27/11/2013 BBC Oxford News

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Hello and welcome to South today from Oxford.

In tonight's programme, dirty and medically unsafe for patients. How

people with learning difficulties endured appalling conditions at this

NHS treatment unit. Also tonight, targeting drug dealers

` the police raids carried out after tip`offs from local communities.

And later on, "dumb down your CV" ` the advice given to this woman as

she tried to get a job. Deprived of their dignity in a

hospital criticised for being dirty and unsafe. Staff have been removed

and an emergency team has been brought in to make urgent changes at

a unit for people with learning difficulties in Oxford after a

damning report into patient care. The Care Quality Commission's taking

enforcement action at Slade House in Headington after an inspection found

there were numerous problems. In a moment, we will hear from the Trust

that runs Slade House, but first, Sinead Carroll has this report.

Dirty rooms, broken equipment and patients who feel unsafe and uncared

for. Inspectors visited two units at Slade House, which provides care for

adults with learning difficulties. They did not particularly engage

with the people who lived in the home. There were some aspects of the

Kiev which did not respond to the need. The report makes clear

reading. With page on page over criticism. There were serious safety

concerns, including a defibrillator without a battery. They said

medicines were also not safely administered. The family of a young

man who died in the unit were disgusted by the report. This

reveals that it simply was not a proper system. Patients said that

the heated the place and felt unsafe. Relatives said that their

son, an independent patient, had requested to leave, but had been

denied. After the elevations of abuse at a Bristol Kieron, just a

promise to do more to protect patients from abuse. Slade House

Will be closed to new admissions until an investigation takes place.

Earlier, I spoke to Helen McCormack, the Chief Medical Officer from

Southern Health Trust that runs Slade House. I asked for her

reaction to the Care Quality Commission's findings. Along with

everyone else, we are shocked by the findings. I want to apologise to the

parents of families about the standard of clear they should've

expected within our servers. Surely your health trust us regular checks,

have come these have been missed and only picked up by Care Quality

Commission the? That is what we are trying to understand. 19 oversights

have been inspected and we have not had any major issues. It does raise

the question for us with regard to what wrong Slade House at. But did

go wrong, because it was a manager in charge of the unit? Many of the

staff feel they have gone through a lot of change and have felt

demoralised and stressed. Also, to the more traditional model of care,

it has not been robust enough, with regard to write people actually in

the first place. Is unlikely to lose their over this? I think it is very

unlikely that just one person is at fault. The are often the multitude

of different factors involved. But I do not want to do is make a knee

jerk reaction. That is not want that to one person losing the job was

simply implementing a whole new range of procedures immediately. We

need to sit back and look at how the stats see things in the environment

really are working on how greatly spawned to that. That kind of

cultural change is something which will conclude in the long term. ``

to grant. Tip`offs from the local community

led to a series of drug raids in Swindon this morning. Wiltshire

Police say they were able to target some of the town's most prolific

dealers, thanks to people speaking out about criminal behaviour.

Officers say often it is local people who hold key information and

they want residents in troubled neighbourhoods to do more to help

them tackle crime. This is what officers call

"aggressive policing" ` 120 police searching 14 homes.

The aim, to catch Swindon's most notorious drug dealers, in

particular those who make a living by selling crack and heroin. But the

force says the key to this operation has been tip`offs from local people.

Certainly, from the communities, we have very much welcome that

information. We have engage with them through the Crimestoppers phone

line burnt through meeting people locally. The would incur return to

keep that up. Amongst the finds, drugs, knives and

replica hand guns. Operation Harness is a campaign which Wiltshire Police

are running to get more local people to tell them where the problems are

before responding directly. But some are still reluctant to speak out

about problems close to home ` a mind`set officers in Wiltshire are

trying to change. I think I would feel uncomfortable. I am not very

brave. I will be afraid of repercussions, I think. I would

encourage everyone to do it. I would feel comfortable doing it, I think

so. In all, 15 people were arrested

today, but they say they could not have done it without communities

talking to them first. The right`to`buy scheme is putting

unfair pressure on Oxford's housing supply, according the city Council.

Last year, the government increased the discounts available for council

tenants to buy their homes, which has led to a big increase in sales.

The authority says 23 houses have been sold through the scheme already

this year, compared to just three the year before and it is calling

for the discount to be cut. Smoking should be stopped on

hospital premises, according to the organisation responsible for

improving health care standards. Today's guidance comes shortly after

the trust that runs Oxfordshire's NHS hospitals decided to install

smoking shelters at four of its sites. It said they had create a

more appropriate environment for smoking, but now, the National

Institute for Health and Care Excellence has said smoking shelters

at hospitals should be removed. And Meanwhile, the Royal Berkshire

Hospital in Reading has been named as the fastest in the country for

treating heart attacks in England and Wales.

Just over 90% of patients at the hospital underwent angioplasty

treatment within two hours of calling for help. In all Around 100

people were forced to spend last night in emergency accommodation

after an explosion at a house in Buckinghamshire.

Thames Valley police have appealed for witnesses after the Kirch and he

is 34 closed. Two people were seriously injured between Paddington

and Milton. Adding 100 people were forced to spend last night in

emergency accommodation after an explosion in Buckinghamshire. 57

houses were evacuated in Bletchley and a women was taken to hospital

after being injured in the blast. Emergency crews and gas engineers

worked through the night. The morning after the night before.

This was the scene on Gairloch Avenue this morning after a gas

explosion tore windows and doors from a house, forcing a 100`metre

exclusion zone. James helped to rescue his neighbour from the

wreckage. Me and the boys were upstairs only computer and I was

suddenly had this massive explosion. Everyone was out their houses and

they looked next over and saw the whole house out.

The whole street was evacuated, About 40 people and their pets,

spent the night at this community centre. We were offered

accommodation every wanted it. I thought at it would be better to be

here. It was a very professional response. It was unusual, these

things do happen, but they are unusual. When it does happen, it

does help us test our plans and learn from that.

Most people will spend tonight back in their own homes, as Southern gas

and the Health and Safety Executive continue to investigate what caused

the explosion. And that is all from me for the

moment. I will be back at 10.25pm. Now, more of today's stories with

Sally Taylor. like to see more students with

specialist language skills. Still to come in this evening's

South Today: The teenager looking for his big break in the world of

professional snooker. A woman from Portsmouth says

Jobcentre staff told her to remove her degree from her CV, to avoid

'scaring off' employers if she hadn't found a job in social care

after 13 weeks. Rachel Sawford escaped an abusive relationship to

get her qualification in Social Work, and saw it as a stepping stone

to getting her dream job. Ena Miller has been to meet her.

It took four years and cost ?30,000, but Rachel Sawford was proud to get

her degree in social work. Amazing. It was just one of the best feelings

ever. To think that I had achieved it and got there, what I set out to

do. But when she handed in her CV to her local job centre, staff told her

she would be more employable if she didn't mention her qualification.

Being told that I would have to amend this from my CV, I was just

angry. I was frustrated and felt that my degree was worthless. A

statement from the Department for Work and Pensions said:

One careers group believes this was well`meaning advice delivered in the

wrong way. When it comes for applying for any job, you need to

tailor your application to what they are looking for, so that means in

certain circumstances, you may need to emphasise and flag up certain

bits of your history or your work experience that, for another job,

you might not bring to the fore. And that certainly goes for your

educational background as well. CVs from the job centre land on this

recruitment consultant's desk every week. I think that's the wrong

advice to give. That gives the wrong message for people applying. It

shows continuity, dedication, passion towards something. It shows

you've actually been sort of continuous in what you want to do,

and committed to something. If you haven't done that, the first

question I would ask if I didn't see that would be, "What have you been

doing? Where have you been for the last two years, three years?" I went

to university with a hope of specialising in domestic violence,

so my degree is my stepping stone to get my dream job. Rachel has no

plans to remove the qualification that she worked so hard for.

And you've been telling us what you think about this On Facebook, Emily

Sombillo said: Thank you for all your comments. We

always like to get them. It's an episode in British history

the nation can be proud of, but it's something of which many people are

unaware. In the months leading up to the outbreak of the Second World

War, the country took in thousands of Jewish refugee children. The

Kinder transport trains started arriving in 1938, and to mark the

75th anniversary of the first transport, a play is being staged at

Southampton railway station. Jo Kent is live there for us tonight.

Well, today, Southampton Railway Station has been turned into a

theatre. They have had to performances, and I third starts in

half an hour. It has been interesting seeing how commuters

have engaged with it. For those who don't get to start, there was an

opportunity to listen to a very poignant story.

Nearly 10,000 came, fleeing persecution in Nazi Europe ` their

families waved them off to the promise of safe sanctuary in

Britain. Most of the children never saw their parents again. My father

walked up and down the platform with me, telling me that I could never

lie and steal, and that I should clean my teeth every day. When the

train started moving out of the station, I saw my mother biting her

lips, and tears flowing down her cheeks, and I realised this was

something very serious. The play tells the story through a series of

vignettes, the audience moving around the station to encounter

different characters. It was written and produced by two sisters whose

mother was another Kindertransport child. My grandmother, and he would

be my uncle, Max, they were gassed at Auschwitz, pretty much on

arrival, and my grandfather was moved on to Dachau, and he died

there in January 1945. So, yes. I mean, I think the point for us is

that, without the Kindertransport, my mother and her sisters would

certainly have died. There is a sense in which people don't know

much about the story. I think we were quite surprised, because I

think there is part of it that is about saying to people, there is a

part of our history that was about welcoming children and finding homes

for them. While some of the audience have tickets, others are just

ordinary rail passengers, and if they're looking slightly confused

and bewildered, that's all part of the plan. An echo of how those

children were feeling 75 years ago. It's quite unique and different.

Quite interesting. It's obviously very good. They will remember this,

as opposed to being told something in a classroom. It's 75 years since

the first refugees came ` in sad and dark times, thousands of young lives

saved. It's just a miracle that I was saved. That my parents, they had

the courage to send me to an unknown country, to unknown people, and the

English people, the British people, for opening their homes to so many

children. The same behind me as the railway

worker collecting money for the children. People are always rushing

through stations, so it is not clear if anyone saw it having been here to

catch up train. It would perhaps give passengers something to reflect

upon as they embark on their own journeys.

An innovative way of telling a really important story, isn't it? On

two sports. What is happening with Pompey? Have they got a manager? Not

yet. We spoke to them last night, but they have had a TCP is. The

Crawley manager, who knows the Pompey executives, he has been

sacked by Crawley, so that as a potential development. We will wait

and see. Probably a week to go. More than 13,000 turned out at

Fratton Park last night, as the club began life after sacked boss Guy

Whittingham. Club stalwart Andy Awford took temporary charge, and

that's where Adam Blackmore begins his Football League round`up.

Portsmouth missed a great opportunity to end the losing

sequence that cost Guy Whittingham his job. Andy Awford's caretaker

reign got off to a flyer. Just 90 seconds were on the clock when Andy

Barcham found the top corner. Pompey missed a string of chances, but had

their hopes of victory boosted when Southend's Cauley Woodrow was sent

off on 65 minutes. The red card merely inspired the visitors,

though, with two goals in six minutes consigning Pompey to a fifth

straight loss. We've missed chances tonight, proper chances. However,

I've just explained to the players that when you're winning 1`0 and you

miss chances, you have to stay concentrating and make sure that we

win 1`0. Oxford United remain on top of League Two on goal difference,

despite being held to a stalemate by Newport. The Welsh visitors came

closest to snatching a point late on through Christian Jolley. There was

also a goalless draw for Swindon in League One. Nicky Ajose's effort the

closest they came. While MK Dons boss Karl Robinson declared himself

"disgusted and absolutely embarrassed," after his side's 3`1

defeat at Colchester. The Dons' goal through Jordan Spence proved a minor

consolation. One other football line `

Bournemouth have extended the loan of goalkeeper Lee Camp from West

Brom until the 1st of January. Elite League speedway champions the Poole

Pirates have made their first signing for their 2014 team line`up.

23`year`old Australian Josh Grajczonek was a key part of the

Pirates' title`winning side last year, and has moved to Dorset on a

full transfer from Premier league club Glasgow.

Long`serving London Irish winger Topsy Ojo has signed a new

three`year contract with the club. Ojo will make his 200th appearance

for the Reading`based Exiles this weekend. He's extended his stay at

Irish through until the summer of 2017.

They say if you're good enough, you're old enough. And in Shane

Castle's case that definitely rings true. The 15`year`old snooker player

from Southampton has qualified for the UK Championship, and will make

his debut on Saturday. He's been drawn against the small matter of

the defending champion. I've been along to catch up with Shane's

preparations. At a snooker club on the outskirts

of Southampton, Shane Castle is focusing on his big break. After

considerable success at amateur level, he was getting his first

taste of the bright lights of a professional tournament. Shane's

first round opponent is the current world number two, Mark Selby. It's

the biggest experience you can get. Mark is one of the best players in

the world, and has won a lot this year, but I'm going to see if I can

beat him. He has been potting balls since he has big enough `` was big

enough to reach the table. I was seven, when I first started, I

started in an under sevens tournament, and I got picked up. We

practised round here, and he's always been a great power talent.

Shane's family took the decision to withdraw home from school to pursue

his dream. He has been compared to Ronnie O'Sullivan who turned

professional at 16 and on the title at 17. That is too soon for a shame,

but his ambitions are unequivocal. World champion, that is the dream.

For the teenager, he is taking this all in his stride. I treated like a

normal, amateur match, if I can, but I'm looking forward to it. Good

luck, it's a big match for him. Fingers crossed! Let's take a look

at the weather. It is a bit group today, isn't it?

Yes, it has been about measurable, but on Friday, we have some fresher

conditions. We have some beautiful pictures. Roy Venkatesh sent in this

beautiful photo of a robin at Fleet Pond. The skies may be grey, but

Adrian Williamson captured a splash of colour in Cosham. And a flawless

reflection on the River Itchen. Robert Stidworthy sent that one in `

thank you. Robert Stidworthy sent that one in

So let alone the grey and gloomy side tonight and tomorrow, and we

stick with cloudy skies and dampness here and there. This might remain

overnight with some patchy mist. It will be a little bit of Joss

alternate, with a damp feel to things, but most will double up to

higher ground into the early hours of tomorrow morning. Temperatures

were home at around five or six degrees. `` will hold at five or six

degrees. They will be some limited brightness, so if you see some

glimmers of sunshine, you will be lucky. Later Grady elsewhere, and

some suspects of light rain and drizzle. Temperatures peaking at

nine or 10 degrees, and a very gentle breeze. Tomorrow night, I

repeat performance of tonight. Some dampness and patchy mist, with

temperatures similar. As we head to Friday, it changes a little. We have

this weather front working its way south words, reaching last around

about the middle part of the morning, and we will see the wind is

picking up. Tightly packed isobars with pressure returning to us over

the weekend. The conference will sweep through, with cloudiness and

dampness easing away and we will have some brighter skies. It will

feel fresh with the north`westerly breeze and temperatures will be

around 10 degrees. Your summary for the coming days, a bit of it will be

on tomorrow with Friday starting with client and brightening, and the

weekend will start freshly but it will cloud

with client and brightening, and the weekend will start freshly but over

on Friday. Thank you very much, Sarah.

A giant dinosaur skeleton which last roamed Earth more than 150 million

years ago has been fetched ?400,000 at auction. The 55ft specimen of the

long`necked diplodocus went under the hammer at Summers Place Auctions

in Billingshurst, West Sussex. The sale of the female skeleton, 19ft

tall and nicknamed "Misty," was the first UK auction of a large dinosaur

skeleton. Duncan Kennedy was at the sale.

Proof that age and beauty do next. 150 million years old, and not a

drop of Botox insight. The that would focus. She was thought to be

the first almost complete skeleton ever to be auctioned in Britain. Who

will claim her? We will start the bidding at ?280,000. An antique of

such extreme vintage soon attracted bidders from around the world. They

were all clean to reclaim for to what was a docile giant. At

?400,000, I'm selling. At ?400,000. And, sold. Thank you very much. With

tax and commission, the total rises to nearly ?500,000. But when I named

institution, who will put it on public display. Why are people

prepared to pay for this? Because it is a truly tremendous object and

there are only a handful of complete skeletons. The chance to buy one

simply doesn't happen very often. This is what she would have looked

like during the Jurassic period. That little diplodocus like this

were the heaviest that ever existed. She has lost none of her

unique value, and it almost ?500,000, she has not only amazed

audiences here, but dinosaur aficionados the world over. Her new

owners will be guaranteed an epic presence. This most feminine of

fossils, for collectors, a dinosaur to die for.

That's good, isn't it, she will be on show! That's it from us. Thanks

for watching. Good night.