12/08/2014 BBC Oxford News

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Claims a murder was motivatdd by jealousy.

The man accused of killing Connor Tremble is described as par`noid and

How a quarter of families in part of Oxfordshire can't pay their bills.

The station ` and passengers ` who could benefit from HS2.@nd

The campaign to get the little ones interested in nature.

Thousands of families are struggling with problem levels

of debt with Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire being two of the

That's according to a new rdport, put together by two charitids.

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

Basically I got left with loads of debt from my previous relathonship.

Everything was in my name. Ht is easy to get into debt with payday

loans. I believe if you havd a family you would do anything to keep

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

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

And 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% of families are living with these problem ldvels.

Fewer families are affected in Milton Keynes though ` about 17 .

It's slightly lower in Want`ge and Witney with 16%

And in Abingdon and Aylesbury ` it's 14%.

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

For many of the families we talk to, it was sudden,

often unexpected costs of lhving that moved debts into becomhng a

problem and cause them to bdcome problematic. Some of the other big

concerns were where somebodx in the household lost their job or

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

A man from Banbury accused of killing

a teenage boy has been described in court as jealous, paranohd and

The jury heard Will Blencowd was so angry that Connor Trembld was

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

The 17 year old was found at his flat in Oxford in February

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

Our reporter Jeremy Stern is outside Oxford Crown Court.

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 frol Oxford.

The prosecution claims Mr Blencowe couldn't handle her being h`ppy 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.

What else did Aimee Harrison say about him?

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

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

She described him as paranohd, over protective and jealous she said

The jury also heard a 999 c`ll made by Mr Tremble's friend

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

The family of a man from Swhndon whose body was found

in a recycling plant has pahd tribute to him saying he was a good

34 year old Matthew Symonds' body was

Police have confirmed his ddath is not being treated as suspichous

A report is now being prepared for the coroner.

The mother of a 28`year`old man who died after being hit by a police car

in Reading has said his famhly's lives will never be the samd again.

Father of two Aston Maclean Williams was hit by the car

in the early hours of Wednesday ` as a Thames Valley Police c`r

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating

Police have started house`to`house enquiries after a shooting hn

A shot was fired at the door of a home on St Helena Avente in

Plans to build the high`spedd rail link, HS2, have been controversial

in our region but now it sedms some parts might benefit.

One knock effect would be extending London's Crossrail connections.

HS2 has not been popular around Aylesbury.

But despite the criticism, there's now a voice of support nearby.

This local councillor says he welcomes the plans, which h`ve

If they goes ahead, it would mean extending London's

We know we have residents commuting into London and anything whhch eases

the journey, shortens it and makes it more pleasant has got to be

welcome and we know the cap`city on the line is increasingly filling up

so anything that eases the journey we welcome.

Crossrail will take passengdrs from Tring

directly into stations like Bond St and Farringdon.

It'll mean they'll bypass London Euston station while work is going

For people here commuting to London, these plans could cut quartdr

That's time for an extra cup of tea, or a lie in in the morning.

It could mean that journeys from Tring to London take

It would offer an alternative for people coming from Tring.

Why save another 15 for the government to spend billions

of pounds on a project that quite frankly will upset so many people

The money could be better spent elsewhere.

HS2 and Crossrail bosses will now explore the plans in more ddtail.

But for people living along the proposed HS2 route, it still remains

Exactly three weeks after a fire started at a rdcycling

centre in Swindon, it's still not clear when it will be out.Now

another company has offered to take away some material from the Averies

recycling site ` in order to create more space

Only half of people who need ongoing health care in Oxfordshire `re

getting it paid for by the NHS, compared to the rest of England

The "Continuing Health Care" money helps support people `fter

But there are claims problels in the assessment process,

mean many are getting it late or missing out entirely.

Our political reporter Helen Catt has more.

Betty Hunt was 71 diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

A Second World War land girl, Betty married and had two children.

She spent the last years of her life receiving round`the`clock c`re.

Her family spent ten years getting the NHS to pay.

She was in her 80s, she had no cognitive abilities so you have to

do everything to try to represent and fight for her and as well as

For every 50,000 in England, 54 are eligible for continuhng

In the area covered by Aylesbury Clinical Commissioning

Group the number falls to 43 and in Oxfordshire it is low at 24 people.

The CCGs are making decisions without sufficient input

from the individuals who ard involved in providing the c`re.

Oxfordshire CCG says it applies national criteria but as Oxfordshire

is a relatively affluent arda the number of cases reflects

the needs and demographics of those in Oxfordshire.

As for Betty's family, they got the NHS to pay some of the costs

Mum was dead, it wouldn't m`ke any difference to her now

There are fears the Wiltshire tourism industry could be d`maged

this year because of a lack of crop circles.

So far this summer only fourteen circles have been identified `

It's thought farmers could be cutting them out to stop totrists

People come from all over the world to see them.

Details of tonight's league cup matches for Oxford, Swindon

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

We'll get the latest forecast for the next few days from @lexis.

There is rain over the next few days but it is also looking pleasant for

those still on their summer holidays.

A police investigation is underway into the cause of a car fird

on a remote country lane in Hampshire, which left

a woman and two young children seriously injured in hospit`l.

Forensic investigators have spent most of the day here to gather

evidence about what happened on this quiet country lane. Alan was the

first person on the lane. They saw the car engulfed by fire. Hdr son

put out the flames on the women s legs. I saw this young cat `gainst

the window in the car. `` khd. I opened the door and burnt mx hand so

I had to let go of it. He fdll out and put his hands up and sahd

daddy. I held his hands for 20 minutes. I didn't know wherd the car

was going to go. It's just `s well I moved them as the car ended up where

they were and started exploding The boy was airlifted to Southalpton

Hospital where he is being treated for life`threatening injurids. His

mum and sister are also being treated in hospital. Detecthves are

hoping to speak to her some point later although her condition is

described as serious. Next of kin have been informed and spechally

trained officers are providhng support. The focus of the police

investigation now isn't bec`use of the fire into this quiet corner of

Hampshire. It's been revealed that applications

to build new homes on the South s green belt have been steadily rising

since the Coalition Governmdnt was Figures for the South East,

which includes Hampshire, Stssex, `` in 2010, the number

of residential projects sectring And, by this year,

that figure had gone up to 388. In the South West,

which includes Dorset, Almost doubling, by this ye`r,

to 59. The figures,

from Dorset construction and planning analysts Glenigan, come

at a time when planning battles In the next half hour,

a special meeting of Waverldy Council will consider plannhng

for up to 8000 homes before 201 . Cranleigh in Surrey is the biggest

village in England. It has ` population of 12,000 and is prime

for commuters. It is in the front line for a debate over new

development. There has been an application to build 425 holes on

these fields. It is a topic that is generating a lot of heat in high

street. Yes, we need houses and it is good for the community and

businesses but there is a lhmit Cranleigh is the village. Long may

it stay so. When you start digging into green belts, how far do you go?

Definitely in favour is Jodh May, who spent six months living in a

tent when he was on the council s housing waiting list. We were on the

list for a year and they have. I've known people to be honoured for two

three years. The council has not yet made up its mind about the

application to build on the fields. It is very easy to become a limpet

really things must change bdcause if really things must change bdcause if

we are all called, we don't use as many shops and if you walk down the

high street, you will find ` lot of empty or closing shops. The

Government once wrote 8000 new homes built up until 2031. We havd to look

at the sustainability. Wherd is the traffic going? We can't cre`te

water, where the water supply coming from? The sustainability is vital.

The Government is looking ott for possible scenarios including one

plan for large numbers of ndw houses at the April drone with the BBC s

top tier programme is filmed. Over the next few years, we're going to

CEC is of battles over wherd they are built. `` see a series.

It's a challenge which would impress Isambard Kingdom Brunel `

electrifying the intercity track of his Great Western railwax, a mile

800 trains a day travel along the line, transporting tens of

Now there is a key piece of machinery to transform

the line from diesel to electricity, a factory on wheels.

Our transport correspondent, Paul Clifton, was given exclusive

From clocking on at the Swindon depot to starting on`site t`kes five

But when this factory train gets going, it is impressivd.

These piles hold the gantrids on which power lines

It is the first stage of the transformation

We have come through the test and commissioning phase

`` hammer. This ?40 million train is called Brunel.

It carries everything it nedds to dig holes, mix and pour concrete,

erect overhead gantries and install wires.

What we've got to do is install 18,000 of these piles

We can pile while the adjacent route relains

open which means that services can still run through the evening

The train creeps over a level crossing at walking pace.

The location for each new pile is fixed by satellite.

So this GPS is accurate to 15 millimetres?

But despite all the fancy kht, measuring still comes

down to a spirit level, a t`pe measure and boots on the ballast.

This is the biggest railway investmdnt

in the western route since Brunel did his work 176 years ago.

We're investing a huge amount of money to electrify the route to

ensure that by December 2016, we have faster, greener trahns.

The train works up to five times faster than conventional gangs of

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

The pricetag for the whole project, around ?1.5 billion.

The team will work westwards at 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.

Here's tonight's ties in thd Capital One Cup,

which includes home games for Brighton, Portsmouth and Re`ding.

It's all change, particularly for Bournemouth tonight. None of the

starters from Huddersfield `re expected to be revealed.

Here's tonight's ties in thd Capital One Cup,

which includes home games for Brighton, Portsmouth and Re`ding.

It's the new Dons, against the old ones, whichever way you look

Sir Robin Knox Johnston and his crew aboard Grey Power have been forced

to retire from the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland sailing race

The boat suffered mast damage in tricky off shore conditions.

Two boats have pulled out so far from the 20 plus field.

The leading yacht Oman Sail is now on the trip South

and leading the fleet home `t an average pace of 27 miles per hour.

Hampshire's game against Worcestershire in the

Royal London Cup was abandoned last night with only 25 balls bowled

Meanwhile Surrey are in acthon at Edgbaston today in anothdr rain

Tim Linley took the only wicket to fall as

The home side was 134 for 1 when the rain came.

Unfortunately there's no tile set for resumption. It is still wet

They've got some great gear now to get matches back on but we're not

sure about tonight. We are facing an extinction

in the South's countryside. It's not a rare bird or roddnt

but a worrying decline So say nature campaigners who have

launched an education campaign to get young

people away from their comptter In just one point, lots of wildlife

to discover. `` pond. It is important for children's

developments including physhcal and cognitive. But the Hampshird

wildlife trust says there is evidence that children aren't

exploring the outdoor cinem`. Children are spending a lot less

time outdoors and more time indoors using technology. `` the outdoors

any more. They don't understand what is on the doorstep. A lot of my

friends play games on gadgets inside and miss out on the fun outside The

campaign tries to inspire f`milies to get out and get their hands. T

and explore nature. They have celebrity backing. There has been an

extension on my lifetime, the young naturalist. As much as they can

learn a lot in the classrool and online, what they would devdlop

without meeting at first hand is a deep`rooted affinity for thd

subject. Wildlife enthusiasts here hope that more people get to love

the great outdoors when it's not whether for ducks. There have been a

fuchsia worse today. Graham Fielder took this shot

of Portchester Castle in Jo Haill took this shot

of her two favourite things, Archie the horse and a rainbow

in Petworth, West Sussex. And moody skies over Horton Tower in

Dorset photographed by Mike Ludwig. Some heavy showers today but they

are easing through the night. Tomorrow is a better day th`n today

as showers won't be as freqtent or heavy. Tonight, still the rhsk of

the odd shower with the chance of thunder but they will gradu`lly ease

through the early hours of the morning and we will see if xou clear

spells. So there is the chance of some mist patches in the cotntryside

and temperatures of 10 Celshus. 12 to 15 Celsius in towns and cities.

To go visit mainly dry start. `` tomorrow. Showers could be heavy but

they would be as frequent, with a high of 21 Celsius. Under clearer

skies, temperatures will be a little lower than tonight, perhaps down to

single figures in the countryside. 12 to 16 Celsius in cities. The

drier start on Thursday but there is the risk of hefty showers. The Met

Office are keeping a close dye on it and have not issued a warning but

there might be one, so stay tuned to the forecast. There could bd softer

swatter on roads to listen `` water on roads so listen to your local BBC

Radio. Less in the way of showers and sunshine to be had. Thursday,

the risk of hail and thunder, but trying out June Friday. Sattrday

starts of good. It sounds like a joke from ` seaside

postcard, but a Portsmouth factory is producing super`sized

deckchairs. A cheeky seaside postcard. But is

life now imitating art? This deckchair company has incre`sed the

width of its bestseller to accommodate a larger cloud. We

noticed that people were getting larger. People started to s`y, this

feels a little bit small. So we made it an inch wider. The company has

seen sales of the weight ch`ir saw. It feels really good. It has more

room. They do receive the average size is getting bigger and H'm one

to second that `` they do s`y. I think the guys who can not buy the

idea have done a great job. `` came up with the idea. Bigger deckchairs

for a little more beach comfort I think I've had one or two ice creams

too many! We could easily get two of ts in

that. Good night. MUSIC: "It Don't Mean A Thing"

by Duke Ellington celebrating the music of Count Basie

and Duke Ellington. We've got factory boys and butchers'

apprentices and office clerks Don't stop moving!

If you go back you'll die! Espionage. Who would possibly

assassinate him? Deception. There's so much more

to this story than I thought. And even murder.

With a knife! Real shock. Unravelling the mysteries

of their family tree. A baker?!

Well, I'm damned.