04/06/2013 BBC Oxford News

Tonight, the victim of a racist attack. A schoolboy says he was

targeted after the death of a British servicemen in Woolwich.

help me stand up for myself. I can't tolerate being a punching bag and

getting hit. One for the road? Is Britain's first pub in a motorway

service station one too many? Later, desperate you have more time

with her children, a mother dying of cancer who is having to fight for

investigating an alleged racist assault on an Oxfordshire schoolboy

who was targeted after the death of a British soldier in Woolwich. The

teenager claims he has been verbally and physically abused for years

because of his faith. He says the abuse has intensified since the

incident in London, two weeks ago. Beaten and afraid. This latest

physical attack, just one of 20 this boy says he has endured at school in

the last four years. I would say to the teachers, just luck. Just help

me stand up for myself. I can't tolerate being a boxing bag and

getting hit. The teenager, whose identity we have protected, says he

has been repeatedly abused about his turban and called Ben lad. He says

some of his classmates are ignorant of the differences between Muslims

and Sikhs. I feel nervous, but I also feel sad. What will people

say? I have got to control my anger. Tensions have risen across

the UK since the death of Drummer Lee Rigby in London last month. The

people's father says that his son was assaulted yesterday after being

accused of supporting the Woolwich attack. School hasn't taken any

notice about any of the issues, as such that we haven't even had them

taking pictures of the swelling lips, the bruises on the body.

Nobody has taken any notice of it. The family say that their son's

safety is a major concern. We live in the fear at all times. He leaves

house to go to school, when they come back, our heart is in our mouth

all the time. It is so worrying. school denies there is an ongoing

problem and says it was an isolated incident. The headteacher told us

that he does not believe that racism played a part. But the boy 's family

said that the real issues behind the from the charity BeatBullying and

asked him what teachers should be doing. The first thing schools need

to do is to understand the problem, understand the extent of prejudiced

-based bullying going on and the reason behind it. Once they

understand the problem, they need to look at the key values and the key

behaviours they are instilling in teaching the pupils around equality,

respect and around fairness. Obviously there will be things in

place like policies, equality and action plans. But they need to look

at how they are doing is within the curriculum and beyond. BeatBullying

understands that something behind this behaviour is a poor

understanding of diversity. We should be looking at how we can

celebrate differences and embrace that within school communities.

Children often haven't celebrated differences. I wonder if they

recognise what is happening as racism? It's a tricky one. I think

what we now is that a poor understanding of diversity, the fact

that lots of young people that we have with say that sometimes

different cultures, different religions, different backgrounds,

they are not really discussed at school and sometimes are not

discussed at home. They come at it with a lack of understanding of

different cultures that can lead to difficult situations and quite

serious incidents, in some cases. Because of the tensions after the

death of Lee Rigby, should schools be looking to take preventative

action? Prevention is always must should better than intervention

after an incident. They should be looking at some of the key issues of

respect, diversity and equality and how they are teaching them and

instilling them in pupils behaviours. Next, police are

investigating a series of burglaries in South Oxfordshire. Six houses had

been broken into over the past three days. Properties around the Abingdon

and Henley areas have been affected. Tablets, laptops and jewellery have

been stolen. Officers are asking anyone who has seen anything to

contact them. The number of law firms in Thames

Valley providing legal aid in criminal cases could be cut from 51

down to four. There is a consultation on government proposals

to save �220 million a year from the legal aid bill. The Minister of

Justice says despite cutbacks everyone's right to a fair trial

will be upheld. Drink drive campaigners have

criticised plans to open a bar at a motorway service station in

Buckinghamshire. The chain JD Wetherspoon will serve alcohol from

8am until 1am. It will be at the Beaconsfield services between Oxford

and London. The company says it will be the first of its kind in London.

It has been granted a licence, station to refuel will be given a

new meaning when a pub opens at Beaconsfield services on the M40.

You can already buy alcohol at shops in some service stations across the

country, including this one in Beaconsfield. But this will be the

first service station pub. I think it is ludicrous. I don't think it

makes a difference if there is a pub here or 50 yards down the road.

people are driving, there may be passengers, but I just don't think

it's right, really. I think it should be banned altogether, it's

encouraging people to drink and drive. 23 people are killed in

Britain each month by drink drivers. That's according to the charity

Brake. 180 people are seriously injured. I think it flies in the

face of common sense. We've made a lot of progress in terms of

drink-driving in previous years. I think selling alcohol in a service

station gives out the wrong message to drivers. The landlord of the

closest Pope to the service station is surprised it has been allowed.

I'm staggered us went through as easily as it has. We are restricted

in what we can do in a small pub, in a village like this. For the council

to allow that to go through, as they have, I think it is ridiculous.

District Council says it did not receive any objections and had no

reason to refuse the application. Wetherspoon's has defended the

plans, saying that 75% of sales will be food and non-alcoholic drinks.

They will not ask if people are driving before serving them and they

expect people to drink responsibly. Despite opposition, they hope this

will see them on the road to opening many more motorway pubs.

For the first time in its 44 year history, the London Magazine Time

Out will not be available on time this week. A fire at a printing

company warehouse yesterday destroyed more than 200,000 copies

of this weeks edition. The magazine was due out today. It will now come

out on Thursday, once it has been reprinted.

Medical staff are being deployed to war zones around the world from a

new base at RAF Brize Norton. It is going to be the headquarters of

medical services. In Afghanistan, that Chinook

helicopter is like a flying ambulance. The medical staff go

through intensive training to prepare them for real-life

emergencies. I think you need to be a robust person, physically and

mentally. You will never prepare for everything you will see, you don't

know what you are going to see, but you can train as hard as you can so

it makes it easier when you have dealt with that situation. A new RAF

medical centre opened today in Oxfordshire. Hundreds of staff will

be trained here every year. The complex has a wider role. All kinds

of medical equipment is now stored here at RAF Brize Norton. It is

ready to go to Afghanistan in just a few hours. The previous headquarters

at RAF line was spread over a large area. Now staff will be based in a

purpose-built centre. It means you can walk down the corridor and speak

to somebody, rather than using electronic modes of communication.

It means we have all of our training and communication equipment in one

place. They say that saving time can save lives. The new base in

Oxfordshire will help them on Benson in Oxfordshire had been