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Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico @ The Oxford Union
Robert Fico answers a student's question on his part in the Velvet Revolution.
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Robert Fico puts to bed a students perception of him not noticing the Velvet Revolution. Robert says he was in the United States at the time studying the prison system.
Filmed on Thursday 25th April 2013
ABOUT ROBERT FICO:
First elected to parliament when Czechoslovakia was one country, Robert Fico is the current Prime Minister of Slovakia. Seen as a pragmatist and euro-realist, Fico first led the centre-left to victory in 2006.
He is known for his tense relations with journalists, accusing them of being biased, and admits to a passion for cars and football. Fico's 'Smer' party was re-elected in 2012 after the governing coalition collapsed following a corruption scandal. He became the first person ever to lead a party to an absolute parliamentary majority in modern Slovakia.
ABOUT THE OXFORD UNION SOCIETY:
The Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford. It has been established for 189 years, aiming to promote debate and discussion not just in Oxford University, but across the globe.
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Robert Fico puts to bed a students perception of him not noticing the Velvet Revolution. Robert says he was in the United States at the time studying the prison system.
Filmed on Thursday 25th April 2013
ABOUT ROBERT FICO:
First elected to parliament when Czechoslovakia was one country, Robert Fico is the current Prime Minister of Slovakia. Seen as a pragmatist and euro-realist, Fico first led the centre-left to victory in 2006.
He is known for his tense relations with journalists, accusing them of being biased, and admits to a passion for cars and football. Fico's 'Smer' party was re-elected in 2012 after the governing coalition collapsed following a corruption scandal. He became the first person ever to lead a party to an absolute parliamentary majority in modern Slovakia.
ABOUT THE OXFORD UNION SOCIETY:
The Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford. It has been established for 189 years, aiming to promote debate and discussion not just in Oxford University, but across the globe.
Leehom Wang talks about Chinese music and his life to the Oxford Union Society.
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Drawing on the lessons of his experience growing up in the US and then migrating East, Wang Leehom talks about Chinese pop music and the ability of music and pop culture to strengthen the relationship between the East and West.
Filmed on Sunday 21st April 2013
ABOUT WANG LEEHOM:
The first Chinese pop star and actor to be invited speak at the Oxford Union, Wang Leehom is the perfect ambassador for Chinese pop music and commentator on the emergence of "World Pop," not only because he has sold millions of albums and consistently been one of the hottest names in Chinese music since his debut in 1995, but also because of the unique journey he has taken from his childhood home of Rochester, New York, to concert stages and movie sets around the world.
Formally trained at Williams College and the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Leehom has written and recorded songs in a large variety of styles, including pop, rap, hip-hop, jazz and R&B, and is also known for his pioneering infusion of traditional Chinese elements and instrumentation into contemporary music. In addition to his successful solo concert tours, the latest of which will bring him to The O2 in London on April 15, Leehom's diverse musical talents have seen him perform onstage with everyone from Usher to Kenny G to the Hong Kong Philharmonic, with which he appeared as as a guest conductor and violin soloist.
Additionally, Leehom is an acclaimed actor who has starred in the Golden Lion Award-winning "Lust, Caution" from Ang Lee, "Little Big Soldier" opposite Jackie Chan and the self-written and directed "Love in Disguise". He is also well known for his philanthropic work and environmental advocacy, which were cited as reasons he was the only Chinese recording artist selected as a torchbearer for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
With over 33 million followers, Leehom is among the most followed personalities on Weibo (a Chinese analogue to Twitter).
Lights, Camera, Recycle… A partnership between Oxford Brookes University and Oxfordshire Waste Partnership (OWP) has seen an enthusiastic team of students produce a video to help educate the public on recycling. Council officers worked with the film department at the university by acting as a 'client' for a group of film students who were trying to get real life experience of working for a production company. Matthew Gidman was one of the students involved in the project.
He says: "This film was great fun to make. It gave us an opportunity to get valuable experience as part our course that will prepare us for our future careers. But more than that, it was rewarding for us to know that the film was going to have a positive impact locally." The film explains the basics behind the new electrical recycling banks in Oxfordshire using footage the students captured on recycling sites, through interviews with council staff and the public as well as some of their own animation.
Cllr David Dodds who chairs OWP says "So many more people expect to find information on the internet these days and being able to put useful messages out on Youtube makes our schemes more accessible. The electrical recycling banks are a relatively new scheme and one that we're keen to get more people to use. I hope that this fantastic film by an enthusiastic team of students helps us increase our recycling rates even further. David adds: "I wish this team all the very best for their future careers and hope they'll remember their first short film, if they get success in the national box office!" Students involved in the project were: Matthew Gidman, Nikoletta Incze, Remi Pelta and Muhammad Aftab Khan.
Todays 'Weather Watch' has some amazing footage from James Craddock, 'zzapper', Andy Fraser, Quad Sky View, and Martin Beck Thank you all for your hard work! It will be available to view very soon! For more aerial footage, take a look at https://www.facebook.com/quadskyview
Thames Valley Police has released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a series of shoplifting incidents from Co-Op stores in Banbury between April and July this year.
Today, in the final leg of the relay through Oxfordshire, we caught up with the torch in Henley-on-Thames where the torch was passed to Sir Steve Redgrave, a five-times Olympic rowing gold medallist who carried it on an 8-man boat. Well done to all of you well-wishers who turned out in the lovely British weather... We wish all of the Olympians the best of luck for the London Olympics 2012!
News - Aung San Suu Kyi to Receive Freedom of Oxford
Aung San Suu Kyi will receive the Freedom of the City on Wednesday 20 June 2012. The Burmese opposition leader will be presented with the Freedom of the City that her son received on her behalf on 15 December 1997.
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News - Aung San Suu Kyi to Receive Freedom of Oxford
A trader has been sentenced to 12 months in custody to run concurrently for seven counts at Oxford Crown Court today, Friday 1 June, for stocking over 800 items of counterfeit clothing at his shop in Oxford?s city centre. Matthew Croxson was found guilty of seven Trade Mark offences in May after a four day trial. He was arrested during a raid at ?Labels 4 Less? on Magdalen Street in April 2010, following an investigation by Oxfordshire County Council?s Trading Standards Service.
Following a joint investigation by Cherwell District Council and the Department for Work and Pensions, Tracey Herdman, 47, of Woodgreen Avenue, Banbury, appeared at Banbury Magistrates Court on 21 May and pleaded guilty to two charges of knowingly failing to disclose changes in circumstances that affected her claims to the benefit offices.
Thames Valley Police has released CCTV images of a man it would like to speak to in connection with a theft from a jewellers in Bicester. At 3.40pm on Thursday 5 April, a man entered the jewellers in Sheep Street and asked to try on two rings. Once he placed them on his finger he ran out of the shop, in to Victoria Road, where he got into a dark blue Ford Mondeo car and drove off.
Thames Valley Police has this morning (29/5) conducted a series of warrants as part of a crackdown on scrap metal thefts across the Thames Valley region. The operation, one of the largest ever conducted by Thames Valley Police, involved more than 400 officers carrying out warrants at six scrap metal merchants across the Force, Hertforshire and into Middlesex.
Don't try this at home!
Most of us think jumping out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft WITH a parachute is plain crazy. Well Gary Connery, a stuntman from Oxfordshire, took that one step further and did exactly just that but WITHOUT the parachute! Gary jumped out of a helicopter at 2,400ft wearing a specially made 'wing suit' and thundered towards a cardboard box landing strip that a team of volunteers had taken six hours to build. After landing Gary was quoted as saying, 'My calculations obviously worked out….and I'm glad they did'.
Many thanks to cameraman Chris from Oxbox.TV for being there to film this amazing stunt.
Thames Valley Police has released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a burglary at a house in Eynsham last month. Between 1.20pm and 2.45pm on Thursday 19 April 2012, burglars broke into a property in Hanborough Road and stole a large quantity of jewellery and cash. Items stolen included a gold wide band engagement ring, wedding rings, a gold band Accurist dress watch, a gold ring with tanzanite stone and diamonds, earrings and £650.
PC Lisa Chapman, from Witney police station, said: “I would like to hear from anyone who can help identify the man on the CCTV image as he may have information that is useful in our investigations.”
Anyone with information should call the Thames Valley Police 24-hour non-emergency number 101 and ask to speak to PC Chapman. If you don't want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.
Repatriations have now moved from RAF Lyneham to RAF Brize Norton. In a ceremony was led by the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard. The Mayor of Wootton Bassett, Councillor Paul Heaphy, handed the union flag over to the chairman of Brize Norton Parish Council, Councillor Keith Glazier, and the deputy mayor of Carterton, Councillor Adrian Coomber. The flag was then raised in the memorial garden. Local MP for Witney and Prime Minister David Cameron led tributes to our armed forces. Future corteges will now leave from RAF Brize Norton. We spoke to Adrian Coomber, deputy mayor of Carterton and Steve Radband from the Royal British Legion after the ceremony.
Waitrose in Witney was evacuated on Tuesday the 17th due to smoke being discovered in the building. It was later discovered that an air conditioning unit overheated and caused the smoke.
