13/05/2013 BBC Oxford News

Courts to allow the terminally ill to test unapproved drugs. At some

stage, somebody's got to have to put their hand up and say, yes, I will

try this, and that is what I am prepared to do.

And if asked for football as Oxford United fans when a landmark ruling

over the Assam Stadium. And what is going on in here? This

hospital takes to the streets to test for hearing loss.

Good evening. A call to allow temporary ill people to test

unapproved drugs has been made right and Oxford neurologist. Kevin Talbot

wants a change in the law so that patients with incurable conditions

can offer eight -- can offer to test unlicensed drugs that might help

them. It can take up to 15 years for a drug to go from development to

licensed use. Some patients say they have gnashing those by testing -- by

testing drugs sinner. Kevin Talbot is director of the

Motor Neurone Disease Care and Research Centre. He is supporting a

campaign led by one of his patients, a patient who once the law changed

so that the terminally ill are able to test out unlicensed drugs.

goes against some of the things we normally do. We believe that very

strict trials are the best way to find out whether something works. I

think patients such as this are challenging us to think differently

because that model hasn't delivered consistently in these different --

in these kind of diseases. Les Halpin is that patient helping to

challenge the system. When he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease

he couldn't believe no new drugs had been developed in 20 years. It is

better than doing nothing and dying. Why not take some action? It may

very likely save me or slow things down. Mark Stone was diagnosed with

motor neurone disease last year. He started a new trial today. If we had

a cure, then, by nature, people would have tried it before. But we

don't. At some stage, someone will have to put their hand up and say,

yes, I will try this. That is what I am prepared to do. I do not feel

like a guinea pig in any way at all. The Government says it is doing all

it can to make that -- make access to new medicines easier and faster.

It says consultations are already underway at so that patients can

access new drugs a year before the unlicensed. For those involved, this

campaign is about just saving lives now, but saving lives for

generations to come. Kate Law is director of clinical

research at cancerous. -- at Cancer Research UK. It is always helpful to

have the debate around these issues, but they are quite complex, I think.

The idea that patients who are rather ill and can access any

medication does need further discussion, certainly around the

cancer arena, where cancer drugs tend to be truly toxic. We have to

be careful even with people who are relatively fit and healthy. That is

if the renal function is poor or the liver function is poor. It is likely

to end their life rather than plot -- prolonging it. It does have to be

taken case by case. But should terminally ill people be allowed to

take those risks if they want to? I think terminally ill people can be

extremely vulnerable. Having confidence in your doctor to have

those kind of discussions is important. I would say that most

people who want to take that risk, and the knowledge it is more likely

to kill them than to give them the a few extra months, would really want

to do that. But do you think a cure for cancer could be found faster if

the laws were relaxed? I think the reverse could possibly happen,

because if you consider that these people are already very ill, their

body -- their bodily functions and organs aren't functioning

optimally, I can give you a mess reading view. -- it can give you a

misleading view. You're not actually going to know, because the people

who can't tolerate it better might do well on that drug. There is a

risk of missing good drugs by taking this point of view. Finally, what

role does Cancer research play in all of this? Cancer Research UK is a

major funder of academic testing in the UK. 20% of patients go on to

trials jointly funded by the Department of Health and Cancer

Research UK help -- Cancer Research A court has heard and -- held to a

secret Dictaphone record at the moment a husband stabbed his wife.

Janee Parsons died from multiple stab wounds on December one last

year, the day she was meant to go away with her new boyfriend. Andrew

Parsons denies murder. Janee Parsons, a businesswoman and

mother of two, originally from Texas. It was in this house last

Christmas that she was found with multiple stabbings. Today, the court

heard Janee Parsons and her husband Andrew, married for eight years,

while living separately in their family home and had agreed to stay

together over Christmas for the sake of their children. Janee Parsons had

told him about her new boyfriend. Andrew Parsons is alleged to have

taken a Dictaphone and put it under his wife's bed to sleep on her. That

was found after the killing, and recorded 22 hours, including the

stabbing. Janee Parsons planned to get a Visa and start a new life with

her boyfriend. The court held that violence between Andrew Parsons and

Janee Parsons in the past. The prosecution claimed that one friend

told her to be careful. Post-mortem showed that she was killed by

multiple stabbings. The Dictaphone recorded Jimmy Parsons -- Janee

Parsons and the youngster -- and her young son pleading for the attack to

stop. The prosecution said this was undertaken by an angry man who was

jealous that she was going away with the new man. Andrew Parsons denies

murder. The trial is expected to last for two weeks.

The DJ Dave Lee Travis who lives in Buckinghamshire -- Buckinghamshire

has been re-bailed by police. He was arrested last year as part of

Operation Yewtree, which is looking into historical allegations of

sexual abuse in the entertainment in history. -- industry. He has

previously denied wrongdoing and says his conscience is clear.

It has emerged the Thames Valley Police and claims commissioner is

often driven to work by an employee. He says it is his -- it is to

increase productivity. Following criticism over the weekend, he has

confirmed he has employed a part time and administrative assistant

who also has driving duties. An Oxfordshire baby ship -- and op --

an Oxfordshire baby food business has been sold to a multinational

American firm. Ella's kitchen has gone from a local store to a couple

player. It started in a kitchen with some

foot and a blender, and within years, became a multi-million pound

successful business. Paul Lindley's idea was simple - to produce

healthy, organic baby food. Now a new deal with an American firm that

means this farm is going international. My whole reason for

setting up the company was to improve the children's relationship

with food so they could have easier -- debtor eating raw -- they could

have better eating habits. There will now be more expertise, more

markets around the world. Based in Hemley, Ella's Kitchen started with

two people and now employs 60. It has been bought by an American

company for an undisclosed sum of money. What does this mean for the

company in says oxygen? In many ways, it is business as usual. They

will stay local and there are plans to double the number of products in

two years. This is the opportunity to have found a partner that

believes in those values and the model we have created, as well as

the values of the band. They will take it into watts of markets across

the globe. It is a fantastic opportunity. Their success was paid

skin to feed children clean and healthy food has led to a 19% share

of the baby food market. Having three children, it is hard to get

round to preparing stuff. It is good to know that they're getting

something good for them. What does the future hold? There are 80

products can be bought in 30 countries. There are plans to reach

many more, with the firepower of a new parent company. Now this

business has the world at its feet. In a first for football, a bid to

have the Kassam Stadium designated an asset of community calue has been

a success. It means if owner Firoz Kassam wishes to sell it, Oxford

United supporters will have to be given the option of matching any

bid. Premier League club fans are now looking to follow suit.

Since the owner sold Oxford United but retained the Casale Stadium,

ownership of the trend has been a major goal of the football club that

the moment pay hundreds of thousands of pounds a year in rent. This rugby

club are also tenants, and it was the arrival that allowed the

application of the stadium to be owned as an asset of community

value. It means that fans can't wake up now

in the morning and see that the stadium has been sold from

underneath them. They say that if the owner wishes to sell the

stadium, they will have to give them notice of a matching bed. -- in the

itching -- in reaching -- a matching bed. This will help to ensure that

in the future, we will enable -- we will have a stable future.

ruling from Oxford City Council could also be important in saving

another sporting venue. Then -- the future of this greyhound stadium

remains uncertain as developers wish to build houses on the site.

Brackley Town have narrowly missed out on reaching the Conference - the

highest level of non-league football. Despite having home

advantage, the Saints' dreams of promotion were ended by Halifax Town