BUSINESS owners still have time to apply for a grant to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Vale of White Horse District Council is giving up to £10,000 in funding to small businesses. ALSO READ: 'Every little helps' Oxford's businesses
A TEENAGER has told jurors he thought police had 'got the wrong person' when he was arrested over the death of PC Andrew Harper. Albert Bowers, 18, was the front passenger in the Seat Toledo which dragged the 28-year-old Thames Valley police officer
A POPULAR tattoo shop is set to reopen from next week as the government confirmed the next phase of lockdown measures easing. Studios will be able to reopen, along with beauty and tanning salons. ALSO READ: Burglars steal bike from Oxford garage
RESIDENTS in north Oxfordshire have been making sure their recyclable waste is separated more over the past two months. Cherwell District Council's latest recycling stats show that contamination in the blue recycling bin dropped by 25 tonnes between
A WOMAN was assaulted on a river bank with police hoping to speak to two men who were fishing at the time. At about midnight on either July 1 or July 2, a woman in her thirties was assaulted on the river bank near Riverside Park and Pools in Crowmarsh
A MAN is wanted by police after an officer was assaulted in Oxford. Andre Berley, 32, is wanted in connection with two incidents of assault, including assault of a police officer, and a drugs offence. Berley is of slim build, about 5ft 11,
A BICYCLE was stolen after a garage was broken into in Headington. The incident took place between 5pm on Wednesday and 8am on Thursday in Benson Road, Lye Valley. See also: Man broke into staff locker room at John Radcliffe Hospital Police
OXFORD United have come through their penultimate round of coronavirus testing unscathed. The results from yesterday's batch all came back negative as the U's cleared their latest hurdle ahead of Monday's Sky Bet League One play-off final against
IMPROVEMENTS continue to be made to enhance social distancing in an Oxfordshire town. Councillors from Oxfordshire County Council and West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) visited Witney recently to assess the measures already in place. County
A THIEF stole a mobile phone and a watch from a property in Oxford this week. The burglary happened after midnight between 12.30pm and 12.45pm on Wednesday in Bartlemas Road, St Clements. The offender gained entry to the property through an insecure
QUEUES to have babies officially named, or to return borrowed books might be likely as libraries and registry offices open in Oxfordshire from Monday. Oxfordshire County Council will begin opening some registry offices and libraries from Monday,
IT is just three days until Oxford United walk out at Wembley to take on Wycombe Wanderers. To mark Monday's Sky Bet League One play-off final, tomorrow's Oxford Mail will feature an eight-page guide to the big game. There will be interviews
Wallingford Town Council will be deciding if a new full-time member of the parks team should be hired to maintain the open spaces in the town in a meeting on Monday. The new full-time park keeper will be in replacement of part-time summer staff.
BURSTING with bright colours from flowers to rainbows, the pictures for this week’s theme of ‘bright colours’ are brilliant. Many Camera Club members took snaps of vibrant flowers this week and Sue Reeves sent in a picture of a bright orange specimen
AN army of volunteers who have helped to feed NHS workers during the coronavirus pandemic have reached their mammoth goal of delivering one million meals. More than 1,000 helpers from Bicester and beyond, including Army veterans, have been packaging
CLUBS are preparing to finally get the 2020 season under way as the recreational game returns tomorrow. Oxfordshire’s teams will cross the boundary for the first time this summer after the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) roadmap to return
NEW captain Lloyd Belcher is excited by the challenge of leading Horspath as club cricket returns after being suspended by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) due to the coronavirus pandemic. The left-arm spinner succeeds Will Eason, who has
BRIAN Kirk has become Milton United’s new head of football. The former Abingdon Town chairman takes on the role at the Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 East side with immediate effect. Secretary Tim Davies said: “With Brian’s experience it
BANBURY Bulls star Alex Caviezel Cox has been appointed their new strength and conditioning coach. The youth product, who will continue to play for the South West 1 East outfit, started the role as part of the club’s return to rugby programme, which
OXFORD United boss Karl Robinson admits his preparations for Monday's play-off final rest on the outcome of the squad's coronavirus test results. Since returning to training last month the U's have had just two positive outcomes, but anyone following
NURSERY practitioner Hayleigh Neal was stunned when her baby daughter was born in her amniotic sac - a one in 80,000 chance. The rare occurrence happened at the John Radcliffe Hospital last month when Ms Neal, 25, gave birth to Dulcie, a sister
LANDLORD Leo Johnson is optimistic about the future of his business following the return of drinkers to his pubs in Oxford. Mr Johnson is co-owner of Dodo Pub Company, which runs The Rusty Bicycle in Magdalen Road, The Rickety Press in Jericho
JOSH Ruffels says it would mean the world to him if on Monday he could help complete a challenge set by Chris Wilder seven years ago. The left back from Kidlington is now one of the older heads in the Oxford United side which takes on Wycombe Wanderers
A MAN has been sent to prison after breaking into a staff locker room at the John Radcliffe Hospital and stealing a worker’s car keys. Christopher Paul Green, also known as ‘Greeny’, admitted breaking into the private room at the JR on February
A MAN has been ordered to pay back £5.70 after getting in an Oxford taxi and refusing to pay. Samuel Craig Cooper was also made subject to a community order after hurling racist abuse at a man, thought to be the driver, on April 4. At Oxford
IT is a sign of the times when the worst that Oxford East's Labour MP has to say about a Tory budget is 'we want you to do even more of what you're doing'. Since his first speeches during this pandemic, Boris Johnson's secret weapon Rishi Sunak
A KIND-HEARTED volunteer was given a prestigious award from a national cancer charity for using his personal experience to help others. Abingdon resident Stephen Crothers was praised for becoming a ‘community champion’ by Macmillan Cancer Support
SPIDER-MAN was hitting the streets of Witney in 2013. He wasn't fighting the Green Goblin or Venom but instead ridding homes of eight-legged creatures. Richard Asher took up the role of professional spider catcher in the guise of the Marvel Comics
EATING out will need to feel safe if the Government’s bid to help restaurants is to work, an expert has said, as Oxford eateries welcome the plans. On Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a raft a measures in his summer statement which are
A MAJOR new study is using Oxford patients to study the long-term impact of coronavirus. Led by the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), the study will draw on expertise from leading researchers and clinicians from across the UK to assess
NEW electric vehicle charging points have been installed in Oxford. The city's first 50kW chargers were installed at an Oxford Direct Services depot. The company, which carries out work for Oxford City Council, can now charge its electric vehicles
AN OXFORD-based company producing coronavirus antibody tests has a new major stakeholder. Asset management firm Mercia has sold its almost 50 per cent stake in The Native Antigen Company. The deal, worth £18m, sees the shares go to LGC, a global
A LEADING stroke charity has warned research faces a long-term threat due to coronavirus. Almost three quarters (74 per cent) of stroke research projects funded by the Stroke Association have been suspended because of the pandemic. The charity
