Oxford Airport is extending its runway, but the amount of aircraft activity will fall by half. The airport at Kidlington is shifting emphasis away from flight training to concentrate on its lucrative private jet services. The news is being welcomed by
to community groups Children and young people across Oxfordshire stand to benefit from £250,000 of grants -- if community groups come forward to claim the money. The Oxfordshire Community Foundation is now welcoming applications for grants from schemes
The Earl of Macclesfield is ready to move out of his family home, Shirburn Castle near Watlington. It has been his family's seat for 300 years but rifts since the1980s have made his position impossible, he said. At the High Court on July 24, a judgement
A violin stuck in Moscow is back home with its owner after a year-long musical meander via Mongolia. Lesley Lovell, from Steventon, near Abingdon, has been playing a game of musical chairs with the authorities in this country and Russia for the return
Metros are the cars most wanted by Oxford criminals. They are being targeted so frequently that police are advising owners to take extra security -- jokingly suggesting owners park the vehicles in their living rooms. Twelve Metros, many of them red, have
Growing congestion on the A34 is threatening the county's economy, a councillor has warned. And he wants those in authority to "get off their backsides" and start tackling the problem. Conservative Vale of White Horse district councillor Terry Cox urged
