City map shows clean energy
Oxford has become the first area in the UK to feature on a new map that allows councils and organisations to showcase methods they are using to move towards 100 per cent clean energy by 2050. Cllr John...
View ArticleReed Global raise £5,100 for local children’s hospice
Reed global, based in Seacourt Tower in Botley , held a series of fundraising events in aid of local children’s hospice, Helen & Douglas House raising £2,781 for the charity. The fundraising events...
View ArticlePupil numbers sufficient for eco school to set date
Oxfordshire’s first eco school, which delayed opening for two years after failing to recruit enough students, has announced it will finally open in September. Gagle Brook School was built at Elmsbrook,...
View ArticleFleeces white as snow
New-born lambs had to be wrapped up warm after a popular annual lambing event was cancelled as snow hit the county once again. The popular Earth Trust event, based in Little Wittenham in south...
View ArticleScrap that! Overturned lorry causes chaos
A scrap lorry caused havoc after overturning on the A420 near Faringdon, shedding its load across the carriageway. Bits of old cars, sheets of corrugated iron and a drainpipe were among the tonnes of...
View Article‘Tireless champion’ dies
Rodney Rose, the former deputy leader of Oxfordshire County Council, has died. Mr Rose had served as the chairman of the joint delivery board for the western section of the East West rail project in...
View ArticleYoung entrepreneur in top 30 list
A Wallingford-based entrepreneur has been included in the Forbes Europe ‘30 Under 30’ list recognising ‘youthful visionaries’. Marcus Taylor, 26, made the cut in the 2018 edition in the media and...
View ArticlePair caught using fake Scottish £20 to buy a pregnancy test kit
Two scammers caught with hundreds of pounds worth of fake bank notes were found guilty of using counterfeit money as genuine currency. Ricky Burton, 30, and Scott Reed, 28, both from Portsmouth, were...
View ArticleAmnesty reinforces danger message
Scary looking Zombie knives, bayonets and an axe were among the 172 blades handed in to police during a week-long amnesty last month. Special bins were placed at 16 police stations across the Thames...
View ArticleYou can’t hide from internet, you just need to be educated about the risk
A teenager left ‘vulnerable’ and ‘anxious’ after being sexually abused by a 40-year-old man she met online has urged other youngsters not to fall prey to similar abusers. The girl, using the pseudonym...
View ArticleLife sentence for man guilty of savage murder over drugs
A ‘savage’ drug addict who stabbed a man to death in a flat over a drug deal has been sentenced to life in jail for murder. Raymond Morgan, of Newland Road, Banbury, will spend at least the next 19...
View ArticleTrying out their skills
Bicester performers will be touching down at the London Olympic Stadium on Saturday to entertain a sell-out 60,000 crowd. Young students from Stagecoach Bicester will entertain the crowd during...
View ArticleNew training base for U’s will offer facilities for all
A deal has finally been agreed for Oxford United to move its training base to the Oxford Sports Park. The new £4.9million sports park, in Horspath Road, will host all outdoor training for the club’s...
View ArticleChildren air their thoughts on pollution
Pupils from Wolvercote Primary School were making their message clear to motorists when they monitored air pollution levels at their school. Together with city councillor John Tanner, the board member...
View ArticleLooking for Didcot? Turn right at Narnia, left at Emerald City…
Motorists could have been forgiven for thinking they were driving into fantasy lands rather than a garden town as road signs took an unusual direction. Taking a right turn towards the A4130 could land...
View ArticleNew facilities are ‘more than just a place to play football’
Grassroots football in Witney has received a huge boost after a new cutting edge pitch opened in the town. The existing pitch at Henry Box School, which was prone to waterlogging, has been transformed...
View ArticleCampaigners buoyed by MP’s support of CF drug
Parents held a candlelit vigil outside parliament on Monday after MPs debated a petition to make life changing drugs available on the NHS. Wallingford couple Zoe and Graham Bagley’s three-year-old...
View ArticleTributes paid to man hit by cars
A man has died after being hit by a ‘number of vehicles’ on a country road near Henley. Daniel James, 30, from Bracknell, died at the scene of the incident at around 5.30am on Saturday. A section of...
View ArticlePick from new crop of stores at expanded Orchard Centre
Shoppers in Didcot finally get their first glimpse of the expanded Orchard Centre today as six retailers unveil their new shop fronts. The £50million expansion opened in the heart of Didcot’s shopping...
View ArticleStagecoach treats local mum to gold treatment
To celebrate the launch of its Wantage to Oxford Gold service, Stagecoach ran the competition on its Facebook page and asked for people to nominate the person they thought deserved some gold treatment....
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