07/05/2014 BBC Oxford News


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Good evening. An inquest into the by Boko Haram, but now on BBC

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Good evening. An inquest into the death of a man from Witney has

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concluded he was unlawfully killed. Melvin Hillier, who was 52, was

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found at The Tower Centre in Carterton last year. Three people

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were arrested at the time on suspicion of murder, but no charges

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followed. Peter Cooke has more. Larger than life and a successful

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businessman. All seemed well for Oxford`born Melvin Hillier until a

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serious traffic accident in 2003 left him with mobility problems. He

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struggled to find work and began drinking heavily, quickly becoming

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an alcoholic. His house was used as a base for other drinkers and his

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family, seen here arriving at court, said because he was so generous,

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many would take advantage. The night before he died he went to stay with

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a friend in Alvescot Road in Carterton. That evening he suffered

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a broken nose, black eye and a head injury. He was found dead the

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following morning. Three other people were in the house at the time

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` two men, aged 49 and 59, and a woman, aged 28. All were arrested on

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suspicion of murder but later released without charge. A

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postmortem showed he died from blunt impact to the head. Coroner Darren

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Salter said he was confident Mr Hillier was punched and that's what

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caused his death. The police say they're keeping the investigation

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under review. The president of the Oxford Union

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has been released on bail, after being arrested on suspicion of rape

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and attempted rape. It's thought Benjamin Sullivan, who's 21, is a

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student at Christ Church College. He was elected head of the debating

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society in December. Oxford University has declined to comment.

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A controversial hostel for young people in Oxford is to be wound down

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and possibly closed. One Foot Forward on Iffley Road offers

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housing for 16 to 25`year`olds. But some people who live near the hostel

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have complained about anti`social behaviour for the last decade. Now

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the County Council's planning a number of smaller units instead.

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Katharine da Costa reports. And five Iffley Road, home to around

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20 homeless and vulnerable young adults. For many, though, they are

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unwanted neighbours. People are concerned about the behaviour

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outside the entrance to the building, they have been robberies

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of passers`by, abusing, fights. This altercation was recorded by our own

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camera crew back in November. But there are those who support the

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hostel and the work it does here. One neighbour told me she brought

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the making of chocolates at Christmas. I have spoken to some of

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the young people themselves, who didn't want to appear on camera, and

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they say they have been misunderstood and unfairly judged.

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It is easy to understand why. They all have very different needs,

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ranging from mental health problems to criminal convictions. I think

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it's a lethal cocktail of the perpetrators of crimes and people

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who are just victims, a combination of those two is a dangerous mix.

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That is why we have been asking for smaller units, more secure units.

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This woman lived before she was murdered in December last year.

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Councillor Williams thinks her death printed a serious rethink into how

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services are run. They can to cancel says plans for smaller homes have

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been on the cards for a while. The first is expected to open later this

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year. Up to a thousand jobs are at risk at

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the Kenco coffee factory in Banbury because of restructuring plans. The

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owner, Mondelez International, is selling half of its coffee business

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to create a new company. The factory has been the main employer in

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Banbury for 50 years and produces 100 million jars of instant coffee

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every year. The Unite Union has called the move highly unsettling.

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Children at a nursery in Bicester have been stopped from playing

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outside, since a footbridge was built over the railway line. It was

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put up over the bank holiday weekend, and even though the nursery

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was told about it, staff there say they had no idea how big it would

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be. Now they claim it's not safe for children to be in the garden. The

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gardens where we grow one hour of fruit and vegetables but

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unfortunately, at the moment, the garden is unsafe. Even when the

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footbridge opens, the children will be put immediately at risk by

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passers`by and people being able to access our children. Network Rail

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and Chiltern Railways say they're working to find a solution.

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Around 25,000 people in the Thames Valley are thought to be living with

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dementia. With that number growing, people are now being recruited to

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become "Dementia Friends". Victoria Cook has more.

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Jan and Ralph Burridge have been married for 59 years. He was

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diagnosed with vascular dementia three years ago. Now his wife is his

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full time carer. Something she says can be soul destroying. Very often

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don't know what you're saying, but your member afterwards, don't you?

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He does apologise. `` you remember afterwards. He has a sense of

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humour. Around 25,000 people in the Thames Valley area live with

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dementia. Leading charities now want more of us to understand the

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condition and in doing so become what they're calling a "dementia

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friend". The idea is that people can discover the small ` but significant

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` things they can do for those affected. For the first time

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tonight, this advert for the campaign will be shown in full. It

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includes all of all the celebrities backing the new idea. If you know

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three people over the age of 65, the chart is one of them will develop

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dementia so it is important we do something about it as a society, and

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make sure we have the resources and services to help those people. For

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Jan and Ralph Burridge, it's something they see as vital.

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Now if you'd like to get in touch with us, to tell us about stories

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you think we should be covering ` you can e`mail us.

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A lot of cloud not, perhaps the odd shower, band of rain working its way

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in from the West, that could be under heavy side tomorrow. A mild

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night tonight, down into double digits. It will be a wet start for

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some tomorrow, a band of very heavy, persistent rainfall work its way

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through southern areas to the rush hour, following that, drier period,

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some showers to follow, which will band in a line. Highest tomorrow of

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14 Celsius. It stays unsettled for the rest of the week, thundery

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showers are possible Friday and Saturday.

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looks right as we look into Friday. But more rain for the weekend. Now

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we have the UK outlook. Spring last year might have been the

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coldest in years, but we have already had the highest temperature

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so far. But we're nowhere near

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