Plea to help Olly
A COUPLE are appealing for people to get behind a fundraising campaign to pay for treatment for their four-year-old son after a bug left him fighting for his life. Michael and Suzanna Johnson’s world...
View ArticleKidlington Co-op plans approved
Plans to turn half of a Co-op store on Kidlington’s High Street into flats have been narrowly approved. The decision on the proposals came down to a casting vote by Cherwell District Council planning...
View ArticleExtra hub places laid on
EXTRA places have been made available at a summer playscheme following record bookings. More than 900 bookings were taken during the first two weeks of Cherwell District Council’s holiday hubs held...
View ArticleGALLERY: Toaster sparks Oxford University building blaze
A toaster fire at an Oxford University building sparked a blaze which spread smoke across Oxford city centre yesterday. Staff were evacuated from the Clarendon Institute in Jericho and one person was...
View ArticleBid to save old stadium for the community
A Witney resident has set up a petition to oppose plans to knock down the town’s derelict football stadium. The Witney Community Stadium in Downs Road has been vacant since Witney Town FC folded in...
View ArticleClassic Cowley cars celebrated
MORE than 300 classic cars were on display on Sunday to celebrate Oxfordshire’s rich motor manufacturing heritage. The ninth annual Cowley Classic Car Show and Family Fun Day was held off Marsh Lane,...
View ArticleIllustrator Karis selected as winner of art contest
An Oxford illustrator has been named the winner of an Oxfordshire-wide art competition. Karis Harrington, 33, who lives on a houseboat, won the GreenART competition run by Stagecoach in Oxfordshire and...
View ArticleMPs call for safety boost in wake of A34 tragedy
A CALL for safety improvements has been made by MPs after four people died in an eight-vehicle pile-up on the A34 last week. The victims, from Bedfordshire, have not been officially named by police,...
View ArticleArrival of rare cubs celebrated
Cotswold Wildlife Park has been celebrating the birth of the first lion cub triplets in its 46-year history. The park’s pair of rare Asiatic lions, Rana and Kanha, made history with their first litter....
View ArticleKarate group set to play role in Paralympics flame event
An Oxford charity has been chosen to take part in the Paralympic Games flame-lighting ceremony. The Disability Karate Federation, founded by Ray Sweeney, of Marston, is a charity that teaches martial...
View ArticleVicar is spared prison for ‘wicked’ indecent assault
A retired vicar from Charlbury who indecently assaulted a 14-year-old girl while his wife was pregnant has been spared a prison sentence. Grandfather Grahame Humphries, 71, of Lees Heights, was given...
View ArticleWatchdog labels village care home ‘inadequate’
A care home in Steventon has been rated inadequate in a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The watchdog identified five different breaches of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 in its...
View ArticleHall’s future is put in doubt
Langdale Hall in Witney faces an uncertain future after a company planning to buy the community centre suddenly pulled out of the sale after failing to gain planning permission. Witney Town Council,...
View ArticleSelf-build home plots go on sale
THE first plots at what will be the UK’s biggest self-build development in Bicester go on sale next week. Cherwell District Council bought the former Ministry of Defence site at Graven Hill in 2014 and...
View ArticleAirfield proposal slammed
Accusations of contamination and inaccuracies are among the objections in a backlash against plans to build 3,500-homes in Chalgrove. About 950 people had signed a petition against the plans by the...
View ArticleStudy backs road link for ‘brain belt’
Failing to build a link road between the ‘brain belt’ of Oxford and Cambridge could choke the UK’s economic growth, a Government report has warned. The Department for Transport investigation published...
View ArticleOxfordshire A-level results edge ahead of last year in results joy
Five Abingdon School pupils netted a total of 15 A* and As between them when A-level results were released last week. Leon Wu, pictured right of centre, achieved an impressive A*A*AA to secure his...
View ArticleYoungest Olympian praises Team GB
When Wallingford rower Ken Lester returned from the Rome Olympics of 1960 at the age of just 13, Team GB brought back a grand total of two medals. This year, Britain’s Olympians surpassed all...
View ArticleA44 road fatality ruled suicide
A man who died after he jumped in front of a lorry committed suicide, a coroner ruled last week. David Rennard, of Stonesfield Road, Combe, near Witney, leapt into the path of the lorry driving along...
View ArticleE-fit released after Witney stabbing
Police have released an e-fit after a woman was stabbed in the abdomen and told to hand over her dog. The 29-year-old woman was approached by a man at about 1.10pm on August 6 at Hardwick Gravel Pits....
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