18/10/2016 South Today - Oxford

Coming up: Tributes to the baby girl whose body was found near a footpath

in Oxford - dozens pay their respects at her funer`l.

And, in a major police investigation, nine men havd been

arrested in early morning r`ids in Oxford over historical child

More than 100 people have paid their respects

at the funeral of a baby girl, whose body was found near a footpath

Despite a number of public `ppeals, the baby's mother

The coroner concluded she was stillborn when she was

Police have named the girl Raihana, and invited the public to attend

They didn't know her or her mother, but people came from far and wide

to share their compassion for a baby born sleeping and abandoned

Even though we don't know who this little girl is,

She is one of our own, one of our community,

and we stand here today as lembers of the community and we card

that she has a dignified and loving funeral.

Despite repeated appeals for her mother to come forw`rd,

police have not been able to trace her,

so they named her child Raihana meaning "Heaven's flower".

Over the last two weeks we've been inundated with messages

of support and sympathy, but above all of love

I feel really sorry for the baby and the mother as well.

I'd like to show our love and respect.

To have nobody there when she is buried is just too much.

Somebody has to be here to show our love and respect.

Among the mourners, Suzi Horsley from Headington.

She suffered four miscarriages and wants Raihana's mother

I would hope that she knows that the public does not

condemn her in any way because what she's been

through is horrifying, she lust have been terribly, terriblx

frightened, and I hope that somewhere somebody knows

It was in February that a b`by's body was found by a member

of the public, wrapped in a black bag, close to a footpath in Marston.

Unharmed and still with her umbilical cord attached,

a coroner later ruled she'd been stillborn.

More than ?2000 has so far been raised in Raihana's memory

for Oxfordshire Sands, a charity supporting

It's very taboo and although awareness is being raised and people

are starting to break the shlence, it is incredibly isolating,

and it is so important for people to know there is support out there.

Detective Inspector Jim Holles said Raihana had touched the hearts

and minds of not just this community, but

across the entire country and he made her a promise

A doctor from Oxford, who gave evidence for the ddfence

in several shaken baby cases, is appealing against

Dr Waney Squier worked as a consultant neuro-pathologist

at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Her lawyers told the High Court she'd not been dishonest

The 67-year-old insists she disputes the mainstream view.

Nine men have been arrested in early morning raids in Oxford

on suspicion of historical child sex abuse offences.

It's claimed the offences are linked to two teenage girls in Oxford

They're appealing for what they think could be a key

Peter Cooke was at the police briefing early this morning.

5am at a police training warehouse in Oxfordshire.

A pre-raid briefing to officers ahead of an operation tacklhng

This is the first time the ledia has been given access to an operation

Operation Rolo, as it's called, is the largest of its kind dver

More than 150 officers, raiding 11 addresses across Oxford.

This investigation involves alleged offences against two teenagd victims

This morning, officers arrested nine men from 11 properties in the city.

This is the fourth major opdration of this kind carried out

Detectives also launched a witness appeal today, linked to one

She was kidnapped by a group of Asian men in 2004

At the time, she was 16 years old, but was not sexually

She was told that she was going to be sexually

assaulted and she was driven to Cuttesloe Park.

Having been let out of the vehicle, she managed to escape from the men

Eventually, convinced that they had gone, she started to walk

The police are now trying to trace a passing motorist

The lady was between 40 and 50, at that time, that was 12 ydars ago.

Curly red or brown hair and she could have been

The force says it remains committed to supporting survivors

I'm aware that people may hdar this and it may remind them of something

that's happened to them which they may find upsetting.

If that's the case, I would encourage people to contact

We will listen to you and we will support you.

The men arrested today are being held and questioned in Aylesbury.

A charity in Milton Keynes is calling for more funding

into research for children and adults with brain tumours.

At the moment, just one per cent of cancer research funding

Two generations of one family grabbing some play time before

the children head off to nursery in Milton Keynes, but there is

Caroline's mother Virginia succumbed to a brain tumour at the agd of 56.

A much loved mother of four, she died before her

She was a trained archivist but she gave that up

to have four daughters, she always wanted four daughters.

That's the saddest thing for me and my sisters.

We all have children now, and she never met any of thdm.

We can't ask her for her advice and we can't ask her to babxsit

the children, or any of those things.

We know that all the grandchildren are missing out so much

Just 1% of national cancer research funding is spent on brain ttmour

research, a number this Buckinghamshire charity

This pernicious disease is the biggest cancer killer

of children and adults under the age of 40.

In fact, it's been acknowledged in a funding report

by the Petitions Committee that successive governments

And the work to drive up survival rates takes place in this

Here, tumours are put in cell cultures and new drugs are tested

on them to see whether the cells live or die.

But the research is cripplingly expensive.

With more funding we could lake quicker progress trying to find

new therapies and bio markers and drive them into

clinical trials for better treatment and diagnostics.

Caroline's mother died almost a decade ago.

In that time, treatments have barely changed.

More money could mean more survivors and more families spending time

The shortlists for the Great British High Streets have been annotnced

Chipping Norton has made it for the second year running,

challenging Thame for the Best Small Market Town.

Meanwhile, Banbury will contest the Best Town Centre award.

Judges are due to visit the nominated finalists,

before the winners are announced in December.

The Oxfordshire restaurant, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, has been

named fourth best restaurant in the world.

The two Michelin starred eatery and hotel in Great Milton

near Thame was voted by users of the TripAdvisor website

The our teams have been in football action tonight. Oxford Unitdd lost

We're back in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning.

Sarah Farmer has your weather next.

Hello, good evening. Tonight is looking like a dry and cool affair.

We will have quite a bit of clear sky overhead, so those tempdratures

can expect to take a tumble as a result overnight tonight. Some

patchy card could bring one or two showers tonight, but in the most

part it is a dry affair. Within any clear breaks, temps is down to seven

or 8 degrees in our towns and cities. Cooler into more rural

locations, but we do have a north-westerly breeze just stopping

that Frost from forming. A chilly start first thing on Wednesday

morning, but we will enjoy some brightness. A chance of one of two

fleeting showers, they are likely to be light in nature, but in the most

part it is a dry picked chahr with temperatures up to 14 Celsits with

bright sunny intervals to look forward to is the day draws on.

Tomorrow evening, another chilly one, so a fresh start to Thtrsday

and we could see some patchx Mr Hunt Froch early on. High-pressure

dominates through to the end of this week and there will be settled

conditions. A similar picture on Friday. There will be some cloud at

times, but we will see some bright intervals here and there. Into the

weekend, a settled picture once more. Fresh and bright to start

turning blustery by Sunday. Good evening. As you've just seen

from your local outlook, not a huge amount changes over the next few

days. The weather patterns will be blocked again. What is driving that?

It's a deep area of low pressure, the remnants of hurricane Nicole in