Claim over Wantage hospital bacteria under fire
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 ArticleBotley’s West Way plan approved
Developers rebuilding Botley’s West Way shopping precinct plan to start work ‘soon’, after their planning application was approved last night. After more than three hours of debate Vale of White Horse...
View ArticleOxford convoy to aid Calais refugees appeals last minute French ban
More than 20 people from Oxford planning to drive to Calais tomorrow so they can deliver aid to refugees are urging people to sign a petition to let them cross the border. The group is leaving from...
View ArticleWantage Community Hospital march
About 400 residents picked up placards and home made posters to march from the town centre to Wantage Community Hospital on Saturday against plans to close it. The protest, organised by Save Wantage...
View ArticleLast Merlin leaves RAF Benson
The last Merlin helicopter left RAF Benson near Wallingford last week, completing a two-year handover process from the RAF to the Royal Navy. The 25-strong fleet, which served the base since 2001, has...
View ArticleReport confirms plan for new park and rides
A report has revealed £85 million plans to build five new park and ride sites outside Oxford as part of an Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) transport shake-up. The proposed sites at Cumnor, Lodge Hill...
View ArticleGrass row prompts devolution swipe
Cherwell District Council said it will pick up the bill for extra grass cutting across Bicester, Banbury and Kidlington again this year. Council leader Barry Wood said the decision to pay out an extra...
View ArticleRobots preferred option to blow down Didcot Power Station
What is still standing of Didcot A Power Station’s main building is to be blown down in an attempt to retrieve the bodies of three missing men, site owners confirmed today. RWE Npower want to use...
View ArticleGroundbreaking treatment reverses beekeeper’s wife’s deadly allergy
A beekeeper’s wife from Oxfordshire has had pioneering treatment to reverse a deadly allergy to the creatures’ stings. In the summer months Lucy Zaichenko, 47, and her husband Viktor have around 150...
View ArticleDidcot teenager to be given award for Secret Santa Christmas appeal
An 18-year-old from Didcot is set to be honoured with a prestigious award at Westminster next month for her Secret Santa campaign. Courtney Hughes, who delivered 4,000 presents to a variety of...
View ArticleHenley MP joins police officers on beat
Police officers in Henley were joined on their usual Friday patrols by local MP John Howell. The Conservative MP, who has served the constituency since 2008, spent the evening with police in the Henley...
View ArticleOxford college deny rumours of Lady Thatcher statue
An Oxford University college has rejected rumours that they are planning to erect a larger than life bronze statue of Lady Thatcher on their grounds. Reports emerged on Tuesday that a £300,000 statue...
View ArticleAnger as convoy is turned away
More than 20 people from Oxford attempting to take aid to refugees at Calais on Saturday were turned away at the port of Dover. They made up part of a convoy of 250 vehicles and more than 1,000 people...
View Article200-home plan lodged
A proposal for up to 200 homes in Chalgrove has been submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC). A request for a screening opinion on the plan has been submitted by planner APT Planning, on...
View ArticlePub manager dies in A4074 tragedy
A man has died and another is in a serious condition after a car crash near Wallingford on Monday night. A 36-year-old named locally as Kevin Johnson, of Caversham, died when his Volkswagen Golf...
View ArticleVillage homes bid
EAST CHALLOW: Plans to build 38 homes, including up to 13 affordable ones, with car parking and open space have been submitted for the village. The proposals for land at Challow Park in Challow Road...
View ArticleCharity wins
WANTAGE: Wantage charity Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Action won a Health Service Journal Award for Education and Training in Patient Safety at a ceremony in Manchester last week. The Patient...
View ArticleHealth roadshow
WANTAGE: The NHS in Oxfordshire is holding Big Conversation roadshows over the next few weeks. The only session in the Vale of the White Horse area will be held at The Beacon, Wantage, on Monday, July...
View ArticleFestival marks Dylan’s life
Hundreds of people attended a music festival to celebrate the life of a young and talented Wantage musician. DylanFest remembered King Alfred’s Academy pupil Dylan Edwards, who was just 15 when he took...
View ArticleOwners bid to revamp business park at Grove
Plans have been submitted to Vale of White Horse District Council to redevelop Grove Technology Park. Owners of the park, Grove Business Park Limited, want to demolish seven buildings to make way for...
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