Carousel hoping to round up help for new children’s centre
A much-needed children’s centre in south Abingdon has taken a step closer to opening but is desperate for “any offers” of help from the community. AbingdonCarousel was formally registered as a charity...
View ArticleBoys get on their bikes for mental health trust
Abingdon students will be peddling support for a charity that helps young people to look after their mental wellbeing. Radley College will field a team of 13 staff and students for cycling sportive...
View ArticleOrchard Centre expansion opening success
Businesses opening their doors for the first time have high hopes for the future as shoppers flocked to the much-anticipated opening of Didcot’s £50million Orchard Centre expansion. TK Maxx, Boots,...
View ArticleTurn of a spade turns development into neighbourhood
Work is under way on a new community centre set to open its doors later this year. Developers cut the sod of the new building at the Longford Park development in Banbury earlier this month. Once...
View ArticleHomes go ahead despite concerns
Plans to build 76 homes in west Oxfordshire have been given the go ahead despite “significant public objection”. An application for the housing on land south of New Yatt Road in North Leigh was...
View ArticleLights go on at community centre after energy boost
A community hall is set for a brighter future after receiving a grant from an energy company. Weston-on-the-Green Memorial Village Hall, near Bicester, received £800 from E.ON’s Energising Communities...
View ArticleFighting flood after burst pipe
Helpful Witney residents lent a hand as firefighters battled a burst water main in the town last week. Large parts of Madley Park were flooded following the burst on Thursday last week. Streets across...
View ArticleKit is just the ticket
Kirtlington Football Club has been showing off their dazzling new purple kit after agreeing a sponsorship deal with the Oxford Bus Company. The north Oxfordshire side, which plays in the Witney &...
View ArticleCut engines to cut pollution plea
Schoolchildren are urging parents to cut their engines while waiting at the school gates as part of a new health campaign launched by Oxford City Council. The anti-idling campaign, Oxford Air Needs...
View ArticleMaking music lessons instrumental in children’s lives
Children picked up a plectrum for the first time as the next generation of young musicians joined in a national campaign offering free music lessons. PMT Oxford, on Cowley Road, hosted non-stop free...
View ArticleCompany’s backing helps young racer towards burning ambition
An 11-year-old boy rapidly rising up the motocross ranks has finally received some long-awaited support following an entrepreneurial plea for sponsorship. Kyron Carron, from Botley, wrote to more than...
View Article3D tech firm builds future at science park
A 3D technology company will relocate its UK headquarters to Oxford’s new £13million state-of-the-art science building in June. Fuel3D will be the first tenants of the four-storey Schrodinger Building,...
View ArticleHelp needed to fund war-time thriller
A crew of creative media students behind a Second World War horror film have set up a crowdfunding page to help bring the project together. The SAE Oxford team need to raise £11,000 to ensure...
View ArticleSwapping chocolate for chicks to help children
Who needs chocolate when you can celebrate Easter with some very special fluffy friends instead? Terminally ill children staying at Helen & Douglas House can often not eat Easter eggs due to...
View ArticleNurse’s delight at meeting ‘the future king’
A ‘much-loved’ care worker rubbed shoulders with royalty at a celebration of all things nursing. Josie Barcial was invited to Buckingham Palace for a reception hosted by The Prince of Wales following a...
View ArticleMP’s backing for epileptic boy, six, to use cannabis
Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran has thrown her support behind a campaign calling for a six-year-old boy with epilepsy to be granted a special licence to use medical cannabis. Alfie Dingley from...
View ArticleHouse prices rise 13 times salary
House prices in Oxfordshire have skyrocketed to 13 times the average income. The average house price in Oxfordshire has risen to £398,853 after a 6.7 per cent price increase from 2016 to 2017, compared...
View ArticleCelebrating our wildlife
Award-winning images of the nation’s flora and fauna have arrived for a special exhibition at The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock. Showcasing the winners and runners-up from the 2017 British Wildlife...
View ArticleDiabetes patients given Flash help
A new potentially life-changing technology for many people with diabetes is now available across Oxfordshire. Flash Glucose Monitoring, which helps blood sugar recording, can now be prescribed for free...
View ArticleBuildings have designs on awards
A quintet of Oxford buildings have been shortlisted for an award celebrating architectural excellence. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) last week named the 12 buildings chosen for its...
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