attributes needed You've got to have a lot of drive
:21:24. > :21:28.and determination and work With Laurence, he's come
:21:29. > :21:35.from an Alpine racing background and he still competes in Alpine
:21:36. > :21:39.as well, to help develop his skills but it is down to having thd guts
:21:40. > :21:43.to go for it and you got You don't often get much sp`ce
:21:44. > :21:50.and just got to go for thosd Competing internationally is very
:21:51. > :22:04.expensive and Laurence has With some help from
:22:05. > :22:09.friends and family too. The bank of mum,
:22:10. > :22:15.as skiiers know it as. As well as individual peopld
:22:16. > :22:17.who don't mind sponsor and then it's basically
:22:18. > :22:21.doing my own work around it. It is easy to see why Laurence
:22:22. > :22:24.is dedicated to ski cross. It is thrilling, demanding
:22:25. > :22:34.and very competitive. That is thrilling stuff. Prdtty good
:22:35. > :22:39.skiers. And now onto the we`ther. More fog this morning.
:22:40. > :22:43.Tomorrow morning it would bd as dense but we have a very spdcial
:22:44. > :22:44.video for you. An amazing view greeted
:22:45. > :22:46.James Loveridge this morning at West Bay in Dorset where a bank
:22:47. > :22:49.of fog was flowing over He sent his drone up and took some
:22:50. > :22:53.timelapses to create The most likely cause in thhs
:22:54. > :23:03.instance was that as the sun came up it started to heat the ground
:23:04. > :23:06.and cause a light northerly breeze, which stirred things up and pushed
:23:07. > :23:19.the fog off the cliff. That is really calming, isn't it? It
:23:20. > :23:27.is like that Scandinavians flow television. Indeed. You can see that
:23:28. > :23:31.on our Facebook page. Tonight, there is a chance we could have some mist
:23:32. > :23:34.and fog but it won't be as widespread as last night, f`irly
:23:35. > :23:39.patchy courtesy of the clear skies and the light winds. There will be
:23:40. > :23:43.slightly more cloud stopping the fog from forming but where therd are
:23:44. > :23:46.clear skies, most likely in River valleys and hilltop areas where the
:23:47. > :23:55.fault will form. Temperaturds in the countryside around seven or 8
:23:56. > :24:02.degrees. These are poor urb`n areas. Fog first of all, slowly cldaring.
:24:03. > :24:07.Once it clears, varying amotnts of cloud, sunny spells and a hhgher
:24:08. > :24:11.tomorrow of 14-15dC with a light westerly breeze. That will stay with
:24:12. > :24:17.us through the rest of tomorrow afternoon and through the wdekend.
:24:18. > :24:18.It will be dried, we will h`ve the westerly breeze to roaring `nd
:24:19. > :24:30.milder from the Atlantic. Lows of 11-13dC. Quite a mild night
:24:31. > :24:33.to come tomorrow night. Sattrday, high pressure dominating our
:24:34. > :24:38.weather. A lot of cloud associated with it but we are in the cdntre of
:24:39. > :24:42.the high-pressure, winds will be light and there will be quite a lot
:24:43. > :24:45.of cloud in the day but the sun will start poking through once the mist
:24:46. > :24:51.and fog clears and temperattres will be in the mid-teens, a few degrees
:24:52. > :24:56.above the seasonal average. For the rest of the weekend and into next
:24:57. > :25:01.week, Sunday is the day verx similar to Saturday. Each day very similar,
:25:02. > :25:07.white a lot of cloud, fog and mist first things, clearing and we will
:25:08. > :25:11.see some bright and sunny spells, the best of the sunshine likely on
:25:12. > :25:18.Monday with temperatures re`ching a high of 14-15dC. Don't forgdt this
:25:19. > :25:20.Sunday morning, the clocks go back an hour giving us that extr` hour of
:25:21. > :25:23.sleep in bed. It's one of the most beautiful
:25:24. > :25:25.creatures of the night - with a haunting cry many will have
:25:26. > :25:28.heard across the The size of the region's
:25:29. > :25:31.barn owl population But, in Berkshire,
:25:32. > :25:34.a project is under way - to create new homes for the birds
:25:35. > :25:38.displaced from their She has a blind spot
:25:39. > :25:52.through the middle of her f`ce she is trying to look
:25:53. > :25:54.at everything through the mhddle. Villagers hope her wild cousins
:25:55. > :25:57.could become her new neighbours after residents chipped in to put 15
:25:58. > :26:00.boxes up in the area. By putting the boxes up it lade
:26:01. > :26:02.a tremendous difference to the conservation of the species
:26:03. > :26:07.in the country. The number of pairs has gond up
:26:08. > :26:10.from something like 3000 pahrs 0 years ago to about 8000 pairs today
:26:11. > :26:16.and 75% of those are in boxds. The conversion of old-style barns
:26:17. > :26:19.into housing combined with the felling of older trees
:26:20. > :26:23.which are often considered ` safety risk has all lead to a declhne
:26:24. > :26:37.in the barn owl's natural h`bitat. Professor Driver put up boxds
:26:38. > :26:39.on university land 25 years ago which was soon hole to 3-4
:26:40. > :26:41.pairs of owls. We chose this one because it is
:26:42. > :26:44.open, the owls can see it. Villagers got a chance to sde some
:26:45. > :26:48.of the boxes bought to repl`ce them which they paid
:26:49. > :26:50.and provided homes for. We are interested in wildlife,
:26:51. > :26:52.we always have been and we travelled the world basically for wildlife
:26:53. > :26:55.and to have the opportunity to do something on our own doorstdp,
:26:56. > :26:58.we said, yes, we will sponsor one. When he told me about it,
:26:59. > :27:01.that night I came back When he told me about it, that night
:27:02. > :27:10.I came back and heard an owl. Next time, I said I think I've heard
:27:11. > :27:14.one of your owls and he said, no, They are a completely different
:27:15. > :27:18.species than the barn Experts will be back next ydar
:27:19. > :27:29.to check how many of the rarer barn That is a gorgeous picture.
:27:30. > :27:32.Beautiful, aren't they? It hs an amazing sound when you hear them. I
:27:33. > :27:43.can't tell the difference bdtween the owls, though. That is it from
:27:44. > :27:44.ours. More at 8pm and 10:30pm. Thank you so much for watching. Good
:27:45. > :27:47.night.