The Cotswolds village of Spelsbury, near Chipping Norton, is the latest to have seen a burglary after a home was broken into overnight on Friday, May 15.

Offenders reportedly broke through the back door of the house and carried out a ‘messy’ search of the property, taking cash and jewellery.

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Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the police, quoting reference number 43260242669.

The report from Thames Valley Police closely matched one from earlier this week, when a home in Churchill, a Cotswolds village very near Spelsbury, was similarly targeted by burglars.

The incident occurred in the village at about 9.30pm on Wednesday, May 13.

Police said multiple offenders went to the rear of a home and smashed through the patio doors, before carrying out a ‘messy’ search of the house looking for cash and jewellery.

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Thames Valley Police asked anyone with information about the burglary in Churchill to get in touch, quoting reference number 43260237641.

The force also issued 10 recommendations to prevent burglaries, which included locking doors and windows even when home, lighting the property, installing visible CCTV and strengthening entry points.

Homeowners are advised to make the house look occupied when no one’s home, remove hiding places, test alarm systems, know your neighbours, protect your keys and use smart tech to monitor your home when out.

A protest will take place outside Oxford Crown Court on Monday, May 18, challenging government plans to limit the right to trial by jury.

The protest is part of a nationwide day of action coordinated by The Jury Alliance.

A spokesperson for the group said: “Juries are made up of 12 randomly selected, local people.

“A long-established fundamental aspect of British law, they reflect the local community and local democracy, and provide a vital, common sense check on the law.”

The demonstrations were organised in response to the Courts and Tribunals Bill, currently at the report stage in Parliament.

If passed, the Bill would remove the right to a jury trial in cases where the expected prison sentence is three years or less.

Instead, a single judge would decide the outcome.

The Government argues that the new legislation is necessary to address the extensive backlog in the courts, which currently stands at around 80,000 cases.

However, The Jury Alliance and other opponents believe the move would undermine a fundamental principle of British justice.

The right to trial by jury has been part of English law for more than 800 years, dating back to the Magna Carta of 1215.

Carolyn Dodd, a 65-year-old retired social worker from Oxford, said: “On Monday, May 18, I’ll be outside the Oxford Crown Court as part of a National Day of Action.

“Our centuries-old jury system is under attack and our aim is to make sure people know.

“Jury acquittals, particularly in protest cases, have become a thorn in the side of recent governments and the proposal to heavily restrict access to jury trials should be seen in this context.

“The argument that the restrictions will reduce court backlogs does not hold up.”

Protesters will gather with banners, placards and leaflets to make their case.

Flora Page KC, the barrister who overturned wrongful convictions in the Post Office Horizon scandal, recently resigned from the Legal Services Board so she could oppose the changes.

In her resignation letter to the Justice Secretary, she said: “I am sorry to say that I believe the backlog is a cynical cover, something that the officials have worked on intentionally to give you and Ms Sackman the ammunition you feel you need to take aim at jury trial.

“You should be ashamed of yourselves.”

Protesters will march from the crown court to Carfax, where they will continue to raise awareness and engage with members of the public about the issue.

Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive of Meningitis Now, told the BBC that young lives are “precious” and we should do “everything” we can to protect them.

He added: “The argument against the introduction of the menB vaccination for teenagers and young adults is actually around cost-effectiveness.

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“The lives of teenagers and young adults are too precious and it is tragic to see yet another death.”

His comments come a day after it was confirmed that Lewis Waters, who attended Henley College in Oxfordshire, had died after contracting Meningitis.

Lewis Waters, a sixth-form pupil at The Henley College in Oxfordshire, died of meningitis earlier this week (Image: Facebook)

The student was one of three cases reported in the outbreak, which also includes two school pupils in Reading.

Dr Nutt said that it is known that the vaccine is “safe” and “effective”, but added: “The trouble is it’s an expensive vaccine.”

According to the broadcaster, he has called upon the government to consider the wider benefits that could come from rolling the menB vaccination out further.

“Health is an asset that we really must protect,” Dr Nutt said.

Henley College in Oxfordshire (Image: Zoe Head-Thomas/PA)

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In a social media post shared on Friday, Lewis’ father Sean Waters paid tribute to his son and wrote: “Words simply can’t describe the heartbreak and upset we’re going through.”

He said Lewis developed sepsis “within a few hours of feeling ill”, adding: “He fought hard and was really taken care of by the ICU team, but they just couldn’t save him.”

“We are absolutely devastated,” he added.

He said his son was “funny, sociable and kind-hearted”, and “loved his sisters, friends and family dearly”.

“Life won’t be the same for many of us now that he’s gone.”

Students queued to receive vaccines and antibiotics at the University of Kent campus in Canterbury in March (Image: Gareth Fuller/PA)

On Friday it emerged that the other two patients being treated for meningitis are pupils at separate schools in the area – Reading Blue Coat School and Highdown Secondary School and Sixth Form Centre.

The UKHSA said close contacts have been offered antibiotics as a precaution.

The charity chiefs calls for the vaccine rollout echo that of Freddie van Mierlo, Liberal Democrat MP for Henley and Thame, who said the Government should explore a catch-up vaccination programme.

Currently, anyone born after 2015 has not had the vaccine as it was only offered routinely to babies as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme since that year.

Henley and Thame MP Freddie van Mierlo called for a vaccine catch-up programme (Image: Zoe Head-Thomas/PA)

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Mr van Mierlo told the Press Association: “I think what we need to now look at, given what happened in Kent, and now here in Henley, is a wider catch-up vaccination programme.

“We have a cohort of young, young adults at university and at colleges like this who’ve never been vaccinated against meningitis B, who I think now need to be protected. That’s very clear.

“So, what I’m asking the Government to do is look at procuring a large number of vaccines and rolling that out as soon as possible.”