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  • The latest number of coronavirus cases in Oxfordshire

    THE number of recorded coronavirus cases in Oxfordshire increased by 56 over the last 24 hours, official figures show. Public Health England figures show that 5,244 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Friday (October

  • Woman charged after stabbing

    A WOMAN has been charged after a stabbing.  On Tuesday a woman in her sixties was stabbed on Benson High Street at around 1.15pm.  She was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been discharged.  Read more: KFC

  • KFC and kebab shop FINED for breaking 10pm curfew

    KFC and Bodrum Kebab have been fined £1,000 each for breaking coronavirus law. Both restaurants on Cowley Road were caught taking orders and serving customers at their doors after 10pm. Although takeaways can continue operating after 10pm

  • CCTV released of man after robbery involving firearm

    A THIEF who had a firearm stole cash from a newsagents in an Oxfordshire town. The robbery happened at around 6pm on Wednesday at McColls in Market Square, Bicester. ALSO READ: Man charged with stealing meat and cheese from Co-op The man used

  • Council leaders accused of dithering over bus gates decision

    A transport lobbyist has condemned the county council's decision to delay the introduction of new bus gates in Oxford. Hazel Dawe said transport bosses were "dithering" after the proposal was shelved. Council leaders had planned to introduce

  • Man charged with stealing meat and cheese from Co-op

    A MAN who is suspected of stealing meat and cheese has been charged with shoplifting and a breach of bail conditions. Andrew Copeland Brown, 54 of Henry Taunt Close, Barton, was charged yesterday after being arrested on the same day. ALSO READ

  • Delays on A34 following crash near Oxford

    THERE has been a crash on the A34 this afternoon. The collision happened on the northbound carriageway after the Pear Tree Interchange going towards Islip. ALSO READ: Mum and three children killed in A40 crash named Delays are building

  • Businesses in Oxford get £26m in Covid grants

    OXFORD City Council has now provided £26.6m to almost 1,800 businesses to support them through the coronavirus pandemic. During lockdown, the Government provided the council with the funding to support small retailers and other businesses. The

  • Fire crews save dog from house on fire

    Firefighters rescued a dog from a house that caught fire in Oxfordshire. Crews from Banbury, Eynsham and Oxford fire station scrambled to reports of a fire in a house in Fritwell, near Bicester, on Wednesday. ALSO READ: New 'high-speed' roundabout

  • Witney/ LA muso puts his town on a tape

    A WITNEY man who also works and resides in Los Angeles, and writes music for the BBC, has released an EP, which is available as a cassette. Andy Hill, 43, released Impact earlier this month. The recording is influenced by Mr Hill’s experiences

  • New 'high-speed' roundabout plan is put on hold

    AFTER several fatalities at a roundabout in Bicester, plans to build a new one in the town have been put on hold as councillors want to make sure the junction is as safe as possible. Three people have died in car crashes at the Vendee Drive roundabout

  • Promise of Posh facilities is welcome for Oxford United boss

    OXFORD United are confident of one thing tomorrow at Peterborough United – they will get a warmer welcome than at Gillingham last weekend. Changing facilities at Priestfield were switched at late notice, apparently due to a local spike in coronavirus

  • Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival saved by emergency grant

    ONE of Oxfordshire’s biggest music festivals has received £200,000 in emergency aid to help it survive. Fairport’s Cropredy Convention – which was set up by the folk-rock band Fairport Convention – received the cash from the Government’s £1.57 billion

  • 'People would be going hungry'

    THOUSANDS of people in southern Oxfordshire have been forced to rely on charities for food, medicine and transport during the Covid-19 outbreak. Acting on a hunch that many elderly and vulnerable people in the Wantage area would be going hungry

  • 'Please send Trudi a card for her 100th birthday!'

    THOUGHTFUL carers have put out a plea for members of the community to send in birthday cards for a resident’s 100th birthday next month. Trudi Walker, who lives in Nicholson House in Abingdon, is turning 100 on Thursday, November 12. As her family

  • Town's first aid unit reopening in new location

    Health bosses in Oxfordshire are set to move a service for minor injuries. Wallingford First Aid Unit (FAU) is currently based in the town's community hospital but will from next month be located in the nearby GP surgery. The move has been planned

  • Post office set to move across village

    A POST office will be moving to the home of a recently reopened community shop. Following a public consultation, the post office in Aston will now be based at the Aston Community Shop. Read again: Aston’s only store reopens as community shop

  • Police selling stolen goods on eBay

    POLICE are now selling weird and wonderful things on eBay again. Thames Valley Police (TVP) stopped selling on the auction site when the country was put into lockdown, but this week the force has returned with 21 listings. Read more: staff 'no