WORRIED residents in Didcot have reported the strong smell of gas this evening. People who live in Great Western Drive and Fleet Meadow have taken to social media to share their concern, tweeting at British Gas as they report 25 minute delays to
MOTORISTS faced delays on the A420 during rush hour due to a crash blocking one lane near Tubney. All lanes have now reopened and traffic has returned to normal. Expect slow traffic on the #A420 westbound between #Tubney and #Fyfield due
FAMILIES flocked to a last-minute Oxford Eid Extravaganza at the weekend, which was back by popular demand for a second time this summer. An outdoor prayer in the morning was followed by a free fun day on Cheney School's field to celebrate the Muslim
A MAN accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl has been cleared of any wrong-doing. Prosecutors at Oxford Crown Court had claimed that Mitchell Purvis regularly abused his child victim on numerous occasions during the 1980s in Didcot.
THE winning name for a new rowing boat has been revealed after a public vote. Vale of White Horse District Council drew up a list of titles for the new Abingdon Rowing Club craft it helped fund with a £3,809 capital grant, which also went towards
A KNIFE and used needles were found by police in Oxford city centre this weekend after officers scoured areas residents had reported as drug hotspots. In a post of the Thames Valley Police Oxford Facebook page, the force said on Sunday they had
THE WAY the government divvies out cash to police forces has been branded 'unfair' by the deputy head of Thames Valley Police. Matthew Barber, the deputy police and crime commissioner (DPCC) for Thames Valley Police, has said areas with higher
NORTH Leigh signed off their pre-season campaign with an impressive 2-0 victory at Cinderford Town. Josh Dutton-Black and Callum McNish were on target. After the match, the Millers completed the signing of left back Kynan Isaac. Thame United
POLICE have warned that some home insurance policies become invalidated if you post that you are away from home on social media. ALSO READ: This is where you can get £1 children meals this summer Thames Valley Police say do not 'check-in’ on
A DEPRAVED predator who groomed a school girl before subjecting her to a gang rape to pay off a drugs debt has been jailed for life. Rapist Daniel Kilbee, formerly of Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, is already serving one life sentence for a horrific
THIEVES stole cash and an iPad from two businesses in North Oxford at the weekend. The first burglary happened between 5pm on Saturday and 8am on Monday when offenders forced the lock on the front door of a business premises on Banbury Road, near
Eyes to the skies everyone and keep your fingers crossed those showers will clear, as tonight could be our best chance to see the Perseid meteor shower. What will I see? Star gazers could see up to 70 shooting stars per hour overnight (if the
A MAN has been found guilty of multiple offences including assaulting a police officer in Abingdon. Robert Zasada, 28, of no fixed abode, stole a VW Sharan from outside a property on Stonhouse Crescent, Radley, at around 2am on Monday, February
RENOWNED author Sir Salman Rushdie is to give a talk at Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre. He will be at the venue on Tuesday, August 27 at 7pm to talk about his new Booker Prize long-listed novel Quichotte. READ AGAIN: Sir Salman Rushdie could scoop
AFTER being described as the nation’s ‘wokest’ city, Oxford is now being praised for its ability to help people relax. Lake District hotel and spa Daffodil, based in Grasmere, has conducted a study for its customers and come up with a list of the
Oxfordshire Youth has nominated Lucy Group, an Oxford-based international company, for this year’s Jelf Award in the Local Business Community Awards. The reason for the nomination is long-term support from the company for Oxfordshire Youth’s Young
A NEW knitting group will make blankets for refugees in Syria. The new Headington knitting and crochet group will run on the fourth Wednesday of every month, kick-starting on August 28. Read more: 80 per cent of calls to TVP via 999 are not emergencies
BURGLARS broke into a house in a village on the Oxfordshire border and disturbed the homeowner. Thames Valley Police said the break-in happened on Wednesday at a home in Crendon Road, Shabbington, near Thame, between 1am and 1.45am. The offenders
A RETIREMENT home is opening its doors for an afternoon of jazz music. Professional band, Noteworthy, will play at McCarthy and Stone’s Watson Place Retirement Living Plus development in Chipping Norton on Saturday. Read also: 'Soviet bloc' apartments
A RESTAURANT in Oxfordshire is now the third most expensive Michelin Star Restaurant to dine at in the UK. Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Great Milton made the ranking according to new research by online knife specialist, Kitchen Knives.
HUNDREDS of archaeological sites across Oxfordshire may have been identified thanks to special aerial technology. LiDAR – Light Distance and Ranging – equipment has been used as part of the largest high-resolution archaeological survey ever flown
THREE GP practices will be creating healthy havens for bees and other insects as part of a 'pioneering' scheme. The Bee Healthy Project will provide specially-chosen flowering plants and expert advice to St Bartholomew's Medical Centre in East Oxford
THE National Trust will step up security after neo-Nazis conducted rituals at its historic sites. A far-right group calling itself Woden’s Folk has carried out masked torchlit gatherings at a World Heritage Site in Avebury to and carved swastikas
AN elderly woman was tricked by two men who stole her bank cards. The incident happened between 3.30pm and 4pm on Saturday, February 2 this year, when the woman - who is in her eighties - was stopped in her car in the Henley area by a man who told
Division 2 THAME Town are the new leaders after an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Chesham. Their success, coupled with Oxford’s failure to beat Wokingham, sees Thame move six points clear at the top. Faisal Ali did the damage with the ball
Division 2 THAME Town are the new leaders after an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Chesham. Their success, coupled with Oxford’s failure to beat Wokingham, sees Thame move six points clear at the top. Faisal Ali did the damage with the ball
OXFORD City hit back to secure a 1-1 draw at Eastbourne Borough on Saturday. Substitute Zac McEachran rescued a point for Mark Jones’s side in the Vanarama National League South clash with a second-half effort after they trailed at the break.
HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Banbury 167-7 (52 ovs, R West 53, S Yousaf 47, S Clark 5-43), Tring Park 128-5 (33 ovs, A Woodland 55). Slough 79 (30.3 ovs, G Poreddy 53, L Bethell 5-35, W Morrick 3-27), Aston Rowant 82-4 (15.3
NICK Thorne levelled in the final minute as Wantage Town drew 1-1 at home to Brackley Town Saints. It looked as though the visitors would win the Emirates FA Cup extra preliminary round clash after George Ball fired them in front just a minute into
CLASSIC cars will be parked up in the city they were built in for another year running. In a bid to celebrate Oxford's strong car roots to the automotive industry, and days on from the BMW Mini plant's birthday, vintage cars will swing open their
REACHING 500 appearances came second to a clean sheet and three points for Oxford United, according to skipper John Mousinho. He reached the landmark in the 1-0 win against Peterborough United almost 14 years on from his debut for Brentford – against
RESIDENTS are being urged to think twice before calling 999 after new police statistics reveal that 80 per cent of calls are about non-emergencies. Thames Valley Police have launched a new appeal to get people to think about whether they should
WHEN Didcot Power Station’s remaining three cooling towers are blasted to smithereens pensioner Lyn Bowen will miss them more than most. The 79-year-old from East Hanney near Wantage switched on coal-fired Didcot A power station in September 30,
CAMERON Brannagan backed Ben Woodburn to put away his next chance after the teenager’s glaring miss against Peterborough United. The Liverpool loanee blazed over from close range after James Henry’s chip hit the crossbar. It would have given
PEOPLE in Oxfordshire could be left bankrupt and without their homes if Boris Johnson doesn’t ‘act fast’, says Layla Moran. In a letter to the PM the Oxford West and Abingdon MP explained that ‘urgent action’ needs to be taken on the new 2019 Loan
A PLAN to revamp Oxford’s first power station to create a new world-class business education centre run by Oxford University's Saïd Business School has been scaled back. Developers said slight changes to the £60m project would bring the façade
OXFORD United have strengthened their attacking options with the signing of Dan Agyei – and he was not the only striker watching on at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday. The 22-year-old will have to wait for his debut, having had only a minimal pre-season
A SCHOOL in Oxfordshire has resorted to permanent exclusion to punish a bully, for the first time in five years. An unidentified secondary school expelled a pupil in the 2017-18 academic year, recording bullying as the main reason for the punishment
MOTORISTS have been warned there could be delays around one of the county's leading innovation centres today. The county council is leading £1.5m work to upgrade the junction off Thomson Avenue in Harwell with new traffic signals. The work is
GALE-Force winds and torrential rain failed to wipe away the smiles of thousands of music lovers who gathered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Cropredy Festival. A glittering, and surprisingly diverse, line-up of acts joined the three-day gathering
A POST office which closed without warning is still not open six months on. The closure of the Marston Post Office was only meant to be 'temporary' but the kiosk at the Costcutter remains shut and the office is listed as permanently closed on Google
OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ SAUL CHAND, 20, of Frederick Road, in Oxford, admitted assault by beating in Oxford on January 25. Handed a conditional discharge for nine months and ordered to pay £85 court costs and £20 victim surcharge. DANIEL CULLUM-SHARP
CLOTHING site The Modist will host its first European pop-up shop at Bicester Village. Described as a 'global online destination for luxury modest fashion', the Dubai-based company was launched in 2017 by Ghizlan Guenez. Desirée Bollier, from
