15/01/2014 BBC Oxford News

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Hello and welcome to South Today. In tonight's programme: Are too many

elderly people in residential care when they could be living in their

own houses? We hear about the benefits of staying at home and why

one council admits it's not doing enough to make that happen.

Also tonight: Oxford University apologises over an exam results

blunder. It's after the results of the worst performing students were

emailed to hundreds of their college course mates.

Packed away for more than a year. Oxford's Natural History Museum

prepares to re`open after painstaking work to repair its glass

roof. And later on: Going green at the

hairdressers. We're not talking about colour but cutting your fuel

bills. Good evening. The number of elderly

people going to live in care homes in Oxfordshire is rising despite

attempts by council and health managers to provide alternative

care. From April to October last year, 362 people were permanently

admitted to residential care. That suggests a 7% increase on the

previous year and means the council is 55% over its target. The council

says it's working to help people stay at home and keep costs down.

Tom Turrell reports. Shirley developed dementia six years

ago and needs caring for around the clock. It could be done in a care

home, but her husband insists it's better if she's looked after in her

own home in Cholsey. What I call team surely now. The others all have

their little input. Somebody coming in to wash and bathing things like

that. Everyone at this Oxford lunch club lives at home and that's often

best for the patient and cheaper for the taxpayer. That's why the NHS and

Oxfordshire County Council set a target that no more than 400 people

are admitted to a care home in any one year but that target isn't being

reached. Between April and October, to be on target, the authorities

should have admitted 234 people to a care home. Instead, they admitted

362. The county council says the target was unrealistic in the

short`term because of the rising number of elderly people, but it

insists it's doing all it can. We have protected the money we spend

one day services and the money we are spending on carers. A variety of

different things we are looking to do to protect what is going on and

we are looking to work closely with the health service. So the

authorities say it will take more time for them to hit their target

and reduce the number of people ending up in a care home, but they

say it's not a fight they plan to give up on.

Paul Cann is the chief executive of AgeUK Oxfordshire. I asked him why

he thinks the figure is rising. There are two kinds of problem here.

One is a national problem, shortage of funding, we need to address that

on a national level. The second problem is about people not knowing

what their options are. They don't know what schemes there are out

there. There are schemes and things offered in the community which can

help people stay in the community for longer. One example would be a

thing called neighbourhood return, a project which gets volunteers to be

on hand so that if somebody with dementia goes missing, and this does

happen quite a lot, instead of calling the emergency services, we

can use those volunteers, local people, who are happy to be involved

and supportive, to go out and find somebody who has gone missing. If we

can do that, then people will stay in their own home for longer, they

will be happier and the family care role will feel they can cope, which

very often they find is an unbearable pressure. What about

navigating the system in terms of finding the right care package?

Someone living on their own one need more support. One of our biggest

jobs is giving people information and advice to help them find a way

forward. We must protect the services in the county. They save

money. What we do is offer advice, which helps you navigate the maze,

and my goodness, it is a maze in terms of what the rules and your

entitlements are. A man's body has been found at the

Pegasus Theatre in Oxford. Police were called to the theatre on

Magdelen Road shortly after 2pm. They say the death is unexplained

but not suspicious. Around 20 staff have been told they can't leave

until investigations are completed and activities scheduled this

evening have been cancelled. An inquest has been opened and

adjourned into the death of a cyclist who drowned in floodwater in

Oxfordshire last week. 73`year`old Ian Taylor from Oxford was a regular

cyclist but lost control of his bike on this road in Wytham. Paramedics

tried to revive him at the scene but he died later in hospital. The

pathologist believes heart disease contributed to his drowning.

Poorly performing Oxford University students have, mistakenly, been

named and shamed in a clerical error. Their low results were

emailed throughout their college. Some students say they were

humiliated, others have down played the accident. Sinead Carroll

reports. Exams. High pressure whereever and

whenever you take them. And performing poorly when you are at

one of the most prestigious universities in the world is all the

more embarrassing. Imagine, then, having your poor exam grades

circulated around your fellow students. That's exactly what

happened to pupils here at University College. The names of

pupils who who did poorly in tests before Christmas were emailed around

the college. It's information not everybody wants to know but I don't

think everybody is too upset about it. The person most mortified is the

person who sent the e`mail, but the general feeling in college is that

it wasn't malicious and is a classic e`mail blunder. The tests don't

count towards a final degree. Jack might be calm about the accident and

the tests didn't count towards the final degree but, speaking directly

after the event, one pupil told a student newspaper she felt "publicly

humiliated" by the email. The university apologised immediately,

saying, "The college takes the treatment of sensitive data very

seriously." The university is now investigating how this happened and

is determined that this won't happen again.

A campaign group has been launched to push for better transport links

into Oxford. The Witney Oxford Transport Group says the A40 can't

cope with the current volume of traffic trying to enter and leave

the city at peak times. Instead, it's suggesting either buses that

run on their own track, trams or trains.

After a year of restoration work, Oxford's Museum of Natural History

will re`open next month. More than 8,000 glass roof tiles have been

cleaned and replaced and hundreds of exhibits had to be moved out or

protected. Unwrapping the past. The final steps

to re`opening this museum in Oxford. It's been closed for over a year.

While the leaking roof has been restored, the exhibits have been

packed away and moved for safety. Not an easy task. It's been a big

challenge because the museum has been full of scaffolding for the

whole year so everything has got to be protected. We got nearly 6

million specimens, so a lot of the ones out on display have been

wrapped up. Others have had special bespoke boxes built for them. The

elephants, wrapping the elephants toes last year. Outside and up high,

the fully restored glass tiled roof. More than 8,000 tiles have been

removed, cleaned and resealed. Painstaking work that's cost over ?1

million. Allowing the daylight to come in, it's a cathedral of glass,

and that they like coming in is absolutely fantastic. Inside, a

cleaner, brighter museum with the original ironwork gleaming once

more. One of the things that should not have been surprising but is is

the strength of feeling we have had from people on Twitter, online, who

really miss the place. A lot of people are saying, I want to come

back! From that point of view, it will be really nice to open the door

again and have everyone pouring in. It'll be just a month until this

building is open to the public again.

A children's Wendy house in Shrivenham has been sold for ?6,500.

It might look like a full size cottage but it's only about 12 feet

high. It has two storeys and is fully furnished with a working sink

and wall lights that can be connected to the mains. It's been

bought by an anonymous buyer from the UK.

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

a full year's pannage, where pigs are

released to hoover the acorns up, was extended to cope with a bumper

crop. But the Verderers, who oversee the forest's animals, say this

year's death rate is much higher than the eight deaths they'd usually

expect. Still to come in this evening's

South Today: Paul Clifton gets behind the wheel of his favourite

car. As we continue our look at the

South's forgotten motorcars, I take a drive in this supercar, built in

Eastleigh. A woman from Worthing is calling for

a change in the law to give parents whose babies are stillborn greater

rights. At the moment, if a baby dies before 24 weeks of pregnancy,

the death is not registered. Hayley Petts has the support of the former

Children's Minister and MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, Tim Loughton,

who took the debate to Parliament. Ellie Price has more.

Hayley's son Samuel died in her womb at 19 weeks. She had to be induced

to give birth to him. She says one of the worst part of her grief is

knowing the law does not acknowledge her son ever existed, which is why

she brought her very personal story to Parliament. I had contractions as

any normal mother would do, and I gave birth to my baby, held him in

my arms, cuddled him, had hand prints taken off him. My family saw

him and held him if they wanted to. Then we had a funeral for him. The

fact that he did not exist in the eyes of the law is a bitter pill to

swallow. Today, her local MP challenged the government to lift

the 24 week threshold that defines a stillbirth to define all mothers who

go through labour after a baby has died. This is purely about giving

closure, giving peace of mind and recognition to parents who have gone

through the agony of having a stillborn child, and have that agony

compounded by the fact the state does not actually recognise that

child. That can't be right, and a simple change in the law could bring

a lot more support to those parents who go through that process.

Currently, if a pregnancy ends before 24 weeks it is recorded as a

late miscarriage, even if the mother had to go through labour. The

parents have no right to maternity or paternity leave, and the child's

death will not be legally registered. You need time to grieve,

which is another reason why it is important that if there is a change

of the dates, it is taken account of the psychological damage that is

caused to parents and families, they need that time to grieve. It is not

known how many cases there are similar to Hayley's. She hopes her

experience will eventually help others.

A music festival looks to be back on this year after a dramatic turn of

events to stage a event in the town. There was one bidder left after a

rival firm pulled out on the eve of the decision.

It had started a two horse race, but in the final furlong, it emerged

today that the big boys had quit the contest. But if Guildfest organisers

had expected to romp home, they had reckoned without memories of 2012 in

their previous operation folder. We have two protect the public taxpayer

and also the public assets of the park. By making sure every thing is

paid in advance, we hope to alleviate those risks. Today, the

local team was engaged in a scramble to book acts and get everything

ready in just six months. We have been doing Guilfest for six years,

so we know what buttons to push, who to contact straightaway. It is going

to be tight, but the are confident about pulling it off. At the

festival venue, most today rallied behind the local team. I am so

excited. I love Guilfest. I have been going there since I was four

years old. I play the drums myself, and it is a good way to get local

musicians and other people who don't get to play huge venues all the time

somewhere to play. Guildford should have it. It is their thing, they

started it. So, Guilfest is back, possibly. But there is a whole

series of milestones that has to be reached, from getting a licence to

finding the money, to making sure that the council would be left out

of pocket if things go wrong again. With just a year's commitment, it is

hardly a free endorsement, more that the council has decided to go with

the only show in town. We all know that gas and electricity prices

rises have been difficult to swallow, but a new report out today

suggests more than half the households in the South East

struggled to pay their energy bills last year.

The charity behind the report says people need to be aware of the help

schemes available and how to keep bills as low as possible. It comes

as researchers in Southampton have uncovered an unusual method of

passing on energy saving tips ` talk to your hairdresser. Katy Austin

reports. It is about not washing your hair so

often. Hairdressers speak to more people every day than any other

profession. Instead of asking about holidays, Charlotte passes on

energy`saving advice. I know how hard it is in business and at home,

so if anybody can cut their bills down and save some energy and help

the environment, then great. Wash your hair less, use your hair dryer

on a lower temperature or lower speed. With your straighteners, use

a lower temperature. The idea came from Southampton University who have

researched ways to cut energy usage. A hairdryer uses 20 times

more power than a television, so leaving your head to dry naturally

says energy. It is about efficiency. How come get the same amount of

funds using less energy, less resources? Prices are going up, so

the more we get into energy`saving habits, the more we will be saving

energy. Those savings will only increase. We can only really expect

energy prices to go up and up. Being more energy efficient is not just a

green idea. It could help save the pennies for people struggling to pay

their bills. One charity turned to us found the gap between what people

can afford and what they pay has widened automatically. The charity

found that one in five households owning up to ?40,000 has had someone

become ill because they can't pay for heating. Most people we spoke to

are already trying to save. We had insulation placed in the attic,

cavity insulation in the walls, and we have changed the light bulbs to

LED lights. I switch everything off. That's all I can do. In the morning

I don't put the heating on at all. I have got energy efficient light

bulbs. I have my gas and Electric on a timer. The government has promised

it will cut energy bills by ?50 a year. For now, taking Charlotte's

word of mouth advice is one way of turning down the heat on your bank

account. Meanwhile, Bournemouth will host the

five`time European Champions Liverpool in the next round of the

FA Cup. Bournemouth fans helped to pay for Burton Albion fans to travel

to the re`arranged third round game at the Goldsands last night. And it

was the Cherries supporters who left happy as Bournemouth went on to wind

4`1. Tickets for the glamour tie against Liverpool in the fourth

round are sure to be in high demand. I thought it was touch and go at

2`1. I thought they could come back and get something, but they didn't

and Bournemouth went through the stop pretty good. Really, really

chuffed. The club deserves it. They have been through really bad times

in the last few years, so this is amazing. Liverpool now. Absolutely

amazing. Brilliant. This close range strike made it 2`1

at the break. The home side's dominance could have brought more

goals. There was a late penalty from Pitman which sealed their victory. A

chance to show how far the club has come in recent years. It lets us

showcase how we say, the style of football we increment here.

Hopefully we can do ourselves justice. Elsewhere in the FA Cup,

Oxford United will have to replay Charlton Athletic. The current cup

holders Wigan overcame the MK Dons at the second time of asking and

after extra time. The Executive Chairman of

Southampton football club, Nicola Cortese, is to weigh up his future

in the next few days, and could step down as chairman.

It's thought to be over divisions about the club's future with owner,

Katharina Liebherr. The 45`year`old Italian, who has guided Saints from

League One to the Premier League, threatened to walk away in May, but

eventually decided to stay after receiving the necessary assurances.

The club has so far declined to comment.

The signing of James O'Connor has definitely had a positive impact on

London Irish. The full`back scored all 22 points in a recent victory

over Worcester and seems to be putting his past behind him.

James O'Connor has already made a huge impact at London Irish, but he

arrived with a bad week image. I am a new person now, and there's a lot

of goals and things I have been working on. Not just myself, but I

have had a lot of help from other people. It is always good to have a

support system and genuine people around you. The Australian

international has been the start of the show. His contract runs out at

the end of the season, and there are questions over his future at the

club. I want to get back to Australia, play for my country in

the World Cup. It's what I have always wanted to do. I want to be

wearing a gold jersey. I wanted back in 2015 for the rugby season.

Whether he stays or not, he insists the future looks bright for the team

that gave him a second chance. If you look at it statistically, every

rugby player can feel momentum on the field. Every game I have been a

part of, there have only been one or two where I have felt we have been

beaten. The other ones I have felt we have lost ourselves. We are right

on track in terms of the rugby programme and it will only get

better. With new owners, things are certainly looking good for London

Irish in 2014. This week we've been looking at the

forgotten cars built in the South. And this year marks the 50th

anniversary of a great but often overlooked classic. Plans are being

made for 50 Gordon Keeble cars to mark the occasion in style. It was a

genuine supercar, built at Southampton Airport. Paul Clifton

has clearly enjoyed taking one for a spin.

The logo shows a tortoise. But this was more of a hare. The idea was to

build a British supercar, with a huge American engine and delicate

Italian styling. The Italian designer was just 19 years old. The

noise from this week American V8 engine is just gorgeous. When it was

launched, Autocar magazine said it was the most electrifying car ever

seen. I have driven these cars a few times, and I have to say, they are

just about the most wonderful cars I have ever driven. Only 99 of these

cars were ever made. Now, 49 years later, more than 80 of them are

still on the road. We've come to Southampton Airport. The Gordon

Keeble cars were built on what is now the passenger terminal and its

car park. Derek Baker was an apprentice who helped build them. We

are right in the old factory where the bodies used to be wheeled across

on the slave chassis is for final assembly, and the cars were finally

assembled. It aimed to be a genuine grand touring car that could

transport for 6`foot people in comfort. The car reached speeds of

150 miles per hour, and Syria`60 in just about six seconds, which was

very quick for its time, and even today those are stunning figures.

Don Sinclair has owned this one since 1975. I just love it shape, I

love the look of its the car. When you are only now give it some

persuasion, it is just so different. These are collector's cars. The

owners all seem to know each other. Later this year, they're planning to

gather 50 Gordon Keebles to mark the 50th anniversary of the car. What is

the appeal? Clearly, the performance. Outstanding. Massively

effective grand touring car. A new one cost just under ?3,000. Today,

they change hands for ?50,000. This is the most gorgeous car. Few people

have heard of the Gordon Keeble. But, to me, this masterpiece made in

Eastleigh remains one of the finest cars ever made.

Now, last week you may remember how we covered the return home of HMS

Illustrious. The crew had spent Christmas away, helping victims of

the typhoon in the Philippines. We put the film on our Facebook page `

and it's gone viral in the Philippines. Hundreds of people have

left comments, thanking the Royal Navy for their work. Maria Mamon was

one. She says, "Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We will always

remember all the goodness and kindness you offered to us

Filipinos. God bless you all". Lovely comments. Onto the weather

now. Yes, lots of rain today. We have

some photos from today. These are Canada geese on the flooded water

meadows. Ltd Brighton yesterday. A few of us

saw some sunny spells, but tonight we will see a band of rain working

its way in from the West. That rain will drift eastward through the

cause of the night, turning into showers once the main rain band has

pushed through. The showers could be on the heavy side. There will be a

few dry periods with a few spells, but mild temperature is for the time

of year. The winds increasing its peak during the second part of the

night from the south`west. Tomorrow will see some thunderstorms, even

with some hail mixed in for good measure. Those showers continue to

move in from the West. Highs of nine Celsius. Very similar to what we had

today. Tomorrow night, we do it all again with more rain and showers.

Longer spells of rain at times, with the odd thunderstorm and some hail.

The showers will last for much of tomorrow night into the early hours

of Friday morning, with temperatures falling to a mild 5`8 Celsius. Quite

strong winds. Friday will see some showers. The wind coming from the

south or the south`west Britney in those showers from the Indus

channel. Another band of rain lurks in the English Channel, which will

creep in by dark on Friday, so further rain in the forecast. It

won't help the flooding situation. The outlook for the rest of the

week, we are expecting some showers tomorrow, some bright spells but

more cloud than sunshine. A brisk southerly breeze, so those showers

could be on the blustery side. Further showers on Friday with a

strong south`westerly breeze. The best day of the weekend will

probably be Sunday. Saturday looks rather wet and miserable with lots

of rain in the forecast and strong winds for parts of west Sussex.

Showers later on on Sunday, but a dry start to the day.

Tomorrow night we will find out the real story behind Colin Firth's new

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