28/11/2013 BBC Oxford News

Louise, thank you. That's all from the BBC

In tonight's programme, second woman's body is discovered in a

house, a week since a woman in her 50s was found dead in the same

property. They thought to be mother daughter. Also tonight, the smoke

that has affected large part of Swindon.

How a fire on an industrial estate could take days to be fully

extinguished. Later, a childhood shaped by war.

The reunion of evacuees packed off to new families.

Good evening. Police carrying out investigations at a house in Oxford

after a woman was found dead there a week ago have found a second body.

They say it's that of another woman, aged in her seventies. The body of

the first woman was found in the house in Littlemore last Thursday. A

postmortem examination was unable to establish how she died. Jessica

Cooper has been following the story. More than 50

police first came to this house on Cowley Road in Littlemore last

Friday after receiving a call from environmental health teams about the

safety of the structure of the building, and complaints from

members of the public. After searching the property, they found

the body of a woman, believed to be 52 years old. After they

investigated further, they have returned to the property earlier

today to search again. They could get inside `` because it had been

made structurally safe. They found the body of a second woman, believed

to be 78 years old, and understood to be the mother of the woman who

was found last week. Police are keen to stress that these deaths are not

being treated as suspicious. It is unexplained because we do not know

the cause of death. It appears the bodies have been dead for some

time, and the police will be carrying out an investigation. I

would like to say to the public in the area that we are not looking for

anybody else in relation to this investigation. The house is now

structurally sound and is not a risk to anybody who may be walking past.

Police believe these women may have been dead for some time. A

postmortem carried out on the body of the 52`year`old woman was unable

to determine how she died. They say they will continue investigating and

further tests will be carried out to find out what caused their deaths.

More than 50 firefighters have been tackling a blaze at an industrial

site in Swindon. 750 tonnes of recycling material is still alight

this evening. Victoria Cook reports. It started at around eight o'clock

last night. The smoke rose so high it could be seen for miles across

Swindon. Inside, mountains of builders' waste burned. Nearly 24

hours later, it's still burning. In fact, it's so fierce, fire crews

have decided to turn off the pumps and allow it to burn itself out. We

are stopping it getting to any more material, stopping it from feeding

itself, and we are protecting surrounding areas. Over time, it

will self extinguish. This will probably be just as quick as if we

try to pour lots and lots and lots and lots of water on it. What caused

this fire isn't known yet. It hasn't caused any injuries, but it has

caused disruption. The fire is burning just metres from the railway

line into Swindon. Smoke is currently forcing drivers to pass

through the area slowly. Last night, when the fire started, all trains

were stopped, and we hope we don't have to do that again, but we might

well have do, in which case, we have the cooperation of the train company

for that. Smoke from the fire can be smelt right across the town centre.

The Environment Agency have been on site assessing the risk to health.

They've advised locals keep windows shut. Fire crews say this fire is so

big, they are going to be here for a least another 48 hours, but probably

they will be here over the weekend to.

The group of doctors that's responsible for buying most of

Oxfordshire's health care has confirmed it will bust its budget

this year. The Clinical Commissioning Group says it's likely

to be ?6 million overspent by the end of the financial year, because

too many of its patients are being treated in our hospitals. Our

political reporter Helen Catt has been looking at the figures. Thank

you. Just two months ago, the CCG had

thought it could see out the financial year with ?65,000 left.

Now, in the best case, it's looking at a ?2.5 million pound overspend `

and at the worst, ?13.8 million. The reason is that many more people are

being treated in Oxfordshire's hospitals than it had budgeted for.

The CCG says coming clean now to NHS England about the possible overspend

means it won't have to take any drastic measures like cancelling

operations. By declaring this deficit position, it means that we

have two a degree bought some time to work with the money we've got to

really deliver the best care we can. The downside is, we will carry that

deficit, that ?6 million, 1% of what we have, into next year, which means

that next year, we will have even bigger challenges than it might have

done otherwise. We're now approaching what's traditionally the

busiest time of the year for health care. The government has given

Oxfordshire ?10.2 million to deal with extra "winter pressures". To

make sure it doesn't overspend even more, the CCG will have to hope

that's enough to cover increased demand. If its budget overspend

starts creeping up towards 2%, it's possible that NHS England will

decide to step in. In extreme cases, that can mean sacking senior

executives and even taking over the running itself. Geraldine.

Thank you. People being caught drink driving in

Oxfordshire are, on average, almost double the drink drive limit. The

figures show over the last three years, those who were caught scored

an average of 69 on a breathalyser when the limit is 35. Tom Turrell

reports. A fatal road accident in 2010. One

woman lost her life. The driver was drunk and was sent to prison for

more than six years. Recently, our police force ` Thames Valley ` have

been catching around 2,000 to 2,500 drink drivers every year. But the

BBC has uncovered some new statistics. Thankfully, my reading

was zero, but of all the people caught drink driving in the Thames

Valley area, the average person was found to be almost double the drink

drive limit. The charity Drink Driver Education is based near

Henley. So why are people simply knocking back too much? Some people

just couldn't care less. They get in their car after three, fall five

points, they just don't care, and they drive. At the other end of the

spectrum, there are people who don't realise they are over. They think

they are OK. If you ask them on a normal day, do you drink drive, they

would say no, of course not! And yet, the end of been caught. So what

is too much? Well, an alcopop like this contains just over a unit of

alcohol, a large glass of wine 3.5 units and a pint of lager more than

2.5 how should units. So what do people consider an acceptable amount

before getting behind the wheel? A pint and a half of low alcohol beer.

Maybe a pint of stellar, or a glass of wine. I would never have more

than a small white wine, and if I had my grandchild with me, I would

drink nothing at all. Thames Valley Police will soon launch their

Christmas drink drive campaign and they'll be hoping for a quiet

Christmas. The former Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crick

Moore has been jailed for two years the stealing almost ?2 million from

clients at his solicitor practice. In many cases, the money was taken

from the dead after he was given control of their estates. The

57`year`old spent it funding a luxury lifestyle, expensive

holidays, fine wine and food. He didn't work of the coroner during a

police investigation, and resigned after admitting his guilt.

The MP of a Swindon man who died after taking a so`called legal high

says he will fight to have it banned. 23`year`old Christopher

Scott took tablets of AMT on a night out. He died days later. On Tuesday

the Coroner said he would be writing to the government asking for a ban.

Mr Scott's family are meeting their MP tonight to discuss the issue

further. The message is clear ` legal does not mean safe. Very

often, these are dangerous drugs, and they are mixed with other

illegal drugs, and as we have seen, in this tragic case, they can cause

death. More than 100 campaigners angry at

proposals to close up to 37 of Oxfordshire's children's centres

have demonstrated outside County Hall. They handed in a

15,000`signature petition, which has been signed by David Cameron, to the

council leader. Ian Hudspeth said no final decision has been made. No

decisions have been taken. There was a map that came out with a worst

case scenario, but no decisions have been taken yet. Obviously, listening

to people, we must be very careful to make sure we don't just flipped

one decision. We have to make ?60 million worth of savings in the next

four years. People feel hugely strongly about children's centres.

The other centre of communities for many people. They provide community

can even, everybody comes together in a way they might not somewhere

else, and they are a place where you can get help and support from a

number of different agencies with everyone working together. If you

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That's all from me for the moment. I'll have the headlines at eight and

a full bulletin at 10.25. Now more of today's stories with Sally

Taylor. suffering depression and anxiety and

more are in the pipeline. There'll soon be apps patients can use on the

move too. Still to come in this evening's

South Today: You can't avoid it ` Christmas is coming. Tonight,

children shine a light as they parade through Winchester with their

lanterns. Last week, we reported on child

poverty in Reading and a conference to discuss ways of tackling the

issue. One measure to emerge was a move by the council to ban adverts

from payday loan companies, along with other products deemed

unethical. But will it make a difference? Tonight, there's

uncertainty about whether the council has any say over the adverts

on the side of bus stops it owns. Joe Campbell reports.

The characters are instantly recognisable, the adverts seemingly

everywhere. But not here, if the council has its way. Reading is not

short of those offering a little extra cash at a higher interest

rate. But the council wants to ban these adverts, . I think it's a good

thing that you can't advertise people like wonder, because you stop

people being tempted. I don't think it was good to advertise these

things. It stops encouraging people to do these things. Not much sign of

the adverts on these buses today. They have already told Wrangler the

business is not wanted. `` Wrangler. So how easy will it be for the

council to call time on some ads like these? This past may belong to

the council, but it doesn't own the shelter. That was put up by a

private contractor in return for the advertising space. But the council

is able to do to restrict who can advertise on sites like this, that

remains open for debate. One of the town's Conservative MPs has warned

Harding advertisers could mean higher travel fears. They have

already been questions as to whether the council should be interviewing

into what has been a free market. I think local authorities have a wider

role in terms of the health and well`being of the people who live in

their areas, I think we have a different dream it from other

people. I hope the government might follow suit nationally with this as

well. We have had bans on tobacco advertising is for the many years,

so I don't see why this is different. This will be decided next

week. A Havant man has been charged with

assisting an offender following the murder of a 27`year`old father last

year. Simon Warton was stabbed after a disturbance at a party in

Waterlooville. In December, Sean Bailey was jailed for life for his

murder. Today, 24`year`old Robert Cahill was charged for assisting an

offender, after he hid Bailey in his flat in Havant and bought him food

and clothing to avoid his arrest. The trial continues.

A Dorset prison is to become a resettlement facility ` allowing

offenders to be housed in a familiar area before they're released. The

decision to make HMP Portland the resettlement centre for Dorset

follows an earlier move to close Dorchester prison. Many offenders

are moved to resettlement prisons close to the area where they live,

three months before the end of their sentence.

There's two key things that stop offending. One is family support and

the other is services that myself and others provide being put into

prisons before they are released to make sure that people have something

to come out to, a pathway. And by giving us Portland Prison as a

resettlement prison, we've got Dorset prisoners coming out into

Dorset. The developers behind plans for 1400

new homes near Botley in Hampshire have been given the official green

light. Eastleigh Borough Council today issued a decision notice

permitting the development at Boorley Green. The new homes and

community facilities, including a new primary school, will be built on

a green field site. It's been the subject of fierce opposition.

Campaigners now have six weeks in which to challenge the decision.

A mother from Horsham has attracted 13,000 signatures for a petition

calling for better public toilets for severely disabled children in

the West Sussex town. Parents say ordinary disabled toilets don't have

a bench and hoist, so children and adults with severe disabilities

usually end up being changed on the floor. The local council says it's

trying to find a suitable town centre location for the sort of

facility the parents want. Sean Killick reports.

Parents of children with severe disabilities meeting for coffee.

They seem no in the town centre is there a disabled lavatory suitable

to take their children to change them. This mother posted on the

internet a photograph of her husband changing their son in a local

disabled toilet, and in three days, a campaign was at and running and

has attracted 13,000 signatures. Usually, disabled children are

high`risk for catching infections, and might be hospitalised.

Obviously, if your child is touching the floor in a toilet, and germs are

all over you, and they are at a very high risk of becoming ill. It can be

very life`threatening. Parents and a lack of facilities in Horesham is

causing them to shop elsewhere. Michael to Bluewater, because they

have facilities. We have maps of the locations that allow us to change

our children in suitable facilities. Kerry showed me a toilet in a

leisure centre which the parents they became the facility they need

in the town centre. The hoist is the main feature, because this saves the

caregiver's back primarily. Horsham District Council told us that there

is another toilet in a local leisure centre, and we're planning a third,

but they accept that one in a more central location the desirable. They

say they are working with parents to find one.

You've been having your say on this issue ` so here are some comments

from our Facebook page. Allan Marsh says it's a great idea but the

increased expense will just see more toilets being closed and they are

slowly disappearing already. Toilets are a necessity not a luxury,

insists Joyce Salter. It sounds good in principle, says Annie

Christopher, but the campaigner should be asked to work out a way of

funding it. Think it through to its conclusion, not just banner`wave to

shame them into action. Very necessary measure, declares Pat

Ilsley. I wouldn't want to lay on a public toilet floor. Would you? And

if you've got a view on this or other stories, then you can add your

thoughts to the South Today Facebook page. Thank you very much for all

your comments. There's also a chance to catch up on some of our films `

including last night's story about the dinosaur skeleton auction ` as

well as galleries of the weather pictures you send in.

More than half of all delays on the rail network are due to Network Rail

and not the train operators, according to new figures. In the

last week alone, there have been major signal failures through the

Thames Valley and on Southern services into London, leading to

long delays for tens of thousands of passengers. Although Network Rail is

currently renewing track between Salisbury and Andover, the Rail

Regulator says it is under`spending on maintenance and could face a

substantial fine. It's been revealed all Gatwick

Express services between the airport and London will be cancelled between

Christmas and New Year's Day. Essential engineering work is due to

take place on the line. The period following Christmas Day will also

see disruption on Cross Country trains, running between Reading and

Basingstoke. And many services through the Thames Valley will

switch to bus because the Western mainline will be closed between

Slough and Paddington. Now, there's a lot of choice when it

comes to coffee. Many drinkers choose Fairtrade varieties because

it gives extra help to producers, and one Hampshire coffee shop is run

as a charity to support slum children in Kenya. But the trustees

of Asante in Chandler's Ford say their work is being put at risk

because a neighbouring supermarket is giving away free hot drinks. Ena

Miller reports. Whatever happens in this skill in

Kenya is directly affected by what happens in this coffee shop. All the

profits go towards educating 300 children living in the slums of

Kenya. Last year, they released the scheme does and pains. This year,

they say they will be lucky to cover their overheads. They claim a local

supermarket is fishing the `` forcing them out of business.

Waitrose have been offering a deal which says that you can have a free

copy every day. We are now on to our contingency fund. Which loyalty card

holders can get a free hot drink. That is a charity place, isn't it?

Yes, that is not clear. Do you feel bad? A bit guilty, perhaps. I don't

feel strongly one way or another, really. Would you think about local

office shops that are suffering? I haven't thought about that, because

I shop at Waitrose. Waitrose say they are doing nothing new and

always raise money for charity. The branch gives ?1000 per month to

charity through their token scheme. A similar case was reported in

Buckinghamshire, where a coffee shop owner went to the Office of Fair

Trading, but they came back and said that Waitrose had not broken any

rules, and for not doing anything wrong. The thing is, what is

competition? If something is being given away free, that is not

competition. That is changing the market. I don't think Waitrose have

thought this through, that what they are doing is killing something that

is a community`based business. It is the power of coffee extends beyond

the cup. It affects lives too. Do I see it, Christmas is less than a

month away, and Christmas market are springing up all over the south,

including in Winchester. Children's Lantern Festival is happening

tonight. Sarah is amongst them. I am surrounded by beautiful

handmade lanterns, more than 150 at this year's Lantern Parade. It is

the sixth year, and this time around, they have given it its own

event which is a magnificent view. There are angels, snowmen, presents,

lots and lots of festive things. But whenever angels is Miranda Hart, the

comedian. Lots of hard work have gone into this. Let's chat to them.

Which one is your Lantern? I did that one. His name is Steve. That is

from a computer game? And is it echoed like this? Yes. Ladies, you

have a beautiful star. Tell me about this one. We chose it because it is

a simple design, and it looks beautiful. Whether any arguments

about this? Not really. We all like the same idea. Fantastic. And here

we have a beautiful cat. How long did that take to make? We took about

two hours each weekend, so about four hours in total. Very well done,

it looks fantastic. Things are starting to feel very festive here

indeed, and it is not even December!

Sailor, I understand there is a competition as to best Lantern?

That's going to be very tough, isn't it?

Yes, a tricky one to decide, there are so many wonderful lanterns. I

saw a champagne bottle, which was wonderful.

Yes, that's one that you would have picked out! Will come back to you

for the weather. Evacuees who were forced to leave

their homes in Southampton during the Second World War have come

together to share their experiences. More than three million children

were moved from cities in the UK under Operation Pied Piper. Its aim

was to keep them safe from bombing. And as James Ingham reports, those

memories of leaving their families behind remain as vivid as ever.

So, it's goodbye to the cities and danger areas. Labelled and loaded

and not forgetting their gas masks, the children head for the... In

cities across the country, these heartbreaking scenes were the same.

Bewildered and confused, children were packed off to an uncertain

future. I was chosen by this lady who turned out to be a very strict,

Victorian person. I can't remember ever being kissed or cuddled or

anything like that. Lucy remembers a difficult time living in Somerset,

and little contact with home. I was there for four years and I saw my

parents for one day every six months. What the children have got

today, you think, my goodness, they have no idea what homesickness is.

Everyone at this reunion had vivid memories of the evacuation. All told

me how painful it was leaving their families. But Jean was lucky `

welcomed by her carer with open arms. Oh, poor little thing, she

said, come here! And she gathered us into her house. It was lovely. She

really, really looked after us. Alan and Beryl didn't know each other

then, but they were on the same boat to Canada, which was torpedoed and

which ended their brief evacuation. I had a sister who was four years

younger than me. I was 12 and she was eight. I said, what do you want

to do, go on the next boat? And she started crying and said, no, I want

to go home to mummy. And that... I was greatly relieved at that, so we

came home. So many memories shared from a childhood shaped by war.

Let's return to Winchester now and join Sarah. Let's get the latest

weather. The weather has been kind to the

parade today, and if you look at the satellite from earlier on, you can

see the thickest of the cloud eventually sink southwards, but all

of us have had a gloomy day. It looks like we stick with that cloud

coverage through tonight as well. We could see some patchy nest and maybe

some light drizzle, secular life through higher ground. Temperatures

will be relatively mild with six or seven degrees appearing. It looks

like a gloomy start for tomorrow morning as well, so we start on the

grey and misty theme, but the cloud will eventually start to break up.

Achieving both ease away, and into Friday, we'll start to see things

cheer up. In fact, we could see some brighter skies and sunny spells, but

feeling a little chilly in the north westerly wind. It will feel rather

fresh indeed. Temperatures probably will peak around ten degrees. So,

looking ahead to tomorrow, not a great deal changes, we may see some

showers in the East, but for the most part, clear spells overheads

with the breeze around, so temperatures of four or five

degrees. Probably not too much frost overnight. I chilly start to the

weekend, and fact `` in fact, some sunny and breezy days, and into

Saturday, cloud will increase and Sunday could be very chilly to start

with with perhaps even some frost. It's a cloudy start next week, with

the potential for colder conditions later in the

zero, enjoy the rest of the evening among the lanterns. Tomorrow, I have

been foraging, and we will find out the dos and don'ts with an expert.

That's all from us. Good night.