19/08/2014 BBC Oxford News

Carrie Gracie, BBC News, Beijing. That's all from us.

The family of a robber who was held down by a group of people as he

tried to escape from a jewellers shop in Oxford, have challenged

Doctors have told an inquest that Clint Townsend had a heart condition

His family maintain didn't recover because people sat on him,

Arriving at Oxford Coroner's Court this morning, Clint Townsend?s

They wanted to find out exactly how Clint died and whether the `ctions

The family had been posing puestions throughout this inquest

They asked questions directly to police officers who attended

Firstly, they said, why did it take you so long to try

And later, why, when you thought he was

unresponsive, didn't you thhnk he needed immediate medical attention?

Giving evidence, police officers described

the difficulty in trying to assess whether or not Clint was brdathing.

Today we saw some of the objects that were fotnd

That's the John Gowing Jewellers in the covered market.

We saw the large sledgehammer that was used

We also saw pictures and heard descriptions

of the gas canisters that wdren t activated but, again, were found

Today the inquest also heard crucial evidence from the pathologist.

The post`mortem revealed th`t Clint was obese and he had an abnormally

large heart and arteries th`t were just one millimetre wide.

The pathologist concluded that although restraint, that is to say

people sitting, leaning, pinning Clint down in the covered m`rket,

undoubtedly was one cause of death, his heart condition was so severe

The coroner will deliver her verdict tomorrow morning.

She's gone home this evening with a whole host of papers

They've highlighted some of the inconsistencies in some

They believe that the amount of force placed

They still believe that was the main cause of his death.

There's been a big rise in number of electronic devices lost

by Thames Valley Police in the past three years.

The items most frequently lost are mobile phones `

more than 150 went missing hn 2 13, compared to just two in 2010.

The force says security hasn't been breached

The ongoing saga involving tonnes of smouldering waste

at a recycling centre in Swhndon could soon be over ` but thd smoke

that's been blighting peopld's lives could get temporarily worse.

A month after the fire started, rubbish is now being moved

It's been searing, smoulderhng and smoking for four whole weeks.

It's forced businesses to shut and imprisoned people in their homes.

But finally ` bit by bit ` around a third of this commdrcial

rubbish at the Averies wastd site in Swindon is being removed `

enabling firefighters to tackle what lies beneath.

We want to put the fire out, to limit the smoke going ovdr

We know that it has taken some time to get to this phase and now we are

here, we want to get the fire out as quickly as possible and get all

The waste needs to be separ`ted so it can be extinguished.

But the authorities couldn't decide where to take it.

Now though, a destination has finally been agreed:

a landfill site in Blunsdon on the edge of town.

But after a month of watching taxpayers? monex go up

I'm really pleased that we `re getting the waste of the site.

It shows that we were right to call for action but it's really hmportant

now that we understand why this was allowed to happen in the first

place, why the agencies didn't act earlier to sort this out and we got

to make sure it can never happen again in Swindon.

As for people living and working nearby `

well they're just glad to sde the lorries arrive and the wastd leave.

But today's news comes with a health warning.

The authorities say there's a danger that as they move

the rubbish the smoke could get worse before it gets better.

Rail services on the line that runs Swindon and Gloucester

It?s for work on the track between Swindon and Kemble.

Signalling in the area is also being ilproved.

Silverstone say they're hopdful that this year's Moto GP race won't

Last week, it was announced that the event's promoters had signed a five

But the circuit won't be buhlt in time.

Britain's fastest on two whdels at Silverstone today to prolote

It?s claimed this year's Moto GP race might be the last

Britain?s top riders aren?t convinced.

It's a great project going on inside of Wales right now

but we have to be patient and see if everything goes `head.

We have a great facility here, and I have some great memorhes from

the last four years and I'm looking to make another one this ye`r.

The circuit in Wales might have won the right to host Moto GP r`ces

for next year, but it's still only a computer`generated image.

No financial backers have bden found for the ?280 million project.

Its developers are asking for government financial support.

Today its representatives wdre at Silverstone to discuss

the race remaining in Northamptonshire till it's built.

We are the only ones actually qualified to run the race.

Donnington could, with a bit of investment, bdcome

If the race cannot be run in 2017 or 16, in Wales,

Silverstone has today reiterated it?s unhappy

about any possible state aid the circuit at Wales would get.

It says it will try to get government support to keep

The government rejected thehr attempts ` they said at the time it

The riders are excited about a new purpose`built chrcuit,

but realistic enough to expdct to be riding around Silverstond's .6

Tickets for the MK Dons League Cup match against Manchester Unhted next

week sold out within hours of going on sale this morning.

Oxford also lost, 1`nil to Morecambe.

Alexis has the regional weather forecast.

It will stay dry and we're looking at chilly temperatures.

In the countryside, we could see lows of four ddgrees.

A cold start tomorrow but a lot of sunshine first thing.

The showers tomorrow won't be as frequent as today, but if you

Clouds bubbling up during the afternoon.

In between showers, some sunny spells and a high of 17 degrees

The rest of the week, temperatures will gradually rise

Coming up next is the national forecast.

looking at the risk of showers for Friday though.

Good evening. Autumn, August. It's an easy slip of the tongue to make,

but the two do seem mixed up at the moment. Tomorrow morning, you could

be forgiven for thinking it's October, as you step out the door.

It's going to be cold. Why so chilly, well, because we are drawing

the air down from the north and the brisk breeze dies down. The showers

disappear and the temperatures tumble. Towns and cities nine or

ten. In rural areas widely down to four or five degrees and some places

just two or three above freezing. A cold start in the morning. Don't be

fooled by the sun. It will be chilly,