A GROUP of mountaineers took on a challenge of a different sort when they gave a presentation to a village primary school. Next month, 13 parents from Appleton Primary School will begin an attempt on the Three Peaks Challenge – climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell
TALENTED artists with learning disabilities have been given a taste of university education in a new project. The Flash Frame project was set up by charity Oxford Film and Video Makers and given funding by the Arts Council to find the county’s most gifted
The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Oxfordshire has risen to 36, the county's primary care trust has said. Since the outbreak began, a pupil at Oxford High School was diagnosed with Influenza A (H1N1) and nine students at the Oxford
THE BMW Cowley Mini plant will be open tomorrow for its first Sunday shift since 850 agency workers were made redundant in February. Tomorrow’s shift is the first of a number of occasional Sunday shifts for the plant and will involve 250 extra agency
The Football Conference reached a new low yesterday when they released the fixtures for next season – by giving ten different clubs a blank Saturday. One of those clubs is Oxford United, who have no fixture on Saturday, March 6. United
THE family of an Abingdon schoolgirl killed in a collision with a van last night said she would be “dearly missed”. Eleven-year-old Ty-Ree Partridge died after suffering serious head injuries in Copenhagen Drive on Wednesday. She was
THERE are hundreds of worried people at Oxfordshire County Council and thousands concerned at £90m of cuts, yet the silence from council leader Keith Mitchell is deafening. On Thursday, Oxfordshire County Council slipped out its statement that it was
A MAN is recovering in hospital after cutting off his own penis. Police and paramedics were called to a house in Wantage, after a man dialled 999 and said: “Help me – I’m bleeding to death”. Paramedics discovered a man in his 50s suffering
WE hope that Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary can survive. Times are tough, but it will be both animals and humans that suffer if it cannot find a solution to its woes.
