A NEW company set up to service Oxfordshire businesses software is taking off fast, writes David Duffy. DataLodge was set up in January and managing director, Michael Oughton, said: "We have been encouraged by the response so far and are hoping to move
A MOTORCYCLIST died after he fell from his bike and slid into the path of a bus being driven by a learner bus driver. The man, in his mid 20s, died instantly in the accident, outside the driving test centre in Marston Road, Oxford, at about 11.45am yesterday
A NEW wave of industrial action could soon be hitting schools in Oxfordshire. The news comes after members of the biggest teaching union decided to ballot members on a one-week work to rule in the autumn term. The National Union of Teachers, which is
TEACHERS were today cleaning up after a second arson attack at Bicester Community College in a year. A science laboratory and toilet were set alight causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. Headteacher Cynthia Bartlett is assessing the damage but
PARENTS at a school which lost its crossing patrol in a round of spending cuts are celebrating a cash grant which will bring the money back. St Thomas More School in Kidlington is one of four primary schools to receive a grant from Cherwell District Council
SPOOK specialist Mike White is on the lookout for terrifying tales. The 37-year-old from Wantage is convinced there must be plenty of stories about ghosts and other folklore emanating from an area so steeped in the past. And now he wants to hear from
TERRY and Jan Sapey lost the house of their dreams to an estate agent who was meant to be selling it. But the couple were celebrating today after a tribunal ruled that estate agents Connell had breached professional rules. Mr and Mrs Sapey claim they
THOUSANDS of keep-fit enthusiasts in Banbury are facing a three-month lay-off after flooding devastated their sports centre, causing an estimated £1m worth of damage. The Spiceball Park Sports Centre is now closed until further notice, after the ground
NEWLY-CROWNED Oxfordshire ladies champion Nesta Woolford reflected on her great escape after twice staring defeat in the face. "It's been a really stressful few days," the 18-year-old admitted after taking the title for the first time at Burford last
A DISABLED woman with a mental age of six was treated "like a dog" by her home carer. Rosita Flippence, 57, looked after 34-year-old Monica Hawkins at the house they shared in Springfield Road, Wantage. But a court heard yesterday how Flippence: lforced
SOIL outside Harwell laboratories has shown higher-than-expected levels of radioactivity. Critics of the site's nuclear programme have now called for a detailed ground survey around Harwell International Business Centre. But the Atomic Energy Authority
CHILDREN at a school will have a late start to the new term after a £30,000 arson attack. Youngsters in some classes at Berinsfield Primary School, which starts its new term on Monday (April 20), have been told not to turn up until Wednesday (April 22
TIM Henman gained revenge over Jerome Golmard with a 6-4, 6-1 third round win today in the Japan Open. Third seed Henman played solid tennis to take the opening set against the 14th seeded Frenchman and then ran away with the second set to wrap up victory
