:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. That is all from us. Now
:00:12. > :00:13.A care unit in Oxford where a teenager died
:00:14. > :00:18.Connor Sparrowhawk, who was 18, was found unconscious in a bath
:00:19. > :00:23.An independent report ruled his death could have been prevented.
:00:24. > :00:27.The trust which runs the unit says it intends to close the site.
:00:28. > :00:36.Earlier I spoke to our reporter Katharine Da Costa.
:00:37. > :00:42.Slade House cared for people with learning disabilities. It had an
:00:43. > :00:46.emergency assessment and treatment unit, as well as a unit where people
:00:47. > :00:53.could stay for longer. The death of 18`year`old Connor Sparrowhawk
:00:54. > :00:58.through it into sharp focus. He died as a result of drowning in a bath.
:00:59. > :01:02.It is believed he suffered an epileptic seizure. The failure of
:01:03. > :01:07.staff to respond to his epilepsy lead to a series of poor decisions
:01:08. > :01:10.around his care. After a highly critical inspection report in
:01:11. > :01:14.September, Slade House was closed to new admissions and no patients are
:01:15. > :01:18.currently being treated there. Earlier this year, Conor's mother
:01:19. > :01:23.said she hoped what happened to her son would bring about change.
:01:24. > :01:29.Hopefully Shane then to the point of the trust think they need to look at
:01:30. > :01:35.their own house and make sure they are not falling into the same traps
:01:36. > :01:40.that Slade House did. They had a duty of care to look after, and keep
:01:41. > :01:44.him alive, and they didn't. What has been said about the future of these
:01:45. > :01:50.sites? Options include leasing the building or selling off the side.
:01:51. > :01:54.The trust has said it does not intend to open the unit again, but
:01:55. > :01:59.it will speak to patients families and staff to get their views before
:02:00. > :02:02.making a final decision. Meanwhile, Oxfordshire county council, which
:02:03. > :02:06.commissions services from Southern Health, is looking again at how
:02:07. > :02:07.learning services could be provided in the future but no decision has
:02:08. > :02:12.yet been made. Thames Water is in talks with an
:02:13. > :02:14.Oxfordshire`based business which may have a solution to the problem of
:02:15. > :02:17.so`called "fatbergs" in our sewers. The blockages happen when hot liquid
:02:18. > :02:20.fat is poured down drains and sinks, Back in April, Oxford city centre
:02:21. > :02:37.had to be closed because of one. In April this year, Thames water had
:02:38. > :02:40.to close this major intersection in the centre of Oxford. There was a
:02:41. > :02:46.fatberg in the sewers beneath the streets. It caused disruption for
:02:47. > :02:50.days and a section of pipe had to be replaced. Cooking oil was a major
:02:51. > :02:58.contributing factor. Last year there were more than 2000 so blockages in
:02:59. > :03:04.our region. Oxfordshire had 1446. Swindon had and in Buckinghamshire,
:03:05. > :03:09.there were 1421. Now, and Oxfordshire company has found a way
:03:10. > :03:13.to cut through the grease. Here, they are using a new grille. Any fat
:03:14. > :03:20.fat drips through is vaporised back up into the food. 40% of what you
:03:21. > :03:25.are burning is where, but it also heats up much more quickly. We
:03:26. > :03:29.cooked 100 steaks as a test and we had less than one sugar lump of dirt
:03:30. > :03:38.to clean up. Restaurants are obliged to dispose of fat responsibly, but
:03:39. > :03:42.not all do. Restaurants must understand they are responsible for
:03:43. > :03:45.their own fat disposal. If they block the sewers outside their
:03:46. > :03:51.restaurant, they are blocking them for potential customers. It is early
:03:52. > :03:55.days for the new grille, but with more than 6 million train blockages
:03:56. > :03:59.in the UK last year, homes and businesses need to do their bit to
:04:00. > :04:01.trim the fat that is going down the drain.
:04:02. > :04:04.A ?45 million upgrade to redouble rail capacity between Swindon
:04:05. > :04:10.A new 12.5 mile line has been laid since January alongside
:04:11. > :04:14.Trains can now travel simultaneously in both directions, although
:04:15. > :04:22.First Great Western says it has no immediate plans for new services.
:04:23. > :04:25.A five`year`old boy with a terminal brain tumour has set himself
:04:26. > :04:27.an incredible challenge, with the help of loom bands like this.
:04:28. > :04:31.Skye Hall from Abingdon was diagnosed last year.
:04:32. > :04:34.But, together with his family, he's hoping to create
:04:35. > :04:36.the world's longest loom band to raise money for new research.
:04:37. > :04:44.When the post arrives these days, there's usually
:04:45. > :04:53.Making loom bands is the latest craze, and word of the challenge
:04:54. > :05:01.A loom band long enough to reach the moon seems an impossible dream,
:05:02. > :05:15.but it's one plenty seem keen to share in.
:05:16. > :05:26.Doctors help children get better. Guess who? It's me! It was in August
:05:27. > :05:32.last year and just weeks before he was due to start school in Abingdon
:05:33. > :05:36.that he came well. A scan revealed the tumour, and how critical the
:05:37. > :05:43.situation was for him and his family life changed in an instant. All I
:05:44. > :05:50.remember is he was with me when I was told, so I had to not react at
:05:51. > :05:52.all because the last thing that you want is your child to be worried.
:05:53. > :05:55.Everything went into slow motion. Despite months of surgery,
:05:56. > :05:58.chemotherapy and radiotherapy he's In recent days, the illness has even
:05:59. > :06:04.robbed him of the dexterity he needs to weave his loom bands,
:06:05. > :06:07.but giving up is not an option. About 400 children are diagnosed
:06:08. > :06:09.with a brain tumour every year in the UK, according to latest
:06:10. > :06:30.figures by the Children's Cancer This might be a sudden event, but it
:06:31. > :06:35.might also be a long, drawn`out event. It creates anxiety for us,
:06:36. > :06:38.but we have to keep positive. An inspirational story.
:06:39. > :06:40.Firefighters say they're work harder to put out
:06:41. > :06:43.a rubbish fire that's been burning in Swindon for the past month.
:06:44. > :06:54.They're warning people living and working near the Averies recycling
:06:55. > :07:03.Good evening. We will see one or two close pals tonight, and there is the
:07:04. > :07:12.risk of some mist patches over Hilltop areas. Temperatures a little
:07:13. > :07:15.lower than last night. Tomorrow should stay mainly dry with sunny
:07:16. > :07:19.spells during the morning and a bit more cloud increasing from the South
:07:20. > :07:23.and West during the afternoon. Towards the evening we expect some
:07:24. > :07:28.rain, but towards the latter part of the evening, and the high tomorrow
:07:29. > :07:33.will be 20 Celsius. A lot of cloud around after a dry and bright
:07:34. > :07:35.start. Rain lasting into Thursday morning. A
:07:36. > :07:36.weekend but the early signs are, next week will be more settled. Now
:07:37. > :07:55.we get the UK forecast. Not all of us need the weather to
:07:56. > :08:01.change. It has been lovely for the past couple of days. Lovely loose
:08:02. > :08:07.guile in Carlisle. Tomorrow, dry and sunny weather will be widespread
:08:08. > :08:13.across the UK. The last of two days worth of rain is clearing away from
:08:14. > :08:14.Kent and East Sussex. Overnight it could damp in the far south-west
:08:15. > :08:19.Kent and East Sussex. Overnight it with patchy and light rain.
:08:20. > :08:24.Elsewhere it is dry, chilly again for this time a BA in the northern
:08:25. > :08:25.part of the UK where some of us will be close to freezing by the