Hotel given approval amid concerns over safety at LGBTQ pub
Members of Oxford’s LGBTQ community fear a vital city centre safe-space could soon disappear with the opening of a 90-room hotel next to the Westgate shopping centre. A number of objections to the...
View ArticleFood bank needs your help with Christmas meal
Oxford Food Bank is appealing for volunteers to help with its Christmas Day lunch in Osney Mead. The charity would like to hear from anyone who can help with hosting duties and anybody who can lend the...
View ArticleLeather goods firm’s tonne of Christmas gifts
An Oxford-based business specialising in hand-crafted leather goods is expecting to ship almost a tonne of Christmas goods through Heathrow this month. Pampeano took part in the airport’s 12 Exporters...
View ArticleMPs sing for Syrian victims
TWO Oxfordshire MPs have been singing their support for a charity that helps victims of the Syrian conflict. On Tuesday last week Oxford West & Abingdon MP Layla Moran joined forces with north...
View ArticleSacks of love as presents given to sick children
Joy was spread across the faces of dozens of sick children as generous donors gave more gifts than ever as part of a Christmas present appeal. Ill youngsters at Oxford’s Children’s Hospital had their...
View ArticleIncinerator burns its one millionth tonne
A CONTROVERSIAL £200million incinerator has reached a milestone – it has burned one million tonnes of rubbish. The waste plant, at Ardley, near Bicester, opened in 2014, and since then the equivalent...
View ArticleDriver’s lucky escape after rail bridge crash
A DRIVER had a lucky escape after his car crashed onto railway tracks and landed upside down. It is believed the car “careered off the road” and down an embankment in Hill Road ending up on its roof on...
View ArticleFootfall up as shoppers give city centre a seasonal boost
OXFORD has seen an increase of tens of thousands of visitors giving businesses a much-needed Christmas boost. Latest figures from December 4 to 10, show the number of people coming into Oxford city...
View ArticleStars’ sparkling gesture for children
Ice hockey players took some time off the rink to donate bags full of teddy bears to children in hospital in time for Christmas. Oxford City Stars held their annual ‘Air the Bear’ teddy toss earlier...
View ArticleNeighbours’ advent windows help children’s charity funds
Reindeer, Oxford’s dreaming spires and even a Star Wars-themed nativity scene have all appeared in the windows of a north Abingdon neighbourhood in a bid to raise funds for charity. The 24 homes along...
View ArticleHelp Santa find his way home in memory of ‘kind’ 23-year-old
A family-run nursery in North Oxford is racing against the clock to get Santa home in time for Christmas. Bunkers Hill Garden Shop in Kidlington hope to raise funds for Oxfordshire Mind and Restore by...
View ArticleFestive market is firm favourite scooping public award
The sound of choirs singing carols, colourful decorations brightening wooden stalls and the aroma of mulled wine and cinnamon drifting in the air – the Oxford Christmas Market has spread its festive...
View ArticlePlan to have ‘shark house’ listed
A 7.5metre shark crashing head-first into the roof tiles of a three-bedroom house could become subject to special status as a protected heritage asset. The quirky shark house, which has attracted...
View Article‘Bitter disappointment’ as court case against plans to downgrade Horton...
Campaigners are bitterly disappointed their challenge to the consultation process over changes to a hospital has been thrown out at a High Court hearing. A two-day hearing held earlier this month...
View ArticleTaking learning to new heights
It has been a ‘momentous’ time for a school that opened its much-anticipated £6million science facility at a new campus. A new state-of-the-art building at King Alfred’s Academy in Wantage was opened...
View ArticlePower station working to keep you switched on over Christmas
It’s business as usual for Didcot B Power Station staff who will work 24 hours a day over Christmas to keep the ovens fired-up across nearly two million homes. The team at Didcot will continue to work...
View ArticleYoung performers rain in West End
Aspiring Faringdon-based performing arts students got a taste of stardom when they entertained friends and family on stage in London’s legendary West End as part of a nationwide initiative. The...
View ArticleTap the app for bin collections and waste tips
Waste collection information is now just a screen tap away in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse. The two district councils have launched a new smartphone app, which is available free of...
View ArticleAdvice for a long life: be patient
A GLASS of champagne and a “wonderful” birthday party with her family meant the world to Peggy McLeod on her 100th birthday. Last week, as part of a family celebration, Chipping Norton mayor Mike Tysoe...
View ArticleSexual predator bribed and threatened victims
A sexual predator described as ‘a danger to children’ bribed and threatened his victims to keep them quiet. Samuel Fowler, of Bourton Close, Witney, has been sentenced to two years in prison for...
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