31/07/2014 BBC Oxford News


31/07/2014

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Work's started on a ?30 million project to create the largest

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Richmond Park in Witney will provide homes for more than 200 people.

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The site will include a spa, library and restaurant.

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Some people question the idea of separating older people

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But those moving in say they're buying into a lifestyle.

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This site near Witney is destined to become one of the largest

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Within two years, an entire new village will spring up here.

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But to live in it you'll have to be 55 or older.

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It'll have a mix of properties to buy, a care home

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Witney's a thriving market town and it's an ideal location.

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There's the wealth here that can support a facility like this.

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Richmond have already built a retirement village in Oxfordshire,

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a county where the elderly population is growing rapidly.

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But the very concept has been questioned by some.

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Elizabeth Mills is the director of a scheme designed to help people stay

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It's almost like ghetto`izing older people into a community of the same

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age, when actually most people probably don't have anything in

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I think most people want to remain in a community of all ages,

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because that's the way of the realities of life.

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This kind of retirement comes with a price tag.

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Homes start at ?200,000 and go up to half a million.

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But with facilities inlcuding a spa, swimming pool and even a bowling

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I think the fact that we came here at a stage where we were able to

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enjoy all the facilities was a very good start actually.

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Be it land or be it a house, and so this is our investment in property.

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I must say it is quite nice sometimes to get out into what I

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And we may well see more of these purpose`built sites in future.

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Currently this site at Witney is one giant construction yard,

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but eventually there will be enough homes here to house 200 people.

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The project's due to be finished in 2016.

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Protestors gathered in Oxford this afternoon hoping to raise awareness

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Campaigners want local people to lobby MPs to call for an immediate

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The symbolism couldn't be clearer at today's anti`war protest in Oxford.

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If we don't protest and we don't speak out then we are

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We've got grandchildren in East Oxford Primary School roughly

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If they were living in Gaza now, they'd be blown to bits.

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Campaigners from different races and religions gathered calling

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for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza`on both sides.

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We have to help our brothers and sisters.

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It doesn't matter what language they're speaking, doesn't

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We are responsible and we should help them.

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These pictures from the Israeli Army shows one of

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the tunnels it says is being used by militants for cross border attacks.

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The Israeli army also says Hamas is using Gaza civilians

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Back here in Oxford, campaigners hope

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their march will encourage people to lobby MPs for peace in Gaza.

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Woman is in condition after being airlifted from the blue Lagoon in

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Bletchley. A man in his early 60s died at the same location last week.

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Three prisons in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire have been rated

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as being "of concern" by the Ministry of Justice.

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Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes appears in the latest Government

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report, along with Bullingdon Jail in Bicester and Aylesbury Young

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Separate figures suggest the number of serious assaults against prison

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officers is at its highest level for at least nine years.

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Heavy lorries are ignoring signs that ban them from cutting

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Residents in Shrivenham say drivers are using the village as

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a short cut because part of the A420 is closed for resurfacing work.

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But councillors argue appropriate measures are in place.

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A week ago this was a quiet Oxfordshire village,

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Diversions are in place because part of the A420, the main

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road between Swindon and Oxford, is getting a ?3.5 million makeover.

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That resurfacing work means the road has to be cut off

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These are not cars that are stopping here, they're just passing through.

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There have been quite a lot of lorries going through.

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The main problem is getting across the road with small children,

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As we speak, there is one coming through,

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you will probably hear the noise as it goes through the village.

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It creates a constant stream of traffic

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and people can't get across the road and carry on their normal life.

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The roadworks began last week and are set to run for six more,

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pushing big lorries onto roads they don't normally use.

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On day one, 90 lorries heading towards Shrivenham were told to turn

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around but those early warnings don't seem to be reflected

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A schoolgirl, who is now cancer`free after battling the disease for two

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years, is helping to spearhead a new campaign supporting pioneering

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"Oxford Against Cancer" has the backing of scientists,

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who say research being done in the city promises to improve

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the way they tackle some of the most hard`to`treat cancers.

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It's seven years since Molly Crawford from Botley was given

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She was diagnosed with Leukaemia just before her third birthday.

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It's such a terrible thing that I had and it's really sad

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She had two years of chemo, but the first lot was very intense

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and within the first few weeks her hair had fallen out.

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Every week around 12 people in Oxford are diagnosed with cancer and

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But pioneering medical research here in Oxford means more

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The Oxford Against Cancer campaign started three months ago.

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What we are concentrating on is the really hard`to`treat cancers like

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lung cancer and pancreas cancer and cancer of the oesophagus, so our

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vision is to bring together the best of surgery and radiotherapy and of

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targeted drug treatment together in the right combination

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Cancer Research UK has invested ?120 million

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It's now a major hub for things like clinical trials, with more than

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160 different research groups at Oxford University.

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Working closely with the hospital trust, scientists have

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also been able to deliver innovative new cancer treatments

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for patients at the Churchill and John Radcliffe hospitals.

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Research that goes into it to help lessen

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the effects of the chemo and get a better result on the medicine front

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Since being involved in a clinical trial during her own

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treatment Molly has helped to raise ?20,000 for cancer research.

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She's now determined to keep helping others.

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Sarah Farmer is coming up with the weather forecast.

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We're back with BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning.

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A very good evening to you. A largely dry night ahead of us and

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evening showers fading away, leaving us with patchy cloud and mist as

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well. In terms of temperatures, we're looking at lows of 14 Celsius

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or 15 Celsius, similar to the feel of recent nights. Tomorrow, a bright

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start with sunny spells, then cloud thickening up and showers arriving,

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potentially with a rumble of thunder into the afternoon. Also some lovely

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sunny spells, temperatures of 21 Celsius. For the weekend, Saturday

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we have some heavy downpours, Rain for Saturday. Now to John who

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will take you through the national forecast across the UK.

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Hello there. You may have to find ways of occupying the children. A

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lot of rain for some, not so much for others. That was the way in July

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but overall whelmingly warm. Not as warm as last year but it continues

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the run of months with higher than average temperatures. The eighth now

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in a row. On to August, a few showers around. That is across the

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north and the west. Lots of dry weather between. A mild night

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