12/08/2014 BBC Oxford News

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A man from Banbury accused of killing

a 17`year`old boy has been described in court as jealous, paranoid and

The jury heard Will Blencowe was so angry that Connor Tremble was

dating his former partner, he stabbed him at least 10 times.

Aimee Harrison, the woman at the centre of this murder trial, was

She went out with Will Blencowe for four years,

In January she got together with 17`year`old Connor Tremble

The prosecution claims Mr Blencowe couldn't handle her being happy with

someone else and that's what motivated him to commit murder.

It's alleged that on February the 13th Mr Blencowe took a taxi

from Oxford station to Connor Tremble's house in Fairacres Road.

When he arrived the prosecution say Mr Tremble tried to defend himself

with his arms but was repeatedly stabbed all over his body.

Aimee Harrison, who's 20, said Mr Blencowe owned

a collection of knives at his home in Banbury, she said he would pose

The jury also heard a 999 call made by Mr Tremble's friend

Two other men are also on trial over Connor's death.

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire have more families struggling with debts

they can't pay than other parts of the south.

That's according to a new report, put together by two charities.

The Children's Society and Stepchange say around

a quarter of families living in East Oxford are unable to meet household

A year ago Emma found herself homeless

Despite being a working mum, the 30`year`old from Witney had also

I was left with debt from a previous relationship because everything was

in my name. It is easy to get into debt with payday loans especially.

She's now paid most of the debt off, but according to new research,

Emma's family isn't the only one which has had problems.

New figures suggest in the South East,

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire have some the highest number of families

That's when they can't keep up with bill or loan repayments.

In east Oxford 25 percent of families are living with these

problem levels, compared to 21 percent in Banbury.

Fewer families are affected in Milton Keynes though,

It's slightly lower in Wantage and Witney, with 16 percent

And in Abingdon and Aylesbury, it's 14 percent.

So why are so many families finding it difficult to manage their

For many families that we talked to it was sudden and often did costs of

living that moved debts into becoming a problem and caused them

to become problematic. Some of the other concerns was worth someone in

household lost their job or where someone became ill.

With Emma's finances under control, she's now hoping she stay clear

Work's now underway to transform the Great Western Line

so electric trains can run on it and we've been given exclusive

access to the trackside to see a key piece of machinery in action.

It's a factory on wheels that's cost ?40 million.

It's used at night so trains can keep running during the day.

With more details, here's our Transport Correspondent,

From clocking on at the Swindon Depot to starting on`site

It is already one o'clock in the morning and raining hard.

But when this factory train gets going it is impressive.

These piles hold the gantries on which power lines

It is the first stage, the transformation

We are through the testing and commissioning phase and

This ?40 million train is called Brunel and carries everything it

needs to dig holes, mix and pour concrete, erect overhead

We have to install 18,000 of these piles all along the route.

We can do this while the adjacent line remains open.

This is the biggest railway investment

We are investing a huge amount of money to electrify the route.

So by 2016 we will have faster trains and cleaner trains.

The train will be five times faster than conventional gangs of track

workers, taking years off the modernisation of the Great Western.

The price tag for the whole project, around ?1.5 billion.

The team will work westwards, one mile a night, reaching Oxford,

Newbury, Swindon and eventually Bristol

In the past this would have required five years

But by breakfast time, trains will be running again,

Football, and in the League Cup, all our local teams are through to

The MK Dons knocked out AFC Wimbledon 3`1.

Alexis is coming up with the weather forecast.

The odd shower is possibility and temperatures tonight falling to

around 11 degrees. Perhaps just into Sigel fingers in the countryside. ``

single fingers. We start to see showers developing the afternoon and

these could be on the heavy side but not as frequent or heavy as today.

And there will be some sunshine. So pretty decent day tomorrow but heavy

rain is expected on Thursday. Coming up next the national weather

forecast. of a messy couple of days with some

heavy rain and showers but here'sing Matt with the national weather.

Good evening. Given the recent change in weather conditions I am

esure a few of you have mentioned "autumn" who would blame new western

Scotland today a mid-August day, driving wind, strong winds,

temperatures at one po incompetent were just 13. A better day tomorrow,

here, though. The cloud we have had today will work southwards. You will

notice still unstable air across England and Wales. Lively

thunderstorms through today. They are fading away by in large. One or

two showers in the West but longer, clearer periods here. We still have

that cloud, pushing through to the Scotland, Northern Ireland, north

Wales and the north Midlands by the end of the night. But rather than

persistent rain, away from the hills it'll be