Family runs together for Austin
A running fanatic is lacing up her trainers once more to take on another challenge for a charity close to her family’s heart – and this time she has roped in her mum and sister. Woodstock fitness...
View ArticleFormer GP surgery to become offices for healthcare group
A former GP surgery building in Bicester that has been empty for 18 months will be converted into offices. The North Bicester Surgery building in Bure Park will be turned into offices for...
View ArticleSolicitor’s mother found dead, neglected on sofa
A woman whose mother was found dead ‘head to toe in faeces’ has been found guilty of neglect. Didcot solicitor Emma-Jane Kurtz, who specialised in advising the elderly, was convicted of wilful neglect...
View ArticleFull STEAM ahead for school
Students and staff at the newest secondary school in Didcot headed into the Easter holidays celebrating a major milestone since opening in September. The Aureus School held an afternoon of special...
View ArticleTransport old and new heralds opening of an £11m link road
Vintage vehicles, a ‘driverless’ car, a hydrogen powered vehicle and electric bicycles were the first to travel down the newest road in Oxfordshire. The £11.65m Harwell link road opened to motorists in...
View ArticleTake care on the roads
Motorists are being warned to drive ‘according to the road conditions’ after a series of crashes in the Bicester area in recent weeks. On Saturday, a driver had to be freed from the mangled remains of...
View ArticleSpeedway and greyhounds could run again at stadium
Speedway and greyhound racing could return to the ‘iconic’ Oxford Stadium after a ‘milestone’ report claimed it has a ‘viable’ future. Consultants said last week that “a commercially viable solution”...
View ArticleDeveloper’s eggciting gift for children
Children in the John Radcliffe Hospital have been cheered up with a donation of Easter eggs. Developer Redrow South Midlands came up with the cracking idea as part of its work with the Henry Allen...
View ArticleYoungsters help new homes to blossom
Youngsters got into the spring spirit as they swapped pre-school for a different kind of nursery. Children aged three and four from Windmill Nursery in Chinnor put paint to paper to come up with...
View ArticleCouncil boss quits as plan for future homes rejected
The leader of South Oxfordshire District Council announced he would not contend a battle for leadership of its Conservative Party group just days after being defeated on a major housing plan. Using the...
View ArticleLocal battle to go national as MP calls for accessible toilets
AN MP is calling for changes to planning regulations to include fully accessible toilets in new public buildings. Abingdon MP Layla Moran signed a parliamentary motion that “urges the government to act...
View ArticleAll dressed up for whodunnit drama
Regal cinema staff in Abingdon dolled themselves up for one of the many dress up nights at their temporary home in the Unicorn Theatre. Staff found their frilliest frocks and donned their most dapper...
View ArticleVillage engulfed in smoke
Plumes of smoke billowed across a village as a large fire ripped through a scrap metal yard in west Oxfordshire. Six engines from Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire fought the large blaze...
View ArticleHammer-wielding thieves raid shop
Details of three men who threatened staff with a hammer before raiding a food store of cash and cigarettes have been released. The attack happened at about 10.10am at the Co-Op in Main Road, Long...
View ArticleScoring with Sport Relief
Autistic students in Oxford hopped, skipped and jumped their way to raising more than £400 for charity last week. Students at LVS Oxford, a school for 11 to 18 year olds with autism, began the...
View ArticlePupils make strides in getting fit and active on walk to school
Schoolchildren took to the streets last week to show how an innovative new scheme is helping more of them to get active on the school run. Pupils, parents and teachers from Leafield C of E Primary...
View ArticleBeat fatbergs and dispose of cooking oil
West Oxfordshire residents are again being urged to recycle their cooking oil as the battle with problematic fatbergs continues. The district council is reminding people that the oil can be collected...
View ArticleMuseum well on the way to new look after lottery cash
The Museum of Oxford’s fundraising campaign could soon be a thing of the past after receiving more than half of its target from a single donation. The St Aldate’s institution was last week awarded a...
View ArticleDigging deep in the woods for dinosaurs
Oxford nursery children grabbed their trowels and slipped on their wellies for a dinosaur hunt of prehistoric proportions. Children at Bright Horizons Jack Straws Lane Nursery and Preschool at the...
View ArticleCharter to end rough sleeping
A charter aiming to eradicate rough sleeping in Oxford will be proposed in the summer as the city’s battle with homelessness progressed to the next stage. Oxford City Council announced at the end of...
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