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A34 blocked by hay bales

10:30am Saturday 25th May 2013

A lane of the A34 at the Milton Interchange was closed yesterday after hay bales spilled on to the carriageway.

Man is jailed for trying to strangle his girlfriend

10:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

A MAN who said “night, night Cathy” as he was trying to strangle his girlfriend was jailed for 21 months.

New college ‘could poach from schools’

7:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

CONCERNS a new college in Didcot could poach children from other schools and leave them short of funds have been raised by an education expert.

Cancer survivor strips off for poster

Anthony Weston is happy to help others by posing naked for a poster for charity UCARE

12:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

LIFE model and testicular cancer survivor Anthony Weston has stripped off for an Oxford charity’s upfront new poster campaign.

All aboard for diesel locomotive nostalgia

Centre manager Roger Orchard

10:00am Friday 24th May 2013

DIESEL power will be pulling crowds to Didcot this Bank Holiday.

Accidents on A34

9:40am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Two accidents on the A34 at the Milton Interchange caused traffic problems yesterday.

Key business sites granted protection from housing

9:30am Thursday 23rd May 2013

OFFICES and laboratories at Milton Park and Harwell Science Centre have been exempted from a new law which could have allowed their conversion into houses.

Go-ahead for 3,800 Didcot school places

9:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A FRAMEWORK for new school places for Didcot’s growing population was rubber-stamped yesterday.

Burglar hit manager in Christmas pub raid

The Broadlands pub

7:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A “MEAN spirited” burglar who broke in to a pub on Christmas Day and attacked the manager was caught by members of staff.

Growing Didcot will need 4,000 more school places

10:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

SCHOOL places for an extra 4,000 children will need to be found in Didcot, Oxfordshire County Council has estimated.






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