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  • Nine people die from Covid-19 in just 24 hours

    NINE more Covid-19 deaths have been announced in Oxfordshire in just 24 hours. According to the Government's website, as of 4pm on Wednesday there were 274 new cases in Oxfordshire. These were the numbers in 24 hours by local authority:

  • Oxford United 2 (Taylor 32 & 73), Bristol Rovers 0

    MATTY Taylor scored twice against his former club to ensure Oxford United picked up where they left off in Sky Bet League One. The striker netted in each half to take his tally to 11 for the season, poking past Joe Day from close range after 32

  • Dangerous moped driver arrested after positive drug test

    A MOPED driver was arrested in Oxford when police pulled them over for not displaying L plates. Officers first stopped the vehicle on Cowley Road for the lack of plates but the driver then tested positive for drugs. ALSO READ: Two men and one

  • Hated housing plan could be challenged in the courts

    CAMPAIGNERS have begun the process for taking their local council's unpopular housing plan to court. South Oxfordshire District Council approved its Local Plan at the end of last year, a document which sets out where 30,000 homes can be built in

  • The top 10 most expensive places to live in Oxfordshire

    THE MOST expensive places to buy a house in Oxfordshire can now be revealed.  House buying website Zoopla has compiled a list of the 10 most pricey places to live in the county based on the highest average price paid for properties.  READ

  • Firefighters praised for pandemic help

    FIREFIGHTERS across the county have received high praise for their work throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service received a commendation from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue

  • Community testing in Oxford to open next month

    COMMUNITY Covid-19 testing services for key workers will start to be rolled out across the county in early February. The service will use a rapid lateral flow test to help identify people who have Covid but display no symptoms. By detecting infectious

  • Grade-II listed church receives £10k grant

    A BELOVED church in a South Oxfordshire village will get share in a near half a million funding payout from the National Churches Trust. St Michael and All Angels' Church in Clifton Hampden, near Abingdon, will receive a grant of £10,000 to fund

  • Grey heron with plenty of attitude is the winner

    Wildlife was this weeks’ Oxford Mail Camera Club competition theme and photographers sent in brilliant snaps of Oxfordshire's animals. Pictures of birds, rabbits, mice and even a picture of a meerkat at the zoo were sent in. However, one image

  • Oxford on the big screen: Films shot and set in the city

    We all know Oxford has picturesque buildings and scenic surroundings which of course have been the filming locations for numerous famous feature films. This week ITV confirmed a filming schedule for Inspector Morse spin-off Endeavour with an eighth

  • Shoplifter sentenced to prison and banned from Didcot

    A man, who was convicted for a string of shoplifting offences, has been sentenced to prison and issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) stopping him from entering Didcot. Simon White, 41, of Blay Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty to 15 offences

  • Number of coronavirus deaths in each Oxfordshire postcode

    A MAP has been created to show the number of deaths involving coronavirus in every part of the country. Created by the Office for National Statistics, it shows the number of deaths from March to November 2020 where Covid-19 was mentioned as the

  • 'Oxford United have done everything to maintain momentum'

    I’m starting to think that writing this column is jinxing our games! Every time I send them in, our match seems to get called off. It happened last Saturday against Northampton and I just hope that whatever else occurs we get a game today against

  • Skeptics in the Pub go virtual

    A PUB in the city centre has joined up with boozers all over Europe to continue their pub night tradition online. Oxford Skeptics used to be held at St Aldates Tavern, where the public were invited to ‘think and drink'. The sceptic night is intended

  • £760m will lay new track for trains to Cambridge

    A £760m fund will be spent to break ground on a new railway link between Oxford and Cambridge. The cash from the Department of Transport will be used to lay track along a disused railway line between Bicester and Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, with

  • Hit-and-run leaves elderly woman injured

    A 68-YEAR-OLD woman, who was a victim of a hit and run accident, is looking for the driver who crashed into her. Christine Kelly was crossing the road at the Old High Street, at the junction of Barton Lane in Headington, when she was hit by a vehicle