:00:00. > :00:11.It means Kris's husband has had to move out of their home
:00:12. > :00:14.More than 200 people were on Cleeve Link's books.
:00:15. > :00:19.The virtual tour that takes you back to the ancient city.
:00:20. > :00:20.And award-winning Oxford author Mark Haddon shows
:00:21. > :00:39.A major care provider has gone into liquidation leaving
:00:40. > :00:41.councils in Oxfordshire, Swindon and Gloucestershire
:00:42. > :00:43.struggling to find care for hundreds of elderly people.
:00:44. > :00:45.Cleeve Link provided a range of services,
:00:46. > :00:47.including personal care, Meals on Wheels and night-sitting.
:00:48. > :00:49.Another agency has picked up the work in Swindon,
:00:50. > :00:51.while in Oxfordshire, the county council has stepped
:00:52. > :00:57.Kris Felton's husband Ian has needed carers to help him
:00:58. > :01:04.He has MS and in 2010 broke his back.
:01:05. > :01:07.Earlier this year the couple were told he only has a year to live
:01:08. > :01:12.Then, to top it all off, on Friday he was told he would have
:01:13. > :01:15.to move into a care home, as the company paid to look
:01:16. > :01:21.He was depressed before that, so it hasn't been something that has
:01:22. > :01:26.brightened him up in any way, he's turned into himself
:01:27. > :01:34.He says things like, "What is the point?
:01:35. > :01:41.In Swindon, the 175 patients that were under Cleeve Link's care
:01:42. > :01:43.are now being looked after by another company.
:01:44. > :01:46.In Oxfordshire, the county council's found new permanent home care
:01:47. > :01:49.for nearly half of the 127 people affected - just two have had to go
:01:50. > :01:55.Our staff have been covering some of these calls,
:01:56. > :01:57.family have been supporting and we also have some other care
:01:58. > :02:00.agencies in Oxfordshire that have been able to step in and either
:02:01. > :02:03.support people in the short term or they may end up taking
:02:04. > :02:05.the packages on in the long term as well.
:02:06. > :02:08.So, it has been a number of different mechanisms that have
:02:09. > :02:12.allowed us to support people to stay at home.
:02:13. > :02:15.The council has also spoken to Cleeve Link's staff to help them
:02:16. > :02:23.It's not known why Cleeve Link went into liquidation but one issue
:02:24. > :02:28.affecting all care agencies is staff recruitment and the situation
:02:29. > :02:32.The council says they need an extra 750 new care workers every year
:02:33. > :02:35.for the next eight years in order to meet the demand
:02:36. > :02:41.As Ian's bed lays empty, Kris is waiting to hear
:02:42. > :02:47.The council pays the highest hourly rate for home care in the whole
:02:48. > :02:49.country and now the local Labour Party want to
:02:50. > :03:07.bring back home care into the control of the council -
:03:08. > :03:09.that'll be debated at the next council meeting.
:03:10. > :03:11.Meanwhile, the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced today
:03:12. > :03:14.an extra ?2 billion for adult social care funding, though it's
:03:15. > :03:15.not yet known how much Oxfordshire will receive.
:03:16. > :03:18.What is clear though is that for people like Ian and Kris,
:03:19. > :03:20.who need care, a solution can't come soon enough.
:03:21. > :03:24.A firm has been fined ?600,000 after a sub-contractor hit an 11,000
:03:25. > :03:28.Steven Brown, from Swindon, suffered serious burns to his hands,
:03:29. > :03:30.face and arms when he dug into the live cable
:03:31. > :03:33.He spent two weeks in an induced coma.
:03:34. > :03:35.Today, Amey LG Ltd admitted breaching health
:03:36. > :03:39.Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder
:03:40. > :03:41.of a former Hong Kong policewoman in Milton Keynes.
:03:42. > :03:44.64-year-old Hang Yin Leung died in hospital after she became ill
:03:45. > :03:46.following a burglary at her home at the end of January.
:03:47. > :03:51.Police are still appealing for any information about the incident.
:03:52. > :03:54.Meanwhile, a man being questioned about the murder of a woman
:03:55. > :03:56.in Ludgershall near Aylesbury has been released on bail.
:03:57. > :03:58.47-year-old Samantha Blake-Mizen was found at a house on Sunday.
:03:59. > :04:04.A postmortem examination found she died from a head injury.
:04:05. > :04:07.It offers the chance to explore ancient Rome through virtual reality
:04:08. > :04:11.The computer model - which gives 3D panoramic
:04:12. > :04:14.views of the city - has involved a decade of work
:04:15. > :04:19.Students who sign up to a free online course will be
:04:20. > :04:22.able to see the temples, the Colosseum and the back
:04:23. > :04:24.streets of the city as they appeared in 315 AD.
:04:25. > :04:32.Up until now, this has been the only way to really explore ancient Rome.
:04:33. > :04:41.But now, anyone can strap on their virtual sandals.
:04:42. > :04:44.So, this is us walking into Rome in 315 AD?
:04:45. > :04:47.We're walking into the city of Rome as it appeared sometime around
:04:48. > :04:49.the early fourth century, that is right.
:04:50. > :04:52.This is when the city was arguably at its prime
:04:53. > :04:56.and of the hundreds of places here, even the fourth-century tourist
:04:57. > :05:04.Shall we have a look at the Colosseum?
:05:05. > :05:05.I think everybody likes the Colosseum.
:05:06. > :05:08.So, let's go the gladiator's-eye view down into the arena.
:05:09. > :05:11.You can use a variety of modern methods to explore this ancient
:05:12. > :05:13.city, you can have a look at it on your desktop computer,
:05:14. > :05:20.or you can go the whole hog and go for full immersive virtual reality.
:05:21. > :05:24.As they say, all electrodes lead to Rome.
:05:25. > :05:27.A lot of people are interested in ancient Rome, would like to know
:05:28. > :05:30.more about it and the ruins are wonderful and you should all go
:05:31. > :05:33.and see them, but they are not complete, of course.
:05:34. > :05:36.Sometimes it is a bit hard in the mind's eye to put them back
:05:37. > :05:39.into the state that they would have been when they were new buildings.
:05:40. > :05:43.The free course launches next weekend.
:05:44. > :05:45.So, it is a case of friends, Romans, countrymen...
:05:46. > :05:57.The Oxford author Mark Haddon started his career as
:05:58. > :06:00.an illustrator, although it was his novel, turned into a play -
:06:01. > :06:02.The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time -
:06:03. > :06:05.Now, he's staging his first-ever exhibition of portraits.
:06:06. > :06:11.He told Angela Walker how he's always been fascinated by faces.
:06:12. > :06:13.The multi-award winning book and stage play,
:06:14. > :06:15.The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, has been
:06:16. > :06:20.But Mark Haddon has been drawing for a living for longer
:06:21. > :06:25.It seems obvious to me that people's faces are the most interesting
:06:26. > :06:29.He's currently exhibiting his portrait collection
:06:30. > :06:37.This is a picture of Paul Farley, the poet, and whose work I love, one
:06:38. > :06:43.One of the things I particularly love about this painting is that
:06:44. > :06:45.I often improve people's wardrobes when I am painting them,
:06:46. > :06:48.and he had a rather dull brown jacket on that day,
:06:49. > :06:51.but there's a rather intricate pattern on it now.
:06:52. > :06:57.And when Paul first saw the picture - Paul is a very avid bird-watcher -
:06:58. > :06:59.and he said, "You've given me teal plummage!"
:07:00. > :07:02.One of his subjects is fellow Oxford artist Tom Croft,
:07:03. > :07:09.Was there a reason why you drew me without eyebrows?
:07:10. > :07:12.Is there some significance behind that?
:07:13. > :07:16.There are these odd little weird technical things, aren't there?
:07:17. > :07:19.If you're using a line of a certain thickness,
:07:20. > :07:22.As well as Mark's portrait of Tom, you can see Tom's
:07:23. > :07:28.I chose the kind of dingier lower lighting, not to suggest
:07:29. > :07:36...other than a subdued palette to create this kind of...
:07:37. > :07:38.You've got an inquisitive personality and therefore I kind
:07:39. > :07:42.of wanted to communicate that a little bit.
:07:43. > :07:50.The annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge
:07:51. > :07:53.Cambridge won last year and the Oxford crew are determined
:07:54. > :07:57.Sinead Carroll went to meet them training
:07:58. > :08:02.Sometimes working for BBC South Today is pretty tough.
:08:03. > :08:07.Looking out over some glorious South Oxfordshire countryside,
:08:08. > :08:11.the feel of the sunshine on my face and the sound of oars hitting
:08:12. > :08:26.Seriously, though, others have had today a lot tougher.
:08:27. > :08:29.We get up early in the mornings at about 5:40am, 5:50am.
:08:30. > :08:34.We have an ergo session on the machines in the morning
:08:35. > :08:36.and then, after that, you get some breakfast,
:08:37. > :08:39.and try to get a four-hour shift in the lab -
:08:40. > :08:43.four, five hours - and then after that quickly try
:08:44. > :08:45.and eat some lunch and then back down here.
:08:46. > :08:50.Last year saw Cambridge beat the Dark Blues for the first
:08:51. > :08:56.The president of the Oxford Boat Club rowed for Team USA
:08:57. > :09:02.He's bringing some of that spirit to the Oxford boat.
:09:03. > :09:05.Last year was just so ruthless and cut-throat and you get knocked down.
:09:06. > :09:08.I mean, everyone got knocked down a number of times and you have
:09:09. > :09:15.Will's rowed in the boat race before, only the last time
:09:16. > :09:18.It is pretty strange coming from one side,
:09:19. > :09:23.where you are sort of brainwashed to hate the other side,
:09:24. > :09:26.to come to the other side and, you know, have a very similar
:09:27. > :09:33.Oxford have three and a half weeks to turn this training on the Thames
:09:34. > :09:39.The boat race is on the BBC on April 2.
:09:40. > :09:47.Sarah Farmer is on the way with the weather forecast.
:09:48. > :09:50.Hello and a very good evening to you.
:09:51. > :09:53.Now, the worst of the wet weather is behind us for today.
:09:54. > :09:56.Still one or two patchy bursts of light rain here and there,
:09:57. > :09:58.but in the most part, it is looking like a
:09:59. > :10:02.We will have some breaks in that cloud at times as well.
:10:03. > :10:05.Temperature-wise, we are looking at lows of 8 or 9 degrees
:10:06. > :10:08.through the overnight period, so a pretty mild night all in all.
:10:09. > :10:11.We start tomorrow then with a little bit of cloud in the picture,
:10:12. > :10:14.yes, but it is a dry day and a fine day too.
:10:15. > :10:16.We will see some brightness and indeed some good sunny
:10:17. > :10:26.And feeling warm in that sunshine, temperatures likely
:10:27. > :10:29.to creep up to 13 or 14, possibly touching 15 degrees
:10:30. > :10:37.So a pleasantly mild day for the time of the year.
:10:38. > :10:40.Taking a look ahead to Friday and it is a settled day,
:10:41. > :10:43.but it will start on a bit of a gloomy note.
:10:44. > :10:45.Some drizzle and quite a bit of cloud around,
:10:46. > :10:48.we will see one or two brighter breaks at times but predominately
:10:49. > :10:55.a cloudy day but a little bit of light rain here and there.
:10:56. > :10:56.Some nice sunny breaks to enjoy at times.
:10:57. > :11:00.It looks like Friday will be a gloomy day and then rain starts
:11:01. > :11:00.today on Saturday but we cheer up a little later.
:11:01. > :11:05.outlook, staying mild and Nick has the bigger picture across the UK.
:11:06. > :11:11.Hello. Spring is in the air with temperatures reaching 14 or 15 in a
:11:12. > :11:19.few spots today as they will again over the next few days. Very
:11:20. > :11:22.pleasant in the sun. The daffodils were loving that in York. More
:11:23. > :11:29.places under blue sky tomorrow and dry. Tonight heavy showers moving
:11:30. > :11:33.across Scotland on strong to gale force winds, some may clip Northern
:11:34. > :11:37.Ireland. It's a mild night in southern England and South Wales but
:11:38. > :11:47.damp and drizzly, misty with coastal and hill fog elsewhere. Temperatures
:11:48. > :11:53.in between and dry: This damp weather hangs on from parts of the
:11:54. > :11:56.Channel Islands, to Cornwall. Elsewhere, it's getting brighter in
:11:57. > :11:59.South Wales and southern England. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland
:12:00. > :12:02.some sunny spells around from the word go. The further north there is
:12:03. > :12:03.a stronger wind