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19th June 2017    21st June 2017

  • Faith leaders unite tonight after Finsbury mosque attack

    OXFORD'S faith communities are to join together in a show of solidarity after the terrorist attack on a London mosque. Representatives from the Muslim community, the Church of England and the Jewish Congregation will meet at Oxford’s central mosque

  • Oxford East's new MP pledges to campaign for affordable housing

    OXFORD East MP Anneliese Dodds has pledged to campaign for more affordable housing in the city as one of her top priorities.Ms Dodds, 39, became the new Labour MP for the constituency on June 8 after Andrew Smith stood down after 30 years.She polled 35,118

  • Barton waves goodbye to its favourite Bobby on the beat

    BARTON has said goodbye to its longest serving community police officer. PC Dawn Raffield, who was named community police officer of the year in 2014, has moved on to become a part of Oxford’s new problem solving team. PC Raffield started

  • Railway crossing malfunctioning for a second day in a row

    POLICE have been called after a level crossing over a railway malfunctioned for a second day in a row. Motorists grew concerned when the barriers at London Road level crossing in Bicester were stuck in the up position and the lights, which warn

  • Curtain call for youngsters as auditions take place in Didcot

    MORE than 150 children will descend on a Didcot arts centre to audition for its first in-house Christmas production.The Cornerstone Arts Centre is relying on local talent to help it put on its production of The Nutcracker and The Mouse King at the end

  • Court dodger on the run from police

    POLICE have asked for the public’s help to trace a wanted man who has failed to appear at court. Jordan Bracey, 22, failed to show at Banbury Magistrates’ Court on January 9 in connection with a charge of criminal damage. The charge is in connection

  • Good causes benefit from Co-op cash

    GOOD causes in Bicester are in line for funding support thanks to Co-op shoppers.As part of the Co-operative’s membership scheme six community groups in and around Bicester will benefit from a slice of more than £1,000.The groups include rescue charity

  • Campaign tackles food poisoning

    CHERWELL District Council has launched a campaign tackling food poisoning.The council released the Safe Summer Eating Campaign alongside National Food Safety Week, which started on Monday.It includes four Cs for food hygiene: chilling, cooking, cleaning

  • Pre-school permitted to keep current home

    A PRE-SCHOOL in Longworth can keep its current home, a council has decided.Vale of White Horse District Council has given Longworth Pre-school permission to continue using its pre-fabricated building for at least another five years.The school helps up

  • Play will address mental health issues

    AN INTERACTIVE play written by Oxford University students and performed alongside a world-leading forum theatre group from India will be take to the stage tomorrow night in Oxford.‘An Evening with Mental Health’ will be directed by theatre practitioner

  • SEN group invites people to attend in Wood Farm

    PARENTS, carers and siblings of people with special educational needs (SEN) are invited to a new monthly group in Wood Farm.The new group, Jigsaw, is for family members of those with learning difficulties or disabilities to meet socially, share experiences

  • Celebration of culture and identity held at Oxford museum

    A CELEBRATION of culture and identity will take place at the Pitt Rivers Museum to mark Refugee Week 2017.This Saturday the museum in Parks Road will launch a photographic exhibition, Syrians Unknown, and Identity Without Borders, a display of objects

  • Church to host 'Parish Proms' music programme

    THE hum of hymns and classical music will fill a church in Sutton Courtenay.All Saints’ Church will celebrate the eighth year of its Parish Proms programme, which features five live concerts throughout next month.The first is on Sunday, July 2 and stars

  • Charity quiz night to be held tomorrow

    GET your quiz hats on for a night of ‘mystifying music rounds, puzzling picture rounds and bamboozling bonus rounds’ all in aid of charity.Oxford City Council will host the bar quiz night at Wadham College Bar tomorrow at 8.30pm.The event aims to raise

  • Storytelling event at Headington park

    AN Oxford park will hold an African and Caribbean storytelling day this weekend.The family event at Bury Knowles Park, Headington, will take place on Sunday at 1pm.The children’s section of the park library will be opened up for the afternoon event offering

  • Storytelling event at Headington park

    AN Oxford park will hold an African and Caribbean storytelling day this weekend.The family event at Bury Knowles Park, Headington, will take place on Sunday at 1pm.The children’s section of the park library will be opened up for the afternoon event offering

  • Environment group to learn about air quality hotspots

    AN expert will talk about air quality in Abingdon. Rachel Roberts, air quality officer for Vale of White Horse District Council, will teach an environmental group about her work.Abingdon Carbon Cutters, established to take action on climate change, will

  • Oxford Brookes receives award for breast-feeding excellence

    MIDWIFERY courses at Oxford Brookes University have been commended for an ‘outstanding programme of study’ in a recent assessment of Unicef UK Baby Friendly standards.The Baby Friendly Initiative is a worldwide programme of the World Health Organisation

  • Fayre date is set

    THE date for this year’s Michaelmas Fayre in East Hanney has been set.The village-wide seasonal celebration with song, dance and lots of food and drink will be held on Saturday, September 23.Donations will be collected on the day as always for village

  • Oxford United pass 4,000-mark for season tickets

    Oxford United have already sold more than 4,000 season tickets. With the date for renewal now passed, the U's have revealed they have sold an impressive 3,817 season tickets plus 273 places in executive boxes. The figure is just 32 different

  • Parish church offers bellringing have-a-go day

    A PARISH church has invited people to come and have a go at bellringing.The church of Ss Peter and Paul in Wantage will open its bell tower on Saturday, July 8.From 2pm to 4pm, visitors can see experienced ringers in action and also try their hand at

  • Marketing workshop to run in Banbury

    BUSINESSES can get clued up on marketing skills in a free workshop being staged by Cherwell District Council.The ‘marketing made easy’ business session is open to owners and managers and will look at how to how to market a business.Cherwell District Council

  • University lends violin to young Syrian refugee

    OXFORD University has lent a violin from its collection to Aboud Kaplo, a 14-year-old Syrian musician. The violin was restored in Oxford before being sent to the teenager and his family, who fled their home in Aleppo and are now seeking refuge in Lebanon

  • Phone photograph competition is on

    PHONE photographers in Oxfordshire have been called on to enter a nationwide competition to find the UK’s finest smartphone snapper.Mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse has launch the search for the person who can ‘capture the story of their town, city,

  • Preparations under way for Alice's Day in Oxford

    PREPARATIONS are under way for this year’s Alice’s Day celebrations.On July 4, 1862, Oxford don Charles Dodgson - Lewis Carroll - took 10-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters on a boat up the Thames and told them stories that would become Alice’s Adventures

  • Breast cancer walkers to stride the length of a marathon

    WALKERS will stride through South Oxfordshire to support breast cancer research.Abingdon-based Against Breast Cancer has announced the date for its annual Breast Walk Ever event, set to take place this year on September 3.The charity hopes to welcome

  • Police want to speak to man pushed into canal

    A YOUNG man was pushed into a canal in Banbury but ran off before police could help him.Police want to speak to the victim and to anyone who saw the incident.Officers tweeted that the man had been pushed into the canal in Spiceball Park at 9.30am on Monday.The

  • Registration plates stolen

    A SET of registration plates were stolen from a vehicle in Beech Road, Oxford in the early hours.Police are appealing for witnesses after the theft on June 14. Anyone with information should contact the force on 101and quote reference 43170174948.

  • Brigadier gives talk on county regiment

    ROBIN Draper, president of the Oxford branch of the Royal Green Jackets Association, is to give a talk on the history of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.Brigadier Draper’s presentation will take place in the Corn Exchange in Faringdon

  • Police want your help in hunt for man on the run since 2012

    POLICE want your help in the hunt for a wanted man in Oxford who has been on the run since 2012. Abdillahi Hersi, 29, formerly of Winchmore Hill, North London has been wanted since he failed to appear at Oxford Crown Court on September 7 2012. He

  • Oxford Immunotec grows at Milton Park

    THE owners of a business park near Didcot have signed a deal with Oxford Immunotec to help the company expand.The diagnostics company based at Milton Park develops tests for conditions such as Tuberculosis and has been based at the park for the past decade.Now

  • Alice's Day events will take place across Oxford

    PREPARATIONS are under way for this year’s Alice’s Day celebrations.On July 4, 1862, Oxford don Charles Dodgson - Lewis Carroll - took 10-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters on a boat up the Thames and told them stories that would become Alice’s Adventures

  • Strictly sweethearts Kevin and Karen dance their way to Oxford

    Surely the greatest skill an entertainer can have is making its audience feel comfortable, at home, relaxed in their company, akin to having a chat over the fence or a cuppa, befriending us?This is certainly true of the Strictly Come Dancing stars who

  • New chef means Killingworth Castle is back on top

    So let’s go back, way back to when Killingworth Castle first opened in 2012. Word spread fast that there was somewhere new, somewhere different, somewhere brilliant, somewhere affordable to eat. The great and the good flocked from far and wide to the

  • Cash boost for domestic abuse charity

    A LIFELINE for female survivors of domestic abuse in Banbury has received a boost to keep supporting women in the town.Clean Slate runs a weekly 'Freedom Programme' to empower women who have been victims of abuse through building self-esteem and

  • Youth gymnastics club will have to cut members after eviction

    A POPULAR gymnastics club will have to cut the number of members at the end of the month after being forced out of its new building.Cherwell Gymnastics Club, which welcomes about 200 youngsters, will move out of its home in Ashville Way, Blackbird Leys

  • Volunteer needed to keep club for older people going

    ONE of the few community clubs offering entertainment for the elderly could be shut down forever if a replacement organiser is not found in time.The New Marston Over-50s Club provides weekly entertainment for about 40 people aged between 60 and 97.The

  • Residents serve up home bake focaccia

    TEMPERATURES were rising yesterday not just outside in the sunshine but also in the kitchen. The smell of freshly baked focaccia bread filled the city as residents took part in the activity as part of Oxford Green Week.The Clockhouse project, which is

  • Crunch time for plans to build controversial telecom mast

    THAME Town Council will decide tonight whether or not to go ahead with a controversial telecoms mast at a park in the historic town.Shared Access – which owns and operates wireless communications structures – wants to build the 17.5m tower at Southern

  • Fun in the sun at school's summer fayre

    VILLAGERS had fun in the sun thanks to the teachers, parents and pupils at Millbrook Primary School who staged a jam-packed Summer Fayre.The fayre was staged on the school field in Grove on Saturday for families to enjoy traditional fete games as well

  • Clock purchased by school in honour of past pupil

    A TRADITIONAL Quaker clock manufactured in Sibford Ferris back in the 1870s has been purchased by Sibford School near Banbury in memory of a former scholar. Mike Finch, a pupil at Sibford from 1949 to 1954, died on 10 June 2016. He had returned

  • Fate of children's centres to be decided today

    THE fate of children’s centres across the county will be decided today as community groups learn whether they will get funding to keep services running.Oxfordshire County Council will approve the final round of funding in its £1m transition cash pot set

  • Patients encouraged to get more involved with GP surgeries

    PATIENTS across the county are being encouraged to lend their support and become more involved with their GP surgeries.With Patient Participation Group (PPG) Awareness Week in full swing, health bodies are hoping to show the importance of patients'

  • GOLF: Carswell hit back to beat The Oxfordshire

    CARSWELL made home advantage tell when they defeated The Oxfordshire 2-1 in Section 2 of the Core Golf UK Oxfordshire Foursomes League. In the top match, The Oxfordshire’s pair of Andy Stubbs and Nigel Lucas trounced Jason Peevers and Andy Morton

  • Rapist still on the run after attack near Oxford nightclub

    NO ARRESTS have yet been made after the rape of a woman in central Oxford. Thames Valley Police are continuing their investigation after the woman was raped by a man who followed her out of a nightclub in Park End Street in the early hours of Sunday