Campaigners still want answers to town’s ‘shambolic’ healthcare
Someone is going to die if the health provider for west Oxfordshire does not take the closure of Deer Park Medical Centre seriously. Former patient Yvonne De Burgo says she fears for her life after...
View ArticleAll aboard ‘baby’ bus
Meet Ernie, a somewhat smaller version of one of the retro buses proudly on display at a Long Hanborough museum. A group of enthusiasts at the Oxford Bus Museum built a replica of a vintage bus from...
View ArticleCourtney’s Santa 365 days a year
Duvets, a washing up bowl and an ironing board are just a few of the everyday household items being collected by a Didcot charity for a desperate family moving into their “forever home”. The town’s...
View ArticleBun throwing to be revived
Abingdon will host its historic and quirky bun throwing tradition to commemorate the end of the First World War. Thousands of buns will be launched from the roof of County Hall to crowds in the Market...
View ArticleReality TV star’s big gift to boost funding
Big Brother star Craig Phillips is not one to shy away from grand gestures, as the series one winner becomes the latest to throw his support behind struggling Helen & Douglas House. The property...
View ArticleBody cameras to prevent abuse
Recycling centre staff in Oxfordshire will be given body worn cameras to better protect them from abusive users. Employees at seven household waste recycling centres in the county will adopt the...
View ArticleFears curtain could fall on arts centre if flats approved
A “community jewel” in Wallingford fears for its future if a planning application for eight apartments next door is approved. A.C Lester & Son Ltd, which has a storage firm based in the town, wants...
View ArticleGo back to the 80s for hospice
Building work on a new state-of-the-art clinic will begin this spring as the county’s largest hospice launches a campaign to fund its first room. The expansion of Sobell House, based at the Churchill...
View ArticleAll in a day’s work for the fire service
Firefighters often have to rescue creatures great and small as part of their job and last week that ranged from snakes to a horse. Crews from Banbury and Hook Norton used thermal imaging cameras to...
View ArticlePub attack leaves man with injuries
A MAN was left with facial and dental injuries after being glassed in a Cowley bar during the early hours of the morning last month. The 21-year-old victim was sat with friends in a booth at The Baron...
View ArticleJoined-up service would help patients
The absence of effective teamwork in the health and social care system is holding back improvements to Oxfordshire’s patient care, according to a new report by the health watchdog. A review by the Care...
View ArticleStaff ‘must be safe’ from fallout of Oxfam scandal
The union representing more than 300 Oxfam staff is seeking reassurances its ‘blameless’ members are safe after the sexual misconduct allegations which have emerged over the last week. Unite wants to...
View ArticleKnitters enjoy a good yarn at museum
The River & Rowing Museum at Henley is about to be yarn bombed with colourful creations as part of its latest exhibition. From today, the museum is displaying the work of Thames Path Together...
View ArticlePrehistoric pancake race
If you were in Wallingford on Tuesday you could well have been forgiven for thinking your eyes were deceiving you. But the town hadn’t slipped back to the Jurassic age it was just the annual pancake...
View ArticleCCTV image released following Banbury rape
Police have released a CCTV image of a man who could have ’vital’ information after a woman was raped in a Banbury alleyway last week. The victim, a 20-year-old woman, left the Moo Moo Clubrooms, in...
View ArticlePupil’s design graces school after winning competition
Young Grace Townsley clearly has a good eye for design as her drawing was chosen as the winner from more than 4,000 entries nationally. The pupil from Rush Common School, Abingdon, took part in...
View ArticleHelping students with skills for future employment
Students with autism were given advice and help to plan for their futures at a careers fair. LVS Oxford organised trips and invited employers in to offer students an idea of the options available to...
View Article£20m to build more homes in three major sites up to 2025
Oxford will receive £20million of government funding to develop three housing projects and reduce rising numbers of students renting privately in the city. The successful bids worth £19.84m will allow...
View ArticleBreaking into new science building
Labour MPs broke new ground 16 metres below the surface at an Oxford science facility. Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds and the Shadow Minister for Industrial Strategy, Science and Innovation, Chi...
View ArticleSix-and-a-half years for theft spree
A PROLIFIC burglar has been jailed for six-and-a-half years’ after a crime spree in Bicester last summer. Michael Sestanovich, 35 of Purslane Drive, Bicester, admitted a string of offences at Oxford...
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