BBC Local Live: Oxfordshire

David Hill has been named as the new chief executive of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils

The current chief executive at Humber NHS Foundation Trust will replace David Buckle when he retires later this year.

Mr Hill became chief executive for the first time at South Oxfordshire District Council in 2000. Eight years later he became chief executive at the Vale before moving north.

Thomas Guerriero had pleaded guilty to a multimillion-pound fraud in the US.

On South Today at 18:30 on BBC One:

We've been speaking to residents in Clifton Hampden near to where a sand and gravel quarry is planned, to hear their fears and concerns.

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And we visit neo-natal staff who have been getting tips on how to do their life-saving work more efficiently from... the Formula 1 Williams team in Grove. They've been studying the mechanics of performing pit stops to see how it can help their treatment.

The top stories this evening in Oxfordshire:

• The brother of Connor Sparrowhawk has called for the senior leadership at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to resign
• Meanwhile, a new governor at the trust says today there needs to be more transparency at Southern Health if it is to overcome its problems
• And a 35-year-old man from Oxford has been arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen goods, after a delivery van robbery in Aylesbury  

• Five more young players have been offered places as scholars at Oxford United
• The U's have announced their first pre-season fixture. They will travel to newly promoted National League Premier side Solihull Moors on Saturday 9 July
• A former president of Oxford City Football Club will be sentenced later in Florida after pleading guilty to running a $6.6million fraud

Tom Ryan tells the BBC he still has contempt and anger for the senior leadership team at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

A generally dry but increasingly cloudy evening is expected. However this will gradually give way to clearer skies later through the early hours of Saturday.

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It will then turn rather chilly, with a cold northerly breeze. Lows of 7C (45F).

Get your weekend forecast on the BBC Weather site.

A psychiatrist from Oxford has been commended by the chief constable of Thames Valley Police for his contribution to criminal justice in the region.

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Dr David Thurston, of Oxford City and North East Area Mental Health Team based at the Warneford Hospital, was described as an "exceptional example" to follow.

He was instrumental in setting up what was the Mental Health Panel in 2002 to identify issues that were occurring during mental health assessment in custody.

• There's slow traffic on the B4044 Oxford Road northbound in Swinford at The Toll Bridge junction
• Queues are building on the A40 in both directions in Oxford between Cutteslowe Roundabout and Wolvercote Roundabout. Congestion stretching to Marston and to the Cassington Lights junction
• And the M40 is busy northbound between J9 and J10

The 17th century Grade II-listed house has been put up for sale by estate agents Strutt & Parker, and could be yours for a cool £600,000.

Former editor of The Guardian newspaper Alan Rusbridger says he has a "fantastically interesting new life in Oxford" to look forward to - as it emerged he will no longer become the head of the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian Media Group.

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Rusbridger was elected the next Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, in December 2014.

In an email to Guardian staff, he said: "We all currently do our journalism in the teeth of a force 12 digital hurricane. It is surely obvious to anyone that changed circumstances will demand dramatically changed solutions."

The town of Witney is being run by both a leader and a mayor for the first time, as part of a shake-up within the council.

A 35-year-old man from Oxford has been arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen goods, after a police appeal into a delivery van robbery in Aylesbury.

The victim, a man in his 50s, was delivering parcels when he was approached by a man at about 11:00 on Wednesday.

The white, Fiat Ducato FedEX delivery van was found abandoned in the Six Bells public house car park in Beaumont Road, Oxford, at about 14:00. Parcels, a set of keys and the victim’s wallet had been stolen.

There needs to be more transparency at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, its new governor said today.

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Peter Bell joined the under-fire trust, which ran the unit where Oxford teenager Connor Sparrowhawk died, following recent resignations.

Quote Message: I've always wanted to see more openness and transparency, I think that's important. Public reports have said safety actually improves with more openness, and I think the only way to actually find out what's happening and for the public to have trust is for us to be open and transparent. from Peter Bell New governor at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

I've always wanted to see more openness and transparency, I think that's important. Public reports have said safety actually improves with more openness, and I think the only way to actually find out what's happening and for the public to have trust is for us to be open and transparent.

The top stories so far this afternoon:

• A police apology to the family of Ellis Downes after the teenager died while playing in the River Thames has been accepted by his sister
• Moscow court had ordered the seizure of Andrei Borodin's Park Place mansion in Henley-on-Thames, claimed to be the most expensive residence in Britain outside London
• Five more young players have been offered places as scholars at Oxford United

You've been sending us some beautiful photos from around Oxfordshire this week. 

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Our latest Oxfordshire Big Picture gallery is now live. Which one is your favorite?

Russian news reports say a court in Moscow has ordered the seizure of Andrei Borodin's Park Place mansion in Henley-on-Thames, claimed to be the most expensive residence in Britain outside London.

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The mansion was bought for a reported £140m by Borodin, former head of the Bank of Moscow, who is wanted in Russia on charges of hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud.

He says the charges are politically motivated and that he received political asylum in the UK in 2013.

Five more young players have been offered places as scholars at Oxford United.

Striker Dejon Noel-Williams is joined by defenders Matt Berry-Hargreaves and Ben Chilcott, and midfielders Rex Mannings and Albie Hopkins.

The five join local lads Aaron Heap, Dan Carr and Nathan Baker who will make the step up from the under 16s, making it eight new scholars for the season ahead.