Updates on Wednesday 27 April 2016
A woman who harassed a bus driver by lying in wait at bus stops on his route then threatening him has been jailed for two years, external.
Rahil Sheikh
BBC News Oxford
Junior doctors have continued the second day of an unprecedented strike nationwide today as a result of the Department for Health's attempts to impose a new contract on clinicians.
Medics at the John Radcliffe Hospital have also walked out of emergency care services and many are stationed outside the Headington hospital.
Quote MessageWhat we want is to make sure this contract is not imposed as we don't believe it's safe for patients or fair for doctors. We want the government to come back and negotiate with us to stop the strike, none of us want to be here.
Junior doctor, John Radcliffe Hospital
One-hundred people packed into Clifton Hampden village hall to hear campaigners object to a quarry application that would "desecrate", external the countryside.
Marcus Liddell
BBC Radio Oxford
The costs of Oxfordshire's health services are set to grow at a faster rate than the budget for providing them, according to the commissioning body the CCG.
This year the money available to the county's clinical commissioning group rose by around 7.5%, but next year the increase will be 2%.
Quote MessageWe've gone from a very large increase, to something that will now only cover inflation. In the NHS, our costs always run above the national inflation rates, so it will be very challenging [to budget] next year.
David Smith, Chief executive, Oxfordshire CCG
South Today
On South Today this lunchtime at 13:30 we will look at claims that board members at an under-fire health trust knew about health and safety concerns before a man drowned in a bath.
Also, patients are staying away from A&E as doctors strike for a second day across the country.
And on the lighter side of the news, we'll speak to a farmer who has knitted Skippy the bald lamb a fluffy jacket.
Ross Heaton
BBC Oxford Sport
Some showers will push in through to the afternoon, with the potential of being quite heavy and the possibility of hail and snow on higher ground.
Temperatures will struggle in the north-westerly wind, with some areas creeping up to double figures and highs of 10C.
Alex Regan
South Online
Serena Martin
BBC Radio Oxford
The shadow minister for mental health has called a leaked report into health and safety at an Oxford unit "shocking" and "incredibly distressing".
Labour MP Luciana Berger commented on the report, which shows concerns were raised about safety at Slade House 10 months before 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk drowned at the facility in 2013.
Quote MessageI think it's absolutely shocking and reading the report... it's incredibly concerning that so many different issues were mentioned in this mock inspection [before] Connor lost his life.
Luciana Berger, Shadow mental health secretary
An Oxford man will appear in court after being charged in connection with two counts of exposure.
Michael Hook, 43, of Centaury Place, was charged on Monday over two incidents on 22 March in Woodcote and Whitchurch, Aylesbury.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe will appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court on 31 May.
Angelos the horse had to be rescued by a team of firefighters after he took an unsuccessful leap of faith, external over a gate in a desperate attempt to reach two mares.
Phil Mercer
BBC Radio Oxford
There have been 43 reported cases of revenge porn in the Thames Valley since a law against the practice came into force in 2015.
Image source, ThinkstockAbout 12% of cases led to an alleged perpetrator being charged, but no action was taken in half of the cases reported to police.
The number of rooms being rented in Oxford through website AirBNB has risen by 113%, according to figures in the last year.
Image source, Getty ImagesBut members of the Bed and Breakfast Association have warned that users of the website need to obey regulations, after a garden room rented through the website was found to breach planning rules.
AirBNB says it provides extensive advice on health and safety for users.
Quote MessageThe regulators are way behind the times. They are not currently inspecting properties from websites like AirBNB. If you let property through a website... AirBNB certainly don't check and say they're not responsible for safety.
David Weston, Bed and Breakfast Association
Alex Regan
South Online
The NHS trust which ran a unit where a man drowned in a bath has responded to a leaked report that raised concerns about patient safety 10 months prior to his death.
Connor Sparrowhawk died in 2013 after drowning during an epileptic fit at Slade House, Oxford, which was operated by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Chief executive of the trust Katrina Percy has refused calls to resign
Southern Health said an action plan had been put in place to address the issues but added that it "fully accepts that these had not all been completed at the time of Connor’s death in July 2013".
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A man has been charged in connection with a stabbing in Chipping Norton on Monday.
Steven Williams, 44, of Wilborn Close, Deddington, has been charged with one count of wounding and will appear at Banbury Magistrates' Court today.
A woman in her 70s was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital on Monday after sustaining stab wounds in a house in Hailey Avenue and remains in a stable condition.
People across Wantage have launched a campaign to save their community hospital, external from closure.
The mother of Connor Sparrowhawk, who drowned in a bath at an NHS unit in Oxford, thinks leaked information could lead to a corporate manslaughter charge against Southern Health NHS trust.
Connor died in 2013 at Slade House and his mum Dr Sara Ryan has said she will ask Thames Valley Police to look at the document.
Quote MessageWe're going to ask the police to have a look at it, as it seems to provide a missing link to the board and the chief executive which they couldn't find when they first investigated. Hopefully that will lead to a corporate manslaughter charge.
Dr Sara Ryan, Campaigner and mother of Connor Sparrohawk
Dave Gilyeat
BBC News
An NHS trust knew of failings at a care unit 10 months before a teenager drowned in a bath there, the BBC has learned.
A leaked 2012 review found staff did not feel Slade House, Oxford, was safe and that it was dirty and difficult to track the care of patients at the unit.
Connor Sparrowhawk, 18, died at the site in July 2013 after drowning in a bath during an epileptic fit.
