05/06/2014 BBC Oxford News

Good evening. There is a first look at the

An inquest has heard that a prisoner found dead at Woodhill

jail in Buckinghamshire warned police he planned to take his life,

21`year`old Sean Brock had been charged with raping a 14`year`old

His body was found in his cell last November.

The jury here heard conflicting evidence about Sean Brock's state

of mind in the days leading up to his death last year.

On 6th November, he was arrested on suspicion

After a court appearance in Northampton

the 21`year`old was transferred to HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes,

a high security prison, which houses some of the most

The court heard Mr Brock confided with his solicitor

before the transfer about his plans to commit suicide.

Shona Lockwood told the jury, "He was anxious and scared of going

His words were along the lines of, 'I'll hang myself'".

Ms Lockwood said he also told police he was suicidal.

Mr Brock was assessed by prison officers when he arrived

at Woodhill, but they said he was talking positively about the future.

He admitted to a history of self`harming

He was also checked by a medical expert at the prison.

She told the court, "There was no obvious risk with Mr Brock.

His demeanour was not of someone who was in a suicidal state."

On 10th November, a prison officer checked Mr Brock's cell at

When he came back two hours later he found him hanging from the ceiling.

Staff tried to revive Mr Brock but it was too late.

A note was later found by police, which is believed to be referring

to the 14`year`old girl Mr Brock was in a relationship with.

It read, ?I miss and love my baby girl so much.?

A village hall and three cash points have been set on fire in Banbury

All four fires were started overnight using petrol.

Police believe one man is responsible and are appealing

But firefighters quickly got to the scene of this arson attack just

If another incident had occurred in the Banbury area then, whilst we

would have been able to deal with it quite comfortably, it is an asset to

the county that?s tied up for a number of hours with no reason.

It?s important to stress that these type of calls do put a stress

Three banks on the high street were targeted.

It's unclear why these particular sites were singled out,

There was no internal damage and no money was taken.

But police called the fire service back to the area an

hour later, as another building was attacked, this time the Freemasons

Police investigating this incident are looking for a man who was seen

riding a bike on the High Street in the early hours of this morning.

He was wearing a floppy fishing hat, baggy jeans and a dark coat.

Detectives have released these CCTV images of a man they want to speak

to and are asking for anyone else with information to contact them.

Thames Water has agreed to an ?86 million financial settlement

overestimating the number of homes at high risk of sewer flooding.

The firm has made the agreement with the water

regulator Ofwat after admitting the miscalculation between 2005 and

2010 may have led to inefficient spending of customers money.

It will set aside ?2 million to help customers struggling to pay

their bills and put ?5 million into community projects.

People in South Oxfordshire are asking Oxfordshire County Council to

oppose the closure of the main road between Faringdon

Several road bridges have to be replaced as part

of the electrification of the Great Western line.

Network Rail recently agreed to keep the A338 open,

but they and Oxfordshire County Council say there's no alternative

Businesses are being warned that companies who call up and claim

they can reduce their overheads could end up costing them money.

An investigation by BBC South has found evidence that firms are paying

to have their business rates reduced only to find that the process is

unsuccessful and leaves them hundreds of pounds out of pocket.

Our business correspondent, Alastair Fee, has been to a firm

When this electronics company was contacted

by a firm that claimed it could reduce business rates, they signed

They gave us a very convincing case for why our

But I don?t believe that case was ever based on reality.

I think they were very happy to take the fee, do the minimum for it,

which was put in the application, and then just walk away.

Business rates are a tax on non`domestic properties.

They?re based on size, location and rent.

The rateable value of a premises is reviewed every five years and then

But it can be complicated, which is why companies

But what many businesses don?t realise is that you can get this

done for free by contacting the Government department responsible,

There?s a lot of work that Government needs to be

That would help in some way to stop people believing

they can short`circuit the system and go through these companies,

and I think the Government needs to be doing more about that.

One of the companies that?s offered the service told me they adhere to

a strict code of conduct and have served thousands of businesses who

That?s little comfort for those left out of pocket,

who say they?ll just have to put up with this tax until it is next

The annual Banbury and District show has been cancelled

The event should have been taking place this Sunday at Spiceball Park,

but has been called off due to a waterlogged ground.

I think there's some heavy rain forecast for the weekend

Alexis is on the way with the forecast.

It?s looking very pleasant during the afternoon.

Tonight, clear skies, perhaps some patch mist

in places with temperatures falling just into single figures.

There may be some mist first thing tomorrow morning, but it

We?ll see the strength of the sun warm things up during the afternoon.

In fact, it will become very warm during the afternoon.

Highs of 23 Celsius in some parts, and the winds are fairly light.

Drawn in from the near Continent, that very mild, humid air.

As we look ahead to the weekend, Saturday, thundery downpours are

high as 24 degrees. Looking forward to the weekend, thundery showers. As

you will have seen, I cannot promise you sunshine and blue skies, but I

can promise warm. Warmer conditions will be growing up. The heat at the

moment is across parts of Spain and south-west France. You can see the

orange colour is developing. To the west