BBC Local Live: Oxfordshire

The top stories in Oxfordshire this afternoon:

• An Oxford health visitor who works with victims of female genital mutilation has won an award for her idea to build an app to help with care
• A special needs school in Oxford has changed its name from the Isis Academy to Iffley Academy to avoid associations with terrorism
• And more than 100 rats need to be rehomed after a family's few pets bred "rapidly"

Tonight will become windy with a chance of rain, sleet or even hill snow during the early hours of the morning.

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The wet weather will clear by dawn and the winds will ease slightly, with temperatures falling to about 3C (37F).

The top sport stories this afternoon: 

• Oxford United can close the gap on the teams above them in the first two automatic promotion places this evening as they host in-form Mansfield
• There are also matches for Oxford City and Brackley who are both on their travels - the Saints are in National League North action away at Gainsborough, while City travel to Weston-super-Mare in National League South
• Former Oxford United loanee Jordan Graham has signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal at Wolves

On South Today on BBC One at 18:30 we'll hear about the doctors at a west Oxfordshire practice who are working on a trial designed to detect cancer more quickly.

And 50 years ago this month Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor put their film careers on hold to appear for free in a student production in Oxford. Join us for the memories.

An app is being developed in Oxford to help health visitors discuss the issue of female genital mutilation(FGM) with the women and families affected.

Joanne McEwan, a health visitor based in east Oxford, won the Mary Seacole Award for her idea to build the mobile app that will give health visitors useful guidance.

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Quote Message: The app will contain all the information that we would need as health practitioners, up-to-date statistics, and something to help us have a discussion. from Joanne McEwan Health visitor

The app will contain all the information that we would need as health practitioners, up-to-date statistics, and something to help us have a discussion.

An animal rescue charity suddenly found itself with 219 rats to re-home after a family in Oxfordshire "became overwhelmed" by their rapidly increasing pet population. 

Victoria Phan/Wood Green Animal CharityCopyright: Victoria Phan/Wood Green Animal Charity

Wood Green Animal Charity took the rats to its Cambridgeshire base. Some were passed to other shelters but it still has 140 in need of new homes. 

Before they arrived, the shelter had just one rat looking for a new home.

A fire engine ended up in a ditch today after it lost control on the A361 near Chipping Norton.

It's Shrove Tuesday, and either you've already had your pancake treat or you're looking forward to it before the end of the day.

But in Wallingford the done thing is to run around the Market Place in the annual pancake race, and we were there to watch the weird and wonderful participants test their mettle.

A private who died at an army barracks in Oxfordshire killed himself with a single gunshot to the chest with an assault rifle, an inquest has heard.

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Pte Darren Leslie, 28, of Newtownabbey, Country Antrim, was found in a critical condition at the St David's Barracks in Bicester in September.

Coroner Darren Salter, at Oxford Coroners Court, came to a conclusion that the death was suicide.

A Second World War veteran from Aynho has been presented with the Légion d’Honneur.

The top stories in Oxfordshire this afternoon:

• A main route through Oxford city centre that was closed amid fears for the welfare of a man has been reopened
• Mary Cameron, the prime minister's mother, has put her name to a campaign against council plans to close a number of children's centres, it is reported
• And the new £16m Townlands Hospital in Henley will finally be completed on Friday

A special school in Oxford with "Isis" in its name has rebranded itself to avoid "negative associations" with terrorism.

The former Isis Academy has become The Iffley Academy to protect its reputation because of the rise of the so-called Islamic State group, explained administration manager Jane Horne.

Quote Message: The name 'Isis' was chosen because the academy is located near to the section of the River Thames known as Isis, and because of the positive associations of the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis... Our priority is to remove the detrimental impact which the name 'Isis' had on pupils, their families and our staff. from Jane Horne The Iffley Academy

The name 'Isis' was chosen because the academy is located near to the section of the River Thames known as Isis, and because of the positive associations of the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis... Our priority is to remove the detrimental impact which the name 'Isis' had on pupils, their families and our staff.

Clive Knowles, of the British Ironwork Centre, says the sculpture made out of 100,000 knives collected from police forces across the country was "going to be quite something".

"The art piece shows that we can all work together and shows that as a nation we are against knife violence," he said.

British Ironwork CentreCopyright: British Ironwork Centre

Supt Richard James, from neighbourhood policing and partnerships at Thames Valley Police, adds: "It is important that we continue to ensure people understand that carrying a knife makes an individual more likely to be a victim of knife crime themselves.

"We are proud to be able to take part in such an inspiring project alongside police forces and colleagues nationwide."

The novelist and Oxford University alumni Margaret Forster has died at the age of 77 after suffering from cancer in her back.

She was best known for her novels Georgy Girl and Diary of an Ordinary Woman.

Hunter DaviesCopyright: Hunter Davies

Quote Message: She had a double mastectomy 40 years ago so she's had a remarkable life considering she had it for so long. from Hunter Davies Husband of Margaret Forster

She had a double mastectomy 40 years ago so she's had a remarkable life considering she had it for so long.

The new £16m Townlands Hospital in Henley is now expected to be completed on Friday.

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Developer Amber Infrastructure had previously notified NHS Property Services that the building would be finished on 1 February.

The new hospital, which has been beset by delays, is due to open in March.

Baffled motorists are having to navigate a road which has different speed limits in each direction.

Union members who work in children's services at Oxfordshire County Council will go on strike next Tuesday. 

It's over the authority's proposal to close the county's children's centres to save millions of pounds from its budget. Unite says more than 400 jobs would be put at risk.

The council plans to make a range of cuts - and the 24-hour walkout coincides with when the council will vote on its budget savings.

Several police officers are at the scene of the fear for welfare incident on Hythe Bridge Street.

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Both the Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach are diverting their services around the area.