EXPLOSIONS, electricity and scientific slime could soon be oozing through a letterbox near you.The former CEO of Oxfordshire Science Festival is about to launch her latest experiment: a monthly subscription science box for families.The Curiosity Box will
RENT is said to be pretty extortionate in our part of the world, so how's this for a lease agreement – a single rose bush a year.That is what Oxfordshire County Council pays to the Earth Trust each summer to allow members of public to wander freely
COMEDY writer Paul Mayhew-Archer stole the spotlight as he was awarded an honourary doctorate in Oxford.The Abingdon resident, best known for co-writing The Vicar of Dibley and Mrs Brown's Boys, took to the stage at Oxford Brooke University to be
CULINARY wizards from across the county cooked up a storm along the riverside in Abingdon this weekend.Hundreds poured into Rye Farm Meadow to indulge in the finest dishes at the Abingdon Food and Drink Festival.Torrential rainstorms failed to stop foodies
THE new Sheriff of Oxford, Susan Brown, made some new feathered and furry friends during her official visit to Port Meadow.The annual inspection by the sheriff, which took place this year at 6pm on Friday, is a long-standing tradition in the city. Ms
THE Mothers' Union in Witney has welcomed a new leader.Barbara Eaton, a member of the local branch for nearly eight years, has been part of the Mothers' Union for more than three decades, and was formerly leader of a branch in Burton upon Trent.The
CHURCHES in Witney have welcomed new wardens to the team.Electrical engineer Gary Mulligan and long-time worshipper Betty Hughes have been made deputy church wardens for St John's Curbridge while church-goer for 15 years Sally Down and grandfather
A TUMBLE dryer burst into flames at a flat in St Clement's yesterday. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to Alan Bullock Close after reports a laundry room was ablaze just before 10.30pm. Smoke rising from a basement laundry
WEST Oxford community centre is inviting residents to get into the carnival spirit at its fun day next month.Circus acts, stalls and a carnival procession will make its way through Botley Park on Saturday, July 9.Music will be performed by Knights of
AN ACCIDENT has partially closed the A34 southbound near Harwell. One lane of the carriageway is shut following the collision between the West Ilsley and East Ilsley turn-offs near Chilton and traffic is reported to be very slow. It is not
A GANG of thieves who stole security gates worth up to £15,000 from an eco burial site are still at large.Police said yesterday they are still appealing for witnesses after the gates at Tackley's Weaveley Arboretum were stolen during the night on
VILLAGERS have a second chance to comment on plans to build 100 new homes on their doorstep.Two landowners, "Mrs A Jones and Mrs N Pullan", have applied for planning permission to develop the estate in Stanford in the Vale, near Wantage.The
LIVES could be saved at Abingdon Rugby Club after it was gifted a public access defibrillator.The club, at Southern Sports Park, Lambrick Way, was given the life-saving device by members of the Abingdon Lions.The fundraising club presented their donation
THE Mayor of Wantage helped traders at Wantage Country Market celebrate their 40th anniversary by cutting their cake for them.Despite the tumultuous news of the EU referendum result on Friday morning, the ten local cake makers, gardeners and crafty artisans
TWO-and-a-half centuries' worth of artefacts found lying on the sea floor off the coast of Italy come to light in a new Oxford exhibition.Storms, War and Shipwrecks: Treasures from the Sicilian Sea, opened at the Ashmolean Museum last week.It tells
