CAKES, tea and other refreshments will be the order of the day at an Oxford hospice’s annual Tea @ 3 fundraiser. This will be the fifth year Helen & Douglas House, based in Magdalen Road, has held the event and it is hoped more people than ever will
The sun will continue to shine on the UK today, making for perfect barbecue conditions, forecasters said. The soaring temperatures and blue skies which replaced the Bank Holiday drizzle have provided a sunny start to the weekend. Forecasters at
MORE than 1,000 homes are without power in Oxford because of a fault with the supply. The outage started at 11.20am and is affecting around 1,400 households in the Jericho and Osney area of the city. Southern Electric engineers are trying to restore
OXFORDSHIRE County Council has warned it will lodge a formal objection to a £260m plan to create a second Oxford-London railway route unless it receives assurances on a number of issues. Chiltern Railways wants to start running services to
Oxford United vowed to stand by midfielder Adam Chapman minutes after he was jailed for 30 months. Chapman was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court after he admitted causing the death of a 77-year-old by dangerous driving. But as he began
A WOMAN who helped a collapsed multiple sclerosis sufferer before pushing her into a cupboard and stealing her laptop has been branded a “menace to society” by a judge. When June Stephen fell on her doorstep, Clare Thomas, 25, and a male friend helped
TESCO has been refused permission to sell alcohol at a planned new Express store in Oxford city centre. The supermarket giant has taken over the former Solus Lighting shop in St Aldate’s, and applied to sell alcohol between 6am and 11pm every day. But
A GROUP of supermarket workers will be checking out the competition when they line up for this weekend’s Race for Life in Oxford. Staff from Tesco in Cowley Retail Park have vowed to join thousands of other women in the event, which raises money for
