THE highest daily increase in new coronavirus cases was reported in the UK in the last 24 hours. Across the UK 6,634 positive test were announced by Public Health England (PHE), as of 9am. It brings the UK's total to 416,363. The health body
HEALTH campaigners have reacted with 'shock and disappointment' to the announcement there is no intention to reopen beds 'temporarily' closed at a community hospital four years ago. The 12 in-patient beds at Wantage Community Hospital were shut
THE government's plans to prop up the economy through a winter where coronavirus restrictions will continue have been welcomed as a 'lifeline' by Oxfordshire businesses. Today, the chancellor Rishi Sunak made a statement on his winter economic
THE county’s ‘frustrated’ director of public health is working to set up a local contact tracing system, alongside testing for key workers, in response to national failings. Ansaf Azhar, speaking at a meeting of Oxfordshire’s Joint Health Overview
FABIO Lopes has been given a chance to get more experience at senior level after being loaned out by Oxford United. The 18-year-old will spend the next month with Biggleswade Town, who play alongside Banbury United in the Southern League Premier
A CYCLIST is in a critical condition in hospital after a heavy crash with a car. The woman, who is in her sixties, sustained serious injuries in the collision on the A4155 Reading Road, Henley, near the junction of Mill Lane. It happened at 2.05pm
MORE than a quarter of Oxford residents are students, new figures show. An Office of National Statistics (ONS) study comparing British towns and cities with their French and German twins showed 26.6 per cent of people living in the city are in full-time
A DEPRAVED paedophile who repeatedly raped and sexually abused an eight-year-old girl has been jailed. During Joshua Dodd's campaign of sexual abuse in South Oxfordshire he also attacked a second child victim, groping her while performing a sex
NORTH Oxfordshire residents are being thanked for putting the right rubbish in the right bin. Cherwell District Council supported Recycling Week this week, a campaign run by The Waste and Resources Action Programme. Between April and August,
A VEHICLE caused delays when it was left stranded at a major junction of the A34. The vehicle broke down at the roundabout for junction 9 of the M40 during rush hour this morning. Read also: 'Phone-free' pub to move into tile shop One lane
Thom Yorke has married his girlfriend Dajana Roncione in Sicily. The Radiohead singer, 51, and Italian actress, 36, tied the knot on Saturday at the Valguarnera in Bagheria, reports Italian Vanity Fair. During the celebrations, the couple made
THE University of Oxford is set to abolish a controversial fee. The move to get rid of the Graduate Application Fee was welcomed by the Oxford Students’ Union (Oxford SU), which has criticised the fee due to its impact on students from low-income
THE landlord of a traditional pub in north Oxford has pledged to stick to Boris Johnson’s latest coronavirus restrictions including a 10pm curfew. “If that’s what Mr Johnson says has to be done it has to be done,” said David Rhymes, who runs The
A SPATE of thefts from building sites has prompted a warning to workers. Thames Valley Police is advising that no tools are left on sites overnight after incidents were reported across the region. Read also: Burglars break into rural home in
BURGLARS stole several items after breaking into a West Oxfordshire house in broad daylight. The incident happened yesterday in Garston Court, off Burford Road in Brize Norton. The offenders found their way into the property between 6.30pm and
PART of an Oxford tile shop will be transformed into an independent pub for real ale lovers. Oxford City Council has approved plans to change a section of the ground floor in Choice Tiles, in Headington, into a drinking establishment. It will
CORONAVIRUS has completely changed the face of the high street. In the last six months, since Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK into lockdown on March 24, things that would have once been alien are now a new normal. It is now a legal
CAMERON Brannagan is a doubt for Oxford United's trip to Accrington Stanley due to an illness. The midfielder, who scored in the fixture last season, is due to see a doctor this afternoon. United felt it was not clear whether he would need
MOSAICS dating back to the Romans were recently given a deep clean for the first time in over a decade. The North Leigh Roman Villa welcomed its 1,000th visitor of 2020 earlier this month, and celebrated with a clean of the 1,700-year-old mosaics
CAR fanatics who flocked to Bicester Heritage’s drive in event at the weekend also managed to bid for vehicles. Bonhams MPH held its first live socially-distanced auction on Sunday which achieved a sale total of £1.26 million. A mix of modern
A 'WINTER economy plan' to protect the British economy throughout the next six months has been announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Rishi Sunak laid out his plans for how the Government would help businesses and workers through the winter
KARL Robinson believes weekly coronavirus tests should be reintroduced across the English Football League. Oxford United paid for their own swabs to be taken twice a week when they returned to training for the play-off campaign in June and July
EMPTY buildings are a fire risk, warns an Oxford construction company. Ingleton Wood is raising awareness as part of Fire Door Safety Week, which ends on Sunday. The company is urging business and property owners in Oxford to review their fire
A CONTROVERSIAL housing plan which South Oxfordshire politicians hoped they could alter will be vetted by the public. South Oxfordshire’s new Local Plan makes space for as many as 28,000 homes in the district, 24,000 of which could be built by
A STREET closure which saw diners eating out al fresco on an Oxford city centre street could return in the future, if ther e is enough support for it. A large part of George Street was closed throughout August and the start of September and restaurants
A BICESTER coach has launched a new football academy for youngsters in the town. Children have the opportunity to boost their skills with the help of 30-year-old resident Jamie Cassidy. He has set up the Jamie Cassidy Soccer Academy with under
OXFORDSHIRE firefighters carried out hundreds fewer safety checks on buildings last year compared with a decade ago, new figures reveal. Fire services conduct audits on public buildings and shared areas of residential properties such as flats to
A SECOND mural to spread the message of staying safe has been created in Oxford. The mural, in Manzil Way Gardens, follows an earlier one in George Street. A collaboration between Fusion Arts and Oxford City Council, the mural was created by
PLANS to build on land north of Oxford, which could see a gap between the city and villages to the north closed have begun to advance. A housebuilding plan approved earlier this month will see 4,400 homes built on different sites in Green Belt land
John Thaw became recognised around the globe as Oxford-based Inspector Morse, thanks to the ITV series which ran between 1987 and 2000. The actor died in 2002 but his memory lives on and while he had many roles it is perhaps as Morse that he is
A pub chain with three hostelries in Oxfordshire is to extend its Eat Out to Help Out scheme following the government's 10pm curfew announcement. Dermot King, CEO of Oakman Inns, which owns Blue Boar in Witney, Crown & Thistle in Abingdon and Old
ADMIRERS of luxury cars are able to drool over a stunning selection of vehicles at one of the world’s top events for high-end motoring. Posh people’s car show Salon Privé has returned to Blenheim Palace for its 15th consecutive year. One of the
MANY areas of the economy have been hit hard by coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown but few as badly as tourism. And for a city like Oxford which relies on visitors, that is serious news. The bad times began to bite long before the lockdown.
A Bicester woman urgently wants a footpath to be built along a popular walking route in the town. Joanne Barrow says a gap in the pavement next to the A41 Oxford Road roundabout on the edge of town near Bicester Shopping Park needs to be filled
STUDENTS should stay at university over Christmas to stop the spread of coronavirus, according to government scientists. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) fears people returning from university in December will spread the disease
POLICE stepped up patrols of South Park last night following reports of Oxford Brookes University students partying. Residents had complained of gatherings of up to 20 people over the previous four nights in the East Oxford park. Thames Valley
AN ENVIRONMENTAL education charity is urging people help it look after green spaces as winter approaches. Earth Trust looks after many of the green spaces in Oxfordshire that we all know and love and have enjoyed more than ever during the Covid-
SAM Winnall will not be setting himself goalscoring targets for Oxford United this season, because the striker feels anything is possible once he returns to fitness. The 29-year-old is looking for a fresh start after joining Karl Robinson’s side
FEWER than two-thirds of close contacts of people with coronavirus in Oxfordshire are being reached through the test and trace regime, figures suggest. The Government has faced mounting pressure over failings in the NHS Test and Trace system, which
TWO men have appeared at court after separate undercover stings - one from police and another by so-called 'paedophile hunters.' Patrick Jessemey appeared to be sentenced at Oxford Crown Court yesterday after inciting a fictional child to sexual
OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ ANDREW BROWN, 59, of Rose Hill, Oxford, was served with a 28-day domestic violence protection order on August 23 for the protection of a woman. He must not contact the woman directly or indirectly, threaten her with violence,
A SCULPTURE of a giant pink pen will be put up outside an Oxford University institution. Plans by the Blavatnik School of Government to install the sculpture outside its Walton Street building have been approved. Erecting a new piece of public
BORIS Johnson’s 10pm curfew on the hospitality industry has been loudly criticised across southern Oxfordshire, with one pub landlord describing measures as a ‘big mess’. Pubs, bars and restaurants in England will have to shut early from tomorrow
AN ANTI-RACISM group is organising a community event after a series of 'racist' abuse in Oxford. The Oxford Stand Up To Racism group revealed it has received reports of 'racist incidents, ranging from verbal abuse to intimidation at people's homes
A NORTH Oxford street could be the next in the city to close to traffic so businesses can set up outdoor seating. North Parade Avenue is set to begin a trial pedestrianisation next month, which could last until December. The street, located
THOUSANDS of pieces of furniture headed to the landfill were saved by a homelessness charity in Oxford. Instead of going to the tip more than 600 tonnes of items – the weight equivalent of approximately 49 double decker buses – were sold off to
EVERY area outside of Oxford's city centre could potentially become a so-called Low Traffic Neighbourhood, where through roads are cut off to stop rat running. Plans for LTNs, as they are also known, have been touted for three areas of Cowley,
