Buses set to stop
Four routes run by Vale Travel bus services in Thame are expected to be stopped from July 20. The operator has told Thame Town Council is cannot afford to run the 120/121/123 and 124 services without a...
View ArticleConnor Sparrowhawk: Health trust admits responsibility
A health trust has admitted responsibility for the death of 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk, three years after he drowned in a bath at an Oxford facility in their care. A Southern Health NHS Foundation...
View ArticleWitney man, 24, arrested after sexual assault in Langdale Common
A man from Witney was arrested yesterday after a woman in her thirties was sexually assaulted in the town on Saturday. The 24-year-old is being held in police custody on suspicion of the attack at...
View ArticleFrugal football fans turn money-saving into an artform for Euro 2016
An Oxford couple who drew their own version of the entire football World Cup sticker album two years ago are picking up their pencils again for Euro 2016 starting today. Husband and wife Alex and Sian...
View ArticleGrandad who weighed 26 stone shed 10 to turn life around
Just over a year ago Cameron McCulloch weighed 26 stone, was registered disabled and often could not face getting out of bed. But tomorrow the Wantage grandad is gearing up to start an 87-mile charity...
View ArticleLorry fire shut A44 in Oxfordshire
Fire fighters quashed a lorry fire which closed the A44 in Oxfordshire yesterday. The lorry carrying rubble set ablaze and was producing thick smoke when fire crews arrived at the scene near Begbroke...
View ArticleGALLERY: Abingdon bun throwing
A crowd of about 4,500 people turned out on Saturday to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday in Abingdon with the town’s tradition of bun-throwing. The event, organised by Abingdon Town Council, saw...
View ArticleDance moves prove Internet hit
A video of a Thame pub manager dancing in his underpants has become an Internet sensation. Assistant manager Nathan Swift, also called Swifty, is seen watering the garden at The James Figg with a hose...
View ArticleSafety concern closes Banbury multi-storey car park
A Banbury multi-storey car park was closed with “immediate effect” on Friday after a structural inspection. Cherwell District Council said following the inspection of Castleside multi-storey car park...
View ArticleCampaign urges residents to join protest march
A Wantage leader has challenged a health trust’s claim that deadly bacteria in the water system has forced its decision to close the town’s community hospital. The denunciation came as a petition...
View ArticleVideo bid to back shops
A series of videos have been produced about places to eat and drink in a bid to boost business in Wantage and Grove. The seven short films include two on eating out, focusing on restaurants, three on...
View ArticleAppeal to decide shops bid
A PLANNING inquiry is under way to determine whether a retail park can be built in Bicester. Consolidated Property Group wants to build six shops, a restaurant, a gym and a car park at land on the...
View ArticleDeal on Abingdon hotel expected
A deal is being finalised to revive a boarded-up hotel in Abingdon’s town centre. An agreement over the sale of the Upper Reaches Hotel is expected to be signed soon between long-term leaseholder...
View ArticleWoman battles back to run in half marathon
An Abingdon woman who has been battling a degenerative disease leaving her unable to walk is set to take part in the Oxford Half Marathon. Charlotte Keen, 44, has signed up for the half marathon on...
View Article‘Object over pool homes’
CAMPAIGNERS are launching a last-gasp effort to save Temple Cowley swimming pool as demolition machinery moves on to the site. Housing association Catalyst Housing has submitted a planning application...
View ArticleTraffic scheme given green light by council
A £12.5 MILLION ‘Access to Headington’ project that aims to ease congestion in the area has been given the green light by Oxfordshire County Council. Plans for the scheme were unveiled last July in an...
View ArticleHonoured for service
EIGHteen Oxfordshire residents have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Three Oxford University fellows received the highest honour of knighthoods and damehoods on the list announced on...
View ArticleHero celebrated on new £5 note
Oxfordshire-born Prime Minister and national icon Sir Winston Churchill will feature on new £5 bank notes coming into circulation in September. The wartime statesman and former Blenheim Palace resident...
View ArticleStreet poll suggests Didcot backs Brexit
A snap poll by the Guardian revealed that more Didcot people want to leave the EU than stay in it. The street survey of 50 people yesterday found that 45 per cent were planning to vote ‘Leave’ at the...
View ArticleOxford charity “deeply shocked” at shooting of MP
Oxford-based Oxfam have said they are “deeply shocked” following the death of Jo Cox MP after a shooting and stabbing near Leeds. The Labour MP died after being shot and stabbed in Birstall, within her...
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