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Updates on Friday 11 December 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Monday
Our coverage through the daypublished at 18:00
Weather: Cloud and rain returning overnightpublished at 17:53
Emily Wood
BBC WeatherIt should be a dry and clear evening, before cloud and rain returns overnight.
Temperatures will fall to leave a cool night with lows of 4C (39F).
You can get a full 10-day forecast on the BBC Weather site.
Sport headlines: Cash windfall for United's FA Cup TV matchpublished at 17:49
Ross Heaton
BBC Oxford SportThe county's sports stories this evening:
- Oxford United will receive almost £50,000 after their FA Cup tie against Swansea was selected to be shown live on BBC television in Wales
- Current U's boss Michael Appleton missed out on the manager of the month award to former boss Chris Wilder
Latest headlines: Oxford air pollution found at twice legal levelpublished at 17:44
Andrew Humphrey
BBC Local LiveThis evening's top stories in Oxfordshire:
- Dangerous pollutant air particles are at twice the legal level in Oxford, according to tests carried out today
- Two men armed with crossbows, external were involved in a fight in Faringdon
- Charlbury Road in Oxford came 27th in a list of the 50 most expensive streets in England
Evening TV: Hospital turns to tablets to monitor patientspublished at 17:39
Adina Campbell
BBC South TodayComing up onSouth Today tonight:
The new touch-screen technology at Oxford's John Radcliffe hospital replacing traditional clipboards.
Media caption, Adina Campbell brings you the stories coming up at 18:30
Also on the programme, farmers in Oxfordshire say more cattle are aborting their calves because of a parasite spread by dog mess not picked up by lazy walkers.
Join Adina Campbell for that and therest of the region's news at 18:30.
Men armed with crossbows in Faringdon fightpublished at 17:32
Natalie Verney
BBC Radio OxfordFour men have been arrested after a fight in Faringdon two weeks ago in which two men were armed with crossbows, external.
A group of men forced their way into a property in Greengates at 06:00 where two men were inside and the fight spilled out onto the street.
Police want to reassure the public that they don't believe it was a random attack, and want to speak to anyone who saw it happen.
Elderly swimmer shocked with defibrillatorpublished at 17:25
An elderly man had a suspected heart attack at White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre in Abingdon today, where staff shocked him with a defibrillator, external.
Magdalen College appoints first female headpublished at 17:16
Oxford's Magdalen College School, one of the country's leading independent schools, has appointed the first female head teacher, external in its 535-year history.
Image source, Magdalen College SchoolHelen Pike will succeed Dr Tim Hands as master of the school in September next year.
Ms Pike studied modern history at Christ Church, Oxford and her partner is Professor George Garnett, the senior proctor at Oxford University.
Travel latest: M40 delays north of junction 9published at 17:08
Al Ryan
BBC Oxford travel presenter- There's slow-moving traffic on the M40 northbound from J9 to J10
- Traffic on the A34 is struggling northbound from Hinksey Hill all the way up to the M40 junction
- Temporary traffic lights in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell are causing delays on High Road
You can get all the road and rail news where you are on the BBC Traffic site.
Police station access threatpublished at 17:04
The public information desk at Henley police station is set to be scrapped to save money, external.
Scrap metal dealer fined £2,500published at 17:01
Natalie Verney
BBC Radio OxfordA scrap metal dealer operating in the Vale of White Horsehas been fined £2,500, external after failing to produce records of the metal he was transporting.
Leonard Stefan, 22, from Haybarns Road in Birmingham was stopped by police in Abingdon back in June.
He was sentenced in his absence after failing to show up to two court hearings and has also been told to pay nearly £1,000 in costs.
Tablets join pills in treatment plan for hospital patientspublished at 16:55
Bedside charts on hospital beds are being replaced with 'early warning' tablet computers to help identify at risk patients, external at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Image source, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustThe Churchill, Nuffield and Horton hospitals have already introduced the system that immediately displays any deterioration in the patient's condition when a nurse inputs vital signs.
The system also allows for the data to be shared on different devices throughout the hospital.
Chinook teams settling in to RAF Bensonpublished at 16:38
Peter Cooke
BBC South TodayRAF Benson in Oxfordshire has now acquired a new helicopter, becoming the central training base for Chinook pilots.
Some 150 personnel have moved here from Hampshire, and for the first time we have been given access behind the scenes to meet the new residents.
Northamptonshire ranked second worst place to livepublished at 16:31
Neighbouring Northamptonshire has been ranked the second worst place in the UK to live, external for “essential services” according to a new study.
Electrical fault starts Witney house firepublished at 16:19
A "serious" fire at a house Witney was caused by a fault involving a plug and extension lead.
Two fire engines from Witney and one from Rewley Road fire station were at the blaze, which left the whole home damaged by smoke.
Quote MessageThis was a serious fire discovered when the owner returned to their house. The prompt actions of the owner in calling 999 saved the property from much worse damage.
Richard Woodward, Crew manager, Witney fire station
MEP finds nitrogen dioxide levels in Oxford 'double legal limit'published at 16:09
Clean air campaigners, including Oxfordshire MEP Catherine Bearder, found nitrogen dioxide levels twice the legal limit in Oxford today.
Image source, Spires MediaAccording to Oxford City Council figures, external the city had levels 30% above the limit in 2014, and is not expected to meet the target until 2020.
Quote MessageAir pollution causes 10 times more deaths than traffic accidents each year. We must do more to tackle this invisible killer.
Catherine Bearder, South East Liberal DemocratMEP
Britain’s Got Talent stars Gay and Alan Cooper get charity concert ringingpublished at 15:59
Britain's Got Talent bell ringing stars Gay and Alan Cooper brought a bit of celebrity sparkle to a charity Christmas concert at Dorchester Abbey, external.
Rose Hill pupils' Christmas carolspublished at 15:46
BBC Radio OxfordEvery day BBC Radio Oxford is featuring songs from the county's school children as we countdown to Christmas.
Today's carols are Deck The Halls and Calypso Carol from Rose Hill Primary School in Oxford.
University creates the most expensive material in the worldpublished at 15:38
The most expensive material on Earth is being created in an Oxford University lab, priced at £100m per gram, external.
Latest headlines: Apology from NHS chief over uninvestigated deathspublished at 15:29
Andrew Humphrey
BBC Local LiveThis afternoon's top stories:
- The head of an NHS body that failed to investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 people has apologised, but won't resign
- A scrap metal dealer has been fined £2,500 after failing to produce records of the metal he was transporting
- Dog walkers have been warned by beef farmers that dog mess can cause abortions in their cows
