The A34 southbound near Abingdon is partially blocked due to what traffic reports have described as a "broken down abnormal load". The breakdown is between the A4183 Oxford Road for Abingdon North, and the A415 Marcham Road for the Marcham Interchange
BEARING torches and wrapped up in warm coats, hundreds of excited people left their homes at the crack of dawn last year to trek up to the top of Wittenham Clumps and witness the iconic moment three Didcot power station towers crumbled to the ground
A LAW graduate turned rapper who has headlined the O2 Academy Oxford and played at Truck Festival has launched an official complaint against the police after being handcuffed in Oxford. ShaoDow, whose real name is Elliott Haslam, was in the city
AN ABINGDON man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for breaking into a woman’s house and threatening her with a knife. Ashley Cooper, 22, of John Morris Road, Abingdon, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Oxford
A crash between a car and lorry on the A40 London Road closed one lane. Thames Valley Police said that there were no serious injuries but eastbound one lane was closed near Park Hill, Wheatley. The road has since reopened. A40 RTC
POVERTY, bullying and community spirit were touched on in a youth art project in Blackbird Leys. Over the past six months, the Leys Community Development Initiative (CDI) has invited children and teens aged nine and above to create paintings, drawings
Drivers heading out of Oxford on the Botley Road are again facing delays as traffic backs up due to the temporary traffic lights. Long queues are backing up to the A4144 St Aldate’s, onto the A4165 St Giles, Beaumont Street and Magdalen Street.
Jan Lee takes a peek at a murder mystery set in an all-girls school and likes what she sees In Deepdean School for Girls The Case of Lavinia’s Missing Tie, a novel for youngsters aged nine and over, was solved by Daisy Wells, president of the Detective
A NEW workshop is hoping to give lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people a voice in the county. Having found just one youth group for LGBTQ youngsters in Oxfordshire, youth arts leader Hannah Bruce decided to organise
CAMPAIGNERS believe a development on the edge of Bicester offers the “golden opportunity” to provide more hospital beds for the ever-growing town. The group that successfully helped bring about the town’s new community hospital is calling for further
AN OXFORD medical centre for the homeless has saved £1,000 on improvements thanks to a charitable gesture by a former nurse. The Luther Street Medical Centre, a specialist GP surgery, has carried out the work on its waiting area after feedback
OXFORD could invest £5m in a homeless housing scheme pioneered in London to combat a looming crisis in temporary accommodation. Senior councillors at Oxford City Council will tomorrow be asked to back proposals to join the Real Lettings scheme,
FOLLOWING the budget there’s one issue regarding the cuts that seems to have been sneaked in through the back door – namely tenants in council or social housing who jointly earn £30,000 will have to pay market rent. This is going to force many
ARE THE electorate ready for their savings to be raided in order to receive NHS services? Lord Prior, unelected member of the House of Lords, is proposing that insurance-based charging is to be introduced into the provision of NHS services.
IN THE feature “Our schools and children are being shortchanged”, John Howson almost exclusively concentrates on funding with the only spending exception being school meals. Mr Howson does not mention how the money, when received, should be spent
I MUST admit that I find the recent press revelations concerning the former Deputy Speaker of The House of Lords and former chairman of the Privileges and Conduct committee who appears to have been caught “in flagrante delicto” absolutely hilarious
ON JULY 13 I wrote to Ed Vaizey, my local MP, asking him to respond to my concerns about his Government allowing fox hunting, asking if he thought it fair that teachers, nurses etc will get a one per cent pay rise every year for the next five years
REGARDING the article “Memorial for First World War VC recipient to be set in stone”. This new stone in memory of my grandfather Edward Brooks VC, pictured above, will be paid for out of the £5,000 I offered to Horspath Parish Council to pay for
I WAS amused by your Comment about traffic fines in Oxford High Street (July 27): “Transport bosses must think long and hard about priorities”. Oxford’s transport bosses have apparently never thought long and hard about anything. They caused
Eddie Pepperell hosted some of the region’s top young golfers at Frilford Heath in what the European Tour player intends to be just the start of helping to encourage the next generation. Just over a week after holding the joint lead in The Open
CHRIS Allen believes some Oxford United players will be unfortunate to be outside the first XI when the season starts next month after overseeing a 4-0 win at Thame United last night. The side was made up of players who did not start Saturday's
A STUDENT is on a mission to end the stigma surrounding mental health by releasing a book full of letters people have written to their 16-year-old selves. Hannah Todd has launched a new project entitled “hello me, it’s you” and is encouraging young
YES Independent transport consultant Mark McArthur-Christie Oxford has always been a fine place. It just loves fining people; drivers, specifically. Fines for owning a car (called residents’ parking schemes), fines for parking in a
For some disabled people their disability is very obvious, for others their problems are hidden out of sight Brain injury is a very good example of an internal injury that’s out of sight, even though a brain injury can also have very serious effects
A NEIGHBOUR helped an elderly couple to safety after their home was filled with smoke from a burnt-out boiler, the fire service said. Firefighters were sent to a house fire in Stonesfield, West Oxfordshire this morning. Oxfordshire Fire and
Patrick Hoban scored twice as Oxford United eased past Thame United 4-0 in a pre-season friendly at the ASM Stadium. The Irish striker sandwiched a spectacular strike from Callum O'Dowda, before Sam Humphreys added a fourth late on. With boss
POLICE chief Francis Habgood has said “difficult choices” will have to be made about policing across the Thames Valley.
THE county’s independent butchers have seen their sales boom in recent months amid a dramatic drop in the number of sausages bought nationally. Latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics showed that UK manufacturers’ sales have
Triple jumper Nathan Douglas says his omission from the Great Britain team for next month’s IAAF World Championships in Beijing did not come as a surprise. The squad for the championships, which begin on August 22, was announced yesterday and includes
Thame Town marched on at the top to maintain their Division 1 title charge with a crushing nine-wicket victory at home to Twyford on Saturday. It was a one-sided affair as Thame cruised home in just 15 overs after bowling the visitors out for 100
ASHLEY Rump’s brilliant century for struggling Charlbury proved in vain as they lost by 82 runs at Westbury in Division 1. The title-chasing hosts rattled up 312-4 in their 45 overs, with Paul Atkins hitting 75 not out, Tom Gurney 66 and Ben Rae
A RETIRED RSPCA volunteer has been left devastated after three pygmy goats were stolen from her farmland in Chilton, near Didcot. Ingrid Smith, 69, realised her beloved goats were stolen when she went in the barn in which they were kept on the
The ethics of animal testing is being debated in the city this week. Academics have descended on Oxford University’s Anglican theological college St Stephen’s House for the three-day summer school. Today philosophers, historians and legal experts
A man quizzed after First and Second World War munitions were discovered at his home will next answer bail almost a year after he was arrested. Dan Mackay, 35, pictured right, who was arrested on September 18 on suspicion of theft from heritage
CALLS have been made for better profiling of criminals who sexually exploit children after a landmark review. In a report on the response of Oxfordshire’s authorities to the Bullfinch child abuse scandal after 2011, Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children
AN ORIGINAL illustration of the cover art for a PD James novel has sold at auction for £1,125 today in Kidlington. The work, designed for James’ novel The Black Tower, was only expected to fetch £700 when it went under the hammer at Bonhams in
5:36pm Work to continue into evening after canisters containing unidentified substance found at Oxford
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help hunt for the elusive dormouse across the county this summer. The Oxfordshire Dormouse Project has said it needs up to 60 people to help carry out what it says is “vital” monitoring and recording work over the summer
A WARD of 30 beds at Witney Community Hospital will shut for seven months to send staff elsewhere in the county and save money, it was announced yesterday. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is consulting hospital staff over plans to close the
A DRAMATIC bank heist briefly turned heads in Merton Street on Monday evening as filming continued for ITV’s crime series Endeavour. The front reception of the Blavatnik School of Government (BSG) at number 10 and number 12 was transformed into
A NEW air ambulance helicopter for Oxfordshire which will fly at night for the first time is due to be delivered to the UK later this week. The Airbus H135 helicopter, pictured, is in the final stages of being built at the Airbus Assembly Plant
CONFLICT between wheelchair users and parents with buggies has led to problems on the buses across Oxfordshire. Oxford Bus Company said it was an industry-wide issue and had caused some “unpleasant confrontations”. Spokesman Phil Ashworth said
A TEENAGE father behind a string of crimes was handed a six-month jail term and told to sort his problems out. Daniel Lewis admitted a catalogue of crimes at Banbury Magistrates’ Court including shoplifting, assault, burglary and public disorder
CRAIG Greenough’s 15-doll haul was not enough for Garsington Sports A as they lost 3-0 at home to New Club A, writes ANDY BEAL. The defeat leaves Garsington bottom of the Premier Section, 12 points adrift of next placed Gladiators. New Club
ROSE Hill Club A crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Kennington Social Club to lose top spot in Section 2. Steve Walton (4-6-4) whipped off 14 dolls as Kennington came from behind to win the second and third legs by one. Red Lion B Eynsham took
A PETITION has been launched against plans designed to solve congestion in Headington after fears were raised in one street that it will become overwhelmed with traffic. The county council’s proposal, part of its £12.5 million Access to Headington
A GP used a defibrillator to try to save a woman’s life when she choked at Marks and Spencer cafe in Witney, an inquest heard. Dr Richard Carey rushed to try to help 76-year-old Paula Symes when she got into trouble at the shop on Wednesday, July
A LETTER calling on a Government minister to force Oxford City Council to reconsider building thousands of homes on controversial sites has been sent by a neighbouring local authority. Matthew Barber, leader of Vale of the White Horse District
HEALTH bosses have suspended a consultation into the future of 14 intermediate care beds at Chipping Norton Community Hospital. The future of the unit was put in jeopardy when the county council said they could either let the Orders of St John
PLANS for a £50 million second phase to the Orchard Centre in Didcot could face delays following objections from Oxfordshire County Council highways officers. County councillor for Didcot West Nick Hards said council officers have objected to the
TWELVE replicas of a Turner painting of Oxford’s High Street are on display around the city to promote a photography contest. Following a £860,000 fundraising campaign to keep the landscape picture at the Ashmolean Museum, staff are now inviting
