similar in wax on fruit —— west oxfordshire, a third _ wax on fruit —— west oxfordshire, a third of— for grabs — and again, like true well district council. — and again, like true well district council, the conservatives had controt— council, the conservatives had control but that ended in 2022. a alliance _ control but that ended in 2022. a alliance was formed with the liberal democrats, greens and labour, and they've _ democrats, greens and labour, and they've been working together for they've been working together for the last _ they've been working together for the last couple years, so it's interesting that they are now having to fight _ interesting that they are now having to fight it _ interesting that they are now having to fight it out in the election. but the lib_ to fight it out in the election. but the lib dems have got 18 seats, the majority _ the lib dems have got 18 seats, the majority at — the lib dems have got 18 seats, the majority at the moment, at west oxfordshire council — but the conservatives are just very close behind _ conservatives are just very close behind

hand—made silhouettes of almost 1500 servicemen are being made in oxfordshire and will go on display �*standing with giants' installation is made from recycled signs and has taken artist dan barton four years to plan. john maguire has been to the studio with veteran stan ford to see the finishing touches added to the project. not all giants loom large. yes, i remember him. yes. i was only 18 when i...when ijoined. i'm proud to have done my bit. proud, very proud to have done my bit. yeah. and my eight brothers, they all done their bit. stan ford is among kindred spirits — among those who served, as he did, on d—day — and among symbols of those who never returned home. it's an honour to be in the presence of this. it does give you some idea — a great idea of the. ..of what the cost, and the people involved. he's here to see the making of standing with giants — an installation representing, in silhouette, the almost 1,500 men of the army, navy and air force under british command who died on that first day, june the 6th. like sentinels, they will stand at the british normandy memorial a

for vipin patel, who was wrongly prosecuted for shortfalls in excess of £75,000 at his branch in oxfordshireion is coming too late. for us, the life is slipping away. i've spent now 37 years - in post office, including my 13 years after convictions, so it feels like the - life has been wasted. the next phase of the public inquiry, which starts tomorrow, will look at who knew what at the top. arun iyengar, bbc news. her talent was indisputable. now, the life and music of amy winehouse are the subject of a new film, back to black. it follows her journey to becoming a star, as well as her later struggles with addiction. before this evening's premiere, our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, sat down with the film's director and its star. # they tried to make me go to rehab, but i said, "no, no, no" #. amy winehouse, a music legend. # ..this, me: "yeah, baby, and the rest" #. # they tried to make me go to rehab, but i said...#. now a new film is telling her story. i was so excited by the idea of, you know, playing and getting in touch with amy the girl, and then amy the singer, and as we

centuries old records had been discovered documenting a music festival that took place there near the oxfordshirey 200 years before the legendary 1969 rock festival in new york state. an archivist for the palace was quoted as saying the 1769 festival was doubtless inspiration for the 1960s hippie gathering. after the hoax was revealed, a spokesperson for the bbc said, "the article had fallen short of its standards and had been corrected." on social media, black dog thought this was proof that the bbc will believe any old rubbish, while skin kiss referred to the corporation's fact checking service, asking, "did they forget to �*verify�* it?" thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media email newswatch at bbc.co.uk or you can find us on x formerly known as twitter at newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370106676 and do have a look at previous interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us for now. thank you forjoining us. do think about getting in touch and perhaps even c

the metropolitan police said christopher berry from oxfordshire and christopher cash from east londont gordon corera is with me. what more do we know about this? the two men what more do we know about this? tie: two men charged under section one of the 1911 official secrets act, which means they are charged with either obtaining or passing documents or information which could be useful to an enemy in the rather archaic language of that 1911 act, but the police are making clear that refers to china. they are saying these are extremely serious allegations and this was also a complex investigation. it is notable that they were arrested more than a year ago. news of that only first emerged six months later, last september. that is when we heard more about christopher cash and it turned out he was a researcher in the house of parliament, working particularly for something called the china research group set up by conservative mps to inform the debate about china. at the time he made clear that he was innocentin the time he made clear that he was innocent in a statement through his lawyers

for vipin patel, who was wrongly prosecuted for shortfalls in excess of £75,000 at his branch in oxfordshire is slipping away. i've spent now 37 years - in post office, including my 13 years after convictions, so it feels like the - life has been wasted. the next phase of the public inquiry, which starts tomorrow, will look at who knew what at the top. arun iyengar, bbc news. the time is just after 13:15. our top story this afternoon: a rare total solar eclipse over north america — millions of people are gathering to watch the phenomenon when the moon fully blocks the sun, and we might see some it here too. and celebrating friendship — french soldiers take part in the changing of the guard, to mark the 120th anniversary of the signing of the entente cordiale. coming up on bbc news: ahead of this week's masters golf, reigning championjon rahm, who moved to the liv tour, is feeling positive there'll be a resolution to the split. rail passengers are facing more disruption, as train drivers take part in strike action for the third time in four days. it's part of their dispute over pay and condit

oxfordshire every day, the rest goes to make animalfeed.chinson reports. steve young, one of the first nhs patients to take part in the trial for what's hoped will be a game—changing treatment. it's for melanoma — the deadliest of all the skin cancers — and it aims to help those at the highest risk of a recurrence. steve was given the experimental treatment at university college hospital in london. he had a melanoma removed from his scalp last summer. he told us the trial is his best chance of keeping cancer—free. i feel... ok, someone told me i've got survivor syndrome because i actually feel guilty — i feel guilty that i'm completely fine and yet i'm getting all this attention and i'm... you know, i get to have a scan and an mri every three months when i know that people are waiting such a long time. and i... i genuinely feel kind of awful about that. but... ijust really hope that what's happening with the trial and the results they get are going to be good news, and it's going to go on to do amazing things. the personalised treatment wor

remains of a large roman villa have been unearthed during work on a new housing development in oxfordshireal. being a very tall building for roman times, this would have been seen from very far away. it�*s not every day that you can have the chance to dig a site like this, especially like finding the painted plaster. it is notjust white and red but we have blue, yellows, greens. yeah, it�*s quite special. the true blue colour, in roman times, you would have to have that stone imported all the way from afghanistan, mainly. especially with the romans, we can date every type of pottery, every piece of this jar to a range of more or less 25 years. the tablets are a little bit angled, you will go easily to a temple, and some of these have inscribed either your wishes or your curses towards everyone that wronged you in life or did something good for you. for me, the most exciting thing is the little axe. like, that�*s quite special. that would have been an offer to a god and, because it�*s a weapon, it will be probably a war god. it�*s just not the normal archaeology that you would do every othe

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remains of a large roman villa have been unearthed during work on a new housing development in oxfordshireund. archaeologist francesca giarelli took us on a tour of the site: the scale of the building, the richness of the fines and the amount we found is quite unusual. amount we found is quite unusual-— amount we found is quite unusual. being a very tall building _ unusual. being a very tall building for— unusual. being a very tall building for roman - unusual. being a very tall| building for roman times, unusual. being a very tall - building for roman times, these would have been seen from very far away. would have been seen from very faraway. it's would have been seen from very far away. it's not everyday that you can have to dig a site like this, especially finding the painted plaster that is not just wide already, but we are blue or yellow ingredients. it's quite special. in roman times, you would have to have that stone important all the way through afghanistan, and especially with the romans we can bet every type of vessel, dish, jar, there are a range of more or less 25 years. the l

we have seen some sunshine today, but a few showers are break out in oxfordshire.hern scotland, northern england and northern ireland. that will peg back temperatures here. further south we will see sunshine, but more showers break out and some will be heavy. temperatures 15 at best. the showers in england and wales, a lot will fade away tonight. but we will keep some showers in the's south. the rain moves out from northern england and northern ireland and coming to rest in scotland. the lowest temperatures will be in the north—east of england. after a chilly wet day, the cloud breaks. still some showers in the south—east first thing. some rain in scotland. otherwise sunny spells. and then the cloud builds up and we get the april showers. a scattering of showers ahead of rain in the south west. temperatures likely to reach 15 degrees through midlands and eastern england. again colder in northern and eastern areas of scotland. the rain in the south—west will push north during tuesday night and on wednesday we are left with low pressure over the uk. that means more w

john maguire, bbc news, oxfordshire. so 50 moving seeing them standing there.he received treatment on the pitch. you can see the medical assistance she received. she received medical treatment before being taken off on a stretcher. she didn't need to go to hospital and later travelled home with her arsenal team—mates. stina blackstenius scored the only goal of the final deep in extra time to stop emma hayes' bid for a quadruple in her final season at chelsea. that is back to back wins in this competition now for arsenal. after the match, chelsea manager emma hayes said that the women's game shouldn't tolerate male aggression. hayes was angered by this touchline altercation involving arsenal bossjonas eidevall and chelsea's erin cuthbert during the match. this is the context, there was an agreement he would play with one ball and not multiple balls. chelsea tried to change that once they went down so he has a bit of a word if you like on the touchline with the chelsea player here. she obviously says something that, emma hayes is watching and then she pushes eide

for vipin patel, who was wrongly prosecuted for shortfalls in excess of £75,000 at his branch in oxfordshiree life is slipping away. i've spent now 37 years - in post office, including my 13 years after convictions, so it feels like the - life has been wasted. the next phase of the public inquiry, which starts tomorrow, will look at who knew what at the top. arun iyengar, bbc news. let's speak to david enright, who is a partner at howe & co solictors. he represented many of the sub postmasters. welcome to the programme. when you heard the minister there say that if there is clear wrongdoing, people should go to jail, what did you think when you actually heard that said out loud by a government minister? i said out loud by a government minister? . ., ., ., said out loud by a government minister?— said out loud by a government minister? . ., ., ., ., minister? i have a lot of time for kevin hollinrake _ minister? i have a lot of time for kevin hollinrake but _ minister? i have a lot of time for kevin hollinrake but calling - minister? i have a lot of time for kevin hollinrake but calling for.

for vipin patel, who was wrongly prosecuted for shortfalls in excess of £75,000 at his branch in oxfordshiret phase of the public inquiry, which starts tomorrow, will look at who knew what at the top. arun iyengar, bbc news. a lot of lines coming through it was put at the latest, saying it is up to hamas to come through on a gaza ceasefire. those talks currently going on in cairo. the american cia director there. a lot of pressure coming on the israelis but hammers apparently have seen a new draft and of course there are also saying, the white house, there is no sign of a major ground operation in rougher being imminent. there's two important lines and those ceasefire talks. you're watching bbc news. let's turn to another story that has broken here in the uk in the last hour. two men have beenjailed for for the murder of cody fisher in a birmingham nightclub. he was stabbed to death by a masked group at the city's crane nightclub on 26 december 2022. remy gordon and kami carpenter were found guilty of murder last month. gordon will have to serve at least 26 years before he s eligible for par

the metropolitan police said christopher berry from oxfordshire and christopher cash from east londond. yes, christopher barry and christopher cash are both to be charged with offences under section one of the 1911 official secrets act. specifically obtaining a passing on documents or information which could be useful to an enemy, and the rather old—fashioned and the rather old —fashioned language and the rather old—fashioned language of that 1911 act, but specifically here we are talking about china. the head of the counterterrorism command at metropolitan police has said this was a complex investigation into very serious allegations. the men were arrested more than a year ago last march and news are that only emerged last september, and at that time it also emerged that christopher cash was working in parliament as a parliamentary researcher for something of the china research group set up by conservative mps to provoke debate about china. through a solicitor he maintained he was innocent and today also the chinese embassy has also reiterated statement from september saying any alle

for vipin patel, who was wrongly prosecuted for shortfalls in excess of £75,000 at his branch in oxfordshirers - in post office, including my 13 years after convictions, so it feels like the - life has been wasted. the next phase of the public inquiry, which starts tomorrow, will look at who knew what at the top. arun iyengar, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. more on that rare solar eclipse we're expecting in the coming hours. eclipse watchers are keeping a close eye on the weather, with cloud in the forecast for at least some parts of the us. elizabeth rizzini from bbc weather has more. you can see in the foreground, people already gathering there. it is very early morning, to view the solar eclipse from that spectacular vantage point. live shots to mexico next because large crowds gathered mexico. the first in the path so they will be the first people that get a glimpse of this solar eclipse and of course it then moves across america, texas, and that is where we're heading next because let's speak to the host of the solar eclipse podcast who is waiting to spe

. that was closed oxfordshire.or always a lane closed for a couple of years just to get. and now they've got to redo it all again. >> well, the department of transport really complicated, transport is really complicated, insisting is insisting that the pause is going they're not going to stay, but they're not committing to reversing so committing to reversing it. so the government not committing the government is not committing to ioc's to following the ioc's recommendation would so recommendation would operate so much single much better if every single highway every highway department of every local was for six local council was shut for six months, can stop months, so they can stop fiddling changing traffic fiddling and changing traffic directions and digging roads. directions and digging up roads. >> we know i say >> when we don't know if i say the low traffic the words low traffic neighbourhood, you're going to blow you? blow a gasket, aren't you? >> gasket. >> blow the gasket. >> blow the gasket. >> traffic ne

his family still run the shop in oxfordshire, in which their post office once operated.. i couldn't afford to keep up with my degree because the family finances weren't good. it was a question of helping mum and dad, or facing disaster as a family. my major achievement of life, of being a trusted, honest, upstanding citizen of community or pillar of community was trashed by post office's corporate greed. posters wanted dead or alive. i was stuck up on our shop door. outside the shop, this wreath appeared. lot of local opposition and resentment, we came near to complete financial ruin. how important has lost chances been for you? i believe it's an important group. it's a space where you can speak about your ordeal, how things went badly for us children of subpostmasters, even if currently the law doesn't permit it for secondary victims. there is a moral case for for us children to receive some compensation. has anyone from the post office ever said sorry to you? no. more than 120 relatives of post pffice victims are now in contact office victims are now in contact with ea

the church i go to in swinbrook in oxfordshire is packed and it was especially packed today. always preached in a way that is absorbing and alive. most churches now have too much babble and not enough bible . babble and not enough bible. okay, keep them coming through with your thoughts. now let's move on to this. let's take a look at some of the excellent stories which have grabbed our attention over this easter weekend . it's a bank holiday. weekend. it's a bank holiday. you've got us do jokes you've got to let us do jokes like that. vets have been warning pet owners to avoid feeding during feeding them chocolate during easter, as chocolate poisonings are soaring, so would you think that this was not clearly obvious? let's bring in our pundits. comedian sevilla kirsch , dancer and performer wayne sleep, and political commentator joseph david. and have you got pets? first of all, let's go to my sister has, i think, nine cats and a dog. >> oh, right. i can speak with some, with with some authority. no, but it just goes to show that a dog is for not christmas. it's for life. a

rain in wales into oxfordshire and the south coast this morning.e north. not as windy along the north sea coast. temperatures down on today in the north with a high of 11-13. it is today in the north with a high of 11—13. it is not until the weekend we start to see the temperature rise is littlebit from the south. with it comes rain. again. i thought you might say that. olly alexander has had two number one albums, five top ten singles, and a bafta nomination for his role in the tv drama it's a sin. now he's off to sweden to represent the uk at the eurovision song contest next month. before we speak to him, let's hear the song. # won't you make me dizzy from your kisses. # will you take my hand and spin me? # round and round until the moment never ends. # make me dizzy from your kisses. # will you take my hand and spin me? # take me back to the beginning again. # again! # pulling me close # i feel stillness in the air # time has frozen, all memories lost # so won't you make me dizzy from your kisses? # will you take my hand and spin me # round and

centuries old records had been discovered documenting a music festival that took place there near the oxfordshirear more of your thoughts about how the bbc covers the news next week, goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today... the israeli army says its attack on aid workers resulted from serious operational failures. there's pressure from the international community for an independent investigation into what happened. six months on from the start of the conflict, there are renewed calls for more aid to be allowed into gaza and for the israeli hostages to be released. two police forces are now investigating claims that a number of mps were targeted in a parliamentary honey trap plot. a new law means people who provide unpaid care to relatives or friends are now entitled to five days of unpaid leave. in sport, women's euro 2025 qualifying is under way — a big win for wales, but the defending champions, england, draw with sweden at wembley as sarina wiegman's side aim for a repeat of those unforgettable scenes two years ago. we meet the t

this place is in warwickshire, not far from the border with oxfordshire.tral in england and he wanted to attract sub—postmasters from all over britain to come here and share experiences. he suspected there was a big problem with the horizon it system. he felt lots of them had that problem in common and he wanted to fight the campaign for justice. that is what he has been doing ever since, for 15 years. this week, the post office public inquiry resumes in london. we thought it the perfect time to stand back and maybe a we are in the scandal. we have some of the sub—postmasters, who came back to fenny compton, to fenny compton, to come back here and join us and talk about what it and talk about what it is like to be here. we have spoken to you on practised here before. what is it like to be morning?— before. what is it like to be morninu? ., , ' morning? really different. everyone has a smiling _ morning? really different. everyone has a smiling face. _ morning? really different. everyone has a smiling face. you _ morning? really different. everyone has a sm