22/09/2014 BBC Oxford News

Hello and welcome to South Today from Oxford.

A woman who cut herself with razor blades for ten years

Competing at the home of the Paralympics.

The children hoping to provd they're the best, as Stoke Mandeville hosts

The Bishop of Oxford makes a pilgramage along the Thamds

On the trail of the blue badge cheats.

A crackdown on motorists illegally displaying disabled permits.

There's been a dramatic risd in the number

of young people being admitted to hospital in Oxfordshire aftdr

deliberately taking an overdose or physically hurting themselvds.

In the past four years the number has risen by more than 50%.

In a moment we'll hear some of the reasons why that might be.

But first, Sinead Carroll has been to leet one

Niina Tamura has just moved into her new house in Banbury

and she's studying for a PhD at Oxford University.

But for a decade her life was dominated by self harm.

I was feeling a lot of pain and I didn't know what to do with it. If

you've self harm, you can focus that pain on a physical pain so xou are

distracted from the emotion`l pain. All you can focus on a diffdrent

kind of pain for once. Using Freedom of Information laws,

BBC South found that in 2009, 111 children under the age

of 18 were admitted for overdoses. That increased to 132 in 2001

and peaked at 173 last year. Some of those patients were

children as young as 8 years old. Young people today, there are

increasing levels of depression and young people are experiencing a lot

of stress. Social media and so on, along with pressures for drtgs and

underage sexual activity, it is not all straightforward.

Oxfordshire offers taylored support for young people who frequently self

harm, including home visits and telephone support.

Plus the John Radcliffe hospital have

just employed a child psychhatrist, so mental health assessments can

It is incredible to me that I thought this was never going to be

something I could recover from. You can recover from these things.

I asked her why she believes there's been a rise in reported casdd

There could be many different reasons for the figures that we ve

got. One could simply be th`t we are making it easier for young people to

come forward and ask for help. Then a previously have suffered `t home

or tried to self treat their injuries. We may be making ht easier

for people to seek help. I think what is also important to stress is

whatever the figures we havd from young people going to these

departments, actually, the real figure of how many young people are

self harming is going to be greater. Self harm isn't just young people

cutting themselves, is it? Dxplain whatever ways people hurt themselves

in. Self harm is a physical response to an emotional pain. Some people

might self poisoning, they light engage in hair pulling or scratching

or cutting. The method of how somebody self harms isn't the thing

that needs to be focused on, it s more about how that business

feeling. Do you think the awareness there is a round self harming makes

it easier for people to know how to do it. It's difficult to sax. The

awareness around it now helps people to self harm was safely. Self harm

is never completely safe but there are ways of trying to look `fter

yourself. That is something that is important for young people to know

about, while they try and fhnd a place of recovery. I don't think the

risk of somebody working out how to self harm is a big enough rdason for

us not to talk about it. Thd need is there and young people do nded to

understand the risks. What can friends, family and schools do if

they suspect they know someone is doing it? Listen, not judge and not

panic. That's the golden rule. Try and be led by the young person. Ask

them how they are feeling. @sk them what they want from you. Wh`t can

you actually do to help. Very often, the answer would be H don't

know. That's fine. It's not about having all the answers. It's about

committing to them and being supporting, working through it and

finding answers together. An investigation's under wax

by the police watchdog following the death of a 58`year`old

man in Buckinghamshire. Officers were called to reports

of a fight at a house in Allen Close in Bletchley on Friday,

but found nothing was going on. The next day a man was taken

to hospital and died. A 50`year`old man arrested

on suspicion of murder has been Disabled children

from all over the country are taking part in the National Junior Games

this week near Aylesbury. The competition, at the Stoke

Mandeville Stadium, is seen as a big Adina Campbell has been

finding out more. It's fast, fierce

but more than anything good fun Zone hockey is just

of many sports on offer herd Over the next four days,

250 children will be compethng for medals as part

of the national junior games. My favourite sport is table tennis.

I'm not very good but I enjoyed You can get lost in four hours.

This competition has been rtnning for more than 25 years and `ttracts

But this year, there are no competitors from

It is disappointing that thdre are not any children from Oxfordshire or

Bucks going there but there is an offer there now. That is solething

to build on. But these kinds of sports are

becoming more accessible. More than ?300,00

of government funding was ptt towards helping young disabled

people get involved in sport, There are a lot of opportunhties out

there, especially with the local community. There are a lot of

training opportunities. After huge events like

the 2012 Paralympics in London and more recently, the Invictus Games,

it's hard not to feel inspired. But the challenge now is to keep

encouraging more young people with disabilities,

into sport at a local level. The long`serving leader of

South Oxfordshire District Council, Ann Ducker,

has died following a short hllness. Ann was first elected as cotncillor

for Goring back in 1983. She went on to serve as leader

of the Conservative group, and also council chairman,

during an unbroken 32`year run. She was awarded an MBE

in recognition of her public The Bishop of Oxford is to retire

at the end of next month. To mark the end of his seven

years in office, special evdnts This week, the Right Reverend John

Pritchard is leading a spechal He took on the ten`day walk as a way

of saying goodbye to his diocese. For the Bishop

of Oxford this pilgrimage draws his seven years at the helm

of the Oxford Diocese towards an Three miles per hour is the speed of

the love of God, I think. It is not rushing. There is time to think and

engage with the reality of the world around you. And also the sttff that

is going on inside you. The route along the Thames Path

through Oxfordshire, Buckingamshire The Right Reverend John Pritchard,

a seasoned walker, has journeyed The Himalayas, the Sinai desert and

all sorts of places. I am vdry much at home, getting down and working. A

long afternoon but we will stop somewhere. It's nice to stop here

and make use of a little hostelry. A core of 12 pilgrims are whth

him on every stage, some fellow just for a day. Each with their own

reasons to come, each wanting to This is a time of fellowship and

quiet reflection. He has bedn a great pastor to the whole dhocese

and a leader in prayer and living the way that we ought to live.

The Bishop had heart surgery just days ago, so

foot and boat. Each mile through his diocese taking him closer to a new

Life doesn't stop when you retire. You are always needed so I shall be

doing lots of things, teachhng and writing and travelling, and the

honorary assistant bishop of the North of England. This has been a

great journey for seven years. We always like to hear from yot. E`mail

The highlights of the weekend's football m`tches

involving Oxford, Swindon and the MK Dons is coming up.

Now more of today's stories with Jo Kent.

a glorious morning in the ndw Forest. We will find out wh`t the

weather has installed later in the programme.

It is just eight months to the next general election, so the politicians

will want to use this to usd that your's party conferences as a launch

pad for new ideas to the voters With the Labour conference now

underway at Manchester, polhcymakers are finding it difficult to emerge

from the fallout of the Scottish referendum and whether more powers

should be given to more councils in England.

Labour played such a strong part in the Scottish referendum and you can

spot the delegates from the south who campaigns north of the border.

They have a strong interest step. There was interest in polithcs and

in voting. Will that carry through to the general election?

It will be welcomed across our country. This can't be a decision

for Westminster to decide what they are happy to get away. This asked to

be something where they hear the demands of people on the ground as

to how they want politics to be done. Labour knows that in the south

of England, it needs to makd a new connection, beyond its core voters.

I've been knocking on thous`nds of doors and that is because wd need to

engage with people. The Scottish vote had so much at stake. We had

hoped to talk to the Labour leader about the choices for the south of

the general election. Unfortunately, that interview was cancelled. We did

talk to the Shadow Chancellor. People have got a clear chohce next

year. Do you want a change? David Cameron and George Osborne cut taxes

only for the richest people, whilst most people are still worse off

People wanted change. The changes Labour. We have a plan to m`ke

things better, not just for if you, but favourably. Is the change that

people want? Isn't what people really want, something that will

make lives better? I agree. That is why we say reform the banks,

increase the bank levy and give working parents 25 hours of free

childcare. We certainly repdat the tax on bank bonuses and getting

people back to work. Long`tdrm unemployment is really bad. We say

don't cut corporation tax for big companies. That's give more help to

small businesses. These are tangible policies which add up. Politics is

about a choice. The choice hs Labour or Conservative. I am saying that

the Labour choice is a bettdr choice. So, Labour delegates hope

that the economy will be ond area where they will be able to win seven

votes. Now, while on a trail of li`rs,

cheats on motorists who bre`k the law in Portsmouth. They are the

people who steal the blue b`dges used by disabled drivers to use

special parking bays. They `re badges which are sometimes sold on

the black market. Some people even use badges belonging to people who

died. Over the last three months, transport correspondent has been

following a crackdown by thd city's parking enforcers.

They are following a crackdown by Portsmouth Council's parking

enforcers. A the man is lying about her blue badge. `` a woman. For half

an hour, she claims her dis`bled husband is stuck in a toilet nearby.

I have had a phone call frol the badge holder. It turns out ht is her

son. He has say he is stuck in The Times, cannot get out. In f`ct, he

is sitting at home. The blud badge is confiscated. With us is Helen, a

disabled motoring campaigner. What is it going to mean for your

husband, having known badge? He was struck me to shreds when I get home.

Across the road, a wheelchahr user has to pay for a parking sp`ce. She

has made of so many lies. She was insistent her husband was in the

toilet. Clearly, he wasn't. Nationally, blue badge fraud is

thought to cost councils ?44 million a year in lost revenue. In

Portsmouth, it is ?500,000 ` year. Down the road, officers havd spent

all day watching a Renault close to the camera off shopping centre. It

belongs to a local man but the blue badge is registered to someone who

lives hundreds of miles awax. Here is the real giveaway, the blue bar

Jonah has been dead for two years. It is a serious dishonesty charge.

That could be charged under section two of the fraud act for fotr

through presentation. He few hours later, the only shows up. Hd tells

Helen that the badge belongs to his mother. Were you taking her to the

shops? I didn't realise I still have the badge on display. She is in the

north`east of the moment. According to the records, the owner of that

blue badge has been dead for the last two years. Well... My lother

has not been dead for the l`st two years. No. Eventually, he changes

his story. The badge belongs to his father and he died years ago. People

have got to learn that they cannot carry on doing this. It is cheating

everyone. It is cheating society. It is cheating the council and disabled

people. You can see much more of thd

investigation about the people who lie and cheat Internet's programme

at 7:30pm. We have done a lot of storids about

community is opposing the alount of new development, particularly on

green spaces. In Northamptonshire, residents of Hawk are worridd that

what was once a village has mushroomed into a small town and

there are hundreds more new homes in the pipeline. This afternoon, they

got their chance to put thehr questions directly to the planning

minister. Let's join our correspondent whose...

It was a lively affair. It has been a long promised meeting with the

housing minister. He's had to cancel on eight previous occasion. People

were actually very concerned about the housing problems and thd numbers

of houses that have been buhlt, particularly around Hawk itself The

BBC cameras were not allowed in the meeting because people were being

told that might make them ptt off their comments. I was reallx

disappointed that he had nothing to offer us. We are going to h`ve two

think about that in May next year. It is a complete copout to say it is

localism. If you are a monster run a company, you take responsibhlity and

television. Where is the vision There isn't one. They are offering

potential improvements for the future but not what we need right

now, sadly. The situation is that they were told today that the only

real protection that is guaranteed is from the green belt. The

difficulty is that what thex should have is a local plan. They don't and

that makes it very difficult. As a result, people are saying it is more

a case of uncontrolled development, rather than controls development.

They don't and that makes it very difficult. As a result, people are

saying it is more a case of uncontrolled development, r`ther

than controls development. The it is a minority of councils have got

their act together completely. We are not alone in this by anx means.

The situation was that Brandon Lewis heard lots of protest today but he

did have one offer to make to them to try to sort things out. H am

going to get one of our report tired planning... About why their plan is

not up to speed, so we get to the process as quickly as possible. Then

you have a plan led system, the development which is consensual for

the local area. The timing `nd four o'clock in the afternoon, mdant many

people couldn't make it to the meeting. Those who did cert`inly

made up for it in their comlents to the Minister.

Let's move swiftly on to sport. Let's kick off with a footb`ll.

It is about it is worth looking at. Let's take a look at the table.

Southampton are doing so well. Second on the table. Remembdr how

good letters considering evdrything. Looking good. The first girl gave

them their weekend win against Swansea. Sense prevailed ag`inst ten

man. Onto the football leagte. Here are the top picks from the weekend.

One fire, in front of goal. MK Dons have now netted 19 times

five games, with crew the l`test team to be taken part. Moments

later, Alan girl from this play restored parity. After losing their

bearings, MK Dons went on a scoring rampage, hitting five withott reply.

They went back in front. Following a girl, deadly deli did it ag`in to

claim eight hat`trick. Carl Robinson admits in your contract for the

18`year`old may not keep Prdmier League sides at bay for long. The

vote was rounded off and MK Dons move into second place in the table.

Swindon's promotion push is also gathering pace. Michael Smith

claimed a break. Another from Jonathan made that to reallx look a

foregone conclusion. A spirhted fightback saw that Blades ptlled

back and Swindon had to know of their home from Andy Lewis `nd Lewis

Thompson. They remain in thd play`off places. Oxford United had

chances to win their second win in a week but had to settle for ` draw

against Stevenage. The girls but also a fifth straight game.

The two rugby union clubs from our region had difficult afternoons as

we can. London Welsh lost hdavily. London Irish were set for a

thrilling win, only to be ddnied by this last`minute try.

Giles Scott has secured if final in Santander. The 27`year`old had a 20

point lead over the next of the fleet. He is a big favouritd phone

the 2016. Dash for the 2016. Staying on the water, sailors from

all over the world took place dash took part in a world record event

this weekend. 18,000 people were under water for what became known as

bad's Bash. It was a global affair to rdmember.

It's had was in Weymouth and Portland. , Simpson's team`late

joined his son to get the UK leg under way. A mixture of emotions. To

be out with this man today's game to be special. Across the globd, the

bash was in full swing. In the south, from cows to Clarkson and all

across the Solent, sailors took to the water. `` Cowes, it is `bout

having fun and meeting new people. The Olympics took place and lots of

famous sailors came by. It has introduced it again. This event

coincided with the World Championships in Spain but dven in

the heat of battle, Bart's Bash .. This has to become an annual event.

We must continue this. They'll have to wait to see if

they've got into the Guinness book of records.

The 25th stage of the great South run will feature highly gabby

Selassie. Kenyon has broken 27 world records in his career and at 41 he

will be making his debut in the race.

Finally, he has done it agahn. There we are. Gary was crowned the

world champion after this 27 metre dive in Bill Barrow. It is his

fourth world crown. That is a sportsman who just cannot stop

winning. Sensational picturds. It made my stomach turn.

It has been brilliant, hasn't it? We've had a glorious skies today.

For many of us. Andrea capttred this gorgeous sunrise this morning.

Lovely, sunny spells for many of us today. He bit of Fairweather cloud.

Generally, a fine and pleas`nt day. More of the same install thhs week

as well. Staying largely drx with some good, sunny spells at times.

Feeling warmer than it norm`lly would for the time of year. Tonight,

a very different story. We've got chilly conditions to come. We will

see clear spells through thd course in tonight and said temperatures

will take a tumble. We are looking at temperatures down to single

figures, even into some of our towns and cities. Rural spots could see

them two or three degrees lower A trust dash touch of grass frost

Light winds tonight as well so there is the possibility of seeing some

mist and fog, particularly through the Salisbury plain. Just about

anywhere will catch one or two patches. That should lift fhrst

thing tomorrow. Fairly readhly seeing a bright start. The cloud

will start to bubble up as the day goes on symbol in the way of clout

than today. Still some decent temperatures in the sunshind. Highs

of 18 or 19 degrees. Through tomorrow evening, we will start to

see that cloud increasing ftrther still, bringing with it one or two

pockets of rain. Nothing too substantial. But some dampndss

working its way through the overnight period tomorrow. With a

cloud coverage, it looks like there's temperatures holdout in

double figures so much milddr night to come. As we take a look `head to

Wednesday, we see that front with that wet weather clearing to the

south`east and we are left with drier, brighter conditions. We can

feel that breeze picking up a little. Still, a pleasant d`y and

fine in the sunshine. Here hs the summary for the coming days. Not

doing tomorrow dashed too b`dly tomorrow. As we go towards the tail

end of the week, feeling warm but with more cloud on offer.

That's all from us this evening If you are a Doctor Who fan, there is a

story about a very special Dalek tomorrow. We'll be back latdr. Have

a great evening. Goodbye.