Updates on Wednesday 27 April 2016
Alex Regan
South Online
That's all from BBC Local Live for today.
We'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Oxfordshire. Join us then.
South Today
Tonight on South Today at 18:30 we have exclusive access to a leaked report revealing that NHS managers knew about failings at an Oxford care unit, 10 months before a teenager drowned in a bath.
Image source, Sara LeeAlso we discuss the controversial decision to provide fewer beds at the new Townlands Hospital in Henley.
Finally we will find out how Oxfordshire students are learning about the dangers on farms, from handling livestock to operating machinery.
There will be some scattered showers moving in this evening with a few sunny spells.
Temperatures will go down significantly this evening with lows of 0C and frost across the county.
Tomorrow will start off cold with some more sunny spells but cloud will approach as we move into the afternoon.
Ross Heaton
BBC Oxford Sport
Here are this afternoon's sports headlines from BBC Oxford Sport:
Alex Regan
South Online
Airmen boldly leapt from high in the sky, external during a successful new trial of military freefall parachuting.
BBC Travel
The British Transport Police has released images of a man it wants to speak to in connection with a sexual assault that occurred on a train between Oxford and Reading.
A 23-year-old woman was assaulted on 9 April between 18:35 and 19:00 by a man, who appeared to be drunk.
Image source, British Transport PoliceA man sat next to the woman, made some inappropriate comments and sexually assaulted her after blocking the woman from leaving her seat.
Headington's Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre recently celebrated 20 years since the opening of the Tebbit Centre.
The centre has provided devices to help people with muscular and skeletal issues since 1996.
To celebrate 20 years, staff at hospitals across Oxford were invited to demonstrations on orthotics and rehabilitation engineering, as well as 3D gait analysis.
A man from Steventon has been charged with allegedly burgling four chemists and shoplifting from a supermarket.
Craig Ralphs, 39, of Hanney Road, will appear at Oxford Crown Court on 27 May in relation to burglaries at chemists in Eynsham, Woodstock and Abingdon between 12 April and 25 April, and an incident of shoplifting at a Tesco in Abingdon on 21 April.
Police have released images of a boy they wish to speak to in connection with an alleged assault on a bus in Bicester.
Two girls aged between 11 and 12 were assaulted on the S5 bus on Saturday between 16:55 and 17:15.
Image source, Thames Valley PoliceThames Valley Police has not elaborated on the alleged offence, which happened as the bus was travelling between Manorsfield Road, Bicester and Ploughley Road, Ambrosden.
A new scheme where bike owners can rent out their cycles has begun today in Oxford.
The initiative, called cycle.land, external, allows locals to rent their bikes to anyone visiting the city.
Image source, Getty ImagesFounder Agne Milukaite said the company can provide insurance to bike owners in case of accidental damage.
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Dog fouling in two areas of Oxford has reduced by 51% after a two-week campaign to educate dog owners on cleaning up after their pets.
Councillors and city officers spent two weeks talking to dog walkers and handing out dog bags around Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys.
Instances of dog fouling reduced from 39 to 24.
Quote MessageMost dog owners are responsible and pick up after their pets but hopefully we reminded some of those that hadn't been doing so about their responsibilities.
David Growcott, Oxford City Council neighbourhood locality officer
BBC Travel
Oxfordshire's Abingdon and Witney College has begun teaching agriculture students about the dangers of farming.
Farmer James Chapman has been speaking to students about his own experiences, including an incident where he lost his left arm.
Quote MessageI was asked to use a machine that wasn't safe, and I became entangled in a rotating shaft which was unguarded. It sucked me up and spat me out the other side, minus my left arm.
James Chapman, Farm Safety Foundation
Oxfordshire Guardian
A mum in "dire straits" 10 years ago is hiking 87 miles in silence to raise money for the charity that supported her, external out of crushing financial debt.
BBC Radio Oxford
Proposals to make train tracks near Hinksey in Oxford more resilient to flooding will be discussed in public, after requests from councillors.
Network Rail has submitted plans to build a culvert - a structure that allows water to flow under a rail track - as part of £17.5m proposals to limit the impact of flooding in Hinksey.
Network Rail hopes that it can begin work on the plans in July, when it has proposed closing the line for 16 days.
Today BBC Oxford's Kat Orman spoke to Clare Roberts, who is simplifying some of Shakespeare's works to make them more understandable for children.
Also former contestants of The Voice Joe and Jake talk about preparing for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
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