£6.8m school pleads for pupils
A new £6.8m school is urging parents to register for a place so it can open its doors this year. Gagle Brook School was built at Elmsbrook, the first phase of the North West Bicester eco settlement, in...
View ArticleFirst aid skills put Jessica first
A 15-year-old girl from Abingdon is in the running for national cadet of the year after winning a competition. Jessica Field, a Year 11 student at John Mason School, was named cadet of the year for...
View ArticleFilm students’ bid to produce WWII thriller
Oxford students have kickstarted a campaign to raise funds to complete work on a new feature film set in 1940s occupied France. Benjamin Eeley, a digital film production student at SAE Oxford, is...
View ArticleVicar ‘spiritually abused’ boy, 15, in prayer sessions
A vicar has been convicted of spiritual abuse of a teenage boy during private prayer sessions in the boy’s bedroom. The Reverend Timothy Davis of Christ Church, Abingdon, faced a tribunal after moving...
View ArticleUnion calls for support for anti-Trump protest
A trade union is hoping people turn out in force to protest at United States President Donald Trump’s anticipated visit to the UK next month. Unite has said it will hold a rally outside Oxford train...
View ArticleDriver guilty of sex assaults on three women
A taxi driver for vulnerable adults who sexually assaulted three women with learning difficulties in south Oxfordshire has been sentenced to more than afive years in prison. William Busher, 69, of Long...
View ArticleA40 chaos after lorry overturns
An overturned lorry on the A40 in west Oxfordshire caused chaos for commuters on Tuesday morning. Police closed both sides of the road between Burford, at Burford Roundabout, and Worsham, at the...
View ArticleNew year, new job: Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting to boost numbers
Budding firefighters in Oxford have just over 24 hours left to apply to the fire service’s first recruitment drive in eight years. Applications to join Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service opened at on...
View ArticleFriends’ tributes to ‘bubbly’ boy as man appears in court over murder
A man charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy in Oxford has appeared in court. Craig Ford, 33, of Luther Street, Oxford, made his first appearance at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday, only speaking...
View Article‘No plan’ to delay chemotherapy
Cancer patients at Oxford’s Churchill Hospital face possible delays to their treatment due to a major shortage of specialist nurses, according to a leaked memo. The memo by Dr Andrew Weaver was...
View ArticleRicky Gervais’s cat to the rescue for Cherwell rescue service
A Cherwell cat rescue service felt “overwhelmed” after it received more than 200 parcels following a social media appeal for donations shared by comedian Ricky Gervais. Burglars ransacked the Cherwell...
View ArticleDemolition enters final stage ahead of area redevelopment
THE final part of a Banbury multi-storey car park is set to be demolished this month. The stairwell tower at Bolton Road car park was retained due to technical issues with the telecoms mounted on the...
View ArticleSave The Crown – campaigners launch £500k bid for pub
A community group is preparing for an immense fundraising push after learning it will have little more than a month to raise hundreds of thousands to save their pub. Campaigners fighting to keep The...
View ArticleFather’s 3,500-mile journey to give his son the gift of life
An Abingdon man who had suffered from kidney failure for five years received “the gift of positivity” last month after his father made the 3,500 mile trip from his home in Canada to donate one of his...
View ArticleDeck proposal for car park to meet need for growing spaces
Witney’s Woolgate car park could become decked as the district council hunts for 600 more parking spots. West Oxfordshire District Council’s cabinet were due to discuss whether to invest in a...
View ArticleOlivia’s African adventure opens her eyes to very different world
For some students, attending mundane lectures and seminars is all a bit too run of the mill. But there is nothing dull or commonplace about how Olivia Johnson is spending her third year at university...
View ArticleTeenager’s bid to end loneliness
A kind-hearted teenager is appealing for the public’s help as she prepares to launch a meeting place for lonely and vulnerable adults. Chloe Prior, 18, from East Hendred, wants to provide a ‘warm,...
View ArticleUltramarathon challenge to help fund research into wife’s illness
PHIL Marshall is gearing up to take on ‘Britain’s most brutal race’ in a bid to help find a cure for a deadly disease from which his wife suffers. On Sunday, Phil, 35, will be at the start line of a...
View ArticleEmpty homes must be used, says MP
An Oxfordshire MP is calling for action to be taken on thousands of vacant homes in the area as more people are facing the new year without a home. Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats through...
View ArticleSeacourt expansion plans questioned
Plans to expand the Seacourt Park-and-Ride have been branded a “waste” of taxpayer money after the expansion into greenbelt land was narrowly approved. The secretary of state will now make a full...
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