11/11/2013 BBC Oxford News

Welcome to Oxford. It must never be repeated, Buckinghamshire hospitals

a new measures are in place as a result of the Jimmy Savile scandal.

In silent tribute, our region remembers the service men and women

who made the ultimate sacrifice. The piece of World War I history you

helped to discover. A thorough review concluded nobody

has been put at risk under the current guidelines. Yet, 35

recommendations have now been put forward, to improve the protection

of children and vulnerable adults at hospitals in Buckinghamshire. The

report was conducted in the wake of the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal. A

six month investigation concluded changes were needed to strengthen

existing safeguards. In a moment we'll hear from the independent

chairman of the Safeguarding Children Board. First, this, from

Jessica Cooper. This review hasn't found that any

children or vulnerable adults have been put at risk but it has found

areas for improvement. The Trust, which overseas hospitals in

Buckinghamshire, has looked at how it protects children and adults in

the wake of historic allegations of abuse against Jimmy Savile. ``

oversees. The six month review looked at policy and practice at

Stoke Mandeville, Amersham and Wycombe hospitals over the last five

years not specific allegations against Savile. It found children

and adults have been safeguarded, but it's made 35 recommendations,

including safer recruitment for staff and volunteers and managing

complaints, but the main priority, which the audit found needs urgent

attention, is to improve safeguarding training for all staff.

Savile was known for his charity work. After becoming a volunteer

porter at Stoke Mandeville in 1969. He helped raise millions of pounds

for the spinal injuries unit. The head of the NHS trust in

Buckinghamshire has welcomed the findings of the review and says

they've already started addressing the recommendations including

introducing comprehensive training. There'll be a further review next

year to look at whether the changes are working.

Donald McPhail has overseen this review, he's the Independent Chair

of the Safeguarding Children Board and told me what he thought of the

hospital's current working practices. This audit has

demonstrated that we have not been able to identify either children or

vulnerable adults that were needing safeguarding but what we did find

was there were ways to strengthen the safeguard approaches and that is

where we will be focused. If no children or adults had ever been put

at risk and why do you need these 35 recommendations? We want to ensure

there can never be a repetition of the situation of Jimmy Savile where

it appears that some people had degrees of knowledge of things that

were going on. We want to create a system we are safeguarding is

in`built. As you say, the abuse carried out by Jimmy Savile was

unquestionably horrific but is there a danger we can go too far the other

way with too much bureaucracy? Not at all. What this is about is about

building on what is already there. The audit found there was a

comprehensive safeguards system in place and this has been

strengthened. Do you think anyone could ever carry out such abuse and

get away with it ever again? It is always difficult to say never but I

think that we can strengthen that culture where everybody recognises

the needs, it minimises the chance. I would think that some of the issue

is we are seeing over the last year or so relating to individuals and

the cult around them are less likely to be repeated because people will

not give them that kind of space to be able to abuse people in the

future, but we want to make sure recreate the context where that is

going to be challenged at every stage.

Next tonight, a man and a woman from Reading have gone on trial charged

in connection with the rape of a child in Oxfordshire. 36`year`old

Hammad Reman is accused of raping a girl under the age of 13 in

Henley`on`Thames in 2011. A woman, aged 23, is accused of facilitating

a child sex offence. The trial at Oxford Crown Court is expected to

last a week. A 32`year`old man's been charged

with committing acts of voyeurism. It's alleged to have taken place

inside Abingdon police station. Christopher Richardson`Blake, who's

from Wellington in Somerset has also been charged with one count of

theft. He's been released on bail to appear at Oxford Magistrates Court

on November the 25th. Dramatic changes are being promised

to the way free and subsidised transport works in Oxfordshire. The

County Council says it currently spends tens of million of pounds

each year. The money goes towards services like dial`a`ride, for

people who are unable to use regular buses. The council also gives

financial support to prop`up less popular, and so more costly`to`run,

routes. Our political reporter Helen Catt's been looking into the issue.

Transport apparently costs the council ?30 million every year. That

includes services like subsidising bus passes for the elderly,

supporting under`used public bus routes and getting children to

school. The Council says this review is about taking all those individual

services and looking at them together to see how they could be

integrated to run more efficiently. Ian Hudspeth the Council Leader

insists it's not all about saving money though.

The most important thing about this is getting a better and more

efficient service. I am passionate about this, I used to be in charge

of transport and used to wonder why we could not integrate things and

delivered a better service. It could bring savings and also better

service for people right across Oxfordshire. One suggestion is

giving school children free bus passes for public routes instead of

laying on dedicated coaches. Another is using the council's own fleet

which does things like driving elderly people to day centres for

other journeys in their down time. The council will also be looking at

community transport services and what part voluntary schemes like

those could play. It says it doesn't envisage any rise in costs for

passengers, although it can't rule it out entirely. Pilot schemes are

promised for next year, although it hasn't been decided exactly where in

Oxfordshire they will be. And it's being heralded the next step towards

getting an Oxfordshire equivalent of London's Oyster card, where one

ticket could be used on all buses. Helen Catt reporting there.

Greenpeace activists, including a man from Chipping Norton, who were

arrested after a demonstration in Russia have now been transferred

from the Arctic to a prison in St Petersburg. The switch will make it

easier for diplomats and relatives of Phil Ball, and the others, to

visit them. The father of three is being held on allegations of

hooliganism after a protest aboard an Arctic offshore oil rig.

At 11 o'clock this morning, the region fell quiet, as thousands took

part in the two minute silence, in commemoration of Armistice Day.

Schools, shops and businesses joined personnel from our military bases in

marking the moment. Many more gathered at war memorials to bow

their heads and remember our debt to those who gave their lives serving

our country. Angela Walker reports. 741 war dead are laid to rest here,

at Botley Cemetery. It's the largest of its kind in the country and a

poignant reminder of why Remembrance Day is felt so deeply here in

Oxfordshire. We're surrounded by a lot of military personnel. RAF

Benson, the royal logistics corp, Dalton barracks. A lot of the older

generation in Wallingford served time as national servicemen and

volunteers so it very important to all of us. We have a great affinity

with the military in Wallingford and it will always be shown as such.

There are 10,000 military personnel based in Oxfordshire. 6000 of them

are at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, the largest Station in

the Royal Air Force and the main airport for deploying UK troops

worldwide. Since 2011 all repatriations have passed through

Brize Norton. Across Oxford, people paused to show their respect by

honouring the two minute silence and remembering the nation's war dead.

Botley cemetery was designated a Royal Air Force regional cemetery

during the Second World War. Here, fallen servicemen from the

Commonwealth countries lie side by side as a stark reminder of the cost

of war. That's all from me for the moment.

Now with the rest of today's stories.

South Today: Solving a World War One mystery with your help.

A father from Dorset whose son committed suicide after being

bullied on a school bus wants children to be better supervised on

their journeys to and from school. Ben Vodden was 11 years old when he

took his own life. Since then, his father Paul Vodden, from Poole, has

been working with anti`bullying charities. New research has found

the problem that affected his son is happening to others. Local MP

Annette Brooke raised the matter in Parliament. Anybody who says they

are going to stamp out bullying is going to fail because children

bully. What's important is having a system in place where they are dealt

with effectively and efficiently and the bullying stops as quickly as

possible and those children get support, and those that are doing

the bullying are supported and shown what they are doing is wrong.

The dominant airline at Southampton Airport, Flybe, says it will cut a

further 500 jobs nationwide, on top of 300 announced earlier this year.

That's a fifth of the workforce. The airline represents more than half

the airport's total business, carrying more than a million

passengers a year. Flybe has 200 staff based at Southampton. It

announced increased profits today but said it could not remain viable

without restructuring. Southampton Airport says staff there have not

been told whether they will be affected. Flybe is withdrawing from

Gatwick after selling its landing slots to easyJet.

The Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, has been visiting the

site of a new coastguard control centre this afternoon. It will be

built alongside the search and rescue helicopter base at Lee on the

Solent. As part of a modernisation of the service, some other

coastguard control rooms around the country will close, including one at

Portland in Dorset. We've got to look at how we run these services.

There is a financial saving that is being made. Making sure that we

provide the right services for the Coast Guard is important. But is not

just the coastguard service but all the volunteers around the country as

well. As we saw earlier, thousands of

people marked the two minute silence for Armistice Day this morning. That

followed yesterday's Remembrance Sunday services. One of the more

unusual ones was held in Dorchester. There, a service was held at the

memorial to German Prisoners of War. There was a PoW camp in Dorchester

during World War One, holding thousands of prisoners. Georgina

Windsor reports. A window into a prisoner of war camp

in Dorchester during World War I. It was established on the site of the

artillery banks in the town and at its height, it housed 4500 German

prisoners of war. This at a time when the population of Dorchester

was just 9000 people. They were much loved sons of people. During the

First World War, accepting the fact that Dorchester was continually

losing its sons and fathers and husbands of the First World War, the

relationship between the prisoners and the people of the town was

really very good. Rhythm is held far from families and friends... This

weekend, local dignitaries gathered at a more real to `` Memorial

designed by two of the prisoners detained here. You go to a quiet

corner of the churchyard and pay your respects to those on the German

side who died here. Last year I heard for the first time about the

memorial and I want to come here now every year. 44 prisoners of war died

here in Dorchester, the majority because of the flu pandemic. This

service is organised by the town council, who also maintain the

memorial. This commemoration service is believed to be one of very few to

take place in the UK. You may remember a couple of weeks

ago on South Today we looked at the origins of the Burberry brand in

Basingstoke. Burberry made trench coats for officers during the First

World War. Staff at the Hampshire Museums Service have been searching

high and low for one of those original coats ` to no avail. But

one South Today viewer who saw the piece has come forward with her own

extraordinary family story. David Allard reports.

Half a million trench coats were made at Burberry's factory in

Basingstoke during the First World War. Nearly 100 years on, very few

have survived. Jill are not from Hampshire Museums couldn't find an

original trench coat for their centenary exhibition. The great

shame is that we don't have one in the collection. So we made an appeal

and Susan from Southsea got in touch. This is the Burberry trench

coat. It is, with the Burberry lining and label. This belonged to

my grandfather, who was killed by a fibre in October 1917 aged 37.

Robert Art the Hudson `` after Hudson was a Lieutenant Colonel. The

coat was returned and handed on to my father. He died 57 years ago and

I found it when I was cleaning out his house so I have kept it and

cherished it. It has great sentimental value. You can tell it's

been a well worn garment. It has. But still in excellent condition.

The fabric is absolutely excellent. He was in the military from 1900. I

have early photographs of him at training camps at the turn of the

century. This is one of him in the military uniform. It would have been

lovely to have known him as a person and to have had his presence in my

life when I was a child. These do at least remind me that he existed,

even though the circumstances of his death were very tragic for the whole

family. We took Robert Hudson's trench coat to Hampshire Museums'

base. Where did you get that? This is an original Burberry World War I

trench coat, as worn by this man, Robert Arthur Hudson. I am

astounded. What a wonderful thing! I'm gobsmacked. It astonishing!

Trench coats will now join a collection of artefacts being taken

out of storage for next year's exhibition. I have actually managed

to find this coat in the Burberry catalogue. There it is. I think is

the cavalry pattern one. We see if we undo this one but it's got the

hooks that went over the cavalry man's legs. This match is something

we already have the collection. These came from the collection at

Aldershot military museum and they are First World War officers' trench

coats. Something we have that this man would have worn when he was out

in front in the trenches. We got the army uniforms, the badgers people

bought in the street to support the local hospital, but to have

something that we know has been out there, has been in the mud of

Flanders... This poor man died fighting for his country and it says

such a lot. This poll was given to my father when he was born ` a gift

from six people who were with him at the time of his father's death and

there is an inscription in it which is very poignant. I'll have great

trouble reading it. Two after Hudson in affectionate memory of your

father, a great comrades and gallant soldier who died for England October

nine, 1917. I think it's really important that people do realise

what happened and that these generations of men, their actions

have formed our lives today. It is a wonderful story of the

Hudson family and, Susan, I'm so pleased you were watching the

programme and were able to bring that story to us with the Burberry

trench coat. On to sport and only one place to

start with tonight ` the Premier League and Southampton's latest win.

The club is enjoying its finest start to a top flight season. Tony's

here. A big surprise, this, Tony? Astute signings summer, a lot of and

some home`grown talent. Southampton sit third in the table

and the performances are continuing to light up the Premier League. Adam

Lallana's goal the pick of four which went past hapless Hull City on

Saturday. There's no doubt what the papers think about his performance.

Just three days after being named in the England squad for this month's

friendlies, they were raving about him today. The Mirror in particular

believe he should be a cert for a place on the plane to Brazil and the

World Cup finals. Roy Hodgson was there in person to see this latest

five`star St Mary's show. This seems a good place for an

England manager to come to these days. Saturday's team included not

only the three senior players all Doctor Roy Hodgson's scored two

under 21s. Lallana stayed with the club when their stock was low.

Brilliant play. What a goal from Adam tempt two! It is the best. It

is very hard technically. It is superb. Once again, Southampton were

scintillating at times and the scoring was set up why Ricky

Lambert. It was Lambert who then picked out la Lana. `` picked out

Lallana. Lallana's magic but the game out of reach for Hull, who did

pull one back at half`time. The energy instilled by this player was

on show later. The Hull corner rakes down, six players go stripping down

the field. Substitute Stephen Davis got in on the act to rack up the

points. I am not surprised by the expectations. We fully believe that

there is no limit to what we can do. Everyone is on top form at the

moment. The boys are going away to England so everyone is on top of the

world. On top of the world now, they could even be top of the league

after their game at Arsenal in a fortnight. We wanted to show you

that. It really Oxford United avoided similar

humiliation themselves. Gateshead were two goals up with only 13

minutes to go but they got back into it and Danny Rose could not mess

when presented with the chance to equalise. More straightforward for

MK Dons who eased past Halifax. Oxford must travel to Wrexham in

round two if they can see Gateshead. Brackley could be facing

they demolished Dartford for two on Saturday.

And those FA cup ties will be played on the weekend of December seventh.

Elsewhere this weekend, London Irish were beaten 29`21 in the Anglo Welsh

Cup by Newcastle. Bracknell Bees pulled off a surprise win over

Basingstoke Bison in ice hockey's English Premier League. The two

sides drew 3`3 in regulation, and couldn't be separated in overtime.

The Bees won a penalty shoot out. Basingstoke lost twice this weekend.

Guildford beat Swindon 6`3 last night.

Straight onto the weather. I think we've got to put up with the rain

for the moment but it is going to get better. Let's look at the

pictures Heather Brooks captured this close

up of a robin in Earnley in West Sussex.

Maureen Coles took this photo of an ash tree in Gosport laden with

seeds. And fallen leaves in North Tadley

captured by David Canning. A damp and dreary start to the week

but the good news is it will turn more settled by the end of the week.

Poor visibility tonight and tomorrow morning. What at first but becoming

drier by the end of the week. Through the course of the bid night,

there is mist and fog on the cards and rain is expected as well. It is

of Apache nature, moving north`west. A lot of mist and hill

folk, which will reduce visibility on the roads. Lows of nine to 13. A

damp, misty and murky start to tomorrow. At lunchtime the rain will

disappear from parts of Sussex and Surrey. An improving picture for

Oxfordshire and Suffolk. Still holding on the cloud for southern

coastal counties. The risk of a shower east of the Isle of Wight

along the South coast, temperatures reaching 11 to 13. Tomorrow evening,

the skies will queer, temperatures will fall away rapidly and that

means in the countryside a widespread frost so gardeners,

beware. In the towns and cities, lows of one to three. A crisp,

chilly start to Wednesday. A lovely day in store, thanks to high

pressure. The winds will start to break up during the evening and

we'll see this front moving south and eastwards. Wednesday should be a

pleasant day, though. So should Thursday. An improving picture once

the rain and strong winds clear. The strong winds will stay with us on

Thursday. A biting north`westerly wind will take the edge of

temperatures with a high of ten to 11. Fresher in exposed areas.

Tomorrow, wet start to the day an improving picture. The rain will

skirt south and east. Sunny spells for some but lovely sunshine

Wednesday and Thursday. The big day is on Friday. We'll be

live at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu with Tony and Samantha

Bond. This is all for Children In Need. Fund raising in all shapes and

sizes has been happening across the South, as Alexis has been finding

out. This sailing club took to the

streets to sell cakes and promote their 24 hour sailing marathon on

next week. 14`year`old Ellie and her stepdad played badminton for 12

hours in Midhurst. So far she's raised over 300 rounds.

A Michael Buble tribute enchanted the folks of Salisbury with a

special event at the local golf club, raising ?200.

But went walkabout around Dorset's Haven caravan parks, raising a

whopping ?11,000. `` would see went walkabout. `` could see.

The screaming Eagles living history group accurately puts thoughts ``

accurately portray troops during World War II. They walked for many

miles in aid of Children In Need. This morning we are on the River

Thames. Finally, Tony Blackburn celebrated 50 years on the radio by

going around the Thames. He was broadcasting live on BBC radio

Berkshire, as well as giving lots of donations to our good cause.

50 years on radio! Incredible. All your wonderful fundraising is going

on. Keep it going throughout the week. Tony will be with Samantha

Bond. Keep it going. We'll have lots more throughout the week. That's all

from us this evening. Thanks for watching. Good night.