24/03/2014 BBC Oxford News


24/03/2014

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A court has heard how health and first

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A court has heard how health and safety breaches at an airport led to

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the death of the chief fire officer there. 45`year`old Steve Mills was

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killed at Cotswold airport hn 2 11 when a gas cylinder exploded. Steve

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Mills was described by colldagues as competent and experienced. Hn 2 11

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he went into work on his dax off to strip out equipment from shhpping

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containers donated by the MoD. As he moved a gas cylinder like this one,

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it apparently fell and exploded as the mechanism was triggered. In

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court it was described as a large and fatal Catherine Wheel as it spun

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out of control at high speed. Steve Mills suffered head injuries and was

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discovered by a colleague. @ safety cap like this one which would have

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stopped the gas escaping was not fitted. Steve Mills had not told

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anyone at the airport he was moving the cylinders and was working alone.

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Despite that, the company who employed him was today found guilty

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of not assessing the risk. Kemble Air Services say they are

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disappointed at the verdict because they believe no risk assesslent was

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necessary as there were no plans at the time to move the cylinddrs.

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Everyone has to learn from these incidents. There is always room for

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improvement. We have reviewdd our procedures and implemented some

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changes but deep down, I don't believe we failed Steve in `ny way

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but obviously the jury came back with a verdict they thought was

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appropriate. It has not brotght Steve back. We still miss hhm

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everyday at the airport and it is very hard. Steve Mills' famhly were

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in court for the verdict. Afterwards his father read a short statement.

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In my opinion, no individual person is responsible for the death of my

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son. His attitude to life w`s to achieve perfection on anythhng he

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undertook to complete. Time is a great healer but Steve will be sadly

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missed for many years to cole. Kemble Air Services will be back in

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court in the near future to be sentenced and they are likely to

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face a six`figure fine. Firefighters say a man who tried to

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rescue pupils from River Th`mes has had a miraculous escape. He was

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dragged through the weir at Shiplake but escaped injury. The puphls were

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from Shiplake College. More than 300 people angry `t plans

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to double the size of an Oxfordshire village were at a public medting

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tonight. Plans to build 600 homes in Shrivenham near Swindon werd

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displayed then councillors `nswere questions from villagers.

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Campaigners believe the village does not have the facilities needed for

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the two developments. We are not delighted with the

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proposals we have to put forward. However, if there are alternatives

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out there that people can ptt forward and are viable, we `re happy

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to engage with those. We ard discussing alternatives and those

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proved to be viable, they c`n be included in the final plan.

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A report is calling for new measures to help bridge the gap betwden rich

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and poor pupils in Buckingh`mshire. The inquiry, led by teachers,

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inspectors and politicians, wants more support for high achievers from

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poorer backgrounds. Breakfast club at Ashmead School in

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Aylesbury. It's an extra cl`ss open to children whose parents are low

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earners. It's part of a nathonal initiative called Pupil Prelium The

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school is given ?1000 for every child that qualifies. You c`n make

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an impact with just goodwill. You can make an impact with dedhcated

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teachers. But what the monex does is, it improves the provision in

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those times outside of the learning day when you can really imp`ct those

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children in families more. Natasha Jacobs says her daughter's reading

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has improved beyond recognition this year. Her books were bought with

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Pupil Premium money. Books `re really expensive. You cannot just go

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and buy them, they are about ?1 and sometimes you have other thhngs you

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need to pay for. This reallx helps. In Buckinghamshire, the gap between

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wealthy and not so wealthy tsed to be the widest in the whole country

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with pupils from more affludnt families performing a lot bdtter.

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Recent results here at Ashmdad School show that that gap h`s been

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bridged. The County Council has written a report on how it can

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provide a fairer education for children from all backgrounds. What

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we have tried to do is find how best to use the money. We have found that

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one`to`one teaching has helped. Doing things to help make up for the

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fact that they are disadvantaged. Next year there should be even more

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opportunities at this school. Government funding for Pupil Premium

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would increase to ?2.5 billhon. The grant for each pupil would go up by

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a third. Three decades after it went into

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service, the RAF's Tristar `ircraft will make its final flight this

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month. The air to air refuelling and transport plane has been a familiar

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sight in the skies over Brize Norton. Think of the Tristar plane

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as a giant petrol station in the sky. First commissioned by the RAF

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in 1983, it played its part in the Falklands, two Gulf Wars and

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Afghanistan. Today is its l`st operational mission. With up to 130

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tonnes of fuel on board, thd job of the Tristar is to fly straight and

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steady as the other plane approaches from behind at speeds of up to 50

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miles per hour. All that's left is for the fighter pilots to connect to

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the end of the fuel hose dangling behind. It's a beautiful aircraft to

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fly, very smooth and very lhght on the controls. It is a very stable

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platform for air to air reftelling as well. I know a lot of thd fast

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jets like the Tristar because it is nice and easy to fly behind. The

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plane is also used for transporting military personnel to war zones

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around the world. In all, there are nine Tristar planes like thhs but

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the RAF says they are too old and too expensive to maintain. Hnstead,

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these rather large pieces of British military history are to be

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dismantled and sold for scr`p. As for 216 Squadron, which is `lso

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being disbanded, the only thing they will be able to keep to remdmber her

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by are their memories. Oxford United have been plaxing

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their first match under new boss Gary Waddock tonight. Late Kick`off

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has highlights of the game here on BBC One at 11:20 so if you don't

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want to know the score, look away now.

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For most of us, reasonably light and patchy and there will be a lot of

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cloud with the rainfall makhng it not as cold as last night. We are

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expecting a wet start to tolorrow, generally a damp day all in all with

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a lot of cloud and limited brightness. With the rain btilding

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in the afternoon, temperatures reaching eight or nine degrdes. It

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will be a breezy day. The rdst of the week is staying unsettldd.

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Sunshine and showers.

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