Performing arts school takes bow
A performing arts school that encourages students to ‘blossom’ in Broadway and West End classics is celebrating an award-winning and showstopping debut year. Stagecoach Performing Arts Faringdon is...
View ArticleRecruitment begins at new primary school
School places are soon to open and recruitment is underway for a new primary school on Great Western Park in Didcot. The Aureus Primary School, formerly Chalkhill Primary School, will be located within...
View ArticleHats off to new directors
Oxford United’s head of football operations and the club’s former manager have been awarded the world’s first master of sports directorship degree. Kitted out in mortar boards and red and blue hooded...
View ArticleCorn Exchange revamp tops list of projects sharing £432k
Five south Oxfordshire play areas are to receive be refurbished as part of a £423,000 boost for community facilities. The district council has awarded grants to 13 projects to benefit local residents...
View ArticleU’s launch new store for new season
Hundreds of fans descended on the new Oxford United store as the Covered Market shop was officially opened last week. Chairman Darryl Eales and players Kane Hemmings and Josh Ashby did the honours as...
View ArticleParishes join forces for the future
Two parishes north of Abingdon have joined forces to influence future developments for their areas and are asking people to get involved. The parishes of Wootton and St Helen Without got the green...
View ArticleResearch pays off for treasure hunters
A HYDROGEN researcher at Oxford University has won a Brompton bike in Oxford’s Big Green Treasure Hunt. Rhiannon Evans, working with her husband Leon, successfully identified all 12 clues scattered...
View ArticleDelight as charity looks to outstrip fundraising target
Play2Give (P2G) is on course to smash its ‘£10k in 10’ appeal target – with five months of the year remaining. The Didcot-based fundraising group – our charity of the year – has raised £9,500 in the...
View ArticleCowley’s last Montego goes on display
Oxford’s largest indoor shopping centre will celebrate the city’s car history through an exhibition of locally built classic cars this month. Templars Square in Cowley is dispaying a collection of nine...
View ArticleHomes protected as anti-flood work finishes
Flood prevention work protecting 110 homes in Northway and Marston has been completed. Work on the £2.2million alleviation scheme began in November last year and the finishing touches on temporary...
View ArticleMums-to-be to be asked to join trial
Pregnant women will be asked to take part in drug trials after decades of research into finding a cure for serious viral infection in babies. Patients in the women’s centre at Oxford’s John Radcliffe...
View ArticleOxford band up for Mercury Prize alongside Ed Sheeran and Stormzy
Oxford band Glass Animals are in the running for the prestigious Mercury Prize. The indie rock foursome, who grew up in the city, have been nominated for their second album How To Be A Human Being....
View ArticleDriver cut free from crashed car
A driver had a lucky escape after crashing head on into a house. Fire services found the driver trapped in the car after it crashed into a house in High Street, Wheatley at 12.45pm on Wednesday last...
View ArticleWilliams drives development of electric battery
An Oxfordshire Formula 1 team has backed a government pledge to make the UK a world leader in electric battery development. Grove-based Williams has welcomed the drive to invest nearly £250million in...
View ArticleEstate agent’s feet help to raise £26k for Footsteps
A man from Oxford has raised £26,000 for a children’s disability charity after two years of fundraising. Estate agent James Gesner collected the funds for Footsteps Foundation by organising golf...
View ArticleHomeless facing fines over sleeping bags in doorways
Homeless people have been told they could face fines of £2,500 for leaving their belongings on the streets. Rough sleepers found legal notices on their bags outside of a shop front in Cornmarket...
View ArticleHigh Sheriff’s support for vital service for disabled
The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire paid a visit to users of a service devoted to supporting disabled jobseekers across the county. Jane Cranston enjoyed a tea party involving games, sports and music at...
View ArticleThree million pieces of history
A world-record mosaic made of three million tiny pieces of steel is on tour in Oxfordshire to remember a turning point in the history of England. Michael Linton, 63, a retired steel knitter, is...
View ArticleMore action needed to fight air pollution
Oxford city’s leader has joined forces with leaders across the country to criticise the government’s air quality plan, warning it is not going far enough. Local councillors joined leaders from Leeds,...
View ArticleTragedy of teen moped rider with life left to live
Apprentice was on his way to work when his vehicle ‘drifted’ towards the verge. A TEENAGE apprentice died from serious injuries after the moped he was riding hit a grass verge, an inquest heard. The...
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