:00:00. > :00:00.Coming up: The mystery of the body in the woods.
:00:00. > :00:00.Why a coroner can't conclude how a woman found on fire
:00:07. > :00:11.Also: an Oxford firm takes its driverless car
:00:12. > :00:13.technology to the Capital, for the public to test
:00:14. > :00:18.And fresh from winning a national prize -
:00:19. > :00:21.how children's author Kiran Millwood Hargrave
:00:22. > :00:36.The family of a woman whose badly burnt body was found in woodland may
:00:37. > :00:40.Gillian Knock died from smoke inhalation near the Stately Home
:00:41. > :00:43.of Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire last November.
:00:44. > :00:45.But the case is far from straightforward.
:00:46. > :00:48.At the inquest, a coroner said he was unable to
:00:49. > :00:50.establish if she planned to set herself alight.
:00:51. > :00:56.This photo was taken last November, a few days
:00:57. > :01:01.While she appears to be happy, today's inquest
:01:02. > :01:03.in Beaconsfield heard she was going through
:01:04. > :01:08.A statement from her partner Andy Martin revealed she'd left
:01:09. > :01:12.a note at home saying she couldn't cope and needed some space.
:01:13. > :01:16.Later on that day, a dog-walker spotted a fire in land
:01:17. > :01:24.Fire crews were called, they discovered the 64-year-old's body.
:01:25. > :01:27.A postmortem showed there was soot in Gillian Knock's airways,
:01:28. > :01:32.which means she was breathing when the fire started.
:01:33. > :01:36.They also found white spirit on her clothing,
:01:37. > :01:42.Ms Knock's family and friends said the hearing gave some answers
:01:43. > :01:49.The inquest couldn't explain how one of her legs
:01:50. > :01:54.Also potential witnesses who were seen in the woods that
:01:55. > :01:57.evening have yet to come forward to police.
:01:58. > :02:01.Police said there were no broken branches or signs of a person
:02:02. > :02:04.being dragged to suggest Ms Knock had been taken
:02:05. > :02:10.In his narrative conclusion, the coroner said the evidence didn't
:02:11. > :02:16.suggest a third party was involved in Gillian Knock's death.
:02:17. > :02:20.But Crispin Butler said he couldn't be sure if
:02:21. > :02:28.it was the result of an intentional act or an accidental one.
:02:29. > :02:31.Five days of strike action have been announced at the BMW plants
:02:32. > :02:35.It's over plans to close the final salary pension scheme.
:02:36. > :02:39.The union UNITE says manufacturing of the Mini will be
:02:40. > :02:42."significantly disrupted" during April and May.
:02:43. > :02:45.BMW says it has a number of options on the table to help
:02:46. > :02:50.employees with any changes, and is open to further talks.
:02:51. > :02:53.A group of squatters in Oxford are facing eviction from a third
:02:54. > :02:56.location in the city in three months.
:02:57. > :02:59.The Open House movement has set up home in a vacant
:03:00. > :03:04.Today thet were served with a court order, forcing them to leave.
:03:05. > :03:06.They've previously occupied a former car show room
:03:07. > :03:09.in Iffley and a disused power station in Osney.
:03:10. > :03:13.They say empty properties should be put to use.
:03:14. > :03:17.It seems a shame to leave the building empty when there is an
:03:18. > :03:24.Until we can build on the green belt, we can extend, until we
:03:25. > :03:28.wait for some of the laws to be changed or get everybody together to
:03:29. > :03:31.realise that more houses need to be built, then this is going
:03:32. > :03:37.The technolgy is being developed in Oxford
:03:38. > :03:41.Now, members of the public are being given the opportunity
:03:42. > :03:43.to test a driverless vehicle in London.
:03:44. > :03:45.Around 100 people will travel in a 'prototype' along
:03:46. > :04:00.Meet Harry, an automated driverless pod out and about in north
:04:01. > :04:01.Greenwich. Although there are two cyclists in front to warn
:04:02. > :04:02.passers-by. If someone came out and jumped
:04:03. > :04:06.in front of it, it would stop We don't encourage that
:04:07. > :04:09.kind of behaviour, because you obviously cannot beat
:04:10. > :04:13.the laws of physics, art at the same time, we have been testing this
:04:14. > :04:15.vehicle in Greenwich since November last year, and we haven't
:04:16. > :04:27.had any incidents. Moments later, surprise surprise,
:04:28. > :04:33.someone did step in front of it. Yes, the pod stopped. Researchers
:04:34. > :04:36.here are now trying to gauge the public's reaction to driverless
:04:37. > :04:43.vehicles. I use get up and then? Melo yes. The mechanic around here
:04:44. > :04:50.so dense that I think technology is has public got as much chance of
:04:51. > :04:53.avoiding a knock as anything else. But this is only a prototype and new
:04:54. > :05:02.technology can be a bit temperamental. Died. It's died,
:05:03. > :05:03.which is strange.? At one point there was a brief fault with the
:05:04. > :05:05.There are some teething problems then?
:05:06. > :05:08.But we learn from this so that the production
:05:09. > :05:11.vehicles will then be of a much higher standard.
:05:12. > :05:21.There are grand plans for driverless pods. Melo we could see this
:05:22. > :05:23.technology opening up areas of Greenwich and other environments
:05:24. > :05:27.like this weapon a future we don't want petrol or diesel vehicles
:05:28. > :05:30.running. This trial runs the weeks and passengers could be charged to
:05:31. > :05:31.use the pods, A woman from Reading wants
:05:32. > :05:35.cinema chains to do more Linda Dean says that many cinemas
:05:36. > :05:39.only show a few subtitled She also says has to wait weeks
:05:40. > :05:43.for new releases to be screened, and sometimes finds that films that
:05:44. > :05:45.were advertised as having One in six people have some
:05:46. > :05:49.form of hearing loss. Linda Dean is a film buff,
:05:50. > :05:52.but because she is deaf, sometimes the first time she can see
:05:53. > :05:55.a new release is when it Not every film is shown
:05:56. > :06:01.with subtitles at the cinema, and you can wait for
:06:02. > :06:04.weeks if they are. I would like to be relaxed
:06:05. > :06:07.about my social life and go spontaneously when I want to go,
:06:08. > :06:10.when I feel comfortable, without having to think, I have to go and
:06:11. > :06:14.watch it on that day at that time, and if I don't go, I'm going to miss
:06:15. > :06:16.it. And I must say, some of that time
:06:17. > :06:19.I've actually been to the cinema at Basingstoke or other
:06:20. > :06:22.locations and I've been told there is a subtitled showing
:06:23. > :06:23.and actually So I've travelled all that way
:06:24. > :06:27.for nothing and that is There's no point in me having
:06:28. > :06:33.a choice, there is no equality, so I do feel like I am
:06:34. > :06:36.discriminated against. Linda is in Newbury
:06:37. > :06:40.with her friend Victoria to see what films they
:06:41. > :06:42.can watch together. There are just a handful with
:06:43. > :06:45.subtitles on this week, out of a No one from this cinema
:06:46. > :06:51.company was available for an interview, but a spokeswoman
:06:52. > :06:54.did tell us that they follow the industry best practice approach
:06:55. > :06:58.to subtitled screening with two performances every week, alongside
:06:59. > :07:03.mornings which are subtitled Could these glasses,
:07:04. > :07:09.shown here at Sony's headquarters in Basingstoke,
:07:10. > :07:13.be the answer? They project subtitles
:07:14. > :07:15.onto the lenses, meaning deaf people can watch any film without having
:07:16. > :07:20.subtitles appear on the screen. Similar technology is already in use
:07:21. > :07:24.in the US and Australia. The UK cinema Association
:07:25. > :07:26.is working hard to find different technical
:07:27. > :07:31.solutions, and glasses, so-called invisible technology,
:07:32. > :07:34.where he subtitles are only visible to the person wearing glasses,
:07:35. > :07:38.is an exciting innovation. Until things change, Linda and some
:07:39. > :07:43.of the 11 million other people with some form of hearing loss have
:07:44. > :07:50.to recreate the experience at home. An awarding-winning Oxford author
:07:51. > :07:53.has been inspiring students Kiran Millwood Hargrave won
:07:54. > :07:57.the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize last month for her debut
:07:58. > :08:01.novel, The Girl of Ink and Stars. The governor kicked his spurs
:08:02. > :08:10.into his horse's side and I heard the unmistakable crack of his whip
:08:11. > :08:14.on the flank of his stallion. Those pale objects
:08:15. > :08:18.were not seeds at all. Extracts from The Girl
:08:19. > :08:22.of Ink and Stars. But award-winning novelist
:08:23. > :08:26.Kiran Millwood Hargrave's didn't Living in Oxford has just made me
:08:27. > :08:33.so much more ambitious. You walk around
:08:34. > :08:35.and you see all these places that are so important
:08:36. > :08:39.to culture and literature, and it is really the perfect place to have
:08:40. > :08:42.ended up, because we did end up It's just a beautiful place to walk
:08:43. > :08:47.around and get inspiration from. 11 and 12-year-olds
:08:48. > :08:51.at Wheatly Park School took part Studies even showed
:08:52. > :08:57.that people who read regularly just do better
:08:58. > :08:59.in life across the board. Not only are they more
:09:00. > :09:02.emotionally healthy, they also tend to have higher paying jobs,
:09:03. > :09:05.have better outcomes across life. If reading really is
:09:06. > :09:07.the magic bullet it seems to be, then of course
:09:08. > :09:10.we are going to do everything we can, and school is I think
:09:11. > :09:13.a really important part of that. A good story is like
:09:14. > :09:23.an adventure where they have Kiran's got a busier year planned,
:09:24. > :09:32.her second novel is out now, And she's getting married
:09:33. > :09:41.in Oxford later this month. Sarah Farmer is next
:09:42. > :09:44.with the weather forecast. We've had a glorious day
:09:45. > :10:03.with some fine sunny breaks, ? Tonight will be a dry affair with
:10:04. > :10:10.quite a bit of cloud overhead, but one to breaks major see this text is
:10:11. > :10:13.a little below. Most of them though at seven Celsius. Quite a faced up
:10:14. > :10:17.to the day, Edward will have a little more cloud around and we saw
:10:18. > :10:20.today. There will be holes in that cloud and some bright and sunny
:10:21. > :10:25.intervals, and if you do see that sunshine as debited could nudge up a
:10:26. > :10:29.tab above 12 Celsius. Into tomorrow evening, we'll see quite a bit of
:10:30. > :10:35.cloud but generally Thursday night into Friday morning is looking to be
:10:36. > :10:38.a dry affair, with the odd break and again is respond when we do see is
:10:39. > :10:44.clear spells. Was the end of the week, another dry and fine day,
:10:45. > :10:48.you'll be an lucky if you catch a shower, but in the most part some
:10:49. > :10:55.good sunny spells. Temperatures at 1112 Celsius. Through to the end of
:10:56. > :10:59.this week, some fine sunny spells through the day on Saturday, indeed
:11:00. > :10:59.on Sunday to, and temperatures are warming up by
:11:00. > :11:03.or 15. It is sunny towards the weekend and we could see the low 20s
:11:04. > :11:07.by Sunday. Here is Darren with the national weather.
:11:08. > :11:08.Hello. The