Our news coverage through the daypublished at 18:00
Joe Nimmo
BBC News Online
That's all from BBC Local Live for Oxfordshire today.
We'll be back with the latest news, weather, travel and sport for Oxfordshire from 08:00 tomorrow. Join us then.
Summary
Updates on Thursday 14 April 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Friday
Our news coverage through the daypublished at 18:00
Latest headlines: Oxford man sectioned for killing court guardpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Joe Nimmo
BBC News OnlineThe top stories this evening:
- An Oxford man who caused "catastrophic" brain injuries to a guard at a court has been sectioned indefinitely at a secure hospital
- The widow of a man fatally stabbed in Poundland speaks for the first time about the horror of the day she heard her husband died
- Five police officers may face criminal charges following the death of an Oxfordshire man who had been restrained and placed in a police van
Weather: Band of rain moving north through the eveningpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
A band of occasionally heavy rain will move up from the south during the evening.
This should clear southern counties during the early hours, but perhaps lingering in the north. Lows overnight of 9C (48F).
Sport update: U's skipper says he's excited about promotion runpublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Jerome Sale
BBC South TodayThe evening's top sport headlines:
- Johnny Mullins, the stand-in skipper at Oxford United, has admitted he's as excited as any fan about the promotion run
- Abingdon golfer Eddie Pepperell has just teed off his opening round at the Open de Espanya
Tonight's TV: Widow of man fatally stabbed in Poundland speaks for first timepublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Geraldine Peers
Presenter, BBC South TodayComing up on South Today this evening, the widow of a man stabbed to death in Abingdon's Poundland shop speaks exclusively to the BBC about her campaign for tougher restrictions on selling knives.
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on TwitterThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip twitter postThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
End of twitter postAlso we’ll hear about the phone app designed in Oxford that allows heart patients to carry out medical tests at home.
And we'll show you the newly restored Randolph Hotel - unveiled a year after fire ripped through the roof.
Join Geraldine Peers at 18:30 on BBC One.
Attempted sex assault in Headington linked to flasherpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Police in Oxford are linking an attempted sexual assault in Headington yesterday, external to two previous incidents where a man exposed himself to passers-by.
The victim of yesterday's attack, a 21-year-old woman, was walking on Headington Hill between 5am and 6am when was grabbed from behind by a man, who then dragged her into Headington Hill Park.
The man is aged between 30 and 40, about 6ft tall and was wearing dark clothing. He fled the scene after the woman screamed.
Officers are linking the attack to two incidents in which a man exposed himself to members of the public.
The first incident was in Old Road at about 2.30pm on Wednesday 30 March. The second in Pullens Lane at about 11am on Thursday 7 April.
Oxford researchers to scan 100,000 people organspublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Lucy Bickerton
BBC Radio OxfordScientists from Oxford are to create MRI scans of 100,000 people's internal organs in the hope of finding medical breakthroughs.
Image source, PASIEKA/SPLThe nationwide study, external could lead to treatments for conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
It's thought scans of the brain could show markers that later develop into the disease - meaning people in the future showing these markers could be treated before the disease takes hold.
Travel update: Heavy traffic on the A34 and around Oxfordpublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Al Ryan
BBC Oxford travel presenter- On the A34 northbound it's slow between Abingdon north to the Kidlington junction
- It's very busy around the city this afternoon and especially slow on the Woodstock roundabout where delays are about 30 minutes
- There are also lengthy delays from Oxpens Road to Botley Road of about 25 minutes
- And there are delays between Stadhampton on the A329 and Little Milton after a two-car collision
Refurbishment work worth £6.5m is completed at Randolph Hotelpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Chris Brown
BBC NewsThe fire at the Randolph Hotel in April 2015, sparked by a flambéed beef stroganoff in its kitchen, ripped through three floors.
Media caption, The refurbishment work on Oxford's prestigious hotel has finally come to an end
Now £6.5m renovations at Oxford's prestigious five-star hotel have been completed.
Brian Blessed to head to Chipping Norton Literary Festivalpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on TwitterThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip twitter postThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
End of twitter postIPCC instigation launched after Oxforshire man dies in police custodypublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Five Sussex Police officers could face criminal charges following the death of a man who died after he was arrested.
Image source, Family handoutImage caption, Duncan Tomlin
Duncan Tomlin, 32, from Oxfordshire, was restrained on 26 July 2014 and put in a police van in Ryecroft, Haywards Heath, where he became unresponsive.
He was taken out of the van and given CPR, but died later in hospital.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it had passed files on the sergeant and four PCs to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Pictures of Oxford from the county council's history centrepublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on TwitterThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip twitter postThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
End of twitter postRAF serviceman David Clays jailed after sex assault at Brize Nortonpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
An RAF serviceman shook uncontrollably as he was jailed for three years, external yesterday for sexually assaulting a woman at Brize Norton.
Abingdon stabbing: Widow of Poundland victim calls for new knife lawpublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Justin Skrebowski, 61, was buying balloons when he was attacked by a man who grabbed a knife from a shelf in the Abingdon branch of Poundland on 7 December.
Media caption, Widow of Abingdon Poundland victim speaks about his death and campaign on knife sales
His widow speaks to BBC Oxford for the first time about the horror of the day she heard her husband died, and her campaign to restrict the sale of knives in shops.
Oxford man sectioned indefinitely for killing court guardpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
An Oxford man who caused "catastrophic" brain injuries to a guard at a court has been sectioned indefinitely at a secure hospital.
Image source, PAImage caption, Lorraine Barwell
An Old Bailey jury decided unanimously this morning that Humphrey Burke, 23, from Oxfordshire, killed Lorraine Barwell, 54, by kicking her in the head while she escorted him to court.
Mr Justice Singh imposed a hospital order and said Burke should remain indefinitely at Broadmoor secure hospital.
Aerial shots of Oxford taken by the Thames Valley Police helicopterpublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Image source, Thames Valley Police
Image source, Thames Valley Police
Image source, Thames Valley PoliceOxford Brookes to host first university-wide student research conferencepublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Research ranging from the use of lasers, the representation of food in 17th Century Dutch paintings and cult mindsets linked to the radicalisation of terrorists, will be exhibited at Oxford Brookes tomorrow, external.
Image source, GoogleDozens of students will present their work at the Get Published! Student Research Conference.
Police officers could face charges over death of Oxfordshire manpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Joe Nimmo
BBC News OnlineFive police officers may face criminal charges following the death of an Oxfordshire man who had been restrained and placed in a police van.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has sent a file to prosecutors to consider possible charges.
Mr Tomlin was restrained and placed in a Sussex Police van just before midnight in July 2014, after officers were called to a disturbance in Ryecroft in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
The 32-year-old was taken out of the van and CPR was carried out on him as he was not breathing, before he was taken by ambulance to a hospital where he died on 29 July.
Modern Art Oxford prepares to celebrate 50-year anniversarypublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Modern Art Oxford is preparing to mark 50 years of being open with a series of new exhibitions called Kaleidoscope, external.
Image source, Modern Art OxfordFrom 16 April to 10 June, works from the past return to the gallery as part of a year-long programme of displays, commissions, performances, talks and events.
BBC South Today: Fire-damaged Randolph Hotel one year onpublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 14 April 2016
Jeremy Stern
BBC South TodayThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on TwitterThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Skip twitter postThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
End of twitter post
