14/02/2017 South Today - Oxford

Coming up, a number of people have been injured

after an explosion in the Osney area of Oxford.

And the ten-year-old boy who died at the Oracle shopping centre

in Reading has been named locally as Kaden Reddick.

First tonight, a number of people have been injured

It happened in the Osney Mead area, where there was a fire

Emergency services were called to this part of Osney Mead

just before 5pm this evening and when they got here they found

the building that we understand to be a block of flats that had

We know that a number of people have been injured.

We don't know the extent of these injuries.

We know that a number of people have been evacuated from their homes.

They are getting support from the building just to my left.

I have spoken to a number of residents who heard the bang

and they said it came completely out of nowhere.

The people I have spoken to include a mother of two who was looking

after her friend's daughter, a four-year-old girl, at the time.

From my wall, just all the pictures fall down.

And then I don't understand what it is.

All my gates fall down from the front.

And all of a sudden I have to grab that little girl and go

At least 40 firefighters have been on the scene this evening

dealing with this incident as well as a number of police

How long they will be here is unclear.

A number of roads have been cordoned off as well.

It is not clear how long they will stay shut for.

And the cause, well, that is still being investigated.

Topshop says it's deeply saddened by the death of a ten-year-old-boy

at its shop at the Oracle centre in Reading.

The boy, named locally as Kaden Reddick,

died of his injuries after being hit by a store barrier.

The boy was on the first day of his holidays.

One relative said he made me laugh and smile.

These pictures show it shuttered with security guards outside.

Inside staff and police officers have been on-site working

It was yesterday afternoon the police and ambulances

were called to the centre after reports of a ten-year-old

The police now say the incident involved what they call

It's not entirely clear what the police mean

But the boy was taken to hospital with serious head injuries.

Officers say they are supporting the family at what they call this

Other shoppers at the centre today spoke of their sadness.

I just feel for his family, I really do.

Very, very sad for the mother and the parents.

I feel quite bad for the parents because...

Because my daughter's eight, so I think it would be

In a statement tonight, Top Shop said:

Taking place in a shop, inside a mall,

One that's touched people here, as the boy's family come

Police have started a murder investigation

Officers were called to reports of a stabbing on Windmill Road

A man in his 30s was taken to hospital, where he later died.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Police have released CCTV footage of an armed robbery

A man demanded money from staff at the Fraser's Budgens store

and petrol station on the A44 last night.

No-one was injured but police are trying to work out

if the firearm was real or an imitation.

There are growing calls to install a fog sensor

on the M40 in Oxfordshire, two years on since a major crash.

One man died and more than 60 people were injured.

Road safety groups say a fog sensor is long overdue.

Highways England insists it will install one,

Thick fog had descended on the M40 near Western on the Green.

With just seconds to react, drivers piled into each other,

A 65-year-old man died, 61 people were hurt,

At the inquest, the coroner made recommendations that a fog

detector should be installed along the stretch.

Two years on, there's still no warning system in place.

The evidence suggests that when you put fog sensors in place

and you notify drivers of the risk of fog, they do reduce their speed

and that's the issue with driving in fog.

Many drivers are not aware their speed is too high because

their visual cues are taken away from them.

It's not the first time the lack of warning of foggy conditions has

This crash on the M5 in Somerset in 2011 claimed

the lives of seven people, dozens were injured.

Again the coroner called for fog sensors close

to where the accident happened, but five years later

There are a handful of fog detectors on motorways around England.

They alert Regional Control Centres so that overhead signs can be

Highways England turned down our request for an interview

but, in a statement, it said it's committed to installing

a fog sensor on the M40 at junction nine but as yet

It has said it's hopeful of making an announcement in the coming weeks.

The biggest council tax rise in Oxfordshire for 13 years

Households will soon pay nearly 5% more.

Our political reporter Bethan Phillips has been

Another year, another round of cuts at the county council.

Like others across the country, it's struggling with rising demand

and less money from central government.

But while last year the council was looking at taking

?69 million out of its budget, this year it's ?16 million.

Conservatives say that's because they foresaw

the problem and made "difficult decisions" early.

However, the cuts to some frontline services continue,

today's budget confirms that funding will be stopped for 14 day care

centres, a cut described by one campaigner today as "catastrophic"

and there's been a reduction in support for carers.

We're also being asked to pay more, the government's allowed councils

to put up council tax to pay for adult social care,

and Oxfordshire's taking up that offer, with a rise of nearly 5%.

I've been out talking to people about some

of the policies in the budget, and as it's Valentine's Day,

I've been finding out which you love and which are leaving people

Here's a rundown of the Council budget for you.

This is my bouquet of some of the things in it.

It's got to be done because with government cutbacks,

It is a positive they are taking more care of it.

But it is a question of priorities, I think.

The opposition says we ought to be spending more money on

Men come along, fill it in, and two or three

weeks later, they've got to do it again.

There have been increases in allowances.

But they are closing centres down for kiddies and things like that.

They don't get a lot of sympathy from me.

The Conservatives don't have overall control of this council

so it is always tense getting this budget through

The Conservatives don't have overall control of this council

so getting their budget through is always quite

And with elections in May, it's going to be interesting to see

if that balance of power changes ahead of next year's budget.

The new Westgate shopping centre in Oxford will officially open

The ?440 million development will include 100 new stores.

Developers say the opening will be in time for retailers

to take advantage of the Christmas trading period.

We're back in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning.

Overnight tonight there will be a good deal of cloud and with it

maybe some outbreaks of mainly light and patchy rain.

As well as that, a lot of low cloud, mist and fog,

so quite a murky night, with that lingering fog

Temperatures tonight will be fairly mild.

A little cooler than this in the countryside.

A misty and murky start but a mild start to the day tomorrow.

Through the course of the day there is the chance we could see

some rain which may be heavy, even thundery at times,

That rain will linger towards the end of the afternoon.

Temperatures tomorrow up to around nine or ten Celsius.

Slowly but surely the winds are changing direction,

from a south-easterly yesterday to a southerly today

and a south-westerly tomorrow afternoon and evening.

We develop that more south-westerly airflow.

Driving in some slightly less cold air through the course of Thursday.

Thursday is a day where we will start on a fairly cloudy note but

things will start to improve through the course of the day and we will

start to see some sunshine break through, particularly through

A cloudy start the day with brighter spells

Here's your outlook for the rest of the week.

Rain in places and generally it will be quite a murky day

with the rain, which could be heavy at times and even thundery.

weather into the weekend. A bit of fog around to watch out for. Jon

Hammond with the national forecast now.

Good evening. There is some rain in the forecast but not a lot. Plenty

of dry weather to look forward to as we head to the weekend. Cloud

delivering some rain but plenty of spaces in between, hence my

optimism. One of these blobs of cloud is producing dampness right

now. We could see a glancing blow across the far south-east through

the early hours and later some rain arriving across the far south-west.

In between some hill fog overnight, not desperately cold, for most a

touch of frost across the northern Glens of Scotland. At the other end

of the UK some wet weather first thing for breakfast, pushing