16/07/2014 BBC Oxford News

Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford.

Plans to improve patient care in Oxfordshire.

How some doctors' surgeries could be merged and patients asked to use

more technology ` all to help save money and meet growing demand.

more than 30 suspected paedophiles have been arrested in the

Thames Valley as part a major national investigathon.

Some include teachers and scout leaders.

The arrests follow a six`month investigation by the Nation`l Crime

The countdown is on to the Didcot towers demolition date.

We've been on site with enghneers finding out just how much planning

We meet an Oxfordshire man representing England

Some doctors' surgeries could be merged in Oxfordshire as

the health service aims to hmprove patient care ` and reduce costs

NHS managers are looking at how to reorganise GP practices

The Royal College of GPs sax across the country, GPs are seeing

40 million more patients th`n five years ago, with some doctors seeing

He works over 60 hours a wedk seeing patients in 12`minute slots and he's

The race of consultations is going up and up and the complexitx of the

medical problems we have two deal with is increasing with an `geing

population with multiple and chronic conditions. Practitioners are

working very long hours and seeing between 40 and 60 patients hn a

working day and we know that access is not as good as we would like

The Government wants more p`tients to be cared for in the commtnity by

But some doctors say they'rd being asked to do more for less

Oxfordshire's health servicd is facing

NHS managers are looking waxs to run services more efficiently.

They're asking the public what improvements they'd like

Merging smaller GP surgeries, asking patients to travel ftrther

for an out`of`hours appointlent and to use technology to help

Better use of technology cotld be key ` in future we could em`il

our doctor for advice or have a consultation via video call.

Patients might also be offered an App to manage their own blood

if there were more online f`cilities for bookings and repeat

prescriptions that would be quite useful. I don't know about phone

consultations but we can already do repeat prescriptions online and when

the computer is behaving itself you can make an appointment, too. But

it's not always possible. The challenge will be

whether changes to GP services can be made without compromising

the quality of care. Child abusers are being warned they

can no longer hide on the internet after Thames Valley

police arrested more than 30 people as part of a national operation

targeting online paedophiles. Experts are now analysing computers

and other hardware which it's thought may cont`in

indecent images of children. Assistant Chief Constable John

Campbell said the operation sent a message to abusers they could no

longer remain faceless online. Joining me is our reporter,

Joe Campbell. Joe, what do we know

about this operation? 34 people have been arrested

across the Thames Valley and six more men have been picked up

by the Wiltshire force. They range in age from 24 to 60

and include a 49`year`old He was detained on suspicion

of making and possessing indecent Now,

the arrests began in April of this year based on intelligence gathered

by the National Crime Agencx, but They won't comment on the mdthods

they used to locate suspects, but we know police from Britain have met

law enforcement agencies from the US where they have used sophisticated

software to track those accdssing online sites which feature hmages

of abuse. What do we know We need new approaches and we need

to work with the industry and the third sector on a whole range of

ways in which we can limit the damage and the opportunity that this

criminality causes. What more do we know about the children who were

abused to make these images? This is an international tr`de with

the abuse often happening on the other side of the world,

but Thames Valley Police sax they have protected one child

in the region from either actual or They've safeguarded 13 others

who may have had access to The force is continuing

its investigation and it is thought more detahls will

emerge as charges are brought. The jury in the trial of Ben

Blakeley, who's accused of lurdering 17`year`old Jayden Parkinson, has

retired to consider its verdict The 22`year`old denies murddr, but

has pleaded guilty to mansl`ughter. His brother, Jake,

admits lying to police, but denies Jayden's body was found

in a graveyard last December. Oxford City Council is conshdering

tightening the rules around the use of letting agents' advertising

boards outside people's homds. The new rules could see the signs

fitted to the house itself rather There's also pressure for shgns to

be taken down more quickly `fter People in the city complain

the boards are untidy With less than two weeks to go until

three of the cooling towers in Didcot are demolished, BBC South has

been given rare access to the site. N`Power will blow them up

in eleven days time. The event itself will last only a

few seconds, but those few seconds I went along to

the power station to find ott more. They've been a landmark herd

for more than 40 years. The colossal cooling towers

at Didcot A power station used to produce coal`fired energy

and generated electricity But these towers will no longer

dominate the south Oxfordshhre They'll be blown up

and gone forever. It will probably all be over

in a matter of up to ten seconds. By the time the first chargds go off

over a period of ten seconds, the Npower closed this part of the power

station last year ` next Sunday will mark the last, and, arguablx

the most significant moment, The towers have been charged

and engineers are now in the final stages of work ready

for next week's big demolithon. 7.5,000 holes have been drilled here

on site and filled with explosives. But they won't be made live

until early next Sunday morning Planning

the demolition has taken six months, involved 200 staff and cost

hundreds of thousands of potnds The towers are scheduled to explode

between 3 and 5am ` but loc`l It's thought many people in the area

will be disappointed to miss out Some have signed a petition ` which

has got nearly 3,000 signattres I totally understand it, though what

we do have to realise is th`t it is a place of work and we are carrying

out a high`risk operation hdre. This was how it looked in Sheffield,

when two iconic cooling towdrs near Despite the early timeslot,

thousands of people are expected to g`ther

in Didcot to say a final goodbye. The new BMW Mini, made in Oxford,

has won a prestigious industry award,

being named Car of the Year 201 . The award ` from Auto Express `

follows a ?750 million investment in BMW sites `

including the main plant in Cowley. 600 new hatchback minis are now

manufactured here each day tsing a thousand robots.

Most importantly, Oxford is the heart and home of the Mhni and

it looks like it is going rdmain so, long into the future, as long as

we carry on doing what we are doing at the moment ` like winning awards

for absolutely superb new c`rs. So we're not in fear of our

longevity on site in Oxford, rather, we are excited by the possibility of

building for another 100 ye`rs of car manufacturing in the local area.

That's the it from me for the moment.

I'll have the headlines at 8pm and a full bulletin at 10.24pm.

For more of today's stories ` here's Sally Taylor.

Still to come in this evening's South Tod`y:

Unseen family footage of Donald Campbell 50 years on from breaking

It is one of the biggest parties in the region and the Redding Carnival

has been a transfer the whole town to come together. `` Reading

Carnival. It was cancelled last year. Now a community group has said

it wants to take control from the current organisers or set up a rival

Carnival. When it was in full swing, thousands

came to Reading Carnival. Btt the colour has faded. When I first

came, the park was full with floats and sound systems and performances.

In 2013, the streets were shlent. It was cancelled due to a lack of

resources. We just wants to involve the community again. We want to

involve the younger generathon. Involve the whole community. The

current committee has cancelled a meeting about next year's event but

the chairman said people who want to help should join them. We wdlcome as

many people to come on board. We are talking about manpower. This is the

Black history war in Reading. It was painted to show the strength and

diversity of the communities here. But there are worries that the Afro

Caribbean community's presence is changing and that this row over the

Carnival could prove divisive. Instead of uniting and creating

strength to go forward and lake this a positive event, it is cre`ting

more of a war and a disparity and that cannot be good. Both groups

promised there will be a carnival of some sort next year.

An underwater search with a difference has been going on off the

It started after Roy Wright went for an unwise swim at Hamworthy

at the weekend and lost his prosthetic leg in the w`ter

And, if the search for it is unsuccessful,

Tom Hepworth is in Hamworthx tonight with the full story.

Glorious evening here. We h`ve had people jumping off the jettx,

despite the warning signs. That is just what we did on Saturdax. When

he hit the water, he realisdd his leg had slipped off and he was in

difficulty. I could see Jill, my partner, looking at me. I thought

they were going to watch me drown. As I looked up, I saw a chap and he

launched himself in with all his clothes on. He managed to gdt hold

of me and help me get to thd ladder on the end of the pier. It was OK to

get the ladder, but I could not get up as I only had one leg. It wasn't

a good idea, it seemed like fun at the time. The sun was shining, I

think you get a bit carried away. I suppose I felt like being a kid

again. Rory is using his sp`re leg now, but it is broken, does not fit

and he is in constant pain. It is the anniversary of my amput`tion,

for the first time in five xears I feel like I have a disability. I

don't feel so independent now. Just not doing everything I used to be

able to do and not knowing that I am safer my feet. `` safe. There is a

real sense of public spirit here. A local Aqua club has spent hours

sifting through the mud, fishermen are checking their nets when they

return. But really it is like looking for a needle in a h`ystack.

We hope Rory is reunited with his legs soon.

`` lag. More than 130 British servicemen

and women were killed in action in Iraq following the invashon to

remove Saddam Hussein. One of them was

Staff Sergeant Chris Muir, ` bomb The personal connection to dvents

in Iraq has just inspired his sister Naomi Symmonds to

graduate from the Universitx A short time ago,

she joined me on the sofa to tell me It is using glass in differdnt ways,

making political statements and at the same time commemorating the

lives lost. Tell us about the panel we have. It is a bit of glass of two

sides and two stories, isn't it It is looking at both sides. On one

side, it is highly polished and reflective and speaks of

commemoration of the troops and their families and friends. On the

other side, it is broken, Edinburgh, `` it represents Iraq. And this

stems from the loss of your brother when you are just 12 years old. Talk

us through the process of the loss and creating the art. Startdd in

year two when we had to do ` project based on going to the British Museum

and recreating an object. I chose a vessel that had some nice on the

surface. I think I've brought up a lot of repressed emotions that I

have not acknowledged. `` h`d not. I decided to develop that and go on.

You can see the stages of grief as I have gone through. Getting puite

angry and wondering why. I think I needed to let all of that goal. So I

could create this project to commemorate everyone. Hasn't been a

kind of therapy? yes, dealing with it in a creative way, rather than in

a self`destructive way. It has been amazing. And now to be able to talk

about it without being upset is quite an achievement. What lessage

do you want people to walk `way with when they see this? It is e`sy to

get lost in our own grief, but I want people to understand that it

will be exactly the same in Iraq. They do not have time and pdace to

reflect on what is happening, there is constant warfare. It is still

continuing today. I mean, what was the point? Hundreds of thousands of

lives have been lost and it is still going on. It is terrible. And you

want to go on to create othdr memorials? Where'd you want to go? I

would love to take on commissions for people. I would love to work on

a large`scale, it has been really good. You have found your nhche

Thank you. And Naomi's artwork can be seen in

mid`September. Hampshire's Justin Rose launches his

bid to win one of golf's coveted Majors, the Open Championshhp,

tomorrow at Royal Liverpool. After winning the Scottish Open

warm`up event last week, Rose is much fancied to go well over

the next four days. He tees off his first round

alongside Masters champion Thousands of times I've won the

Open Championship in my mind. This is the one I think

about the most. When you are chasing major

championships, any of them will do. If you're lucky enough to whn

this one, I think it would be Sussex kept alive their outside

hopes of reaching the quartdrfinals of cricket's T20 Blast compdtition,

with a win over Glamorgan at Hove. Sussex leg`spinner Will Beer took

three for 14, his second career`best in a week,

to restrict Glamorgan to 150 for 8. And opener Luke Wright then walloped

66 from 39 balls, to help Sussex home with an over

and a half to spare. Also in the T20,

Surrey have just got underw`y Meanwhile,

in the County Championship, Hampshire lost a thriller

against Essex at Colchester. Essex were set just 133 to win, but

scrambled home eight wickets down, all taken by the Hampshire spin

pair Danny Briggs and Liam Dawson. The Commonwealth Games are now just

a week away and some of the big names in world sport are

preparing to descend on Glasgow Other competitors are relathve

unknowns, hoping to shine on Matt French from Oakley near Thame

in Oxfordshire is representhng And, as Jerome Sale discovered,

despite plenty of other dem`nds on his time, he's setting his sights on

success in the double trap shooting. It?s quite a double life,

but the preparation for work Unlike the big guns

of the Commonwealth Games, Latt French has to hold down his day job

as well as trying to win a ledal. Luckily, I've got

an understanding boss who ldts me do my training in between my shifts

and accommodate me when I al away. I have had the help of my boss

and family. He has had a spell as Britahn?s

number one. At 32, he is still quite yotng

for the sport and he will bd aiming His colleagues are singing

his praises. The fact that it is in Scotland

too. It is a great event

and we are looking forward to it. I will be looking out

for his shooting events. Some may see the Commonwealth Games

as a little outdated and a throwback, but the be`uty

of it is perhaps that, more than any other event, it mixes mdn like

Matt with the superstars of sport. You have the likes of me, who have a

normal life and still work, in the same accommodation and situ`tion and

dining hall as Mo Farah and Usain I'm not quite sure how

I will react yet! Today was Matt's last day

at work before heading to Glasgow. Sadly, they do not hand out medals

for multitasking, but he has At work, no`one is expecting him

to get fired! BBC Radio Solent have announced

details of their pre`season Portsmouth and Bournemouth football

forums, with the main figurds The Pompey event is on Mond`y 4th

August with the Cherries evdnt 50 years ago this week,

Donald Campbell took the land speed In the same year, he also took

the record for the fastest person He died three years later

in another record attempt. To mark the anniversary,

a film of his record attempts has been restored by the

National Motor Museum at Be`ulieu, and for the first time it's being

made available to the public. Here's our Transport

Correspondent, Paul Clifton. Donald Campbell at the wheel

of Bluebird on a dry lake bdd 50 years ago,

the technicians all wore whhte lab This film is a portrait

of a different era. The record now for wheel`drhven

cars is 458mph, so you can see July the 17th, 1964,

the car reaches 403 mph. To take the record,

two runs must be made within The surface is rough,

the tyres were in ribbons. Today,

the car has pride of place hn the Don Wales was six

when his uncle died, but now holds I can remember standing next to

the huge wheels. He lifted me up and put me

in the cockpit. Donald Campbell wanted to bd the

only person to take speed rdcords The final attempt was late

afternoon on New Year's Eve. It is a new world water

speed record of 276mph! The newly restored film,

How Long a Mile..., Donald Campbell should be rdmembered

for that fabulous achievement and not just

for the crash that ended his life. He was supporting Britain

and trying to achieve fabulous How wonderful to see that a lovely

footage. Onto the weather forecast. It has been broadly as, but that

will change. `` it has been glorious.

Roger Hatley took this closd up of a kingfisher in the sunshind today.

This photographed by Robin Boultwood.

And Jamie Awdry took this phcture of oilseed rape being harvested

Even along the South coast, we saw a high of 22 Celsius. Things `re

hotting up as we go towards the weekend. Possible showers overnight.

View and far between, but if you catch one they could be heavy. ``

view and. The main feature overnight is the potential for coastal mist

and fog. It may lack on shore. Temperatures tonight down to 15 or

17 Celsius, a warm nights to come, uncomfortable for sleeping. Tomorrow

night is warmer still. Tomorrow night, potential for mist and fog on

the South coast. Cloud elsewhere will start to finish and brdak. Most

places will see Sunny spells with a high of 26 or 27 Celsius. `` warm

spells. A quiet picture. A slim chance for western areas, you may

see a fuse showers drifting up. More likely the areas West of thd Isle of

Wight. `` a view showers. Tomorrow night, warmer than tonight `nd more

humid with temperatures falling to around 19 Celsius. A dry st`rt, but

if you showers to start the day `` a to back too. We could see a high

of 28 Celsius. `` a few. Thunderstorms are a possibility on

Saturday, severe thunderstorms in fact, lightening and hail and

turning very unsettled by the start of the weekend.

Always in time for the start of the weekend. I will be back at dight

o'clock. Tomorrow, the Queen officially opens Reading St`tion. We

will have a report on that. Good night. Good night.