02/07/2014 BBC Oxford News

Adult Social Care Services could soon be unsustainable if prdssures

That is the warning from the association that

represents directors of Adult Social Services in England.

It claims financial constrahnts coupled with a growing demand

from an ageing population, means many people may not gdt

This day centre offers older people, and people with disabilities, food,

care, and company ` all vital in helping them stay

as well as possible and giving carers at home a break.

Today's report warns of the huge financial pressures on soci`l care.

In Oxfordshire, that means that in less than two years,

charges for a session here have increased from ?5 to ?15.

Next April, they will rise again to ?20 for what

People will not be able to `fford to come more than one time a wdek,

The association that represdnts directors of Adult Social Sdrvices

says that the financial pressures they are facing are unsustahnable.

Since 2010, there has been a 14% rise in demand

At the same time, social care budgets are down by 12%.

This adds up to a real terms cut of 26%.

In Oxfordshire, they say at the moment they are coping but `cross

the country directors are m`king increasingly tough decisions.

The reality is that we must meet, legally, people's care needs.

If there is less money to go around, and more people needing card,

at some point in time there is a possibility that individu`l local

The Department of Health says that it has put

significant extra money into social care and that it is councils who are

ultimately responsible for deciding how that money is spent.

A 28`year`old man from Swindon has been chargdd with

60`year`old Tom Rogers was found stabbed to death

on a cycle path near the railway station last Thtrsday.

The man accused of killing him has also been charged with attelpting to

A jury has been shown the l`st known images of murdered teenager

Jayden Parkinson, whose bodx was found in Didcot in December.

Her ex`boyfriend Ben Blakeldy, from Reading, admits manslatghter

CCTV footage shows the couple at Oxford Railway Station

By 10pm that night, cameras at Didcot Station c`pture

A school in Buckinghamshire could change the way maths hs

Wycombe High is one of 32 schools across the country chosen bx the

Government to help improve results ` by adopting the kind of teaching

These teenagers at Wycombe High School are aiming for top m`rks

in their maths GCSE and hopd it will set them on the right career

Now a maths hub for the Thames Valley, the school's mission

is to improve teaching and learning across our reghon.

To make our young people a generation that is passionate

That directly feeds into thd STEM agenda ` science, technologx,

Hopefully this generation whll then embrace career opportunities

International league tables for maths put the UK at 26th out

But East Asia dominates the top five spots `

It is thanks to a fierce work ethic ` South Korean childrdn

Even the very young do a dotble shift of school in the evenhngs

Fifty Chinese maths teachers will visit UK schools to give

Hubs like this one will look at recruitment and training for

maths teachers, encourage homework and catch`up sessions, and offer

What we are looking at is the Eastern Asian countries,

that are two or three years ahead of our students at age 15, and we are

The National Association of Head Teachers welcomes improvements

to maths teaching, but warns against cherry picking

It says some people in Chin` and Japan worry that their approach is

high pressure and that it stifles creativity and independent thinking.

But the head of Wycombe High thinks there is a middle way ` following

a rigorous academic curriculum, whilst nurturing creative t`lent.

A quarter of the bus shelters in Abingdon have been damagdd

by vandals firing a pellet gun, it is thought.

21 panes of glass were brokdn, and have now been removed,

It is believed the vandals drove past in a car

?1 million could be spent bringing back ten`pin bowling to Ayldsbury.

Two years ago, the town lost its bowling alley `

Plans have been put forward to build a new one, and a go`karting track,

by converting a warehouse on an industrial estate.

For more than 40 years, Jardine's was the place manx

But in 2012, it shut to makd way for a new shopping centre.

This is more than a place for us to bowl ` it is a social occasion.

But two years on and bowling could be coming back.

A local businessman wants to spend around ?1 million converting this

warehouse on the edge of town into a 14`lane bowling allex and

indoor go`karting centre ` creating up to 20 new jobs in the process.

We are in the leisure industry with the go`karting track that wd have.

This would open things up a bit for people who cannot do the karting.

The plans have been submittdd to the local council and those I spoke to

They used to always go to J`rdine's and they miss it.

At the moment I have nothing to do myself, so a bowling alldy

The owner says he is pinning his hopes on a council decision

by August and if he strikes lucky the first ball

A documentary about the search for Aylesbury woman,

and suspected terror suspect, Samantha Lewthwaite ` also known as

the White Widow ` is coming up after the weather forecast here on BBC1.

The risk of patchy mist, but it will stay dry through the

course of the night and there will be a little bit of cloud, as well.

Lows of 14 Celsius in the towns and cities.

In the countryside, perhaps down to 9 Celsius.

Increasing cloud from the north and west turning the sunshine hazy.

The best of any brightness will be the further south or east you are.

Temperatures will do well, higher than today, at 24`25 Celsius.

For the rest of the week and into the weekend,

we can expect more cloud on Friday, rain later in the day.

Showers later on Saturday, after rain at first.

Coming up next is the national weather forecast.

showers and cooler fresher weather through this weekend. With more on

that here's Louise. Temperatures up to 25 degrees, 7

Fahrenheit. A different story north and west. Particularly in western

Scotland. Only 17 degrees. But the winds were a feature here, gusting

to 50 mph from time to time. And there was rain as well. That weather