15/02/2017 South Today - Oxford

Coming up: Missing after a block of flats collapsed -

the search for a resident who hasn't been seen since the explosion

Also: a man who lost ?1 million through gambling wants

a betting machine banned from high street bookies.

And, two new mums start a support group after suffering strokes

Emergency crews have been searching the debris of flats

that collapsed in Oxford for a resident who's missing.

An explosion and fire destroyed the three storey building in Osney

The BBC understands the person unaccounted for is a man.

The cause of the blast is being investigated.

More than 24 hours since the explosion

Dozens of firefighters, police and paramedics were called

This afternoon, we learnt officers had been unable

Oxfordshire County Council Fire and Rescue Service conducted a search

of the site of the collapsed building, which was still

It was determined that the incident around the collapsed site would no

longer sustain life, and we moved into a different

At this time, one person is unaccounted for,

and we are providing ongoing support to that person's family.

The blast caused neighbouring homes to shake and windows to smash.

One man said the boom sounded like scaffolding falling down.

My girlfriend, who was with me at the time, said, "What's that?".

I looked out the window, and obviously saw the flats had

disappeared at the end, the whole block had gone, and there

We heard, like, an explosion, and the whole street was instantly

crowded and everybody rushed out to see what it was.

I was just watching the telly and all of a sudden something went

At least two people have been treated for injuries by paramedics.

14 residents had to leave their homes and were given

refuge overnight at this nearby business school.

As you can see, police are still on the scene this evening.

They say that emergency services are going to be here over the next

few days while they search the rubble and try and

As always, they are asking anyone with any

A man from Oxford has been charged with murder

35-year old Domingos Romalho was found with stab wounds

on Windmill Road in Headington on Monday afternoon.

A 27-year old man has appeared before Banbury magistrates,

The family of a 10-year-old boy who died after being injured

at the Topshop store in Reading have paid tribute to him,

saying there'll be a huge hole in the lives of everyone

Kaden Reddick was hurt in an incident involving

He was a loving, cheeky, energetic boy.

In a tribute today, Kaden Reddick's family said his death will leave

a huge empty hole in the lives of everyone who knew him.

Kaden died from head injuries in an incident involving store

Today, as a safety precaution, the company has removed the display

units from every one of its 300-plus stores across the country.

Inside the closed Reading branch, investigations are still underway

by the company, Thames Valley Police and Reading Borough Council.

Kaden's family say he loved coming to school, and his headteacher

here has issued a statement saying how shocked everyone is by the death

of such an energetic young man who enjoyed helping others.

His family say that the hardest part of his death is knowing

that he will never be able to fulfil his potential.

He looked forward to riding his older brother's

moped, to travelling, and to becoming a teacher.

They said it is impossible to comprehend that he will never be

It is half term this week, so no pupils are at school,

and when they return on Monday they will be offered

Footballer Rohan Ince, who's on loan to Swindon Town,

has been found not guilty of attacking a nightclub

The footballer was outside a club in Windsor in the early hours

of Christmas Day 2015 when the attack happened.

He told a jury at Reading Crown Court that it was a case

A Buckinghamshire man, who lost his house, his family

and more than ?1 million through gambling is campaigning

Tony Franklin from Aylesbury wants the Government to restrict betting

So far, more than 100,000 people have signed his petition.

In the last two decades, Tony here has lost more

than ?1 million gambling, but the money is just the start.

At times I've gambled an entire month's wages in literally

So, obviously, you know, that makes it difficult, you know,

to feed, to pay the rent, to pay the mortgage.

I've been homeless because of gambling.

I'm estranged from my wife, which is a result of

There isn't a lot of good that comes from gambling.

Tony says these machines, fixed-odds betting terminals,

are largely to blame, but also believes we need

a cultural shift in the way we think about gambling.

Gambling in the UK today has become so normalised and,

you know, to the extent that we are allowing our children

These have ?5 jackpots and you see them at the seaside

The Association of British Bookmakers say there is no evidence

that cutting the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals

If the stake is reduced, I am asking for ?2 because that is the level

we see which would reduce the amount of harm that these machines can do.

Tony's petition to MPs has gained more than 100,000 signatures.

The Government is already undertaking a review into gambling

and we should find out those results later this year.

Two women from Swindon who had strokes just

days after giving birth, are warning others about their

Jo Wallace and Stevi Marshall have set up a support group after finding

Jo Wallace and Stevi Marshall each had their first child last year,

but, just days after the birth, Stevi started getting bad headaches,

It was like I just wanted to scratch that part of my face

So I would look at words and I just couldn't even

It go to a point where I actually couldn't cope.

It was in the back of my head and it was throbbing, so, you know,

even to move my head was just hurting.

Basically, I lost my eyesight and my word-finding and memory...

It's all coming back, but those sort of things have all been

The Stroke Association says more women than men have strokes,

This may be because more women are living longer and having

strokes when they're older, but it's still highly

unusual for young women to have a stroke after giving birth.

So, stroke during pregnancy and following childbirth

is actually quite rare, but it does happen.

Having a stroke can have all sorts of different effects.

Every single stroke is different and people do recover.

The future for people can be very bright after a stroke.

Jo and Stevi feel very fortunate to have survived

They're now part of a support group for mums in Swindon

None of us really want to dwell on it, and we just

want to accept that, yes, we have had what happened

You know, we've all got issues but, you know, it's not life-threatening.

We've all got our babies and they are all gorgeous

and lovely, and we will hopefully get to see them grow.

Both women are recovering well, and warning other mums to watch

Will Glennon, BBC South Today, Swindon.

The Oxford based author Philip Pullman has announced he's

bringing back his much loved character Lyra Belacqua.

He says the long awaited follow-up to his best-selling

His Dark Materials is not a sequel or a prequel, it's an equal.

The new trilogy is called The Book of Dust.

The first novel will come out in October.

We're back in BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning, but for now good night,

and with the weather, here's Alexis Green.

Good evening. We saw some rain this evening, but that is eventually

clearing northwards, and following it will be some low cloud, missed

through the course of the night and through the course of the night and

tomorrow morning. There will be a view clear spells here and there

which will allow the fog to form. Temperatures around five or six

Celsius with a light southerly wind. The wind changes direction tomorrow

to a more south-westerly airflow, and we will have some cloud first

thing. Once the fog clears, Google have lots of sunshine on offer.

Patchy cloud to the afternoon, and tempted into double figures with

highs of possibly 11 Celsius in any prolonged periods of sunshine.

Through the course of tomorrow night, a very similar 90s tonight

with a lot of cloud in places, and a chance of fog to start the day on

Friday. A tidy start to Friday, brightening up through the course of

the day, and clouding over to the evening with the arrival of a

fragmented weather front in the Atlantic, which will push eastward

through Friday night into Saturday morning, producing the spots of

rain. It won't amount to too much. We will have a fair amount of cloud

to start each day this week, but that will clear, as will the fog, to

allow for some sunny spells tomorrow afternoon, and also on Friday

afternoon. More cloud on Saturday, some brightness through the course

of the afternoon. the weekend. Wouldn't promise you

two dry days but you never know, here is Nick with the national

picture. Hello. We put that cold weekend well

behind us now. Temperatures edging upwards and our weather watchers are

seeing plenty of signs of spring. Spending more time looking down than

looking up at the skies, we see these early blooms. They are set to

continue as we are set to stay mild for several more days to come.

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