Seb really is Keen-on playing football game
Oxford United have won the Champions League for the sixth time in a row – at least, they have in a parallel universe of a certain football manager. Seb Keenan, from Oxford, has entered the Guinness...
View ArticleGoalie’s apology for being caught short in match
Former Oxford United goalkeeper Max Crocombe has apologised after he was sent off for urinating during Salford City’s win on Saturday. The 24-year-old stopper, who was released by United in the summer...
View ArticlePreserving heritage and developing for the future
THE owners of a former Second World War training base are gearing up to build a hotel and refurbish its perimeter racing track. Bicester Heritage, off Buckingham Road, say the hotel would cater for...
View ArticleCyclists’ rack up anger over lack of bike spaces
‘Marginalised’ cyclists have hit out at a lack of promised cycling spaces following the grand re-launch of the Westgate shopping centre last week. Cycle campaign group Cyclox has accused the developers...
View ArticleGreen space saved as judge rules against development
It’s game over for plans to build 170 homes on green space after a long battle finally came to an end. Campaign group Mind the Green Gap, who fought against the plans to develop land between Didcot and...
View ArticleLest we forget
A spectacular event helped launch this year’s poppy appeal in Oxfordshire. Wallingford’s RAF Benson, with the support of the Royal British Legion, opened a garden of remembrance on Monday to honour...
View ArticleFamily support life-saving campaign for more donors
A FAMILY is getting behind a life-saving appeal for more people to register as blood stem cell donors. For Andrew and Judy Kim, who live in Faringdon, the blood cancer charity DKMS’s Swab to be a...
View ArticleHall to reopen as a centre for the whole community
Work has finally started on a new community hub at Witney’s Langdale Hall, two years after the building was left vacant. Local disability service Inclusive Care and Education (The ICE Centre) has been...
View ArticlePopping along to craft day
Crafty care home residents made beautiful poppies out of paper, foam and wool. Richmond Village in Witney welcomed Mayor Chris Woodward for an afternoon of poppy making when he and fellow councillors...
View ArticleOxford Children’s Hospital appeal hits halfway mark
Thousands of devoted fundraisers have help Oxford Children’s Hospital Charity hit the halfway mark of its special 10th anniversary £2million appeal. Hundreds of hours have been devoted to running,...
View ArticleFoster care ‘champion’ given award for her amazing work
An inspirational woman who spent 15 years in foster care has been recognised with an award for her contributions to the care industry. Emma Lakin, from Henley, endured a turbulent childhood and lacked...
View ArticleOxfam staff sacked over sex claims
A world-renowned charity has sacked 20 members of staff over sexual abuse claims in the past year. Oxfam, based in Oxford, dismissed the employees after dealing with a number of sexual exploitation and...
View ArticleAbusive man from Grove jailed over threats to partner’s family
A Grove man who abused his partner and threatened to burn her parents’ house down has been jailed. At Oxford Crown Court last week 29-year-old Jonathan Flint, of Collett Way, was jailed for three years...
View ArticleAir pollution in Oxford is ‘ever more deadly’ says South East MEP
The battle against ‘freighting’ air pollution in Oxford intensified last week after it was revealed the city is breaching limits for tiny sooty particles in the air caused by cars. The World Health...
View ArticleWitney community buses ‘an essential rural service’
Witney MP Robert Courts has pledged his support to a community bus scheme after its expansion was stalled over a technical hitch. The government wants to change the way permits for community transport...
View ArticleCampaigners’ prescription is for better communication
The health provider responsible for the future of GP services in West Oxfordshire needs to improve its communication if it wants to rebuild trust. Dozens of people packed the Masonic Hall in Witney...
View ArticleFlytipper struck twice in one day
A man has been jailed after fly-tipping twice on the same day. Paul John Tidbury, 29, of Burchell Road, Newbury, was sentenced to eight weeks in prison after pleading guilty to two offences of...
View ArticleTrainers, check; red suit, check; beard, check…
Santa arrived a bit earlier than expected in Oxford this year. Supporters of Oxfordshire-based Helen & Douglas House dressed up as loveable Father Christmas over the weekend to promote the Santas...
View Article‘Extreme cruelty’ as hamster burnt with cigarette
THE RSPCA is appealing for information after a hamster was found with “shocking injuries” in Witney. The RSPCA said the creature was found by a member of the public with cigarette burns to both back...
View ArticleNurses from India hired for vacant positions at JR
HOSPITALS in Oxfordshire are turning to nurses in India to fill vacant posts. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) confirmed it had made 175 conditional job offers to nurses from...
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