26/08/2014 BBC Oxford News

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A care unit in Oxford where a teenager died

Connor Sparrowhawk, who was 18, was found unconscious in a bath

An independent report ruled his death could have been prevented.

The trust which runs the unit says it intends to close the site.

Earlier I spoke to our reporter Katharine Da Costa.

Slade House cared for people with learning disabilities. It had an

emergency assessment and treatment unit, as well as a unit where people

could stay for longer. The death of 18`year`old Connor Sparrowhawk

through it into sharp focus. He died as a result of drowning in a bath.

It is believed he suffered an epileptic seizure. The failure of

staff to respond to his epilepsy lead to a series of poor decisions

around his care. After a highly critical inspection report in

September, Slade House was closed to new admissions and no patients are

currently being treated there. Earlier this year, Conor's mother

said she hoped what happened to her son would bring about change.

Hopefully Shane then to the point of the trust think they need to look at

their own house and make sure they are not falling into the same traps

that Slade House did. They had a duty of care to look after, and keep

him alive, and they didn't. What has been said about the future of these

sites? Options include leasing the building or selling off the side.

The trust has said it does not intend to open the unit again, but

it will speak to patients families and staff to get their views before

making a final decision. Meanwhile, Oxfordshire county council, which

commissions services from Southern Health, is looking again at how

learning services could be provided in the future but no decision has

yet been made. Thames Water is in talks with an

Oxfordshire`based business which may have a solution to the problem of

so`called "fatbergs" in our sewers. The blockages happen when hot liquid

fat is poured down drains and sinks, Back in April, Oxford city centre

had to be closed because of one. In April this year, Thames water had

to close this major intersection in the centre of Oxford. There was a

fatberg in the sewers beneath the streets. It caused disruption for

days and a section of pipe had to be replaced. Cooking oil was a major

contributing factor. Last year there were more than 2000 so blockages in

our region. Oxfordshire had 1446. Swindon had and in Buckinghamshire,

there were 1421. Now, and Oxfordshire company has found a way

to cut through the grease. Here, they are using a new grille. Any fat

fat drips through is vaporised back up into the food. 40% of what you

are burning is where, but it also heats up much more quickly. We

cooked 100 steaks as a test and we had less than one sugar lump of dirt

to clean up. Restaurants are obliged to dispose of fat responsibly, but

not all do. Restaurants must understand they are responsible for

their own fat disposal. If they block the sewers outside their

restaurant, they are blocking them for potential customers. It is early

days for the new grille, but with more than 6 million train blockages

in the UK last year, homes and businesses need to do their bit to

trim the fat that is going down the drain.

A ?45 million upgrade to redouble rail capacity between Swindon

A new 12.5 mile line has been laid since January alongside

Trains can now travel simultaneously in both directions, although

First Great Western says it has no immediate plans for new services.

A five`year`old boy with a terminal brain tumour has set himself

an incredible challenge, with the help of loom bands like this.

Skye Hall from Abingdon was diagnosed last year.

But, together with his family, he's hoping to create

the world's longest loom band to raise money for new research.

When the post arrives these days, there's usually

Making loom bands is the latest craze, and word of the challenge

A loom band long enough to reach the moon seems an impossible dream,

but it's one plenty seem keen to share in.

Doctors help children get better. Guess who? It's me! It was in August

last year and just weeks before he was due to start school in Abingdon

that he came well. A scan revealed the tumour, and how critical the

situation was for him and his family life changed in an instant. All I

remember is he was with me when I was told, so I had to not react at

all because the last thing that you want is your child to be worried.

Everything went into slow motion. Despite months of surgery,

chemotherapy and radiotherapy he's In recent days, the illness has even

robbed him of the dexterity he needs to weave his loom bands,

but giving up is not an option. About 400 children are diagnosed

with a brain tumour every year in the UK, according to latest

figures by the Children's Cancer This might be a sudden event, but it

might also be a long, drawn`out event. It creates anxiety for us,

but we have to keep positive. An inspirational story.

Firefighters say they're work harder to put out

a rubbish fire that's been burning in Swindon for the past month.

They're warning people living and working near the Averies recycling

Good evening. We will see one or two close pals tonight, and there is the

risk of some mist patches over Hilltop areas. Temperatures a little

lower than last night. Tomorrow should stay mainly dry with sunny

spells during the morning and a bit more cloud increasing from the South

and West during the afternoon. Towards the evening we expect some

rain, but towards the latter part of the evening, and the high tomorrow

will be 20 Celsius. A lot of cloud around after a dry and bright

start. Rain lasting into Thursday morning. A

weekend but the early signs are, next week will be more settled. Now

we get the UK forecast. Not all of us need the weather to

change. It has been lovely for the past couple of days. Lovely loose

guile in Carlisle. Tomorrow, dry and sunny weather will be widespread

across the UK. The last of two days worth of rain is clearing away from

Kent and East Sussex. Overnight it could damp in the far south-west

Kent and East Sussex. Overnight it with patchy and light rain.

Elsewhere it is dry, chilly again for this time a BA in the northern

part of the UK where some of us will be close to freezing by the