MORE than a week’s worth of overnight closures have begun in Marston Road. The street will be shut from 7pm until 6am every night until November 14. Part of the Access to Headington scheme, the resurfacing works are taking place from the
HANDY volunteers fixed up their act to help rescue dozens of household items from being thrown away. The pop up ‘repair cafe’ at Common Ground cafe in Little Clarendon Street on Sunday aimed to repair radios, toasters and other electricals to save
FIREFIGHTERS have created a fitting tribute to the fallen of the First World War in the run up to Remembrance Sunday. Eynsham Fire Station staff turned the building's appliance bay doors into a poignant mural to those who perished in the conflict
MANAGERS of a £20m hotel set to open on Monday will give the parish council a number to call if it gets too noisy. Courtyard by Marriott is putting the finishing touches to its new four-star 170-bedroom hotel in Milton Gate near Didcot. This
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A HOTEL slammed by health inspectors for ‘greasy’ kitchen equipment and ‘poor knowledge’ by staff has gone on sale for £2.5m. The Victoria Hotel in Oxford, which has also been described by guests as ‘very dated’ and ‘tired’, was given a one star
A SPECIAL wreath laying will take place at the Westgate Centre in Oxford to mark the centenary of the First World War Armistice. Members of the Oxford-Leiden twin city link will gather in Leiden Square, outside the John Lewis store, for the ceremony
A 21-year-old man from Blackbird Leys has been spared jail after police inadvertently stumbled upon a secret stash of weapons and drugs hidden in his bedroom. Officers came across the illegal hoard, which included a stun gun disguised as a torch
A MAN needed hospital treatment after being glassed during a fracas at an Oxford city centre Wetherspoons. The 23-year-old victim needed stitches in his head following the attack at the Swan and Castle on Castle Street on Saturday, October 27.
A VINTAGE motorbike that once belonged to a popular Oxford personality is now back on the roads. Motocross racer turned TV presenter Barry Nutley inherited the 1933 Velocette bike from his old friend Viv Kirk following his death in 2004. Over
AN EXPLOSION of colour lit up the skies above Oxfordshire as fireworks displays took place across the county. Tonight's shows will provide the grand finale to a weekend of celebrations that saw dozens of events to mark Bonfire Night 2018. Families
ROB Smedley is to leave Williams at the end of the Formula 1 season. The 44-year-old joined the Grove-based team as their head of performance engineering in 2014. Smedley helped Williams finish third in the constructors’ championship that year
THE council has taken apart a village bonfire, removing plastics, polystyrene and mattresses before it is torched tonight. Acting with Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue, Oxford City Council visited the Plough pub in Wolvercote this morning - just hours
THE head of one of Oxford University’s largest colleges is facing a tribunal. The Very Rev Professor Martyn Percy, The Dean of Christ Church, has been accused of ‘conduct of an immoral, scandalous, or disgraceful nature, incompatible with the duties
A YOUNG woman was repeatedly punched in the face after confronting a gang who had stolen her male companion’s wallet in Oxford city centre. Police say the victim was assaulted with a barrage of punches after speaking out during the robbery in George
STEPS outside an Oxford University College cafe will be removed, and replaced with a wheelchair-friendly platform, if plans to Oxford City Council are approved. As it is, the Old Kitchen Bar at Magdalen College has three steps down from the cafe
THE county’s firefighters will be helping raise the alarm about mouth cancer at a free screening session on Wednesday. Mouth cancer is one of the UK’s fastest growing cancers with November being designated Mouth Cancer Action Month. Oxfordshire
A 'DETERMINED' school has started to improve standards after being rated 'inadequate' almost one year ago. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Carterton was criticised after an Ofsted inspection in November 2017, but has since made progress.
RESIDENTS in Crowmarsh Gifford are set to get a new playground, thanks to £185,000 worth of grants. The financial backing to revamp the play area off Benson Lane has come from South Oxfordshire District Council, WREN and Fields in Trust, as well
A COW was rescued by firefighters on Sunday after the animal had fallen into the River Thames. The cow had become stuck by the banks of the river around two miles east of Eynhsam Lock. At around midday a specialist rescue crew from Kidlington
BRADLEY Smith will race in the new MotoE World Cup next year. The 27-year-old, from Forest Hill, has signed for One Energy Racing in the recently unveiled electric class of the MotoGP championship. Smith will compete in the series alongside
THE arrival of the sculpture of Rosie the elephant at Kidlington revived memories of Oxford Zoo’s most famous story – the escape of three dangerous wolves. Rosie was the star attraction at the zoo which, in the 1930s, occupied the site now housing
COUNCILS should be in charge of parking enforcement across Oxfordshire and not the police, according to Thames Valley Police's top cop. Francis Habgood, the force's chief constable, told Cherwell councillors they should seek to take responsibility
SAMIR Carruthers is having an operation this afternoon in an attempt to solve his ongoing knee problem. The 25-year-old has managed just 81 minutes of Sky Bet League One action on loan at Oxford United. After missing two months following the
OXFORD City warmed up for next week’s Emirates FA Cup first round clash with an impressive 4-2 victory at Hampton & Richmond Borough on Saturday. Goals from Zac McEachran, Kabongo Tshimanga and Joe Oastler, plus Kyran Wiltshire’s second-half
OXFORD has been named the 'best place to live and work' in the UK for the second year running. The city beat 42 others to come top of the 2018 Good Growth for Cities index, put together by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and the Demos think tank. The
GEORGE Seacole scored with the last kick of the game as North Leigh hit back from 3-0 down to grab a stun-ning 3-3 draw at Kidlington on Saturday. The hosts, bottom of the Evo-Stik South League Division 1 Central table, looked certain to record
KARL Robinson was bitterly frustrated a poor spell undermined an otherwise encouraging performance for Oxford United. The visitors were strong defensively and clinical up front in the opening 60 minutes to take a 3-0 lead. But two points were
OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ DANISH AZIZ-HUSSEN, 23, of Beech Road, Oxford, admitted drink-driving in St Clements, Oxford, on September 30. Had 55mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, exceeding the limit of 35mcg. Fined £323, must pay a victim surcharge of
“GREEDY” Oxford United paid a high price for getting carried away at Glanford Park, according to Cameron Brannagan. The midfielder was heavily involved in a barmy second half spell which saw five goals in 17 minutes. Brannagan put the U’s 2-0
Oxford needs a pay rise. As a city, we have high rates of employment but according to the Centre for Cities we are the 2nd most unequal city in the UK, writes Martyn Rush, Living Wage Champion and city councillor for Barton & Sandhills. As we
BLENHEIM Palace has apologised to visitors after long queues and poor organisation marred its damp squib of a sold-out Halloween Fireworks display. Dozens of people complained on the palace's Facebook event for the display, with many frustrated
OXFORD City Council has admitted it needs to attract more people from ethnic minorities to work for it. Nearly a fifth of Oxford’s population is from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, but just nine per cent of the council’s workforce
Plenty of dramatic crimes have taken place in the city down the years, from ram raids to bank robberies. Shameless criminals have targeted small and big businesses - and even children’s Christmas presents weren't safe. We've taken a look back
CELEBRITIES including Sir Cliff Richard and the cast of Strictly Come Dancing rolled out the red carpet for an Oxford icon as Icolyn 'Ma Smith' received her Pride of Britain award. The star-studded scenes, which will be broadcast to millions tomorrow
A HIGHLY regarded pub and restaurant has been put up for sale due to rising food prices and difficulties with staff recruitment. The Vine and Spice in Long Wittenham, near Didcot, has been 'reluctantly' listed for sale by current owner Angur Miah
A NEW micropub could open up in Oxford’s treasured Covered Market if plans get the go-ahead. The Teardrop Micropub is the brainchild of the owners of Church Hanbrewery, a family-owned handcraft nano-brewery in West Oxfordshire. But it plans
THE 'inordinate' amount of time spent investigating 'non-crimes' is taking police away from tackling a rising wave of violence, sexual assaults and robberies across the Thames Valley. Robberies have risen by more than a third in Oxford alone, and
