14/07/2014 BBC Oxford News

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Eight months after Jayden Parkinson's body was found

in Didcot, we can finally rdveal the identity of the teenager accused

17`year`old Jake Blakeley is brother of the man on trial for Jayden's

His identity has been protected until now but a judge has m`de

a ruling allowing more detahls to be reported.

We now know that Jake Blakeley, Ben Blakeley's 17`year`old brother,

is the person on trial over the claims he helped

The judge decided to lift the ban on naming the teenager this afternoon.

Until this point, we have bden unable to report his name.

Jake Blakeley gave evidence here at Oxford Crown Court last week

He told the jury he had nothing to do with

Jayden's death and said he thought he was burying weapons in a field in

the village of Upton near Dhdcot, where Jayden was first buridd.

A few days later, he and his brother went to their uncle's grave, where

Jake Blakeley calimed he thought he was burying a cat or dog.

The 17`year`old admits lying to police but denies preventing Jayden

Today in court, 22`year`old Ben Blakeley from Reading w`s thrown

out after swearing at prosecutors who described him as a liar.

The judge ordered Ben to be taken out of the courtroom to the cells.

Prosecutors also told the court he was prone to losing his temper

and claimed he had violentlx beaten up Jayden before she was killed

Jayden was last seen on 3 Ddcember when she met Ben Blakeley to discuss

Test results have revealed she died from neck pressure.

Ben Blakeley admits killing her and burying her but denies lurder.

More than ?18 million of cotncil tax payers money in our region was taken

by central government last xear for waste being sent to landfill.

The local authorities are m`de to pay every year for every tonne of

In Oxfordshire, the council has halved the amount over

the last decade but it's bill for landfill tax has more than doubled.

Lorryload after lorryload of our waste is brought to this Oxfordshire

For each tonne of rubbish btried in the ground, the government taxes

It is to encourage it to recycle more,

The problem is, the landfill tax bill is rising

Oxfordshire County Council had to pay out more than ?8 million

last year to government, as did Buckinghamshire County Council.

As for the large town of Milton Keynes,

Now some are saying we have been too slow to act.

Councils have known for manx years that landfill tax has been

increasing and should have taken action earlier to mitigate the

impact but now we are seeing a huge amount of money leaving the economy.

The irony is we are taking lore of our rubbish to recycling centres

like this one in Wallingford than ever before

The reason the bill is rising is because the tax on each tonne

of landfill is going up by ?8 every year, making it more

The ruling conservatives on Oxfordshire County Counchl

concede they hate to see the money leave but they insist they

We are now commissioning a facility, people call it an incinerator,

and that will be up and running in September later this year.

That then means that the 114,00 tonnes that we are landfillhng

Many feel landfill tax is a waste and takes much`needdd money

away from local communities but over the last decade or so, therd hasn't

The Bishop of Oxford has welcomed today's decision to

The Right Reverend John Prichard said he was delighted the Gdneral

Synod voted in favour of thd change and that it was a day to celebrate.

Rail passengers using First Great Western have faced delayed or

cancelled trains after a signal fault this morning and then another

The line between Reading and Paddington was shut

It reopened this afternoon but a signal problem at Paddington

this evening has led to del`ys of 15 to 30 minutes.

A group of friends from Oxford have found an enormous rare fish,

potentially worth around ?1 million, but they won't get any monex.

They saw the bluefin tuna floating in the sea in Cornwall

While it could be worth a fortune in Japan, the tuna cannot bd sold.

This species is endangered and it is illegal to catch ht

these university friends had come to Cornwall on holiday. They wdre

kayaking when they spotted something in the water. We went crazy I was

really excited because I wanted to see what it was. They managdd to

bring the two metre long fish, thought to be a bluefin tun`, to

bring ashore. These guys dr`g it out of the sea and we dragged it as far

as we could. We had then attracted quite a crowd. We thought, we will

pull it out of the sea but ht was really heavy. The dead fish was

photographed by this resident who records Marine strandings. Ht was

just unbelievable. I don't think anyone has ever seen anything like

this here before. Just to sde a creature that big that live out

their, it was quite mind blowing. The fish is a highly sought`after

delicacy especially in Japan where it is eaten raw in sushi, although

this one could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, it is hllegal

to catch in British waters. Bad news for these former students. We just

came to Cornwall for a nice weekend and we found a ?1 million fhsh that

we won't get any money from Because this has been taken away for further

examination. That's all from us tonight,

goodnight. Clear skies initially but wd are

experiencing some showers which will roll in from the North and West

and they will gradually easd in the early hours of the morning.

Then we will have some fog patches overhill top areas.

A dry end to the night but mild temperatures with lows

of 15 or 16 degrees. Tomorrow starts off on a cloudy note

with perhaps some hill fog in places but that will cle`r and we

will start to see the cloud break to allow for some sunny spells.

Temperatures may be higher than today, reaching 24 degrees.

With the light winds, feeling very pleasant.

It is hotting up as we head through the week with temperatures

becoming fairly humid by Thtrsday. Up next, the national forec`st.

Thursday. Of course, there is more chance of seeing thundery downpours

as a result. Good evening. The forecast will

divide the nation in two camps, one where you are looking forward to

what is coming and the other where you may not be too keen. For those

on their summer break, good sunny spells. Heat and increasing humidity

starting to build, which later in the week will lead to some nasty

thunderstorms. So such thunderstorms out there at the moment. Breezy out

there. Sporadic showers. If your gardens need a watering, I can not

promise everywhere will see the showers. We could start with