THE South East Regional Minister, Jonathan Shaw, will be visiting Oxfordshire today on a fact-finding mission.

Mr Shaw will be meeting leading representatives from Oxfordshire County Council and local businesses, as part of a programme of visits to gain a greater understanding of key issues facing the area.

During the trip he is expected to visit Unipart's "Leading Edge" training facility in Garsington Road, Cowley, and the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, the UK centre for civil nuclear research, near Didcot.