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Chris Brown and Anna Browning

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  1. Our news coverage through the day

    That's all from BBC Local Live for today.

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

  2. Evening TV: Families speak of agony at Southern Health meeting

    South Today

    On South Today at 18:30:

    "It's death and misfortune which brought us all here today"... the words of the sister of a Southern Health patient who died in the care of the trust. 

    Families at the Southern Health meeting

    Maureen Rickman was speaking at a public meeting today organised by a breakaway group of governors. 

    Thirty families from across the region turned out for the meeting which Southern Health had tried to ban. Our health correspondent David Fenton reports from the meeting.

    Join us for that and much more on BBC One.

  3. Weather: Cloud increasing through the night

    BBC Weather

    Staying fine and mainly dry this evening but cloud will gradually increase from the west. 

    Rather cloudy overnight with the chance of outbreaks of rain. Low temp 11C (52F).

    Oxford weather 17 May
  4. Sport headlines: Oxford City sign two new players

    Marie Indge

    Radio Oxford Sport

    • Oxford City announce two new signings as they make plans to develop their squad ahead of next season
    • Goalkeeper Benji Buchel has told a newspaper in his home country that he is entitled to have his contract at Oxford United renewed
    • The WSL2 game for Oxford United Women at Millwall on Thursday has been postponed with the men's team due to play at the New Den 24 hours later
  5. Latest headlines: Oxford University Labour Club cleared in anti-Semitism probe

    Chris Brown

    BBC News

    The top stories in Oxfordshire this evening:

  6. School pupils delight Witney community by handing out sweet treats

    Oxford Times

    Doughnuts, biscuits and little cupcakes have been dished out on doorsteps throughout Witney, delighting surprised locals.

  7. Oxford University Labour Club cleared of institutional anti-Semitism in party report

    A Labour Party peer says she "does not believe" institutional anti-Semitism exists at the Oxford University Labour Club, following an investigation.

    Oxford University

    Baroness Royall said in her report to the party's National Executive Committee that the club faced "difficulties" which it had to deal with to "ensure a safe space for all Labour students to debate and campaign".

    She has set out 11 recommendations to change procedures around the reporting of anti-Semitism allegations.

    The final recommendation states that members who are excluded for anti-Semitism should not automatically be given a life ban.

  8. Oxford City: Two new faces revealed

    Marie Indge

    Radio Oxford Sport

    Oxford City are making plans to develop their squad ahead of next season.

    Scott Davies
    Image caption: Scott Davies

    Former Oxford United midfielder Scott Davies is due to sign for City and Basingstoke striker Liam Enver-Marum has announced he also heading to the National League South side.

  9. Police watchdog probe after boy drowns

    Ellis Downes
    Image caption: Thames Valley Police referred itself to the IPCC after Ellis Downes disappeared under the water while playing with friends in Culham

    The police response to the disappearance of a teenager who drowned while playing in the River Thames is to be investigated.

    Police watchdog probe after boy drowns

    Ellis Downes

    The police response to the disappearance of a teenager who drowned while playing in the River Thames is to be investigated.

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  10. BreakingReport dismisses institutional anti-Semitism at Oxford University Labour Club

    A report into alleged anti-Semitism at the Oxford University Labour Club has found institutional discrimination against Jewish students does not exist.  

  11. 'Last chance' to increase number of adoptions

    Changes need to be made to increase the number of adopted children, according to the head of Adoption UK, based in Banbury. 

    The number of children being adopted has fallen in recent years

    New laws to encourage adoption will be outlined in tomorrow's Queen's Speech

    Hugh Thornberry, the chief executive of Adoption UK, says the change needs to be significant to make a difference.

    Quote Message: I think we've tried different ways to correct the fall in the number of children adopted. I think we need to do something about that and this is almost the last chance for government. from Hugh Thornberry Chief executive of Adoption UK
    Hugh ThornberryChief executive of Adoption UK
  12. Didcot man convicted of fraud and theft

    A Didcot man has been convicted of a series of fraud and theft charges.

    Harvey Pearce, aged 49, of Willow End, Didcot, passed himself off as a qualified accountant to get finance director jobs at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield and at Diamond Light Source in Didcot.

    He pleaded guilty to earning almost £155,000 after obtaining both jobs by false representation and getting more than £24,000 from the National Film and Television School by fraud and theft.  

    He will be sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on 7 June.

  13. Travel latest: Delays in Bampton, Banbury and Abingdon

    BBC Travel

    • Expect delays in Bampton after the traffic lights failed on Buckland Road at the Tadpole Bridge junction  
    • There's slow traffic on the A361 South Bar Street in both directions in Banbury at Banbury Cross
    • And there's heavy traffic on the A415 Ock Street in both directions in Abingdon between the B4017 Drayton Road junction and the East Saint Helen Street junction
  14. Oxford team helps raise lost Egyptian treasure from the depths

    Oxford researchers have been part of a team bringing the remains of lost Egyptian cities from the depths of the Mediterranean Sea.

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    Treasures recovered from two ancient Egyptian cities, Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus, had been submerged at the mouth of the River Nile for more than 1,000 years.

    A new exhibition of the items opens at the British Museum on Thursday, showing how the cities were major trade and religious centres.

  15. Latest headlines: IPCC confirm investigation over Ellis Downes search

    Chris Brown

    BBC News

    The top stories this afternoon:

  16. Electric bikes go live in Oxford bike hire scheme

    Electric bikes have been added to the existing bike-hire scheme in Oxford.  

    Electric bikes

    Some 80 bikes are now on offer at docking stations across the city, including ones at the hospitals, the universities and the city centre. 

    For people daunted by the occasional hill, 16 of the bikes will now be e-bikes, on loan for £2 an hour. 

  17. Police watchdog confirms investigation over Ellis Downes search

    The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has confirmed it will investigate Thames Valley Police's response to the disappearance of Ellis Downes in the River Thames last week.

    Ellis Downes
    Image caption: Ellis Downes

    TVP referred itself to the police watchdog over what was described as the "botched" operation to find the body of the 16-year-old.

    He'd been swimming in the river on 7 May when he vanished. A volunteer dive team, who say police had prevented them doing a search in the water, eventually found his body more than 48 hours later. 

    Quote Message: My thoughts are with Ellis’s family and friends at this tragic time. We will carry out a thorough investigation so we can try and answer the many questions that have been asked about the police response to this tragedy. Our investigation will also consider whether any lessons can be learned by the police. from Guido Liguori IPCC associate commissioner
    Guido LiguoriIPCC associate commissioner