Updates on Thursday 18 February 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Friday
That's all from Oxfordshire Live this evening.
We'll be back from 08:00 on Friday with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel. Join us then.
Andrew Humphrey
BBC Local Live
This evening's top stories in Oxfordshire:
Bee Tucker
BBC Weather
A dry night for most of us, with just one or two rogue showers.
The clear skies will see temperatures fall to lows of -3C (27F) in rural areas, with the risk of ice on untreated roads.
You can get a full 10-day forecast on the BBC Weather site.
Dan Freeman
BBC Oxford Sport
The top sport stories this evening:
Geraldine Peers
Presenter, BBC South Today
On South Today this evening: The homeowners who could take legal action after the council sent them bills for £50,000 each to help regenerate five tower blocks.
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Also, the Oxfordshire army veteran setting up an online support group for people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
And the steam train operator banned from mainline railways after a near miss with a passenger service.
Join Geraldine Peers for all the top stories at 18:30.
Howard Bentham
Radio Oxford presenter
An online petition calling for the meningitis B vaccine to be given to all children has reached almost 500,000 signatures.
It's been prompted by the death of two-year-old Faye Burdett, after her mother released a heartbreaking picture of Faye lying in a hospital bed covered in a meningitis rash.
Image source, Meningitis NowFaye's mother Jenny published the picture of her daughter just before her death
We'll hear from an Oxford father whose daughter lost all four limbs to meningitis and has joined the campaign calling for the NHS to vaccinate all children against the disease.
Join Howard Bentham from 07:00 for the full story.
The deputy mayor of Bicester has called for a town-wide consultation, external on what to do with Bicester Magistrates’ Court when it closes.
Al Ryan
BBC Oxford travel presenter
You can keep up to date with the BBC Travel site.
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Thames Valley Police's 'good' rating for effectiveness, external has "pleased" the area's Police and Crime Commissioner, Anthony Stansfeld.
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld
Quote Message“I am pleased that Thames Valley Police has been assessed as good in its effectiveness and one of the better performing forces in the country. We have seen a significant fall in recorded crime in the last five years as a result of the work of the force and I am pleased that HMIC recognises our approach in keeping communities in the Thames Valley safe.
Anthony Stansfeld, Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner
Judith Kerr, Ann Widdecombe and Ken Livingstone are among the first authors to be confirmed, external for the 10th Henley Literary Festival later this year.
Police have released an image of a man they would like to speak to after a mobile phone was stolen, external from the Vodafone store in Castle Quay in Banbury.
Image source, Thames Valley PoliceA white Sony Xperia Z5 was taken at about 11:50 on Tuesday 12 January.
David Prever
BBC Radio Oxford
What can Oxfordshire County Council do to save £15m? There were lots of ideas discussed as part of the cross-party agreement reached to pass the budget on Tuesday.
They could raise more money by introducing a workplace parking levy, or save cash by reducing the number of cabinet members and forming one unitary local authority.
David will be exploring the options from 16:00.
Andrew Humphrey
BBC Local Live
The top stories in our county this afternoon:
The hospital trust behind the pipeline in Headington linking two hospitals' heating systems says that the consultation for the works did not take place in the way the trust would have wished.
A trench had to be refilled after it emerged planning permission had not been granted
Speaking at Oxford County Council's scrutiny committee, Mark Mansfield, director of finance and procurement at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We have apologised on a few occasions - including our chair issuing an apology at our most recent trust board meeting.
"We did not consult as we should have done or as extensively as we would have wished."
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Cotswold Wildlife Park in warmer weather
The attraction's car park, which is sited on grass, became waterlogged earlier in the week and the park has advised visitors to wait until the area has dried out.
Paul Jenner
BBC Radio Oxford
The effectiveness of our area's police force has been rated overall as good, external in a new report.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) examined Thames Valley Police's efforts at keeping people safe, reducing crime, and at tackling serious and organised crime.
Nationally the HMIC report says the effectiveness of neighbourhood policing is being "eroded" with officer teams spending as little as half their time on the beat.
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Bethan Phillips
Political reporter, BBC Radio Oxford
The budget settlement on Tuesday which ensured an extra £2m for the county's children's centres should be used to retain dozens of staff whose jobs had been put at risk by the proposed closure of all 44 centres, the council's Labour leader says.
Liz Brighouse says budget deal should ensure many people can keep their jobs
Under the pre-budget proposals 200 jobs were at risk, but Liz Brighouse says the new settlement should ensure that many people can keep their jobs.
The county council cabinet is due to discuss the future of the children's centres at a meeting next week.
The widow of the man killed in Poundland in Abingdon in December has started a petition to have knives placed behind a counter in shops, locked in cupboards or sold in secure packaging.
Oxford West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood tweeted her support.
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She raised the issue at Prime Minister's Questions in December.
Nicola Blackwood called on the PM to tighten knife controls after a stabbing in Abingdon.
