TESCO is recalling a brand of baby food following concerns that a small number of jars may have been tampered with. The supermarket chain says if anyone who has purchased any of the 15 varieties of 7+ months Cow & Gate 200g baby food jars, to return
OXFORD United will visit West Bromwich Albion in the Emirates FA Cup fifth round if they can beat Newcastle United next week. The Sky Bet Championship leaders won at West Ham United last weekend. The U's last visited the Hawthorns in 2014,
A MAN sexually abused a boy at his Oxford home for years, only stopping when he went to get married in Pakistan, a court has heard. Sabir Hussain, of Nye Bevan Close, is accused of a string of indecent assaults and one count of rape. The charges
THIEVES stole a woman's purse from her trolley as she was getting a coffee from the vending machine in Waitrose. The two men then used one of her cards to withdraw some cash at an ATM near the Abingdon store. The purse also had cash inside
STAFF at a day centre which is set to close unexpectedly this year say they have been threatened with losing out on pay if they speak to the press. National charity Home Farm Trust announced this month that it plans to close its Milton Heights centre
BOMBAY Bicycle Club and The Kooks are among the bands expected to play this year’s Truck Festival. Organisers of the three-day rock music event, at Hill Farm in Steventon, ‘teased’ a handful of big acts for this summer’s festival by printing out
Electronic items and cash have been stolen after a burglary at a home in Didcot . Entry was gained to the house by forcing open a window at the side of the house. Read also: Man stole vape outside Cirkus nightclub on George Street The incident
A VAN was broken into while it was parked at the park-and-ride car park in Bicester. Thames Valley Police said the break-in happened on Thursday at the car park in Vendee Drive and some power tools were stolen. READ AGAIN: Latest court results
A Chinese New Year celebration event in Oxford has been cancelled. The event, which is run by the Chinese Community Advice Centre every year at Oxford Town Hall, has been pulled due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. Mei Clark, of the Chinese
THE first tickets for Oxford United's Emirates FA Cup replay against Newcastle United will go on sale this afternoon. Season ticket holders, Yellow Members and flexi-ticket holders can buy one each online from 4.30pm. Normal league prices apply
IT WAS a disappointing afternoon for the Oxfordshire sides in the Uhlsport Hellenic Premier Division. Despite an Owen James penalty and a goal from Callum Rice, Ardley United suffered a 5-2 defeat at Lydney Town. Easington Sports lost 3-0 away
OXFORD author Sir Philip Pullman has added his views to the debate about the new Brexit coin by criticising the lack of an ‘Oxford comma’. Three million coins bearing the slogan ‘Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations’ are due to enter
BERYL Keen, one of Oxford’s former Lord Mayors, has died. The Labour Party stalwart was a city councillor for 20 years, representing the Cowley and Iffley areas, before she stepped down from office in 2006. READ MORE: Man stole Vape outside nightclub
The winning art from a county-wide coffee cup bin competition aims to encourage the recycling of single use coffee cups. Oxford City Council and Oxford Direct Services ran a competition with a brief to design something that inspires others to care
AN 18-year-old had her vape stolen while talking to a man outside a nightclub. Between 11pm and 11.30pm on Friday, the woman was standing outside Cirkus nightclub on George Street with a group of friends when an unknown man approached her. Read
Care home residents donned their kilts to celebrate Burns Night in true Scottish style. It was the fifth year that the team at Marston Court, Oxford, hosted an event to commemorate the life and poetry of Robert Burns. The celebration on Friday
A YEAR of celebrations began on Sunday to mark eight centuries of church and community life in two neighbouring villages. Kidlington and Hampton Poyle 800 was officially launched at a special service at St Mary’s Church, Kidlington. Among those
A MAN stole cash from an elderly woman after pretending that an ATM was broken. Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses of the robbery, which happened in Thame on Thursday. The victim, a 74-year-old woman, was withdrawing cash from
A DRIVER 'sped off' after hitting a classic car and hurting a girl who was standing next to it. The girl's father has appealed for information on Facebook, following the collision in Abingdon. Adam Martin said he and his 16-year-old daughter
FIREFIGHTERS had to hose down a kitchen blaze after a dog 'knocked' the cooker switch and set a bin alight. The clumsy canine almost caused chaos in Wantage on Thursday afternoon, but crews from Wantage and Didcot fire stations managed to put out
PLANS to reopen the Cowley branch line could hit the buffers if the Oxford mainline is not upgraded, according to a new report. The first stage of a study into railways across Oxfordshire will be discussed by the Oxfordshire Growth Board in Didcot
A person has died on the train tracks near Beaconsfield Railway Station during rush hour this morning. Emergency services including Bucks Fire, British Transport Police and Thames Valley Police descended on the railway station at around 8.30am
A RESIDENT allegedly punctured someone's tyre after leaving a passive-aggressive note about parking. The driver made the allegation on the Spotted: Thame Facebook page yesterday, sharing a photo of the neatly-written note. It said: "Park outside
PET owners have been made aware of a sickness affecting dogs in parts of Oxfordshire. A spike in cases of canine gastroenteritis, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting, has been reported elsewhere in the country. Vets in Derbyshire and Lancashire
OXFORD United will find out their potential Emirates FA Cup fifth round opponents tonight. A goalless draw at St James' Park on Saturday earned a replay against Newcastle United at the Kassam Stadium next week. Both sides will be ball 14 when
A CAR park has become a problem spot for drug dealing, dangerous driving and antisocial behaviour. Police have stepped up patrols at Woodford Way Car Park in Witney, after reports of groups 'scaring' neighbours and even 'jumping up and down on
BANBURY United midfielder Ravi Shamsi has claimed he was racially abused during Saturday’s game at Royston Town. A spectator was ejected from the ground after the alleged incident in the Puritans’ 1-0 defeat, with the hosts launching an investigation
OXFORD City were left to rue missed opportunities as they went down 1-0 at Vanarama National League South play-off chasers Maidstone United. Justin Amulazor’s header just before the hour mark proved the difference as Andy Ballard’s side slipped
HENRY Landers’s stunning five-goal performance fired North Leigh to a thrilling 5-4 victory at Bedford Town in BetVictor Southern League Division 1 Central. The striker struck a nine-minute hat-trick to put the Millers 3-1 up in the first half,
MARCUS Browne admitted he would have a sleepless night on Saturday reliving his big chance to score for Oxford United at St James’ Park. The Middlesbrough loanee’s sublime first touch took him past a defender and through on goal with 20 minutes
KARL Robinson hopes Oxford United’s lucrative Emirates FA Cup replay can have an impact on what he can do before the transfer window closes on Friday. His team produced another magnificent display to hold Premier League side Newcastle United to
NATURE lovers are celebrating the centenary of an Oxfordshire woodland by planting 100 new trees. This year marks 100 years since the ffennell family bought Wytham Woods, near Oxford, and established the adjoining Hill End outdoor education centre
A MULTI-million-pound block of student flats has been delayed to address privacy fears of nearby residents. Pembroke College wants to knock down part of its riverside accommodation complex, the Geoffrey Arthur Building, and replace it with new flats
A MASSIVE spring clean of the whole of Oxford is looking for volunteers now. More than 1,000 helpers are expected to lend a hand at this year's OxClean Spring Clean on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 28, 29 and March 1. Dozens of groups
WORK is about to start on the construction of a new Premier Inn in Oxford city centre. The popular discount chain runs a hotel in Garsington Road at Oxford Business Park and has another hotel in Marcham Road, Abingdon. But it has no presence
A NEW £1.4 million budget to rebuild a city community centre is set to be officially signed off tonight. The cost for creating a new Bullingdon Community Centre in Headington will be put to Oxford City Council. Officers have had to increase the
OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ Reminder: Here's what our reporters can and can't report BRIAN MATHEW, 80, of Oxford Road, Eynsham, was found guilty of driving in a public place without due care and attention on March 29 in Eynsham. He was fined £100 and
A TEACHER woke up to find her cat bleeding from the eye after it was shot in the face. Vets found an air rifle pellet lodged in nine-month-old tabby Mia, and a surgeon had to remove one of her eyes. She was injured near her home in Chadlington
THE 'fundamental human rights' of children in care in Oxfordshire are increasingly being breached as more and more of them are sent to live outside of the county, an MP has warned. Latest figures from the Department for Education reveal the number
