The leader of Oxfordshire County Council has promised to keep a close eye on the Government's next education budget, following this year's schools funding crisis. Keith Mitchell's pledge came after it emerged that schools due to close as part of the reorganisation
A public meeting on the future of Wallingford hospital will be held in the town on July 30. The meeting will be a follow-up to one arranged by the town council earlier this year. Representatives from South East Oxfordshire NHS Primary Care trust will
Witney are looking forward to the new season with optimism under new skipper Luke Hollick, who has taken over from Andy Merriman, and coach Neal Spratt. An extension has doubled the size of the changing rooms, while there is also a new club shop and physio
A boy who nearly died after contracting a killer strain of meningitis is looking forward to starting primary school. Fiona and Ian Wilkins, of Stockham Park, Wantage, were warned that their son James could be left brain-damaged after he was diagnosed
Oxford City duo Hannah England and Lucy Sutton are celebrating after receiving call-ups to the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the European Youth Olympics in Paris next week. England, 16, will represent her country in the 1500m, while Sutton
Headington Roadrunners' Stephen Male pulled away from Woodstock's Greg Dell to win the Hornton Classic 6-mile race. Male cruised to victory by more than 40 seconds, crossing the line in 32mins 21secs. Dell took some consolation by leading Woodstock to
A company is set to double in size after moving to new premises on a rapidly expanding business park. ByBox has taken over all of Merlin House on the Grove Technology Park, Wantage, and is looking to have enough room for long-term growth after five moves
One of Oxfordshire's biggest shopping centres has changed hands for more than £100m. The Castle Quay shopping centre in Banbury has been bought by Scottish Widows, which is buying up commercial property because it has been popular with investors during
A company which tried to persuade parents to pay to register the birth of their children has been tackled by the Office of Fair Trading. Now parents in Oxfordshire are being warned that they should not respond if they have received a letter from the firm
Four people from Oxford will be sentenced next month for their part in an affray last year. Peter Gaughan, 19, of Falcon Close, Blackbird Leys, and Andrew Hurtault, 22, of North Way, and two youths, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty
A man found lying unconscious next to a skip in Grove at the weekend is still in a critical condition. The 43-year-old was discovered lying on the ground near the Bay Tree pub, in The Green, by passers-by at 1am on July 19. He was taken to the John Radcliffe
Concern is growing for a Banbury teenager who went missing more than two months ago. Carol Flemming, 14, was originally reported missing from Bodicote on May 7. She was supposed to be joining her mother on a trip to Scotland, but rang her in the afternoon
Oxfordshire band Radiohead have been tipped as favourites to win this year's coveted Panasonic Mercury Music Prize. The band, whose members met at Abingdon School, were included on a shortlist of finalists for their latest studio album Hail to the Thief
UP TO 40 parents in Oxfordshire will face prosecution over the next 12 months in a bid to stop children missing school. Truancy levels in the county have dropped since the high-profile prosecution and imprisonment of Banbury mother Patricia Amos, above
Engineers repairing a road bridge in Oxford were appalled to discover a fly-tipper had dumped rubbish in a recreation area near their site. Babtie engineer David Cropper inspects the rubbish David Cropper, a Babtie engineer working on a county council
An Oxford man who trekked 630 miles -- the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest three times -- is hoping to have raised more than £700 for Oxford's Sobell House hospice. In April, Dave Wintersgill, 63, of Burdell Avenue, Headington, walked from Minehead
Oxford United defender Paul Powell could make a sensational return to the Kassam Stadium - just months after he was released by the third division club. Paul PowellWallingford-born Powell, 25, who made 203 league and cup appearances for the U's, has been
A vicious assault on three Film In the Parks organisers at a screening of Spiderman has led to the cancellation of future outdoor movies. More than 100 people turned out to the free event in Bonny Banks Park, Bernwood Road, Barton, on July 19. At the
Two talented young Oxfordshire cricketers have received suspended two-match bans from the Oxford Times Cherwell League following a bust-up in a game at Banbury. Calum Taylor, of Banbury CC, and Shazad Rana, of Oxford & Horspath CC, clashed on the
Wallingford Mayor Betty Atkins presented gifts to two councillors about to experience life-changing moments. At the start of a council meeting on July 21, she gave former deputy mayor Dee Cripps a bottle of champagne to mark her engagement and nappies
Didcot RFC, who were forced to withdraw from the Berks, Bucks & Oxon League in 2001, are set to play competitive rugby again this season. The club have been accepted into the Thames Valley Invitation League - a competition largely made up of second
In a nailbiting climax to the Total RL.com Conference regular season, Oxford Cavaliers lost 34-32 to a late try at home to Worcester Saints. However, the narrow margin of defeat ensured that they finished fourth in the South West Division, immediately
A superstore will not be built on the Marriotts Close site in the centre of Witney. The ruling Conservative group on West Oxfordshire District Council has finally decided to drop the idea and go for alternative forms of redevelopment. The decision was
Oxon's men got back on track with a 5-4 win over Northumberland in their Group 6 match in Nottingham. They lost 6-3 to Cambridgeshire on the opening day. But yesterday, Oxon, for whom Joe Cartledge made his senior County Week debut, got off to a flier
Oxfordshire women's hopes of staying in the top flight look to have ended, after they crashed to a 7-2 defeat against Group 1 rivals South Wales in Eastbourne. Oxon, who were weakened by the absence of Claire Sumner (formerly Taylor) and Lucy Collinson
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One of Oxfordshire's biggest shopping centres has changed hands for more than £100m. The Castle Quay shopping centre in Banbury has been bought by Scottish Widows, which is buying up commercial property because it has been popular with investors during
Three years ago, Jan Ellacott, from Wantage, feared she would never run again after picking up a freak back injury which stopped her from doing the simplest of tasks. But last week, the 42-year-old Radley athlete defied all the odds by bringing home gold
Greene King Oxford & District League results <image large="sport-sally.gif" small="sport-sally.gif" type="portrait"></image> Premier & Section 1: White House A 1, Cricketers B 2; Garsington Sports 3, Highfield Club A; Plough A 1, Cowley
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Three Oxford University friends are gearing up to cycle from Cape Town to London, to raise funds for an anti-slave charity. Robert Hadman gets ready to saddle up Robert Hadman, 22, his fiance Rebecca Gowland, 24, and Nick Stanhope, 23, who have just finished
A family have spoken of their devastation after losing a second child in a road accident. Lisa Webb, 35, died at the wheel of a Ford Escort van on July 18 as she set off to deliver copies of the Oxford Star . Police believe the van overturned at about
The former offices of companies associated with the failed Arrows motor racing team are being taken over by a business set up by a mother on her kitchen table 18 months ago. Broadstone Grange, near Chipping Norton, was once the home of motor-racing supremo
Skeletons of a young woman and a new-born baby dating back to the Roman period have been unearthed by archaeologists at Wittenham Clumps. While they could be the remains of a mother and her child, Tom Allen of Oxford Archaeology said it was unlikely.
