New mayor wants Saxon tribute to King Alfred

Fiona Roper

1:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

New Wantage Mayor Fiona Roper plans to introduce an annual Alfred’s Day featuring a re-enactment of a Saxon battle.

Fears remain on plan to build a new estate

1:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A REVISED plan for more than 70 homes in Stanford in the Vale, originally thrown out last year, is due to decided tonight. David Wilson Homes applied to build 76 homes on a site off the A417 last year, but the district council’s planning committee threw the plans out on the grounds the estate would be cut off from the rest of the village by the busy road and would detract from the rural character of the village.

Plea to save Wantage trees

10:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

WANTAGE: Developer Bovis Homes has been asked to stop cutting down trees at Stockham Farm on Denchworth Road, where it will build 200 homes.

ARTWEEKS: Couple have a real labour of love

Adelaide Coombes and Ben Hinton. Picture: OX59107 Antony Moore

12:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

A LOVE of woodwork and design turned into love for each other for two artists exhibiting in Artweeks for the first time.

Estate plan causes road safety fears for pupils

Wendy Allen, far right, and other concerned parents outside St Nicholas CofE Primary School. Picture: OX59065 Greg Blatchford

1:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

CHILDREN’S safety will be put at risk if a second housing estate gets the go-ahead, residents have warned.

Guide dog Ufton takes his final bow wow

Billy Watkin and Ufton. Back, from left, Jadon Larbi, Lyn Oliver and Ruby Bannerman. Picture: OX59037 David Fleming

7:00am Monday 13th May 2013

TODDLERS at a Faringdon nursery said a fond farewell to guide dog Ufton.

Music-mad teens are a hit with cult heroes Dreadzone

FANS: Adam Thack-Pugsley, Callum Walton and Alex Warner

9:30am Tuesday 7th May 2013

SCHOOL projects can instill a sense of “dread” in pupils’ minds.

Caring on the record

Doreen King, Gladys Fisher, Mark Nutt and Vanessa Pryor.

7:30am Monday 6th May 2013

ELDERLY residents and staff at a care home were thrilled to listen to their charity single, which will raise funds for Contact the Elderly.

Talented rugby player, 16, took his own life

TALENTED: Rugby player Colin Nuttall

7:00pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A coroner has recorded that a 16-year-old rugby player took his own life.

F1 racers Williams revved up for expansion despite £5m loss

Sir Frank Williams

4:00pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

BOSSES at the company behind an Oxfordshire Formula 1 racing team are gearing up for further expansion, despite announcing significant losses.

Tortoise in a jam rescued from road

Helen Davidson with the tortoise

3:00pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

A SHELL-SHOCKED tortoise almost came a cropper when it tried to cross a busy main road.

Restaurant plan on menu for listed shopping gallery

1:00pm Monday 29th April 2013

A Grade-II listed shopping gallery in Wantage could be closed off, with a new restaurant or shop opening up in what is now a walkway.

Aunt's cancer battle inspires Grove schoolboy's charity bike ride

Josh King is in training for his charity ride

3:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD schoolboy is in training to become king of the road.

Concerns raised over 1,500-home plan

7:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

A new 1,500-home estate on the edge of Wantage will have just 360 primary school places.

UPDATE: A420 cleared following accident

7:06pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

THE A420 near Faringdon has been cleared following an accident between A417 Park Road and A417 Stanford Road.

Village church to get Thatcher memorial

Baroness Thatcher and Sir Denis

9:20am Monday 15th April 2013

FORMER Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Sir Denis are to be remembered by a plaque in an Oxfordshire church.

Thieves steal from car

10:30am Saturday 13th April 2013

Two thieves stole items from a car after swiping the keys from a house in Mably Grove, Wantage.

Tennis club gets planning permission

3:00pm Friday 12th April 2013

FARINGDON Tennis Club has won permission to build houses on its courts more than 10 years after submitting its original planning application.

Development group to grill politicians

5:20pm Thursday 11th April 2013

THE Wantage and Grove Campaign Group for sustainable development has arranged a new meeting with MP Ed Vaizey at Wantage Civic Hall on Friday, May 3, at 8pm.

The headache for pubs of being 'tied'

Tom Rainey

9:54am Thursday 11th April 2013

THERE has been precious little for Oxfordshire’s landlords to raise a glass to during the past few years.

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