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  • Thieves stole bike after breaking into shed

    THIEVES prised open a shed door and stole a bike. The burglary happened on St Leonard's Road in Quarry and Risinghurst between 11.30pm and midnight on Friday. Read more: Quad bikes stolen Anybody with information should call 101 quoting 43190284386

  • TV star Sue rallies memory walkers in park

    BEST known for playing Marlene in hit TV show Only Fools and Horses, Sue Holderness led 500 people in the University Parks to help fight dementia. The actress, whose mother passed away from a dementia-related illness in 2006, cut the ribbon to start

  • FOOTBALL: FA Vase and Hellenic League round-up

    Abingdon United booked their place in the first round of the Buildbase FA Vase after a 3-1 victory over Reading City. Kyle Moss, Samuel Warton and Charlie Bateman were on target in their second qualifying round clash to set up an away tie at Bovey

  • Quad bike stolen and then set on fire

    A CHILD's quad bike was stolen and later found in a field after it had been set on fire. The quad bike was stolen from Willow Road in Ambrosden near Bicester between around 10.30pm on Saturday night and 6am on Sunday morning. Read more: Police

  • Popular fair serves up feast of fun on first day

    THRILL-seekers have braved damp conditions to try out the rides on the first day of the Witney Feast fun fair. The eagerly-anticipated fair was hit by rain when it opened this afternoon, but this failed to deter some revellers from flocking to The

  • Abandoned car has been in the river for over a month

    AN abandoned car left in the River Evenlode for at least one month has sparked pollution fears. The vehicle remains stranded in the water in Swan Lane, between the West Oxfordshire villages of Long Hanborough and Combe, despite repeated requests

  • Big businesses help create 'vision' for secondary school

    A HOST of world-famous businesses helped shape the 'future direction' of a secondary school at an innovative summit. Firms including Mini and British Airways attended Carterton Community College's first Vision Summit on Friday, which was also attended

  • Driver kept going through busy lunchtime streets

    POLICE FLAGGED down a car that wouldn't stop through busy roads at lunchtime. Thames Valley Police tried to stop a blue Volkswagen Golf at 1pm on September 4, but the driver carried on going through Banbury's main roads not stopping as they drove

  • Man, 81, fined £1,000 for driving wrong way on M40

    AN ELDERLY man has been fined almost £1,200 for driving the wrong way along the M40 and causing a crash. Umar Ghouze, 81, has also been banned from driving for two years after pleading guilty to one count of dangerous driving. He collided with

  • Police hunt for two stocky men after spate of burglaries

    POLICE want to find the burglars who smashed their way into homes dotted around the county during one day. The spate of burglaries happened between 8.30am and 2.30pm last Thursday. Criminals smashed the windows and patio glass doors at the four

  • Motorcyclist dies in rural crash

    A MOTORCYCLIST died in a 'tragic' crash in rural South Oxfordshire yesterday. The collision happened on the A4130 at Bix, near Henley, involving a blue Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle and a silver Ford Transit van. Thames Valley Police is appealing

  • Co-op opening new store near Kidlington

    A NEW Co-op store is opening in a village near Kidlington. The new £250,000 store is to open in Station Road, Bletchingdon. The Midcounties Co-operative Your Coop Food store will create 15 new jobs. The store, including a Costa Coffee machine

  • 'Domestic Abuse Champions' will be crucial link for victims

    A WITNEY-based housing association has appointed four 'Domestic Abuse Champions' to support residents. Cottsway Housing has signed up to the national Make a Stand initiative to help tackle domestic abuse. The campaign centres around a pledge

  • Scheme helps villagers at risk of loneliness

    RESIDENTS are invited to two public meetings about a voluntary initiative that helps prevent elderly and retired people suffering from loneliness. Good Neighbour Schemes see volunteers support older, vulnerable and isolated residents by befriending

  • Good causes enter bus firm’s livery contest

    MORE than 1,800 votes have been cast for entries to the Oxford Bus Company’s Brand the Bus competition. The competition offers people the chance to nominate their favourite good cause to be branded on a double-decker bus. The winner will have

  • Public consultation about conference centre tonight

    PLANS to revamp a key conference centre in Oxford will be unveiled to the public today. Oxford University will host a public consultation this evening on the potential work on Rhodes House, which is on the corner of Parks Road and South Parks Road

  • Man released on bail after toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace

    A 66-year-old man who was questioned by police after a gold toilet was stolen from Blenheim Palace has been released on bail. The man was arrested after the 18-carat gold toilet, said to be worth millions, was ripped out of the floor in the historic

  • OPINION: Boris is right on the Green Belt

    By James Fredrickson, the Conservative Party's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon at the next general election Almost everyone agrees that brownfield sites should be prioritised for new housing so that we can protect

  • FOOTBALL: Oxford City hit back for share of the spoils

    OXFORD City recovered from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at home to Billericay Town on Saturday. Mark Jones’s side trailed to Jake Robinson’s early double in their Vanarama National League South clash. But Zac McEachran spectacularly reduced the deficit

  • Oxfordshire hops on a bike to raise cash for old churches

    HUNDREDS of revellers got on the saddle this weekend to help raise some cash for the upkeep of historic churches in the county. It was in all aid of the annual Ride and Stride fundraiser which sees members of the public sponsored to walk or cycle

  • Mazda raises roof to mark birthday

    There are simply two ways of tackling your 30th birthday – either you start stressing or you party. Mazda decided to celebrate the two-seater MX-5 sports car’s mini-milestone by producing a limited edition designed purely to put a smile on your

  • FOOTBALL: Southern League round-up

    BANBURY United goalkeeper Jack Harding saved two penalties in Saturday’s 0-0 draw at home to Hitchin Town. However, despite his heroics the Puritans were knocked off top spot in the BetVictor Southern League Premier Central after failing to see

  • Pupils harvest honey from their school's own bee hives

    SCHOOLGIRLS pulled on protective clothing to prise 'delectable' honey from handmade hives. One year after building bee hives and introducing two starter colonies, students from Oxford High School have harvested jars of the sticky nectar from the

  • Refreshed Tariqe Fosu back in the groove

    TARIQE Fosu felt the benefit of a blank week as his fresh legs ran riot for Oxford United. The winger has been hampered by a hamstring issue, but made the most of the extra recovery time to play a key role in the 3-0 win over Tranmere Rovers.

  • A34 closures due to commence tonight

    OVERNIGHT road closures on the A34 are due to commence this evening. Roadworks will take place over the next two weeks, including repainting markings and the installation of LED road studs. Several junctions between South Oxfordshire and Oxford

  • Minister could take over council's plan

    A COUNCIL runs the risk of losing the right to run a planning programme to the government if it doesn’t adopt it soon, a report says. The second part of Vale of White Horse District Council’s Local Plan is still yet to be adopted – but officers

  • Oxfordshire could grow more quickly, data suggests

    COUNTY council figures suggest Oxfordshire's population could increase more quickly than previous thought. Council statisticians believe the county's population by 2026 could be 814,400. But last year, council statisticians thought there would

  • Thrill-seekers set to break record after hospital abseil

    MORE than 200 daredevils with a head for heights abseiled from the roof of the John Radcliffe Hospital to raise money for its charity. Bouncing down the side of a 100ft-tall building might not appeal to most as a fun weekend activity. Yet the challenged

  • School sorry after asking pupils to write mock suicide note

    A SCHOOL has apologised after GCSE pupils were asked to pen a pretend suicide note during a lesson. A class of Year 10 English students were set the task at Cheney School in Headington, as part of their studies of An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley

  • School pupils to build their own bikes

    SECONDARY school pupils are to get a new workshop where they can learn how to fix bikes. Andy Barber, a teacher at Larkmead School in Abingdon, is setting the space up to give youngsters more useful vocational skills. The project has been made

  • Latest results from the courts

    OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ BIRAIMA CAMARA, 35, of Elder Way in Oxford, convicted of failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to be guilty of an offence between April 29 and May 27 in Banbury.