A POST Office in a village near Bicester has been recognised for its efforts serving the local community during the coronavirus pandemic. Weston on the Green Post Office has been nominated for a Community Engagement award at the Post Office’s ‘We
Oxford Hospitals Charity has received £122,500 from the national charity campaign support by Captain Tom Moore. The donation from NHS Charities Together, along with support from local fundraisers and businesses, has helped the charity support NHS
A TEENAGER has denied constructing a fake alibi around a Fast And Furious movie, knowing 'perfectly well' he had just dragged PC Andrew Harper to his death. Henry Long, 19, had been attempting to avoid arrest for stealing a quad bike when PC Harper
A WOMAN was grabbed by the neck from behind during a dramatic daytime robbery in Bicester. The woman, who is in her twenties, was walking along Town Walk East at around 6.30pm on Wednesday when it happened. He tried to take her phone from her
BUILDING a massive set of student flats was described as 'undermining conservation and neglecting community' as it was pushed through against the wishes of residents in leafy North Oxford. University College was given permission for the 150 rooms
A LORRY has burst into flames on a busy road. It was travelling on the A4074 near Crowmarsh Gifford when it caught fire. Thames Valley Police are on the scene with firefighters who are washing it down. Taking to Twitter the Roads Policing
CRIMINALS broke into a garage on a residential road in Oxford. Thames Valley Police is investigating the incident that happened just after 9pm on Tuesday at Cranmer Road, Cowley. The force revealed no items were reported to have been stolen.
Glass doors were smashed to reach the house key in a burglary on Tuesday night. Between 7pm and 9pm on Tuesday in Desborough Crescent, Rose Hill, burglars smashed the French doors of a home and reached in and unlocked the door with the key in the
BURGLARS forced their way into a home by smashing glass in the rear doors. The incident happened between 7pm and 9pm on Tuesday in Desborough Crescent, Rosehill and Iffley. The offenders smashed the glass in the rear French doors, reached in
HEALTH workers in the NHS 'deserve certainty' over whether they will continue to be able to park for free, according to Oxford MP Layla Moran. The Lib Dem was responding to reports in the i newspaper today that the government was due to drop funding
OXFORD United will be hoping the refereeing appointment for Wembley is a good omen. Robert Jones has been given the Sky Bet League One play-off final, between the U's and Wycombe Wanderers, on Monday. It will be his third high-profile United
A LARGE amount of rubbish has been fly-tipped at a recycling site in Carterton. West Oxfordshire District Council officers are investigating at the site in Black Bourton Road. Fly-tipping has been a persistent problem for the council during lockdown
A TRIO of aspiring medics walked 20 miles in a day to the John Radcliffe Hospital to raise money for the NHS on its 72nd birthday. The teenagers Hannah Heus, Eloise Nelmes and Lottie Backhouse, aged 15 and 16, travelled from Blewbury, near Didcot
MORE than 100 bins are being replaced in West Oxfordshire. The district council’s waste contractor Ubico will be replacing both litter and dog waste bins, as the first ones were upgraded in Witney. The move was welcomed by district councillor
A MAN, in his twenties, has died after a 'major' crash outside Domino's Pizza in Abingdon last night. Another man, 20, man has been arrested on suspicion of 'driving over the prescribed limit' and dangerous driving. Police cars raced to Ock
RISHI Sunak unveiled a plan for jobs in a £30 billion mini-budget he said was designed to get the country through the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are the main points of the package. Read more: here's where Oxford
A GRADE II* listed hotel has been sold after being advertised for £1.25 million, with the owners now set to retire after more than 45 years in the hospitality industry. Jean-Marie, 69, and Clare Lauzier, 58, had turned the Bull Hotel in Burford
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the government will pay for dinners at restaurants and pubs in order to get people dining out again. The 'Eat Out to Help Out' voucher scheme will see diners receive up to 50% off the cost of their dinner
POLICE CARS and ambulances raced to Ock Street in Abingdon yesterday after a 'serious incident' near Domino's Pizza. Drivers going past say think it looked like a serious crash and Thames Valley Police have now said that one man has died as a
FERNANDO Alonso is targeting podiums after his return to the Enstone-based Renault Formula 1 team for next season was confirmed. The Spaniard won his two world championship titles, in 2005 and 2006, with the team. He will partner Esteban Ocon
AFTER a long three months, military parachute training has resumed at RAF Brize Norton. The RAF Falcons paused training in March, but the team came together again last month for the first time since they left the USA, after taking part in winter
MORE than 300 train enthusiasts visited Didcot Railway Centre for the living museum’s re-opening last weekend including the mayor and MP David Johnston. Visitors were impressed with the temporary changes made at the 21-acre site to allow the popular
Coronavirus drive-through testing will no longer take place at Oxford's Thornhill Park and Ride. The facility has been based at the Headington site since April. From today, Covid-19 testing will instead be carried out in north Oxford at Parkway
DOES using Facebook make you a better person? What effect does this strange digital marketplace of ideas and opinions, where we can fire out our thoughts to the world from the safety of our sofa, have on our morals? What about Twitter, Instagram
TWO council leaders are pushing travel by train to ease the burden on the county’s roads. Ian Hudspeth of Oxfordshire County Council, and James Mills from West Oxfordshire District Council, recently brought together the first meeting of the Hanborough
Holidaymakers across the country are thinking about staying a little closer to home year, with many planning their first wild camping trip. Self-contained accommodation, along with campsites and caravan parks, opened in England at the start of
OXFORD United have failed in a last-ditch attempt to see if there was a way supporters could attend Monday's Sky Bet League One play-off final. All football in England is being played behind closed doors as a measure against coronavirus. But
A COUPLE are one step closer to opening a multi-million pound disability day centre in memory of their daughter after raising their first £100k in funds. The latest milestone for Racheal and Ian Scott-Hunter’s dream to open the Alexandra House in
LIVE steams of Oxford show popular streets are starting to get busier. In April we showed pictures of usually rammed tourist spots that were deserted and empty as people stayed at home on lockdown. CCTV cameras outside Oxford Martin School
TWO primary schools are providing special picnics for pupils to keep in touch with their teachers and classmates. Standlake and Stanton Harcourt Church of England primaries recently launched its Keeping In Touch picnics (KITnics) for Years 2, 3
A HEADMASTER had his lockdown locks snipped and shaved away by his daughters in front an enthusiastic Year 6 audience. Alastair Thomas, head at The Manor Preparatory School in Abingdon, braved the makeshift barber’s chair on the school front lawn
A TEMPORARY holiday on stamp duty is reportedly among the measures being considered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak as part of a package to dull the economic impact of the coronavirus. Mr Sunak will detail the Government's plans to aid the country's
A TOWN market that is back up and running is attracting new customers as lockdown eases. Traders at Bicester Market, which reopened on June 5, 'reinvented' themselves during lockdown by setting up Facebook pages and websites to serve customers via
THE Oxford Science Park has announced that its newest facility, the 30,000 sq ft Bellhouse Building, is ready for companies to move into. The first firms are expected to move in by the end of the summer, and there is high demand for the rest of
OXFORD Harlequins have launched a new link-up which will enable students to continue their rugby education, writes JAMES ROBERTS. The South West 1 East outfit have strengthened their ties with Oxford Brookes University (OBURFC) by increasing opportunities
THESE past few months have been a challenge for everyone and even the return of Oxford United to action is bittersweet. Cameron Brannagan’s winning penalty in the play-off semi-final should have been accompanied by one of the loudest roars in Kassam
FOR the past three months the Gatehouse’s community drop-in centre on Woodstock Road in Oxford has remained eerily quiet. Until its closure in late March, Oxford’s homeless and vulnerably housed Guests would gather daily for the free café and community
RENOWNED actor John Turner was best known for his role as a dedicated detective in ITV drama Prime Suspect. But as one of the acting profession’s best-loved character actors, he is remembered for so much more than just one ITV series. The Oxford
BABIES born during lockdown continue to bring a ray of hope to families struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown restrictions, which are now being eased, have been frustrating for new parents, who have not been able to show off
A WELLBEING telephone project that provides lockdown reassurance for older residents is set to be continued by a housing association. The telephone service provided additional support to the elderly residents in Didcot-based Soha Housing throughout
SIMON Eastwood has urged Oxford United to make the most of a golden opportunity to reach the Sky Bet Championship. Karl Robinson’s men are 90 minutes away from claiming a place in the second tier after knocking out Portsmouth in the play-off semi-finals
MORE THAN a quarter of Oxfordshire parents say their child being bullied was not dealt with well at school, a survey suggests. Ofsted, the watchdog for schools, asked 2,644 parents in the county if they agreed that their school had dealt with bullying
ONE of Oxford’s leading homelessness agencies has been given a £100,000 grant from the government so it can continue its vital work supporting rough sleepers. Homeless Oxfordshire, which runs Oxford Night Shelter, has welcomed the cash injection
POTENTIAL coronavirus hotspots can now be identified using a new online tool from Oxford University. The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science dashboard is designed to add to the government's test and trace programme by highlighting which regions
THE founder of one of Oxford’s best-known taxi companies has died. Anthony Green – fondly known by friends and colleagues as Tony and 'Greeners' – was the managing director of 001 Taxis for for more than 50 years. He died peacefully in his
PARTS of the Oxford Ring Road could be closed later this month as work to prop up an old bridge is carried out. Oxfordshire County Council has previously said that Kennington Bridge needs replacing because bearings which hold up the underside of
A MORE accurate picture of coronavirus cases in the county has now been revealed. Oxfordshire positive tests as of 9am Monday stand at 3,087, up more than 900 on the same time last week. This is not down to a sudden rise in new infections but
