Good afternoon 4 o clock news for comes from Iona apps Council is an Oxford shall have pledge to crack down on social media abuse up a Scorpio to bethen Phillips has more. A full council meeting today back to motion condemning social media attacks one female counsellor said she d been horrified by the level of abuse she d received when standing for election say she d been called an awful human being and worse others express concern that attacks on social media could put off people thinking of standing for public office by backing today s mission counsellors pledge to seek out and stop abuse among their own ranks by other elected members or activists councillor Kira monitors one of many councillors concerned with how abuse and social media impacts local politics why would somebody new young but with the best intentions to stand for office if I could see the. Boy people who just sit anonymously having a go at them and it s not just nasty it s getting. Cosmetics retailer lash is turning
Today. With the b.b.c. News it for his own Hampson Scottish and Southern Electric says they ve encountered new faults throughout the day related to yesterday s snow and strong winds new damaging clues problems with the overhead network which will require more complicated repairs $750.00 people are still without power in parts of oxygen for a file Alan Jones from Drayton cemented is one of many affected Well really they told us that they d be able to get the power on in roughly 4 hours and then. Got longer and longer and longer and longer and they decided on extending the time period eventually got 30 hours to. S.s.e. And says they are confident all customers still affected will have their power stored later today tributes are being paid to the television presenter Keith Chegwin has died from a lung condition at the age of 60 he became a household name in the 1970 s. And eighty s hosting programs including check his place pot and swap shop and enjoyed a private revival in the ninety s
You and I you are still this is b.b.c. Radio. It s 4 o clock a very good afternoon to let s get the latest b.b.c. News for Oxford chair Here s how I challenge the next Labor candidate for the seat of Oxford East will be chosen by the party at a national level and not locally the current m.p. Andrew Smith is standing down in the forthcoming election he s been telling b.b.c. Radio that he has a hands off approach to the candidate selection I think it s very wise for anyone standing or for that matter moving any job to stay quite clear of the choice of their success that s up to the party but what I ve found my 100 percent support and working very hard to get them elected as the next Labor m.p. Fraught with East and the name of the candidate should be known within 2 and a half weeks time the m.p. Douglas Carr s well has said he won t stand for re-election a Clacton Essex and has urged people to vote for the Conservatives because while defected from the Tories to Ukip before resigning fro