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Drivers escape injury in A34 crash
7:13pm Friday 3rd July 2009
Delays were reported on the A34 between Chilton and Milton following a two-car crash shortly after 5pm today.
Have your say »Didcot man denies shotgun threats
7:09pm Friday 3rd July 2009
A MAN accused of terrorising a woman with a shotgun has denied using the weapon.
Carnival is a colourful sight
3:48pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
A COLOURFUL procession of children dressed up as rockets, alien spaceships and trains was held at North Bourne Primary School in Didcot.
Family row led to gun siege
6:50am Thursday 2nd July 2009
AN ALL-DAY family argument ended in a six hour gun siege during which a husband and wife held police at bay from their home, a jury heard.
Council says sorry over waste fiasco
9:48am Tuesday 30th June 2009
Council leaders have apologised for the first time for problems caused by the roll out of south Oxfordshire’s new waste collection system.
Town to get £440,000 fitness trail
3:22pm Tuesday 30th June 2009
FAMILIES in Ladygrove, Didcot, have welcomed a £440,000 scheme to transform a ‘green lung’ into a fitness trail and recreation area.
FOOD FESTIVAL: Lots on the menu but ice-cream is still tops
6:27pm Sunday 28th June 2009
YOUNG chefs learnt how to make pasta and pizza, chop vegetables for salads and spot an assortment of herbs and spices — but ice cream was still the most popular food at the Children’s Food Festival.
WI helps young mums cook up a cheap treat
5:14pm Sunday 28th June 2009
FORGET Jam and Jerusalem — young mums in Didcot were taught how to cook exciting, healthy meals for their children by members of the Women’s Institute.
Heroic volunteers awarded honours
5:07pm Sunday 28th June 2009
A MAN who saved a pensioner from her burning home and a man who tackled a robber at a cash point were among the people honoured at a special award ceremony.
Golfer plans 100 holes in a day to help Maggie's cancer centre
3:26pm Friday 26th June 2009
A GOLFER from Didcot is preparing for the mother of all rounds.
Didcot primary opens new classrooms
3:14pm Friday 26th June 2009
THE sky is the limit at a Didcot primary school which has opened new classrooms, complete with a striking glass roof centrepiece.
Flying postmaster boosts local villages
12:16pm Friday 26th June 2009
VILLAGERS are celebrating the opening of their new post office three years after the original closed.
Man robbed of £20
1:06pm Thursday 25th June 2009
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was robbed in Didcot.
£15m sports plan abandoned
12:38pm Tuesday 23rd June 2009
PLANS for a £15m sports centre for Didcot have been abandoned for the foreseeable future because of the recession, South Oxfordshire District Council admitted this week.
Didcot power station workers continue strike
11:20am Monday 22nd June 2009
Sixty contract workers were still on strike at Didcot power station today in support of protests against the use of foreign labour at the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire.
Scales of justice
4:04pm Sunday 21st June 2009
A round up of recent cases at Oxfordshire's Magistrates' CourtsOXFORDRaphael Ashley, 46, of Paradise Square, Oxford, admitted assault by beating in Oxford on October 20 last year. Given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £50 compensation and £50 costs.
Food recycling scheme gets instant results
2:10pm Sunday 21st June 2009
EIGHTY-FIVE tonnes of food waste from kitchens in south Oxfordshire was diverted from landfill in the first week of the district's new waste collection scheme.
People win crime-fighting awards
9:04am Sunday 21st June 2009
The South Oxfordshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP) will hold its first annual volunteer awards event tomorrow.
Power station strike continues
12:13pm Friday 19th June 2009
Sixty workers were on strike for the second day at Didcot Power Station today in support of protests against the use of foreign labour at the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire.
Didcot Power Station workers join strike
1:03pm Thursday 18th June 2009
Workers at Didcot Power Station have joined a wildcat strike which has broken out at other facilities across the country. Some members of staff walked out earlier today.
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