School’s runners could help save lives
A SCHOOL in Wallingford has raised money to purchase life-saving equipment for the town. Fir Tree School recently held a 5km run to raise funds to buy a new defibrillator for the town. The school...
View ArticleHardy souls preparing to aim sky-high for others
The sky’s the limit for a daring group of courageous people as they set their aims high to raise funds for P2G. Those taking the leap of faith include 19-year-old Shannon Neal from Sutton Courtenay,...
View Article‘Jihadi Jack’ still not home after escaping from IS in Raqqa
The parents of an Oxford man nicknamed ‘Jihadi Jack’ have urged their son to hand himself over to the British authorities after his “rather extensive gap year” in Syria. Jack Letts, 21, is currently...
View ArticleThame Rotary Club event reveals its thousands of reasons to be cheerful
THAME Rotary Club raised almost £10,000 in the past year to help local charities and organisations. Earlier the club hosted an end -of-year event at the Spread Eagle to reveal its fundraising total and...
View ArticleFinal-year students are here today to help blood cancer be gone to marrow
Students in their final year recruited nearly 300 volunteers to support a blood cancer charity as their last hurrah. Since September, Oxford University’s ‘Marrow’ society has recruited the volunteers...
View ArticleCarnival spirit shines
Thousands line the streets to enjoy colour and sound of Cowley Road Festival More than 50,000 people came out to enjoy and take part in an outdoor spectacle of culture, technology, robots and...
View ArticleMum takes on 50k challenge to help find a cure for son’s disease
A mum will be taking on a ‘mammoth’ 50K trek to raise funds towards finding a cure for a lifelong incurable disease that has affected her son. Singer and mum of two Lisa Harman, 41, has quite the...
View ArticleTakeover is a life lesson for pupils
Students took over a school for a whole day last week. More than 200 pupils were able to step into the shoes of their teachers and work at local companies for a day last Thursday. About 100 students...
View ArticleOxford firm trials new grocery self driving delivery car
An Oxford firm leading the way in driverless technology has tested its latest grocery-delivering prototype on the streets of London. Summertown-based Oxbotica spent two weeks in Greenwich testing its...
View ArticleNew lead for council
There is a new man in temporary charge at South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils. Mark Stone has been appointed as acting chief executive following the resignation of David Hill...
View ArticleMP backs Culham’s Green Belt campaign to stop development
Families from Culham have formed a campaign group to save their beloved green space from development. The village has formed a Save Culham Green Belt group and is looking for support against a plan to...
View ArticleResignations may halt health plans
Industry experts and an Oxfordshire MP have spelled out their concern for the timing of plans to transform health services across Oxfordshire. The two-phased Sustainability and Transformation Plan...
View ArticleHelp baby Oliver get life-saving surgery
The parents of a baby boy who was born with a rare and life-threatening condition need help reaching their target of £150,000 to fund surgery to give their son ‘the best chance at life’. Tim and Lydia...
View ArticleNuclear project could be ‘under threat’
An Oxfordshire MP has described a government pledge to keep funding a multi-million pound nuclear fusion project in Culham, as long as the EU keeps paying in as well after Brexit, as a “sticking...
View ArticleFirefighters save home from bonfire
Firefighters saved a home near Abingdon from an out-of-control bonfire. Two fire engines from Oxford and Abingdon went to the Netherton home at 6pm on Saturday, July 1, extinguished the rapidly...
View ArticleFilm on Williams team lifts the lid on life in the fast lane
A documentary depicting the true story of one of Formula One’s most iconic teams will be premiered next week. The never-before-seen footage of Grove-based Williams will show candid accounts of what...
View ArticleLions roar in with £1,000 school donation
A cheque for £1,000 has been presented to a school for children with special needs to fund new play equipment. The funds for Fitzwaryn school were raised by the Wantage and Grove Lions Club, for their...
View ArticleIt’s an honour, says Banbury in parade
Banbury’s military cadets took the spotlight to lead tributes to Britain’s servicemen and women past and present. The town marked Armed Forces Day on Saturday with a procession and activities. Young...
View ArticleStagecoach team swap the bus ride for a run on foot
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire staff will be swapping their bus ride for a run on foot this weekend as six Stagecoach ladies compete in Oxford’s 5k Race For Life on Sunday (9 July), in the city’s University...
View ArticleWarm welcome back, Sir
There was a blast from the past as King Alfred’s Academy welcomed a special guest back to the Wantage school. Sir Christopher Ricks, a pupil at the then-boarding school between 1942 and 1951, delivered...
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