21/02/2014 BBC Oxford News

moment. They'll be live in Kiev assessing what chance today's deal

has Good evening. A plastic surgery

nurse has been handed a three`year caution after admitting making

sexual comments towards a student he was working with at Stoke Mandeville

Hospital. The Nursing and Midwifery Council decided his ability to

practice had been impaired following what happened. Earlier, I spoke to

our reporter, Stuart Tinworth, who's been following the case.

The comments relate to when Perry John Boss worked as a nurse in the

plastic surgery department at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 2010. He'd

started mentoring student nurses in the late 80s. At an earlier hearing,

he was facing six charges, two of which he admitted. One comment,

which he admitted to making to one of the nurses under his supervision,

we can't report due to its graphic nature. The hearing was told when

the student reported it to her line manager, HE told her she shouldn't

be offended because it was the sort of thing that would often be said to

students. The Nursing and Midwifery Council accepted that there was a

culture at Stoke Mandeville Hospital of inappropriate language, including

sexual innuendo, swearing and name`calling. What has the hospital

had to say? Well, Perry John Boss hasn't worked there since 2012. In a

statement, Buckinghamshire NHS health care Trust has told us the

Trust takes all allegations of this nature extremely seriously, adding

it refers concerns to the Nursing Midwifery Council where appropriate

and assists in any subsequent processes. He's been handed this

three`year caution order which will be searchable on his record for that

time. And is he still working now? He is, and his current employers

have described him as exemplary. The panel on the hearing also

acknowledged he had shown remorse for his actions, had apologised to

the nurse and was unlikely to repeat his previous behaviour.

A fatal crash on the A34 in Oxfordshire has been referred to the

independent police watchdog after officers slowed traffic to remove a

dead badger. Police were taking away the animal from the southbound

carriageway near Marcham at around 3am, but as they did that, a lorry

crashed with another vehicle. The driver was taken to the John

Radcliffe Hospital but later died of his injuries. The road was closed

for nine hours. A second man, charged over the

murder of a teenager from Oxford, has appeared in court. 17`year`old

Connor Tremble was stabbed at his home last Thursday and died in

hospital at the weekend. Grant Clemens, from Moreton`in`Marsh, has

been charged with helping an offender and is now being held in

custody. A 20`year`old man from Banbury, accused of killing the

teenager, is also being kept in custody.

A charity which helps hundreds of carers across the region has been

saved from closure following coverage here on our programme. The

South and Vale Carers Centre was going to shut but another local

charity saw our report at the end of last year and got in touch to help.

Today was the start of their new partnership.

For Melanie, the carers Centre has been a lifeline. She has two sons

with autism. When her first application was rejected, they help

to appeal successfully. They have provided respite breaks from and

care cover for her sons. It's made a huge difference to my life, having

that support, naming it has been there, knowing it is reliable

because at the end of the day, most carers tend to prioritise their

needs after the needs of the people they care for. Last year we reported

that the carers Centre couldn't find the money to carry on. Another

charity saw our coverage and got in touch to help. I picked up the piece

that you did in November about the centre facing closure. I went back

to our senior management team. We thought it would be a good idea to

see if there was something we could do to help. They voted to work

together. We always hoped a miracle would happen. The publicity was so

good because it alerted other people around to the fact that we needed

help to keep going. The new partnership should mean carers will

continue to get much`needed support for many years to come.

While many of us are still coping with flooding, water companies in

our region are continuing to prepare for future drought. Thames Water is

building a huge underground storage reservoir in Reading. A new

reservoir in Oxfordshire is still on the cards despite plans for one near

Abingdon being blocked by the government. We are looking at

reducing our own leakage and working with customers to reduce demand.

Also, a catchment transfer. The road by Sonning Bridge could be

raised to try and stop problems caused by flooding. The commuter

route across the River Thames has been shut for weeks. Heavy duty

blocks have been put across the road because drivers have been ignoring

the closure signs. It's been three weeks since Eoin Hartwright smashed

the world record. The 17`year`old spent 43 days with his uncle and two

team mates rowing the 3,000`mile journey. He's now back home in

Didcot, helping to run the family farm, which wasn't easy at first. It

does really affect your body. When I got back to England, I couldn't face

stares. It was a nightmare. with areas where we have had late

showers. Good catch one or two showers eastwards in the early

hours. Temperatures of the`4 Celsius. Into Saturday, a fresh and

bright start. Lovely sunny spells at times. Bright skies in a morning,

but into the afternoon, more cloud arriving. The odd shower here or

there. Temperatures of 10`11 Celsius. The breeze beginning to

pick up through the day. That is ahead of the front heading our way

on Sunday. You can expect a very breezy day on Sunday with gusts of

60 mph along the coast, rain later. Now

Outlook. Tom Shuffle knacker has the National forecast in a few seconds.

Some rain around on Monday. If you remember, this time last

week, we had some very vicious weather costing the country, the

storm on Friday night. Much quieter this Friday night and a much quieter

week. Come the weekend, the Atlantic is still a little fierce. We will

have some wind and rain in the forecast, too, but not all of