Flying the flag to mark bi-vis day
A flag was flown over Oxford Town Hall on Saturday to mark Bi-Visibility Day. The day celebrated bisexuality, including its history, community and culture. It is the second year the city council has...
View ArticleFire safety advice after lounge destroyed by blaze
These are the charred remains of a Blackbird Leys lounge significantly damaged by a fire. It took two fire engines to extinguish the blaze at a mid-terraced bungalow in Pegasus Road shortly before...
View Article13,000ft leap of faith
The sky was the limit for a group of heroic fundraisers who strapped on parachutes and plummeted 13,000 feet to the ground to raise money for our charity of the year. The courageous foursome took the...
View ArticleDriver drank beer while on the M40
A van driver has been banned from driving after police found him swigging a bottle of beer while driving along the M40 last week. Officers stopped 22-year-old Tibor Zsiga, of Dosza Gyorgy, Hungary,...
View ArticleIs your postcode one of lucky lottery winners?
Lucky lottery players in Didcot are set to get a lot richer after it was announced a postcode in the town was the winner of a £3million prize pot. Excitement intensified across the OX11 8 area last...
View ArticleWorkshops to help fathers be more involved
A new workshop to help dads tackle sexism has been set up. Feminism for Dads is part of a project to build a network of dads who can drive change at home, at work and in their communities to create a...
View ArticleWalkers step out for charity
A loving husband and wife cut the ribbon to start a major charity event in the name of Alzheimers. More than 1,500 walkers took part in this year’s Oxford Memory Walk on Sunday, helping raise awareness...
View ArticleBid to improve transport links as more homes built
A BID for £152million of government cash to create improvements to transport routes in north Oxfordshire will be submitted soon. An application by Oxfordshire County Council for a grant from the...
View Article‘Travel changes need to be made for Oxford to prosper’
‘BETTER transport choices’ are on the agenda for Oxford with proposals for new charges and networks to help tackle congestion and poor air quality. A £100,000 research project will be launched over the...
View ArticleShoppers hungry for new Lidl supermarket to open
Wallingford residents have said ‘bring it on’ amid overwhelming support for a new supermarket in the town. Officials from Lidl, which wants to build a 2,100m² store at Hithercroft Road, invited people...
View ArticleNO to homes in the green belt
Children from the small village of Culham formed a human ‘no’ as a symbol against proposals to build 3,500 homes in the area. More than 150 people gathered to peacefully protest the plans as part of a...
View ArticleSuper students!
Business savvy students were recognised with awards after an exciting Dragons’ Den-style event last week. Students from Abingdon & Witney college’s business, accounting and travel courses spent the...
View ArticleRecord year for LibFest
Thousands of pounds have been shared between charities following a record-fundraising festival in memory of a Witney teenager killed walking to school. The LibFest team praised the town’s generosity...
View Article‘We will carry on building homes to meet urgent need’
The district council has pledged to ‘stick to the plan’ and continue building thousands of homes, despite recent figures suggesting housing demand across the county has been over-estimated. Up to 84...
View ArticleFrench students pick up healthy urban design tips
Students from France visited an 885-home development in Barton that aims to promote healthy lifestyles. Twenty-two final year architectural students from Oxford’s twinned city of Grenoble visited a...
View ArticleCouncil leader set to bow out
Oxford’s city council leader will be passing on the baton after 35 years in local government. Bob Price, who turns 70 next May, announced he will not stand for re-election and said he hopes to find...
View ArticleInvestigation launched after Banbury double murder
A murder investigation has been launched after the bodies of two men were discovered at a property in Banbury. Officers attended an address on Newland Road at around 6.45pm yesterday (October 1), where...
View ArticleA classic day out
Classic car and vintage aeroplane enthusiasts are in for a treat last weekend. The popular Sunday Scramble is returning to Bicester Heritage, the ‘home of the classic car’, last Sunday. The 14th Sunday...
View ArticleMP proud to be backing British farmers
Witney MP Robert Courts has thrown his support behind a national campaign to protect west Oxfordshire farmers from potentially disruptive Brexit talks. The Conservative wore a pin badge made out of...
View ArticleTributes flooding in for 25 year-old Abingdon man Matthew Wilson after body...
Friends and loved ones are paying tribute to a 25-year-old man whose body was found in woodland near Abingdon. The body is believed to be that of missing Abingdon man, Matthew Wilson. Police officers...
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