03/04/2017 South Today - Oxford

Chalk walk - women mark the spot where they've

suffered street harassment, in a bid to make it stop.

A Victoria Cross winner from the the First World War gets

And apart from the possibility of rain tonight and tomorrow this week

Women in Oxford have been writing slogans on pavements in the city

centre to raise awareness of what they're calling

Campaigners say catcalling, wolf-whistling and groping prevent

some women from freely using public spaces.

Making their feelings known on the pavements where they have

A timely protest for International Anti Street Harassment Week.

People that have reported harrassment to us have reported

all sorts of different harassment, from groping and leering to

catcalling, wolf whistling, cars beeping, that kind of thing.

That's the kind of thing that can make

people feel uncomfortable, like they can't access space

the same way that you would if you weren't being harassed.

The campaign website has an interactive map showing dozens

of places in the city centre where there have been

I find it happens quite a lot when I'm out running.

So someone might maybe wind their window down

or beep their horn or yell something out of the car as they go past.

And it's just unnecessary and it makes you feel vulnerable almost.

I was just talking to some young teenagers, just over there,

and they were saying, "It's so embarrassing

They say, "Yeah, when I get catcalled, I feel naked."

That's such a good way of putting it.

Those are young women experiencing that and as soon

as I started talking to them, they knew exactly what

And the feeling that they say, "I feel embarrassed,

I feel naked when that happens to me,"

that's not OK, so we should be able to stand up

The group certainly got its message noticed,

Are you yourself, any time, would you say?

And I'm probably not going to stop because of some words on the floor.

But these women hope most people will remember the message long

A three-month-old baby has died after suffering serious injuries

The boy was taken to the town's Great Western Hospital

last month and later transferred to Bristol Royal Infirmary.

A 50-year-old man remains on police bail.

A 44-year-old man's died in police custody in Reading.

He was given a medical check at Loddon Valley

police station after being arrested on Saturday, but was found

Thames Valley Police says it's referred itself to the Independent

Police Complaints Commission because the death happened

Plans to change the way Reading's roads are repaired are due to be

Currently A-roads are inspected every month -

the council wants to change that to every three months.

Those in charge say it's due to government funding cuts,

but road users aren't too happy, as Edward Sault reports.

One minute you're on a good bit of road and you can have your head

up and you can be looking at the traffic around you,

and the next minute, you're really navigating some quite

For Andrew Slater, riding around Reading on his motorbike can

Motorcyclists and cyclists are the most vulnerable road users

The longer we take looking down at the road surface rather than up

and around at all the other hazards, the more likely it is that we are

going to come into conflict with another road user.

Well, roads like this one in Reading are checked regularly

for everyday wear and tear, but under new plans,

A roads will go from being inspected every month to every three months.

And B roads from every three months to every six months.

The council say their hands are tied because of cuts to their funding

The council shares concerns about the very substantial

reductions in highway maintenance that we have suffered at the hands

But the good news is that the council is also spending

the Government's pothole money more effectively than the

The Government allows ?53 per pothole.

We are doing it for ?43, because we are using

And even the mention of the word pothole is enough to get most people

In France, when you drive on the road, you don't feel the road.

When you drive in Great Britain, it's like being on the sea.

Well, at the moment, the potholes are awful.

In fact, only yesterday, I was driving up New Lane Hill

and a new one has arrived and it is huge.

As Andrew gets back on his bike, Reading Borough Council decide

if they are going to drive ahead with their plans at

A Wiltshire soldier who was awarded a Victoria Cross

in the First World War has been honoured in his home town.

William Gosling defused a bomb, saving dozens of lives.

A Wroughton farmer remembered for one act of extraordinary

courage, almost 100 years ago to the day.

On April 5th 1917, 24-year-old William Gosling found himself

A faulty bomb fired from his own side landed in the mud just yards

in front of his line, but didn't explode.

William immediately jumped out of the trench to defuse it.

His act was recorded in the London Gazette that same year.

Sergeant Gosling sprang out, lifted the nose of the bomb,

which had sunk into the ground, unscrewed the fuse and threw it

on the ground, where it immediately exploded.

This very gallant and prompt action undoubtedly saved the lives

This event 100 years on has given an opportunity

for people to remember, you know, that extraordinary

How long did he actually have before it went off?

Well, I understand about ten seconds.

It just feels so nice that the whole village came out.

The service in the church was really lovely and I think

people have thought, "Yeah, this is our boy.

And also the fact that William's daughter Marion

Yes, I think it was very nice and there can't be many people

from the First World War whose children are still alive.

It makes the history of the Great War seem not

Two teenage footballers from Africa have been passing on their knowledge

to children at a village school in Oxfordshire.

They're part of a project which helps African children

into university or to gain a professional football contract.

In Africa, an education is still a privilege,

A recent report shows 30 million primary-age children

But where lessons are lacking, their focus turns to football.

Now one organisation is combining the two.

I'm here to teach the kids about Right to Dream.

King and Clinton, both 17, are graduates of Right to Dream,

an organisation that finds, and nurtures, talented

children in West Africa, helping them to further education,

or a career as a professional footballer.

The pair, who have travelled more than 3,000

miles from their home in Ghana, are teaching the children

the importance of sport and education.

We look at about 30,000 kids a year and we offer about ten

to 13 scholarships, so they have got in.

If I was a kid from Oxfordshire, I would be pretty

I would say, if these guys can do it, why can't I?

Right to Dream also promotes role models,

to give back, and inspire the next generation.

You find the values which are self-discipline,

initiative, passion, giving back, winning.

Whenever somebody else is speaking you are ready to listen.

Right to Dream continues to expand in Europe and the USA.

Its impressive growth now means the dream for many African children

The weather's next, starting with the regional

forecast for the rest of the week with Alexis.

Let's take a look at the weather for the week ahead.

Apart from some rain tonight and tomorrow,

There is the possibility of some patchy rain tonight and tomorrow,

lots of dry weather and some sunny spells with high pressure building

There will be some outbreaks of mainly lighter patchy rain

tonight, though there could be the odd moderate burst.

Temperatures in the countryside will fall away to around six Celsius.

These are the temperatures in urban areas.

It will be quite a grey and murky start, maybe some mist and fog first

The rain will be with us on and off throughout the day but there will be

brighter spells more likely the further north and west you are.

Temperatures won't be as high as today.

Today we saw a high of 16, tomorrow we are looking at a high

of 12 to 13 with some outbreaks of mainly light and patchy rain

Tomorrow night the rain will clear, as will the skies.

The cloud will disappear and under the clear skies

There may even be a touch of frost in the countryside.

These are temperatures in towns and cities, with the fairly

It will be a much fresher start on Wednesday but Wednesday thanks

to high pressure should he mainly dry and settled.

A dry, sunny start but the cloud bubbling up through the afternoon,

turning the sunshine hazy, and temperatures will be up

into double figures, highs of 11 to 12 Celsius,

a fresh-feeling day with that northerly breeze, but the breeze

Through the course of Thursday, high pressure continues to move

in and then starts moving south and eastwards towards France.

Another settled day on Thursday with highs

Temperatures will start to climb slightly above the seasonal

average but high pressure will dominate our whether,

and Friday's going to be settled as well, a sunny start,

the potential for some frost in the morning,

and highs of around ten to 11 Celsius.

So as we look ahead to the weekend, it is a few days away

so things can change, but at the moment high

pressure is in charge, it will be settled and there will be

is remaining settled. It will feel fairly warm and dry as well.

Good evening. Some rain spreading in across the Atlantic overnight. As it

does so we will see some fresh Atlantic air following on from

behind. The pollen levels will drop but the temperatures will also drop.

Some rain to go with the cloud. It is moving its way from west to east.

Drying up in not an island and eventually it will dry up in most of

Scotland. The fresher