A WITNEY-born designer has won a national contest to design the Olympic torch, with a little inspiration from his native Oxfordshire. Jay Osgerby dreamed up the golden torch idea with fellow London designer Edward Barber and will see it carried around
A SOLDIER’S sweetheart has won the title of Mrs Oxfordshire in a new competition. The contest, launched last year, is open to all women above 21 who are married. Michelle Spencer, who lives at Dalton Barracks, Abingdon, will now compete
A GRANT-GIVING foundation is to celebrate helping hundreds of worthy Oxfordshire causes with a street party this month. The Oxfordshire Community Foundation, based in Woodin’s Way, Oxford, distributes thousands of pounds in grants every year. It also
A MAN could be jailed for falsely claiming a British passport three times in 20 years – unaware he could have legally obtained one. Ivan Fort, from South Africa, applied for the UK document in 1990 using the identity of another Mr Fort, a British
A stunning ride from Oxfordshire rider Bradley Smith saw him go from 28th on the grid to finish second in the Moto 2 Grand Prix at Silverstone today. He finished seven seconds behind race behind winner Stefan Bradl.
AFTER a series of holidays and long weekends washed out by rain and snow, travelling to the Western Isles of Scotland under the shadow of a ‘variable’ weather forecast didn’t bode well for breaking the duck. But then life – and particularly the weather
THE Bishop of Oxford has hit out at “disastrous” Government cuts in the wake of critical comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rt Rev John Pritchard said the Archbishop was right to speak out in a magazine article – and criticised “
