Warning after chip pan fire
An unattended chip pan caused a fire in an Oxford home on Saturday night. Two fire engines from Oxford were sent to the blaze on Meadow Lane, where they were met by the flat owner and other residents....
View ArticleVan driver rescued after crashing into back of lorry
Firefighters pulled a van driver from his vehicle after he crashed into the back of parked lorry. The man was lucky to escape with minimal injuries after he ploughed into the lorry at Witney’s Windrush...
View Article‘Innovation district’ would create 200 jobs at Harwell
An £80million expansion of Harwell Campus could bring 200 jobs and create a ‘European innovation district’ on the science vale. The south Oxfordshire site, which already accommodates 200 science and...
View ArticleMan dies after being struck by train
A man has died after being hit by a train in Oxford. Police and the ambulance service were alerted to the incident at Tuckswell level crossing at White House Road at 6.19am today. According to a police...
View ArticleDidcot is the strongest town
Didcot has been crowned the ‘strongest town’ beating Newbury and Abingdon to the prize. The #LiftYourMind challenge by The Southey Way, the fitness scheme aiming to boost people’s mental health, made...
View ArticleLandlocked town’s seafaring role
A container ship spanning nearly 400 metres and weighing over 214,000 tonnes is making its maiden voyage thanks to a training centre in Wallingford. The Madrid Maersk, the world’s biggest container...
View ArticleRestaurant evacuated by fire
An Oxford restaurant was evacuated as a fire caused ‘considerable damage’ to its kitchen. Four fire engines attended the blaze at L.J Bar & Restaurant, on Cowley Road, on Wednesday night last week....
View ArticleTragic death of cyclist who fell into river Cherwell
A man with epilepsy drowned after he fell into the river and was ‘unable’ to save himself. Dylan Sanchez Pinsent, 33, of Geoffrey Barbour Road, Abingdon, fell off his courier bike near Magdalen Bridge...
View ArticleTown’s unemployment rate is second lowest in over 40 years
Henley has the second lowest level of unemployment in the UK. Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that only 0.6 per cent of the constituency claimed unemployment benefits in May...
View ArticleTaking their first prickly steps at park
Cotswold Wildlife Park’s first porcupine twins are finally ‘stamping’ out into the brave new world outside of their enclosure. The park welcomed its first ‘porcupettes’ in its 47-year history in...
View ArticleLottery cash boost for primary school
Children at a primary school couldn’t hide their excitement as they played on their new gym equipment for the first time. Manor School Didcot was awarded £9,755 by the Big Lottery Fund towards new...
View ArticleAgreement reached on school parking
TRAFFIC problems in a corner of Banbury will be resolved after a new agreement between a school and council. It comes after increasing issues over congestion and parking around Easington Recreation...
View ArticleLibrary books an opening
Bookworms at an Abingdon school will today celebrate the opening of their refurbished library. Over the Easter holiday, more than 4,500 books were boxed up and moved out ready to make way for builders...
View ArticleMini golf fans to be catered for at new Westgate centre
A UNIQUE mini-golf course will anchor a new area for restaurants at Oxford’s £440m Westgate shopping centre. With little over four months to go until the exciting new shopping complex opens, retail...
View ArticleEx prof is trampled to death by cows
A FORMER Oxford academic who founded one of the university’s most successful spin-off companies has been trampled to death by a herd of cows. Millionaire Professor Brian Bellhouse, an Emeritus Fellow...
View ArticlePalace vaults discovered
A series of ‘mysterious’ vaults have been discovered by renovation workers at the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Stonemasons working to revamp the north steps at the 18th century Blenheim Palace...
View ArticleResidents are lovin’ idea of a drive-thru
PLANS for a drive-thru McDonald’s restaurant in Bicester have come under fire from a council highways department. The fast-food chain wants to build a two-storey restaurant on land near Tesco petrol...
View ArticleDidcot Kebab pest problem
A KEBAB takeaway owner has had to fork out £3,550 after a rat infestation was found on the premises. Ferhat Bakabala, owner of the Didcot Kebab, previously known as ‘Delight 2’, pleaded guilty to four...
View ArticleThames Water fined again for leakages
Thames Water has been hit with a second fine bringing its total penalties to a whopping £28.55m this year alone. The company has been fined £8.55m by industry regulator Ofwat after an annual report...
View ArticleRemembering the brave who fought in the Spanish Civil War
Crowds turned up to see the unveiling of a memorial to honour the men and women from Oxfordshire who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Thirty-one people from the area, six of whom died, fought against...
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