07/07/2014 BBC Oxford News

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A man who says his wife was in extreme pain when she didd

of cancer at their home says he would support a change

in the law that would have allowed her to choose how to end her life.

This month the House of Lords will consider a bill allowing doctors

to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients.

Many people are strongly opposed any change

Our reporter has been hearing Steve Riley's very personal story.

Their professional wedding video shows a bride and groom

But for Tracy Snelling and her family, this was also a farewell.

Seven weeks later, she lost her battle against stomach cancer.

Her husband Steve says she hid her suffering well.

Everybody in the room knew that Tracy was dying.

What they didn?t know was how ill she was on the day.

We had to have a doctor out the night before to the hotel

Tracy was a high`flyer, a senior manager with an internation`l bank.

When she learned her cancer was terminal,

Tracy had, for some time, s`id that if it didn't work out, she wanted to

So, eventually, when we talked about it, she said she didn't fear death

but she did fear how she might die. And so we talked about Dignhtas

Tracy's condition deteriorated before arrangements could be made.

And the best 10 years of that life have been with you.

And I knew that she wanted to die, and I could easily have put

And that's another thing th`t I regret.

He believes the time has cole for a change in the law.

Nobody should suffer like my wife suffered.

You can choose when you marry, where you work, where you live, whether

you have children or not, what car you drive, where you go on holiday.

But when it comes to death you are denied that right

And there is no logic to that argument.

Steve is now trying hard to rebuild a life without Tracx.

He is determined her memory will live on.

He says he will continue to campaign for a change in the law so

Seven men have been arrested allegations of football violence

following a Swindon Town hole game against Brentford in April.

The men ` aged between 17 and 4 ` have been questioned at

Wiltshire Police made the arrests at five properties in Swindon, and

A new car park for Didcot R`ilway station, a multimillion pound flood

alleviation scheme and road improvement projects

across the region are all to be given Government funding.

The defence secretary Phillip Hammond was in Oxfordshire

this morning, committing to the investments.

Sealing the deal on Oxfordshire s future growth.

Phillip Hammond today outlined how our region would benefit

The headlines ` better flood protection,

A step change in the way we make these kind

Getting away from centrally`determined priorities

Letting the LEPs, partnerships between business

and local authorities, decide what the priorities for their areas are.

?108 million will be handed out in the next five years.

That includes more than 25 lillion towards the Western Conveyance

A project to protect Oxford homes by carrying floodwater to the west of

And a larger chunk for transport links between research centres

So when is this all likely to happen?

The first money is to be spdnt in 2015`16.

That will be where we will be doing the development work in any

of the smaller schemes that need to be part of the bigger area.

Looking forward from beyond 2017, that's when the main bulk

of the money will be spent over that five year time period.

And that's when the real development will go ahead.

The much`used Didcot train station will use its near 10

Elsewhere, in Swindon, the new funding includes pl`ns to

build up to 8,000 homes in the east of the city.

Improve access from the M4 to the Wichelstowe housing developlent

Meanwhile, in Buckinghamshire, money will go on better road

and rail links for congested areas around Aylesbury and High Wxcombe.

Bringing 5G mobile communication to businesses.

And lead to up to 4,000 jobs being created.

Well, if the money isn't spdnt properly,

the following year?s funding could be held back by the Government.

the following year's funding could be held back by the Governmdnt.

It argues these plans fall short of its own,

which include giving as much as ?30 billion to local councils.

Organisers of the Cowley Ro`d Carnival in Oxford say it was the

Around 45,000 people joined the party, with music and entertainment

The event was marred by an assault outside a bar last

His injuries are not life`threatening.

What may be the most expensive wendy house in

Britain has been lifted by ` crane to be taken to its new owners.

It has been in the back garden of a house in Shrivenham near

It has working lights and running water, and is fully

furnished with armchairs and even a grandfather clock.

It was sold for ?6,500 to a buyer in York.

The former owners originallx bought it for their grandchildren.

The eldest grandaughter is 21, and the youngest one is 18.

And they've outgrown it a little bit.

The memories are obviously when the children were small playing

They would have friends over and they would play in therd.

There is a risk of sudden mhst and fog patches this evening. Any

showers we do have full easd through showers we do have full ease through

the night. Predominantly drx with the night. Predominantly drx with

temperatures falling to 11 or 13 temperatures falling to 11 or 13

Celsius. Rural temperatures will be cooler. Were looking at a bright and

sunny start to Match of the Day for many parts of the region tolorrow.

Increasing cloud in the afternoon. Increasing cloud in the afternoon.

Showers could be heavy with hail and thunder. In between, some stnny

spells. 20 degrees as possible. Steering feeling

Good evening. Heavy thundery rain has lashed the south-west of

England, Wales and the Midlands Today. There are more thundery

showers to come in the forecast tomorrow. The emphasis on some of

the most intense showers and persistent rain will be further

east. Here is the radar from earlier today. You can see how the showers

came piling in to the west and then initially, having gone into Devon

and Cornwall, pushed into the centre of the British Isles. Some showers

out there now. They should fade away as we go into the small hours of

Tuesday. Some lingering across Cumbria and Scotland. Showers will

move into Northern Ireland by the end of the night. Quite a fresh

start to the day tomorrow in rural areas because of clear skies.