:00:00. > :00:00.European Union, that is certainly not shared the further east you go
:00:00. > :00:10.into not shared the further east you go
:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening. The Swindon Town footballer Nile Ranger has been
:00:14. > :00:17.cleared of rape. The striker had told the jury at Newcastle Crown
:00:18. > :00:21.Court that he was "not a rapist and he was shocked to be charged by
:00:22. > :00:24.police and tonight that jurx found him not guilty. Our reporter Adrian
:00:25. > :00:30.Pitches is in Newcastle for us tonight.
:00:31. > :00:34.The allegation against Nile Ranger was made in January last ye`r. He'd
:00:35. > :00:38.spent the night with a woman aged 23 at a hotel in Jesmond in Newcastle.
:00:39. > :00:41.After the event, two days after the event, she made a complaint to
:00:42. > :00:45.police and said that the sex they'd had had been non`consensual and she
:00:46. > :00:49.had no recollection of it. She had woken up in bed with Nile R`nger the
:00:50. > :00:53.following morning and claimdd she was so drunk she wouldn't h`ve been
:00:54. > :00:56.able to give consent. During the course of the trial, it was revealed
:00:57. > :00:59.that they had exchanged text messages more than 1,000 tiles over
:01:00. > :01:04.a five`day period concerning this particular allegation. And the
:01:05. > :01:07.defence made play of the fact that these texts were friendly,
:01:08. > :01:12.flirtatious and, indeed, thdy seem to show some form of relationship
:01:13. > :01:14.forming. However the woman denied that she wanted a physical
:01:15. > :01:20.relationship with Ranger, and she was shocked by what happened. Ranger
:01:21. > :01:25.also had mobile phones, the evidence for which was taken by police. On
:01:26. > :01:29.one of them, he'd actually taken a picture of the bed in which the sex
:01:30. > :01:32.act had taken place, a picttre he hastily deleted when he was
:01:33. > :01:35.arrested. His own barrister admitted that did not actually portr`y the
:01:36. > :01:39.actions of a gentleman. It was, if you like, a trophy photo. R`ngers
:01:40. > :01:43.suffered as a result of these charges being brought. A move to
:01:44. > :01:48.Hull City fell through and he moved eventually from Newcastle United to
:01:49. > :01:51.League One Swindon Town. After the verdict was announced by thd jury
:01:52. > :02:03.after just an hour's deliberation, Rangers said, "Thank God."
:02:04. > :02:08.It's been confirmed teenager Jayden Parkinson died from pressurd to the
:02:09. > :02:12.neck. She went missing in Ddcember, her body was found after a two week
:02:13. > :02:14.search. Tonight that search has become the subject of an
:02:15. > :02:21.investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Tom
:02:22. > :02:25.Turrell reports. In terms of resources and m`n power,
:02:26. > :02:29.it was one of the biggest operations Thames Valley Police has evdr
:02:30. > :02:31.conducted. 17`year`old Jayddn Parkinson disappeared in early
:02:32. > :02:38.December, prompting dozens of officers to begin searching for her.
:02:39. > :02:44.Two weeks later, they found her body in a grave here at Great Western
:02:45. > :02:48.Cemetery in Didcot. But questions are now being asked about the police
:02:49. > :02:52.themselves. Did they follow procedure as they should have?
:02:53. > :02:54.During the investigation, they referred themselves to the police
:02:55. > :02:57.watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission, who have
:02:58. > :03:04.since said they're investig`ting how Thames Valley handled the c`se at
:03:05. > :03:24.the highest level. In a statement they said...
:03:25. > :03:31.As that investigation continues her family's grief goes on and today we
:03:32. > :03:36.learn from officers how Jayden died. It was from pressure that w`s
:03:37. > :03:38.applied to her neck. Her ex`boyfriend, 22`year`old Bdn
:03:39. > :03:41.Blakely, has been charged whth her murder, whilst a 17`year`old from
:03:42. > :03:48.Didcot has been charged with perverting the course of justice.
:03:49. > :04:00.Both are due to appear in court later this month.
:04:01. > :04:03.A coroner has returned an open verdict at the inquest into the
:04:04. > :04:07.death of a 22`month`old babx from Banbury. Tayler Mason died from a
:04:08. > :04:10.serious head injury a week `fter being admitted to hospital. His
:04:11. > :04:15.father was jailed after admhtting neglecting his son.
:04:16. > :04:19.A former Oxfordshire MoD base is being turned into a site for people
:04:20. > :04:23.to build their own homes. The Graven Hill site near Bicester has been
:04:24. > :04:26.bought by Cherwell District Council. 2,000 homes will be built there in
:04:27. > :04:31.the largest scale self`build project in the UK. Permission is behng
:04:32. > :04:34.sought to build a school and businesses to provide around two
:04:35. > :04:40.thousand jobs. Construction begins next year.
:04:41. > :04:43.There's been a big rise in the number of people being treated in
:04:44. > :04:46.hospital for anxiety and stress in the Thames Valley. That's according
:04:47. > :04:49.to one of the latest governlent health reports. It comes as mental
:04:50. > :04:52.health charities in Oxfordshire say they're helping a growing ntmber of
:04:53. > :04:59.people with these kinds of problems. Adina Campbell reports.
:05:00. > :05:03.Preparing food used often bd a 9 hour week for Louis. He was head
:05:04. > :05:06.chef at a pub two years ago which involved long hours with high
:05:07. > :05:12.expectations. But the stress of the job led to him having a bre`kdown.
:05:13. > :05:16.I'm staying in hospital for a month. I was burning myself with chgarettes
:05:17. > :05:22.and cutting myself with razors. I was in a complete state. I was
:05:23. > :05:27.trying to do that to dampen my suicidal thoughts. And just to keep
:05:28. > :05:32.my anxiety levels at a level that I could cope with. His recovery now
:05:33. > :05:35.involves getting help at thhs mental health charity in Oxford. Some
:05:36. > :05:39.mental health charities say they are getting more referrals to hdlp
:05:40. > :05:45.people deal with these problems It gets to a point where peopld are
:05:46. > :05:49.desperate and need help. Mental health problems can affect `ll areas
:05:50. > :05:53.of your life. Relationships starts to break down, they can affdct your
:05:54. > :05:57.work. Louise still enjoys cooking but says it is unlikely to dver be a
:05:58. > :06:00.job again. More than 5,500 secondary school
:06:01. > :06:04.children in Oxfordshire havd been offered a place at the school of
:06:05. > :06:07.their first choice. There w`s a rise of 300 applications this ye`r but
:06:08. > :06:11.more than 90% were given thdir first preference. Swindon also saw an
:06:12. > :06:14.increase in applicants with a slight drop being matched with thehr first
:06:15. > :06:18.choice. In Buckinghamshire, 78% of children got their first school up
:06:19. > :06:23.on last year when only 54% got their preference.
:06:24. > :06:26.A woman from Tring has recehved an OBE today from Prince Willi`m for
:06:27. > :06:30.services to families. Catherine Court is the co`founder of
:06:31. > :06:37.netmums.com. The website was set up in 2000 and offers parenting advice
:06:38. > :06:40.to more than a million membdrs. Of course, it's Shrove Tuesday. And
:06:41. > :06:43.there have been some serious pancake races, including this one in
:06:44. > :06:45.Wallingford which caught our attention.
:06:46. > :06:48.It's been a decent day, weather wise. The forecast is coming up
:06:49. > :06:53.starting with the regional outlook with Alexis. That is it frol us
:06:54. > :06:55.Good night. A chilly`bob might come under the clear skies.
:06:56. > :07:03.But that's it from us There could be some frost tomorrow morning with
:07:04. > :07:10.temperatures falling to a chilly freezing Celsus. In the countryside
:07:11. > :07:14.perhaps down to minus one. So, mist and fog first thing tomorrow, and
:07:15. > :07:20.there will be sunshine after, but increasing cloud through thd
:07:21. > :07:26.afternoon turning the sunshhne hazy. Although mild temperatures. We're
:07:27. > :07:32.looking at highs of ten or 01. The wind stays mild. The rest of the
:07:33. > :07:33.week, fairly settled condithons The odd spot
:07:34. > :07:40.And with more on that, here is the National forecast.
:07:41. > :07:45.Good evening. The skies across England and Wales are clearing. It
:07:46. > :07:53.will turn cold once again. A different story for Scotland and
:07:54. > :07:56.Northern Ireland. But ahead of that, the skies are clearing for England
:07:57. > :08:03.and Wales. It will turn cold, so we will start tomorrow with a frost and
:08:04. > :08:09.will also be some fog around. The frost will set in, getting down to
:08:10. > :08:12.three below in rural spots. It is not until the latter part of the
:08:13. > :08:16.night where we will see the fog thickening up. All while, the wind
:08:17. > :08:23.is increasing. And we will see some rain setting in by dawn. That
:08:24. > :08:24.combination will keep temperatures above freezing. In rural