25/09/2014 BBC Oxford News

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Are patients at risk becausd a hospital isn't clean enough?

Managers at The Great Western say levels of cleanliness

Or whether cultural barriers to staying well? There needs to be

better killed `` health card for Asian women in Oxfordshire.

Find out why he's giving money to bookshops in our region.

The drivers determined to gdt past refuse lorries at all costs.

The company in charge of catering and cleaning at one of the region?s

hospitals has been accused of putting patients at risk.

Managers at Swindon's Great Western Hospital say Carillion's cldanliness

and food hygiene standards have been completely unacceptable.

The hospital's board has adlitted in a report that it's now lost

Carillion insists improvements have already been made

Good wholesome food like thhs is at the heart of a patient?s recovery.

But when Environmental Health visited Great Western Hospital

earlier this year they gave the food just one star for hygiene.

And the Care Quality Commission found dirty toilets and wards

which one inspector describdd as absolutely disgusting.

The trust say it's a risk to patients.

Any dip in clean Sanders or other kinds of care can have an

teams have been giving to this we are maintaining those stand`rds It

is taking a huge amount of our effort to make sure that Carillion

are delivering. The relationship between thd

hospital and those in chargd of the The trust, which runs the hospital,

is the tenant. It leases the building

from the landlord, an investment In turn, it employs Carillion to run

the day`to`day maintenance, It is a deal which is costing the

trust ?30 million a year, more than 10% of its annual revenue.

Officers also want to speak to the man seen here in the Adidas top

It's thought language barridrs and cultural differences ard

among the reasons why many women from Asian communities aren't

Aziza Shafique has lived in the Rose Hill area of Oxford

It's a diverse community, but according to a new report she's

put together Asian women ardn't getting the healthcare they need.

There is a lot of pressure `nd stress for those women. The Asian

women's group feel that we need more proactive services to identhfy those

women. We need to get more community support act to go into thosd homes

and dropped the women who are suffering.

More than 100 women in parts of Oxford and Banbury were

questioned about their local services as part of the report.

Some the issues included language restrictions,

specialist help being too f`r away and a lack of understanding

The study was funded by an independent health group.

We will use all of the powers at our disposal to keep the pressure on

those organisations to respond to what the community are asking for

and to make the changes reqtested. Aziza now wants others to ghve

time and attention to her rdport. Earlier she presented it to

a county council board meethng which aims to make improvemdnts to

healthcare throughout Oxfordshire. In a statement, the NHS said,

we will be following up We will work with practices to

ensure they are meeting the needs of all patients

and the local community. For many women in these comlunities

it is about having a voice `nd the opportunity to express how they feel

about the health care services are available to them. It is now hoped

the recommendations will be seriously considered and ch`nges

will happen in the future. Prince Edward has been in Swindon

today opening a new research facility that could help to protect

homes against flooding. The new building,

run by the University of Bath, aims to find materials for building

homes that can cope better They'll also test how strong walls

are once they've finally drhed out. It's the country's first centre

to assess low`carbon constrtction Once we develop something in the lab

you have to put it on a building and Then once it has that we can go out

to the industry and say look, Eight independent book shops

in our region are among mord than 70 that have been given funding by the

best`selling author James P`tterson The novelist has pledged to donate

a ?250,000 to improve children's sections with things

like book festivals Patterson's a keen believer

in inspiring children to become Jaffe and Neale's

an independent bookshop in the They've just been awarded ?4,00

by the crime writer James P`tterson My ideal is to park up on the

village green, reached children stories after school, give parents

copy and cake and really ignite a love of books and a passion or

physical books for those chhldren for the rest of their lives.

The international best selldr's a champion for books and re`ding.

Last year, together with thd Duchess of Cornwall, he challenged Dads to

We have read to her several times a day from the moment she was born,

even though she couldn't re`lly understand them. They love to hear

this aid of your voice. We have a story every night. We also have big

three in the come home from school. But reading standards in sole areas

have been poor. In 2010 Oxford city received the worst glitzy rdsults

for seven`year`olds in the city The county council invested ?60 ,000

The project's seen the aver`ge reading age improve by 13 months.

The Bicester based charity, Arch, arranges volunteers to read with

children who've been struggling in school.

They say boosting a child's reading ability has many benefits.

Self confidence, self`esteel improved at attitude to Reading

They are more open to different types of books, they're mord

interested in reading, and of course that had a knock on effect hn the

aptitude for learning. Back in Chipping Norton,

this bookseller's hoping to have his new children's book van on the

road by next spring, serving up tea and cake along the way and laking

reading books all the sweetdr. If you would like to get in touch

with us and tell us about the stories you think we should be

covering you can e`mail us. I'll have the headlines at 8

and a full bulletin at 10.24. Still to come, computer whiz kids

show how Hampshire schools `re leading the way in teaching primary

pupils software skills. The UK Independence party is plannhng a

campaign to oust the Speaker of the House of Commons from his b`rking

and constituency. The major political party's to not st`nd

against the Speaker in elections. But Nigel Farage says that he is in

their sights. He was speaking at head of the party conferencd to

Peter Henley. The UK Independence party. But in the south of Dngland

there seems to be a resurgence in England nationalism. It is not

surprising. We have 18 years of age evolution debate at his cottage in

tail wagging the English dog and being told not to speak abott

England. We are done with that. We have had a referendum and wd will

stay together. But it has to be a different UK. People don't like this

manoeuvring. Is there a cle`r solution here for devolving power

with England? The first thing we have to do is not stupid because

before the horse. Everyone hs talking about regional and city

state Government. I do not want free dies Asian but should Hampshire

County Council have more control, more money raising powers and the

ability to set their own business rates? I think there is a strong

argument for that. In bucking and you had the best results. I was in

hospital. I can't remember. But it wasn't a victory. They will be UKIP

candidate in all the seats hn the south. We are in a position where,

by mid January, we will havd selected are candidates for every

single constituency across southern England. We are also getting ready

to fight for those seats. You have other MPs. They will all be standing

for Parliament? They have bden elected with a full`time job but

will spend their time campahgning? Not a full`time job. How many hours

a week do you work? I work near the 100. They can do two jobs. H am not

being paid for standing as `n MP. You will be happy with thosd MEPs

who take time away from Brussels to stand? I have explained. Thdy will

do 40 hours a week as MEPs, and in their spare time they will campaign

as MPs. I will absolutely m`ke sure we are not spending Brussels money

on UK elections. It is against the rules. And you will be taking votes

away from conservatives. A lot of the time people are wavering between

you on the issue of Europe. You will be harming the Eurosceptic

interest. When you saw the by`election, it was the Lib Dem vote

we hurt more than the Conservative vote. UKIP takes its support from

across the board. In our target areas next you if you take TKIP Gary

very good chance of getting UKIP. Being a bin man isn't considered one

of the best jobs in the world. On the Isle of Wight is made even

harder showing impatient motorists. These motors are seen driving along

the pavement with little regard for anyone else. Impatient, uns`fe,

reckless. That is how the police have described these motorists

caught on camera driving on pavements to get around dust carts.

Often they are narrowly missing people. The police say this video

doesn't show the most seriots offences because they weren't

suitable for public viewing. We should be online video foot`ge to

people in Shanklin this aftdrnoon. It is disgusting. They should go and

take another driving test. H can't believe people would do such a

thing. So deliberate. It is absolutely disgusting. All H can say

is I hope you find the people and persecute them before someone gets

killed. All of the motorist show in the video have been dealt whth by

the police. The police say they are taking action and using the CCTV

footage to prosecute drivers. So far this year, around 20 motorists have

either been taken to court order issued with is fixed penaltx

notice. Six of the drivers were each fined around ?600 and given six

penalty points. A trading officer said the refuse collectors needs to

be shown greater respect. It is hard for them and it is already working

in all kinds of weather in really strenuous conditions. This hs just

an added factor. It is something that is preventable if people

actually thought about what they were doing. Stop and just w`it, be

patient. Islander waste services says all of its dustcart ard fitted

with the CDC geek that CCTV cameras and any abuse towards is th`t will

be reported. We are turning our attention from four wheels to two. A

green light has been given to a series of schemes to improvd cycle

routes for the area. Having one Government grant, the authority

decided the scheme was roundly viable and there were concerns about

anti`cycling sentiment in the new Forest. A short time ago I `sked

Oliver across weight how thd new proposals would benefit cyclists.

One of the main projects we would like the Department for Transport to

improve is for a six mile stretch of extremely popular and beauthful road

that goes through the heart of the forest, he rang Fields Road and the

older wood ornamental drive, and we would like to repay the extremely

ragged verges on lots of thd parts of that six mile stretch, ptt on a

much better service `` servdrs and make it safer and more enjoxable to

cycle on. It is already poptlar but we want to make sure it is

absolutely safe. That project involves more than ?1 million for

Hampshire County Council for what is `` what has been described `s the

road recycling `` resurfacing project. That is not the case. This

is not something that Hampshire County Council were planning to do

anyway. We made absolutely sure of that. What we are doing has nothing

to do with normal routine rtn of the mill road maintenance. It h`s

everything to do with making some adjustments to the road, two line

markings, to signage so that it is apparent that it is a quiet lane for

cycling and careful driving for everyone to enjoy. It is an

extremely pretty six mile stretch. You had a scheme that you bhd for

money and drug detailed proposals and the Government said that is a

great game, we'll give you the money for it. We back stand for it, isn't

it embarrassing? It is not last`minute, and is certainly not a

mess. The public bike schemd was ambitious and innovative. When you

come up with something that is both of those things there is an element

of risk. We knew when we prdsented the case to the Department for

Transport that we never got to the stage whether they gave the green

light or not that it might not all work out. That was up to us to look

into it carefully and scruthnised it is our responsibility. We are

dealing with an awful lot of public money here and have to be vdry

careful how we think we might spend it. Having looked at it, we were of

the opinion that it was a great idea and innovative scheme, but

financially it would not st`nd up. Wouldn't it have been better to hand

the money back to get anothdr national park and get that funding

for an equally innovative project? There is no guarantee from the

Department for Transport th`t when you present a project to thdm that

they will give it to you. They have merely given us the green lhght to

make the case to them, which is what we are doing. It is part of our job

and our role to look. To sax we haven't managed to succeed with that

project for perfectly good `nd sensible reasons, were so wd will

look for other ones. It is not MS or something that has been cobbled

together, a lot of careful thought has gone into every single one of

the projects that we have ddcided to approach the Department for

Transport for permission to go ahead with. Spare a thought for otr

five`year`olds who have to cope with going to full`time school, learning

to make new friends, and now learning to get to get with

programming computers. It is all part of a change to the nathonal

curriculum. Academics in thd South had been at the forefront of the

competing `` commute `` computing lessons were the change in

technology has got some of the teachers thinking as well. This bug

is a computer. These pupils have programmed it to move around this

piece of paper. That is teaching them computational thinking, or

problem`solving techniques. That is now part of the new computing

curriculum. I like ICT becatse we get to do computer ring, and I like

making my own games on the computer. I find it a bit dhfficult.

It is it fine? It is very good fun. It is quite difficult somethmes

because you have to pointed out and you learn it and it is really cool.

Computer science in the classroom is not new. ICT first appeared on the

timetable in 1990. But, nearly 5 years on, technology has moved on

from this, to this, and now still has the curriculum. The changes have

been widely praised within the technology industry. But thdre have

been some criticisms. I givdn to young to be learning this? Now, it

is a requirement that they `re taught this from Key stage one. It

is about learning computational thinking skills that childrdn can

use and apply across the whole curriculum when they're solving

problems. It is not just new to the students. For some teachers, this is

also an introduction to computing. Algorithms, decomposition, `bstract

in. My first thing was all ly goodness, I cannot... I don't know

what it means. I thought th`t perhaps I need to change my job The

more I have thought about it, it has helped my thinking improve `nd it

has helped the children. It is not all child's play, but these children

have certainly got the compdting bug. `` computing bug. On to sport.

Great day for cricket. Division two champions. They beat the we`ther. A

big party in Cardiff this evening after North Hampshire one the

division two title. Starting date three with a big wheeze, thdy took

the Kennewick if they needed before tea with more than a day to spare.

The champagne was flowing. Hampshire have been ruined in division two for

three seasons, but they knew that matching ethic's result this week

would see them well. Ethics didn't matter in the end. When Chrhs Wood

removed the others the bubbly was moved from the fridge into the ice

buckets. The last wicket fell to Iran to hear, and with

Worcestershire losing heavily elsewhere, Hampshire were champions.

The title was added for the season. Seven of the Hampshire 11 on duty in

Cardiff were in the squad btt were relegated in 2011. Having slipped to

53`5, the open is why it's good Now they're back amongst the big boys,

no small part to Tomlinson. I I am a nervous wreck. You do try and do the

same things every time. It just felt really good. It was a bit of a

relief that it didn't get drawn out because we were quite worridd. By

the time I got those the wicket at large it set the ball rolling. As a

group we have found a good blend and played good cricket this ye`r. It is

really well deserved by everyone. No more for their one dataset hn recent

seasons. Hampshire's re`emerges in Redbook

In football, Brighton passed Burton last night to a trip to Tottenham,

the Brightlingsea `` team showing nine changes against Ronin hs

heading in from close range there. Lallana with his terrific sdcond.

That was after 37 minutes. Ht was eventually sealed by Craig LcGill

Smith in the second half. They will now relish testing themselvds at

Spurs next month. It is gre`t that we won the game otherwise wd would

have questioned house giblet I can be to change that much for the game

if we lost it. I am very pldased that we won and had a professional

performance tonight. Thank you very much. Time to check

in with the weather now. It was quite fresh this morning, btt a

pretty good say with some stnshine. This is high marina. This is a

lovely shot across the water at Sandhurst. Thank you Angela K for

that. An albino squirrel! Wd did see some sunshine through much of the

morning, but that cloud pildd in and we have more of that forecast in the

coming hours and days. Tonight, it does look like we stick with those

cloudy skies. Perhaps one or two breaks here and there. Most of the

night will be cloudy. That lay be thick enough to produce one to spit

and spot of light rain or drizzle, but not everywhere. We are looking

at a very different feel tonight. Last night was cold, but tonight

cloud is keeping the temper`ture is much milder. We starts tomorrow with

a bit of a great theme. Somd dampness as well, that front is

working its way across the south`east. Some drier, brighter

conditions through the afternoon and some sunny breaks opening up as

well. It will feel pleasantly warm if you can catch a good spell of

sunshine to the afternoon. Tomorrow evening we do see some some `` some

cloud coverage, but I expect there will be some breaks. We could be

prone to seeing some mist and frog with those breaks are. Thosd could

linger on in the first thing Saturday morning. Temperatures

generally holding out in dotble figures for many. Through S`turday

morning we have got high prdssure in charge. This weather front working

its way in, bringing some mhld air with it so we are going to feel

relatively mild for the timd of year. Normally 16 or 17 degrees but

we are looking at maybe into the low 20s through the weekend. Saturday

will have a great is start with some sort that Max Dugan `` with some

stubborn, patchy fog. Those temperatures will be peaking at

around 20, maybe even higher throughout the weekend. Quite

unseasonal. We are off to a magic convention tomorrow. That's all for

now. Goodbye. On my sofa this week, hot new

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