Why was he admitted? The Prime Minister was transferred to hospital as a "precautionary measure" on the advice of his doctor, according to Number 10. Ten days after his positive test for Covid-19, Mr Johnson is still suffering a high temperature
Boris Johnson has been taken to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. Downing Street said he was admitted 'as a precaution' after suffering from the virus for over a week. Mr Johnson first told the public he had the virus 11 days
THE FORMER boss of the McLaren Formula One team will be providing one million free meals to frontline NHS workers – starting at the John Radcliffe Hospital today. Businessman Ron Dennis said he co-founded SalutetheNHS.org to feed thousands of hospital
CORONAVIRUS claimed the lives of two more people in Oxfordshire, bringing the total number of deaths to 37. Across the county, 411 people have tested positive for the virus. In the UK as a whole, more than 600 more people who tested positive
PARAMEDICS in the Thames Valley are being deployed to London to help the capital keep up with the high demand of 999 calls. South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) control room teams are also answering urgent calls from London as well as the Thames
AN OXFORD MP has been appointed a senior position on the new Labour shadow cabinet. Sir Keir Starmer picked his team today after winning a landslide victory in the Labour leadership contest. The new leader of the opposition has vowed to make
WITH the vast majority of the public at home in lockdown, either working remotely or looking after children, police are encouraging people to review their home security. Thames Valley Police is asking the public to identify and record details of
A TRIO of Oxfordshire clubs won promotion in bizarre fashion on Friday night. Witney, Grove and Gosford All Blacks have won their respective divisions. But the success was only confirmed once they logged on to the Rugby Football Union’s website
A DRIVER has written off his car after a massive bug flew through the window and distracted him. He was on his way to walk the dog TEN miles away from his home and despite strict lockdown rules had his three friends joining him for the ride.
THE sunny weather experienced across Oxfordshire this weekend led some people to break the current self-isolation guidelines. As the second week of the lockdown came to a close yesterday, many saw the conditions as an opportunity to get out and
MORE than 600 more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus. Here are the government's latest results: Today, as of 9am, 195,524 people have been tested for coronavirus Of those 195,524 people, 47,806 people were confirmed
A TOWN’S single female casualty during the First World War has been remembered, over 100 years after her death. Lucy Harris, from Witney, a former member of the Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF), died in November 1918. Mrs Harris, who was born
ALMOST £80,000 has been raised to fix the roof of a building at the centre of village life. West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) has provided the final cash injection needed to fund repairs at the Ramsden Memorial Hall. WODC has provided
More than 2,000 arrest warrants were issued last year for people who failed to turn up to court in Thames Valley, figures reveal. But legal charity Transform Justice says the warrants, which can lead to prison time, are a waste of police time and
GRASSY areas around Blackbird Leys are set to be paved over to make room for new parking spaces. A total of 63 new parking bays are planned in areas along Field Avenue and Kent Close on the Blackbird Leys Estate. Along Field Avenue, Strawberry
A POPULAR Indian takeaway is helping feed its local NHS staff and the wider community. Eastern Cuisine in Witney has been providing meals to staff at Witney Community Hospital, and anyone in the community who needs help. Asad Ahmed, from the
AN OXFORD MP is rumoured to be earmarked for a senior position on the new Labour shadow cabinet. Sir Keir Starmer will begin appointing his team today after winning a landslide victory in the Labour leadership contest. The new leader of the
One of the most senior civil servants under three prime ministers between the 1970s and 1980s has died at the age of 93. Lord Robert Armstrong of Ilminster served in the highest echelons of government under Ted Heath, Harold Wilson and Margaret
A CAR rally inspired by beloved 1960s film The Italian Job is coming to the UK for the first time in 30 years – and will set off from Oxford. Dozens of petrolheads in vintage Minis and other retro cars will rev out of the Cowley BMW car plant on
Could I interest you in publishing one of my humorous short poems taken from my bundle, Farfetched and not so Farfetched Poems? Just to cheer up the readers of the Oxford Mail. OXFORD GARGOYLES Look, those gargoyles high up on that tower
On Wednesday we asked readers to send in photos of their gardens on virus lockdown. By Thursday night we had so many we were pruning our way out. Here are some of our favourites. Send your gardening pics to news@nqo.com
ROADWORKS on a traffic-clogged city centre junction have now finished, though most motorists will not see the benefit because of the lockdown. Roadworks on Worcester Street, which started in February, have been finished as part of a £210,000 scheme
SCHOOL children going on strike might feel like a relatively new phenomenon, but it's not. This was the scene at Carfax in the centre of Oxford on Thursday, March 13, 2003. Hundreds of youngsters joined hundreds more adults that day in a massive
STUCK inside looking at the same four walls? It would appear so, as people are searching the housing market for properties in Oxfordshire. The following ten homes are currently the most viewed in the county on property website Zoopla. 1
