THE PLANNING approval for an expansion of Seacourt Park and Ride has been 'called in' for review.A new committee of city councillors will now hold a second meeting to review the decision made over the Botley Road car park on Tuesday night.The
ONE HUNDRED people left Rose Hill Community Centre yesterday with not only a belly full of laughs but also stuffed to the brim with turkey, roasties and all the trimmings.Thanks to more than £4,000 worth of donations and another 200 donated gifts, Oxford
A ROAD has been closed by engineers for emergency gas repairs in Bicester. The junction of Launton Road and Bessemer Close, opposite the town’s Aldi supermarket, is currently closed. A signed diversion route is in place. SGN has said it is
LINKING Oxford and Cambridge by rail is a step closer today after a company that will see the restoration of a line between the cities officially launched. Transport secretary Chris Grayling officially launched work at the East West Railway Company
PEP Clotet is yet to make a decision on Kane Hemmings’s loan at Mansfield Town. The season-long deal which saw the striker join the Sky Bet League Two club in August contains a recall clause in the middle of January. Stags boss Steve Evans
Ruskin College has paid tribute to Nuno Cardoso, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest while in the back of a police van. Mr Cardoso, who was a law student at the college in Headington, died on Friday, November 24 while being driven to custody
SCIENTISTS at the Oxford Internet Institute have said current guidelines on how long children can look at screens are too strict.It is currently suggested that youngsters youngsters only spend between one and two hours a day in front of a screen.However
Oxford Christmas Market has been voted Oxfordshire’s Favourite Event at this year’s ‘In Oxford Awards’. The ‘In Oxford awards’, which are now in their third year, are decided by a public vote held earlier this year.The awards celebrate Oxfordshire’s ‘
Machete-wielding men terrorised the residents of a house which was targeted by criminals twice in the space of a fortnight. Three masked men broke into the home in Spruce Road, Kidlington, at about 2am on Friday, December 1, police revealed today
Seventy years ago this month, 17 Broad Street was chosen as the site of the UK’s first permanent charity shop by the Oxford Committee For Famine Relief. Oxfam, as we know it today, has traded here continuously ever since and the shop still depends
MANAGERS at MEPC, the developer which runs Milton Park near Didcot, have welcomed the results of its green travel campaign.The campaign, which launched at the end of 2016, aimed to inspire people to make travel changes, and formed part of MEPC’s long-term
SANTA'S grotto will be set up in an unusual location this weekend.On Sunday the Oxford Bus Museum near Long Hanborough is offering children the chance to visit the Christmas favourite in a vintage bus.Usual admission prices apply plus a £4 charge
RESIDENTS in West Oxfordshire have been reminded by its district council that there are measures how they can cut down on waste going to landfill by recycling this Christmas. The council will pick up extra recycling from households in black boxes, open
CONSERVATION volunteers will be working to clear the scrub from a nature reserve.People will be working this Sunday at Crecy Hill, near Tackley to clear space to allow cows to graze. The nature reserve is a three acre site created in 1850 when the Great
PUPILS from Chipping Norton School have taken the honour of first place in the first ever 'Democracy Challenge' hosted by their MP.Students from every sixth form in West Oxfordshire took part in the event, which was organised by Witney MP Robert
CONCERNS have been raised that one of the few daytime social activities for older people has been taken away after a cinema cancelled its early afternoon showings. Richard Lord, of Witney, was left frustrated when his local Cineworld stopped showing films
BLACKWELL’S Bookshop in Oxford is holding its Christmas party for customers tonight.The party at the Broad Street store will take place from 5.30pm to 9pm, with refreshments. At 6pm there will be a talk by Costa Prize judges.
BURGLARS broke into a house in East Oxford and stole jewellery, a backpack and a bicycle.Thames Valley Police said thieves broke into the house in Hertford Street between 11pm on Friday and about 8am on Saturday.Burglars got in through a back door which
SMALL companies are set to ‘thrive’ with the help of a new three-year business plan announced by South Oxfordshire District Council.The authority will launch its Business and Innovation Strategy Action Plan 2017-2020 on January 9 in Wallingford.The free
THE Oxford Sea Cadets are once again selling Christmas trees this year to raise vital funds for the organisation. In an annual tradition going back more than 40 years, the charity sells hundreds of trees from its base in Donnington Bridge Road.The pop
STUDENTS mingled with television royalty as they starred in a lavish period drama. Kingham Hill School pupils embraced an 'unforgettable' experience as they filmed with the cast of The Crown, including lead actor Matt Smith of Doctor Who fame.The
CURATORS at Wallingford Museum are appealing for residents to bring in treasured items for a special exhibition in 2018.They are asking people to loan an item - an ornament, souvenir, letter, picture or family heirloom - which has an interesting story
RESIDENTS should be able to use Oxford City Council's website more easily than ever before because of recent changes, it has said.The council said information should be more accessible and that it is now easier to use council services online. It said
ARE you hanging up a stocking on your wall? It's the time that every Santa has a ball..." Just as the cuckoo is the harbinger of spring and the swallow a sure sign that summer is around the corner, we all know Christmas is upon us when we here
A NEW drive to recruit more women firefighters across Oxfordshire is set to officially begin.The fire service wants to make itself more diverse, as it currently only has 32 women in frontline roles – six per cent of the total.When the Chief Fire Officer
FIRE chiefs have issued a series of warnings to residents on how they can stay safe in their homes over the Christmas period.Managers at Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service say dangers are increased at this time of year with an increase in cooking, decorations
MILEIN Cosman, who honed her skills in Oxford before drawing the great artistic names of the 20th century, has died aged 96.Working on commission for publishers, magazines and newspapers, she sketched Benjamin Britten, Yehudi Menuhin, TS Eliot, Francis
SOUTHERN Oxfordshire's largest school has cleared another major hurdle in its £17m rebuild.King Alfred's Academy in Wantage officially opened its new £6.2m science block at Centre Site on Friday.The two-storey building replaces two 1960s science
VOLUNTEERS in Witney have taken on the challenge of providing a new day care centre to help pensioners affected by council cutbacks.It comes after Oxfordshire County Council launched a new system of daytime support services for pensioners and people with
THOUSANDS of people enjoyed a wintry walk through the halls of one of Bicester's oldest churches, which was lined with more than 80 Christmas trees.St Edburg's Church's annual tree festival was hosted over Friday, Saturday and Sunday to welcome
A HEALTH governor and former leading figure in Oxfordshire banking has died aged 76.Geoffrey Forster was the president of the Institute of Bankers for the Oxford Area in 1988-89 during a long career working for Lloyds bank.In his later years he served
A COUNCIL has set aside a salary teetering on six figures to entice a new top boss for education.Oxfordshire County Council is recruiting for a deputy director for education and learning, to plug a gap at the top of its senior management tree.Defending
A MAN who brandished a knife and demanded cash from an elderly volunteer at a charity shop has been jailed.Shaun Carlisle, of Ruscote Arcade, Longelandes Way, Banbury, admitted one count of attempted robbery as well as a count of threatening another with
OXFORD RL’s former coach Tim Rumford believes the club’s move out of the city played a part in their demise, writes JACK JOHNSON.The Blues merged with University of Gloucestershire All Golds last month with the aim of forming a new team in Bristol for
WALLINGFORD RC’s Steve Pearson capped a remarkable year with a gold medal at the British Indoor Championships, writes John Wiggins.Having won with Wallingford crews at the Veterans’ Head of the River, the British Masters Championships and with a record-breaking
NICK Harris is rarely lost for words, but he is still struggling to describe the surreal farewell he received to mark a lifetime in motorsport. ‘The voice of MotoGP’ was hoping to slip away quietly back home to Cumnor when he hung up his microphone
FAMILIES braved the cold and took part in a festive-themed orienteering event at Wallingford's Bullcroft Park.The event, one of two orienteering days organised by South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils, took place on Saturday
Magdalen College School Master Helen Pike on why a decision to go to university has never been so difficult for young people.University application season is in full swing. This term, tens of thousands of students are labouring over the dreaded UCAS personal
HOUSING delivery around Abingdon, Wantage and Faringdon will be scrutinised by councillors tonight.Vale of White Horse District Council’s scrutiny committee will also be going through housing capital schemes with a fine-tooth comb.They will hear how annual
COUNCIL workers downed tools to take part in a Christmas fun run around Christ Church Meadow yesterday.Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council sometimes have a frosty relationship – but that didn’t put 100 runners off. The race winner and organiser
A 'discarded cigarette' is thought to have sparked a house fire in Cowley, Oxford. Firefighters found smoke billowing from the fron door and flames escaping from an upstairs window when called to a house in Fernhill Road yesterday. It happened
YOUNG sensation Miesha Cooke Smith struck gold in the British Under 15 Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield.The 14-year-old, who trains at Oxford Ice Rink, came first in both the short and free programmes in the advanced novice category.Cooke Smith
OXFORD City’s over 60s runners continued their domination of the South East England Masters Cross Country Championships at Horspath.The trio of Richard Grant, Stewart Thorp and Roy Treadwell secured the men’s 60-69 team crown, making it six years in a
BEN Goodall has had quite a journey, writes JAMES ROBERTS.Last month the Harwell tumbler finished eighth in the 17-21 age group at the World Age Group Championships in Sofia.But just 18 months ago the 19-year-old struggled to bend backwards due to a training
WALLINGFORD RC’s Steve Pearson capped a remarkable year with a gold medal at the British Indoor Championships, writes John Wiggins.Having won with Wallingford crews at the Veterans’ Head of the River, the British Masters Championships and with a record-breaking
The schedule always looks a bit threadbare at this time of year, as distributors hold back their award contenders for the early part of the new year. So, it's two for the price of one this week, as we take a look at some of the new releases that will
Although it might sound like a tame update of Don Siegel's Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), S Craig Zahler's Brawl in Cell Block 99 is a brutal addition to a genre that dates back to George W. Hill's The Big House (1930). As in his debut outing, the horror
VIKINGS A came from behind three times to earn a 3-3 draw away to Oracle in the first leg of the Oxford & District League’s Team Knock-out Cup, writes PETE EWINS. Brian Rose (10,080, breaks 4,870 & 4,000) put Oracle ahead in the Group A
SHOPPERS can help conserve the elephant population of Mozambique by buying their gifts from a pop-up Christmas sale.The Mareja Community Conservation organisation is hosting the sale tomorrow in the West Oxford Community Centre in Botley Road. T-shirts
OXFORD City Stars have unveiled their very own one-off Christmas jersey. The ice hockey side will play in the fun festive kit for their next match to raise money for Oxford Children's Hospital. The club got special dispensation from the English
A GANG of ten men accused of operating a ‘cynical and predatory’ child sex ring on a ‘massive’ scale across Oxford are currently on trial, it can be revealed. The major trial into alleged child sexual exploitation, which began at Oxford Crown Court
A COMMEMORATIVE treat inspired by Didcot's railway history has been created. The town's Asda store used hundreds of pieces of chocolate to build a steam train coming in to the station in the Oxfordshire town. The model, which has since been
A CHILDREN’S hospice has issued a plea for help after heavy snow foiled vital fundraising.Helen & Douglas House is rallying support after being forced to call off its iconic Santas on the Run event, for the first time in the annual spectacle’s 11-year
A MEMORIAL service is to be held to celebrate the life of Inspector Morse author Colin Dexter.The author, whose 13 Morse novels inspired the Inspector Morse, Lewis and Endeavour TV series, lived in North Oxford. He died in March aged 86.Following his
LEADING councillors are in a race against time to challenge the contentious planning approval for expanding Seacourt Park and Ride. Lord Mayor of Oxford Jean Fooks and others on the West Area Planning Committee have said they want to ‘call in’
OXFORD MAGISTRATES’KAMIL BANASIK, 31, of North Weston, Thame admitted drink-driving in the A40, Wheatley on October 22. Had 48mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, exceeding the limit of 35mcg. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £300
TRADERS have called for a radical re-think of how Oxford’s Covered Market is promoted and run after city council leaders pledged £1.6m to improve the building. Tenants spoke out after landlords the city council, which owns the Grade II listed building
OXFORD residents face a 1.99 per cent hike in their council tax bill to pay for services next year, the city council has said.For the average Band D taxpayer, the charge would mean an increase of £5.77 over 2018/19.The news comes a week after Oxfordshire
WIRELESS internet could be installed as part of a Government-backed project as preparations for driverless vehicles, a report states. Highways England said it is exploring whether wifi and 5G connectivity could be installed across a 4,400 mile stretch
OXFORD West and Abingdon's MP Layla Moran said MPs 'took back control over Brexit' after they voted that the Government must ask MPs to approve the final deal when the UK leaves the EU. The vote on amendment 7 to the Withdrawal Bill was supported
