26/06/2014

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:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening. BBC South has learned that a health trust which looks

:00:10. > :00:13.after more than 2000 adults with learning disabilities in Oxfordshire

:00:14. > :00:18.Southern Health is not expected to continue running the servicds

:00:19. > :00:22.after a string of failings `nd the death of a patient in Oxford.

:00:23. > :00:30.Our Health Correspondent David Fenton has been investigating.

:00:31. > :00:32.Carolann has autism, but she is learning how to look

:00:33. > :00:38.To some people, this is a simple sort of everyday t`sk.

:00:39. > :00:43.But for other people, they lay not have had the opportunitx to

:00:44. > :00:49.Southern Health says this khnd of community care is the future

:00:50. > :00:53.But after just 18 months of its ?6 million project, the

:00:54. > :00:58.county council is looking for other businesses which could take over.

:00:59. > :01:06.I think that we've had 18 months of working incredibly hard to learn to

:01:07. > :01:09.respond and to develop the services, and as we start to see real

:01:10. > :01:12.improvements in the services moving forward, we have a period where we

:01:13. > :01:19.actually don't know what the future looks like.

:01:20. > :01:22.Many families have been unhappy with Southern Health.

:01:23. > :01:24.This woman's son was put in a residential unit in Gloucdster,

:01:25. > :01:30.Plan and look forward to evdry Saturday, but it's

:01:31. > :01:40.Because if Kevin hadn't been sent out of county in the first place,

:01:41. > :01:44.But the biggest failing and catalyst for change was the death of this

:01:45. > :01:47.young man, Conor Sparrowhawk, at an inpatient unit in Oxford.

:01:48. > :01:51.The concerns that have been flagged up by relatives are feeling that

:01:52. > :01:54.they have no voice in the way that the organis`tion is

:01:55. > :02:03.And I think there's a real concern about local

:02:04. > :02:07.For adults with learning disabilities like Carolann,

:02:08. > :02:09.the future is about more help in the home.

:02:10. > :02:14.Earlier I spoke to John Jackson the Director for Social

:02:15. > :02:17.and Community Services at Oxfordshire County Counchl.

:02:18. > :02:20.I asked him if the relationship between the county and Southern

:02:21. > :02:26.The relationship's been badly affected obviously

:02:27. > :02:29.by what's happened, not just Connor Sparrowhawk's tragic death, but also

:02:30. > :02:34.by a series of critical reports by the Care Quality Commisshon.

:02:35. > :02:37.And that's why we've decided to review the services that

:02:38. > :02:42.You want to get out of the agreement now?

:02:43. > :02:45.Well, we're not saying that, what we're saying is we want to

:02:46. > :02:48.And what's really important is we get the right services in place

:02:49. > :02:52.for people with learning disabilities and their families

:02:53. > :02:54.But clearly there have been some significant failings and thdy need

:02:55. > :03:01.Six men have appeared in cotrt in Banbury charged with a string of sex

:03:02. > :03:05.It's alleged the offences happened in

:03:06. > :03:15.The six men from Banbury all appeared in court here charged with

:03:16. > :03:20.a total of 22 child sex offdnces against young teenage girls.

:03:21. > :03:25.They were arrested earlier this week after police were given warrants

:03:26. > :03:27.for a number of addresses hdre in Banbury.

:03:28. > :03:30.More than 50 officers were involved in that operation.

:03:31. > :03:31.It's claimed the offences against five girls,

:03:32. > :03:36.aged between 13 and 15, took place between 2011 and this year.

:03:37. > :03:43.Today in court, the six defdndants who are all aged between 19

:03:44. > :03:48.and 21 are facing a number of charges including rape, sexual

:03:49. > :03:54.activity with a child and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

:03:55. > :03:57.They were named as Ahmed Hassan Sule, Said Saldh,

:03:58. > :04:01.Mohammed Saleh, Takudzwa Hova, Kagiso Manase and Alexandru Nae

:04:02. > :04:07.20 year old Ahmed Hassan Sule is accused of nine counts

:04:08. > :04:12.of sexual activity with a child Mohammed Saleh, who's 21,

:04:13. > :04:17.The court heard some of the men lived in Africa

:04:18. > :04:22.All six men have been remanded in custody and are due to appear

:04:23. > :04:28.at Oxford Crown Court on thd 4th of July.

:04:29. > :04:30.A jury's heard that the man accused of murdering

:04:31. > :04:33.Oxfordshire teenager Jayden Parkinson pushed his ex`girlfriend

:04:34. > :04:36.down the stairs when she was seven months pregnant with his chhld.

:04:37. > :04:39.Jayden Parkinson went missing after leaving a youth hostel

:04:40. > :04:44.She was found buried in someone else's grave beshde

:04:45. > :04:48.Ben Blakeley admits unlawfully killing Jayden in countryside

:04:49. > :04:56.Two people have been taken to hospital after an explosion

:04:57. > :05:01.Four houses were damaged whdn the blast shook homes in Turnberry Close

:05:02. > :05:09.A ?1.5 million cut to a fund for the homeless and vulner`ble

:05:10. > :05:11.in Oxfordshire won't mean any hostels have to close.

:05:12. > :05:14.The County Council has launched a consultation

:05:15. > :05:19.There'd be less support in some hostels and a 40%

:05:20. > :05:23.reduction in the money spent on domestic abuse services.

:05:24. > :05:26.We have to analyse the responses to the consultation.

:05:27. > :05:29.And there will be some people who will be unhappy,

:05:30. > :05:32.but there will be some that will see that we've tried to ensure that

:05:33. > :05:38.these savings are placed in such a way that people are not htrt.

:05:39. > :05:41.An Oxfordshire furniture design company has gone into adminhstration

:05:42. > :05:46.Corndell Furniture, in Witndy, says it's been facing financial

:05:47. > :05:51.The company, which is one of the UK's largest manufacturers,

:05:52. > :05:58.It provides goods for over 700 outlets.

:05:59. > :06:02.The Lord Mayor of Oxford has visited an area of the city with a level

:06:03. > :06:05.of food poverty so serious that it's been described as "alarming".

:06:06. > :06:09.The mayor handed out certifhcates to children in Rose Hill who'vd been

:06:10. > :06:14.involved in a special cooking and sport project.

:06:15. > :06:16.Its aim has been to improve the health of children locally.

:06:17. > :06:19.Rose Hill also has the highest percentage

:06:20. > :06:27.I've learned to make pancakds and salad, absolutely delichous

:06:28. > :06:30.We're learning to cook home`made sweet and sour sauce

:06:31. > :06:35.We've been learning how to cook pasta.

:06:36. > :06:38.Just because they're healthx food doesn't mean they're boring,

:06:39. > :06:43.The weather's next, the reghonal forecast comes from Alexis.

:06:44. > :06:47.That's it from us though, good night.

:06:48. > :06:50.One or two showers in the forecast tonight, thdy'll

:06:51. > :06:52.become quite intense tomorrow with perhaps some thunder storms.

:06:53. > :06:56.There will be some dry periods as well, with temperatures falling

:06:57. > :07:00.These are values in our towns and cities, slightly lower out

:07:01. > :07:04.So a lot of cloud to start the day tomorrow

:07:05. > :07:08.Those showers will become more frequent throughout the course

:07:09. > :07:13.The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning.

:07:14. > :07:16.There could be some localisdd flooding in places

:07:17. > :07:20.Temperatures reaching 17 or 18 Celsius.

:07:21. > :07:23.So very unsettled tomorrow, with thunderstorms in the forecast.

:07:24. > :07:26.Risk of a thunderstorm on S`turday, slightly drier with

:07:27. > :07:38.the outlook, hopefully by Sunday most of us will be dry. Alex has

:07:39. > :07:46.more detail now. If you have a barometer wowily have

:07:47. > :07:54.seen the pre low pressure moving in. There will be some sunny spells

:07:55. > :07:58.tomorrow but more downpours. There is a greater risk of seeing

:07:59. > :08:06.thunder and lightening. Here is the low pressure. Most of the showers

:08:07. > :08:07.have been on this wet weather front. Providing rain at