Slow-moving cars will be used to prevent motorists speeding through roadworks on a busy stretch of dual carriageway in Oxford after a workman was struck by a car. Three convoy cars will be used to lead the traffic along the A40 Northern Bypass between
I would like to add to Jo Newport's wonderful letter, Parking charge hike is a rip-off (Oxford Mail, February 9). Drivers can park in Oxford railway station car park at only £3.50 per day if they are going on a train journey. The machines make it clear
RIP pistol Pete' reads the graffiti scrawled on the stonework outside a padlocked door. 'RIP old gaol' would have been more appropriate for the 200-year-old building in the heart of Abingdon, which has been mothballed for nearly four years. Today it is
Repairs to a well-used footpath in Wantage have become the centre of a political tussle in the town. Repairs are under way after complaints that housing developers allowed the path leading to Denchworth Road to become overgrown and uneven, making it difficult
I must take issue with you over the assertion that because only one of the six Oxfordshire MPs is a Labour MP, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt is not concerned with the financial problems of the NHS in Oxfordshire (Oxford Mail, February 9). During my
The crackdown on drug dealing at Blackbird Leys, Oxford, is an excellent example of police and the community working together. Families were invited to help police set priorities for tackling crime on the estate, and voted for an assault on drugs. Acting
A drunken man bit a police officer's thigh in a fracas after he thought a friend was being kidnapped. Luke Perrin, 21, of Cherwell Drive, Marston, Oxford, was jailed after he admitted two charges of assaulting police officers and one of criminal damage
Dental patients will find it even harder to get treatment on the NHS as more dentists quit the service over a new Government deal. Oxfordshire patients already struggle to find a dental practice that will do the low-cost work, but according to the chairman
Oxfordshire is set to have one of the lowest council tax increases in the South East of England. This week, the Tory-run county council voted to raise its part of the tax by 4.375 per cent. Although this is nearly twice the rate of inflation, early indications
A humble beech tree could prove the stumbling block to a multi-million pound biochemistry development at Oxford University. On Wednesday, members of Oxford City Council's strategic development control committee (SDCC) will decide if the university should
Bookmakers are confident that Oxford United will survive their relegation battle. Despite sitting just four points and four places off the relegation zone, Oxford bookmakers River Racing make Brian Talbot's side an 11-2 chance to finish the season in
Fewer police officers will be recruited and council taxpayers will pay more for police services as Thames Valley Police cuts £9.5m from its budget. At a meeting yesterday (February 17) Thames Valley Police Authority agreed a budget of more than £329m
Police have vowed to target drug dens after residents on an Oxford estate voted drugs as their number one concern. A raid in action Police are also urging people in Blackbird Leys to be "part of the solution" by passing on any information. Concern about
Four thousand people are now demanding that an area of open space must be retained in Witney's Marriots Close development project. Geoffrey Nutt and Glynn Phillips, of Action to Improve Marriotts (Aim), have handed a 4,000-signature petition to Geoff
One of the country's oldest shopping precincts is on the verge of extinction, its traders have warned. More than half the shops in Wesley Lane, Bicester, now stand empty, with at least nine businesses leaving in the past two years amid continuing gloomy
Some years ago when the Oxford station area was redesigned, 35 poles were erected to carry the traffic lights. Recently the Eastern Bypass flyover at Cowley had 35 poles installed to carry the traffic lights. Is Oxford out to (a) increase pollution from
Oxford students are likely to face disruption after lecturers' unions voted to take part in a national strike unless a pay dispute is resolved. Members of the Association of University Teachers (AUT) and lecturers' union Natfhe at Oxford University and
Traffic signs which obscure views, obtrusive posts on pavements and ugly street furniture are creating "visual chaos" in Oxford's historic city centre. Oxford Civic Society has produced a booklet highlighting some of the worst eyesores in a bid to smarten
Oxfordshire's 'boat people' say they will be financially crippled when fuel prices triple because of an EU directive due to come into force later this year. The boaters and MEP James Elles gathered at Castle Mill boatyard, in Jericho, Oxford, yesterday
I refer to Harriet Waters's column (On Yer Bike, Oxford Mail, January 31). I feel that her proposal for open house to all cyclists anywhere in Oxford cannot go unchallenged. One of the great beauties of walking through the University Parks, Christ Church
I read that the £33m deficit in Oxfordshire NHS trusts' budgets is not the fault of the managers (Oxford Mail, January 26). Whose fault is it then? Independent accountants KPMG have decided this fact and probably required a fat fee for this information
RIP pistol Pete' reads the graffiti scrawled on the stonework outside a padlocked door. 'RIP old gaol' would have been more appropriate for the 200-year-old building in the heart of Abingdon, which has been mothballed for nearly four years.
