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  1. Our news coverage through the day

    Chris Brown

    BBC News

    That's all from BBC Local Live for Oxfordshire today.

    We'll be back from 08:00 on Friday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Oxfordshire. Join us then.

  2. Weather: Showers through the evening, clearing overnight

    BBC Weather

    Cloud building this evening with outbreaks of rain, perhaps heavy locally at times. Becoming dry later in the night with clear spells developing and becoming quite breezy. Lows of 3C (37F).  

    Oxford weather 28 April 2016
  3. Sport headlines: Skarz and Roofe back in training

    Jerome Sale

    BBC South Today

    The top sport stories this evening:

  4. Evening TV: Examining the rise in reported crime in Thames Valley

    South Today

    On South Today at 18:30 tonight:

    More on the resignation of Mike Petter as chairman of the under-fire Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

    For the first time in 10 years, there's been an increase in overall crime in the Thames Valley Police area. We'll find out if crime is going up, or if victims are more confident to report crime.

    And we'll be finding out why 'graffiti walls' can help reduce vandalism in Oxford.

  5. Travel latest: Slow traffic in Clifton Hampden, Banbury and Swinford

    BBC Travel

    • There's very slow traffic on the A415 Abingdon Road in both directions in Clifton Hampden at the B4015 Oxford Road junction
    • It's also slow on the A361 South Bar Street in both directions in Banbury at Banbury Cross
    • And it's slow on the B4044 Oxford Road westbound in Swinford at the B4449 junction

    You can get the latest on the BBC Travel site.

  6. BreakingChairman of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust resigns

    The chairman of under-fire Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has resigned.

    Mike Petter's departure comes in advance of what is expected to be a highly critical report into the trust from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) tomorrow.

    Quote Message: I have made the very difficult decision to tender my resignation as Chairman of Southern Health. The Trust has recently undergone a significant amount of scrutiny in some service areas and given the challenges it faces I feel it is appropriate for me to allow new board leadership to take forward the improvements." from Mike Petter Chairman of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
    Mike PetterChairman of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
  7. Latest headlines: Father of Katy Pancott says his daughter 'will never be forgotten'

    Chris Brown

    BBC News

    The top stories this evening:

  8. Have your say on graffiti walls

    Over on the BBC Oxford Facebook page, users have been discussing the idea of "free walls" for graffiti artists as a means of reducing vandalism.

    Graffiti

    Andrew Henderson posted: "Graffiti = Vandalism to property you don't own and we all end up paying to get cleaned up. Don't try and makes excuses for this! "

    However Skeeta Oliver posted: "Keep the graffiti coming, spice up life, be colourful, the buildings are drab."

  9. Burglar sentencing delayed thanks to Prison Service bungle

    Press Association

    The sentencing of a gang of burglars had to be adjourned following a Prison Service bungle at an Oxfordshire jail.

    Staff at HMP Bullingdon failed to transport Jesse Gregory, 50, of School Hill, Brinkworth, Chippenham, Wiltshire, to Swindon Crown Court after spelling his first name "Jessie" on paperwork. 

    The court heard that, due to the error, Gregory had not been transported to the court. The judge said he could not sentence the gang with one of the defendants absent and adjourned the case until June 10.

  10. Having friends is 'better than morphine'

    People with more friends can tolerate more pain, Oxford researchers say

    Friends have a powerful painkilling effect, similar to morphine, Oxford research says
    Image caption: Friends have a powerful painkilling effect, similar to morphine, Oxford research says

    Students at Oxford University's department of experimental psychology say their findings show that having larger social networks help people to manage stress better. 

    They put it down to the fact that social interactions trigger endorphins - leading to more positive emotions.

    Quote Message: Endorphins are part of our pain and pleasure circuitry – they’re our body's natural painkillers and also give us feelings of pleasure. Previous studies have suggested that endorphins promote social bonding in both humans and other animals. To test this theory, we relied on the fact that endorphin has a powerful painkilling effect - stronger even than morphine. from Katerina Johnson Doctoral student
    Katerina JohnsonDoctoral student
  11. Rising crime figures down to victims' confidence to come forward, say police

    Chris Brown

    BBC News

    Thames Valley Police insists rising numbers of reported crimes in the 2015/16 crime figures are due to the force's work to encourage victims to come forward.

    Video content

    Video caption: Deputy chief constable John Campbell says it's down to encouraging people to come forward
    Quote Message: Alongside our community partners we are continuing to work hard to encourage reporting of domestic abuse and sexual offences. This has led to the growing confidence of victims to come forward to report incidents particularly in relation to sexual offences and domestic abuse. from Thames Valley Police
    Thames Valley Police
  12. All aboard! Oxford United head for Carlisle clash by train

    Jerome Sale

    BBC South Today

    The Oxford United squad will travel north to Carlisle tomorrow and managing director Greg Box Turnbull has revealed that sponsors have paid for the team to arrive by train rather than their normal coach journey. 

    The match on Saturday is the U's final away match of the season, with automatic promotion still in their hands. 

    Joe Skarz and Kemar Roofe have both trained today. Defender John Mullins is the one major doubt with an ankle injury.

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  13. Katy Pancott inquest: Dad says 19-year-old "will never be forgotten"

    Peter Cooke

    BBC South Today

    The father of Katy Pancott, who died after being struck by a car on the A40 last October, says she "will never be forgotten".

    David Griffin spoke about his "lovely" daughter following the inquest into her death 

    Video content

    Video caption: Teenager killed on the A40 'was just wonderful' says father after inquest into her death
  14. Katy Pancott inquest: Argument with boyfriend before getting out of car

    Peter Cooke

    BBC South Today

    Katy Pancott's boyfriend Andi Rama - who was at the scene of her death as he had been driving her to a house in Witney - told police she had contacted him and asked him to pick her up from Oxford. 

    The scene where Katy Pancott was hit by a car on the A40
    Image caption: The scene where Katy Pancott was hit by a car on the A40

    The inquest into her death heard Ms Pancott had been out in the city drinking with friends on the evening of 8 October, but they had an argument on the way to Witney.

    Ms Pancott opened the car door saying she was going to get out, so Mr Rama pulled into a side road off the A40. Katy then got out of the car and ended up in the carriageway of the A40, where she was struck by the Ford Focus.

  15. Katy Pancott inquest: 19-year-old had twice legal driving limit of alcohol

    Peter Cooke

    BBC South Today

    The inquest heard the level of alcohol in the Kidlington woman's system was twice that of the legal driving limit when she was struck by a car on the A40.

    The driver of the Ford Focus which hit her said he was travelling home with his wife and was at the legal speed limit of about 50mph when she appeared in front of his car.

    The Ford Focus driver's statement added that after the accident Katy Pancott's boyfriend Andi Rama said about her: "She cannot take her drink, she's worse for wear."

    Mr Rama was breathalysed and provided a negative test.

  16. Latest headlines: Inquest rules on death of Katy Pancott on the A40

    Chris Brown

    BBC News

    The top stories so far today:

  17. Inquest ruling on death of 19-year-old on A40

    Peter Cooke

    BBC South Today

    An inquest into the death of a 19-year-old woman killed on the A40 last October has heard she was knocked down after getting out of a parked car of her own accord.

    Katy Pancott
    Image caption: Katy Pancott

    Katy Pancott, from Kidlington, died after being struck by a silver Ford Focus just after midnight, between the Eynsham roundabout and Wolvercote roundabout, on 9 October.

    Thames Valley Police officers said she was a passenger in another vehicle, a black C63 Mercedes, which was stationary at the time - and got out of that car and ended up on the carriageway.

    The inquest in Oxford concluded she died as a result of a road traffic collision.

  18. Countdown to Oxfordshire Artweeks Festival

    Organisers of the Oxfordshire Artweeks Festival are getting ready to showcase some of the county's best artists and their work.

  19. D-Day hero and 40-year servant of Oxford's ex-service community dies in his sleep

    Oxford Mail

    Tributes have been paid to a "hero" who saved lives during the Second World War and devoted more than 40 years of his life to the county's ex-service community.