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A big rise in recorded sex offences against children. | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
Figures show there are up by more than a third in the Thames Valley. | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
So how much of that rise is down to online grooming? | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
Described as a tragic case - an inquest hears how | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
four-year-old Burnaby died after he was run over by his father. | :00:18. | :00:19. | |
And the rising cost of putting a roof over your head - | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
the rents that take half the average monthly salary. | :00:23. | :00:34. | |
The number of child sex offences recorded | :00:35. | :00:37. | |
by Thames Valley Police went up by more than a third last year. | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
Figures obtained by the NSPCC show just under 2500 | :00:41. | :00:42. | |
The charity says the figures may be down to the rise of online grooming, | :00:43. | :00:52. | |
as well as survivors feeling more confident in reporting abuse. | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
Here's our home affairs correspondent Peter Cooke. | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
This Thames Valley father knows more than most about child sex offences. | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
His daughter was groomed online and abused by | :01:05. | :01:06. | |
The then 22-year-old took explicit pictures of three underage girls | :01:07. | :01:12. | |
and blackmailed them into having sex. | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
How did they come to be on your mobile phone? | :01:19. | :01:20. | |
Byrne is currently serving a ten-year sentence for his crimes. | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
His victim's father was grateful for the support | :01:25. | :01:26. | |
We've protected his identity for his daughter's safety. | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
The special unit they've got in the local police station was very | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
homely and the officers were very caring. | :01:36. | :01:37. | |
They should talk to their teachers initially and then | :01:38. | :01:49. | |
Figures obtained by the NSPCC show a significant rise in recorded child | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
sex offences by police forces across the south. | :01:57. | :01:58. | |
Only Wiltshire Police saw a reduction. | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
But there was nearly a 40% rise in the Thames Valley. | :02:03. | :02:04. | |
The crime recording processes have changed, so we are much better | :02:05. | :02:18. | |
and slicker at recording the right crimes, which is really positive, | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
and it demonstrates that people are happy to come and talk | :02:22. | :02:23. | |
They are confident in the service that we provide. | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
We know that both family members can sexually abuse children | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
in their families and we've always said that a major threat in terms | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
of sexual abuse comes from other family members or people | :02:33. | :02:34. | |
But online abuse is also increasingly significant | :02:35. | :02:48. | |
and with online abuse we know that abusers can abuse several children | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
Some of these offences are historical - but the force | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
insists it'll take any reports seriously when victims feel | :02:57. | :02:58. | |
Next - Thames Valley Police says it's working closely with key | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
community representatives to allay fears linked to yesterday's terror | :03:05. | :03:06. | |
Chief Constable Francis Habgood said, in light of the what happened | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
in London, the cooperation of our communities is more | :03:14. | :03:15. | |
The force says there is no intelligence to suggest a specific | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
An inquest has heard how a family day out to a swimming pool ended | :03:21. | :03:28. | |
in the death of a four-year-old child. | :03:29. | :03:30. | |
Barnaby Cork's father reversed over him in the car park | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
of the leisure centre in Thame two weeks before Christmas. | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
The Coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death. | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
Barnaby Cork's parents, Stefan and Ella, didn't | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
attend today's hearing at Oxfordshire Coroner's Court. | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
The Coroner, Darren Salter, said the facts were not contentious | :03:50. | :03:52. | |
and therefore there was no need to add to the family's distress. | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
Barnaby had travelled with his family to Thame leisure | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
His father had parked in a disabled bay. | :04:03. | :04:09. | |
The children got out of the car to go swimming while the parents | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
Stefan then reversed, not realising his son was behind him. | :04:14. | :04:21. | |
He said he didn't realise he'd run him over. | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
Barnaby was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries. | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
The family launched a JustGiving page for the charity | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
Our thoughts are very much with Barnaby's family at the moment | :04:36. | :04:45. | |
and we were incredibly grateful and humbled that they chose | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
donating to us as one way of remembering Barnaby, | :04:50. | :04:51. | |
and we have been absolutely overwhelmed | :04:52. | :04:52. | |
Closing the hearing, the coronor recorded that Barnaby | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
He offered his condolences to the family on the loss of a young | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
The mother of an Oxfordshire teenager who died after taking | :05:04. | :05:16. | |
ecstasy wants all drugs to be legalised for over-18s. | :05:17. | :05:18. | |
15-year-old Martha Fernback died after taking MDMA | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
Her mother campaigns for drugs to be regulated and licensed. | :05:22. | :05:31. | |
Plans for a unitary authority for Oxfordshire have been | :05:32. | :05:33. | |
Oxfordshire County Council, along with the district authorities | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse want to see a single | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
But West Oxfordshire, Cherwell and Oxford City | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
Education leaders in Swindon have set out their vision for improving | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
It's after Ofsted published a letter in November, | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
claiming pupils there were being failed | :05:59. | :06:00. | |
The Swindon Challenge Board is now aiming to make sure that every | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
school is rated good or better by Ofsted by the year 2020. | :06:04. | :06:10. | |
Rents are rising sharply according to research by the BBC. | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
In the Cotswolds, tenants are spending almost half | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
The average rent is more than ?1000 a month. | :06:16. | :06:21. | |
In Swindon, tenants pay around ?700 a month - | :06:22. | :06:22. | |
If you're sort of earning average wages or are, you know, | :06:23. | :06:33. | |
part-time because you've got children, it's really hard. | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
A busy medical secretary in the morning, Natalie is even | :06:39. | :06:40. | |
busier with little Oliver and his big sister Heidi | :06:41. | :06:42. | |
She and her husband moved five times in the last eight years, | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
I don't know anyone who is privately renting, just because the prices | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
are so high and what you are getting for your money is not | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
Our last place was quite expensive and the heating | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
It was just not ideal for bringing kids up. | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
Tetbury is beautiful, of course, elegant, royal and pricey. | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
Of course, what really matters is how much of your | :07:12. | :07:17. | |
And that's why we've come to the Cotswolds, | :07:18. | :07:26. | |
because here we discovered that rent takes a bigger chunk out of people's | :07:27. | :07:29. | |
wages than anywhere else in the West Country. | :07:30. | :07:31. | |
In fact, an analysis of Government official figures shows that | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
for every ?100 of wages here in the Cotswolds | :07:35. | :07:36. | |
B - because there's been a shortage of housing in the recent past, | :07:37. | :07:46. | |
so therefore prices have been forced up on supply and demand. | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
How can young people get on the housing ladder | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
Prices may be high but there is a queue of people ready to pay them. | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
Landlords tell me they're finding tenants faster than ever. | :08:00. | :08:07. | |
The property became empty in November and I thought, oh, | :08:08. | :08:09. | |
It's Christmas, no one's going to want to move. | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
But actually we were incredibly lucky and within two or three weeks | :08:14. | :08:16. | |
This is a fairly typical house we might let. | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
It's a three-bedroom detached property. | :08:20. | :08:21. | |
A few miles outside Tetbury, we look around a typical | :08:22. | :08:23. | |
We'd be very hopeful of getting somebody in virtually | :08:24. | :08:37. | |
the first couple of weeks with something like this. | :08:38. | :08:39. | |
And that's the sort of turnaround we've been seeing recently. | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
And what about those people who live in the town | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
Yeah, no, I think there is an element of that. | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
Property is still rented very quickly. | :08:52. | :08:54. | |
Living in such a desirable area with so many positive factors, | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
it really helps property fly off the shelves and they go quickly | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
We can't really argue with that as estate agents. | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
Sarah Farmer has the weather for tonight and into the weekend. | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
Tonight is looking like a cloudy and dry affair, but it will be | :09:09. | :09:17. | |
That easterly breeze that we had with us earlier stays with us | :09:18. | :09:23. | |
through the course of the night and it will feel a little | :09:24. | :09:26. | |
on the chilly side if you are venturing out. | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
It does just about enough to stop any frost through | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
the course of tonight and means we start the day tomorrow morning | :09:35. | :09:37. | |
on a bit of a chilly note, but quite a bit of cloud | :09:38. | :09:40. | |
We will gradually see that cloud thinning | :09:41. | :09:42. | |
It will become bright and dry throughout. | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
Into the afternoon, doing quite nicely for some sunshine with | :09:47. | :09:48. | |
Feeling pleasantly warm where you are sheltered from that breeze. | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
But that nagging wind will just take the edge off by day. | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
So through tomorrow night, any cloud is filtered out and we can | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
expect some drier air through the course | :10:01. | :10:02. | |
Temperatures as a result take a tumble. | :10:03. | :10:05. | |
Clear skies, temperatures down to 2-3 degrees in towns and cities. | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
Still a bit of a breeze but some sheltered spots could be prone | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
to a little bit of frost here and there. | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
A touch of frost is possible to start the weekend for some. | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
But overall, checking out quite nicely. | :10:19. | :10:20. | |
It will stay dry throughout the weekend, some decent sunny | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
spells, particularly on Saturday, and we will still have an easterly | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
flow, but gradually through the course of the day | :10:28. | :10:30. | |
Sunday is looking to be the cloudier of the two days. | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
It's all courtesy of this area of high pressure. | :10:35. | :10:36. | |
We'll stay nice and settled through the course of the weekend, | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
those winds easing down and some sunny spells at times. | :10:41. | :10:43. | |
Here's your summary for the coming days. | :10:44. | :10:46. | |
Through tomorrow, some cloudy spells but some brightness | :10:47. | :10:49. | |
part of the weekend. 1415 degrees. Still quite breezy. Here's Thomas | :10:50. | :11:03. | |
with the national | :11:04. | :11:04. |