:00:08. > :00:11.Welcome to the programme. for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:15.Welcome to the programme. Face-to-face with her boyfriend's
:00:16. > :00:21.Keller. In meeting between a women and the man whose careless driving
:00:22. > :00:26.led to the loss of her boyfriend's life. We will be assessing if the
:00:27. > :00:31.road is one of the region's most road is one of the region's most
:00:32. > :00:37.dangerous road. I will have the weather for the week ahead shortly.
:00:38. > :00:42.First tonight: these are the faces of people who've died in car
:00:43. > :00:44.crashes in the south - all of them victims of motorists
:00:45. > :00:49.This week, a new law comes into force which will double
:00:50. > :00:59.One teacher from Swindon is now calling for schoolchildren to be
:01:00. > :01:01.taught about the dangers of using mobile phones at the wheel.
:01:02. > :01:04.She has her own personal reasons for wanting to change the culture.
:01:05. > :01:05.Matt Graveling has this exclusive report.
:01:06. > :01:07.Gavin was an Australian through and through.
:01:08. > :01:13.We'd talked about potentially going out
:01:14. > :01:25.It was something we were both really looking forward to.
:01:26. > :01:28.He was on his way to work and then he was about six miles
:01:29. > :01:38.or so from work and then just didn't make it.
:01:39. > :01:40.Lewis Stratford, a 24-year-old painter and decorator from Oxford,
:01:41. > :01:41.was driving and arguing with his
:01:42. > :01:50.girlfriend on the phone when he crashed into Gavin's car.
:01:51. > :01:53.I wish I could turn back time, change obviously not
:01:54. > :02:00.And from that moment I was just blaming everything on me.
:02:01. > :02:07.And I didn't wanna get better then, I didn't want the physio,
:02:08. > :02:19.here to pay for the mistake that I've made and punished.
:02:20. > :02:21.Gavin died of his injuries four days after the accident.
:02:22. > :02:26.pleaded guilty to causing his death by dangerous driving.
:02:27. > :02:32.When someone gets convicted of a crime or an offence you never
:02:33. > :02:37.get to see what that person's like and what
:02:38. > :02:44.Just days before he's due back in court to be sentenced,
:02:45. > :02:54.I want to ask what he was thinking, what possessed him to pick
:02:55. > :02:55.up his mobile phone behind the wheel.
:02:56. > :03:00.how it might affect him and to let him know how I'm
:03:01. > :03:09.With our cameras present, and restorative justice
:03:10. > :03:18.An apology that's given in court is very often mistrusted by a victim
:03:19. > :03:23.whereas if a victim sits down face to face with the person who has
:03:24. > :03:29.caused the harm that can be enormously helpful in allowing
:03:30. > :03:35.victims then to be able to move on from what's happened.
:03:36. > :03:39.I'll never forget it ever and I'll never be sorry enough but I can't
:03:40. > :03:44.every time I say sorry it sounds a bit cheap,
:03:45. > :03:52.it just sounds not good enough but I am.
:03:53. > :04:08.A little bit but then so many people do it, so many people.
:04:09. > :04:15.I do not want to hate you for ever. I am not that type of person.
:04:16. > :04:23.Eventually I will be able to forgive you. I just need some questions
:04:24. > :04:26.answering first. English teacher Meg is now calling
:04:27. > :04:29.for all schoolchildren to be taught about the dangers of using mobiles
:04:30. > :04:32.behind the wheel before Meanwhile, a report commissioned
:04:33. > :04:41.by BBC South has found that the A34 isn't more dangerous
:04:42. > :04:42.than other roads - The data has been analysed
:04:43. > :04:48.by experts as our transport In the last five years, the A34 has
:04:49. > :04:55.been closed 56 times due to accidents in which people have
:04:56. > :05:00.been injured or killed. Obviously there have been a number
:05:01. > :05:07.of very high profile collisions on this road,
:05:08. > :05:10.but when we look at the collision rate compared to other
:05:11. > :05:14.roads of a similar type, we actually find it's got
:05:15. > :05:16.a relatively good safety record. Over the last ten
:05:17. > :05:25.years, the number of Some parts of the route
:05:26. > :05:28.are higher risk than others. The northern and southern
:05:29. > :05:40.ends are worst. The crash rate is one third less
:05:41. > :05:43.than the national average for this type of road.
:05:44. > :05:46.The crashes here are mostly due to driver error,
:05:47. > :05:50.not to the design of the road or the number of vehicles.
:05:51. > :05:52.Here, just over one vehicle in ten is a lorry,
:05:53. > :05:56.so we looked specifically at crashes involving heavy goods vehicles.
:05:57. > :05:58.Over the last ten years, the rate has
:05:59. > :06:04.fluctuated, but the trend is downwards and its ahead of the
:06:05. > :06:11.Putting all the statistics together, we've found no evidence that the A34
:06:12. > :06:20.is significantly more dangerous than other roads.
:06:21. > :06:23.In other news, a prison officer is going to be charged
:06:24. > :06:25.with manslaughter and misconduct in public office, over the death
:06:26. > :06:28.of an inmate in Woodhill prison in Milton Keynes.
:06:29. > :06:31.Joseph Travers will appear before magistrates in April.
:06:32. > :06:33.It follows the death of a prisoner, believed to be
:06:34. > :06:44.Specialist police officers digging at the former Swindon home
:06:45. > :06:45.of the convicted murderer Christopher Halliwell
:06:46. > :06:51.Investigators began looking in the gardens and garages of two
:06:52. > :06:54.properties in Broad Street last week but paused over the weekend.
:06:55. > :06:56.Halliwell is serving two life sentences for killing Becky Godden
:06:57. > :07:01.Campaigners in Oxfordshire say they're angry over some parish
:07:02. > :07:05.Some have increased their charges by 17%
:07:06. > :07:10.in the last three years, according to new BBC research.
:07:11. > :07:12.Here's our political reporter Bethan Phillips.
:07:13. > :07:18.It's not long before council tax bills will be landing on our mats.
:07:19. > :07:21.And if you've got a parish or town council in your area,
:07:22. > :07:24.you might be in for a shock, with some parishes by more than 500%
:07:25. > :07:28.The pressure group Is It Fair says district and county councils
:07:29. > :07:31.are deliberately passing on responsibilities to parish
:07:32. > :07:35.councils, who aren't restricted by a 2% cap on increases,
:07:36. > :07:39.that applies to most other authorities.
:07:40. > :07:48.The parish councils have the choice of saying no, we're not going to do
:07:49. > :07:54.The Government has promised they will
:07:55. > :08:08.look at it and look at it and look at it, but they have
:08:09. > :08:10.In Oxfordshire Berinsfield is charging
:08:11. > :08:13.the most for Band D homes - they're currently paying
:08:14. > :08:15.nearly ?180 a year for their parish council.
:08:16. > :08:17.It says that for nine years it hasn't actually
:08:18. > :08:20.asked for more overall - but the amount of tax it's been able
:08:21. > :08:23.to raise has been decreasing, at the same time its list
:08:24. > :08:27.Whilst as an individual I am not adverse to local people have
:08:28. > :08:33.Whilst as an individual I am not adverse to local people having
:08:34. > :08:37.local decisions, it does concern me, as volunteers, we are giving up our
:08:38. > :08:40.time to do well by the community and more and more things are being asked
:08:41. > :08:43.Berinsfield isn't the only one taking on more.
:08:44. > :08:46.Carterton Town Council has been helping to keep a children's
:08:47. > :08:47.centre going in town - after ongoing county
:08:48. > :08:50.The government says it expects parishes to "demonstrate
:08:51. > :08:53.restraint" when it comes to council tax rises - but a cap,
:08:54. > :08:56.similar to the one placed on district and county councils,
:08:57. > :08:58.doesn't seem to be on the cards at the moment.
:08:59. > :09:01.We're back in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning.
:09:02. > :09:02.Alexis Green has your weather next.
:09:03. > :09:14.Did evening. It stays blustery at times. Heavy showers today. They
:09:15. > :09:19.will continue through this evening but gradually ease. Some chilly
:09:20. > :09:25.mornings this week and blustery showers at times. Sunny spells as
:09:26. > :09:32.well. Temperatures will fall away. Frost in the countryside and the
:09:33. > :09:37.risk of showers. Lead and snow. -- sleet and snow. Temperatures falling
:09:38. > :09:43.to breezing in the countryside. Brisk tomorrow. Clouding over
:09:44. > :09:48.through the afternoon. Blustery showers and could be wintry in a
:09:49. > :09:53.couple of places. Highs tomorrow of six or seven Celsius. There will be
:09:54. > :09:57.some afternoon sunshine in between these scattered showers. Further
:09:58. > :10:02.showers are possible tomorrow night. They will ease during Wednesday
:10:03. > :10:09.morning. Those tomorrow night of two or three Celsius. Temperatures
:10:10. > :10:13.falling to around freezing, that is the risk of ice patches first thing
:10:14. > :10:18.on Wednesday morning. Wednesday is going to be a dry and sunny start to
:10:19. > :10:24.the day. Bringing the risk of rain to southern parts of the region. We
:10:25. > :10:29.places and temperatures reaching a places and temperatures reaching a
:10:30. > :10:35.high of eight Celsius. Thursday should be a mainly dry day. Sunny
:10:36. > :10:39.spells to be had and then the next weather system is expected to arrive
:10:40. > :10:46.Thursday night and stay with us through Friday. Friday, rain at
:10:47. > :10:50.times. Things can change. The outbreaks of rain will be with us
:10:51. > :10:55.during the day and clearing by Friday evening and into Saturday
:10:56. > :11:00.morning. Highs on Friday of eight Celsius. This weekend, rain and
:11:01. > :11:03.showers at time. Unsettled and sunny spells.
:11:04. > :11:13.John Hammond has the weather for the rest of the country.
:11:14. > :11:18.According to one man-made definition, spring begins in a
:11:19. > :11:24.couple of days, but in reality weather does it own thing at its own
:11:25. > :11:29.pace. This was taken in Midlothian, a funny old day, some lovely
:11:30. > :11:34.rainbows, downpours, burst of sunshine, and out of the breeze it
:11:35. > :11:37.felt a little bit springlike. At the moment we have clusters of cloud
:11:38. > :11:43.crossing the country, generating wintry showers, clearer gaps in
:11:44. > :11:45.between allowing sunshine by day, but overnight that means dropping
:11:46. > :11:52.temperatures, already a frost in some places. Further wintry showers
:11:53. > :11:55.particularly out West, one or two making it further east, with some
:11:56. > :11:59.ice around first thing in the morning, temperatures falling away,
:12:00. > :12:03.close to freezing or just above in the larger towns and cities. There
:12:04. > :12:07.will be frost particularly through parts of Scotland first thing in the
:12:08. > :12:08.morning, watch out for ice, and rain