Summary

  • Updates on Thursday 14 April 2016

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

  1. Travel update: A34 traffic causing delays of 25 minutespublished at 08:35 British Summer Time 14 April 2016

    Al Ryan
    BBC Oxford travel presenter

    Delays on the A34 at the Milton interchange are having a knock-on effect on the A4130 at Rowstock and causing delays of 25 minutes.

    One lane is now open, however signs and cones are still out on the approach, as the lorry that collects the cones has broken down. There is a diversion via the slip roads and the roundabout.

    There are more updates on the BBC Oxford travel page.

  2. Abingdon stabbing: Victim's widow hopes campaign will save otherspublished at 08:24 British Summer Time 14 April 2016

    BBC Radio Oxford

    Gulsen Alken's husband Justin Skrebowski was killed last December while buying balloons to celebrate her birthday. 

    Gulsen Alkan and Nicola Blackwood MP
    Image caption,

    Gulsen Alkan and Nicola Blackwood MP

    Now she wants to create 'Justin's Law' in his memory, forcing retailers to package knives more securely and lock them out of site.

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    I decided to start a petition to make it a bit more difficult for this to happen again to any other family. It is so hard, what I’m going through, it’s really unbelievable, I don’t want anyone else to go through that experience.

    Gulsen Alkan, Speaking to BBC Oxford this morning

  3. Sport headlines: Appleton says promotion will help keep playerspublished at 08:16 British Summer Time 14 April 2016

    Ross Heaton
    BBC Oxford Sport

    The top sport stories across the county:

    • Oxford United boss Michael Appleton says if the club secures promotion it will make it easier to hang on to star players
    • Kemar Roofe is back in full training after missing the U's weekend win at Crawley with illness, and striker Jordan Bowery and midfielder Josh Ruffels should also be available
    • And last night in the Southern League, North Leigh beat Wimborne Town 3-1 in Division One South and West
  4. Travel: Broken-down vehicle causes queues on A34published at 08:13 British Summer Time 14 April 2016

    Al Ryan
    BBC Oxford travel presenter

    • There is queuing traffic on the A34 northbound this morning, after one of the overnight roadwork vehicles broke down at the A4130 Milton Interchange. Traffic is being sent down the slip road and round the roundabout to rejoin the carriageway, causing delays of about 35 minutes
    • And on Eastern Bypass Road, a broken-down road sweeper at the Risinghurst traffic lights is also blocking a lane, with recovery vehicles on the scene
  5. Weather: Sunshine but risk of heavy showerspublished at 08:11 British Summer Time 14 April 2016

    Bee Tucker
    BBC Weather

    Some unsettled weather to come over the next few days. There will be some sunshine, but like yesterday we run the risk of a fair few heavy showers.

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    Bee Tucker brings you the forecast for today

    We’ve got a lot of mist, low cloud and fog out there at the moment, but I think we’ll see some brightness through the morning. It's this afternoon when the heaviest showers will start to get going, with the risk of some hail and thunder. High temp 14C (57F).

    You can get more details on the BBC weather site.

  6. Latest headlines: Stabbed man's widow praises knife restrictionspublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 14 April 2016

    Joe Nimmo
    BBC News Online

    The top stories in Oxfordshire this morning:

  7. Welcome to Oxfordshire Livepublished at 08:00

    Joe Nimmo
    BBC News Online

    Good morning and welcome to BBC Local Live for Oxfordshire on Thursday 14 April.

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