Abbey Meadows to get £320,000 ‘lease of life’
Children can look forward to having lots of fun in a new play area at Abingdon’s historic Abbey Meadows next year thanks to a £320,000 investment. The revamp is part of a major £615,000 project to...
View ArticleBan on rough sleeping, drinking and begging
AN order to stop begging, rough sleeping and people drinking alcohol on the streets of Banbury town centre has been approved. Cherwell District Council agreed to implement the order after a public...
View Article40 firefighters tackle huge blaze at thatched cottage
About 40 firefighters tackled a blaze at a thatched cottage in Chilson near Ascott-under-Wychwood on Monday night. Eight fire engines, a rescue vehicle with chainsaws to cut the thatch and an aerial...
View ArticleLegal bid to halt £1.5m weir power plant fails
A HIGH Court bid by parish councillors to stop a £1.5 million hydro-electric power plant going ahead at Goring weir has failed. The scheme on the Oxfordshire and Berkshire border was given planning...
View ArticleInquest: City director worried about club’s finances
Oxford City Football Club’s managing director hanged himself in the stands of the club’s stadium after worrying about its finances, Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court heard yesterday. Colin Taylor, 62, was...
View ArticleNew £850,000 centre to replace dilapidated hall
A DILAPIDATED community centre in Banbury is set to be flattened and replaced by a new £850,000 building. The Hill Youth and Community Centre in Dover Avenue will face the wrecking ball after the cost...
View ArticleA34 change not coming soon
The safety review of the A34 is not expected to be completed until autumn next year, it has been revealed. Last week MPs met with Highways England to discuss safety changes to the road, in the light of...
View ArticleLand campaigners win green space and path
Britain’s oldest national conservation body has saved land in Witney from being illegally built on. The Open Spaces Society secured new green space and a footpath for the town on land between Thorney...
View ArticleFriends pull together to raise cash for Matt
A GROUP of Oxford University students held a public ergathon to raise money for one of their own who has aggressive cancer. The event, held at St Edmund Hall Boat Club, encouraged any and everybody to...
View ArticleChurch hosts tree festival
A VILLAGE church is set to be transformed into a Christmas wonderland as its annual tree festival gets under way. From December 2 to 4, St Mary’s Church at Adderbury, near Banbury, will be filled with...
View ArticleLinks could create ‘UK’s Silicon Valley’
The Government should seize a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to build new transport links between Oxford and Cambridge, according to a new report. The National Infrastructure Commission has called on...
View ArticleUnder-threat children’s centres granted funds
Six successful children’s services have been awarded funding after the first round of successful bidders for ‘transition’ funds were revealed last week. The £163,000 awarded so far comes as Oxfordshire...
View ArticleSupport urged for cancer campaign
FOR many men the side effects of prostate cancer can be as difficult as the disease itself. Problems such as incontinence and erectile dysfunction are common but without support it can lead to...
View ArticleScientist took own life over fear about error
A gifted Oxfordshire scientist killed himself after panicking he could be jailed over a mistake he made while working on a project about radiation exposure at a former USSR nuclear weapons site....
View ArticlePupils celebrate success
An Abingdon schoolgirl is celebrating after beating thousands of other competitors to be declared ‘Young Geographer of the Year’. St Helen and St Katharine Independent Girls’ School pupil India Wood...
View Article£60m plan to transform Cowley shopping centre
A £60-MILLION plan has been revealed to transform an Oxford shopping centre originally dating back to the sixties. The multi-million scheme to ‘reinvigorate and revitalise’ Templars Square in Cowley...
View ArticlePublic backs £2.3m option
RESIdents have backed the idea of a £2.3m redevelopment of East Oxford Community Centre. In the results of a month-long consultation released last week, 60 per cent of the respondents were in favour...
View ArticleRACU one step closer to treating its first patients
The highly anticipated Rapid Access Care Unit (RACU) at the Townlands Community Hospital in Henley is a step closer to opening after a key member of staff was appointed. The unit was intended to...
View ArticleSoldier’s story project reaches national final
A Wantage project encouraging people to find out more about the First World War through the life of an imaginary soldier was shortlisted for a national award. Out of more than 160 projects across the...
View ArticleCouncillor sacked for arrears in council tax
A councillor on Cherwell District Council’s executive board has been sacked after going into arrears on his council tax eight times. Nicholas Turner was the local authority’s lead member for change...
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