10/04/2017 South Today - Oxford

Syria? And we speak to Howard Jakonson on his novel about Donald

Trump. Here on BBC One, it's time Coming up: Losing lifestock

because of dog attacks. The growing number of sheep

being killed or injured by pets that Oxfordshire's new chief fire officer

tells us he wants more women And from 24 Celsius yesterday, to a

cooler day-to-day. What weather shortly.

Farmers in Oxfordshire are reporting a growing number of attacks

In some cases, sheep have been killed

or so badly injured they have to be put down.

The insurer, NFU Mutual, says the amount it's paid out

in claims has quadrupled in the last year.

It's asking dog walkers to keep their pets on leads in fields.

It was so badly chewed and mutilated that he had to shoot it.

Sheep worrying is a growing problem for farmer Edmund Strainge.

His flock's been attacked by dogs six times in the past seven years.

One ewe had to be put down after the latest, last month.

The worst thing about keeping sheep is to see this.

But you should be able to control this.

The insurer NFU Mutual paid out more than ?6,000

That's compared with just over ?1,400 the previous year.

There are a number of factors involved.

One is that people with dogs today often are from urban areas and they

dont have close links to countryside as they would have

They simply don't realise the that there's the risk that a dog,

which obviously goes back through its heritage

It's a criminal offence for dogs to worry sheep on agricultural land.

Owners can be fined up to ?1000, have their dogs confiscated

by the police or council and in the worst cases,

where a farmer may believe that a flock may be at risk,

One magazine said most owners know the risks.

Mr Strainge is now focused on looking after the rest of his flock.

He hopes telling his story might prevent further

A man from High Wycombe will serve at least 24 years in prison

Ahsan Hassan killed 20-year-old Zofia Sadowska

at a disused kebab shop, before taking her body back

Police say he was consumed with jealousy.

Police are investigating a suspected rape in Banbury town centre.

A woman in her 30s says she was attacked and raped

inside a house in Horse Fair, in the early hours

A 35-year-old man from Banbury has been questioned

It's been revealed that the trust that runs Oxfordshire's hospitals

was targeted by cyber criminals in five separate attacks last year.

No patient data was compromised and the attack levels

But figures from NHS Digital show the number of cyber attacks

on hospital trusts in England have more than tripled in

The head of cyber security for the Oxford Trust

says hackers are likely to increase their attacks,

as patient records are moved from paper

Oxfordshire's new Chief Fire Officer is calling for more women

Simon Furlong says he wants his service to better reflect society.

He's already planning recruitment drives to employ more women

Some of the biggest challenges for me are improving

I really want this organisation to reflect the communities

that we serve, both in gender representation and also from BME.

So ethnic minorities and black and Asian communities.

We really want to represent the diverse communities

We have got to step up our game here, carry on more positive action

and I think there is sort of a short, medium term

We need to learn from the military who have done a great job

They have really improved their diversity, especially around

What do you think women might be able to bring

One is it allows us to understand our communities more,

we can design services which meet the needs.

Whether it is gender, ethnic minorities, whatever

So we're really understanding the needs of the community.

As a white male, I can never understand those needs,

so it is about helping us design services.

And being representative of the communities where here to serve.

Possibly recruitment drives in the future?

Yes, we are looking properly next year for the first

time in about five years, we will be recruiting

full-time firefighters, so keep your eyes peeled.

We will be advertising have a go days and positive action events.

The public will always hear cuts to the emergency services,

is that something that people here in Oxfordshire need

There is less money in the public purse.

We understand that, so what we have got to do is do things more

We do that by working together, working in partnership

and collaborating with both the police, Thames Valley Police

and south-central ambulance and looking at opportunities.

We are doing co-responding for the Ambulance Service and we're

We've got sites at Carterton, Farringdon.

So we have got to look at every opportunity to be more reflective,

more efficient and provide value for money for the

Major road works have started on one of the main routes into Swindon,

The work on Akers Way will last 20-weeks

and will see sections of the road closed to traffic.

At the moment there are road works between St Mary's Church roundabout

and Cheney Manor industrial estate, which will continue

Candidates for the upcoming Oxfordshire County Council elections

Residents must register by Thursday to be eligible to vote.

Earlier, I spoke to our political reporter Bethan Phillips

and I asked her if we could expect any surprises in who's standing.

I think what stands out is who's not up for election.

There's a total of 18 councillors who've decided to call it a day,

some who have served as councillors for a very long time indeed.

It's also interesting to look at who is putting up candidates.

There was real local election success across

But they didn't win any seats in Oxfordshire.

Then of course, the county voted overall to remain in the EU.

And I think that might well be part of the reason that Ukip is only

standing this time in 11 of the 63 divisions in Oxfordshire.

What can we expect on election night?

It was very close last time around - so probably a tense night

The Conservatives don't have an overall majority at the moment -

So they'll be hoping to pick up some extra seats.

Whereas the other main parties - Labour, the Lib Dems, the Greens -

will all be looking to try and stop that from happening.

For voters, you've only got until Thursday to register.

As always there's been a push to encourage students to sign up,

a big student population in Oxford, and they're not always known

for being very organised and registering to vote

But Oxford University Students Union says it's important that students -

and other residents - have their say.

I think they are certainly interested in the issues.

Once we make the connection for them between the issues that

they're interested in and these elections, then suddenly you get

people who are interested and passionate about voting.

We also have elections coming up for Wiltshire Council

and Buckinghamshire County Council - each of the council website has

Gold bars thought to worth ?2 million have been found

inside the engine of an old military tank bought on eBay.

Nick Mead, who lives near Brackley, discovered five gold bars

which weigh around five kilograms each hidden inside the tank

The tank is thought to have belonged to Iraqi forces during the Gulf War.

Nick won't benefit from the gold it's been taken away

We're back in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning, but for now goodnight

and with the weather here's Alexis Green.

Today was certainly a lot cooler than yesterday.

It was the warmest day of the week so far.

This week, there will be a good deal of dry weather.

Temperatures will be around average, 13 to 15 Celsius,

and there will be a lot of dry weather over the weekend.

So as we head through tonight, the clear skies

will develop the cloud melting away and temperatures will fall to about

There may be patchy fog, even pockets of frost first thing

These are temperatures in urban areas.

A dry day tomorrow, lots of sunshine on

Maybe a lot of cloud to start the day.

Mist and fog will clear and through the afternoon, any sunny

spells could reach a highs of around 13, maybe up to 14 Celsius.

Very similar to today's temperatures.

There will be a breeze coming in from the west.

Tomorrow evening, we are looking at patchy cloud.

So we will be looking at clear skies, but

through the early hours of the morning temperatures will take a dip

in the countryside at around three or four Celsius.

Through Wednesday, it is going to be breezy, but are quite

Some brighter spells here and there, but also the

Not amounting to too much and many places

Not amounting to too much and many places will stay dry with height

Thursday, the winds will fall lighter, it should be a mainly dry

day and pleasant in any sunny spells.

Temperatures could reach a highs of 12 to 14 Celsius which is

around average for this time of year.

Friday is a similar scenario to Thursday.

The chance of some rain after dark on Friday, but generally

most of the day the majority of the day will stay dry.

It is after dark, patchy rain is expected on Friday

evening and as we look ahead to the Easter weekend, a lot of dry

weather, especially through Good Friday,

Most places will stay dry you will be unlucky if you do catch

Lots of dry weather for the Easter weekend.

Good evening. Let's cut to the chase the first big holiday weekend of the

year is on the horizon and if you consider last weekend as a taster

for the summer, this weekend is not looking too bad. It will be a bit

cooler, temperatures this week and closer to where they should be at

this time of the year thanks to the north-west breed and the reason for

that, if we look at the jet stream, coming across the Atlantic pushing

from north to south -- north-west breeze. It separates the high

pressure and low price and it allows the northerly airflow to develop. It

means there will be some showers going into Easter weekend but they

will only be a small portion of the weekend wherever you are and there

will be some dry weather and when the sun is out, it is getting

stronger so it will negate some of the chill. Without the sunshine it

will be chilly at night and that is the case tonight,