:00:00. > :00:08.start pursuing a common defence policy? Join me
:00:09. > :00:13.A couple from Buckinghamshire are among five members of the same
:00:14. > :00:17.Told he's dying from motor neurone disease, but Allan's family believe
:00:18. > :00:19.it's another illness - Lyme disease - and are
:00:20. > :00:23.And major work and major disruption as part of the M4 is closed in both
:00:24. > :00:42.A couple from Buckinghamshire are believed to be among five
:00:43. > :00:45.members of the same family to have died in a helicopter
:00:46. > :00:48.It's thought the aircraft had taken off from the home of Kevin
:00:49. > :00:50.and Ruth Burke in Hulcote near Milton Keynes.
:00:51. > :00:52.The wreckage was discovered in Snowdonia.
:00:53. > :00:58.Narrowing the search to south Snowdonia allowed
:00:59. > :01:00.a concentration of effort, the military joining
:01:01. > :01:02.civilian volunteer teams from Aberglaslyn and Ogwen Valley.
:01:03. > :01:06.It must have felt like looking for a needle in a haystack.
:01:07. > :01:08.Mid-morning they found the crash site and the five bodies.
:01:09. > :01:20.The news was given at a police press conference.
:01:21. > :01:22.Poor weather has been hampering the search,
:01:23. > :01:24.with some horrendous conditions reducing visibility to less
:01:25. > :01:28.I can sadly now confirm that a crash site has been located and five
:01:29. > :01:30.people have lost their lives during this incident.
:01:31. > :01:32.I'm sure you'll appreciate this is an agonising time
:01:33. > :01:35.for the families and friends of all involved and our thoughts
:01:36. > :01:43.The helicopter is a Twin Squirrel, manufactured by Airbus.
:01:44. > :01:47.It took off from the Luton area yesterday afternoon to make
:01:48. > :01:51.At some stage, it disappeared from the radar.
:01:52. > :01:53.The helicopter was owned by Kevin and Ruth Burke,
:01:54. > :01:58.Mrs Burke is originally thought to come from Dublin,
:01:59. > :02:04.Conditions on the ground improved marginally through the day.
:02:05. > :02:07.The investigation into what happened will have already begun.
:02:08. > :02:09.The wreckage and bodies yet need to be recovered.
:02:10. > :02:22.Roger Pinney, BBC South Today, Trawsfynydd.
:02:23. > :02:24.Ten men have been charged with nearly 60 offences linked
:02:25. > :02:26.to child sexual exploitation between 2008 and 2015.
:02:27. > :02:29.Police carried out a series of raids in Banbury earlier this week.
:02:30. > :02:44.Six more suspects were arrested in Oxford today.
:02:45. > :02:47.The family of a paralysed man from Aylesbury say that,
:02:48. > :02:49."he's been sent home to die" without proper treatment.
:02:50. > :02:51.Allan Sheppard was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
:02:52. > :02:53.But his family believe it's Lyme disease, caused by ticks.
:02:54. > :02:55.They've paid for blood tests to prove it's Lyme
:02:56. > :02:58.and are battling for him to be treated with antibiotics.
:02:59. > :03:01.A month after falling into a coma in 2014,
:03:02. > :03:03.Allan Sheppard from Aylesbury was diagnosed with motor neurone
:03:04. > :03:05.disease, a debilitating neurological condition.
:03:06. > :03:10.I couldn't talk and I couldn't move...
:03:11. > :03:13.It was devastating and we didn't know what to think.
:03:14. > :03:16.It didn't add up, none of it, that someone could walk
:03:17. > :03:21.into hospital and then be paralysed and then on a ventilator.
:03:22. > :03:24.Then Allan developed a bull's-eye-shaped rash on his leg,
:03:25. > :03:28.and a few months later their pet dog died from Lyme disease.
:03:29. > :03:31.She picked it up from our garden because she had ticks on her.
:03:32. > :03:33.All these pieces came together that it was Lyme disease.
:03:34. > :03:36.The doctors didn't really know about Lyme disease in the ICU.
:03:37. > :03:45.Lyme disease is a bacterial infection passed on from ticks.
:03:46. > :03:50.It can be treated with antibiotics if caught early, but if treatment
:03:51. > :03:53.is delayed or the disease is misdiagnosed, it can lead
:03:54. > :04:00.Simone and her mum spent ?2,000 on private blood tests in Germany.
:04:01. > :04:04.The results came back positive for Lyme disease.
:04:05. > :04:06.Allan's doctors agreed to put him on antibiotic
:04:07. > :04:08.treatment for a fortnight, his family says that's
:04:09. > :04:14.After they saw he'd regained movements, they said,
:04:15. > :04:17."It is all in your head, we won't give you any
:04:18. > :04:24.They said, "You've got MND and that is the end of it."
:04:25. > :04:27.Those in charge of Allan's care said they were unable to comment
:04:28. > :04:30.The Department of Health says new guidelines for diagnosing
:04:31. > :04:32.and treating Lyme disease are expected to be
:04:33. > :04:38.Simone's still fighting to get her dad's case re-examined
:04:39. > :04:42.and says she's prepared to raise thousands of pounds for private
:04:43. > :04:53.Drivers planning to use the M4 through Berkshire are being warned
:04:54. > :04:57.The motorway will be closed in both directions between Junction 12
:04:58. > :05:02.There'll be a series of weekend closures during April and May.
:05:03. > :05:04.Some people living along the route say they've only just
:05:05. > :05:07.found out about the work, but the Highways Agency says it has
:05:08. > :05:09.been writing to affected residents and businesses.
:05:10. > :05:19.The traffic's been busy here all afternoon between junctions
:05:20. > :05:21.12 and 13 but tomorrow night, at 9pm, it'll fall silent,
:05:22. > :05:24.there will be no traffic on there when the work
:05:25. > :05:27.Rosemary Boorstin is a local farmer and runs a local fishery.
:05:28. > :05:30.What do you think of the way this has been managed?
:05:31. > :05:33.What I was slightly upset about, I've been going around the farmyard,
:05:34. > :05:35.and various different people I've been speaking to say,
:05:36. > :05:38."Do you realise the M4 is actually going to be closed completely
:05:39. > :05:41.They're saying, "Rosemary, you're talking rubbish, as normal.
:05:42. > :05:45.But, actually, it is going to be shut for two or three days
:05:46. > :05:47.which is going to have a huge impact on everybody.
:05:48. > :05:49.There is a major football match as well.
:05:50. > :05:52.I'm especially worried about the Leeds-Reading game,
:05:53. > :05:54.which is obviously exit 11, which is not relevant
:05:55. > :05:57.to exit 12 but, of course, it's going to back up.
:05:58. > :06:00.But I think it's just sad that too many people don't know about it.
:06:01. > :06:03.Well, the work will continue on the road.
:06:04. > :06:09.It'll stay closed day and night and reopen on Monday morning by 6am.
:06:10. > :06:12.A week after Thames Water was given a record fine for pumping billions
:06:13. > :06:14.of litres of untreated sewage into the River Thames,
:06:15. > :06:18.households are being warned they may also be polluting waterways -
:06:19. > :06:21.Liquids poured down storm drains often flow directly
:06:22. > :06:24.into local rivers and streams, without being filtered or treated.
:06:25. > :06:34.Armed with boxes of warning notices, tubes of heavy glue and leaflets
:06:35. > :06:36.to put through letterboxes, these volunteers are on a mission.
:06:37. > :06:43.Rainwater-only warning stickers are being put on each and every
:06:44. > :06:45.drain on this Newbury estate because everything that goes
:06:46. > :06:47.down them flows directly into the River Lambourn -
:06:48. > :06:50.a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
:06:51. > :06:55.Some people have something to get rid of, they will think,
:06:56. > :06:58."Shall I put it down the drain, in the house...?
:06:59. > :07:01.No, don't do that, let's pour it down the drain out in the street,"
:07:02. > :07:06.Earlier this month, dozens of swans had to be rescued when diesel oil
:07:07. > :07:10.Absorbent booms had to be deployed as part of a huge
:07:11. > :07:14.And when it comes to pesticides, even the smallest amount
:07:15. > :07:20.Visually, people cannot see there is pollution until people get
:07:21. > :07:22.in and do a thing called kick sampling and you find
:07:23. > :07:25.that the inveterate population has crashed, which is what happened
:07:26. > :07:29.in 2013 on the River Kennet, where literally two teaspoons full
:07:30. > :07:32.of a chemical was put down a storm drain and it caused devastation
:07:33. > :07:38.for the wildlife from Aldborough all the way down the Hungerford.
:07:39. > :07:41.So it is just so important that, particularly with storm drains,
:07:42. > :07:44.that people do realise that whatever goes down a storm drain goes
:07:45. > :07:45.completely untreated straight into that river.
:07:46. > :07:48.And now, thanks to these volunteers, there're little reminders everywhere
:07:49. > :07:54.A tortoise from Aylesbury has become an internet sensation.
:07:55. > :07:56.Called Bubba, he loves to chase a ball around his home.
:07:57. > :07:59.A video of him in action has had around 60 million views.
:08:00. > :08:10.There's nothing he likes best than a good runaround.
:08:11. > :08:12.Ever since he joined this family in Aylesbury,
:08:13. > :08:23.Since he targeted the cat's treat ball, though, things
:08:24. > :08:28.From Twitter, to Facebook, to YouTube, Bubba is now a major
:08:29. > :08:33.internet star with this video racking up around 60 million views.
:08:34. > :08:36.Making him one of the most famous tortoises on the planet.
:08:37. > :08:38.The ball happened to be on the floor.
:08:39. > :08:41.We got him out, as we usually do, just to have a runaround
:08:42. > :08:44.and exercise, and he saw this ball and went for it, which
:08:45. > :08:49.So I thought I'd record it and stick it up for a bit of fun on Twitter.
:08:50. > :08:52.It's kind of just the fact that it's a tortoise going so quickly.
:08:53. > :08:54.That's not what people think tortoises are like.
:08:55. > :08:59.There's so many videos posted on your Twitter and Facebook,
:09:00. > :09:05.and this has happened to be this one that's famous.
:09:06. > :09:07.Bubba's video continues to draw an audience.
:09:08. > :09:11.The hope is he may even start earning online royalties.
:09:12. > :09:14.The star, oblivious of his fame, continues to enjoy time in his
:09:15. > :09:20.His family say what he enjoys most of all is being out
:09:21. > :09:31.Now he is known by more people than anyone could have imagined.
:09:32. > :09:33.Happiness for Bubba is chasing a plastic purple ball.
:09:34. > :09:36.There's probably a life lesson there in that for all of us.
:09:37. > :09:53.Good evening. Overnight tonight we are looking at increasing cloud and
:09:54. > :09:58.outbreaks of rain but it will be mad. Temperatures remaining in
:09:59. > :10:00.double figures in most places with those of ten, 11 Celsius. The rain
:10:01. > :10:04.will be light and patchy but we could have the odd heavy burst for
:10:05. > :10:07.Western parts can the early hours of the morning and dry weather to,
:10:08. > :10:11.particularly for the East where we particularly for the East where we
:10:12. > :10:14.will see clearer skies. A mild and cloudy start tomorrow, are bits of
:10:15. > :10:18.rain during the morning, which will clear. With the breeze coming from
:10:19. > :10:21.the South, F. Two draw in some slightly drier conditions through
:10:22. > :10:25.tomorrow afternoon. Still the rest of the odd isolated shower,
:10:26. > :10:29.temperatures reaching a high of 15, maybe up to 16 Celsius in any
:10:30. > :10:35.prolonged periods of sunshine and the winds will be light during the
:10:36. > :10:38.afternoon, so it will feel pleasant in any sunny spells. Through the
:10:39. > :10:40.course of tomorrow night, there is the chance of patchy rain and
:10:41. > :10:45.increasing cloud. Saturday is a sunny spells and scattered showers.
:10:46. > :10:48.Even the risk of the odd thunderstorm with hail. The winds
:10:49. > :10:51.will be light, as you can see a widening of the mist Abbas, so if
:10:52. > :10:56.you catch the showers on Saturday, they may be slow-moving with hail
:10:57. > :10:59.and thunder. Over the next few days, a lot of cloud around each morning
:11:00. > :11:01.but brightening up each day and a lovely, sunny day on Sunday.
:11:02. > :11:09.time of year. The chance of a shower on Saturday. Sunday will be dry.
:11:10. > :11:17.Hello, it will cool off over the next few days but that's not
:11:18. > :11:22.unusual, given how warm it was today. This was London. We just had
:11:23. > :11:26.the warmest March day since 2012, 20 two Celsius in the Sunnis skies in
:11:27. > :11:30.the south-east. It was much warmer than recently in north-eastern
:11:31. > :11:34.Scotland, but in between we had a zone of outbreaks of rain. It's
:11:35. > :11:38.pretty wet in south-west Scotland and North West England at the
:11:39. > :11:43.moment. This was the scene earlier, with rainy skies. There's more rain
:11:44. > :11:47.to come overnight. We could see a few splashes running eastwards into
:11:48. > :11:50.England, but most of the wet weather is further west. We will see heavy
:11:51. > :11:54.rain arriving in Northern Ireland. Further training north-west England
:11:55. > :12:00.and also for Scotland. -- further rain. It will stay very mild for the
:12:01. > :12:02.time of year. Tomorrow, there may be a little early sunshine for East
:12:03. > :12:04.Anglia and