15/03/2017 South Today - Oxford

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In tonight's programme: A murder investigation is under way

after the death of a young boy in Swindon.

His body was found at a house in Faringdon.

A 30-year-old woman has been arrested.

Totally astonished. Complete shock. Never thought anything like that

would happen. You don't think of that happening in a small town like

this. Also: entering a virtual world

to help saves lives. How doctors in Oxford

are using gaming technology Showing of skills, but should

skateboarders be and from inner-city spaces? -- be banned.

Police have launched a murder investigation

after the body of a young boy was found at a house in Faringdon.

Officers were called to a cottage near the centre of the town

yesterday afternoon. A woman's been arrested.

Adina Campbell is live in Faringdon and has the latest.

More than 24 hours on since the boy's body was discovered in that

cottage behind me. There's still a heavy

police presence here Anyone driving or walking along this

main road will be able to see the forensic tent and police tape

surrounding the cottage at the centre of this

murder investigation. I've spent the day speaking to some

members of the local community The cottage cordoned off by police

after finding Officers were called to this

main road in Faringdon yesterday afternoon,

just a short walk away A forensic tent is now in place

while detectives continue Yesterday afternoon at approximately

1:20pm, police officers were called to an address in Farringdon,

where they discovered that a boy, a boy, of primary school

age, tragically died. This came as a shock,

as you can expect, to everyone. Next of kin have been informed

and are currently being supported by specially

trained police officers. People here in Farringdon have been

paying their respects One message here says,

"Rest in peace, young man." Farringdon is a small town,

the cottage is just off a main road here, and people nearby have

been telling me they're completely Totally astonished.

Complete shock. I never, ever thought anything

like that would happen here. You don't think of that happening

in a small town like this. Not at all.

Not at all. You don't sort of

expect these things to happen in a small market can,

which is what we are. You're already seeing it

on the community groups on Facebook, where people

are rallying around, But hopefully, it's an isolated

incident, and the town will move A 40-year-old woman from Farringdon

has been arrested on Police still haven't released

the boy's name or age of the boy. All we know is that he was

of primary school age. We've been told detectives

are still doing a post Morton examination to establish how

the boy died. In the last hour, some residents

here in Faringdon have told us they've received a letter

through their door, advising them that police

are starting to do house to house enquiries, to see if anyone saw

or heard anything in relation Next, police have released

CCTV images of two men they'd like to speak to,

following disorder at the football match between Swindon

and Oxford last month. Fans invaded the pitch

at the County Ground Three men have already been charged,

and this week police have made Around 250 officers

were on duty for the match. Workers at BMW's Mini plant

in Oxford have staged a protest over plans to close the final

salary pension scheme. The UNITE union claims under

the plans, workers could be thousands of pounds

worse off in retirement. The protest comes ahead

of a vote to strike. The ballot for industrial action

closes at the end of march. Over the years since

BMW took over proper, and we started producing the Mini,

the workforce here have bent over backwards to accommodate

the requests that BMW This is one of the most flexible

plants that BMW has across Europe, We ran a consultative ballot before,

which came out at 96% in favour. So we know we won't get as big

a ballot for industrial action, but hopefully, we'll get a big

ballot to be able to go to Munich if necessary, to say,

you need to change this decision. BMW says it prides itself

on offering staff excellent pensions The future of Swindon's

largest country park is A meeting tonight will

determine who'll take over the running of Lydiard Park,

which the Borough Council says it can no longer afford to maintain.

Here's Dan O'Brien. Swindon's answer to Downton Abbey,

the beautiful Lydiard Park and House, owned and run

by the local council for nearly 70 years,

budget cuts mean it can no longer With the pressure on our services

for elderly people and children, which is recognised throughout

the country, unfortunately, places like the park is no longer

a luxury that the council can no For the last 18 months,

they've been looking Tonight, the town's Conservative

leaders are due to agree the winning Heritage in Swindon

and more generally is an asset And we want, and genuinely believe,

that the economics of this estate can be sorted out

without radical change. It just means the income

that's derived from this estate Eventually, they'll need to survive

without taxpayer support. The success or failure of this plan

has much wider repercussions than just for this park,

because if this new trust manages to pull it off,

we're likely to see a similar model rolled out across the rest

of Swindon's parks and museums as the borough council

tries to cut costs. If plans progress as expected,

the new trust should take over responsibility for

Lydiard early next year. Dan O'Brien, BBC

South Today, Swindon. Developers are appealing

against the refusal of planning permission in Aston Clinton

near Aylesbury after being told more homes would harm the character

and appearance of the village. A public inquiry has opened

into plans to build 85 homes. A separate planning application

to build 400 homes has Campaigners say the area isn't ready

for that level of growth. Most of the development is

taking place on greenfield sites, and most of those greenfield sites

surround the old part The roads, therefore, are country

lanes, and in certain places, we're being asked to accommodate

hundreds and hundreds of more We are just completely sick to death

of all the applications that are in, also the approvals

that have been done. We're just going to be

completely under siege. Doctors at the University of Oxford

are using virtual reality The technology is a low cost way

of providing training overseas that should lead to

more lives being saved. The virtual world this headset

transports you to is a reality for In this scenario,

a baby's unconscious. "Select the best course of action

to take to resuscitate the baby." Players need to make a choice,

will this breathing mask work? It's so difficult to give

high-quality training across huge countries such as Kenya,

where training centres With this type of approach,

you can essentially put the expert in the room with people at huge

distances, and have Children dying is

a major problem in Africa. One in ten dies

before their fifth birthday. It's hoped the headset

can drastically reduce this. If we can improve life-saving skills

for people, particularly around the newborn period,

but also for older children, there's huge potential

still to save lives. And for those without access,

there's even a mobile The first app we're doing

is to resuscitate a newborn baby. So the key steps that you need to do

in order to successfully We've tried to put it into a game

based format where you have multiple choice questions and answers,

and we also have a 3-D environment, which is a hospital that you can

navigate through to find equipment. The technology's still being tested,

but it's hoped it could soon be used to save lives across the world.

David Lumb, BBC South Today. It's Day 2 of the

Cheltenham Festival, and there've been fascinators,

feathers and fabulous This year, festival goers have been

blessed with good weather. Andy Howard has been there, too,

meeting some of the fashionistas All the Irish women, they wear

green to represent their country. So I thought this year I'd go

for red, represent England, and obviously it goes

with my brunette Took me about six days to do, total,

because it's all hand done, yeah. Are you happy with it?

Oh, I'm superlative happy. It goes with your top.

Thank you. I think it's time for us

to step up to the plate now, Why has it just got to be

Ladies Day? And I think the time is changing,

and I've seen a few blokes today, which are looking, kind of,

on point. So maybe in a few years' time,

you'll see a lot of blokes But I do like seeing

the ladies dress up, You can dress up on any of the days,

but this is particularly a good opportunity to do it

and showcase your race fashion. Andy Howard,

BBC South Today at Cheltenham. I think racegoers got the best

weather of the festival. I'll have the headlines at 8:00

and a full bulletin at 10:30. They've just missed out but three

students from Reading still have a chance to send

their invention into space, The issue of slow economic growth

on the Isle of Wight has been raised in today's Prime Ministers

Questions. The island's Conservative

MP Andrew Turner said he was disappointed that the Isle

of Wight was lagging The Prime Minister called

on the business community and council on the island to push

for economic growth. Will my Right Honourable friend to

ensure that more growth funding is targeted at rural areas like the

island, with many small and micro businesses, to deliver a country

that works for all? We have already been able to support the island's

economy through the local growers deal for the Solent and the local

enterprise partnerships, supporting the SME programme, he referred to

rural funding and I want to make sure we make the best of the diverse

strengths of Allbritton's cities, regions and Islands.

The leader of a Hampshire Council has unexpectedly announced

Ferris Cowper says he'll leave his role as leader of East

He also says he won't stand for re-election as a councillor

It was designed to be the dynamic and cultural heart of the city.

But to the horror of some people, it has become a skateboarding mecca.

Southampton's ?50 million cultural quarter complete

with the landmark Guildhall Square.

Aficionados of the sport - which'll feature at the next Olympics -

say the square is better than many purpose built skateparks.

But the City Council is looking at drawing up a Code of Conduct

On a warm sunny day there's a constant stream of skateboarders

doing their flicks and tricks in Southampton's Guildhall Square.

While some people are happy to see and hear

We don't hear it, the windows are good enough.

I don't know where else the kids have got to go.

It's difficult because they ought to provide somewhere for them to do

it, but on the other hand it shouldn't be here.

Skateboarders say the super-smooth Guildhall Square is

The only thing we've harmed is the ?10,000 benches they've done,

which they could invest into a skate park.

I've been skateboarding at Guildhall for five years now,

it's a real important place to me, it's like a second home but I would

Today the City Council has been discussing what should be done.

Ultimately we do need to make sure the square can be used by everyone

coming to Southampton, but hopefully it won't get

to draconian measures, we can do things with consent

A few minutes walk from Guildhall Square is Hoglund's Park,

the skating facility that most agree is well overdue a makeover.

Skaters say it would be used far more if it was upgraded.

Certainly, there would be more people coming down

I don't want to disturb someone else's day so a better

park would be better for everyone, really.

The City Council could use its powers to ban skateboarding

For now it's looking at collaboration

Earlier, I spoke to Iain Borden, who is a Professor of

I began by asking if he thought skateboarders should be

Skateboarders have as much right to use public space as any other

urban citizens and banning skateboarders because of their

activity seems to me to be highly undesirable.

And yet why not use purpose-built areas?

Because some argue that they are spoiling the space and damaging it.

Purpose-built areas like skate parks are great and many skateboarders

like using skate parks as well but they're not really a substitute

Skateboarders like to use urban squares because they are public,

dynamic, there are other people around and to ask skaters to move

into solely purpose-built skate parks would be like telling members

of the public, you can walk but you can only walk around

You advise councils on urban architecture, so what do you suggest

councils do when it comes to public spaces that everyone can use?

There are some places where you don't want skateboarders.

You don't want them on public train platforms or busy roads,

so a certain amount of sensible approach is required,

but generally speaking there's no reason why skateboarders can't exist

alongside people cycling or walking or running or pogoing or playing

music or any of the other things people do in public space.

It's not an innately dangerous or risky or damaging activity.

You're a skateboarder yourself - do you use public spaces?

I tend to use skate parks a lot more.

Some of the people I skate with use skate parks and public spaces.

Professor Iain Borden, thank you very much.

was him there, that bit of skateboarding footage. Let's get on

to the sport. Some good fortune for Pompey last night.

Yes, word getting to march were some of the league to futures will be

decided. In last night's football,

Portsmouth maintained their charge for promotion in League Two,

with their third win in a week. For the rest of the South's

teams though, it was We kick off our round-up

at Fratton Park. It was effectively all over by half

time for Portsmouth, who had fought for the second game in a row. They

had an early lead against Grimsby, but that advantage was doubled when

Danny Rose made at two. Pompey added another on the stroke of the break

when Kyle Baker fired home, and it was for after the interval, when a

rebound fell for Kal Naismith. They now have a 7-point cushion in the

automatic spots. Oxford's hopes took a knock after they went down at all

time. They had drawn level through Chris Knight wire's penalty but the

second half winner came from Lee are one. That woman plunged Swindon

deeper into trouble after they lost to Sheffield United Swindon were

already 2-0 down, then this strike levelled matters at 2-2. A moment

for keeper will Henry to regret. And in the battle of the dons old and

new, Wimbledon prevailed against MK Dons. The second AFC goal came from

former Bournemouth striker Lyle Tate.

Southampton Football Club's latest set of financial figures show

a post-tax profit of almost five million pounds.

Turnover increased by around ten million, to 124 million,

while commercial turnover was up by 21 per cent.

In a four-year period, Saints also published details

of ?175 million in player sales, while spending

With wages added on top, Saints' net investment in the squad

Two Southampton footballers have signed on to support an appeal

to raise funds for a new children's emergency department

James Ward-Prowse and Sam McQueen added their names to a bus which has

the signatures of prominent local people on it.

Organisers hope the VIP bus, which will travel around the city,

will help raise two million pounds for the facility which could treat

It's great to be done here with Sam to help raise awareness for a great

charity, to create the emergency and trauma units at Southampton

Hospital. It's a great initiative to be involved with by using our

profiles to help raise awareness. And the Brighton Hove Albion

manager Chris Hughton is to take a brief break from chasing promotion

to the Premier League next month. The Seagulls boss has been announced

as the official race starter of next He'll set off more than 8,000

runners from Preston Park It was another winning

day for Berkshire-based trainer Nicky Henderson

at the Cheltenham Festival, as he secured a 1-2

in the RSA Novices Chase. 7-2 favourite Might Bite battled

to hold off his stablemate Meanwhile, there was a narrow second

place for Dorset trainer Colin Tizzard in the big race,

the Queen Mother Champion Chase. His horse Fox Norton in the red cap

just failed to catch A couple of thrilling finishes at

the festival. That was an outsider.

Yes, building up to the big one on Friday.

I'm sorry that Thistle Crack is not racing, that would have been a

perfect race. Three students from Reading invented

a device that could one day allow humans to breathe in habitation pods

on the moon. We featured them a few weeks ago

as they took their design all the way to India as part

of an international competition which would see the winner become

part of the first ever Today, they were told they'd

come in third place - but they could still have a spot

on the rocket - at a price, The Moon is still in reach for the

lunar dome team but there is a catch. They will have to pay and the

song is astronomical. $750,000. But it is going to the moon, that's not

cheap. And when you think what it's doing, it's not surprising.

Everything to do with space cost millions. They have come third out

of 3000 teams who were hoping to be on that first commercial craft to

land on the moon. Lunar dome is designed to control their pressure

on the lunar surface, theoretically allowing people to breathe, but only

the two winners from Italy and India will now get free passage on the

team in this rocket. It's a lot of money but we will do everything we

can to support them to secure that funding through whatever means

necessary. Team Indus is locked in the corporate space race of its own

but it says if the money is found, team lunar dome can go on the rover.

I wouldn't see them as having missed something, they got close and if you

can get a British philanthropist to fund them, they govern. But the

chance of a moonshot is fading. Funding needs to be secured by the

end of the month. Obviously were over the moon at our experiment

potentially going to the myth that there is stress on us because we now

have to secure this quickly. So the hopes of the lunar dome team have

not yet been brought fully to earth. That will be a big piggybank,

?650,000, but good luck, guys. Onto the weather. Alexis is here. It was

gorgeous, you were on the golf course. I was not playing like Tony

but we were doing a piece with Scott Gregory. Highs of 16 Celsius,

glorious day but not everyone had the sunshine. We have some lovely

weather pictures to show you, from the weather Watchers, where you can

upload your photos. Today we saw blue skies in West Sussex and clear

skies also for those in Berkshire, glorious day to be had that not

everyone saw the sunshine, spare a thought for those on the south coast

and the Isle of Wight, this fog played the south coast through much

of today and the fog is increasing in many places under clear skies

tonight but we are looking at increasing cloud so by dawn there

will be more cloud and temperatures will rise, so the lowest

temperatures will be at the start of the night, but once the cloud

arrives a low of 6-7. Quite a murky start to tomorrow, after I might

have closed in the morning, but things will brighten up in places.

Generally cloudy, the odd spot of rain for western areas, temperatures

will reach a high of 11. Tomorrow night we will have to weather

fronts, one moving through and then another one, they that second front

there will be cooler air so temperatures will fall to four or

five, a chilly start to Friday but plenty of sunshine first thing.

Through the morning the cloud will thicken from the West and we will

see further cloud through the day ahead of this weather front which

will arrive on Friday afternoon, bringing pulses of rain which may be

heavy at times through the evening and overnight into Saturday. Looking

ahead, a lot of cloud in the next few days, the odd spot of drizzle

tomorrow but mainly dry with one or two bright spells. Friday will have

a good deal of cloud, a bright start in places but clouding over with

rain expected in the afternoon and evening, and over the weekend, the

breeze will increase through Friday and into the weekend, a windy

weekend with spells of rain and temperatures will reach a height of

12 Celsius, so a fresher feeling two days ahead, especially over the

weekend with the rainfall and the brisk winds, which will take the

edge off temperatures. You give with one hand, you take with another!

That could be a bit of high pressure middle of next week.

That is it from us. We will be back with the headlines at 8pm and then

at 10:30pm. Goodbye. 'The UK has voted to leave

the European Union 'Ukip leader Nigel Farage

celebrated the result, 'declaring that dawn was breaking

on an independent nation. 'Prime Minister David Cameron is

expected to resign 'The pound fell sharply as the

referendum result became apparent, 'and traders are bracing themselves

for panic when the markets open. 'and England are confident

of advancing to the next stage 'ahead of their upcoming European

Championship game against Iceland.'