Plans for Tesco distribution centre criticised

11:00am Thursday 20th June 2013

BUSINESS leaders and residents have objected to plans for a major new Tesco distribution centre.

Plans spark fear over road safety

Architect’s drawings of the Didcot distribution warehouse plans

5:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

TRAFFIC, noise and safety are among concerns voiced by residents about a plan for two large warehouses near Didcot.

Spate of car break-ins

10:40am Wednesday 19th June 2013

Thieves have stolen fuel, power tools, and a sat-nav, after targeting cars.

A little goes a thong way

Organiser Clifford Oakes

2:10pm Monday 17th June 2013

GROWN men dressed in thongs skipping through Didcot is not a sight you get to see every day.

Man told his girlfriend 'I am going to murder you tonight'

Miguel Vergara

9:30am Saturday 15th June 2013

A 20-YEAR-OLD ordered his girlfriend to drive at knifepoint and said he was going to murder her, a court heard.

Opticians in walk for eye charity

7:00am Saturday 15th June 2013

A pair of fleet-footed opticians have helped raise money for an overseas eye charity.

Garden keeps kids in the loop

Lily Oliver was thrilled with her nursery’s new £30,000 garden

6:00pm Friday 14th June 2013

TWO-year-old Lily Oliver was thrilled with her nursery’s new £30,000 garden.

CHARITY MATTERS: Sew happy to aid fete

Emma Claridge, Caroline Edwards, Penny Payne, Veronica Walker, Debbie Allerway, Danielle Whitaker, Debbie Wren and Linda Latter

12:00pm Friday 14th June 2013

A CRAFTY grandmother and her workmates knitted and sewed this enormous quilt to say “thank you”.

Road closure

11:00am Friday 14th June 2013

BROOK Lane in West Hagbourne was closed between lunchtime and 8pm on Wednesday after a water main burst.

Trains delayed

11:00am Friday 14th June 2013

COMMUTERS faced short delays between Didcot Parkway and Reading after the 7.21am train from Oxford to Paddington broke down at Pangbourne yesterday.

Police close road after water main bursts

8:30pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

A ROAD in West Hagbourne was closed for several hours today after a water main burst.

‘Our Mum has so much to cope with as a carer’

Ada Harwood with children India and Max

2:00pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

From pre-schoolers to octogenarians, Britain is a nation of carers. As part of National Carers Week Debbie Waite meets a family supported by the South and Vale Carers charity

Rapist admits breaching restraining order

11:00am Wednesday 12th June 2013

A CONVICTED rapist has admitted breaching a restraining order and has now been banned from Didcot.

Lyn wants the power to blow up first tower

Lyn Bowen is eager to help blow the first Didcot A cooling tower to smithereens

10:30am Wednesday 12th June 2013

AT least three of Didcot A’s iconic cooling towers are expected be blasted to smithereens.

Old soldiers share memories of service and sacrifice

Colonel Iain Brant, left, chats to Ron Frampton

9:30am Wednesday 12th June 2013

SIX weeks ago they were strangers left with their memories.

Burglars steal pain relievers

10:30am Saturday 8th June 2013

SIX boxes of pain relief medication have been stolen from Didcot Community Hospital.

Claim of sexual discrimination thrown out

9:30am Saturday 8th June 2013

A MOTHER who claimed she lost her job on a Boots beauty counter because she left work to look after her sick child has had her case thrown out by an employment judge.

Brakespear's brewing again

Brakespear's brewing again

2:00pm Thursday 6th June 2013

When Brakspear’s brewery in Henley closed in 2002 due to falling sales, it marked the end of a 220-year tradition.

New warehouses near Didcot may bring 2,000 jobs to Oxfordshire

11:00am Thursday 6th June 2013

TWO new distribution warehouses near Didcot could bring 2,000 new jobs to Oxfordshire.

New warehouses to create 2,000 jobs

4:29pm Wednesday 5th June 2013

TWO new distribution warehouses in Sutton Courtenay could create 2,000 jobs, it emerged today.



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