The Oxford Times | Leader

Future funds

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:50:40 +0000

Monday’s 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne was used as the launch pad for a truly local campaign to raise up to £20m.

Taxing times

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:51:45 +0000

No one should doubt that Oxford City Council is serious in its determination to get to grips with Oxford’s housing shortage, with the city’s population set to go on growing.

In a pickle

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:50:00 +0100

Normally, the announcement of a quarter of a billion pounds of Government money being found to improve local government services would be welcomed with open arms.

Cobble squabble

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:05:07 +0100

Only in Oxford, we feel, would you find a situation where an historic street is given precisely the same sort of treatment as ever other patch of road in the city.

Fire alarm

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:06:45 +0100

It is not often that this column praises the work of county councillors, but credit where it is due. Oxfordshire county councillor Rodney Rose vetoed a lease on a £25m building in Fareham that would have been the South-East fire control room. His refusal to sign without the new software being put in place led to the deal falling through and to him being shunned for two months by the rest of group who wanted the deal to go ahead.

On road

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:07:35 +0100

It is hard to believe that the idea of a half marathon in Oxford has not caught on properly before. Ours is an ideal city to appreciate on foot and it was wonderful to see so many runners supporting the event.

Focus on sex

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:09:09 +0100

The views of the head of Didcot Girls’s School on the value of single-sex education are unequivocal.

Road delays

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:09:49 +0100

After almost 25 years, the controversial Cogges Link Road, in Witney, has been held up yet again. The public inquiry into the compulsory purchase of land for the road opened on Tuesday, but only very briefly.

No changes

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:11:04 +0100

The Oxford Times’s lead story this week centres on potential changes to the county’s Parliamentary constituencies.

Long tradition

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:12:27 +0100

Oxfordshire today comes together for an occasion we hoped we would never see. The first repatriation of a British serviceman to RAF Brize Norton was always expected but it has sadly come much sooner than feared. From the testimony given by his friends, colleagues and family, Sergeant Barry Weston loved his family and loved to laugh.