20/12/2013 BBC Oxford News

Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford. In tonight's programme:

Police confirm the body found in Didcot is Jayden Parkinson. As

people light candles in her memory, detectives say it could be six weeks

before they know how the teenager died.

Also tonight: Tackling domestic violence ` could speeding up the

court process encourage more victims to prosecute their partners?

And later on: Memories of how Ronaldo left his mark on a

12`year`old boy. Good evening. Police investigating

the murder of Jayden Parkinson have confirmed the body they found in

Didcot is that of the missing teenager. Meanwhile, mourners have

been paying their respects to the 17`year`old. People have been

invited to light candles at All Saints Church. Jayden's body was

discovered in the graveyard there. Her former boyfriend has been

charged with her murder. Stuart Tinworth reports.

Tributes for Jayden, just a few metres from where police found a

body on Wednesday. People in Didcot are being invited to light a candle

in her memory and sign a book of condolence. It's been organised by

All Saints Church. It's a dark time when something like this happens and

people can feel low and despairing and the candle is the symbol of

light and hope that we yearn for at such a time. All day people have

been filtering in and out. Some knew her, some did not ` but all united

in their grief. Yeah, she was nice. Quite friendly with everyone. She

was quite loud and quite bubbly and never afraid to say what she

thought. This church means a lot to me and my family. I was married here

and both my children were christened here. Just come and pay our means a

lot. Especially at Christmas, it has more impact on the local people and

her family and friends. It's been more than two weeks since Jayden

disappeared. She was last seen alive at Didcot train station.

This graveyard became the focal point of the investigation into her

disappearance this week. Dozens of officers were carrying out forensic

operations here but today, all that remains is a freshly turfed grave

with no headstone. 22`year`old Ben Blakely from Reading's been charged

with her murder. A 17`year`old, who can't be named, has been charged

with assisting an offender. A postmortem into the cause of

Jayden's death has been unable to establish how she died. Further

tests may take as long as six weeks. For people who are experience

domestic violence, prosecuting their abusive partner can be an ordeal.

The two`month court process can be too much to bear. Thames Valley

Police is now seeing whether speeding up the process ` from eight

weeks to two ` will encourage more victims to go ahead with

prosecutions. Tom Turrell reports. It's estimated that as many as one

in three women will experience the mystic abuse in their lifetimes. But

getting them to report a loved one can be very hard. Now Thames Valley

Police hope the new scheme, being trialled in parts of

Buckinghamshire, will speed up the process and result in more

convictions. At the moment, the average time from first hearing to

trial is about eight weeks and under the pilot that will reduce to

approximately two weeks on the depending on quarter but the ``

court availability. That means victims don't have to wait as long

for their trial to come to court and they get their case concluded more

quickly than at the moment. The problem is, a relatively small

number of reported incidents of domestic abuse actually result in

convictions. In 2011, just over 40% of crimes reported resulted in

prosecution. That number dropped further last year and, this year, it

still remains low. It's for that reason that domestic abuse charities

believe the latest abutment is a step forward. They really need to

feel that something will change, otherwise they'll just make

themselves more vulnerable and they can feel that nothing has changed.

That can impact on them believing that the perpetrator does have total

control. Thames Valley Police's trial will last for three months

but, if successful, it will be rolled out across the whole of

Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and parts of Berkshire permanently.

The family of a man who was found dead five days after he went missing

have made an official complaint about how long it took police to

respond to his disappearance. The body of Tom Edwards' body was found

next to a railway line. He'd disappeared after a night out in

Swindon. It gets worse. It doesn't get better. They say time is a

healer. For Tom's widow, life without him is a living nightmare.

The couple were married and lived together here in Calne for just over

a year. What is day`to`day life like? Hard, really hard. Never easy.

Tom was on a Friday night out with work colleagues at this bar in

Swindon. What we know is that after he left, police picked him up and

then gave him a lift to a bus stop but he never got on a bus. Instead,

he made his way to the train station to catch a train to Chippenham ` a

journey he never completed. Desperate to find him, the family

launched their own search and appealed for help. Five days later,

Tom's body was found by the railway line near Chippenham station. Police

have now told the family things could have been done differently and

Tom's body perhaps found sooner, sparing the family days of

uncertainty. They've now officially complained about the police contact

with Tom on the night he went missing and their search. Wiltshire

police have already investigated their conduct because they had

contact with Tom does before his death. They told us lessons had been

learned. They're now reinvestigating themselves because of the family

complaint. The events surrounding Tom's death still remain a mystery.

An inquest next year may provide some answers for his family ` a

family trying to come to terms with losing a brother, a son and husband.

The big Christmas getaway on the roads is expected to start this

weekend. Air traffic control company NATS says 5,800 flights will be

handled today ` the busiest day in the festive period. But for many

rail passengers, it looking like a Christmas of delays and replacement

buses. Here at Reading, buses will replace

trains on many services over several days. The works are on 15 different

sites. We'll have over 1000 people working on Christmas Day and Boxing

Day and we will reopen parts of the network on the 27th. For some

passengers through the Thames Valley and down to Basingstoke, that will

mean more buses instead of trains. We've got significant work going on

here at Reading. It's not as much disruption as in previous years but

if you're travelling to Basingstoke, we advise customers to

check before they travel because there are some bus replacement

services. South West trains will have some changes, too. There is

major work at Waterloo, Britain's busiest station, with nine of the 19

platforms out of action for a few days. The advice for all Christmas `

period passengers is to check carefully before you travel.

A 70`year`old man is in hospital with life`threatening injuries after

he was hit by a car in Aylesbury. It happened on a zebra crossing at just

after 10.30 this morning in Camborne Avenue. Police are appealing for

witnesses, and anyone who saw a blue Vauxhall Corsa in the area.

A road in Oxfordshire that collapsed 12 months ago after weeks of heavy

rain has been reopened. The A4183 Oxford Road was shut after a 200ft

section was split in two by a landslip. Repairs to the road cost

?1 million. The council has apologised for the inconvenience `

but said fixing the problem was an enormous task.

A protest has been held outside the job centre in Milton Keynes, against

benefit cuts. The group, called Milton Keynes Against The Cuts,

wants to end targets for staff who remove benefits from claimants. The

Department for Work and Pensions says sanctions are only used as a

last resort and it does not set targets for staff. We've got one of

the least generous benefit systems of the whole of Europe. People often

don't know that and we get a lot of press and propaganda about how many

people are claiming benefits and so on. But I think it's getting less

and less fair as time goes on. A second attempt to row the

Atlantic's being made by a teenager from Appleford in Oxfordshire this

weekend. Eoin Hartwright's first attempt failed two weeks ago after

an issue with the crew involved. But the 16`year`old will set off again

from the Canary Islands this Sunday. It's hoped the journey will take

around 40 days. It's raising money for the charities Helen Douglas

House, and Cool Earth. That's all from me for the moment.

I'll be back at 1020 5p. Here's Sally Taylor.

rise. Unions labelled the increases as an "embarrasment to higher

education" and are considering action.

Still to come in this evening's South Today, Alexis has warnings of

some lively weather on the way. Very wet and windy weather in the next 24

hours but what about Christmas? I will have a full forecast later in

the programme. Talks are ongoing to try to continue

shipbuilding in Portsmouth. It follows BAE's decision last month to

shut its yard in the city, with the loss of over 1,000 jobs. BBC South

has been told at least 15 businesses have now expressed an interest in

using the shipyard and taking on some skilled workers. The Portsmouth

North MP, Penny Mordaunt, says there's still a lot to do for the

plan to succeed. What we have to do is a lot of hard work. The

nitty`gritty of making all of that happened. Working out quickly what

those overheads will be for those businesses so they can put those

plans together. Getting the local authority to do some things to

incentivise companies. We have all of the ingredients there, we need to

make it happen. I am optimistic about the future.

Dorset Police are to share services with Devon and Cornwall Police in a

bid to save money. Both forces say its not a merger, but have warned

that some jobs could go. A review will now look at which services in

particular will be affected. Senior officers hope any savings will help

to protect front line policing. Radical changes are being made to

the way people with diabetes are treated in parts of Berkshire. The

National Diabetes Audit shows too many diabetics in Reading and the

Wokingham area have been getting inadequate care. Services in the

area have ranked among the worst in the country. Nikki Mitchell reports.

I have cut out saturated fats. Rates of diabetes are soaring. This is one

patient who has been diagnosed in the West Berkshire alone. Instead of

being told what to do by the experts, the experts are teaching

her how to help herself. We need a plan. We need to get your

cholesterol down. I decide my goals and I can keep to them. Where is,

realistically, if somebody else did you a goal, you cannot always stick

to it. The information is the thing we are giving them and this is like

receiving a bank statement if you like. You receive that in your post,

there is no way of getting a way that it belongs to you. You are

working together, putting the person with diabetes in the driving seat. I

feel better and I feel happy about coming here. I used to come and was

nervous. Which of the following foods have the largest effect on

blood sugar levels? Classes and games are showing patients have to

stay well. The doctor who helped diabetic limb `` diabetic Olympian

Sir Steve Redgrave when golf has been modernising consultant. He runs

hospital clinics and tours surgeries, teaching nurses have to

deal with their patients. They can have their care put into place

locally without going into a diabetes Centre as may have happened

before. Patients who come into the diabetes centre can be referred back

to the general practitioner but they have a specialist to review their

cases. It is costing over half ?1 million a year but is diabetes can

have further impact, the cost of not carrying out these improvements,

would be much worse. It will be horrible for them. We don't want

that to happen to them and we don't want to have to pay for it if and

when it does. So actually it is a win`win. There are now hopes that

this way of treating diabetics could be used to treat people suffering

from other long`term conditions such as asthma.

Now, chances are you've probably ordered some presents over the

internet this year. Our love affair with online shopping shows no sign

of cooling off. And many of those items have to get to us before the

big day next week. Our Business Correspondent, Alastair Fee, has

been to meet a new company in Basingstoke trying to get in on the

internet delivery act. It is selling very, very well.

At a product meeting, OnBuy, the UK's newest online market place

discuss some of their most popular toys. It's their first Christmas and

have on trial 100,000 items. That might sound a lot but Amazon has

millions. We sell other people's products. Sellers come to us with

their infantry and we list them for sale. We do not actually sell items

ourselves. The website has an emphasis on buying British. From a

warehouse in Wales, items are picked, packed and sent out across

the country. Hundreds of products leave here every day. We have plans

to preserve another building directly opposite where we are now.

When this grows, we know we have a facility to take hold. It's

certainly ambitious but they view Amazon as a rival. The online giant,

together with other multinational firms like Starbucks and Google have

been criticised for paying minimal tax here in the UK. The controversy

surrounding Amazon is adding to our message that we are going to pay UK

tax and try and ensure that the public sees OnBuy as a viable

marketplace. YOYOTech make gaming machines and are among the first

retailers to choose to sell via the website. Onbuy makes money through a

monthly charge and by taking a percentage of every item sold. Both

are cheaper for the retailer than selling on Amazon. If you are pro

UK, which OnBuy are, they pay UK taxes, they will grow in the UK and

create UK jobs which strengthens our economy, which makes our business

stronger as more people buy from us as well. This Christmas, the big

sellers have been magic kits and video games. Compared to Amazon, who

have thousands of employees in the UK, OnBuy has begun with just 26.

The ambition is to take 5% of Amazon's market share, a massive

?190 million in sales. Don't worry, that big box for you but I have

bought will be delivered before Christmas Day. Yours is all ready in

the post. Absolutely! Shall we talk football?

A little critters present to any anxious Southampton fans today.

Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino says he's had no approach

to speak to Tottenham about becoming the club's new boss. Pochettino's

name had been listed among the possible contenders to replace

Andres Villas Boas who was sacked on Monday. Saints face Spurs on Sunday

at St Mary's with Pochettino focussing on keeping his side's fine

Premier League season on track. Perhaps the results of late have not

gone our way but I'm happy in the sense that the team has been playing

how we want the team to play. The schedule is tough as you go into the

Christmas period. I am happy overall the performance. Perhaps not so

happy with the results. Tomorrow's action sees Reading host

Wigan in the Championship at the Madejski stadium. The Royals head

into the festive season fifth in the table.

Elsewhere, Brighton are at home, Bournemouth are on the road, more on

the Cherries shortly. There are home games for both MK

Dons and Swindon in League One, while the leaders Oxford are at York

in League Two, Portsmouth travel to Bristol Rovers. Full commentary on

BBC local radio and the goals tomorrow night on the Football

League Show. Hampshire cricket have signed Sussex

batsman Joe Gatting. Gatting, son of Steve, who played for Brighton in

the 1983 cup final and himself played professional football before

concentrating on cricket, has signed a two`year contract at the Ageas

Bowl. London Irish will hand a debut to

former South African World Cup winner CJ Van der Linde in their

Premiership match at Sale tonight. He comes into the front row for an

Irish side which is struggling again this season. They are 11th in the

table with just two wins to their name.

We go back to football now and Bournenmouth are at Sheffield

Wednesday tomorrow. Eddie Howe is hoping his side can pull off a

second consecutive away win, in this the club's first season back in the

second tier. The festive season brings five games in 15 days. You

come into this period and you have a lot of games in a short period of

time. Certainly, a good critters period can give you momentum into

January. That is what we are looking to do.

It has been some year for Bournemouth. The club enjoyed

promotion in April and in July fans were treated to a glamour game like

no other. With the summer heat wave at its peak, 12,000 fans were at

Dean Court to see Real Madrid come to town. It was one of the South's

sporting highlights of the year and I've been back to Dean Court to meet

a couple of people with special memories. We all have our own memory

of that balmy night in July. I remember as Ray are Madrid came

through the dressing rooms. All of the big`name stars. They turned out

to be real gentleman. I remember Rinaldo taking a free kick and the

ball came straight at me and broke my arm. I remember thousands of

people lining the bus route as Real Madrid arrived at Dean Court. It was

the game Bournemouth fans thought they would never see. The glitz and

glamour of the site coming to the city. It was a day to dream about.

We have got the likes of Ronaldo out there on the field right now.

Charlie Silverwood was behind the goal with a perfect view of

Cristiano Rinaldo's free kick. It missed the target but hit Charlie.

My dad died out the way and the person next to me died at the way

but I didn't! I didn't think about it at the time so ended up getting

hit in the arm and it broke. When you see the paramedics, most people

think that the first thing they would do is go to hospital. You

didn't do that, you wanted to see the game. The tickets were not

cheap, so I wanted to get our money 's worth. Charlie Stayt, eager to

not miss a minute. Also watching was John Harris, who has worked here for

years. I never thought it would happen at all, not with the status

of Real Madrid. Bournemouth lost the match 6`0. Ronaldo scored twice.

Charlie had broken his arm into `` his arm in two places. One of their

players spoke to me and apologised about my arm. He said he hoped I

would be better soon. They said they Rinaldo shut over. They flew into

Bournemouth today and they fly straight out tonight. They leave

behind memories which Bournemouth fans will savour for ever.

It really was a very, very special night. Ours is an? It's fine now. ``

how is his arm. A pygmy hippo has been born at

Marwell Zoo in Hampshire. The female, who doesn't yet have a name,

arrived weighing six kilos and measuring 15cm tall. Pygmy hippos,

who are normally found in the swamps of western Africa, are endangered in

the wild. Thank you very much for all of those who went on to our

Facebook page. One suggestion for a named was Tinsel. Someone else what

it should be Mary. What about Mistletoe? Holly? ID? `` Ivy?

It is potentially turning quite stormy in the next couple of days. I

will talk about that in the forecast. Let us take a look at some

pictures. Sue Preen took this photo in

Highcliffe this morning of the ice patterns on her car.

John Tweddell captured the sun rising over Emsworth this morning.

That is a really nice one. And the Osmington White Horse near

Weymouth is getting in to the festive spirit. Isn't that looking

fantastic. This photo was sent in by Rupert Haighton.

Conditions will turn on settled in the next few hours and overnight

into tomorrow. We saw some sunshine today but that would be the case

tonight, obviously did night`time so you will not see the sunshine. There

is a rain warning from the Met office for localised flooding and

surface water. Heavy, torrential rain through the course of the night

and staying with us tomorrow. The rain moves in this evening. There

will be some heavy bursts in there. Some lively rain with temperatures

falling to around nine or 10 Celsius was mild conditions but the rain is

not going anywhere quickly. It was they through the course of the day

until the early afternoon, when it gradually clears away. Some lively

showers through the afternoon and then some dusty winds. Gusts on the

coast up to 60 mast power. Inland gusts of 50 mph. There will be some

sunshine in the afternoon. If you have the showers around. Quite windy

conditions and once that rain has passed, following it tomorrow night

will be squally rain. A band of rain pushes through in the early hours of

Sunday morning. Temperatures fall to 5`6 Celsius. Sunday will be a lot

colder although we hold on to the blustery showers through the course

of the day on Sunday. The wind is still brisk full is up you can see

the squeeze on the isobars. What we see next is the feature moving in

from the Atlantic, more low pressure which potentially good give us some

stormy conditions on Monday into Christmas Eve on Tuesday. A very

strong south`westerly wind, with gales or severe gales and torrential

rain at times and that could lead to quite a lot of flooding, surface

water on the roads as well. Staging to your forecasts and your local

Busi radio station for the latest information. Looking at into

Christmas, we see more win and rain. There is a weather warning on

Monday. Some disruption is possible. By Christmas Day, the wind

will die away and we were ill see some cooler conditions will stop

there is a risk we could have some sleet or even the odd snowflake. I

say maybe. Staging to the forecast. Saturday, there is a lot of rain,

which could give some localised flooding. There is a yellow warning

in place for that. Sunday, blustery showers with some sunshine. Looking

at Monday and Tuesday, stay tuned to the forecast.

That is looking worrying. Especially on Monday into Tuesday. Especially

if you're commuting. We will have a full programme on South Today on

Monday. There will be bulletins over the weekend.

We'll leave you tonight with a christmas carol. It is sung by the

children of the Mary Hare Primary School in Newbury. The school is for

youngsters who are profoundly deaf ` they worked very hard learning this

carol, I hope you enjoy it. Have a lovely weekend. We are back on

Monday at the usual time. Good night.

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