Wheelchair dancer sues over floor damage claim
A Headington paraplegic who was banned from a dance competition is taking legal action against the company that claims he damaged its floor. Fred Walden, 54, was watching a dance competition run by...
View ArticleScuba club celebrates its 60th anniversary
An Oxford scuba club, whose members helped raise the sunken war ship the Mary Rose, is celebrating its landmark 60th anniversary. Oxford Sub-Aqua Club formed in 1956 and in tribute to its six decades...
View ArticlePlease help us to find Derek
The wife of an elderly man who went missing in Witney last week has made an appeal to anyone who may have seen him. Derek West was last seen at his home in Meadow Lane in the town on Monday night last...
View ArticlePlan to double size of south Oxfordshire business park agreed
Delayed plans to double the size of a business park in Grove and create hundreds of new jobs have been given the go-ahead. The plan to develop 220,000 sq ft of business space at Grove Business Park,...
View ArticlePublic urged to have say on new Eynsham park-and-ride
Residents are being asked to have their say on plans for a new park-and-ride in West Oxfordshire aimed at easing congestion on the A40. Oxfordshire County Council is proposing to build the facility...
View ArticleVillages come under threat from yet more Didcot homes
Concerns have been raised about the expansion of Didcot into surrounding towns and villages after plans to build thousands of homes across the Vale of White Horse were approved by a planning inspector....
View ArticleGallery: Group digs community garden
Volunteers from Sustainable Didcot have created a community fruit garden in the town. Dwarf fruit trees (apple, pear, cherry and plum), currants, raspberries and strawberries in raised beds have been...
View ArticleTragedy as pensioner’s body pulled out of River Ock in Abingdon
Flowers have been placed at the spot where the body of a man in his seventies was pulled from the River Ock in Abingdon. Emergency services were called to the scene near St Helen’s Wharf shortly after...
View ArticleBishop praises Abingdon food bank for aiding those in ‘extreme need’
The Bishop of Oxford has praised the work of a food bank in Abingdon for making a “real difference” to those most in need of aid. The Rt Rev Dr Steven Croft met workers and users at Abingdon Emergency...
View ArticleLotto winner lends a hand
A NATIONAL Lottery millionaire joined fellow winners to transform a wood cabin into a giant gingerbread playhouse for charity. Pam Aird, of Botley, who won £1m in the UK Millionaire Maker on October...
View ArticleTributes paid to ‘man of the people’ as former Cherwell councillor dies
Tributes have been paid to the “legendary campaigner” and former councillor George Parish. Mr Parish died on Saturday, November 26, having battled with Alzheimer’s disease for several years. He served...
View ArticleTributes paid to Oxford University student who died on ski trip to France
Tributes have flooded in for an Oxford University student who died on a ski trip in France. Friends found Matt Smith, a 22-year-old history undergraduate at St John’s College, after he had a...
View ArticleCountdown to rail link start
IT’S the final countdown for the launch of a new £320m rail link connecting Oxford with London Marylebone via Bicester. When the line opens on Monday, December 12, it will become the first new rail...
View ArticleHelp needed for families fleeing from war-hit Syria
Residents in Abingdon are being asked for their help to house Syrian refugee families who are moving to the district. Vale of White Horse District Council confirmed this week that it had recently...
View ArticleViolent thug jailed for breaking officer’s jaw in unprovoked attack
A man has been jailed after he broke a police officer’s jaw in a violent attack on the streets of Oxford. Demitre Clarke-Oliver punched PC Raymond Tse in the face in the early hours of Saturday,...
View ArticlePupils aim to help charity
The whole community at an Oxford school is coming together with sackloads of festive spirit for Christmas celebrations and raising money for charity along the way. Rye St Antony School in Headington...
View ArticleGirls pilot Diamond project
Oxfordshire school children will be taking part in cutting edge research that could teach the world more about minerals. Diamond Light Source has invited hundreds of students from across the UK to take...
View ArticlePensioner’s poignant appeal to save centre
A PENSIONER has poured out her heart in a bid to help save Bicester Health and Wellbeing Centre from closure. The anonymous woman put pen to paper after a public consultation was launched by...
View ArticleHealth shake-up call made
Health chiefs have called for a major shake-up of NHS services in a new report saying inadequate investigations into patient deaths are causing bereaved families more suffering. A national review by...
View ArticleWork of hospital staff marked at ceremony
THE work of medical and support staff at Oxfordshire’s hospitals came under the spotlight at an awards ceremony. Doctors, nurses and volunteers were honoured for their “outstanding care and treatment...
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