THE Prime Minister defended his chief aide when pressed by the Oxford Mail's Erin Lyons. Erin asked Boris Johnson why it was okay for Dominic Cummings to break the lockdown rules and drive 260 miles from London to Durham when the advice at the
PRIMARY schools and nurseries will reopen to more children on June 1, Boris Johnson has confirmed. During this evening's daily press conference the Prime Minister also unveiled plans to get secondary school pupils back into the classroom from June
FIREFIGHTERS rushed to a blaze in one of the largest woods around Oxford started by a campfire or a disposable BBQ. Crews from Abingdon and Rewley Road fire stations worked hard throughout yesterday morning to bring under control the deep-seated
The danger of being in a newsroom (virtual right now, of course, on Government advice that we work from home if we can), is that you’re constantly on social media. And when you’re on social media, you’re in an echo chamber. Algorithms will show
A ROYAL Air Force Sergeant (Sgt) is volunteering with the ambulance service as part of a nationwide scheme. Operation Rescript sees full-time military personnel link up with the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) in their spare time to help
RISING star Jay Warren has become Oxford City Stars’ first signing for next season. Coming on the back of Ross Miller and Josh Florey rejoining from last term’s squad, the 19-year-old looks an excellent capture for new coach Dean Birrell. Arriving
A county councillor has called the Dominic Cummings story a 'media witch hunt' and says the Prime Minister should keep his top aide in place. As reported, the Mirror and Guardian newspapers revealed on Friday night that Mr Cummings had made a
POLICE are appealing to help find a wanted man from Oxford. Mokhtar Bennagi, 29, is wanted in connection with an assault of a 29-year-old woman which occurred in Barns Road on May 4. The victim sustained facial injuries. Mr Bennagi is white
GAVIN Whyte has backed Joel Cooper to be a success if rumours linking the winger with a move to Oxford United come off. The pair were only born a month apart, so played against each other coming through youth football in Northern Ireland. Whyte
VILLAGERS in West Oxfordshire have joined together to save the pub where Sir Winston Churchill ‘learnt to drink’. A team of 10 Bladon residents forged a committee, the Bladon Community Pub, and have now successfully had an offer accepted by Greene
CHANGES to the way people get around Oxfordshire as a result of the 'new normal' could begin as early as June. Streets where the speed limit is 20mph, safe areas outside school gates, and better cycle paths are among the ideas county councillors
PLANS to build homes with a low carbon footprint have been labelled ‘misleading’. Oxford’s Green city councillors have questioned the Labour-run authority’s announcement they will build eight new zero carbon homes. Last week the council announced
AN OXFORDSHIRE grandad has gone viral on the internet for his passion for gardening. 71-year-old Gerald Stratford grew three and a half pounds of new potatoes in his greenhouse, and some rocket leaves, which he shared with his online gardening community
BOTLEY Road in Oxford was closed for over an hour this morning after a bomb was discovered near Osney Bridge. A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said: “Officers were called today at about 8.40am following reports that an item, believed to
A 37-year-old man from Banbury who went missing yesterday has been found. ALSO READ: This craft brewery is serving freshly poured pints to punters Roy Manock from Banbury has been located and Thames Valley Police thanked the media and members
Oxford MP Anneliese Dodds has said Dominic Cummings' trip to Durham has undermined clarity on lockdown. On Friday night, the Mirror and Guardian newspapers revealed that the Prime Minister's chief aide had made a 260-mile trip to Durham whilst
AN ENTREPRENEURIAL craft brewery in Oxfordshire is keeping punters hydrated with its delivery system. As pubs were forced to shut in March amid the coronavirus outbreak many locals have struggled without the occasional pint of beer. One of the
THE Oxford Mail would like to thank all its readers who’ve so far signed up for a digital or print subscription. As previously reported, we have launched a new subscription service at oxfordmail.co.uk. When coronavirus hit, our revenues were
ESSENTIAL period products and new mothers' packs were distributed to people in the county. The pop-up charity Oxfordshire Period Drive teamed up with the food bank Chipping Norton Larder to get tampons, pads and pantiliners to those self-isolating
By Gordon Rogers. VILLAGERS have been left baffled after their new vicar quit just weeks after being appointed. The new vicar for the Wittenhams and Clifton Hampden, near Didcot, was due to have taken up the post of duty priest in the Bridge
THEY all look so young! This is Oxford rock band Foals, one of the most successful to come out of the city, back in 2008 when they were barely famous. The group were performing an in-store gig at HMV Oxford on Cornmarket to promote the release
A TOTAL of 270 Oxford City Council staff members have been paid not to work through the government's furlough scheme. A decision published on the city council's website earlier this month showed that 20 members of council staff were initially placed
