15/05/2014 BBC Oxford News


15/05/2014

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Good evening. A senior Wiltshire Police officer, who was found guilty

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of gross misconduct following a double murder inquiry, has resigned

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from the force. Last year Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher was

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found to have broken police rules, while questioning suspect

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Christopher Halliwell in 2011. His actions meant Halliwell never faced

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trial for Becky Godden's murder, despite having led detectives to her

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body. Peter Cooke has this report. Steve Fulcher has always said he did

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what he thought was right. Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell had

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admitted killing Sian O'Callaghan from Swindon before telling the

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detective he'd murdered a second woman, Becky Godden, in 2002. But

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Fulcher failed to caution him or take him to a police station,

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breaking arrest guidelines. He claimed this was because he wanted

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to "appeal to the killer's conscience". You'll shall I do the

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opportunity of his relationship with me and the fact he was about to give

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me this key piece of evidence. He took me to a field at the

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crossroads. We were able to cross the wall over the field and he was

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able to pace out the exact spot where he said he had buried a young

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girl. Halliwell was given life in 2012 for killing Sian O'Callaghan,

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but was never prosecuted over the death of Becky. Despite this,

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Becky's mother always supported what Steve Fulcher did. He broke the

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rules but he broke them for good reason. I stand by him and I will

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continue to stand by him. He did what he did to bring two girls back

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to their family. The detective was allowed to keep his job after facing

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a misconduct hearing. Now, four months after that hearing, he's

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decided to resign from Wiltshire Police. Oxford Brookes has been

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named as one of more than 20 universities to have deducted a full

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day's pay from staff who joined a two`hour walk`out over wages.

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Members of the University and College Union staged a protest in

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Oxford earlier this year, angry at a pay rise of 1%. The union says it's

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written to a total of 26 universities, demanding the money is

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returned to its members. Brookes says it will respond, but doesn't

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pay staff for partial performance. An investigation's underway in

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Oxford after a woman reported to police she'd been raped. A man who

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was arrested has been released without charge. Officers were called

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to George Street Mews in the city centre and also to South Park, at

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around 3:15 this morning. The areas were cordoned off. A shortage of

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housing in our region is pushing house prices and private rents out

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of reach for local workers, according to a new report. The

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National Housing Federation claims the situation is reaching crisis

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point and wants more affordable homes to be built. A recent study

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has suggested Oxfordshire needs 5,000 houses to be built every year

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until 2031. Tom Turrell has more details. Putting up the price of

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properties is becoming an increasingly common occurrence for

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this Oxford estate agent. The reason he says, supply is low and demand

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high. We have seen in the last week telephone calls and bearing numbers

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going through the roof. `` viewing numbers. A few miles up the road,

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near Bicester, and almost 1,600 homes will have been built on this

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site by 2021 ` 1 in three of them will either be sold or rented at

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below market rate ` it's known as affordable housing. Now a new report

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published by the organisation which represents housing associations says

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we need much more of them. In Oxfordshire in particular it is a

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critical problem that there is not enough affordable housing. This is

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causing great problems for families right across the county. So, why is

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affordable housing becoming an increasingly big deal? According to

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the land Registry the average house price has gone up by 11% in three

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years. The average wage is just over ?30,000 so people simply cannot

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afford to buy. The wider plan by councils is to build 88,000

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properties in Oxfordshire by 2031. But the prospect of paving over

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large swathes of Oxfordshire's green and pleasant land has got some

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worried. There is a need for affordable housing. We think there

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must be a way of having a grown`up debate about this without

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sacrificing our countryside. The truth is Holmes are getting harder

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and harder to afford but how many are built and where is likely to be

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fought over for some time yet. This year marks the 50th anniversary of

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the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Winning cars and

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drivers that have provided some of the most memorable moments of the

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circuit's history will be taking part in three parades. The mecca of

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motor sport. Now the former RAF Deerfield is set to host the

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historic Grand Prix. `` airfield. Macro it was totally magic, one

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thing you would not want to do without was winning the British

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Grand Prix. It is a very cherished memory. We had a wonderful

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afternoon. The sun was shining and I went home happy. My dad never won

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the British GP. The star is in the cars may have changed but the appeal

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for those taking part remains just as strong. It is one of the best

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races of the year. The UK is the home of Formula one. Success at

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Silverstone still tastes sweet. The legacy is set to stretch long into

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the future. The weather is next. Good evening. Similar to last

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night, there will be clear skies with a touch of missed in places.

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Temperatures tonight will just dip into single figures. Lots of

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sunshine on offer tomorrow. Temperatures will rise higher than

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today perhaps up to 21 selfie is. High cloud feeding in from the North

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during the afternoon. Feeling pleasant in the sunshine. It will

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stay settled right the way through the weekend thanks to high

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pressure. The high 21 Celcius on prospect for the weekend, which

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shows we keep it fine, dry and warm. And we can leave you with the

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national picture. More warm weather on the way, today

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almost felt like June across the country. Temperatures did hover

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around 22 degrees, the average for June.

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If you've been following our forecast for the last couple of

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days, it will come as no surprise to you that more warm sunshine is on

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the way for tomorrow and the next few days. Tonight and into the early

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hours of Friday, not much happening on the weather front, just like Nast

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dashed back last night and the night before.

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