:00:00. > :00:00.In tonight's programme: so it's goodbye from me,
:00:07. > :00:08.Searching a convicted killer's former home.
:00:09. > :00:12.Forensics officers spend a second day digging at the house
:00:13. > :00:16.where Christopher Halliwell used to live in Swindon.
:00:17. > :00:18.Also, the-self employed midwives told they can't deliver babies
:00:19. > :00:22.because they don't have suitable insurance.
:00:23. > :00:25.Join me for high tea at Highclere Castle.
:00:26. > :00:28.You might know it better as Downton Abbey, where a piece
:00:29. > :00:47.Police have been searching a former home of convicted murderer
:00:48. > :00:48.Christopher Haliwell for a second day.
:00:49. > :00:51.Officers have been digging at the back of two terraced houses
:00:52. > :00:56.They say they're acting on specific intelligence they've received.
:00:57. > :01:01.Will Glennon has been there throughout the day.
:01:02. > :01:05.Police searches have continued on Broad Street throughout the day.
:01:06. > :01:14.As specialist officers combed garages and gardens,
:01:15. > :01:16.the sound of concrete drilling echoed down the alley.
:01:17. > :01:20.Neighbours say they found all the activity quite surreal.
:01:21. > :01:25.As a community, we feel quite freaked out about
:01:26. > :01:29.It a bit too close for comfort, isn't it?
:01:30. > :01:31.Yeah, it is, really, but there's not much we can do
:01:32. > :01:38.Christopher Halliwell was convicted last September of his second
:01:39. > :01:50.A taxi driver in Swindon, he killed Sian O'Callaghan in 2011.
:01:51. > :01:52.But Becky Godden disappeared in 2003 and Halliwell was found
:01:53. > :01:59.Police have kept the family informed and for Becky's dad John,
:02:00. > :02:05.I'm really upset, I'm really upset with it all.
:02:06. > :02:10.I mean, I want Becky to be at peace.
:02:11. > :02:19.You know what I mean, it all should have been done six years ago.
:02:20. > :02:21.With eight years separating the two killings, many people believe that
:02:22. > :02:27.Former Wiltshire police Detective Steve Fulcher was in charge
:02:28. > :02:36.In September last year, he told the BBC there must be more.
:02:37. > :02:38.I mean, I spent a lot of time with Christopher Halliwell.
:02:39. > :02:41.He was contrite, fully contrite, crying on my shoulder when I dealt
:02:42. > :02:44.with him and there is no question that from all the information that
:02:45. > :02:48.I gathered when I was running this inquiry in 2011 that he has
:02:49. > :02:54.Wiltshire police haven't officially linked any
:02:55. > :03:01.other crimes to Halliwell, but they have appealed to him
:03:02. > :03:06.There may yet be more victims lying undisturbed and the search
:03:07. > :03:15.Firefighters have now left the scene of the explosion and fire at a block
:03:16. > :03:19.They've been gathering evidence and are working with the police
:03:20. > :03:25.Some residents have been able to return home, but 13 households
:03:26. > :03:27.are still in alternative accommodation and some will need
:03:28. > :03:34.The families of two Buckinghamshire men killed in a head-on car crash
:03:35. > :03:37.in 2014 have listened as a misconduct hearing
:03:38. > :03:39.took evidence against three Thames Valley police officers.
:03:40. > :03:42.It's alleged that they failed in their duty to protect the public
:03:43. > :03:45.after leaving the scene of an earlier road accident
:03:46. > :03:48.without taking sufficient measures to warn other road users
:03:49. > :03:55.At the heart of this misconduct hearing is an accident on a rural
:03:56. > :03:59.stretch of road that cost two men's lives.
:04:00. > :04:01.It is not possible to say whether that accident would have
:04:02. > :04:04.been avoided had three Thames Valley police officers acted differently.
:04:05. > :04:09.The question for the panel and legal experts meeting here in Newbury
:04:10. > :04:16.Did they fail in their duty to protect members of the public?
:04:17. > :04:20.It was in March 2014 at five in the morning when PCs David Stamp,
:04:21. > :04:26.Hugh Flanagan and Caroline Irwin, all on duty at Amersham police
:04:27. > :04:30.station, were called to attend a road accident on the A413
:04:31. > :04:33.between Wendover and Great Missenden.
:04:34. > :04:36.A car had skidded in the road and run into a ditch.
:04:37. > :04:40.The officers left the scene after 20 minutes but half an hour later,
:04:41. > :04:44.two more cars collided head-on on the same stretch.
:04:45. > :04:53.Both drivers, 64-year-old Malcolm Tindall from Tilbury
:04:54. > :04:54.Both drivers, 64-year-old Malcolm Tindall from Aylesbury
:04:55. > :04:57.and Carl Bird, who was 29 and from High Wycombe, were killed.
:04:58. > :05:00.There is disagreement over whether there was ice on the road.
:05:01. > :05:03.Both men's families were here today for the start of the hearing.
:05:04. > :05:05.They have each called for an independent investigation
:05:06. > :05:07.as to why police left the scene of the earlier accident
:05:08. > :05:09.without taking sufficient measures to warn other drivers
:05:10. > :05:12.The Independent Police Complaints Commission
:05:13. > :05:24.This misconduct hearing is expected to last until the end of next week.
:05:25. > :05:26.Ambitious plans to change health services across Oxfordshire,
:05:27. > :05:28.Buckinghamshire and West Berkshire have been rejected by Oxfordshire
:05:29. > :05:33.The local NHS is hoping to save ?480 million and has put
:05:34. > :05:37.a plan to redesign acute services out to public consultation.
:05:38. > :05:40.But councillors say there's been too little information.
:05:41. > :05:44.Sinead Carroll told me what happened at today's council meeting.
:05:45. > :05:46.Well, today, Geraldine, councillors were talking
:05:47. > :05:47.about something called Sustainability and
:05:48. > :05:51.Now, these are things that Clinical Commissioning Groups
:05:52. > :05:55.across the UK have been drawing up, not just here in our region.
:05:56. > :05:58.The aim is to improve efficiency and save money.
:05:59. > :06:01.So the one they were talking about in Oxfordshire today
:06:02. > :06:03.refers to Oxfordshire, West Berkshire and Buckinghamshire,
:06:04. > :06:06.where by 2021, there is expected to be a ?480 million funding gap.
:06:07. > :06:10.Unsurprisingly, it has proved pretty controversial.
:06:11. > :06:17.You'll probably remember some scenes like these here in Banbury,
:06:18. > :06:20.where there have been regular protests against possible
:06:21. > :06:23.downgrading of the Horton Hospital, proposed changes to emergency,
:06:24. > :06:27.maternity and paediatric services there.
:06:28. > :06:30.Essentially, today, the Cabinet at the County Council said they just
:06:31. > :06:36.Some people said it wasn't transparent.
:06:37. > :06:39.I think the biggest reason is because they have cut
:06:40. > :06:44.the consultation in two, there is phase one and phase two.
:06:45. > :06:47.I don't believe, and nor did the rest of the Cabinet,
:06:48. > :06:52.that you can have two separate consultations because what's decided
:06:53. > :06:57.So what happens now, where do we go from here?
:06:58. > :07:00.Well, Hilary Hibbert-Biles, who you just heard from there,
:07:01. > :07:03.says the CCG don't have to actually listen to anything the Cabinet
:07:04. > :07:07.or indeed the full council say, but that they would be advised to.
:07:08. > :07:09.The Government says that cuts have to be made and so far,
:07:10. > :07:12.no other proposals are on the table, so there's an ongoing consultation
:07:13. > :07:15.at the moment and that's about acute services.
:07:16. > :07:18.In May, they'll be a separate consultation that will open
:07:19. > :07:23.and they are about options to change emergency care, Children's Services
:07:24. > :07:29.The sale of land for a new secondary school in Oxford has been approved.
:07:30. > :07:32.The site of Meadowbrook College will be sold by the county
:07:33. > :07:35.council to the Department for Education for ?1.
:07:36. > :07:39.It will enable a new secondary school to be built on the site -
:07:40. > :07:41.with the existing college rehoused elsewhere.
:07:42. > :07:45.If it goes ahead, the Swan School will open in 2019.
:07:46. > :07:48.Independent midwives in Oxfordshire are claiming new rules that stop
:07:49. > :07:51.them practising are unfair and are removing
:07:52. > :07:55.The Nursing and Midwifery council has ruled that self-employed
:07:56. > :07:58.midwives don't have sufficient insurance cover, and therefore
:07:59. > :08:05.Katharine Da Costa has been to meet some of those affected.
:08:06. > :08:08.After a traumatic birth with her first child,
:08:09. > :08:10.Camila Preece from Crowmarsh Gifford employed Liz,
:08:11. > :08:12.an independent midwife, to support her throughout
:08:13. > :08:19.her pregnancy and home birth with daughter Kitty.
:08:20. > :08:28.When I was having my son, I actually went through three different shifts
:08:29. > :08:30.of midwives through labour. When I had the independent midwives, they
:08:31. > :08:34.were with me throughout labour, came to the hospital when I had to
:08:35. > :08:37.transfer and it is that level of care that the NHS isn't able to
:08:38. > :08:38.provide and that makes all the difference.
:08:39. > :08:40.Since 2014, all health professionals must have indemnity insurance
:08:41. > :08:42.in case of compensation claims if something goes wrong.
:08:43. > :08:44.In January, the Nursing and Midwifery Council ruled that
:08:45. > :08:47.around 80 independent midwives like Liz didn't have
:08:48. > :08:50.sufficient levels of cover and would no longer be able
:08:51. > :08:57.Liz says it's destroyed her career and has de-registered
:08:58. > :09:00.as a midwife so she can continue to support her remaining
:09:01. > :09:17.For me, my moral wish to continue to attend my clients' berths trump
:09:18. > :09:19.staying on the register. Campaigners plan to fight
:09:20. > :09:21.the ruling and say women's rights
:09:22. > :09:22.are being ignored. In a statement, the NMC said it
:09:23. > :09:25."absolutely supports a woman's right Gemma Kingsbury from Oxford's
:09:26. > :09:38.preparing for a home birth She'd employed Liz to care
:09:39. > :09:56.for her but is now planning For me, the risks of being forced to
:09:57. > :09:59.go into hospital and being in the hospital setting, with the lights
:10:00. > :10:06.and different people and having medicalised practices imposed on me
:10:07. > :10:07.is more of a risk than staying at home without anyone.
:10:08. > :10:10.Like many women, Gemma feels there's too much red tape around what should
:10:11. > :10:14.The NMC says its priority is the safety of women
:10:15. > :10:24.Residents in Oxford are asking the city council not to allow
:10:25. > :10:27.Network Rail to back out of a promise to install
:10:28. > :10:29.noise muffling devices on the new line to Bicester.
:10:30. > :10:32.The last section of track on the line to London Marylebone
:10:33. > :10:34.opened in December and permission was granted on condition noise
:10:35. > :10:39.Now Network Rail is asking for that condition to be dropped.
:10:40. > :10:46.Jeremy Thorowgood says he's always been proud of the picturesque
:10:47. > :10:48.golf course at the back of his Oxford home.
:10:49. > :10:50.A place of peace, relaxation and harmony.
:10:51. > :10:56.That was until the new rail line opened from Oxford to London.
:10:57. > :10:59.It sounds like, at its worst, a lorry driving straight
:11:00. > :11:05.There are already these sound barriers to limit noise.
:11:06. > :11:08.But another requirement to install special dampers to make the track
:11:09. > :11:12.quieter has so far not been adhered to.
:11:13. > :11:16.I think it will cause a lot of distress and mental
:11:17. > :11:18.health problems, frankly, because if people can't sleep
:11:19. > :11:22.at night, if they can't enjoy their gardens in the summer,
:11:23. > :11:28.More than 600 people have signed a petition urging
:11:29. > :11:33.Oxford City Council to make sure Network Rail installs the dampers.
:11:34. > :11:35.If it doesn't happen, residents fear the problem will get
:11:36. > :11:41.Passenger trains have never been the major issue,
:11:42. > :11:47.Those trains are going to be running overnight, so we are very worried
:11:48. > :11:50.that they are going to be keeping us up.
:11:51. > :11:52.One o'clock in the morning, you really don't want
:11:53. > :11:58.Network Rail promised to look into whether Silent Track would be
:11:59. > :12:00.worth the significant cost to install.
:12:01. > :12:15.But the way Jeremy sees it, and hears it, is that something else
:12:16. > :12:17.needs to be done. I'll have the headlines at 8pm
:12:18. > :12:25.and a full bulletin at 10:30pm. Now more of today's
:12:26. > :12:31.stories with Sally Taylor. Probably the saddest thing
:12:32. > :12:33.was leaving him at hospital, knowing that we had to come home,
:12:34. > :12:37.and it did feel that we were leaving For more information on Charlene's
:12:38. > :12:40.fundraising campaign, visit the Go Fund Me website
:12:41. > :12:42.and search for Beau's Stay with us for a
:12:43. > :12:51.message from a champ! I will be telling you how I came
:12:52. > :12:53.back from injury to win the amateur heavyweight boxing title.
:12:54. > :12:56.The search is underway to find the 3,500 workers who'll be needed
:12:57. > :13:01.Much of the town centre has been flattened to make way for new shops,
:13:02. > :13:03.bars and restaurants as part of the scheme, which
:13:04. > :13:08.Supporters say they're not the kind of jobs the new town was established
:13:09. > :13:14.to create but they're vital to Bracknell's future prosperity.
:13:15. > :13:16.A woman from West Sussex who's had breast implants removed
:13:17. > :13:19.following health concerns is urging women to think twice before
:13:20. > :13:27.Annette Stevens from Bognor Regis spent more than ?5,000 on a breast
:13:28. > :13:30.enlargement in 2003 but spent ?6,000 having the implants removed last
:13:31. > :13:34.year because she believed they were poisoning her.
:13:35. > :13:40.Annette Stevens with the implants which were inside her
:13:41. > :13:51.They were not bigger. They were full.
:13:52. > :13:53.Annette told me her implants had leaked.
:13:54. > :13:55.In recent years, she's suffered hair loss, depression,
:13:56. > :13:57.insomnia, memory loss and other health problems.
:13:58. > :14:01.Last October, Annette spent ?6,000 on an operation in Holland
:14:02. > :14:07.She said she felt relieved and has since noticed health improvements.
:14:08. > :14:11.I don't feel so cold any more, I've got a little bit more
:14:12. > :14:19.I feel like my body's thanking me for listening to all of the symptoms
:14:20. > :14:22.that I had that I thought I was just getting old.
:14:23. > :14:24.Annette's implants were manufactured by a company called Silimed.
:14:25. > :14:26.In 2015, their distribution was suspended while the EU
:14:27. > :14:30.Last October, a report by the Dutch public health organisation RIVM
:14:31. > :14:34.indicated the risk to patients was low and the government is now
:14:35. > :14:42.The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory
:14:43. > :15:00.I don't know why I felt the need to have implants but,
:15:01. > :15:12.if you look at the day and age we're in and how we're bombarded with
:15:13. > :15:16.these pictures of being perfect, you know, boobs aren't everything.
:15:17. > :15:18.Nobody's perfect and it's about loving the skin you're in,
:15:19. > :15:22.loving who you are as a person, and it's taken me quite a long
:15:23. > :15:25.Annette originally chose implants to help her confidence but now says
:15:26. > :15:32.removing them has boosted it even more.
:15:33. > :15:34.A former Royal Marine from Tidworth in Wiltshire who's recovering
:15:35. > :15:40.from post-traumatic stress disorder is now trying for a world record.
:15:41. > :15:42.Louis Nethercott will try to crawl, swim and trek his way
:15:43. > :15:47.across the world's five largest islands unaided.
:15:48. > :15:50.He's already completed the first stage - the jungles of Borneo.
:15:51. > :15:53.Next, he'll head to Papua New Guinea then to Madagascar and Greenland
:15:54. > :15:56.before finishing at Baffin Island in Canada.
:15:57. > :16:03.I found it very hard to relax and chill out.
:16:04. > :16:05.I was always expecting something to happen.
:16:06. > :16:09.Louis was medically discharged from the Marines a few months ago
:16:10. > :16:12.after returning home from the front line in Afghanistan.
:16:13. > :16:15.He wants to raise awareness about the impact
:16:16. > :16:21.My section lost two guys and a few others were injured
:16:22. > :16:26.Something happens when you are on active service and,
:16:27. > :16:28.when you come back, things have changed.
:16:29. > :16:31.I felt like I was sort of in a different world.
:16:32. > :16:33.It took just 40 days for former Marines Louis Nethercott
:16:34. > :16:37.and Anthony Lambert to get across Borneo - the first
:16:38. > :16:42.of the world's five biggest islands they're determined to conquer.
:16:43. > :16:45.For Louis, the challenge has become a way of coping
:16:46. > :16:50.We were just completely on our own in the jungle
:16:51. > :16:56.there with nobody to be seen for miles.
:16:57. > :16:58.It was an incredible experience but it was also incredibly tough,
:16:59. > :17:02.Loads of people go the Poles nowadays, up Everest.
:17:03. > :17:05.We wanted to come up with one that was a bit unique.
:17:06. > :17:07.By taking on this expedition, he wants to raise funds
:17:08. > :17:10.for the forces' charities that are helping him and hundreds
:17:11. > :17:18.To think we've got another four ahead of us, I think we just have
:17:19. > :17:21.to look at one at a time and, once that's done, move
:17:22. > :17:25.If I just think of all four in my head, it becomes
:17:26. > :17:29.The pair will set off for Papa New Guinea
:17:30. > :17:33.They hope to finish all five islands at some point next year -
:17:34. > :17:43.an endurance test that will push them almost to the limit.
:17:44. > :17:54.Got some horse racing news for you, which is disappointing.
:17:55. > :17:56.Dorset-trained racehorse Thistlecrack has been ruled out
:17:57. > :18:02.Colin Tizzard's horse was the favourite for jump racing's
:18:03. > :18:05.blue riband event but has suffered a tendon injury that will keep him
:18:06. > :18:09.Tizzard still has leading fancies Cue Card and Native
:18:10. > :18:19.Brighton are back down to second in the Championship
:18:20. > :18:21.after Newcastle's win over Aston Villa last night.
:18:22. > :18:23.Tonight, the teams in third and fourth clash in another huge
:18:24. > :18:25.game for the promotion chasers Jaap Stam's Reading
:18:26. > :18:28.It's live on BBC Radio Berkshire tonight.
:18:29. > :18:38.Tim Dellor will be commentating as the Royals aim to go seven unbeaten.
:18:39. > :18:44.Anybody who has been following these royals know it is the Terriers and
:18:45. > :18:51.cookies have been biting at their heels. Last season these two sides
:18:52. > :18:55.met on four occasions. Earlier this season, Reading beat Huddersfield at
:18:56. > :19:00.the Madejski Stadium. Whichever team wins the night, will finish third in
:19:01. > :19:02.the Champion ship. We kick off here at 7:45pm.
:19:03. > :19:04.Aldershot Town have revealed they've rejected an approach
:19:05. > :19:06.for their management team led by Gary Waddock.
:19:07. > :19:09.In a statement, the national league side say an unnamed League 1 club
:19:10. > :19:11.masked to speak to Waddock and assistant James Rowe.
:19:12. > :19:14.Both men have informed the club they're not interested in pursuing
:19:15. > :19:18.Now to the story of the boxer who recovered from a freak injury
:19:19. > :19:21.to fight his way back to the summit of the amateur game.
:19:22. > :19:24.Greg Bridet saw his Olympic dreams shattered by a series of setbacks
:19:25. > :19:26.but the Heart of Portsmouth boxer who trains at Southampton solent
:19:27. > :19:35.university was back in the ring for a big win this past weekend.
:19:36. > :19:42.Greg Bridet was back in the gym today and he is back on the boxing
:19:43. > :19:46.scene in the big way. This weekend the former heavyweight champion won
:19:47. > :19:51.the English title, quite a comeback for a fighter of Olympic dreams were
:19:52. > :20:01.dashed by a freak injury two years ago. Having lunch, he got pain in
:20:02. > :20:06.his chest. I went to A, collapsed, and are not a few hours I could have
:20:07. > :20:12.died, my heart had no more room for better go and the chest cavity. I
:20:13. > :20:17.had titanium staples. Big obstacle to overcome but it was good, I am
:20:18. > :20:23.featured Greg in 2013. He was featured Greg in 2013. He was
:20:24. > :20:28.targeting the Olympics in Rio. He was an emotional moment when he beat
:20:29. > :20:32.Mason Holmes this weekend. Relief, the weight of the world lifted from
:20:33. > :20:42.my shoulders. The implication almost, getting back bad fortune I
:20:43. > :20:47.had had. The 27-year-old is now planning his next move and has also
:20:48. > :20:52.sparred with Chris Eubank junior. Massive learning experience. A
:20:53. > :20:59.little pointers here and there, he only improved by placing superior
:21:00. > :21:04.opponents. I would also rather be a good amateur rather than a bad pro.
:21:05. > :21:11.I'm not ruling anything out at the moment. Greg Bridet will compete the
:21:12. > :21:15.Championships next month, further evidence his back punching his
:21:16. > :21:17.weight. Amazing as treadmills can do weight. Amazing as treadmills can do
:21:18. > :21:19.as well. The build-up continues
:21:20. > :21:21.to Southampton's first appearance in a major Wembley Cup final for 38
:21:22. > :21:24.years and the man who was in charge that day and on their famous FA cup
:21:25. > :21:28.visit in 1976 says the magic of winning a cup can outweigh
:21:29. > :21:30.league achievements. Lawrie McMenemy masterminded
:21:31. > :21:31.the win over Sunday's opponents Manchester United
:21:32. > :21:36.in the spring of 76. Three years on, Saints lost
:21:37. > :21:38.the League Cup final, but the memories span
:21:39. > :21:56.generations for fans. It was such magic. This is a man
:21:57. > :21:59.that manage the cup winning team, it all children who were asking for
:22:00. > :22:09.autographs. Second in the league and all that, Wembley sticks and
:22:10. > :22:10.people's minds. Oh, my word! We could be seeing scenes like that
:22:11. > :22:12.again soon. An album of photographs revealing
:22:13. > :22:14.the real Downton Abbey It shows life at Highclere Castle in
:22:15. > :22:18.Berkshire more than 120 years ago - around the time the ITV drama that's
:22:19. > :22:21.filmed there was first set. The album contains 44 photographs
:22:22. > :22:23.of the 80-bedroom house, staff and grounds, providing
:22:24. > :22:26.a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the fifth Earl of Carnarvon,
:22:27. > :22:31.who was best known for helping to discover the Egyptian tomb
:22:32. > :22:50.of Tutankhamen in 1922. A special delivery is one of the
:22:51. > :22:58.UK's most recognisable house is. Thank you. An album that provides a
:22:59. > :23:03.window into the real-life Downton Abbey is returning home after more
:23:04. > :23:06.than a century. It is like a jigsaw puzzle and you were trying to piece
:23:07. > :23:12.things back together again, figure out who was here, the names and if
:23:13. > :23:20.you were not quite sure of something, the piano, I have put in
:23:21. > :23:24.the drawing-room. The 1895 album the 44 photographs was found in a normal
:23:25. > :23:30.house clearance in Dorset. The reason why was there is yet known. I
:23:31. > :23:35.am not sure whether that was Streatfeild, the butler. It was set
:23:36. > :23:39.to go under the hammer with a ?500 price tag but despite huge interest
:23:40. > :23:45.from around the world it has been sold privately to the Highclere
:23:46. > :23:48.estate. Everybody has been delighted with the outcome, it has come back.
:23:49. > :23:53.But it could have gone to an American bidder. It may well have
:23:54. > :24:03.done but sometimes what is so nice is it is not all about money. As the
:24:04. > :24:07.ITV series follows the Earl of Grantham and his family, this album
:24:08. > :24:13.features a snapshot of the life that the fifth Earl, George Herbert and
:24:14. > :24:18.his wife. The famously bankrolled Howard Carter's discovery of the
:24:19. > :24:26.tomb of Tutankhamun in the 1920s. It also marks a visitor Prince Edwards.
:24:27. > :24:31.But it is not just the aristocracy featured here. In 1895, Highclere
:24:32. > :24:35.would have been working house and would have been 60 members of staff
:24:36. > :24:37.here and interestingly this album also shows what life would have been
:24:38. > :24:40.60 members of staff here and interestingly this album also shows
:24:41. > :24:46.what life would be like backstairs. I know my place! I think that is
:24:47. > :24:52.what makes these house is live. Louis and Georgian everybody... That
:24:53. > :24:57.is how it works. The photos could be on display when the house opens its
:24:58. > :25:06.doors in the summer, far from a work of fiction, this piece of history is
:25:07. > :25:12.now back where it belongs. Highclere Castle!
:25:13. > :25:14.Lewis Brooks captured Calshot from the air today.
:25:15. > :25:17.Lynn Stevens took this picture of a carpet of crocuses in Shiplake.
:25:18. > :25:19.And Dulcie Levett photographed the brighter spells
:25:20. > :25:32.Doris is on her way. Through the course of the night, we are
:25:33. > :25:38.expecting a fair amount of cloud and patchy rain in places, drizzly
:25:39. > :25:41.conditions, but drier periods as well and mild temperatures. Winds
:25:42. > :25:45.will increase in strength during the course of the night. That will keep
:25:46. > :25:48.the mist and fog at the in most places with temperatures falling to
:25:49. > :25:54.9-11 C. A dam start the day 9-11 C. A dam start the day
:25:55. > :25:58.tomorrow, outbreaks of rain, one or two brighter spells, cloudy tomorrow
:25:59. > :26:05.and mild as well, temperatures reaching a high of 11-12 C. The
:26:06. > :26:09.breeze will be strong in particular. The rain will continue to strengthen
:26:10. > :26:13.through the early hours of Thursday morning and by Thursday morning we
:26:14. > :26:18.are expecting the next weather system which is part of storm Doris
:26:19. > :26:23.and the area of pressure moving in from the Atlantic. Storm Doris is
:26:24. > :26:28.expecting to affect areas in Midlands but for us in the south,
:26:29. > :26:33.Oxfordshire has a Met Office wind warning. The rain will be very heavy
:26:34. > :26:37.for the rush-hour dry to work. Most of the rain clears at lunchtime.
:26:38. > :26:42.That is when the winds will try them and that is when we expect the
:26:43. > :26:51.strongest of the winds. Wind gusts in Oxfordshire 60 mph, elsewhere,
:26:52. > :26:55.50-55 mph. The low pressure pulls away into the North Sea and through
:26:56. > :26:59.the course of Thursday afternoon in the evening, that is when the winds
:27:00. > :27:06.will ease. There is that Met Office wind warning to Oxfordshire on
:27:07. > :27:11.Thursday through the afternoon in particular. Friday, a lot of cloud.
:27:12. > :27:16.It will break to allow the sunny spells and the odd isolated shower
:27:17. > :27:22.that we expect rain at times do the course of Saturday with showers on
:27:23. > :27:26.Sunday. Fairly cloudy of the next few days, limited brightness, and
:27:27. > :27:55.Doris arrives on Thursday. We have been waiting for that.
:27:56. > :28:04.Nawal El Saadawi, the world-renowned Egyptian author
:28:05. > :28:09.A fearless feminist facing a world in turmoil.