30/06/2014 BBC Oxford News

Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

A 14`year`old girl has been knocked down and killed on her way to school

after a car ran off the road and onto the pavement in Witney.

The other schoolgirls and a man were also injured

Curbridge Road was closed for several hours while polhce

Tonight an 18`year`old man is being questioned by police on suspicion of

The scene in Whitney that f`ced emergency services just after 8:00

emergency services just aftdr 8 00 this morning.

Only minutes earlier, this blue Citroen had careered off the road,

crashing into three 14`year`old schoolgirls, and a man in hhs 4 s.

Three of the four were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital but

for one of the teenagers, the collision proved fatal.

This is an awful incident. It appears these pedestrians were

on the footpath and the car mounted the footpath and struck thel.

We have arrested the driver on suspicion of casuig death

by dangerous driving and we're interviewing that driver

at a local police station. At the girl's school, nobody was

At the girl's school, nobodx was available to comment but the head

teacher did release this st`tement: It wasn't long before hundrdds

of fellow students began paying of fellow students began paxing

their respects at the neighbouring church, lighting

candles and writing cards addressed to their friend, Liberty Baker.

I think it's one of those thmes where it tests the community.

where it tests the communitx. Lots of people

in the community today have been offering help and trying to pull

together in a tragic time. This evening,

the other three victims have various the other three victims havd various

injuries but are not said to be in critical condition.

Here in Whitney, this community grieves very publicly

for the loss of their neighbour, their classmate, their friend.

Tributes have been paid to a man found stabbed to death

Police have been doing lots of CCTV footage. Tonight, a 28`year`old man

has been arrested on suspichon of has been arrested on suspicion of

murder. It comes on the day tributes were paid to Tom Rogers, including

at the pub where he had been working that night.

Everybody is so shocked and disgusted by what has h`ppened.

and disgusted by what has happened. He is just going to be very,

very missed. He was so reliable

and everybody cared about hhm, and everybody cared about him,

a great member of our team. His 35`year`old son also

paid tribute today, saying: His brother

and two sisters live overseas and said in a tribute today:

The 20 nature ruled is being questioned here at this police

questioned here at this polhce station. He was also arrested on

suspicion of a separate inchdent, suspicion of a separate incident,

robbery and grievous bodily harm with intent, which occurred on

Thursday the 8th of May at the same location on the cycle path. Police

say Tom Rogers's family is being kept informed of developments and

they are still keen to hear of anyone who may have been in the area

last 30 died. A builder has been jailed

after the heavy fireplace m`ntle piece he installed collapsed on a

six old girl from Buckinghalshire. Bella Pritchard died from hdad

injuries she sustained in July 2012. Christopher Elmer's work st`ndards

were described as slipshod as he was Some viewers may find images

in this report distressing. Bella Pritchard was playing in the

living room of her family's new home in Buckinghamshire when heavy stones

from the fireplace collapsed on her. She suffered fatal head injuries.

She suffered fatal head injtries. The feature has been fitted eight

months before by Christopher Elmer, a self`employed builder

from Middlesex. Earlier this month he admitted

breaching health and safety laws. Reading Crown Court heard hd

breaching health and safety laws. Reading Crown Court heard he had

used glue to attach the fireplace to the wall.

The judge said it should have been common sense to use mechanical

fixings to fit the fireplace, fixings to fit the fireplacd,

not an adhesive. He said Mr Elmer's

work was slipshod. These laboratory tests

by Buckinghamshire County Council and Imperial College London show

how easily through the installed how easily through the inst`lled

fireplaces can fall apart. We have worked very hard to make

sure that the guidance that people will get

when they buy a stone fireplace, because you can buy them for DIY

installation, that that guidance is really clear and really specific.

The council believes that guidance The council believes that gtidance

is now available and it hopes what happened to Bella

Pritchard will not happen again. The judge said he read a letter

by the Pritchard family about how Bella's death had changed

their lives. It was kept private

from the court but before sdntencing Christopher Elmer to eight months

Christopher Elmer to eight lonths in prison, the judge said one

cannot imagine the effect on the whole family of this tragedy.

If been confirmed that no one was hurt after a hot air balloon

unexpectedly landed in a park in South Oxfordshire this morning.

It ended up wrapped around a tree in Kine Croft Park in Wallingford

Fallen branches from the tree have now been cleared

These images were captured by Kim Munday on her mobile phone.

The weather is next on BBC One, starting with the regional forecast.

One or two showers are possible through the first part of the night

but they will gradually ease and we but they will gradually easd and we

will see clear spells develop. In our towns and cities,

a low of ten to 12 degrees. In the countryside,

perhaps down to 9 or 10 degrees A lovely start tomorrow with lots

of sunshine around throughott the of sunshine around throughout the

day and it will stay mainly dry. There will be cloud here

and there through the afternoon but temperatures will be up to 0 or

but temperatures will be up to 20 or 21 degrees.

With the light winds, it will feel very pleasant.

Another decent day on Wednesday and as we head through the rest

of the week, the cloud will increase by Thursday and Friday,

temperatures will reach 24 degrees. Coming up next,

the national forecast. Thursday. We will cling on to that

fine weather for Friday, before it turns unsettled to tr weekend.

There were a few aspects to the forecast today which did not go to

plan. There were more showers than

expected. The ones which did develop were heavy. They moved through

Wimbledon and west London. They have fizzled out now. We have some

showers over parts of Scotland. Most places will miss showers

tomorrow and stay dry. We have plenty of sunshine around, with

temperatures in the low 20s. Tonight, those showers continuing

for a while across Scotland. We might see a shower across the far

south-west. For many, through the night, it will be dry, with some

clear spells. Temperatures in towns and