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Two charged over Chipping Norton break-ins
6:54pm Friday 3rd July 2009
Two people have been charged in connection with two burglaries in Chipping Norton on Wednesday.
Ofsted gives Eynsham school 'outstanding' status
5:09pm Friday 3rd July 2009
OUTSTANDING — that is the verdict on Bartholomew School in Eynsham from school inspectors Ofsted.
Have your say »Police stage a theft from car
4:31pm Friday 3rd July 2009
JUST one person dialled 999 after a “thief” was seen breaking into a car during an undercover police operation in Witney.
Cool for kats
7:02pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
AS temperatures across Oxfordshire rocketed, Meerkats at the Cotswold Wildlife Park got some ice-cold treats today courtesy of their keepers.
500 jobs to go at county council
6:25pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
FIVE hundred jobs are being axed from Oxfordshire County Council.
Have you seen this missing man?
4:08pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
Police are looking for a man who has not been seen since he left a friend’s house four days ago in Carterton, west Oxfordshire.
Railway group sees membership soar
3:01pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
The Cotswold Line Promotion Group has seen an increase in membership this spring.
Faringdon benefit fraudster in court
12:05pm Thursday 2nd July 2009
A mechanic has been given a conditional discharge and told to repay more than £8,000 in falsely claimed benefits.
CAMPUS CRISIS: Hunt is on for alternative funds for college
4:28pm Tuesday 30th June 2009
A £30m project to rebuild Witney’s college campus will still move forward, despite a lack of funding.
RAF man jailed for child porn
7:56pm Monday 29th June 2009
AN RAF serviceman obsessed with young girls sobbed in the dock as he was handed a two year jail term for child sex offences.
Relay means hope
10:02am Monday 29th June 2009
SCORES of fundraisers walked more than 1,000 miles between them over a 24-hour period — and helped raise thousands of pounds for cancer sufferers.
College in limbo as it loses £30m funding
6:40am Saturday 27th June 2009
THE £30M project to rebuild Witney’s college campus was shrouded in uncertainty last night after the Learning and Skills Council pulled the plug on funding.
Armed Forces Day: Minister visits cadets in Carterton
3:13pm Friday 26th June 2009
ARMY cadets as young as 12 lined up next to Second World War veterans to welcome the Government minister responsible for South East England to Carterton.
Good hygiene is the winner
8:10am Friday 26th June 2009
WEST Oxfordshire District Council chose Kelmscott Manor as the venue for their breakfast launch of Scores on the Doors.
Morris dancing is not just for men
11:17am Friday 26th June 2009
WITH dances such as Lads o’ Bunchum and Jockey to the Fair, the age-old English tradition of Morris dancing is part of the furniture of many towns.
School film club offers thousands of films
8:06am Friday 26th June 2009
A FILM club has been launched at a West Oxfordshire primary school to get children passionate about movies, writes Jennifer Rivett.
Marquess quits TV reality show
8:23am Thursday 25th June 2009
The Marquess of Blandford quit a reality TV show about being homeless after spending just two nights ‘on the street’.
'Debts may have led to death'
8:26am Thursday 25th June 2009
THE woman who fell 74ft to her death from Carfax Tower was thousands of pounds in debt, her grieving husband revealed last night.
Oxfordshire flood homes to get £342k help
6:10am Thursday 25th June 2009
HOMES at risk of flooding in Oxfordshire are in line to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds of Government cash to help protect them.
Oxfordshire road injuries fall but deaths rise
7:56pm Wednesday 24th June 2009
THE total number of people badly injured on Oxfordshire’s roads has fallen for the first time in three years.
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