02/11/2016

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:00:00. > :00:00.The motorists using their phones at the wheel,

:00:07. > :00:09.just days after a lorry driver was jailed for causing the deaths

:00:10. > :00:14.Also, less money to feed children in poverty -

:00:15. > :00:18.the charity that says Brexit is affecting its work oversdas.

:00:19. > :00:21.And going underground in Oxford to investigate claims there's

:00:22. > :00:33.a network of tunnels and hidden cellars in the city.

:00:34. > :00:37.Just days after a lorry driver was jailed for killing a mother

:00:38. > :00:40.and three children while ushng his phone, the BBC has filmed a number

:00:41. > :00:43.of drivers still using their device at the wheel.

:00:44. > :00:46.Tomasz Kroker was sentenced to ten years in prison on Monday.

:00:47. > :00:49.There are claims it's becomhng harder for police to enforcd

:00:50. > :00:58.This is the horrifying video that it was hoped would persuade

:00:59. > :01:00.people to stop using mobile phones while driving.

:01:01. > :01:05.Lorry driver Tomasz Kroker's decision to use his mobile cost

:01:06. > :01:09.the lives of Tracey Houghton, her two sons, Ethan and Josh,

:01:10. > :01:15.After Kroker was jailed for ten years on Monday,

:01:16. > :01:19.Aimee's birth mother made a heartfelt plea to drivers.

:01:20. > :01:23.We urge you to make a personal commitment to stop using

:01:24. > :01:27.mobile phones whilst driving and make our roads

:01:28. > :01:33.Filming by the BBC today shows that plea is being ignored.

:01:34. > :01:36.These pictures taken this morning show a number of drivers continuing

:01:37. > :01:44.Two national newspapers havd also taken photographs in the past few

:01:45. > :01:48.days of people using mobiles at the wheel.

:01:49. > :01:52.We showed the BBC's video of drivers breaking the law to an officer from

:01:53. > :02:02.It's replicated across the country in the amount of death that occurs.

:02:03. > :02:05.People just aren't realising that when they use a phone behind

:02:06. > :02:10.While there is evidence that motorists are continuing to flout

:02:11. > :02:13.the law, Ministry of Justicd data shows the number of convicthons

:02:14. > :02:19.for using a mobile phone while driving has halved since 010.

:02:20. > :02:23.The Police Federation blames budget cuts which have led to reductions

:02:24. > :02:29.We are seeing, in some cases, a complete elimination of

:02:30. > :02:32.road-policing capabilities and that is completely unacceptable

:02:33. > :02:37.when we see what individuals are doing on our roads

:02:38. > :02:42.That just can't be allowed to happen.

:02:43. > :02:44.The Department for Transport has released figures showing thd use

:02:45. > :02:50.of a mobile phone was a factor in 440 accidents in 2015.

:02:51. > :02:58.An Oxford-based charity says the vote to leave the EU

:02:59. > :03:00.is having a serious impact on its work overseas.

:03:01. > :03:04.The African Children's Fund helps provide food, shelter

:03:05. > :03:07.and schooling for children in the developing world.

:03:08. > :03:10.It says the drop in the valte of the pound means the monex

:03:11. > :03:13.raised isn't going as far, and that means less food

:03:14. > :03:18.This porridge is the only mdal of the day for many children at

:03:19. > :03:23.Look, you can see the children now they are happy with the porridge.

:03:24. > :03:26.They are just waiting for the porridge, OK?

:03:27. > :03:28.It is paid for by a charity based in Oxford,

:03:29. > :03:32.but they say, since the UK voted to leave the EU,

:03:33. > :03:37.and the pound dropped in value, they're able to feed fewer children.

:03:38. > :03:40.Because in real terms the alount of money we are sending,

:03:41. > :03:43.they get less Kenyan shillings for it,

:03:44. > :03:47.it basically means that each month they are being able to provhde

:03:48. > :03:52.2,400 mugs of porridge less than they were before the referendum

:03:53. > :03:56.It is the basic need which leans that they can go to school.

:03:57. > :03:58.If they weren't having a mug of porridge at school,

:03:59. > :04:03.they have to be out foraging, scavenging, begging, working.

:04:04. > :04:05.They are not the only charity affected.

:04:06. > :04:08.In a survey by the Associathon of Chief Executives

:04:09. > :04:12.of Voluntary Organisations, one claimed a 10% drop

:04:13. > :04:18.while another described the impact as immediate and severe

:04:19. > :04:23.They're urging the Government to make sure charities

:04:24. > :04:27.are an integral part of the Brexit negotiations.

:04:28. > :04:31.Charities and community organisations contribute

:04:32. > :04:36.They are going to be able to help heal some of the divides

:04:37. > :04:40.They are going to be able to communicate with people

:04:41. > :04:43.about what they are seeing and what they are experienchng.

:04:44. > :04:47.So I would just encourage them to be communicating with charities

:04:48. > :04:53.This time last year, the pound was worth $1.54.

:04:54. > :04:58.The fall isn't bad news for all sectors -

:04:59. > :05:03.it's boosted manufacturing dxports and income from overseas visitors

:05:04. > :05:07.to the UK as well as encour`ging foreign investors.

:05:08. > :05:11.But, of course, a weaker potnd means it's more expensive

:05:12. > :05:18.Tomorrow, the Bank of England will announce its interest rate

:05:19. > :05:23.If rates are cut, we could see sterling fall further.

:05:24. > :05:27.That will be bad news for charities and organisations that

:05:28. > :05:31.earn their money here but spend it overseas.

:05:32. > :05:38.A man from Abingdon's been jailed for ten years for sexual

:05:39. > :05:43.Lucas Irons, who is 27, was convicted of four chargds

:05:44. > :05:47.including sexual activity with a child and sexual ass`ult

:05:48. > :05:54.Police are patrolling the area around a village football club

:05:55. > :05:56.near Oxford after arsonists set fire to part of the stand.

:05:57. > :05:59.It's believed the fire at Kidlington Football club a week

:06:00. > :06:02.ago was started deliberatelx with petrol and a cigarette lighter.

:06:03. > :06:08.Volunteers had raised almost ?3 ,000 for the new stand.

:06:09. > :06:10.Engineers have been working from a river barge as repairs

:06:11. > :06:17.The bridge was damaged in Sdptember by a 37-tonne lorry.

:06:18. > :06:21.It's hoped the bridge could reopened by Christmas.

:06:22. > :06:25.The repairs are expected to cost more than ?100,000.

:06:26. > :06:31.Five weeks on and still closed to traffic.

:06:32. > :06:34.In September, a lorry weighhng ten times the limit attemptdd

:06:35. > :06:39.Engineers are still assessing the extent of the damage,

:06:40. > :06:42.and are using a river barge to check the underside.

:06:43. > :06:45.It's really very difficult because it's an old structure.

:06:46. > :06:50.It was built in 1832 and thdn in part replaced in the 1960s.

:06:51. > :06:53.But we have to look underneath the bridge.

:06:54. > :06:55.We have to look at all of the metal structures.

:06:56. > :06:58.Every bit of this bridge is a bespoke bit, so there's

:06:59. > :07:04.Pedestrians can cross, but cars have been diverted

:07:05. > :07:07.elsewhere, causing congestion in neighbouring towns.

:07:08. > :07:10.Some have told the council to keep the bridge shut to traffic,

:07:11. > :07:14.but traders want to know whdn it's going to reopen.

:07:15. > :07:17.We have already placed orders for replacement parts

:07:18. > :07:20.that we know have been damaged, and I would hope that we can get

:07:21. > :07:24.on and get this bridge open as soon as possible for all residents

:07:25. > :07:28.I would hope by Christmas, but that being said,

:07:29. > :07:31.we have got to make sure th`t what we do is done properly

:07:32. > :07:34.and the bridge is safe and secure for all people to use.

:07:35. > :07:37.It will cost more than ?100,000 to repair.

:07:38. > :07:40.The Lithuanian company which employed the lorry drhver

:07:41. > :07:45.As for the driver, he's now looking for another job.

:07:46. > :07:53.Historians are looking into claims there's a network of tunnels

:07:54. > :07:55.and hidden cellars beneath Oxford city centre.

:07:56. > :07:57.Historical evidence going b`ck ,000 years has been found

:07:58. > :08:01.at an archaeological dig in the centre of Oxford.

:08:02. > :08:03.It was found after buildings were demolished to make

:08:04. > :08:10.In Oxford, there's history everywhere and people come

:08:11. > :08:14.from all round the world to marvel at it.

:08:15. > :08:17.But there's another side to Oxford that you won't have seen because it

:08:18. > :08:26.has been buried away for at least 1,000 years.

:08:27. > :08:30.Archaeologists have made some amazing discovery

:08:31. > :08:38.As we have been digging down deeper, we are finding more and mord

:08:39. > :08:41.evidence and we are getting more and more of the story.

:08:42. > :08:43.For example, this is a drinking vessel that dates from

:08:44. > :08:48.We found this five metres bdlow the surface within a basement.

:08:49. > :08:51.This is from the 13th century - this is a leather shoe.

:08:52. > :08:53.You can see the stitching, the fine details of the stitching

:08:54. > :09:01.Slightly earlier, we have a crucible dating from the 12th centurx -

:09:02. > :09:03.we've got the Jewish occupation of the site.

:09:04. > :09:05.This cellar survives from that era and leaves a mystery six

:09:06. > :09:19.Well, this is a doorway that was not blocked up until the 1930s `nd it

:09:20. > :09:29.The St Aldates site will be covered by new homes now the historhcal

:09:30. > :09:36.Clues about the varied past of this mysterious city.

:09:37. > :09:49.Temperatures are already down to -1 Celsius at Benson,

:09:50. > :09:51.and they could fall a littld bit lower with the clearing

:09:52. > :09:56.skies overnight tonight, and the temperatures plunging away

:09:57. > :09:59.These are the values in our towns and cities,

:10:00. > :10:02.and we will have light northerly winds.

:10:03. > :10:05.So, tomorrow morning we start on a very dry and bright note.

:10:06. > :10:08.Through the course of the morning, high cloud will start

:10:09. > :10:11.to spill in from the west, turning the sunshine hazy.

:10:12. > :10:14.So, there will be limited stnshine by the end of the afternoon

:10:15. > :10:17.tomorrow, and the odd spot of rain as well, with temperatures reaching

:10:18. > :10:22.a high of 9-10 Celsius with light south-westerly winds.

:10:23. > :10:27.Through the course of tomorrow night, outbreaks of mainly light

:10:28. > :10:30.and patchy rain will spread in, courtesy of this cold front

:10:31. > :10:31.moving south and eastwards across the region.

:10:32. > :10:36.It will clear most places to start the day on Friday,

:10:37. > :10:38.so Friday is an improving phcture with the odd shower

:10:39. > :10:42.Low pressure takes charge of our weather through the course

:10:43. > :10:45.of Friday, and we are expecting the risk of the odd shower

:10:46. > :10:50.Looking ahead to the weekend, staying unsettled.

:10:51. > :10:54.There will be some showers `t times, and it will be bitterly cold

:10:55. > :11:04.Up next is the national weather forecast.

:11:05. > :11:13.up to around 12. Mick Miller has the national picture.

:11:14. > :11:18.The weather may have turned colder but for many of us today there was

:11:19. > :11:23.abundant sunshine. This is from the end of the day from Oxfordshire

:11:24. > :11:28.Cold and clear by day and clear and even colder overnight. That is the

:11:29. > :11:32.recipe at this time of year. Widespread ground frost setting in.

:11:33. > :11:38.Parts of East Anglia already below freezing. In western Scotland,

:11:39. > :11:42.temperatures may stabilise. It could even go up a feud degrees with

:11:43. > :11:45.thickening cloud, outbreaks of rain and a freshening breeze. By the end

:11:46. > :11:51.of the night, the coldest weather will be across southern parts of the

:11:52. > :11:56.UK, with some of us below freezing, scraping ice off the car, and patchy

:11:57. > :11:58.fog. This is breakfast, such a different start for Scotland and

:11:59. > :11:59.Northern Ireland. Outbreaks of rain