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:00:10. > :00:11.The former boyfriend of teenager Jayden Parkinson has

:00:12. > :00:16.22`year`old Ben Blakeley, from Reading, buried Jayden's

:00:17. > :00:21.remains in his uncle's gravd at a churchyard in Didcot last Ddcember.

:00:22. > :00:24.Victoria Cook was at Oxford Crown Court when the verdict was returned.

:00:25. > :00:27.There have been emotional scenes here in court today.

:00:28. > :00:31.As the verdict was read out, members of Jayden Parkinson's familx left

:00:32. > :00:37.Ben Blakeley did not show mtch emotion, but when he found out he

:00:38. > :00:41.was guilty of murder he left the dock pretty quickly.

:00:42. > :00:45.The jury took around 20 hours to reach this decision and it was

:00:46. > :00:53.The police have said this is one of the most unique cases

:00:54. > :00:57.The idea of burying and hiding a body in an existing

:00:58. > :01:00.grave is new to them ` posshbly the first case of its kind.

:01:01. > :01:02.Leaving court here earlier today, they said they were pleased

:01:03. > :01:07.I welcome the verdict that Ben Blakeley is guilty of mtrder,

:01:08. > :01:14.This is the start of some closure for them.

:01:15. > :01:16.You will understand that the jury is still deliberathng on

:01:17. > :01:20.another defendant, so I am not able to say anything else at this stage

:01:21. > :01:22.because I do not want to jeopardise the remainder of the trial.

:01:23. > :01:26.The verdict has come as a rdlief to the family and friends, who had

:01:27. > :01:30.been coming to court every day to hear the evidence being givdn.

:01:31. > :01:36.One of Jayden's friends spoke to us during the trial and said she

:01:37. > :01:41.Justice for Jayden, justice for the other peopld he has

:01:42. > :01:47.He really gets what he deserves basically.

:01:48. > :01:50.In the back of my mind, I always thought he could bd

:01:51. > :01:54.Sometimes I thought he could be a violent boyfriend.

:01:55. > :01:56.Someone like Jayden ` she was lovely.

:01:57. > :01:58.Being hit, no man should ever hit a wolan,

:01:59. > :02:05.This story starts around two years ago, when Ben Blakeley and Jayden's

:02:06. > :02:12.They had known each other for years, but, in the summer of 2012,

:02:13. > :02:15.Jayden Parkinson started dating Ben Blakeley.

:02:16. > :02:19.Problems at home meant she had to move out.

:02:20. > :02:22.Jayden and Ben were "partners in crime".

:02:23. > :02:29.And to solve their problems, they began trying for a babx `

:02:30. > :02:32.hoping that would mean they would get a council flat.

:02:33. > :02:35.Over the course of the next year, with no baby appearing

:02:36. > :02:38.and money tight, Jayden moved into this hostdl, here

:02:39. > :02:43.But it was at this point, when they were more often apart

:02:44. > :02:47.that Ben's controlling and jealous nature got much worse.

:02:48. > :02:50.He ordered Jayden to stay hdre in her room alone,

:02:51. > :02:55.telling her that she must not even leave to go to the bathroom.

:02:56. > :02:58.Two weeks later, Jayden ended the relationshhp.

:02:59. > :03:05.So angry he threatened to ptt naked pictures of her on Facebook.

:03:06. > :03:10.He said he hoped she would commit suicide.

:03:11. > :03:12.At the beginning of December, staff at the hostel helped Jayden

:03:13. > :03:22.Her care worker calculated that the father had to be Ben Bl`keley.

:03:23. > :03:27.When Jayden called him to break the news, he accused her of che`ting.

:03:28. > :03:31.He then threatened to push her off a bridge.

:03:32. > :03:35.Despite that threat, and not even 24 hours later, Jayden left thd hostel

:03:36. > :03:41.alone to meet Ben Blakeley and to discuss the pregnancx.

:03:42. > :03:45.These are the last known im`ges of Jayden alive.

:03:46. > :03:49.They show their journey frol Oxford train station to Didcot.

:03:50. > :03:53.They walked from there to an area of fields near Upton.

:03:54. > :03:58.They had reached this footbridge when Ben Blakeley asked

:03:59. > :04:00.Jayden Parkinson if she had been cheating on him

:04:01. > :04:02.He said her reaction was enough to convince him.

:04:03. > :04:07.He then described grabbing her round the throat with both hands,

:04:08. > :04:12.before she fell from here into the mud below.

:04:13. > :04:14.He said she wasn't breathing, but he tried to revive her.

:04:15. > :04:18.He then described sitting hdre for some time, watching

:04:19. > :04:22.the stars go by, before covdring her body with a branch from a tree

:04:23. > :04:29.In the days that followed, and while family and friends were

:04:30. > :04:33.waiting for news, Ben Blakeley returned to move Jayden's body.

:04:34. > :04:39.He then called for a taxi and the suitcase,

:04:40. > :04:43.with Jayden inside, was carried to All Saints Church in Didcot.

:04:44. > :04:47.Ben then dug into his own uncle's grave in the cemetery.

:04:48. > :04:50.Jayden was placed into the ground and the grave was

:04:51. > :04:57.By the 12th of December, there was still no sign of Jayden.

:04:58. > :05:00.This is a live missing person's enqtiry

:05:01. > :05:04.We do not know where Jayden is at the moment.

:05:05. > :05:07.It was now, nine days after she had disappeared, that police declared

:05:08. > :05:14.More than 100 officers began an intensive search.

:05:15. > :05:18.Two days later, CCTV footagd proved that Ben Blakeley had lied

:05:19. > :05:22.about his own whereabouts on the night Jayden went missing.

:05:23. > :05:24.They were now convinced she was dead and Ben Blakeley w`s

:05:25. > :05:31.This trial isn't completely finished here at Oxford Crown Court.

:05:32. > :05:33.Ben Blakeley's young brother, Jake, is still on trial

:05:34. > :05:40.The jury have been told to come back here tomorrow at 10AM

:05:41. > :05:44.The judge has said he will take a majority decision

:05:45. > :05:47.Ben Blakeley will be sentenced at a later date.

:05:48. > :05:55.Around 60 jobs have gone at Unipart's headquarters

:05:56. > :05:58.and distribution centre in Bicester because the company has gond

:05:59. > :06:03.Unipart Automotive's branchds in Oxford, Bicester,

:06:04. > :06:09.The company has been one of the UK's largest suppliers of car parts

:06:10. > :06:13.1,200 jobs have been lost across the country.

:06:14. > :06:17.A 21`year`old man has been jailed for three years after being

:06:18. > :06:19.caught with a stun gun, which had been disguised as an iPhone.

:06:20. > :06:22.Police arrested Marcel Cross with the device in Bicester back

:06:23. > :06:29.Police said the sentence reflected the seriousness of his actions.

:06:30. > :06:32.Oxford Railway Station could be transformed if plans for a ?75

:06:33. > :06:36.The current station would bd demolished and replaced and there

:06:37. > :06:43.Around 7 million people get on and off trains at

:06:44. > :06:49.Once they step off the carrhage this is the first they see

:06:50. > :06:53.It doesn't reflect the town very well ` the oldness

:06:54. > :06:58.It needs more seats and air conditioning.

:06:59. > :07:04.It could be Milton Keynes, it could be anywhere.

:07:05. > :07:06.Today, plans have been annotnced to demolish the station

:07:07. > :07:09.and build a new bigger, better, bolder one costing somewherd

:07:10. > :07:16.It could see Botley Bridge widened to allow for cycle paths.

:07:17. > :07:20.The station might be two stories high, with glass walls allowing

:07:21. > :07:25.A new bus station too, as well as shops, restaurants,

:07:26. > :07:32.One of the main reasons being given for demolishing this station

:07:33. > :07:39.and building another bigger, better one is that it is vital that

:07:40. > :07:42.the tourists, the business len and women, and the residents getting off

:07:43. > :07:46.this train and heading into the city get the right first impresshon.

:07:47. > :07:50.It is vital for the city, because we are a booming economy and

:07:51. > :07:54.the capacity of the existing station is not adequate for what we need.

:07:55. > :07:57.We have growth in both the north and south side of the city.

:07:58. > :08:04.There is, though, only one very small problem:

:08:05. > :08:07.Nobody, not government nor train opdrator,

:08:08. > :08:11.has so far said they will stump up even a penny to pay for all this.

:08:12. > :08:13.But First Great Western, who currently runs the stathon, say

:08:14. > :08:17.We put many trains through two platforms.

:08:18. > :08:19.Occasionally, as customers will know, it gets too crowded

:08:20. > :08:30.We need to exploit the air above the station as much as we can,

:08:31. > :08:33.and the width as much as we can, to build a station that

:08:34. > :08:38.These are the early days, but I'm told, if the plans stay on

:08:39. > :08:41.track, passengers could be tsing a new station in just six years time.

:08:42. > :08:45.Alexis is coming up with thd weather forecast in just a loment.

:08:46. > :08:57.A lovely warm day today with a high of 27 Celsius across the region

:08:58. > :09:01.A muggy feeling night, similar to recent nights.

:09:02. > :09:05.More cloud coming from the dast to start the day tomorrow, but that

:09:06. > :09:09.There will be another dry d`y with a couple of stray showers dtring

:09:10. > :09:12.the afternoon and the latter part of the evening into tomorrow night.

:09:13. > :09:14.Most places will escape those showers,

:09:15. > :09:20.Things will hot up nicely tomorrow and a similar scenario on S`turday,

:09:21. > :09:24.More cloud and perhaps some rain on Sunday.

:09:25. > :09:51.Next is the national weather forecast.

:09:52. > :09:58.is getting too much for many people. By Sunday, the temp will be cooler

:09:59. > :10:26.than today. Tonight, another warm and comfortable night for sleeping.

:10:27. > :10:30.Ireland will have the last of the hot days. 26 to grazing Glasgow for

:10:31. > :10:33.the Commonwealth Games. Very different on the east coast in

:10:34. > :10:37.Carnoustie, where we have the shooting. Medals in the morning but

:10:38. > :10:38.it could be grey and