Oxfordshire Live: Chipping Norton body; thatch blaze

Here are your top stories this evening: 

• Thames Valley Police claims it's become the first force in the country to put a satellite tag on a child
• First-time home buyers in Oxfordshire are being priced out of a government scheme designed to help them, a BBC investigation has found

• And parking operators are being over-zealous when it comes to issuing tickets at a car park in Didcot, according to a number of people who've taken to social media to express their frustration

Any early evening showers will clear quickly to leave a dry night for all parts with a few mist patches forming in rural parts. The winds will remain light and variable and it will be mild. Lows of 13C (55F).

Tomorrow will be a largely dry day with a fair amount of cloud, but also with some sunny spells. In the sunshine and light winds it will be warm.

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Police are appealing for witnesses after two men armed with a machete and baseball bat forced their way into a house in Oxford. 

The "frightening incident" happened last Tuesday at about 23:20 in James Street, Cowley.

A man who was inside the home managed to disarm the men, who fled the scene, but was injured in the process.

Get up-to-the minute details on these incidents, and the rest of the county's travel news on the BBC Travel site or follow @BBCOxTravel.

A rowing club has pledged to persevere with its quest to improve facilities after being rejected for a game-changing grant.

You might not feel like a dip today... but outdoor swimming pools are enjoying something of a resurgence.

Here in Oxfordshire there are thriving outdoor pools in Oxford, Abingdon, Woodstock, Banbury and Chipping Norton. 

The BBC's Ross Hawkins has been to Chippy Lido to explore the fascination.

Rev Hannah Reynolds in Didcot has tweeted this video, showing red kites swooping into her garden to pick up leftover suet pellets. 

"That's a lot of bird after not much food," she says. 

David Cameron has been at the BMW plant in Oxford today on the EU referendum campaign trail. 

He visited two firms involved in the supply chain for the Mini's doors before helping to assemble the finished product at the plant in Cowley.

Here are your top stories this afternoon:

• First-time home buyers in Oxfordshire are being priced out of a government scheme designed to help them, a BBC investigation has found
• An Oxford mother's calling for a change to drug laws, following the arrest of two people after three girls fell after taking ecstasy in Salford
• And parking operators are being over-zealous when it comes to issuing tickets at a car park in Didcot, according to a number of people who've taken to social media to express their frustration

Senior military personnel and civic leaders paid tribute on Armed Forces Day to those who have sacrificed their lives in conflict.

First-time home buyers in Oxfordshire are being priced out of a government scheme designed to help them, a BBC investigation has found. 

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The government introduced its Help To Buy ISA scheme in December, but it's not as useful in this part of the country as elsewhere.

The average price of a two-bedroom home in the county is £303,000 - well above the £250,000 cap on prices for the scheme.

An Oxford mother's calling for a change to drug laws, following the arrest of two people after three girls fell after taking ecstasy in Salford. 

The two have been released on bail and the girls are in stable condition. 

Anne-Marie Cockburn's 15-year-old daughter Martha died when she accidentally overdosed on ecstasy in an Oxford park.

Following on from our story about car owners getting driven to distraction by over-zealous parking operator at a Didcot car park...

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The website moneysavingexpert.com has written a guide showing how easily drivers can fall into the trap of paying tickets from private operators when they don't necessarily have to.

Parking operators are being over-zealous when it comes to issuing tickets at a car park in Didcot, according to a number of people who've taken to social media to express their frustration. 

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Many feel they've been unfairly fined at the Premier Parking Solutions run car-park opposite the railway station.

We asked Premier Parking Solutions to comment, but have not heard back from them. 

About 400 residents picked up placards and home made posters to march from the town centre to Wantage Community Hospital on Saturday against plans to close it.

Thames Valley Police claims it's become the first force in the country to put a satellite tag on a child.

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Unlike traditional tags, the new devices track the offender's movement at all times.

The force confirmed it's used one of these tags on a 15-year-old who's been convicted of a series of offences - including burglary, robbery, threatening a 14-year-old girl in Oxford and brandishing an imitation firearm in the street in Didcot.

He'll have to wear the tag at all times, for six months.

Quote Message: We believe this is the first such order in the country with a youth. I think it will be very successful not just in this case but also in the future. from PC Mike Ellis Oxford anti-social behaviour officer

We believe this is the first such order in the country with a youth. I think it will be very successful not just in this case but also in the future.

The M40 entry slip road is closed southbound at J8a for Oxford because of flooding.

Meanwhile, one lane is blocked on the A34 northbound in Abingdon at Marcham Interchange, because of two broken-down vehicles.

Get up-to-the minute details on these incidents, and the rest of the county's travel news on the BBC Travel site or follow @BBCOxTravel.