CRISIS talks have led to the Premier League announcing they will be advancing £125million in relief for the EFL and National League. Clubs throughout the pyramid are suffering under the financial strains after the season was suspended following
A LION mask from 6th century China, a hedgehog vase from Egypt and a ceramic dancing Cypriot woman dating back to 475BC are among the Ashmolean Museum’s treasures giving people inspiration during the coronavirus lockdown. The temporary closure
A GREENGROCER has opened a new store serving the public from a former delicatessen in Oxford’s Botley Road. Peter Durham has taken over the former Eggs Etcetera premises so he is in the best position to serve customers during the coronavirus crisis
AN NHS worker was welcomed home by her six smiling children who were holding a big banner filled with messages of love and support for her and her colleagues on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. ALSO READ: Struggling department store Debenhams
OXFORDSHIRE County Council has confirmed that a temporary mortuary is being set up at a former United States Air Force base in the north of the county in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The facility for storing dead bodies has been created
TWO more homeless people have died in the county, Oxford City Council said. A 43-year-old British national who had been accommodated in O’Hanlon House on Luther Street since October was found dead in his room on Thursday evening. ALSO READ: Struggling
DAY services in Oxford are providing food and essential items to more than 100 homeless and vulnerably housed people every day during the coronavirus lockdown. The Porch day centre is offering a food takeaway service seven days a week, though its
A BRAND new festival planned for the Oxfordshire countryside has been postponed for a year – yet another victim of coronavirus. Kite Festival was due to take place at Kirtlington Park, near Bicester, from June 12-14. The so-called festival of
CHILTERN Railway has moved to a reduced timetable starting tomorrow to ensure that vital train services for key workers can keep running throughout the worsening coronavirus outbreak. The move reflects a major decrease in travellers as people were
A SCIENCE park in Oxfordshire which is home to 6,000 workers has been 50 per cent bought by a global investment corporation. Brookfield Asset Management has bought a 50 per cent stake in Harwell Campus. The 700-acre park near Didcot is home to
THE organiser of the country’s longest running independent music festival has urged people to keep buying tickets in the hope that the show will go on. Towersey Festival is a highlight of many music lover’s summer, and is due to return for its
DEBENHAMS is reportedly on the brink of collapse and could go into administration next week putting more than 22,000 jobs at risk. Last week the major department store put most of its employees on furlough and now it could seek the help of administrators
A TOTAL of 3,605 people have died in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK, the Department of Health confirmed. This is a record high daily increase of 684 from 2,921 the day before. ALSO READ: Sainsbury's bans couples from
SAINSBURY'S is banning couples from shopping together as it ramps up social distancing rules in its stores. The latest measures introduced by the major supermarket chain will see staff asking customers who turn up in groups to choose one adult
THE Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel has welcomed the announcement from the Department for Transport confirming a government funding package to enable the continuation of vital bus services. The package, which includes £167m of new funding nationally
Police would like to speak to a man who may be able to help with a robbery that happened in a newsagents in Henley-on-Thames that involved a knife. Thames Valley Police has released a CCTV image of the man. It relates to an incident that happened
Police would like to speak to a man who they think can help with a theft investigation in Oxford. The force has released a CCTV image of the man. It relates to an incident that happened at around 9pm on Frida, February 21 in Hollybush Row hen
CHILDREN across Oxfordshire are being asked to enter poems and book covers for a creative competition. Oxfordshire Libraries has opened its art and poetry competition for children and teenagers under 18. Winners will see their poem or book cover
SIXTEEN people have been arrested and charged by police for breaking coronavirus rules, but not one fine has been handed out. As part of the lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has ordered people to only leave their homes
THE team at an Oxfordshire hospital radio station have donated £150 to help the NHS fight the coronavirus. The trustees at Radio Horton, which broadcasts to the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, gave the cash to the Oxford Hospitals Charity.
THREE Oxfordshire councils have now suspended speciality bin collections. This week, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have suspended their kerbside service collecting small electrical items, batteries and textiles for
MORE data should be shared to help figure out where coronavirus hotspots are in the UK, according to the Green Party. The political party is calling for NHS England to release location data from its 111 service to allow health and social care staff
A HUMANITARIAN magician is hoping to conjure up some positivity for children who are struggling with self-isolation. Jamie Balfour-Paul (or his stage name Jamie Jibberish) runs the charity Magic for Smiles, an organisation which helps child refugees
Lockdown has not stopped the Oxford Mail Camera Club from getting some brilliant snaps this week. With pictures from the back garden, living room and from the daily walk, the snaps for this week’s theme of ‘self-isolation’ are brilliant. Camera
SHOPPERS queuing down the street, desperately hoping to grab as much as possible, eyeing each other suspiciously. It all sounds very familiar, but these shoppers were certainly not keeping two metres apart. This was the scene outside Next in
WORK is to resume on the next phase of a new £36m student accommodation and shops block in Cornmarket after work was halted due to the coronavirus crisis. Contractors BAM Construction are building a new shopping block following the demolition of
BINMEN and and street cleaners across north Oxfordshire have been hailed for their ongoing invaluable work during the coronavirus pandemic. Barry Wood, leader of Cherwell District Council, praised its workers for keeping the region clean, saying
A LANDLORD is ‘chuffed’ to have scored the highest rating for hygiene at his East Oxford pub. Lee McAllister says his team of staff at the Prince of Wales pub on Horspath Road have been keeping on top of hygiene standards every day. He runs his
NHS staff in Oxford are getting people singing and dancing in a video they produced about their fight against Covid-19. Workers at hospitals in the city and their families took part in the sing-along video which was filmed in clinical areas during
WHILE Oxford United’s season is suspended we have been looking to help fill your blank Saturdays. For the past two weekends an ‘as-live’ blog has been run in real time from a U’s game of the past. So far we have relived wins at Wycombe Wanderers
Health secretary Matt Hancock has descibed what it was like having coronavirus. He told BBC Breakfast this morning that it was a "pretty unpleasant experience". ALSO READ: Pensioner scammed out of £2,800 by fake police officers While he
BRADLEY Smith is in line for a longer run in MotoGP – if the season can get under way. The star from Forest Hill is Aprilia’s test rider, but is deputising while teammate Andrea Iannone was accused of an anti-doping offence. Governing body
We look back at Oxford United's results on this day... April 3 2016 Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Oxford Utd 2 (O’Dowda, Hylton), Barnsley 3 Callum O'Dowda scores at Wembley Picture: David Fleming 2004 League
THAMES Valley Police Federation is backing calls for police officers to get priority Covid-19 testing so they can get back to work if they have had the disease. Last week Sheffield MP Louise Haigh urged the government to protect the welfare of officers
JORDANNE Whiley admits the cancellation of Wimbledon is a setback for multiple reasons. The tournament, scheduled for June 29-July 12, was scrapped for the first time since the Second World War due to coronavirus. While the French Open at Roland
OXFORD United have scaled back the physical demands on their players to avoid burning them out in lockdown. Having worked the squad hard to stay in peak condition when the season was first suspended, the plan has now changed. Tomorrow will mark
SOPHISTICATED scammers are conning the elderly out of thousands of pounds by pretending to be police officers. In the latest incident, in what appears to be a string of many, an 86-year-old lady living on her own in Headington was targeted by a
CAN YOU stay calm under pressure? Thames Valley Police officers and volunteers work around the clock to keep the streets safe and crime-free. Police officers, investigators and volunteers go to crime scenes, carry out patrols, make arrests and
WE know Mr Motivator as the flexible guy in lurid-coloured lycra, getting us to bounce around at some of our favourite festivals. The Jamaican fitness fanatic, who made his name broadcasting uplifting workouts on breakfast TV show GMTV in the 90s
The streets of Oxford are deserted as residents stay at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. George Street once full of tourists and rammed with traffic, is now completely empty with only a few key workers keeping the city ticking over. Read also
The RSPCA is launching an emergency appeal to keep its rescue teams out on the frontline saving animals throughout the coronavirus crisis. Animal rescuers at the RSPCA have been classed as key workers by the government. However, the charity needs
READY-made cocktails could soon be delivered to the doors of Oxford residents due to a new 'first of its kind' business venture. Mathias Rothmann and Caitlin Langford run Bearded Viking Drinks, and want to be able to deliver bottled versions of
A POPULAR city centre pub has asked for planning permission rules to be altered after confusion around its beer garden furniture. The White Rabbit pub was given the go-ahead by Oxford City Council in 2018 to build a new beer garden into the car
THE new leader of the Labour Party will be announced tomorrow. The six-month leadership contest will decide who will replace Jeremy Corbyn as the head of the official UK opposition. The remaining contenders for the role are the overall favourite
The latest inspections by Oxfordshire councils' hygiene teams, correct as of April 2. What do the numbers mean? 0 - urgent improvement necessary 1 - major improvements necessary 2 - improvements necessary 3 - business generally satisfactory
'IF in doubt, don't click' is the message from an Oxford MP as scam emails related to the coronavirus outbreak have started circulating. Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds has been warning about fraudulent emails claiming to be from government departments
