02/07/2014

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:00:10. > :00:12.Adult Social Care Services could soon be unsustainable if prdssures

:00:13. > :00:16.That is the warning from the association that

:00:17. > :00:19.represents directors of Adult Social Services in England.

:00:20. > :00:22.It claims financial constrahnts coupled with a growing demand

:00:23. > :00:24.from an ageing population, means many people may not gdt

:00:25. > :00:32.This day centre offers older people, and people with disabilities, food,

:00:33. > :00:36.care, and company ` all vital in helping them stay

:00:37. > :00:41.as well as possible and giving carers at home a break.

:00:42. > :00:44.Today's report warns of the huge financial pressures on soci`l care.

:00:45. > :00:48.In Oxfordshire, that means that in less than two years,

:00:49. > :00:53.charges for a session here have increased from ?5 to ?15.

:00:54. > :00:56.Next April, they will rise again to ?20 for what

:00:57. > :01:03.People will not be able to `fford to come more than one time a wdek,

:01:04. > :01:13.The association that represdnts directors of Adult Social Sdrvices

:01:14. > :01:18.says that the financial pressures they are facing are unsustahnable.

:01:19. > :01:21.Since 2010, there has been a 14% rise in demand

:01:22. > :01:28.At the same time, social care budgets are down by 12%.

:01:29. > :01:32.This adds up to a real terms cut of 26%.

:01:33. > :01:35.In Oxfordshire, they say at the moment they are coping but `cross

:01:36. > :01:39.the country directors are m`king increasingly tough decisions.

:01:40. > :01:43.The reality is that we must meet, legally, people's care needs.

:01:44. > :01:46.If there is less money to go around, and more people needing card,

:01:47. > :01:50.at some point in time there is a possibility that individu`l local

:01:51. > :01:57.The Department of Health says that it has put

:01:58. > :02:00.significant extra money into social care and that it is councils who are

:02:01. > :02:04.ultimately responsible for deciding how that money is spent.

:02:05. > :02:07.A 28`year`old man from Swindon has been chargdd with

:02:08. > :02:14.60`year`old Tom Rogers was found stabbed to death

:02:15. > :02:16.on a cycle path near the railway station last Thtrsday.

:02:17. > :02:19.The man accused of killing him has also been charged with attelpting to

:02:20. > :02:25.A jury has been shown the l`st known images of murdered teenager

:02:26. > :02:27.Jayden Parkinson, whose bodx was found in Didcot in December.

:02:28. > :02:30.Her ex`boyfriend Ben Blakeldy, from Reading, admits manslatghter

:02:31. > :02:35.CCTV footage shows the couple at Oxford Railway Station

:02:36. > :02:40.By 10pm that night, cameras at Didcot Station c`pture

:02:41. > :02:47.A school in Buckinghamshire could change the way maths hs

:02:48. > :02:52.Wycombe High is one of 32 schools across the country chosen bx the

:02:53. > :02:55.Government to help improve results ` by adopting the kind of teaching

:02:56. > :03:03.These teenagers at Wycombe High School are aiming for top m`rks

:03:04. > :03:06.in their maths GCSE and hopd it will set them on the right career

:03:07. > :03:12.Now a maths hub for the Thames Valley, the school's mission

:03:13. > :03:16.is to improve teaching and learning across our reghon.

:03:17. > :03:20.To make our young people a generation that is passionate

:03:21. > :03:26.That directly feeds into thd STEM agenda ` science, technologx,

:03:27. > :03:30.Hopefully this generation whll then embrace career opportunities

:03:31. > :03:36.International league tables for maths put the UK at 26th out

:03:37. > :03:42.But East Asia dominates the top five spots `

:03:43. > :03:49.It is thanks to a fierce work ethic ` South Korean childrdn

:03:50. > :03:55.Even the very young do a dotble shift of school in the evenhngs

:03:56. > :03:58.Fifty Chinese maths teachers will visit UK schools to give

:03:59. > :04:02.Hubs like this one will look at recruitment and training for

:04:03. > :04:06.maths teachers, encourage homework and catch`up sessions, and offer

:04:07. > :04:12.What we are looking at is the Eastern Asian countries,

:04:13. > :04:16.that are two or three years ahead of our students at age 15, and we are

:04:17. > :04:22.The National Association of Head Teachers welcomes improvements

:04:23. > :04:25.to maths teaching, but warns against cherry picking

:04:26. > :04:33.It says some people in Chin` and Japan worry that their approach is

:04:34. > :04:36.high pressure and that it stifles creativity and independent thinking.

:04:37. > :04:41.But the head of Wycombe High thinks there is a middle way ` following

:04:42. > :04:45.a rigorous academic curriculum, whilst nurturing creative t`lent.

:04:46. > :04:52.A quarter of the bus shelters in Abingdon have been damagdd

:04:53. > :04:55.by vandals firing a pellet gun, it is thought.

:04:56. > :04:58.21 panes of glass were brokdn, and have now been removed,

:04:59. > :05:03.It is believed the vandals drove past in a car

:05:04. > :05:09.?1 million could be spent bringing back ten`pin bowling to Ayldsbury.

:05:10. > :05:11.Two years ago, the town lost its bowling alley `

:05:12. > :05:17.Plans have been put forward to build a new one, and a go`karting track,

:05:18. > :05:19.by converting a warehouse on an industrial estate.

:05:20. > :05:24.For more than 40 years, Jardine's was the place manx

:05:25. > :05:33.But in 2012, it shut to makd way for a new shopping centre.

:05:34. > :05:38.This is more than a place for us to bowl ` it is a social occasion.

:05:39. > :05:40.But two years on and bowling could be coming back.

:05:41. > :05:43.A local businessman wants to spend around ?1 million converting this

:05:44. > :05:48.warehouse on the edge of town into a 14`lane bowling allex and

:05:49. > :05:53.indoor go`karting centre ` creating up to 20 new jobs in the process.

:05:54. > :06:01.We are in the leisure industry with the go`karting track that wd have.

:06:02. > :06:06.This would open things up a bit for people who cannot do the karting.

:06:07. > :06:10.The plans have been submittdd to the local council and those I spoke to

:06:11. > :06:19.They used to always go to J`rdine's and they miss it.

:06:20. > :06:22.At the moment I have nothing to do myself, so a bowling alldy

:06:23. > :06:28.The owner says he is pinning his hopes on a council decision

:06:29. > :06:31.by August and if he strikes lucky the first ball

:06:32. > :06:39.A documentary about the search for Aylesbury woman,

:06:40. > :06:41.and suspected terror suspect, Samantha Lewthwaite ` also known as

:06:42. > :06:45.the White Widow ` is coming up after the weather forecast here on BBC1.

:06:46. > :06:51.The risk of patchy mist, but it will stay dry through the

:06:52. > :06:55.course of the night and there will be a little bit of cloud, as well.

:06:56. > :06:57.Lows of 14 Celsius in the towns and cities.

:06:58. > :06:59.In the countryside, perhaps down to 9 Celsius.

:07:00. > :07:04.Increasing cloud from the north and west turning the sunshine hazy.

:07:05. > :07:07.The best of any brightness will be the further south or east you are.

:07:08. > :07:12.Temperatures will do well, higher than today, at 24`25 Celsius.

:07:13. > :07:17.For the rest of the week and into the weekend,

:07:18. > :07:22.we can expect more cloud on Friday, rain later in the day.

:07:23. > :07:24.Showers later on Saturday, after rain at first.

:07:25. > :07:32.Coming up next is the national weather forecast.

:07:33. > :07:34.showers and cooler fresher weather through this weekend. With more on

:07:35. > :07:53.that here's Louise. Temperatures up to 25 degrees, 7

:07:54. > :07:56.Fahrenheit. A different story north and west. Particularly in western

:07:57. > :08:03.Scotland. Only 17 degrees. But the winds were a feature here, gusting

:08:04. > :08:04.to 50 mph from time to time. And there was rain as well. That weather