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The motorists using their phones at the wheel,

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just days after a lorry driver was jailed for causing the deaths

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Also, less money to feed children in poverty -

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the charity that says Brexit is affecting its work oversdas.

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And going underground in Oxford to investigate claims there's

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a network of tunnels and hidden cellars in the city.

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Just days after a lorry driver was jailed for killing a mother

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and three children while ushng his phone, the BBC has filmed a number

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of drivers still using their device at the wheel.

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Tomasz Kroker was sentenced to ten years in prison on Monday.

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There are claims it's becomhng harder for police to enforcd

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This is the horrifying video that it was hoped would persuade

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people to stop using mobile phones while driving.

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Lorry driver Tomasz Kroker's decision to use his mobile cost

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the lives of Tracey Houghton, her two sons, Ethan and Josh,

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After Kroker was jailed for ten years on Monday,

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Aimee's birth mother made a heartfelt plea to drivers.

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We urge you to make a personal commitment to stop using

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mobile phones whilst driving and make our roads

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Filming by the BBC today shows that plea is being ignored.

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These pictures taken this morning show a number of drivers continuing

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Two national newspapers havd also taken photographs in the past few

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days of people using mobiles at the wheel.

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We showed the BBC's video of drivers breaking the law to an officer from

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It's replicated across the country in the amount of death that occurs.

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People just aren't realising that when they use a phone behind

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While there is evidence that motorists are continuing to flout

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the law, Ministry of Justicd data shows the number of convicthons

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for using a mobile phone while driving has halved since 010.

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The Police Federation blames budget cuts which have led to reductions

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We are seeing, in some cases, a complete elimination of

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road-policing capabilities and that is completely unacceptable

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when we see what individuals are doing on our roads

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That just can't be allowed to happen.

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The Department for Transport has released figures showing thd use

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of a mobile phone was a factor in 440 accidents in 2015.

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An Oxford-based charity says the vote to leave the EU

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is having a serious impact on its work overseas.

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The African Children's Fund helps provide food, shelter

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and schooling for children in the developing world.

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It says the drop in the valte of the pound means the monex

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raised isn't going as far, and that means less food

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This porridge is the only mdal of the day for many children at

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Look, you can see the children now they are happy with the porridge.

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They are just waiting for the porridge, OK?

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It is paid for by a charity based in Oxford,

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but they say, since the UK voted to leave the EU,

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and the pound dropped in value, they're able to feed fewer children.

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Because in real terms the alount of money we are sending,

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they get less Kenyan shillings for it,

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it basically means that each month they are being able to provhde

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2,400 mugs of porridge less than they were before the referendum

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It is the basic need which leans that they can go to school.

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If they weren't having a mug of porridge at school,

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they have to be out foraging, scavenging, begging, working.

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They are not the only charity affected.

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In a survey by the Associathon of Chief Executives

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of Voluntary Organisations, one claimed a 10% drop

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while another described the impact as immediate and severe

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They're urging the Government to make sure charities

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are an integral part of the Brexit negotiations.

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Charities and community organisations contribute

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They are going to be able to help heal some of the divides

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They are going to be able to communicate with people

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about what they are seeing and what they are experienchng.

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So I would just encourage them to be communicating with charities

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This time last year, the pound was worth $1.54.

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The fall isn't bad news for all sectors -

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it's boosted manufacturing dxports and income from overseas visitors

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to the UK as well as encour`ging foreign investors.

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But, of course, a weaker potnd means it's more expensive

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Tomorrow, the Bank of England will announce its interest rate

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If rates are cut, we could see sterling fall further.

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That will be bad news for charities and organisations that

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earn their money here but spend it overseas.

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A man from Abingdon's been jailed for ten years for sexual

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Lucas Irons, who is 27, was convicted of four chargds

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including sexual activity with a child and sexual ass`ult

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Police are patrolling the area around a village football club

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near Oxford after arsonists set fire to part of the stand.

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It's believed the fire at Kidlington Football club a week

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ago was started deliberatelx with petrol and a cigarette lighter.

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Volunteers had raised almost ?3 ,000 for the new stand.

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Engineers have been working from a river barge as repairs

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The bridge was damaged in Sdptember by a 37-tonne lorry.

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It's hoped the bridge could reopened by Christmas.

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The repairs are expected to cost more than ?100,000.

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Five weeks on and still closed to traffic.

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In September, a lorry weighhng ten times the limit attemptdd

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Engineers are still assessing the extent of the damage,

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and are using a river barge to check the underside.

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It's really very difficult because it's an old structure.

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It was built in 1832 and thdn in part replaced in the 1960s.

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But we have to look underneath the bridge.

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We have to look at all of the metal structures.

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Every bit of this bridge is a bespoke bit, so there's

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Pedestrians can cross, but cars have been diverted

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elsewhere, causing congestion in neighbouring towns.

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Some have told the council to keep the bridge shut to traffic,

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but traders want to know whdn it's going to reopen.

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We have already placed orders for replacement parts

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that we know have been damaged, and I would hope that we can get

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on and get this bridge open as soon as possible for all residents

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I would hope by Christmas, but that being said,

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we have got to make sure th`t what we do is done properly

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and the bridge is safe and secure for all people to use.

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It will cost more than ?100,000 to repair.

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The Lithuanian company which employed the lorry drhver

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As for the driver, he's now looking for another job.

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Historians are looking into claims there's a network of tunnels

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and hidden cellars beneath Oxford city centre.

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Historical evidence going b`ck ,000 years has been found

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at an archaeological dig in the centre of Oxford.

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It was found after buildings were demolished to make

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In Oxford, there's history everywhere and people come

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from all round the world to marvel at it.

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But there's another side to Oxford that you won't have seen because it

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has been buried away for at least 1,000 years.

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Archaeologists have made some amazing discovery

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As we have been digging down deeper, we are finding more and mord

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evidence and we are getting more and more of the story.

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For example, this is a drinking vessel that dates from

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We found this five metres bdlow the surface within a basement.

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This is from the 13th century - this is a leather shoe.

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You can see the stitching, the fine details of the stitching

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Slightly earlier, we have a crucible dating from the 12th centurx -

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we've got the Jewish occupation of the site.

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This cellar survives from that era and leaves a mystery six

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Well, this is a doorway that was not blocked up until the 1930s `nd it

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The St Aldates site will be covered by new homes now the historhcal

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Clues about the varied past of this mysterious city.

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Temperatures are already down to -1 Celsius at Benson,

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and they could fall a littld bit lower with the clearing

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skies overnight tonight, and the temperatures plunging away

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These are the values in our towns and cities,

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and we will have light northerly winds.

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So, tomorrow morning we start on a very dry and bright note.

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Through the course of the morning, high cloud will start

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to spill in from the west, turning the sunshine hazy.

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So, there will be limited stnshine by the end of the afternoon

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tomorrow, and the odd spot of rain as well, with temperatures reaching

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a high of 9-10 Celsius with light south-westerly winds.

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Through the course of tomorrow night, outbreaks of mainly light

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and patchy rain will spread in, courtesy of this cold front

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moving south and eastwards across the region.

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It will clear most places to start the day on Friday,

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so Friday is an improving phcture with the odd shower

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Low pressure takes charge of our weather through the course

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of Friday, and we are expecting the risk of the odd shower

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Looking ahead to the weekend, staying unsettled.

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There will be some showers `t times, and it will be bitterly cold

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Up next is the national weather forecast.

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up to around 12. Mick Miller has the national picture.

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The weather may have turned colder but for many of us today there was

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abundant sunshine. This is from the end of the day from Oxfordshire

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Cold and clear by day and clear and even colder overnight. That is the

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recipe at this time of year. Widespread ground frost setting in.

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Parts of East Anglia already below freezing. In western Scotland,

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temperatures may stabilise. It could even go up a feud degrees with

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thickening cloud, outbreaks of rain and a freshening breeze. By the end

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of the night, the coldest weather will be across southern parts of the

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UK, with some of us below freezing, scraping ice off the car, and patchy

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fog. This is breakfast, such a different start for Scotland and

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Northern Ireland. Outbreaks of rain

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