chipping norton, on the edge of the cotswolds. sunday afternoon, and there is a game of cricket going on. the spectators here all have something in common. they are members of the many sports and social clubs run by locals, for locals, who say they have been ripped off and caught out by one man. we were signing papers, and they said they would photocopy them and send them back to the club — if we were unhappy with what had been signed, we could scrap it and everything would be fine, but we never got them back. we were told to be out sunday night, 12 o'clock. they cut off the electricity, the gas, the water. it was a pack of lies. we were misinformed, whichever way you look at it. absolutely disgusting. you put your life on hold, you don't know where you are going, and it just completely ruined us, everything. not all clubs can be so forthcoming. some have been barred from speaking. they have signed gagging orders, nondisclosure agreements. even so, we have unearthed stacks of evidence of clubs being ripped off, and one name links

made more complicated bya the cotswolds.icated by a strike by south—western railways guards on thursday. second place, this is victoria to clapham junction. the second busiest station in britain. busiest interchanges and on the main london, gatwick, brighton line. that is closing into the new year. but you can travel by bus. but a top place, they used to be an old saying that east anglia was cut off on three sides by the sea, and by the fourth by british rail. that has come back. you've got the main line, you've got a cat trained ingatestone, get on a bus, go to newbury park which is on one of the outer reaches of the central line of the london underground and try your luck. that is going to continue right through to the new year as well. i shouldn't laugh because anybody cut off like that, it isn't any laughing matter for them. that's the situation on the railways. what about on the roads? it is pea ky railways. what about on the roads? it is peaky christmas eve busy right now. as you say, half the motorists are going to be

. by people in the cotswolds. their representative, not a delegate.ke what i‘ve done or not. they like what i‘ve done or not. if not, they will vote against me. not, they will vote against me. is how democracy works in this country. country. it could be an election reasonably soon, is that possible? reasonably soon, is that possible? anything is possible, i sincerely hope not. hope not. it would create even more uncertainty than anything else. uncertainty than anything else. i say on the issue it is a matter of conscience. conscience. constituents and the people who voted you in? voted you in? how i do about this is because i grew up in that area. grew up in that area. going on and i don't want to see the jobs going. jobs going. because they won't have the money to do it. i think about this all the time. time. conscience, it will make people worse off. worse off. referendum in 2016, if this goes ahead, they will be there again. ahead, they will be there again. how many hours are you awake at night? many hours are you awake at night? quite often and i

in this raid, in a cotswold village, a stolen digger was used to smash the local banks machine.st month, another machine ripped out in south lanarkshire, the smaller the neighbourhood, the more serious the impact. atm crime is not a victimless crime. it is an attack on a local community, it means that people can't get money out of the cash machine. often you will find the shop is damaged, which damages that business as well. there has been a spate of cash machines being blown up using gas and more ramraids. cardtronics says the uk has more attacks than anywhere else in europe. it wants harsher sentences and better surveillance. the mobile network ‘02‘ says all of its data services have been restored. the company said a review will be carried out to discover why 32 million uk customers were unable to get online yesterday. our correspondent, jon donnison, has more. for many these days, life without a fully—functioning smart phone is almost unimaginable. the cameras might have been working at this christmas market in manchester, but for 32 million 02 customers, not much else was. w

in this raid, in a cotswolds village, a stolen digger was used to smash the local bank's machine.country. for the mational police chiefs' council, deputy stephenjupp said, yet, last month, another machine ripped out in a south lanarkshire village, and this at a time when plenty of machines are being taken out of service anyway. there has been a spate of cash machines being blown up using gas and more ramraids. we used to have over 70,000 in the uk. the latest figures i saw say that we have now got 65,000. part of that is atms being attacked, but part of that of course is bank branches closing and the atms that are in those branches being taken away, so this is a very serious issue. we can't afford to lose any atms through crime because we're losing enough through bank closures and atms being removed from those branches. the machines can contain tens of thousands of pounds. that's the attraction. defences have been built up, they can spray smart water on the thieves which can be detected later, and squirt ink on the banknotes. there is still an expectation, though, that the number

in this raid, in a cotswold village, a stolen digger was used to smash the local banks machine.in cities has pushed the ram raiding gangs into the country. last month, another machine ripped out in south lanarkshire, the smaller the neighbourhood, the more serious the impact. atm crime is not a victimless crime. it is an attack ona a victimless crime. it is an attack on a local community, it means people cannot get money out of the cash machine. 0ften people cannot get money out of the cash machine. often you will find the shop is damaged, which damages thatis the shop is damaged, which damages that is this as well. there has been a spate of cash machines being blown up a spate of cash machines being blown up using gas and more ram raids. cardtronics says the uk has more attacks than anywhere else in europe. it wants harsher sentences and the surveillance. —— and that is surveillance. simon gompertz, bbc news. the father of a british tourist who's gone missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help in finding his "outgoing, fun—loving" daughter. grace millane, who

in this raid, in a cotswolds village, a stolen digger was used to smash the local bank's machine.y. for the mational police chiefs' council, deputy stephenjupp said... yet, last month, another machine ripped out in a south lanarkshire village, and this at a time when plenty of machines are being taken out of service anyway. we used to have over 70,000 in the uk. the latest figures i saw say that we have now got 65,000. part of that is atms being attacked, but part of that of course is bank branches closing and the atms that are in those branches being taken away, so this is a very serious issue. we can't afford to lose any atms through crime because we're losing enough through bank closures and atms being removed from those branches. the machines can contain tens of thousands of pounds. that's the attraction. defences have been built up, they can spray smart water on the thieves which can be detected later, and squirt ink on the banknotes. there is still an expectation, though, that the number of these attacks will carry on going up. it's from the spate of cash machines being blow

next is london paddington, serving the west of england, the cotswolds, south wales.tion, that is between the second busiest station in britain, london victoria, and the busiest interchange, clapham junction. that will be closing very much until two january. that would be the worst except there is a diversion route via london bridge. top place for diversions this year is london liverpool street, the main great anglia line from norwich, ipswich and colchester is going to be closed all the way until the new year. so if you are travelling from norwich, ipswich or colchester, it will take you about an extra hour. you generally have to get a bus to essex and then hop on a bust, and then you have to take your chances on the central line of the tube from newbury park. so it is getting to be difficult and challenging, and we have strikes, as you mentioned. that will affect south—west and railways in and out of britain's busiest station, london waterloo, taking placed on 27 and 31 december —— taking place. and then, of course, northern rail is having its 21st strike of a satur