Summary

  • Updates on Monday 7 March 2016

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Tuesday

  1. Our news coverage through the daypublished at 18:00

    That's all for today's BBC Local Live.

    We'll be back on Tuesday from 08:00 to bring you all the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Oxfordshire.

  2. Latest headlines: 'Rollercoaster wait' for Didcot A victims' families and man charged over Oxford 'hit-and-run'published at 17:56 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    This evening's top stories in Oxfordshire:

  3. Weather: Risk of wintry showers and widespread frostpublished at 17:51 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Bee Tucker
    BBC Weather

    Some isolated wintry showers are possible for a time before midnight.

    Bee Tucker with the BBC Weather chart for Oxford for Monday 7 March 2016

    Otherwise, it'll be a dry night with skies clearing, a widespread frost developing and a risk of ice. Lows of -2C (28F).

    You can get a full forecast on the BBC weather site.

  4. Sport headlines: U's praised by Appleton despite draw at Plymouth and Pendelton 'proves trainer Nicholls wrong'published at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    The top sport stories for Oxfordshire:

  5. Travel: A40 Northern Bypass overnight closure to beginpublished at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    The A40 Northern Bypass between the Headington Roundabout and the Marston Flyover will be closed overnight for seven nights from tonight.

    It's for work to build the final piece of the link road between Northway and the new Barton Park housing estate, across the A40.

    Traffic lights and a new 50mph speed limit will eventually be in force.

    David Edwards, executive director for regeneration and housing at Oxford City Council, said the new road is vital for a new housing estate in the area.

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    People are already slowing down for the Headington Roundabout. You've got to balance the needs of the motorist... with residents who need to get across the road.

    David Edwards, Oxford City Council

  6. Tonight's TV: Anguish of families of missing Didcot A workerspublished at 17:40 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Jerome Sale
    BBC South Today

    Coming up on BBC South Today:  Almost two weeks after a building collapsed at Didcot power station, the partner of one of three missing men says they need him home now.

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    Jerome Sale brings you the stories coming up at 18:30

    Also on the programme tonight, were you shaken or didn't you stir? We investigate reports of an earthquake in Oxfordshire.  

    And we round up the weekend's football including Oxford United's match against promotion rivals Plymouth.

    Join Jerome Sale from 18:30.

  7. Didcot A collapse: Police meet with missing workers' familiespublished at 17:33 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Thames Valley Police says it had met with the families of three missing people today, following the partial collapse of Didcot A power station on 23 February.

    Didcot A collapse rubbleImage source, Getty Images
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    [It] is part of the ongoing support that is being given at this difficult time. Our priority remains the recovery of their loved-ones so they can be returned to their families and to understand what caused this incident.

    Thames Valley Police spokeswoman

  8. Oxfordshire's visitor attractions 'draw four million in 2015'published at 17:26 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Oxfordshire's biggest visitor attractions drew nearly four million visitors last year.

    Ashmolean MuseumImage source, Mat Fascione
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    Visitor numbers were down at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum

    According to figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, for some places, including the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, numbers are down.  

    It had 847,000 people through its doors in 2015 which is 4% down on the previous year, but it is still the busiest attraction in the county.

    For others like Blenheim Palace - marking the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death - the number has climbed 20% to 763,000 visitors.

    For Oxford's Bodleian Library it's the first year people were able to look round its Weston Library and it attracted more than 600,000 visitors.

  9. Oxford to fly flag for Commonwealth Daypublished at 17:15 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    Oxford City Council will raise the Commonwealth flag to mark Commonwealth Day, external next Monday.

    It will join more than 850 Commonwealth flags throughout the UK, UK Overseas Territories and the Commonwealth countries.

    Oxford's flag will be raised at 10:00 in the town hall.

  10. Didcot A collapse: 'Rollercoaster wait' for partner of missing Christopher Huxtablepublished at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    The partner of Christopher Huxtable, who is missing in the debris of the collapsed Didcot A power plant building, has spoken of her "rollercoaster" wait while he and two other men are recovered.

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    Jade Ali, partner of Christopher Huxtable, says it's been "too long" to find missing men

    Jade Ali, from Swansea, has also criticised rescue efforts and set up an online petition to "get them out now".  

  11. Woman arrested after KFC 'racial abuse'published at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    A woman has been arrested after a member of staff at a KFC fast food chain store was racially abused, external, police have said.

    KFC in High Street, BanburyImage source, Google

    Two women abused the member of staff serving them at the store in High Street, Banbury.

    After they were escorted from the premises, one of the women continued to make verbally abusive comments about the staff members.

    A 22-year-old woman has been arrested and bailed until 22 March.

  12. 'No answers' from Didcot A collapse meeting with HSE and policepublished at 16:23 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    BBC Wales News

    The partner of one of three men missing following the collapse at Didcot power station says a meeting earlier with the Health and Safety Executive and police did not bring the answers she and his family were looking for.

    Christopher Huxtable with partner Jade AliImage source, Jade Ali
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    Christopher Huxtable with partner Jade Ali

    Jade Ali, the partner of 34-year-old Christopher Huxtable, said she was very frustrated by the lack of progress to find him and two other men - one of whom is believed to be Rotherham-based demolition worker Ken Cresswell.

    Michael Collings, 53, from Cleveland, died from multiple injures at the site and five others were injured.

  13. Driver charged after girl, four, hurt in 'hit and run'published at 15:57 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    A man has been charged after a four-year-old girl was injured in an apparent hit-and-run crash.

    Nowell Road junction with Mortimer Road, OxfordImage source, Google

    The child was thrown across the car's bonnet when she was struck in Mortimer Road, near to its junction with Nowell Road, in Oxford on 22 February, police say.

    A 19-year-old Oxford man has been charged with perverting the course of justice and failing to stop after an accident.

  14. Petition launched as Didcot power station rescue effort branded 'diabolical'published at 15:43 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    A online petition has been launched by the partner of one of the men who is trapped under the collapsed Didcot power station building, in a bid to "get them out now".

    The collapsed Didcot A buildingImage source, Getty

    Jade Ali, from Swansea, created the online petition which has, so far, gathered more than 1,200 signatures.

    Her 34-year-old partner Christopher Huxtable was part of the demolition team preparing to raise the plant and is trapped under the rubble.

    John Howley, the uncle of Ken Cresswell who is also missing, signed the petition on Sunday and called the delay in getting to the missing men "diabolical".

    Thames Valley Police said a further meeting with the families of the three men was taking place today as part of "ongoing support".

    A Health and Safety Executive spokesman said the priority was to recover the bodies.

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    It is just the uncertainty - you are hoping that they are still alive in there but you have got to be realistic and think that it has been going on too long now. It just seems they are dragging their heels. If demolishing the rest of the building is the only way they are going to get at them then they need to get on with it.

    John Howley, Uncle of missing Ken Cresswell

  15. Sport headlines: Pendleton to ride at Cheltenham and former U's midfielder Collins signs for Bengalurupublished at 15:36 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    The top sport stories in Oxfordshire:

  16. Latest headlines: Didcot power station rescue delay 'diabolical' and driver charged after 'hit and run'published at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    This afternoon's top stories in Oxfordshire: 

  17. Didcot supervisor's guilt he survived power station collapsepublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 7 March 2016

    A supervisor who was seconds from being buried under part of Didcot A power station says he feels guilty he survived the collapse when his colleagues are still lying under the debris.

    Didcot A collapseImage source, PA

    Mathew Mowat told the Press Association they had been working on the site when half of the 10-storey building crumbled last month.

    The 49-year-old, who has more than 26 years' experience of working on demolition sites, had been with Coleman and Company for seven months and described the firm as being "very, very stringent on safety".

    He added "it is a miracle" that more men were not trapped.

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    I was just underneath boiler two and one of the other supervisors called me over. I went to talk to him, then there was this crash. I looked over my shoulder and saw the boiler coming down. We ran in self-preservation, then there was a loud bang and a massive cloud of dust, we couldn't see much for a few minutes. After, there were men walking out (of) the dust and they were black. I feel guilty in not being under there with the guys and for coming home because they are still there left under that steel.

    Mathew Mowat, Didcot A collapse survivor