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  • Updates from Thursday 23 November

  1. Good eveningpublished at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

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  2. GP surgery rated inadequatepublished at 17:55 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Longfleet House Surgery in PooleImage source, Google

    A Dorset GP surgery has been rated inadequate and placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

    Inspectors said Longfleet House Surgery in Poole was short-staffed and had out-of-date medicines in storage.

    In August, the surgery failed to send patients' prescriptions to pharmacies for several days, blaming a new computer system.

    The surgery said it was working to address the concerns raised in the CQC report, external.

  3. Lush sorry for boarding up shop doorwaypublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Boarded up Lush store

    Lush has apologised to homeless people in Oxford for boarding up one of its stores following criticism.

    Boards were placed outside Lush and Next on Cornmarket Street in Oxford after the retailers moved out.

    The decision was branded "heartless" by David Thomas, leader of the Green Party group on Oxford City Council, who said the entrances were used by homeless people to sleep.

    In response, Lush said it was "an error" and the boarding would be removed.

    Meanwhile, Jesus College, a University of Oxford college which owns the Next building, said the boarding was "not a deliberate attempt to get at" homeless people.

    Boarded up Next store
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    Jesus College owns the Next premises but said the homeless were not targeted

  4. New charge for ex-Saints youth football coachpublished at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Bob Higgins

    A former Southampton Football Club youth coach has been back in court facing a new sex abuse charge.

    Bob Higgins, who is already facing multiple charges of indecent assault against boys, is accused of indecently assaulting another boy under 16.

    Prosecutors allege the offence happened between 14 September and 17 November in 1984.

    Mr Higgins, 64, appeared before Southampton magistrates to deny the charge before being released on unconditional bail.

    He is due back in court in January.

  5. Portsmouth university's bike scheme bidpublished at 17:19 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Santander bikeImage source, University of Portsmouth

    A bike hire scheme could be coming to Portsmouth - if the city's university succeeds in raising more than £61,000.

    It is competing against four other universities in a fundraising competition which will see the two institutions which raise the most money above their target given £100,000 to pay for 50 new bikes along with docking stations.

    If the University of Portsmouth is successful, it says the docking stations would be placed around the university, Southsea and the seafront.

    At the moment the university is fourth having raised more than £30,000.

  6. M4 closure this weekendpublished at 17:14 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    The M4 through Berkshire will be closed over the weekend so bridge maintenance can be carried out.

    The motorway will be shut between junction 12 (Theale) and junction 13 (Chieveley) between 22:00 GMT on Friday and 05:00 on Monday.

    It is part of a project to refurbish three bridges in West Berkshire and is the first of four weekend closures.

    Other ones are planned to take place in December on the following weekends:

    • Friday 8 to Monday 11 December 2017
    • Friday 15 to Monday 18 December 2017
    • Friday 12 to Monday 15 January 2018

    Highways England says by carrying out the work in "a closely coordinated way" to keep disruption to a "minimum".

  7. Shot burglar's partner in crime jailedpublished at 17:01 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Anthony Hearn, whose accomplice was shot dead by a caravan owner, admitted a burglary charge.

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  8. Thanksgiving boost for Oxfordshire turkey farmerpublished at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

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    Thanksgiving boost for turkey farmer

    Today Americans will be celebrating Thanksgiving - with many tucking into a roast turkey to celebrate the US national holiday.

    It's big business and even some UK farmers are benefitting.

    Bill Homewood farms in Oxfordshire and says he's seen a pre-Christmas boost due to the number of American ex-pats now celebrating Thanksgiving in the county.

  9. Van der Merwe enjoying Irish lifepublished at 16:39 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    London Irish second row Franco van der Merwe hopes to juggle life on and off the pitch in a hectic winter ahead.

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  10. Parachute husband set to face retrialpublished at 16:35 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    The jury in the case against Emile Cilliers, accused of trying to kill his wife, is discharged.

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  11. Man 'killed by estranged wife' in Chinapublished at 16:23 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Michael Simpson had moved to China while working for the retail chain Next, an inquest heard.

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  12. Rough sleeping on the rise in Oxfordpublished at 16:14 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Rough sleeper

    A recent count found 61 people were sleeping rough in Oxford, an increase on last year's count when 33 people were found sleeping on the street.

    The count was carried out this month by Oxford City Council and homelessness organisations.

    The authority's leader, Bob Price, says the problem is a rising national issue and needs action from the government.

    It plans to host a "City Conversation" to find solutions to street homelessness.

  13. Plaques for Titanic crew memberspublished at 15:50 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    BBC Radio Solent

    TitanicImage source, F.G.O. Stuart
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    More than 1,500 died when the Titanic sank in 1912

    Residents of properties in Southampton where crew members of the Titanic lived are to be asked to put up plaques.

    Money collected for the Mayor of Southampton Charity Fund will be used to pay for the markers which cost between £60 and £70.

    Former Mayor of Southampton, councillor Cath McEwing, says the disaster hit many families in the city: "One of the schools, there wasn't a class where no one had been affected, every child had been affected."

  14. Parachute trial jury dischargedpublished at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017
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    Breaking news

    The jury has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts in the Winchester Crown Court trial of Army Sergeant Emile Cilliers, who was accused of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute and sabotaging a gas valve at their home.

  15. Knowles and Son going into administration 'regrettable'published at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    David Lumb
    BBC News Online

    Knowles and Son

    The managing director of one of Oxfordshire's oldest firms, which has gone into administration making 73 workers redundant, has called the decision "regrettable" and "not somewhere they wanted to get to".

    Knowles and Son, which carried out conservation and restoration of historic buildings, has been operating in Oxfordshire for more than 200 years, but with just weeks to go before Christmas the firm has ceased trading, leaving dozens of contractors unpaid.

    Managing director Andrew Glossop said it was due to "difficult trading conditions including the non-materialisation of two projects - and a drawn out planning process that has stopped us selling some of our land as quickly as we had hoped to – we had no alternative".

    "Our employees are dear to us but they are skilled workers and they have found work elsewhere," he continued.

  16. Threatened music venue to get faceliftpublished at 13:38 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Negotiations on new lease terms for The Cellar in Oxford are expected to "commence in earnest".

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  17. Can chip shops help stop global warming?published at 13:03 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    University of Reading scientists say cooking fat molecules from takeaways can counteract climate change.

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  18. Investigation team praised following Oxford murderpublished at 12:31 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    DC William Tippetts, DS Richard Earl, Supt Kevin Brown, Police Staff Seema Punj, DC Jim ArmitageImage source, Thames Valley Police
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    The major crime team investigated the murder of Adrian Greenwood in April 2016

    A team which investigated a murder in east Oxford last year has been praised by the chief constable of Thames Valley Police.

    Adrian Greenwood, a 42-year-old book dealer, was found dead at his home in Iffley Road with multiple wounds in April last year.

    Michael Danaher was found guilty of murdering him over a £50,000 first edition of The Wind in the Willows and was jailed for life, following work by the major crime team.

    The investigation was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary which aired in July and now the team has received a commendation from Chief Constable Francis Habgood.

  19. Hotel workers commended for saving boy's lifepublished at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Linda Serck
    BBC South

    Two hotel workers who saved the life of a four-year-old boy have been given a Chief Constable Commendation by Thames Valley Police.

    Saliya Rajapakse and Ewelina Marsalek were on shift at a hotel in Slough, Berkshire, when the boy got into trouble at the hotel’s swimming pool. They performed CPR saving his life.

    PictureImage source, Thames Valley Police
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    Saliya Rajapakse and Ewelina Marsalek were handed the certificate by Deputy Chief Constable John Campbell (left) and Chief Constable Francis Habgood

  20. Thames Valley Police 'losing hours' waiting for ambulancespublished at 12:07 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2017

    Linda Serck
    BBC South

    Police attending to a member of the publicImage source, Thames Valley Police Federation

    Police in the Thames Valley are losing hours of their shifts waiting with sick and injured people for ambulances, the force's police federation chairman has said.

    Craig O’Leary said of his time as a response officer: “I’ve waited at the home of many an elderly person who’s fallen over and been left there for hours while we wait for the ambulance service to turn up to come and transport to hospital.

    "It’s not a slight on the ambulance service, because they are over-stretched and under-resourced in much the same way as police officers are. But it’s a real issue.

    "I know of one case where it took six-and-a-half hours for the ambulance service to turn up; that’s pretty much three quarters of a police officer’s shift lost, doing no police work whatsoever."

    Police force chiefs around the country announced they would start logging how much time officers are spent doing non-police work during a time of "incredibly stretched resources".