THREE more people have died in Oxfordshire after testing positive for Covid-19 as more than 18 million people have received their first dose of a vaccine. One death was recorded in West Oxfordshire and two in Vale of White Horse, which takes the
A PILE of home belongings was illegally dumped on the side of a country lane in a southern Oxfordshire village. Vale of White Horse District Council officers are on the hunt for the offenders behind the fly-tip in Woolstone, near Faringdon. ALSO
A PRISONER has had six months added to his sentence after being found using a mobile phone while in jail. Ian Greenwood, 33, pleaded guilty to the offence at a hearing at Oxford Crown Court last Friday. Greenwood was found in possession of the
TWENTY-THREE drivers have been caught speeding on one A-road during a police crackdown on driving offences. The Thames Valley Police roads policing team conducted an operation on the A41 at Bicester yesterday following recent serious collisions
THE co-owner of a grocery estimates £5,000 in cigarettes and cash was stolen from his store during a burglary. In a cruel twist of fate, Raees Khan only took over Cowley Grocery & Meat with his business partner last month. Since then, the pair
A CHARITY that provides grief support to children and young people has received £4,000 from Oxfordshire Freemasons. SeeSaw is a small, Oxfordshire charity and it is now relying on reserves to keep their vital service going and therefore the £4,000
Portrait photographer Fran Monks realised the technique of taking pictures of people over Zoom video calls had found its moment when the first lockdown happened last March. With many commissions postponed and people confined to their homes, she
RESIDENTS are protesting to stop a historic Victorian bridge from potentially being removed. Locals in Horspath woke up on Tuesday morning to find that the road underneath Cuddesdon Road Bridge had been closed for emergency proceedings. According
VILLAGE cricket club officials who asked former prime minister David Cameron for help after becoming involved in a £35,000 VAT dispute with the taxman have lost the latest round of a legal battle. Eynsham Cricket Club, in Oxfordshire, argued that
A THAMES Valley Police officer has been sentenced after hitting a child and leaving him naked in a cell. Police Sergeant (PS) Matthew Myers, 49, was at Luton Magistrates’ Court on Monday after ‘abusing his position’ on January 4, 2020. Investigators
OXFORD United have begun 'thorough planning' for the return of fans to the Kassam Stadium, says chairman Sumrith 'Tiger' Thanakarnjanasuth. The government's 'road map' out of lockdown has provisionally pencilled in May 17 as the date sporting venues
THE organisers of Reading Festival - the biggest music festival in the region - have confirmed the event will go ahead this summer following the release of the Government's road map out of lockdown. The event - and its sister event at Leeds - is
On Monday, Boris Johnson outlined government plans to lead the country out of lockdown when he revealed his "road map" during a Downing Street press conference. During his speech he detailed when schools, non-essential shops and hospitality could
February 24, 1973: Swindon Town 1-3 Oxford United Goals from Dave Roberts, Nigel Cassidy and Hugh Curran earned United a 3-1 derby victory at Swindon Town, WRITES JACK SALE. The result ensured a Division Two double over the U's main rivals,
TWO women were egged while out running earlier this week. At about 8.15pm on Monday, the victims, both in their early twenties, were running down Mill Street, Eynsham on the opposite side of the road to the Post Office, when a light-coloured van
KARL Robinson insists Oxford United remain capable of breaking into Sky Bet League One's top six. The U's, who sit eighth, are five points short of the play-off positions after last night's 1-0 home defeat to fourth-placed Portsmouth. It means
Three new types of expensive showhomes have been launched at The Steeples on Oxford’s Barton Park estate. Housebuilder Redrow has introduced the four-bedroom Ashmolean available from £665,000, the three-bed Holywell II from £537.500 and the detached
Oxford will be celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight over the next two weeks with a host of online events. Fairtrade Fortnight, an annual campaign that promotes a living wage and fair trade for the farmers and workers who grow the food we eat, runs from
PAYING council tax, social rent and for garden waste bins will have to be done without cash from April. Oxford City Council is planning to go cashless across various service areas during this year, with the aim that it will be able to save £45,000
A SCHEME to help Diabetics in Oxford manage their health is being extended. A funding boost from the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) has enabled Oxford City Council, in partnership with charity Active Oxfordshire, to design a modified
THE PRIME Minister, Boris Johnson, has unveiled his plan for the ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown on Monday evening. If all goes to plan, all Covid restrictions in England will be lifted on June 21. We asked our readers what they are most looking
In the midst of a global pandemic, a university student returns home in line with a nationwide lockdown. With his parents stuck abroad and only his thoughts for company, will he manage to keep his head above water? That is the thrilling premise
A PLANNING decision to build more than 4000 homes has been deferred after concerns over healthcare, safe active travel access, sustainability, and biodiversity. The proposal for up to 4254 houses between Harwell and Didcot at a development called
THE Oxford Mail player ratings for Oxford United's 1-0 home defeat to Portsmouth in Sky Bet League One. JACK STEVENS Two good saves from Harrison early on, did little wrong - 7 SAM LONG Like he had never been away, although had limited
WATCH the key moments from Oxford United's 1-0 home defeat to Portsmouth in Sky Bet League One. Harvey White scored the only goal three minutes into the second half to send the visitors fourth in the table. United, meanwhile, stay eighth, while
A SEAGULL had to be rescued after getting caught in the line from a kite. The gull got trapped on Monday afternoon in Godstow Road, Wolvercote. The RSPCA was called to the incident, and with the help of passers-by, the bird was freed. See
In January, after writing in the Herald about supporting young people, I have had a number of constituents contact me about this issue. The past year has pushed many of us to our limits – not being able see the people we love or do the things we
A NEW report suggests a district council is hitting its new homes target. A monitoring report of West Oxfordshire District Council’s (WODC) Local Plan was approved by the council’s cabinet last week. The report reveals that during 2019/20,
AN UPCOMING major Netflix series means areas of Oxford city centre will be closed next month. The notice, issued by Oxfordshire County Council, is one of many released by local authorities in the county during the last week. Sections of Oxford
SAM Long admitted Oxford United came off worse in the key moments as they lost a typically close affair with Portsmouth. Harvey White’s 48th-minute header proved enough for the visitors, who stopped the U’s cutting the gap to the Sky Bet League
WE are proud, today, to see city councillor Ed Turner standing up for common sense in Oxford. The proposal by our county council (which does a lot of good work) to institute Controlled Parking Zones in every part of Oxford, forcing all residents
THOUSANDS of pounds have been raised to help protect great crested newts. South Oxfordshire and the Vale of the White Horse District Councils have helped raised over £240,000 for great crested newts habitats. The funds have been raised over
RESIDENTS have less than a week to share their views on a high-profile bid to revive a former railway station in southern Oxfordshire. Wantage MP David Johnston has launched a survey to help determine the fate of the old rail hub in Grove that
THE deputy leader of Oxford City Council has hit out at plans for force residents across the city to buy £65 permits to park on their own street, saying the areas he represents do not need them. Early plans for more controlled parking zones (CPZs
AN INTERNATIONAL school, based in Oxford, has appealed after the city council refused its request to convert a former Thai restaurant into a school cafeteria. The Oxford International School hoped to convert the former Thai Orchid restaurant, on
A NEW online ordering app, that will focus solely on selling food for independent Oxford businesses, is getting ready to launch. Emily Beauchamp, and her husband Marc, from Chipping Norton, decided after seeing the impact the pandemic has had on
AN Oxford MP has called for clarity about the support available for businesses across the UK as Covid restrictions are eased in coming months. Anneliese Dodds, the Labour MP for Oxford East, said the Government should swiftly set out what it plans
FOUR new major businesses will open branches at a retail park in Abingdon despite the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the local economy. The new stores, which are set to create around 100 new jobs, will take over the vacant units on the Fairacres
WE may imagine our relatives of 2,000 years ago to be a shaggy-topped bunch, but a digger from Oxford Archaeology says an important find shows they may have been more dapper than we thought. The 5cm-tall figure of an unknown Celtic deity sports
HOPES of a rail link between Witney and Oxford are back on track, with a proposal set to be submitted to the Government. The Witney Oxford Transport Group will be sending its plans for a Carterton-Witney-Eynsham-Oxford link at the beginning of
