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21/10/2016

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Good evening. a towering PR disaster.

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A mother will spend at least 15 years in prison

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Angela Whitworth used a bin bag to suffocate

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20-month-old Sarah Dahane at her home in Bicester.

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She then fled the country, and was eventually

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The court heard there'd been a custody battle, and the jtdge said

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killing Sarah was a wicked and selfish act.

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Found at last after nearly three years on the run,

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this is Angela Whitworth being arrested in Uganda.

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It's thought she had been lhving in the country under a falsd name

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since murdering her baby datghter in Bicester in 2013.

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Sarah Dahane was just 20-months-old when she died.

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Her body was found in the bddroom of a house she had been

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Detectives soon discovered Angela Whitworth had

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flown to Nairobi in Kenya the day she killed Sarah.

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Sarah's father spoke out during an appeal earlier thhs year.

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I'm still struggling to comd to terms with it all.

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It may never go away, but perhaps seeing justice

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being done for my daughter may ease my pain.

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When police found her leading her new life,

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Angela Whitworth initially claimed she was someone else.

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Her demeanour was quite strange in all honesty.

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She would change from, at one stage, showing some brief emotion,

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to at other stages being more interested in how we had

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tracked her down, commenting that she had seen the Facebook vhdeo

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and also asking me about how I was finding Kenya and Uganda.

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Today, it was revealed Angela Whitworth had been

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in a bitter custody battle for Sarah and had wanted to take her to Kenya.

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The judge said her attitude was that if she was not going to be `ble

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to have Sarah, nobody else would have her.

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Conservative Robert Courts replaces former Prime Minister David Cameron,

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whose resignation as MP last month triggered a by-election.

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But the Tories saw their majority reduced by 20,000 votes.

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The Liberal Democrats came second, prompting leader Tim Farron to claim

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the party is back in the "political big time".

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Robert Alexander Courts is duly elected as member of Parlialent

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Witney's latest MP, Robert Courts, held the seat

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His 45% of the vote was down on last year's general election

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where former Prime Minister, David Cameron, won 60%

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Witney's new MP though wasn't hanging around to talk

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about his win, instead a senior colleague was left to obligd.

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We have got to look at what David Cameron got in 20 1

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when he first stood in a general election, which was 45% and today,

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Robert has got that in a by,election with 14 candidates.

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I think he put on a really strong campaign.

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He has been a great local c`ndidate and he will be a great voicd

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Mostly to the Liberal Democrats, it appears.

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They were fourth at last year's general election.

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This time around, they were second, with a third of all voters

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There was a real concern being expressed about the dhrection

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that Theresa May is taking with Brexit, and that encouraged us

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and that's why, as you say, we threw the kitchen sink at it

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because we believed people hn this constituency deserved

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They have really put a shot across her bows.

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And I think it will be very difficult for her now to resist

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the request that we have a vote in Parliament about Brexit.

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West Oxfordshire voted 57% hn favour of remaining in the European Union

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So Ukip slipped from third to fifth in this vote, behind both

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In his acceptance speech, Witney's new MP spoke

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about continuing the local constituency work that his

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predecessor David Cameron had been so good at.

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Robert Courts will be judged by those constituents

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Churches in Oxfordshire say they'll try to provide services lost

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after the County Council decided to shut most of its

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There were a series of protdsts against the closures,

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which the council said were necessary to save monex.

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The Diocese of Oxford and Doorsteps - a network of chtrches

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and Christian charities - are to hold a conference to work out

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A Swindon man - who found three stowaways in his camper van

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as he was approaching Calais - is warning other travellers

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Martin Williams was attacked by one of the men.

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The area's likely to be particularly busy in the coming week,

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Martin holidays in France two to three times a year.

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But on his trip home last wdek, he noticed something unusual

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after stopping at a service station for a toilet break.

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I got in the camper to start off and I noticed

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Just started up and carried on going down the motorway

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and the rear window was flapping around in the wind.

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I come to the window at the back to check it and,

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So I realised that somebody must have been in the camper

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To my amazement, there were two men in there.

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It was a bit frightening, and the next thing you know,

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another one jumps down from the bunk at the front.

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One of them had a bar and he hit me on the leg.

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I've got a big bruise on my leg and they got out and I just left

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them on the side of the motorway and drove down the road,

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The Caravan Club advises melbers to drive directly from the lotorway

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To get food and drink an hotr outside of Calais and to kedp

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Martin says he had a close call but he is already planning his next

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Calais' migrant camp might not even be there then,

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as the French Government wants to clear it imminently, movhng

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But for now, and particularly for lorry drivers, it remains

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a daily battle trying to stop people getting on board.

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The weather forecast for the weekend is coming up.

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Hello, another chilly night with mist developing as the night wears

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on. In rural spots we may sde temperatures down to two Celsius,

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holding up in the centre of town. RAF you are, chilly start tomorrow.

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That mist lifting tomorrow, good spells of sunshine and the small

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chance of a shower. But most places will be dry. Stiff breeze, highs of

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12 Celsius, feeling cool. On Sunday we get off to a misty start in

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places, that will break by the afternoon with spells of sunshine. A

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stronger easterly wind will make it feel cooler. Some rain posshbly

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overnight into sunshine to be enjoyed. Louise Lear

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has the national forecast now though.

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Good evening. Heading off to bed wondering what is in store for the

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weekend? Pretty much what we have seen this week. Today we had a fair

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amount of cloud around and a few showers coming in off the North Sea

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coast. Topping and tailing the country, there was some

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