A £34m improvement project has begun at Dalton Barracks, near Abingdon. More than 100 bedrooms for single soldiers will be built in the first phase of a seven-year project to improve living quarters at the base, which was built for the RAF in the 1930s
Second World War hero William McFarlan has died, aged 81. Mr McFarlan, of Merton, near Bicester, was born in Carlisle in 1921. He was educated at Loretto, near Edinburgh, where he excelled at sport. In 1939, he captained the Scottish Schools rugby team
A private school that has been in Wantage for more than a century could move out of the town to make way for a housing estate. St Mary's School is in discussions with several developers. A senior member of staff at the girl's boarding school, which is
Oxfordshire, on a high after five successive victories and securing a place in the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup, tasted defeat for the first time this season on Saturday. They were brought down to earth by a 114-107 reverse away to Berkshire at
It was a proper ladies' night out at Witney's newly opened Bistro 35 restaurant where we arrived on our first visit - I am sure it won't be the last - to find a party of no fewer than 30, with nary a lad among them, ranged along each side the balloon-bedecked
The refined Bath Place belies its odd description in top guide... MORE SEDATE THAN SIZZLING While I am the first to applaud owners Kathleen and Yolanda Fawsitt on the award of the accolade of Oxfordshire Restaurant of the Year to their historic Bath Place
A park ranger who damaged a memorial bench in a cemetery and paid £100 towards the repairs out of his own pocket will be reimbursed following a row at Banbury Town Council. The ranger, who has not been named, reversed into the bench in Southam Road Cemetery
A Wantage-based band have rocked their way through to the semi-finals of a national competition. Simon Bowden, James Stewart, Simon Tierney, Oliver Stewart and Ben Stewart Heavy metal band outofinto have been chosen out of 300 hopefuls to go up against
Daniel Wood, the head assistant professional at The Oxfordshire, won the Berks Bucks & Oxon PGA Chiltern Forest Pro-Am tournament. Wood shot a four-under-par 66 to win by two shots from the Witney-based West Berks pro Paul Simpson.
Defending champion Paul Slade beat James Bason in a thrilling play-off to retain his Kirtlington Club Championship. The pair tied with totals of 144 for 36 holes, and after the four-hole play-off were still all square. So it went to sudden death, starting
A eleventh-hour legal mix-up has left school governors with no cash for road safety measures at a new split-site primary. Children due to attend the new SS Mary and John Primary in September have designed 13 road signs to mark out a planned 'Rainbow Route
Tours of Abingdon's floral displays are to be held to promote the town's entry for the Britain in Bloom contest. The first Floral Trail will run from the Market Place from 2pm on Sunday, July 20, and will be led by Lesley Legge -- chairman of the Abingdon
A sharp increase in violent assaults and fights has been recorded in Oxford in the past year. But police have blamed the increase on new crime-recording methods and the effect of the war with Iraq. Figures released today reveal 800 more violent incidents
The founder and headteacher of an Oxfordshire preparatory school, Edward John de Tracy-Kelly, has died, aged 85. Mr de Tracy-Kelly, of The Lane, Chesterton, near Bicester, founded Audley House Preparatory School in Stratton Audley in 1951. In less than
A campaign to involve more young people in the life of Wallingford is being organised by youth leaders. A group of teenagers from the refurbished Youth and Community Centre, in Clapcot Way, is putting on a production at this year's community and arts
Pupils at The Batt School in Witney are top of the class when it comes to gardening. Hanna Paterson, 11, left, and Megan Gee, nine, peek out from part of the school's winning display of blooms Blake Primary School and Wood Green School won the challenge
Oxford University dons are disappointed that a Government report threatens to introduce outside intervention unless substantial reforms are carried out. A Treasury review by Richard Lambert, a former editor of the Financial Times, into relations between
Frilford Heath's promising young star Barry Mann secured the best win of his career when he won the Courage Trophy in a thrilling finish on his home course. Many of the best players in the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Union (including club champions) competed
A man is planning drastic action to extend his home -- he is going to knock it down and rebuild it. Rob Massey But Anthony Durkin's neighbours in Bernwood Road, Bicester, are concerned as their house is attached. Mr Durkin said he was doing the work because
Latest results from around the clubs BERKSHIRE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Milton Hill 67, Harwell 50 (Milton skips first): K Porter 22, J Govans 7; A Thimbleby 20, D Morgan 10; M Guthrie 9, R Tompsett 14; M Whiting 16, J Lawson 19. BERKSHIRE MEN'S PAIRS Last 16
Former headteacher Muriel Hodge, who taught in Oxford for 37 years, has died, aged 87. Miss Hodge taught at SS Mary and John Infant School, in Cowley Road, before moving to SS Philip and James Infant School, in north Oxford, where she was headmistress
Grand Prix riders are likely to call for changes to the air fence after Lukas Dryml's horrific accident in the Slovenian GP at Krsko Stadium. The former Oxford ace is now nursing four broken teeth, a broken nose, plus two black eyes, and there were reports
Mama mia - a dish to cry over before the opera A night at the opera, and Rosemarie is in tears even before we get there - not over the coming demise of the hapless heroine but because of the heat of the dish she is trying to eat next door to the Oxford
Oxford United have held off a late bid from Division 3 rivals Bristol Rovers to land midfielder Danny Brown. There had been fears that the ex-Barnet and Orient midfielder would join the west country team, but he yesterday he agreed to become U's boss
Two wins from Oxford City's Clive Bowler could not prevent Berks, Bucks & Oxon losing 6.5-5.5 in their South East League match against Bedfordfshire at the John o' Gaunt Club. Bowler won his foursomes match with Mark Housego (Wycombe Heights), and
Didcot Town Council is calling for a reduction in the amount of new housing on the western edge of the town if more than 300 new homes are built at Vauxhall Barracks. A blueprint for redevelopment of slightly more than 23 acres of the barracks site in
Ancient drainage ditches and not hi-tech, expensive pumping stations may hold the key to preventing floods in west Oxford. A proposal to install £38,000 pumps off Botley Road has been put on hold while engineers consider reopening the ditches. Oxford
A petition calling for Oxfordshire to be free of genetically modified crops and food has been presented to the county council. Anne Purse, the executive member for waste, second right, and Cllr Biddy Hudson, left, met Friends of the Earth campaigners
Residents in north Oxford will be able to cross the A40 more safely, following the construction of a pedestrian island. Earlier this week, work started to build a traffic island, east of the Wolvercote roundabout in Sunderland Avenue. Yesterday (July
A woman died in hospital days after she apparently set her clothes ablaze as she lit a cigarette with a piece of wood from an open fire, an inquest heard. Brenda Jane Neville was in flames when she screamed and banged on the door of neighbour Stuart Smith
Oxford United have held off a late bid from Division 3 rivals Bristol Rovers to land midfielder Danny Brown. There had been fears that the ex-Barnet and Orient midfielder would join the west country team, but he yesterday he agreed to become U's boss
