Residents' joy over U-turn on play area

Lesley Senter with daughter Evangeline, six, and friend Lillie Gamage, six. Picture: OX59280 Ric Mellis

12:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

COUNCILLORS thought again on plans to convert a children’s play area into allotments after a campaign by residents.

Teen wins vote to become Miss Witney

Jessie Warner being crowned by Miss Oxfordshire Lydia Williamson. Picture: OX59274 Antony Moore

12:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A TEENAGER who won a national vote was crowned Miss Witney on Monday.

Acclaimed pub up for sale for £895,000

Gerry Stonhill at The Mason Arms

8:30am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

HE FOUGHT the smoking ban and reputedly fell out with Michael Winner, but now infamous landlord Gerry Stonhill has retired.

Hugh Bonneville spotted in Bampton filming Downton Abbey

7:10am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

DOWNTON Abbey stars have been in Bampton filming the fourth series of the popular period drama.

Witney food festival sizzles with comic flavour

Alexander Armstrong opens the Witney Food Festival

12:50pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

COMEDIAN Alexander Armstrong joined thousands of Witney food lovers for the inaugural Witney Food Festival.

Civil War heroes are remembered

Members of the Cry Havoc morris dancing team in Burford

12:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A PROCESSION of about 500 people marched through Burford to mark the 39th Levellers Day and the death of three men in a churchyard.

Witney man in hospital after severing fingers

9:30am Tuesday 21st May 2013

WITNEY: A man was airlifted to hospital after severing a number of his fingers yesterday.

UPDATE: Signalling problems affecting rail services between Oxford and Moreton-in-Marsh resolved

7:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

Signalling problems affecting rail services between Oxford and Moreton-in-Marsh resolved.

Seat unveiled in memory of pre-school assistant Anna Jones

Anna's family remember her

2:40pm Monday 20th May 2013

“SIT awhile and think of Anna”.

Decision due on Bampton nursery

11:10am Monday 20th May 2013

 A decision is due today on whether Bampton Primary School will be permitted to open a foundation stage unit for three-year-olds.

£500,000 scheme to renew pipe

9:30am Monday 20th May 2013

HUNDREDS of metres of sewer pipe which have burst three times in the last four years are to be replaced in a £500,000 project.

Chauffeur stunt raises issue of PCC’s driver

QUESTIONS: Councillor Jon Harvey dressed as a chauffeur; left, Anthony Stansfeld

10:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

A COUNCILLOR dressed as a chauffeur to criticise the use of a support officer as a driver by Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Anthony Stansfeld.

Councillor focuses on ‘voter anger’

Laura Price

7:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

A LABOUR councillor who swept aside a sea of blue during the county council elections has pledged to “crack on with the things that are angering people”.

A dummy run for firefighters

FAKE: Fireman practises on 'casualties'

6:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

AN abandoned building that is set to be demolished to make way for a new hotel was handed over to the fire service for one night.

Chefs hope to be crowd pleasers

Ross Bearman, left, and Ross Whitmill

2:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

TWO award-winning chefs have launched an online campaign to raise £10,000 to boost their flourishing business.

Cyclist injured

6:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

A CYCLIST was taken to hospital after he was knocked off his bike by a vehicle which failed to stop.

Charitable group could take charge of Witney Corn Exchange

The Corn Exchange in Witney

12:30pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

WITNEY'S Coen Exchange, closed by the town council in November 2011 due to structural problems, could be handed over to a charitable group after its planned reopening in 2015.

Traditional teas served in Minster Lovell to raise cash for animal charity

Juila Burbank with husband Ashley and dogs Toby and Pip Picture: OX59004 Ric Mellis

12:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

TRADITIONAL teas were on the menu to raise cash for charity at an event in West Oxfordshire.

Children reveal hidden talents in showcase

Liam Sinclair. Picture: OX59124 Mark Hemsworth

7:00pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

THE hidden talents of children from Witney were celebrated at a dance and arts show.

‘Cameron protesters are hitting our trade’ say shops

Fiona Fletcher-Marfell, who runs The Old Pill Factory close to David Cameron’s constituency office in Witney

6:00pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

SHOPKEEPERS claim repeated demonstrations outside David Cameron’s constituency office in Witney are hitting their trade.

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