27/03/2017 South Today - Oxford

Six weeks on, six people are still homeless following an explosion

The lorry driver meets the woman who saved his life,

Sunshine and showers for the week ahead, join Vardy filled forecasts

coming up later. A housing company says it's

still working to find permanent places to live for people left

homeless following the Osney Ten one-bedroom flats

in Gibbs Crescent were destroyed The remains of one resident

were found in the rubble. Habiba Gudal washes dishes

in her communal kitchen. She was moved into this flat

after her home was destroyed It was meant to be

a temporary solution. Now she says it's

prolonging her nightmare. Plus, you know, I'm sharing

with people I don't know. I'm really very depressed

and frustrated. Peter Schoen also had to move

out after the blast. Now in a room opposite Habiba,

and sharing the facilities, It takes a good half

hour to get to the city. That's the frustration

that I have difficulties On the weekend, you have to get

the bus right, if you get the bus wrong, you stand

there for hours. Thames Valley Police have

finished their inquiries into the It's passed its findings

onto the Coroner. Habiba says the uncertainty

of her future is agonising. We've been kept in the dark,

when, how and if I get The flat operators A 2

dominion said they had done everything possible

to help affected residents. For Habiba, it doesn't look

like a solution will be found soon. Women travelling from Banbury

to Oxford to give birth are facing journeys of more than 90 minutes,

according to one of our MPs. Victoria Prentis is campaigning

against a plan to permanently downgrade the maternity unit

at the Horton Hospital, so that women with more complicated

pregnancies have to go to the She tried out the journey with our

political reporter, Bethan Phillips. We are just leaving the Horton

maternity ward, where I was born. And we are driving to

the John Radcliffe maternity wing. This is a journey that hundreds

of mums to be are now facing, after the downgrade

of the Horton hospital. And Banbury MP Victoria Prentis says

a survey of nearly 400 patients has found that people are finding

the drive takes 80 minutes - I've had lots and lots of responses

to my travel survey and what the consensus that has shown me

is that most people live about two hours to make the

journey and to park. It's a journey currently

being contemplated by Heidi Yates, who's 35 weeks pregnant

with her second child. Theo arrived just an hour

after her waters broke. So, she's nervous about

having to get to the JR. It's something that I'm

trying not to think about. Whilst a lot of people think,

"You're very fortunate to be able to have a quick

labour, in most cases." I've been very lucky,

but the prospect of that then becoming, you know, a major concern

about me not even making it to hospital, it's not

something that I'm feeling Meanwhile, on the road

from Banbury to Oxford, So, we are one hour and five

minutes into this journey. We are stuck in almost

stationary traffic And just feel completely powerless

to do anything to help. This journey took us one

hour and nine minutes. The clinical commissioning group,

which is behind the plans to change health services in Oxfordshire,

says it will consider the survey of journey times carried out

by Victoria Prentis. A lorry driver has been

reunited with with the woman who saved his life, after he had

a cardiac arrest while Stuart James returned

to the spot where he collapsed, stopped breathing and had no pulse,

to thank the woman responsible. A year ago, I wouldn't be here

today. Holding hands with the woman

who saved his life, lorry driver and father of two young children

Stuart James is back Stuart was delivering a sofa

with his colleague Craig when he collapsed on the pavement

and had a cardiac arrest Protected from this excellent. Then

I started doing emergency breaths. Stuart was airlifted to the

emergency Hospital in Swindon. When he woke up the few hours later, he

had no idea what had happened. I just thought I might have passed

out and banged my head, then to be told I'd died and been

brought back, it's quite I can't thank her enough

for giving me a second chance. We're going to be

best friends forever, Dawn is now raising money

for a defribrillator to be placed outside her dog grooming shop,

so that others can be saved A boy from Aylesbury has been

told his life threatening Ollie Gardiner was given just months

to live after being diagnosed with cancer of the brain

and spine in 2015. After a number of failed

sessions of chemotherapy, his community raised

more than ?400,000 In this house, even the most mundane

of moments are cherished. Even the most mundane of moments

are cherished in this house. 10-year-old Theo and

11-year-old brother Ollie. Sorry, 12-year-old brother Ollie,

have an extra special bond. Ollie is currently battling cancer,

but with the love of his ...and cat Lucy, Ollie

is winning his fight. One year ago, this normal life

seemed gone forever, but now, thanks to a huge fundraising drive

to pay for private treatment, She resign at labels make school.

This is where he goes to school as a your name. You will be doing his

GCSEs here. But Iraq actually, I'm in year eight. This is a hard job,

do you think you could do better? I know I can do better. I'm Ollie and

in 2015, I was told that I had cancer in my brain and my spine. I

had ten sessions of chemotherapy and 34 recessions of radiotherapy, but

this didn't work. My treatment now isn't available on the NHS, so

lovely people have raised ?400,000 for me. We have been stopped in the

street and everybody gets a hug. People just love him. We have taken

him to heart. The fundraisers and the two nations, without that we

wouldn't be here today. Last week I was told by tumours are shrinking.

After my treatment, I hope my trimmers will be gone forever. He is

such a positive young man. He comes into school and the whole committee

love to see him. He just approaches everything with such fortitude, we

are really proud of him. That's how you do it. Can I have a job that

now, please? No. Ollie Gardiner, BBC South Today.

Well, a glorious day across the region today.

We saw 16 Celsius in the sunshine widely.

What is the we cared have in store for us?

Well, we will keep some sunny spells and warm

air, but we will throw to see some showers from the midweek period.

So, for tonight, clear skies, temperatures dropping away to

The terms of a little mist and fog in

places, but that should clear quickly

tomorrow morning, once the

We do have some good sunny spells to look forward to.

A little bit more in the way of cloud

through the afternoon and the chance of the odd shower.

But it will still feel pleasant enough in any bright

Through tomorrow evening, well, again, more cloud.

And each has once again of a feed scattered showers,

but it won't be by any means a chilly night.

Temperatures under those cloudy skies up at around 10 Celsius for

For Wednesday itself, well, it's a cloudy day, but again

So, is not feeling too bad out of any showers.

We're looking at temperatures in the mid teens once again.

As we look ahead to Thursday, we will start to

see that high-pressure moving off to the near content.

We will see that cold front making its way in from

That's going to have an impact for Friday.

For Thursday in itself, though, largely dry and

We will have some cooler, fresher air coming in.

A fairly stiff breeze and some persistent rain at times.

So, an altogether different feel for the

Looking ahead, then, for Tuesday, it's a mixture of

A cloudier picture as we go through Wednesday,

We will keep that warm air for a while.

For Friday, it's a fresher feeling day.

brighter on Sunday and if we go back to the temperatures in the next

couple days, you see those highs on Thursday. He is John Hammond with

the national this cyclone Debbie crashes onto the

Queensland coast with violent winds and flooding rains, that will