:00:00. > :00:14.Now it's time for the news where you are.
:00:15. > :00:17.Hello, I'm Anjana Gadgil with the news here in the South.
:00:18. > :00:20.17 people were taken to hospital this morning after a coach
:00:21. > :00:23.overturned on a motorway slip road in Oxfordshire.
:00:24. > :00:26.It happened on the northbound exit at Junction 7 of the M40,
:00:27. > :00:29.Thick fog made access to the scene more difficult,
:00:30. > :00:32.and the slip road itself was closed for several hours.
:00:33. > :00:47.Passengers escaped in such a hurry they left their belongings behind.
:00:48. > :00:48.16 adults plus the coach driver were taken
:00:49. > :00:51.to the John Radcliffe Hospital after last night's crash.
:00:52. > :00:54.We had to stabilise the coach to prevent it sliding down the bank
:00:55. > :00:57.any further and from rocking from side to side, to make sure
:00:58. > :01:01.Then we had to search the immediate area for anybody that may have been
:01:02. > :01:04.ejected from the vehicle, so we used thermal imaging cameras,
:01:05. > :01:08.we used some of our remote cameras we have there,
:01:09. > :01:10.we had a period of using audible detection, so we needed
:01:11. > :01:22.There was thick fog just before 3am, when the Heathrow Express bus came
:01:23. > :01:26.It went crashing through the barriers and flipped.
:01:27. > :01:28.Certainly it would have been a chaotic scene.
:01:29. > :01:30.You've got people inside who are probably wanting to get out
:01:31. > :01:34.Also their medical welfare needs to be taken into account,
:01:35. > :01:36.and sometimes getting them out quickly isn't necessarily
:01:37. > :01:41.Two things that we are looking into, obviously keeping an open mind,
:01:42. > :01:44.but the two main things are very foggy at the time and the driving
:01:45. > :01:47.conditions and the fact that the bus wouldn't normally be leaving
:01:48. > :01:51.It's not the first time a coach has veered off
:01:52. > :01:59.This on-board footage from 2010 shows the moment when an Oxford Tube
:02:00. > :02:04.bus crashed at the very same slip road.
:02:05. > :02:15.The slip road was closed while barriers were prepared here today.
:02:16. > :02:17.The Oxford Bus Company has been contacting passengers this afternoon
:02:18. > :02:19.and as foggy conditions remain investigations are continuing
:02:20. > :02:24.to try to work out how this crash happened.
:02:25. > :02:27.The fog has caused travel problems across the region today.
:02:28. > :02:31.Poor visibility on the coast - this view
:02:32. > :02:34.across Poole Bay was typical - badly affected the ferries.
:02:35. > :02:37.Wightlink services between Lymington and Yarmouth and Red Funnel
:02:38. > :02:39.crossings between Southampton and East Cowes were suspended, with
:02:40. > :02:45.There have also been delays and cancellations for flights
:02:46. > :02:49.to and from Gatwick, Heathrow and Southampton airports.
:02:50. > :02:52.And football has fallen victim to the fog as well -
:02:53. > :02:54.Brighton's evening Championship match against Cardiff City has been
:02:55. > :03:01.Elsewhere, the railway line between Eastleigh and Basingstoke
:03:02. > :03:03.in Hampshire was closed for much of this morning,
:03:04. > :03:09.after a body was found by the track near Shawford.
:03:10. > :03:12.Rail replacement buses were laid on and the police say they are not
:03:13. > :03:16.Meanwhile, Southern Rail is warning of severe disruption
:03:17. > :03:17.on their network once again, as conductors stage
:03:18. > :03:26.The company says some routes will have no service
:03:27. > :03:29.at all tomorrow, New Year's Day and on Monday the 2nd,
:03:30. > :03:32.while the majority of others will have a very limited service.
:03:33. > :03:37.It is the biggest night out of the year but many people
:03:38. > :03:42.are going to struggle to get home afterwards, as the Southern strikes
:03:43. > :03:48.The RMT insist they are not trying to disrupt
:03:49. > :03:52.We did cancel the strikes on Christmas Eve and the day
:03:53. > :03:56.We've done everything we can to recognise that the public have
:03:57. > :03:59.been wonderful in supporting our position on maintaining
:04:00. > :04:03.the safety-critical role of the guard on the train.
:04:04. > :04:06.Once again Southern say they will have to cancel around 50%
:04:07. > :04:12.Crucially, though, they are warning anyone who is planning to use
:04:13. > :04:15.the trains to get home after a New Year's night out that
:04:16. > :04:17.many later services in particular will be completely cancelled.
:04:18. > :04:21.The conductors are striking over plans to give drivers responsibility
:04:22. > :04:23.for closing train doors, changing the conductors' roles
:04:24. > :04:30.Southern said 220 conductors have signed up to the new contract
:04:31. > :04:34.and many will begin their new roles from the 1st of January.
:04:35. > :04:36.The proposals we have made are entirely reasonable,
:04:37. > :04:38.we think the union's reaction has been unreasonable
:04:39. > :04:45.We think these strikes are absolutely unnecessary
:04:46. > :04:48.and I would call upon the trade unions to call off these strikes
:04:49. > :04:53.A six-day drivers' strike is planned from January the 9th and the unions
:04:54. > :04:56.say they can't rule out further action for 2017 if an
:04:57. > :05:03.Drink-driving is still a big problem in the region,
:05:04. > :05:06.In the first two weeks of the Force's Christmas
:05:07. > :05:10.and New Year crackdown they've arrested more than 140 people.
:05:11. > :05:12.Additional patrols are being carried out in Berkshire to catch
:05:13. > :05:19.A Christmas lights display in a Buckinghamshire village has
:05:20. > :05:23.helped raise money for a girl with a rare health disorder.
:05:24. > :05:26.Frankie Ross from Pitstone has Rett syndrome, which only affects one
:05:27. > :05:34.This dazzling display, now in its 20th year,
:05:35. > :05:39.is raising money for 11-year-old Frankie Ross.
:05:40. > :05:42.She was diagnosed with Rett syndrome when she was a toddler.
:05:43. > :05:45.She potentially would lose her speech, lose
:05:46. > :05:49.purposeful use of her hands, might not be able to walk,
:05:50. > :05:59.could develop scoliosis, epilepsy, breathing difficulties.
:06:00. > :06:02.The community in Pitstone had initially been fundraising to buy
:06:03. > :06:05.a hoist for Frankie for water therapy but thanks to social media
:06:06. > :06:08.two hoists were donated to the family in the last few weeks.
:06:09. > :06:11.This year we have had a great campaign and I believe that we have
:06:12. > :06:16.We all really get on well as neighbours and it was just
:06:17. > :06:19.the perfect opportunity to pull the stops out for Christmas.
:06:20. > :06:30.There are so many worthy causes and to think that Frankie's touched
:06:31. > :06:31.local residents' hearts enough for them to want
:06:32. > :06:34.to fundraise for her I think is absolutely amazing.
:06:35. > :06:37.There is no cure for Rett syndrome but Frankie's family hope more
:06:38. > :06:43.research and funding will help find better treatments in the future.
:06:44. > :06:50.It's a generally cloudy picture as we end the year
:06:51. > :06:53.but for most it should stay dry for the New Year festivities.
:06:54. > :06:55.We are seeing this weather front pushing down
:06:56. > :07:04.Rather cloudy overnight tonight. arrive until the early hours of New
:07:05. > :07:07.Again we've got those problems with fog and there is a Met
:07:08. > :07:09.Office yellow warning in force until ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
:07:10. > :07:11.With more cloud around overnight tonight
:07:12. > :07:14.I don't think it will be quite as cold as it was last night
:07:15. > :07:19.but still the chance of a bit of frost and
:07:20. > :07:21.indeed those fog patches where we do see any clearer skies.
:07:22. > :07:26.It should clear away to low cloud fairly swiftly
:07:27. > :07:32.and one or two breaks possible through the day.
:07:33. > :07:39.There is also a fair amount of cloud tomorrow, temperatures just about
:07:40. > :07:41.scraping into double figures the sum of us. Staying cloudy into New
:07:42. > :07:47.Year's Eve, the rain continues on Year's Eve, the rain continues on
:07:48. > :07:50.New Year's Day, becoming drier and brighter behind that, but it will
:07:51. > :07:54.feel that much colder with frosty nights.
:07:55. > :07:59.I'm back later with more on today's top stories at 10.50 this evening.
:08:00. > :08:09.If you are heading out on the roads, please take care.
:08:10. > :08:14.Good evening, fog has been a problem in recent days, slow changes over
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