11/08/2014 BBC Oxford News

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Murdered outside his home ? 17`year`old Connor

Three men are on trial over his killing.

The ambulances caught up in hospital delays leaving thousands

of patients stuck outside A for longer than the target time

Encouraging the next generation of pilots.

The star attraction at a new musuem dedicated to flight

honouring a Victoria Cross hero ` the service to mark

a sailor who stayed on a decoy ship as fires raged around him.

A court's heard how a 17`ye`r`old boy was stabbed to death

Connor Tremble was found in February at his flat in Iffley Fields.

He'd been stabbed in his chdst, hands and legs.

21`year`old Will Blencowe, from Banbury, is charged with his murder.

Two other men are also on trial in connection with Connor's death.

17`year`old Connor Tremble was living in a social housing flat

On the 13th of February before Valentine's Day he w`s

attacked in his own home and suffered multiple stab wounds.

He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital but died two

Today, the prosecution set out its case describing Will Bldncowe

as a troubled young man jealous of his ex`girlfriend?s new partner.

They claim he suffers from mental health problems

The prosecution claim he tr`cked Connor down, stabbed him

They told the jury Will Blencowe, met up with friends,

24`year`old Grant Clements and 21`year`old Bradley Jonds.

It is claimed they assisted him by giving him clothing and

During the investigation, the prosecution say officers

searched a room at a guesthouse where Will Blencowe had staxed.

It is alleged a spot of blood with a DNA match to Connor

Will Blencowe denies murder, Grant Clements and Bradley Jones

deny perverting the course of justice and the case is dxpected

Thousands of patients have been left waiting

outside accident and emergency wards across the South Central Ambulance

area with many delayed for lore than an hour according to new figures.

The handover delays ` which occur because of a shortage

of staff or beds ` have been revealed in a freedom of information

Our political reporter Helen Catt has been looking at the det`ils

Helen, what more do these figures show

On the face of it, it does not make for good reading. Patients were

waiting in ambulances for hospitals. One of the patients spent

four hours and 47 minutes there Usually it is because emergdncy

departments are too busy to accept new patients and that is a problem

for a number of reasons. It is against the rules. Patients should

be admitted within 15 minutds. It is be admitted within 15 minutds. It is

bad for patients and it is tying up an ambulance that cannot be used to

respond to other calls. This isn't a new problem. No, we reported this

back in 2011. Since then, otr hospitals and the Ambulance Service

have introduced measures to speed things up, computerised scrdens

ambulance liaison offices and nurses to carry out rapid assessments. It

has had some success. In 2002, more than 13,000 patients waited in the

back of ambulances. That is a third higher than last year. It h`s

fallen. More than a quarter

of a million pounds has been given to a charity in Oxfordshire to help

tackle bed`blocking in hosphtals. The "circles of support" scheme will

arrange care for people so they can Nearly two hundred patients a week

were stuck on wards during 2012 to 13 because they had nowhere to go

where they could be cared for. Age UK has been given the money

from the government. The county's clinical commissioning

group has also given ?45,000. The cost of equipment

and livestock stolen from f`rms across our region has droppdd `

bucking the national trend. An annual survey

by insurance company NFU Mutual has found rural crime cost farms

in the South East more than four Many times it's been broken into

and the oil has been pumped out Marilyn Iving has had

at least ?10,000 worth Now she's fitted an electrical

security system ` to deter thieves. People think they can

take what they want. They sorted out which to take

and left half a dozen. When we opened

the doors they were going up Thames Valley's Police and

Crime Commissioner was crithcised by some for making rural crhme

his top priority ` Our region has bucked the n`tional

trend, a fall in the number of In Buckinghamshire that dropped

to ?590 thousand in 2013. Oxfordshire's seen a dip too

from a million pounds of 2002 to We have done so much

in terms of operations, crime prevention,

gathering intelligence, makhng sure officers and staff can deal with

rural crime and the figures show Night time patrols

and better communication between farmers and police has

helped bring crime numbers down Added security came with a cruel

irony for Marilyn though ` these hedges were planted to deter thieves

but 250 had to be replaced, because Around a hundred people havd

attended a meeting, angry about plans to move thousands of tonnes of

waste to a site near their homes. The rubbish is currently at the

Averies Recycling plant at Larshgate in Swindon, where a fire's been

burning for almost three wedks. It could now be moved to a park and

ride site, to allow the firdfighters The council's stated the waste

would not be hazardous ` but What I don't understand is why is

it going to not go to landfhll. If it is safe,

why can't go to landfill, Where it is my house is smack

on opposite. And I am not looking forward to

looking out of my windows A new museum designed to inspire

the next generation of pilots has It's called The James McCuddon

Flight Heritage centre and ht's packed with vintage memorabhlia

and interactive displays, including Charlotte Stacey has

been to find out more. RAF plane to stage a demonstration.

RF Holton has been wowing the crowd for a hundred years. They hope to

inspire a new era to help pdople understand more about planes and how

they work. Like this glider, you can have a go at operating it or see how

compasses worked in World W`r I The highlight is a simulator, a cost

?13,000 and is the only one of its type in the world. It is

surprisingly realistic. A rdsponse to controlled movements is similar

and we can generate all sorts of interesting things come across wins

and turbulence and clouds. This simulator is based on aid to have

allowed Chipmunk developed hn the late 1940s. It was used as `

training aircraft because it is the equivalent of driving a Ford focus.

I'm not sure it is that simple. I would have a go at landing. This

museum is that simple. I wotld have a go at landing. This museul, trying

things out and inspiring people to learn. There was a harsh crosswind

for the landing! RF Holton hs part of aviation history, the museum is

named in honour of James McCuddon, a highly decorated pilot. Jamds

McCuddon would have approved because he did quite a bit of trainhng in

his time. He took a great ddal of trouble over his efforts in training

people than his contemporarhes. The museum has only been open a few

weeks but has been hugely popular. By celebrating aeronautical history,

they hope to inspire a future generation of highflyers.

Paying tribute to the sailor who stayed at his post

They thought the winter floods had washed away

With the heatwave that followed though, many of the South's arable

farmers are actually enjoying a bountiful harvest.

But, as Nikki Mitchell reports, with wheat prices plummeting,

This field was sown with winter wheat last year when it started

raining and it didn't stop. This field was under water for at least

three months. It would have been about this high. It never dried out

in time to replant with the summer crop. There is just weeks hdre and

rubbish. So we will get no return from this field this year. Ht was

the wettest winter on record, leaving farmers worried abott the

harvest. But while it has lost some gullible `` parable growers

thousands of pounds, many h`ve weathered the storms, and yhelds

elsewhere on the farm are looking good. Some nice grains of wheat

which overlay will be for bread`making. Some people h`ve had a

bumper harvest where they are on better ground or higher land. Others

have been affected more by the flooding. But we have other fields

like this one. But it is a nice like this one. But it is a nice

healthy, hopefully reasonably high healthy, hopefully reasonably high

yielding crop. Shame about the wheat prices then. Field wheat in

particular has dropped by, the third. The prizes are on thd floor

for the arable crops at the moment. That is not to say things mhght not

improve later. But it is a puestion then, do you have storage, do you

have transport, a long can xou? Any gain we make from the better yield

would see it probably wiped out by the lower prices. So we are still

back at square one. The loss of one farmer can be the gain of another.

Those needing feed for their livestock will see their costs cut.

Consumers could also benefit, if the price crop is passed on by the

supermarkets. Alexis will bd here with the forecast later.

The River Allen in Dorset used to be one of nature's safe havens for

But now the future of the species is at risk in the river

after the discovery of a de`dly disease, as Sarah Farmer reports.

No stone left unturned, the Environment Agency and Dorsdt

wildlife trust ska of the Rhver for the native workload crayfish. ``

white`clawed crayfish. The species has been under threat in part of the

river after a crayfish plagte was discovered. The search reve`led two

dead crayfish. The fact we have displayed here is a real blow. Such

a precious Little River, full of fantastic wildlife. To have our

native crayfish year was thd icing on the cake. It is very sad news. It

is not known how the diseasd came to be in the River Allen. It could have

come across on a non`native species of crayfish, or by another `nimal

like a bird or an otter. Or it may have come across on a piece of

fishing kit or Wellington boots We need to try and ensure that we are

not spreading it quicker th`n it normally spreads, so we need to

follow the checks of the code, so it is not showing up any wellids or

equipment. Free from plant laterial and thoroughly dried out. For users

of the river, it is a reminder of the Anglos's code. It is a reminder

that the equipment, once yot have finished fishing, hang it up and dry

it and it has to be bone drx prior to reuse. That way, the bacteria

cannot survive for more than three days. Though their future on this

stretch of the river does not look promising, the South West crayfish

project aims to preserve thd endangered species. Populathon of

the invertebrates has been relocated to an isolated stream away from the

threat of any non`native cr`yfish. Onto the sport now. Tony, for a

change, is in the studio! We have lots of football to tell you

about. We don't look at the tables after

the first day of the season, but if you did, you would see Bournemouth

are top of the Championship. But it is only one game.

Huddersfield manager Mark Robins his job.

Just 24 seconds after kick off, Mark Pugh was ghosting in

Callum Wilson is one of the big summer signings,

Yann Kermorgant opened his account for the season with

It would be 4`0 when Wilson finished from close range.

The Cherries debutant could have had a hat`trick,

In many senses, we scored the goals at key times, we look resoltte

defensively. We were professional in our approach and saw the gale very

well by keeping the double `nd looking like a good side.

That was indeed the perfect away performance.

Reading have signed defender Anton Ferdinand this afternoon.

He's agreed a two`year contract and is their third new addition

Here's a round`up of what else happened on Anx team

wants to start well but Swindon got off to a flyer. They went in front

three minutes and there was no looking back. Michael Smith got the

first of his goals inside a quarter of an hour. A Scunthorpe go`l was

cancelled out by Smith scorhng a second. That ended the visitor fight

back. Not the fighting spirht though. Scunthorpe ending the game

with ten men. The MK Dons could not have had a worse start. Thex were

down against duelling. A gift of a goal on the stroke of half`time gave

them hope. After the break, three goals in five second`half mhnutes

completing the comeback. Thd fans have turned out. The players

responded. We got some luck. They built the play up well. I could not

ask for more. A new dawn whdre Oxford United had a new owndr. Five

new signings, a new CEO and Michael Appleton the new manager. The

failings were still evident though. United missed chances and their

opponents converted one. Th`t was enough to spoil the day. I would

like them to be brave in thd final third, take risks and I am sure we

will in the coming weeks. Still 45 more games to go!

Jai Reason put them in front on 19 minutes.

Craig Stanley struck a lovely right foot effort

Then Ben Strevens got the third after another goalmouth cle`rance.

Aldershot also kicked off the season with a win over Altrhncham.

Great Britain's sailors won eight medals across seven Olympic classes

in the first Olympic Test event in Rio ahead of the Games in 20 4.

Giles Scott seems determined to follow in Ben Ainslie's footsteps

and he won the team's only gold medal in the Finn class.

There were silvers for Alison Young in the Laser,

and both the men's and women's 470 crews.

Four further bronze medals completed the haul.

You may have seen our rather wet outside broadcast

Well, the predicted weekend storms hit the start of the Round Britain

and Ireland race, which was due to start yestdrday.

The fleet made it to the st`rt line today as the crews prepared for a

tough test, and for some, a warm`up for even bigger challenges `head.

As the legacy of Hurricane Bertha blew in from the west, the boats

stayed in, with the race delayed for a day. I think it is with a relief

for everyone because we knew we were going into something really tough.

Potentially, boat breaking. The race is considered one of the top yacht

races. The fleet travel east and it is worthy enough for five of the

boats competing in the Volvo Ocean race to be taking part here. But the

worst of the weather passed and the boats made it to the start line

earlier this morning. More than 200 competitors were on board, `round

half of them British. It is a marker half of them British. It is a marker

as to where you have got with your training. Our training period has

finished now and we are starting to race, so we want to know th`t we are

on the pace. And that we ard going the right way. The quickest votes

could be back I Wednesday nhght The slowest of a two`week journdy

ahead. They will be hoping the unsettled weather does not return to

hold them. Hampshire's latest Royal London Cup

game, that's the 50 overs a side competition, has been delayed

by heavy rain today. They had another pitch inspdction

at 6.30. Justin Rose finished tied for eighth

at the US PGA Championship Meanwhile, Bournemouth's Georgia

Hall started her profession`l career with a third place finish at

the Ingaro Ladies Open in Sweden. The Parkstone player, seen here

in action at the recent British Open, who had delayed her move

into the pro game due to thd costs involved, earned 3,333 euros and

will compete this week in Norway. That's what it's all about. A good

start, and it is a long road, those early days are tough. You nded a lot

of support and sponsorship, and those little bits of prize loney

help it as well. We wish her luck.

The centenary of the start of the First World War has been

marked in Swanage, with a special dedication to

a local man awarded a Victoria Cross.

Ernest Pitcher survived the war and became a school teacher

and publican, before serving again in World War II.

Paying their respects, a century after the outbreak of war. The

solemn service remembered all those who died and one man who survived.

Chief Petty Officer Ernest Pitcher received numerous awards for

bravery, including the Victoria Cross. That was for his service on

these, the ships looked likd ordinary merchant vessels btt they

were designed to lure German submarines. They carried arls under

camouflage. But in August 1817, HMS Dunraven was torpedoed. Erndst and

his crew maintained their stations, not wanting to give the gamd away

until their boats `` the bo`t sank the need them. His great`nephew

himself serving in the forcds, paid his respects at the grave. H am

immensely proud, especially knowing he was awarded the Victoria Cross,

the highest award, to dress themselves up as a target and fight

nothing but respect for him and nothing but respect for him and

everyone who fought in that campaign. Royal Navy and Roxal

Marines veterans from across Dorset joined the service of remembrance in

a cemetery holding 28 war graves. It was they who wanted Ernest

Pitcher's story to be heard. When you think he won the Victorha Cross

for distinguished service and other metals, within a six`month period,

he had a rather hectic lifestyle! But one thing that fascinatdd us was

that in November 1920, he w`s part of the honour guard at West Mr happy

for the internment of the unknown Warrior,. `` the Unknown Soldier. ``

Westminster Abbey. We are a nation that has been involved in conflict

in Afghanistan and elsewherd, now in Iraq, so, it is not so very far from

home. We are aware that despite the contents of the past, lessons still

have to be learned about how we can live at peace as a global community.

Other relatives red roses at the grave, which today is maint`ined by

the Commonwealth War Graves commission. His story is ond

remembered in Swanage, but one that served to remind everyone hdre are

their family history and thd part so many played in the Great War.

Remembering her hero, Ernest Pitcher, who was awarded thd

Victoria Cross in the First World War.

We will move onto the weathdr now, but before we look at the phctures,

we will talk about something that happened night. The moon, which

apparently Tony missed apparently! Did you not noticed that fedling

like it was daylight? I think was watching the Gulf.

We have got some great picttres It was extraordinary. Have a look at

this. The Superman last night. ``

supermoon. Louise Weeks photographed

the supermoon from Andover. Geoff Linton took this shot at

Corfe Castle in Dorset. And Alex Kerslake captured the

moon from Lymington in Hampshire. Astronomers call it a perigde moon,

it is the closest to the Earth. Coupled with the full moon, that is

when we get the supermoon. Is it like a harvest Moon? Xes,

slightly, but this one is qtite close, the closest it can bd to the

earth. We do have another one in Sdptember.

We have had three this summdr already.

We do have some lovely weather pictures.

Ray Grace took this shot of a rainbow in Pagham in West Sussex.

Mark Steele captured horses in the sunshine at Okeford Hill

And Grahame Howard took this photo of Portland Lighthousd

Sunny spells today, but quite heavy showers in the broadcast, they will

stay with us through this evening, easing overnight. The risk of maybe

one or two along the South coast, or some drifting in through thd Bristol

Channel through Berkshire and Wiltshire, maybe up towards

Oxfordshire. They may be on the heavy side, but a lot lightdr today.

We have a low overnight of 02 to 14. A slightly fresher feeling night and

the winds will be fairly brhsk, but not as strong as they work today.

Tomorrow, one or two showers, less frequent than today but still on the

heavy side in a few places. With the wind being lighter, showers could be

more slow`moving, with the risk of thunder and hail, Heise tomorrow of

18, 19, maybe up to 20. A slightly warmer day tomorrow in the sunny

spells, because there will be more sunshine and showers. Tomorrow

night, the showers tending to fade away. Gradually, the sky will clear

and temperatures will fall to around 12 or 13. Very similar to tonight. A

brisk south`westerly wind. The change comes about on Wednesday with

the winds changing direction. It will be a slightly drier dax. We are

sheltered because of this north`westerly airflow. So the

showers are more likely to fall over Wales, less likely over the South

eastern corner. Here it will be dry and the winds will be slightly

lighter. A pleasant day on Wednesday, but are very slil chance

of a shower during the afternoon. A dry and bright start to the day with

lots of sunshine. A look at the outlook. One or two showers are

possible tomorrow, less frepuent than today. The risk of hail and

thunder. Wednesday is probably the driest day, as is Friday, drier

conditions and lighter winds, but blustery showers are possible on

Thursday. If you want to chdck out a ten day forecast, you can go to the

website. That's it from us for this dvening,

there is more at eight o'clock and then again at 10.25. We will be back

here tomorrow morning. Join us then if you can.

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