17/10/2012 BBC Oxford News

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News. In tonight's programme: A former primary school teacher has

appeared before magistrates. Almost two months later and almost

�3 million, was the cost for Swindon station worth it?

impression is very good. Police -- please sir, can we have

some more? The man behind at school meals in the area.

A former primary school teacher has appeared before magistrates in

Oxford accused of sexually assaulting a number of pupils. The

case is highly sensitive due to the age and numbers of children

involved - with legal restrictions on what we can say at this stage.

The charges relate to a school in south Oxfordshire.

The defendant faces charges relating to sexual assaults on 10

children. We are limited on what details we can see in this case to

protect the identity of the legend rectums. Recant broadcast the name

of the accused, the school or its look back -- or its exact location.

We understand a man who appeared before Oxford magistrates this

morning is a former primary school teacher in his early 50s.

The charges against him are: �17 and assaulting a girl under 13 by

touching, 10 counts of taking indecent photographs of a child.

One count of possessing indecent photographs and one charge of wires

and - recording a private Act. -- voyeurism. These offences are

alleged to have taken place between 2004 and 2010. Thames Valley Police

say they had been working with Oxfordshire County Council several

months on this case. As yet the former teacher has not submitted a

plea for any of these offences. He has been remanded in custody and

will appear at Oxford Crown Court on 9th November.

The cafe honouring Jimmy Savile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital is to be

redeemed -- remained. It was opened by the presenter in 2005, following

his years of fundraising for the Spinal injuries Unit. But there

have been calls to change its since the allegations of sexual assault

against him came to light. It will be changed from Jimmy's to

Cafe@WRVS after the charity which runs it.

A man jailed for life for killing a couple from Witney has applied to

appeal against his conviction. 66- year-old man -- John Cooper was

jailed in May for the murder of Peter and Gwenda Dixon and two

other people in Wales in net -- in the 1980s. A large sheet Justice

Lord Judge said he will reserve judgement on the appeal application

until the end of the month. The Princess Royal has been an

Oxford. Princess Anne arrived at the Kassam Stadium by helicopter to

attend a conference organised by Victim Support. She is President of

the charity. The conference was looking at ways to improve our

young victims of crime and witnesses are helped. The charity

says it is important that young people are taken seriously when

they reported crime. A scheme to improve the front of

Swindon railway station has finally been completed, more than 12 months

after it has started. The work has cost nearly �2 million and suffered

long delays. The company behind it, Forward Swindon, says the area as

one of the first place is many people see when they visit the town

and it is absolutely delighted with the result.

It has been a long time coming, but finally work to give Swindon's

station a facelift as fine -- has been finished. The revamp started

in the summer of 2011, is three months overdue and cost �1.8

million. But Forward Swindon, the company responsible for a improving

economic growth in the borough, claims it is a huge important --

improvement over the old layout. The firm has blamed heavy rain for

the delays. Now it has finished, taxi drivers say the new layout or

only helps close walking. We have a confusing system where drivers are

in a different order. The customer does not know which taxi is next.

It is up to a high standard, but from our point of view it is not

that good. Around 3 million people pass

through the station each year, so what were some of the first

impressions? Phillips very modern and new. -- it looks. There were

taxis everywhere before. welcomes London in the way we would

like to welcome people. It is really good. Forward Swindon has

already undertaken its next project with the �30 million upgrade of the

town's commercial centre. If you have taken a tour of Oxford,

you may have done it on a bus or what it, but in future visitors may

have the option to see the city on electric tricycles. This evening,

the City Council is discussing whether the vehicles could be

licensed. The busy streets of Oxford, buses, taxis, bicycles and

pedestrians in the city centre. Now these could be added - Electrical

tricycles which a company wants to use for tours. It is almost

impossible to walk through the city centre without being approached

about it tour. The operators of these electric tricycle say they

are adding another option to tourists. People stop and look at

tourists. People stop and look at these vehicles and smiled. They

smile when the look at them and they are full of delight when the

ride in them. I hope the council long do not say no, it is not far

or Oxford. We are about history and nothing else. I think all cities

have to move with it sounds. Her as the law stands at the moment, the

tricycles will not be allowed. It will not a lot be allowed because

private hire vehicles have to have four wheels. But Oxford City

Council says it is cautiously interested simply because they are

environmentally friendly. What is not to like? Bicycles are part of

the problem I think. How asked that tends to bring different modes of

transport to Oxford a field. Rickshaws and horse-drawn carriage

is have never been allowed. But with taxi laws currently under

review, these hybrid vehicles could one day be peddled around the

city's streets. Banbury's annual Michaelmus fair is

underway. It is the time's biggest reader event and has been intrusion

in Banbury for more than 400 years. -- biggest street event. Thousands

of people are expected to visit over the next three days. Sinead

Carroll went to see it. It is attracting a lot of attention.

I have this lady here who is from the company that runs this event.

It is the second generation of the family running the affair. It is

also our children and grandchildren here so there will be five

generations here today. This there is quite special and it started

with an unusual opening ceremony, a traditional one. It involved a

golden key. Tell me about that. golden key is presented by our

company to the raining beer and chairman of the council. They'd do

a tour of the fair and whatever write a touch, then the children

have a free ride. You run these across the country, what makes

Banbury's so special? It is the last one of the big Street fears of

the year. So everybody comes out. Wet and very fair, it finishes on

Friday evening, winter is nearly here. It is not quite here yet.

Despite the rain, a lot of people have turned out already. It is here