09/01/2017 South Today - Oxford

In tonight's programme: news teams where you are.

Claims a young offenders institution has become more dangerous.

A report says there are not enough prison officers to keep

The homeless people who have moved into a disused former car showroom,

And later on, the Wiltshire couple boldly going where no-one's

Staffing cuts have put inmates and workers in danger,

according to a report on Aylesbury Young Offenders Institute.

The Independent Monitoring Board says pay and conditions for

The report also warned of rival gangs of teenagers

The Government says improvements have already been made.

Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution houses some of the most

violent and disruptive young men in the country.

Keeping around 400 inmates in order is inevitably a challenge,

and the Independent Monitoring Board says there simply are not

The report says cuts to the number of staff have made this place

more dangerous for prisoners and workers.

Also, there is a gang culture which is making it difficult to run

some training programmes and get prisoners around the prison.

The Ministry of Justice says 2500 extra prison officers

But the Prison Reform Trust says wages are too low

to attract skilled workers to Aylesbury.

The young men in Aylesbury are not being kept occupied,

their energy is not being used and they're not spending

And some of that is simply because the money hasn't been found

to recruit the people to keep workshops open,

so good facilities are standing idle.

The report highlighted the hard work staff put in to identify potential

In a statement, the Ministry of Justice said:

The prison is also working more closely with police

so inmates who break the rules are properly punished.

Police are hunting for a prisoner who has absconded

from Springhill Prison in Buckinghamshire.

35-year-old Gavin Burnett escaped from the open jail

He's known to visit Milton Keynes and Northampton.

Police don't believe he poses a risk to the public, but say

Campaigners angry about the lack of provision for homeless people

in Oxford have taken over a former car showroom.

They've created sleeping areas, put a new lock on the entrance

A petition asking the site owners for permission to stay

until March has been signed by hundreds of people.

Welcome to Oxford's unofficial homeless shelter.

For the past two years, this former car dealership has been empty.

But some residents decided to move in after finding

Personally, I'm here because I don't want to see anyone freezing to death

That is something that has happened in other cities around

the country and I think that's completely unacceptable.

You know, buildings lay empty while people freeze,

And yes, it's not the most beautiful building, but it's safer and warmer

14 homeless people are now living here, benefiting from a roof

It's a bit of a godsend, really, because

I feel like I can get somewhere, you know?

Like, I can start applying for university and get things done.

We don't want to be a thorn in anybody's side,

We've seen an opportunity, a building that's not being used,

that can be utilised and can take a lot of people, and we have people

here to make it safe, so there is no hazards,

no danger, in fact, if anything, it's a life-saver.

It is not the first time a disused building has been taken over

In 2011, a group of students moved into a derelict factory

This site is owned by Wadham College.

It said it had not decided whether to take legal action

And there will be more on that story on the Breakfast programme.

Staff working at the former nuclear research base at Harwell are to be

balloted on whether they should go on strike.

Unions have called the ballot as 16,000 staff at 19 sites

across the country, including Harwell, face cuts.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency want to make changes

to pensions as part of plans to save ?660 million.

Three people have been taken to hospital after a lorry shed part

of its load of stones on to a car during a crash in Gloucestershire.

The lorry was carrying a load of Cotswold stone

when it was involved in an an accident on the A429

A 56-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries

and two other people have minor injuries.

A large boulder which fell 40 feet down a cliff onto a railway line

in Gloucestershire is continuing to cause disruption to services

Engineers have spent the day breaking it up into smaller pieces,

but Network Rail says the line may not reopen before the morning.

A boulder, six feet by four, which came tumbling down a steep

It was fortunate a train on the other line spotted it first

Engineers have been on the track near Kemble all day,

It had clearly broken through metal netting and cables,

to minimise the impact of landslides.

We have had some minor falls from time to time,

to help the cutting wall stay in place.

Well, it was not designed, built, to cope with anything

of the size that we saw falling onto the track today.

Trains from Gloucester to Swindon have been able to pass

through here at five miles per hour, but commuters wanting to get

from Swindon to Gloucester have had to use a bus service.

That may continue while Network Rail's investigations

We need to check that all the signalling equipment

and the actual track itself is safe to run trains over.

It is pretty robust, but it had a serious knock today.

We are also taking some investigations into what is still

up there on the cutting wall, to see if there is anything else

which is likely to come down and what we need to do about that.

The tight, rocky ravines here are a known problem

It is close to the Sapperton Tunnel, which has undergone major

repairs in recent years because of instability

It could be that CCTV or remote movement sensors could be

installed here in future, which would raise the alarm

The Government has committed to ?50 million of improvements

Two major projects are scheduled to be completed by 2020.

One will see improvements to the Peartree and Botley

The other involves installing CCTV, traffic sensors and driver

information displays on the road between the M4 and the M40.

A gymnastics club in Oxford could be forced out of its home,

Cherwell Gymnastics has spent ?20,000 on its move

Formerly based at Cherwell School, the club was given permission

Oxford City Council now says a planning application

must be re-heard at a meeting on Wednesday.

Lorry drivers in Aylesbury have traded in their HGVs for bicycles as

part of a safety awareness course. Aylesbury Vale District Council says

it has spent thousands of pounds of extra training to try and keep up

high driving standards. Adina Campbell went along to one of

the courses. Swapping the comfort of their heated HGVs for handlebars and

helmets. These bin men and women are seeing what it is like being a more

vulnerable road user and have been taking part in a safety course with

a big focus on practical training. Cyclists come in your blind spot, it

makes you more aware, doing this course. It is very good. I had a

scary experience with an articulated lorry overtaking me so I am highly

aware of cyclists. It is quite scary being out there on the road and

having Ilori come past. -- having a lorry. Wick-mac it is the first time

Aylesbury Vale District Council has brought in this type of course,

which works out to be about ?90 per person. Staff say it is worth every

penny. To put them in the position of somebody cycling or on a horse or

whatever, gives them the benefit of seeing what it is like from where

their position is in the road, and I think they will benefit from that

and so will our community. Three months ago, this lorry driver was

sentenced to ten years in prison for driving his lorry into the back of

queueing traffic on the a 34, killing a woman and three children.

He had been using his mobile phone will stop most lorry drivers do take

care when out on the roads and the idea of this course is to develop

their skills even further. This is showing lorry drivers what a cyclist

does before they are about to carry out a miniver. There will be looking

back, ensuring that cyclists are seeing what is behind them and we do

that by holding out the fingers so they can count. The training is also

about testing reaction times, like making an emergency stop. These

lorry drivers are testing their coordination and awareness skills by

looking out for different hazards and trying to stay as safe as

possible. The course also involves some class relearning. But for now,

the drivers can forget about their bin loads and focus on brushing up

on their bike skills. Adina Campbell, BBC South Today,

Hillsborough. Work begins this week on creating

a new public plaza in Aylesbury. It will be built on part

of the current Exchange Street The new plaza will have

four new restaurants, with two-bedroom apartments

built above them. It should be completed

by autumn next year. Professor Stephen Hawking celebrated

his 75th birthday this weekend. The world-famous physicist was born

and studied in Oxford. It's more than 50 years

since he was diagnosed He is due to give a lecture

in Oxford next week on black holes. I'll have the headlines at 8pm

and a full bulletin at 10:30. Now, more of today's

stories, with Sally Taylor. Stay with us as we chart

the progress of Gosport Could he be on course to win

the Vendee round the world race? A 17-year-old boy has been charged

with attempted murder following a stabbing

on Saturday in Boscombe. Police were called to Ashley Road

in Boscombe, where a man The boy has been remanded

in youth detention to appear at Winchester Crown Court tomorrow

charged with attempted murder and possession of bladed

article in public place. The Prime Minister Theresa May

visited Hampshire to launch her new initiative

on mental health today. The Wellbeing Centre

in Aldershot provides support for people with a wide range

of mental health conditions. It's a charity, but funded

by the local health authority The Prime Minister spent half

an hour talking to users We're very fortunate in Hampshire,

in this area especially, in that we've got funding that has

been put in to deliver They are reasonably inexpensive

and produce such great outcomes, which is obviously what

the Prime Minister has heard today. I thought she would be more stern

but she was really laid-back, quite relaxed, and she seemed

genuinely interested The West Sussex car-maker

Rolls Royce says it will keep its headquarters in the UK,

despite telling workers last year that Brexit would limit its ability

to plan and budget for the future. Today the Goodwood-based company

reported a 6% rise in sales. Last year, it delivered just over

4,000 cars to customers, the second-highest sales

record in its history. It's consistently voted one

of the best places to live in the hole of the UK,

but over the decades many feel Wokingham Town centre has

been showing its age. Now, after five years of delay,

work is finally starting on the regeneration of the main

shopping area, Peach Street. A completely new public

square will be created, but the council is warning of no

gain without pain, with severe delays expected in one

of the busiest towns in Berkshire. As a main shopping street,

Peach Street has been a bit It's going to be

very Wokinghamesque. It's not going to be this

street you see right now. This redevelopment will cost ?24

million but the busy thoroughfare will be down to just one lane

for 15 weeks. A stone's throw away,

the popular Rose Street car park Congestion in the town

isn't good, but we need Not a lot of character

at the moment, a few shops. I think more independent

shops would be lovely. I work in mental health and I'd

like to see more money Completely redeveloping a main

part of the town centre As well as the destruction caused

to the thoroughfare, we have counted eating into units

and all those shops had As the council bought

all the land in 2010, it says it's in line

to make a profit. They say they're going

to make the money back. We would have kept the car park

and instead of building houses on Rose Street, we would have

created a memorial garden. This is the investment we have

wanted for years and years, to stop The Peach Street project is expected

to finally bear fruit when it Let's move on to sport. We're going

to start with sailing. You don't think of the word exciting when you

hear about a round the world race. I've been watching Alex Thomson over

the Christmas period. When he was passing Cape Horn, now he's so close

to the leader. You slowdown in the doldrums and shall be hoping he can

get some wind. It is an amazing event, the biggest challenge of them

all. We think it's probably got about a week to go.

The gap is just under 100 miles and shortening as Alex Thomson

attempts to make history and become the first Briton to win

The Gosport sailor aboard Hugo Boss has had a terrific few days

as he heads up to the finish in Western France, approaching

an area in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans known for light winds

and when Thomson sent this update, he'd seen his boat

Firmly in the doldrums, had a terrible night last night.

There's been some wind that I wasn't expecting and I'm

There's definitely going to be another slowdown before we get

there, the easterly breeze is going to come in

We'll have more on the race tomorrow night.

The draw for the FA cup fourth round is coming up at 7

o'clock over on BBC2, but only two of the region's sides

On a weekend where there was very little magic sprinkled around

Michael Appleton's men served up a victory against higher

Brighton too, secured their place in the next round.

Brighton and Hove Albion boss Chris Hughton was named Manager

of the Month for December and January started well too.

He made 11 changes to his side, but the gamble paid off.

It took a while for the Albion to put league one Dons away,

but a free header 18 minutes from time means the promotion

chasers are into round four for the seventh time in eight years.

The first one put us very much on the road and gave us

that lift we needed, probably at a period of the game

where MK were pushing to get back as a real threat.

Rotherham are bottom of the Championship so perhaps it

wasn't a shock that Oxford hit the heights at the New York Stadium.

McGuire missed a penalty but before long, Ryan Taylor gave them the lead

Rotherham levelled, but Oxford were on course for a convincing cup

win when Phil Edwards headed in a corner.

Then a dangerous cross made it three.

Rotherham made the finish interesting, but this header

It would be fantastic if we can get a tie against a Premier League side,

to give players and fans a chance to go head-to-head

Southampton were seconds from going through at Norwich.

The not-for-sale Van Dyke volleyed them in front.

The teenage debutant Harry Lewis led to his giving away a penalty,

converted by Steven Whittaker to level the scores.

This super header sent them through and they won't have wanted

a replay with the FA Cup semifinal to come, but that's exactly

what the face after Steven Naismith's injury-time header.

Details of the draw in a moment, but first, the losers this weekend.

Eddie Howe admitted with hindsight he regretted making 11 changes

as a virtual Bournemouth reserve team lost at Millwall.

There weren't too many recognisable figures on the team bus,

but a side that's still valued at 40 million shouldn't have

capitulated so easily against third-tier opponents.

The home side were in front through Steve Morrison before

the break and added two more in the second half

through Shaun Cummings and Shane Ferguson in stoppage time.

Jaap Stam was back at Old Trafford but it was a visit to forget

Wayne Rooney's record equalling goal had United on their way to a 5-0

It was game over pretty quickly for the Royals.

Goalkeeper Al Habsi had a moment to forget too,

And Martin Allen said he enjoyed his return to Brentford

but his Eastleigh team from the national league were well

beaten by the Championship side who stormed into a 3-0 lead

Eyeowe Obileye got on the score sheet but the game was over

by the break as Brentford powered their way into a 5-1 lead,

the non-leaguers out in round three for the second successive year.

All the goals are on the BBC website.

The draw is live on BBC2 straight after this programme.

Brighton are ball 9, Southampton are 29 along with Norwich.

The ties are played over the final weekend of January.

Claude Puel says he won't select wantaway captain Jose Fnote

in Wednesday's EFL cup semifinal first leg against Liverpool.

Southampton's Moroccan international Sofianne Boufal is out

of the African Cup of Nations due to a knee injury and Nathan Ake has

been recalled by Chelsea from his loan spell at Bournemouth.

The local derby on the ice between Basingstoke Bison

and Bracknell bees was won by the Bison.

They triumphed 5-2 in the English premier league clash last night It

made it a weekend double for the Bison, who beat

Peterborough Phantoms 6-1 over the weekend.

Slovakian Rene Jarolin got 4 of the 6 goals.

They won 7-1 at Manchester last night.

Some cricket news, and another South African is coming

to the region under the freedom of movement clause known in sport

David Wiese has agreed a three-year deal at Sussex.

The 31-year-old all-rounder has played 20 T20 internationals

He has played for Sussex before, having featured

The move is subject to English cricket board approval.

Would you get into a flap at the prospect of a long trip

I did it between Antarctica and Chile and I was scared.

If not, how about flying more than three-thousand miles

in a microlight over Europe, and the Sahara desert down

Well, one couple from Wiltshire are planning to do just that.

It's never been officially tried in this class of aircraft.

They are often seen in the skies, but how about flying thousands

Julian and Sarah are both qualified pilots.

They want to take on the Paris to Dakar rally route.

It's going to take us to parts of the world

we've never been in, it's going to stretch

Microlights look like small planes but the wings are essentially

The panels are extremely thin and you can lift them with one hand.

The couple will take off from Wiltshire, flying down

through France and Spain across to Africa through

Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania to Dakar.

The terrain will be remote and inhospitable

There are miles where the Sahara desert goes into the Atlantic Ocean

We live very long way away from help.

-- They don't have complex instruments.

Bad weather and cloud will force you down.

It's a little cockleshell of a planes so if it gets windy

or if it looks like there might be rain to content with, you have

Julian and Sarah hope to raise money for the charity Water Aid.

Before that, they still need to raise around ?10,000

They hope to set off sometime next spring.

Good luck. Onto the weather. Let's look at the weather pictures.

Dan Mapes photographed the cloudy skies in Mudeford.

Cathy Anning captured a buck at Bolderwood in the New Forest.

And Anthony Morris took this picture of the cloudy skies

A mild started the day and a lot of rain, it has been patchy and

drizzly. We will see sunny spells tomorrow. Before that, a mild

started a week, breezy with some rain for sun but turning colder from

the latter part of Wednesday and more so through Thursday daytime.

Overnight tonight, a few clear spells, so the chance of the odd

shower and a breeze will increase during the early hours of the

morning with the lows of 329 Celsius -- three. Some patchy rain, may be

light and drizzly with the high of seven or 10 Celsius. You please

tomorrow, feeling cooler and fresher -- a breeze. The chance of light

rain or drizzle at times but dry weather as well and temperatures

dropping to seven or eight Celsius. Tomorrow will be a lot milder than

tonight. Wednesday, a damn, drizzly start but it will improve. Still a

lot of cloud through the course of the day. It will feel chilly with

the northwesterly breeze digging in, I of nine to 10 Celsius -- highs.

The rain will set into the course of Thursday, digging into the North,

cold through Thursday daytime, the chance of the odd, isolated wintry

shower and snow or sleet but we're not expecting any accumulations of

snow in any places. Friday, the odd snow showers possible. Sleet and

snow in places and as we look ahead to the weekend, it should be cold

with that northerly wind, wintry showers possible, but there will be

dry weather as well. United scored four goals, not five, apologies.

There'll be a summary at 8pm and we'll be back at 10:30pm.