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Thousands turn out for firefighter's funeral procession

1 week ago | aol.com | Nathan Briant

Thousands of people gathered on Saturday morning to remember a firefighter, who died alongside a colleague and a member of the public in a major blaze. Jennie Logan, 30, died in the fire at the Bicester Motion site on 15 May alongside colleague Martyn Sadler, 38, and 57-year-old father-of-two Dave Chester.
Baby girl's leg broken by parent, judge finds

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Nathan Briant

Baby girl's leg broken by parent, judge findsGetty ImagesThe baby was taken to hospital and found to have a broken leg in November A parent broke their baby daughter's leg in a "reckless or negligent" way and would have known that their actions were abusive, a judge has concluded. The baby was crying "almost inconsolably" in November when she was taken to hospital and was found to have a displaced spiral fracture of her right femur.
Bournemouth store loses licence after employing illegal worker

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Nathan Briant

Shop loses licence after employing illegal workerGoogleDorset Police said it had no confidence in the licence being adhered toA convenience store has been stripped of its licence to sell alcohol after employing a man with no right to work in the UK. Immigration officials raided the Premier Hillsides Store in Kinson Road, Bournemouth, in November after receiving a tip-off that a man from India was working there illegally.
New buildings planned for Campsfield House in Kidlington

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Nathan Briant

New buildings to revive immigration removal centreGetty ImagesThe Home Office first announced its intention to reopen Campsfield House in 2022A £70m revamp of an immigration removal centre will involve refurbishing its existing site and building new accommodation. Campsfield House in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, was shut in 2018 after years of problems, including riots, escapes and complaints about conditions.
New buildings to revive immigration removal centre

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Nathan Briant

A £70m revamp of an immigration removal centre will involve refurbishing its existing site and building new accommodation. Campsfield House in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, was shut in 2018 after years of problems, including riots, escapes and complaints about conditions. The Home Office announced in 2022 that it intended to reopen the site and construction company Galliford Try said it won the contract to renovate it last year.
Coroner alarmed by lack of diabetes expertise at HMP The Verne

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Nathan Briant

Lack of diabetes expertise in prison alarms coronerGetty Images/Finnbarr WebsterColin Lovett died by suicide at HMP The Verne in October 2022 Prison workers' "lack of understanding" of how to manage diabetes or problems relating to it could have contributed to an inmate's suicide, a coroner said. Colin Lovett, 53, was found unresponsive at HMP The Verne in Portland, Dorset, on 29 October 2022.
Lack of diabetes expertise in prison alarms coroner

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Nathan Briant

Prison workers' "lack of understanding" of how to manage diabetes or problems relating to it could have contributed to an inmate's suicide, a coroner said. Colin Lovett, 53, was found unresponsive at HMP The Verne in Portland, Dorset, on 29 October 2022. Lovett was insulin-dependent after being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1989 and Dorset coroner Rachael Griffin found prison staff had never received training relating to hypoglycaemic or hyperglycaemic attacks.
Views wanted on Oxfordshire Council's street light turn-off plans

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Nathan Briant

Views wanted on council's street light turn-off plansGetty Images/Paul BrownAny plan to turn off lights in Oxfordshire, including in Wantage (pictured), would need local support, the county council says The council said it estimated that part-time lighting could save 5,000kWh of power a day, which would save 400 tonnes of carbon and more than £400,000 a year. They are similar savings to those the council said could be made when it first mooted the project last year.
PC who smelled of alcohol blamed cough medicine

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Nathan Briant

PC who smelled of alcohol blamed cough medicineGoogleA colleague at Banbury police station drove PC Hall home after he was found to have drunk too much alcohol to workA police officer who turned up to work smelling of alcohol blamed the cough mixture he said he had been "swigging" the night before. PC Darren Hall was found to be more than double the alcohol limit to work at Banbury station in October 2023 and was taken home by a Thames Valley Police (TVP) colleague.
Oxfordshire council admits 'confusion' over SEND obligations

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Nathan Briant

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The council was told to review 13 cases in February A local authority has said it "demonstrated confusion" about its obligations to children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In February, Oxfordshire County Council was told to review 13 cases where the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) had found problems with how children were provided with alternative education.