:00:10. > :00:12.A BBC investigation has found Thames Valley Police is investigating
:00:13. > :00:16.crimes involving children as young as 11 sharing explicit photos
:00:17. > :00:20.of themselves and their peers over mobile phones and social media.
:00:21. > :00:29.A freedom of information request has revealed there's been a sharp rise
:00:30. > :00:31.in cases of so`called "sexting" reported to the police, and schools
:00:32. > :00:34.in the area are increasingly calling in officers to help deal with
:00:35. > :00:38.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Emma Vardy has this exclusive report
:00:39. > :00:45.Some of the scenes are played by actors.
:00:46. > :00:51.I knew what was going on was really, really wrong, but he always used to
:00:52. > :00:55.blackmail me into doing stuff I didn't want to do. In private
:00:56. > :00:58.messages over Facebook, 14`year`old messages over Facebook, 14`xear`old
:00:59. > :01:06.Lizzie, whose name we have changed, told us she sent explicit voters up
:01:07. > :01:08.herself to her boyfriend. I remember one night, we had a massive
:01:09. > :01:11.argument, and he messaged md and argument, and he messaged me and
:01:12. > :01:15.Facebook saying, we can forget all about this if you send me a naked
:01:16. > :01:16.photo. He would not talk to me if I didn't send him anything. He
:01:17. > :01:19.wouldn't talk to me for thrde didn't send him anything. Hd
:01:20. > :01:22.wouldn't talk to me for three days. He would just blanked me. M`ny young
:01:23. > :01:27.He would just blanked me. Many young people would not speak freely about
:01:28. > :01:34.the problem, if there is a problem, so it is for the parents to actually
:01:35. > :01:36.start the conversation. Under the Freedom of Information Act, we
:01:37. > :01:41.obtained details of sexting incidents recorded by teachers,
:01:42. > :01:46.showing a sharp rise over the past academic year. Schools told us they
:01:47. > :01:50.had been confiscating and checking phones, and deleting images in front
:01:51. > :01:54.of parents and the children involved. They said they ard
:01:55. > :01:55.increasingly repairing incidents to police. Last year, Thames V`lley
:01:56. > :01:58.police. Last year, Thames Valley Police dealt with 40 incidents of
:01:59. > :01:59.sexting involving children tnder Police dealt with 40 incidents of
:02:00. > :02:01.sexting involving children under 16, sexting involving children tnder 16,
:02:02. > :02:09.compared to just 14 cases of the year before. The forces dealt with
:02:10. > :02:12.children as young as 11, as victims of crimes involving sexting. As the
:02:13. > :02:15.image could easily be an indecent image of a child, by definition, the
:02:16. > :02:18.image of a child, by definition the act is the sexual offences act
:02:19. > :02:21.act is the sexual offences `ct 2003, which means if a parent
:02:22. > :02:28.insists that somebody is arrested for coercing their child to take and
:02:29. > :02:31.send a text, of course, yes, they can be arrested, and they c`n
:02:32. > :02:33.send a text, of course, yes, they can be arrested, and they can end up
:02:34. > :02:36.going to court or get a caution and go on the Sex Offenders' Register
:02:37. > :02:40.for one year. Last year, police press charges in two cases,
:02:41. > :02:45.involving a 15`year`old and a 13`year`old. Another receivdd a
:02:46. > :02:46.youth caution. There are warnings we could see more cases involvhng
:02:47. > :02:47.could see more cases involving sexting ending up in court hn
:02:48. > :02:50.future. A man who was arrested on suspicion
:02:51. > :03:01.of murder has been released without Police investigating child sexual
:03:02. > :03:06.exploitation in at which have charged six men in Banbury relating
:03:07. > :03:07.to offences relating to teenage girls alleged to have taken place in
:03:08. > :03:08.the last three years. The mdn girls alleged to have taken place in
:03:09. > :03:11.the last three years. The men had been remanded in custody, and will
:03:12. > :03:12.appear before magistrates in the morning.
:03:13. > :03:16.A man who was arrested on stspicion of murder has been released without
:03:17. > :03:17.charge after police found the body of an
:03:18. > :03:21.They were called to the house in Latimer yesterday lunchtime.
:03:22. > :03:24.The death is still being trdated as unexplained.
:03:25. > :03:26.We need to build more homes suitable for old age.
:03:27. > :03:30.That's a challenge set by Oxfordshire's Director of
:03:31. > :03:34.When the NHS was founded, almost half the population died
:03:35. > :03:40.Now women in the county can expect to live to 87 and men to 84.
:03:41. > :03:45.But the lack of homes for them to live in is now a serious problem.
:03:46. > :03:51.Active and independent living ` that's what's important to
:03:52. > :03:55.pensioners at this over`80s lunch club in Holton near Oxford.
:03:56. > :03:58.Some, like 90`year`old Beryl, have struggled to find suitable
:03:59. > :04:02.sheltered housing locally so have made alterations to
:04:03. > :04:19.I got a chair, and to walkers. They have made a lot of difference, yes.
:04:20. > :04:23.Especially in the bed, to grab them, because otherwise, I cannot
:04:24. > :04:26.sort of rollover to get out properly now.
:04:27. > :04:29.Many fear if they do eventually have to move into a home, it'll lean
:04:30. > :04:38.Home is where you bring your children up. And home has got happy
:04:39. > :04:42.memories. So I don't want to move from where I am. There isn't any
:04:43. > :04:43.sheltered accommodation herd out from where I am. There isn't any
:04:44. > :04:45.sheltered accommodation here out in sheltered accommodation here out in
:04:46. > :04:48.the village, and I wouldn't want to move out of the village now.
:04:49. > :04:51.Now the Director of Health for Oxfordshire's calling for more
:04:52. > :04:54.suitable homes to be built for the elderly, like Extra Care hotsing
:04:55. > :04:58.It enables older people to live in their own homes with the re`ssurance
:04:59. > :05:10.It makes sense to start building houses that will be more suitable
:05:11. > :05:11.for older people to live in. I am not the expert on what thosd would
:05:12. > :05:16.not the expert on what those would be like, older people are the
:05:17. > :05:18.experts on what those would be like. But I don't think we have quite got
:05:19. > :05:19.But I don't think we have qtite got the mix right in the county at the
:05:20. > :05:21.moment. But Age UK says Extra Care housing's
:05:22. > :05:31.only one part of a major challenge. We need a massive drive on home
:05:32. > :05:33.repairs and adaptations, we need to use technology more imaginatively to
:05:34. > :05:35.support people in their own homes, and I think we need to look at new
:05:36. > :05:39.schemes like home share for schemes like home share for
:05:40. > :05:41.cooperative living together. Oxfordshire's local authorities
:05:42. > :05:43.say they're on track to delhver But experts warn that's nowhere
:05:44. > :05:46.near enough ` they say 24,000 elderly people are
:05:47. > :05:49.struggling with everyday living in the county and that we'll need
:05:50. > :06:03.to find many more ways of caring Firefighters have been called to an
:06:04. > :06:06.incident at Didcot Power Station tonight. For crews have been
:06:07. > :06:07.tackling a blaze at the decommissioned site. No one has been
:06:08. > :06:09.hurt. In football, BBC South has been told
:06:10. > :06:11.Oxford United are the subject Ian Lenagan has been the owner
:06:12. > :06:15.for eight years. Meanwhile, the battle for ownership
:06:16. > :06:19.of Swindon Town Football club is Current owner and chairman Lee Power
:06:20. > :06:23.is in the middle of a legal dispute with a company
:06:24. > :06:27.set up by former owner Jed McCrory The judge is expected to make
:06:28. > :06:32.a ruling by the end of the week. Hundreds of people have gathered
:06:33. > :06:34.in Wallingford to watch forces from The base exercised its freedom
:06:35. > :06:38.of the town as part of The weather is up next, starting
:06:39. > :06:48.with the regional forecast with Alexis. But that's it from us.
:06:49. > :06:58.Goodnight. Good evening. A quiet night to come
:06:59. > :07:02.under clear skies in parts of the countryside, temperatures f`lling to
:07:03. > :07:04.around four or five Celsius, so a fresher night, more comfort`ble for
:07:05. > :07:09.fresher night, more comfortable for sleeping. These are the valtes in
:07:10. > :07:10.our towns and cities. A dry start to the day tomorrow, and the btlk of
:07:11. > :07:12.the day tomorrow, and the bulk of the day will see sunny spells,
:07:13. > :07:16.increasing cloud through thd increasing cloud through the
:07:17. > :07:17.afternoon, and rain arriving by the evening time. But it won't `rrive
:07:18. > :07:22.evening time. But it won't arrive until the evening. Much of the day
:07:23. > :07:24.will stay bright and sunny, highs of 19 or 20 Celsius. Les and whth
:07:25. > :07:24.will stay bright and sunny, highs of 19 or 20 Celsius. Les and with the
:07:25. > :07:29.19 or 20 Celsius. Les and whth the light winds. As we head into the
:07:30. > :07:31.weekend, it turns unsettled on Friday. Thunderstorms a possibility.
:07:32. > :07:36.That's also the case on Saturday in afternoon. It does turn more
:07:37. > :07:44.unsettled and there would be heavy and thundery downpours around. Good
:07:45. > :07:48.evening. A little bit later than usual. The weather over the next
:07:49. > :07:54.couple of days will change. Let me show you the satellite picture. You
:07:55. > :08:01.can see the cloud streaming across the Atlantic. This weather front
:08:02. > :08:06.Weller upset the weather across -- will upset the weather in the
:08:07. > :08:12.south-west. As far as tonight is concerned, cool, even Chile by
:08:13. > :08:19.Thursday morning. There is some rain around across the north-west of the
:08:20. > :08:26.country. In the south-west, that is what is heading into the direction
:08:27. > :08:27.of Cornwall. In the east, temperatures