New mayor wants Saxon tribute to King Alfred

Fiona Roper

1:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

New Wantage Mayor Fiona Roper plans to introduce an annual Alfred’s Day featuring a re-enactment of a Saxon battle.

Fears remain on plan to build a new estate

1:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A REVISED plan for more than 70 homes in Stanford in the Vale, originally thrown out last year, is due to decided tonight. David Wilson Homes applied to build 76 homes on a site off the A417 last year, but the district council’s planning committee threw the plans out on the grounds the estate would be cut off from the rest of the village by the busy road and would detract from the rural character of the village.

Plea to save Wantage trees

10:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

WANTAGE: Developer Bovis Homes has been asked to stop cutting down trees at Stockham Farm on Denchworth Road, where it will build 200 homes.

ARTWEEKS: Couple have a real labour of love

Adelaide Coombes and Ben Hinton. Picture: OX59107 Antony Moore

12:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

A LOVE of woodwork and design turned into love for each other for two artists exhibiting in Artweeks for the first time.

Estate plan causes road safety fears for pupils

Wendy Allen, far right, and other concerned parents outside St Nicholas CofE Primary School. Picture: OX59065 Greg Blatchford

1:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

CHILDREN’S safety will be put at risk if a second housing estate gets the go-ahead, residents have warned.

Guide dog Ufton takes his final bow wow

Billy Watkin and Ufton. Back, from left, Jadon Larbi, Lyn Oliver and Ruby Bannerman. Picture: OX59037 David Fleming

7:00am Monday 13th May 2013

TODDLERS at a Faringdon nursery said a fond farewell to guide dog Ufton.

Music-mad teens are a hit with cult heroes Dreadzone

FANS: Adam Thack-Pugsley, Callum Walton and Alex Warner

9:30am Tuesday 7th May 2013

SCHOOL projects can instill a sense of “dread” in pupils’ minds.

Caring on the record

Doreen King, Gladys Fisher, Mark Nutt and Vanessa Pryor.

7:30am Monday 6th May 2013

ELDERLY residents and staff at a care home were thrilled to listen to their charity single, which will raise funds for Contact the Elderly.

Talented rugby player, 16, took his own life

TALENTED: Rugby player Colin Nuttall

7:00pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A coroner has recorded that a 16-year-old rugby player took his own life.

Elections 2013: Two Lib Dem victories and one Tory in Vale

7:51am Friday 3rd May 2013

THE Liberal Democrats have won two of the three seats up in by-elections on Vale of White Horse District Council plus both Abingdon Town Council posts.

F1 racers Williams revved up for expansion despite £5m loss

Sir Frank Williams

4:00pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

BOSSES at the company behind an Oxfordshire Formula 1 racing team are gearing up for further expansion, despite announcing significant losses.

Tortoise in a jam rescued from road

Helen Davidson with the tortoise

3:00pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

A SHELL-SHOCKED tortoise almost came a cropper when it tried to cross a busy main road.

Delays on A420 after car crashes into ditch

8:51am Thursday 2nd May 2013

THERE are reports of delays along the A420 after a car went into a ditch on the eastbound carriageway.

Restaurant plan on menu for listed shopping gallery

1:00pm Monday 29th April 2013

A Grade-II listed shopping gallery in Wantage could be closed off, with a new restaurant or shop opening up in what is now a walkway.

Jewellery theft

11:00am Monday 29th April 2013

Thieves used a garden chair to reach in through a window and undo a lock to get into a house in Marines Drive, Faringdon, on Wednesday. They got away with jewellery. Anyone with information should call the Thames Valley Police inquiry line on 101.

Survey says districts among most desirable to live in

6:00pm Tuesday 23rd April 2013

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire are two of the most desirable districts to live in according to a new survey.

Aunt's cancer battle inspires Grove schoolboy's charity bike ride

Josh King is in training for his charity ride

3:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD schoolboy is in training to become king of the road.

Concerns raised over 1,500-home plan

7:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

A new 1,500-home estate on the edge of Wantage will have just 360 primary school places.

Fresh deals agreed to keep former RH Buses routes on road

Bus routes have been shaken up after the collapse of RH Transport

2:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

EMERGENCY contracts agreed to keep bus routes in West Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse running after the collapse of RH Transport last year will be replaced by new deals in June.

UPDATE: A420 cleared following accident

7:06pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

THE A420 near Faringdon has been cleared following an accident between A417 Park Road and A417 Stanford Road.

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