On South Today this afternoon: Heavy lifting equipment is due to arrive in Didcot this afternoon as the search goes on for three people buried in the rubble of the collapsed power station.

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But there's growing recognition that what was a rescue mission, is now a recovery operation.

We'll have the latest from our reporter at the scene.

Join Allen Sinclair at 13:30.

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BBC Travel

• Gas main works mean the A417 in Wantage is closed near Mill Street
• In Kingswood the A41 is looking slow through the roadworks area

You can see the latest where you are on the BBC Travel site.

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BBC Oxford Sport

• Striker George Waring has trained with his new Oxford United teammates for the first time having made his debut in Tuesday's 1-4 win at Exeter straight after arriving on loan from Stoke
• Kevin Magnussen from Enstone-based Renault F1 was second fastest in the morning session on the final day of the first pre-season F1 test in Barcelona

• Cranes and lifting equipment will be arriving at Didcot Power Station, where the search continues for three missing people - although it remains "highly unlikely" that they'll be found alive
• Claims of anti-semitism at Oxford University's Labour club are "troubling", the government's most senior lawyer Jeremy Wright says
• More speeding tickets were handed to drivers in the Thames Valley last year than anywhere else in the country

Staying rather cold despite the sunshine this afternoon with highs of 6C (43F).

There's a 10-day forecast on the BBC Weather site.

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Oxfordshire's chief fire officer, Dave Etheridge, has been talking about the challenge facing his crews.

He says the wreckage pile is about 25m tall - which is taller than five double-decker buses stacked on top of each other.

The government's most senior lawyer, Jeremy Wright, has expressed concern over what he calls "troubling" claims of anti-Semitism at Oxford University's Labour Club, and called on the university to investigate them.

It follows an allegation from a former officer of the club that many members "have some kind of problem with Jews".

The Labour Party is already investigating the claim.

The university's Labour Club has previously said it "whole-heartedly condemns anti-Semitic behaviour in all its forms."

Enstone-based Renault Sport F1 have been going well in pre-season testing today, with new driver Kevin Magnussen setting the pace in Barcelona.

You can follow all the track action with BBC Sport's live coverage.

BBC Radio Oxford

Didcot Mayor Des Healy says that there are plans to set up a book of condolence at Didcot's Civic Hall for the victims of Tuesday's power station collapse.

He says more details should be announced later today so Didcot residents can pay respects.

Al Ryan
BBC Oxford travel presenter

• Two broken-down lorries are blocking the exit slip road on the A4142 Eastern Bypass in Oxford heading clockwise
• Very slow on the A40 in both directions at the Cutteslowe roundabout
• No incidents on public transport

You can get the latest travel news visiting the BBC Travel site.

This county's top stories this Thursday morning:

• Three people remain missing after the collapse at Didcot Power Station - Oxfordshire's chief fire officer Dave Etheridge says they're working "tirelessly" but it remains "highly unlikely" they'll be found alive

• The widow of a man who was stabbed to death in a Poundland store in Abingdon has asked the government to remove knives from display in shops
• The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford has seen an increase in the number of people seeking cochlear implants - a Benson women told BBC Radio Oxford the technology has "reopened her life"

Oxford Mail

A plea for information will be made today, external by Nabil Dahane after his child was found dead in her mother's home in 2013.

Al Ryan
BBC Oxford travel presenter

BBC Radio Oxford

An Oxfordshire women has been talking to BBC Radio Oxford's Lilley Mitchell about the life changing impact of her cochlear implant.

Fewer than 10% of adults who are severely or profoundly deaf, and would qualify for an implant on the NHS, actually have one. 

But the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford has seen an increase in people seeking the operation, and Carol Cook from Benson has been sharing her story.

The mother of Jayden Parkinson, who was murdered in 2013, says changes to how authorities deal with vulnerable teenagers have come "too late".

She was speaking after report found that the way police and social services responded to the disappearance of Jayden was "fundamentally flawed".

Agencies have already addressed the issues raised, according to Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board, external.

Oxford Times

Developers whose plan to build more than 1,500 homes on the edge of Woodstock was turned down have proposed a dramatically smaller developmen, externalt.  

Oxfordshire's chief fire officer Dave Etheridge took time away from the operation to find three missing workers following the collapse of a building at Didcot to update listeners on BBC Radio Oxford.

He says crews have been working "tirelessly" through the night.

Here are few of the other keys points from his interview:

• He says the families of the missing men came down to the site yesterday and met some of the rescuers
• The fire service won't "step back from the challenge" facing them as they work to recover the missing people
• They have to be careful because the remaining part building is very unstable

• He says they have had support from all over the UK, and have the "very best expertise in the world" along with the "very best equipment" at their disposal

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BBC Weather

It's a chilly, frosty start with the chance of a wintry shower, but should be dry with lots of sunshine for most.

Cloud will build in the afternoon and we'll have highs of just 7C (45F).

You can get the latest forecast on the BBC Weather site.

Oxford United winger Callum O'Dowda deleted social media apps from his phone to avoid being distracted by speculation linking him with a move away from the Kassam Stadium in January.

Meanwhile, some U's fans have been giving cheese names to Oxford United players on Twitter using the hashtag #oufcheese, external.

Examples include Callum 'O Gowda, Dairy Lee Dunkley, and Danny Stilton...perhaps Callum has got the right approach.