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And storm Barbara will affect northern parts by the end of the

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week. For us there will be a significant wind chill. All the

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details shortly. A coroner's heard how a man

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thought to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia died

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a day after he was sent 52-year-old Jason Basalat

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was found hanging from a bed Six other prisoners there have

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taken their lives this year. The prison has the highest rate

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of inmate suicide in the country. Woodhill Prison officers attended

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the inquest into Jason Basalat. He was a man with mental health

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issues who was sent to jail at the weekend, ahead

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of an appearance in court over Prison officers had reported

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Jason Basalat for his bizarre behaviour and, within 24 hours

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of being put inside Woodhill Prison, One prisoner among so many

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to end their lives behind bars here. So far this year, seven prisoners

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have died at Woodhill Prison, that's more per head of prison

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population than any other Jason Basalat was sent

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to Woodhill on December 10th. He was known to mental

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health services. On December 11th, he was seen

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by an officer at 7:15am, He had been found

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hanged in his cell. Northamptonshire Police say Jason

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Basalat was arrested on the M1. He had been a passenger on a bus

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when he grabbed the steering wheel, A paranoid schizophrenic,

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police described him Various officials have repeatedly

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spoken out about their concerns that the recommendations made

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following deaths are simply not being implemented

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at Woodhill Prison. The fact that death after death

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happens at Woodhill Prison, in very similar circumstances,

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suggests that things Kevin Scarlet had mental health

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problems when he killed himself His self-harming, his previous

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suicide attempts... His stepbrother says no

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lessons are being learned. It is shocking, especially

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when you think that the highest rate of self harm and suicide in prison

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is within the first three days. If he is showing bizarre behaviour

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anyway, why is he not Why is he being put in a position

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where he can take his own life? Why are the safer cells

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not being utilised? The inquest has been

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adjourned until next June. It has happened in the middle

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of legal action being taken by relatives of prisoners

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who have died. They have lauched

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a judicial review, calling for action to enforce safety

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procedures at the prison. In a statement the Ministry

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of Justice told us they take mental health in custody extremely

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seriously, and there are a range of measures in place

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to support prisoners, They added they've launched

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a suicide and self harm reduction project, and more funding

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for prison safety. More than 140 motorists have been

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arrested for drink and drug driving offences in the Thames Valley this

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December. Officers arrested 117 drivers

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for suspected drink offences in the first 15 days

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of their Christmas crackdown. 88 people have been charged

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for being under the influence The funeral's been held for one

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of the men who died when part of Didcot Power Station

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collapsed in February. Christopher Huxtable from Swansea

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was one of four men killed. His coffin was carried on a truck

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by the local recycling firm An investigation into the cause

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of his death is ongoing. An Oxfordshire cat breeder has

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been banned from keeping animals for three years -

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after neglecting more than sixty cats in her care .The RSPCA found 64

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Bengal cats at Elizabeth Watson's She's been given a suspended

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prison sentence. Seven of the cats

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had to be put down. Groups trying to save children's

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centres in Oxfordshire will get 12 Yesterday they were worried

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it would only be six. Last month county councillors voted

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for rents to be waived, where a centre would otherwise

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have to close. Our political reporter

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Bethan Phillips sent this report. Councillors today were urged to give

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children's centres an early Christmas present

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and eventually they This whole issue has come

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about because the county council's stopping funding for

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the majority of centres, and wants community groups

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to step in and help. But in eight cases it

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would be charging rent in some cases charging

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?30,000 a year. Last month, the whole council voted

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in favour of waiving rents But the final decision on that had

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to be made by the cabinet, and it had been recommended

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they agree to only It was clear that time limit

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was going to split the cabinet - one member, Nick Carter,

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described it as draconian. Campaigners agreed, warning six

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months of help wouldn't be enough So, instead of six months,

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today the cabinet agreed to give up to 12 months of rent

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relief for centres. That was described to me

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by campaigners as a "small victory" Berkshire-based BBC Monitoring,

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the UK service that translates and analyses global media,

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is in danger of becoming a "hollow The government has

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moved responsibility The Defence Committee said this had

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"predictably" led to cuts and expressed concern at plans

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to move out of its Caversham The BBC said it was "confident"

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the service would continue to meet Next, building new homes,

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and the row that's broken out in Aylesbury over which areas

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of the green belt The leader of Aylesbury Vale Council

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has accused Buckinghamshire County Council of interfering in plans put

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forward by two councils But what will it mean

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for those looking for a home, or those trying to protect

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the countryside from development? Mix politics and planning

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and passions will run high. The heart of the issue

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is about which of Buckinghamshire's green belt areas should be

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used for housing. Chiltern and South Bucks councils

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have proposed 15 sites, but Buckinghamshire County Council

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has raised concerns This has led to fears by the council

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leader in Aylesbury that nearly 3,000 more homes will be

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forced on the town. The county council has not objected

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to that green belt use by Wycombe, but it has objected to green belt

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used by Chilton and South Buckinghamshire, and yes, the leader

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of Buckinghamshire County Council happens to live in the Chilton South

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Buckinghamshire area, so I suppose I put two and two

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together and maybe I made five, I don't respond to these personal

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attacks and personal comments. I can only assume that this person

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was briefed by his officers and when he knows the full facts I'm

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sure he will be reassured. Martin Tett went on to say district

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councils alone make the final decision about changes

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to green belt areas, and the County Council was just

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responding to views being sought We commented on issues such as

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highways access to proposed sites. We commented about flooding,

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impact on the adjoining areas of outstanding natural beauty,

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and whether in fact we are effectivley sprawling

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between different towns. So that's what we've done

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at the moment, nothing more. Any final decision of what happens

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to the green belt land is expected Fundraising in memory

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of four-year-old Barnaby Cork, who was knocked down and killed

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in Thame, has passed the ?25,000 His family have set up

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a Justgiving website in aid Around 1,000 people

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have pledged donations. Barnaby was knocked down

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outside the sports centre on Oxford Road earlier this month,

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and died shortly afterwards. Buses are due to be stopped

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from using Oxford's Queen Street when the new Westgate

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shopping centre opens. Council officers raised safety

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concerns, saying the number of pedestrians on the street

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could more than double. They've voted in favour

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of pedestrianising it Alexis is coming up with the weather

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forecast for tonight South Today is back

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in BBC Breakfast. Hello, after a dry day to day with

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lots of sunshine, tonight were expecting increasing cloud and there

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may be light rain through the early hours of the morning, especially by

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dawn tomorrow. Temperatures will be on the chilly side will those of

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2-3 C, so a cold start to the day tomorrow. A lot of rain first thing,

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mainly light and patchy, which will clear south and east Woods, giving

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us a window of dry weather before the next batch of rain will arrive

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during the afternoon and evening, and this could be heavy rain at

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times during the afternoon with a breeze from the south-west.

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Temperatures just up into high single figures, around eight or nine

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Celsius. The rain eventually will play tomorrow night, and once it

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does we are expecting a frosty start to Thursday. A ridge of high

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pressure will build in on Thursday, giving us a settled, dry day with

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hazy sunshine through the afternoon. The next weather system is due to

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Friday evening and overnight into Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve itself

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should be mainly dry. The wind will be strong and bitterly cold, and the

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next weather system is expected Christmas Eve into Christmas Day,

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but it should be mainly dry for us, that weather system will affect the

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north of the country. Through Christmas Day itself, we will have

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some blustery showers. Looking ahead to the rest of the week, a good deal

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of cloud to start the day tomorrow with some rain, a brighter interlude

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during the middle of the day, Sammy on Thursday but rain later on

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Friday. making a journey elsewhere in the

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country it's worth knowing the national forecast. Over now to

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Tomasz. So, the weather's going to blow a

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few cobwebs away in the coming days and maybe a few other things, as

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well. How stormy is it going to get? For most of us probably not too

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terrible. It is, however, going to be very nasty across parts of

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Scotland on Friday. The clouds are racing across the Atlantic and we

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will see a storm by the

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