GREEN activists handed back a trolley load of 'pointless plastic' to Tesco this morning. Oxfordshire Greenpeace volunteers returned the packaging to Oxford Retail Park's Tesco as part of an anti-plastic campaign. They gave back more than 100
KARL Robinson hailed Oxford United’s togetherness as they ended their long wait for a first away league win of the season. Jordan Graham’s spectacular 40th-minute free-kick proved the difference as the U’s beat Blackpool 1-0 to climb out of the
JORDAN Graham’s wonder free-kick helped Oxford United record a long-awaited first away league win of the season. The winger’s sublime 40th-minute effort – his first senior goal since December 2015 - helped get the better of Blackpool, who piled
AN EAST Oxford sex attacker is still on the run, despite CCTV footage being released following an assault earlier this month. The man crept into a home in Divinity Road and sexually assaulted a young woman at around 4am on Saturday, February 9.
FIREFIGHTERS from across Oxfordshire battled a blaze near Wallingford last night. Seven fire engines responded to a call about a 'rapidly developing' garage fire in Benson at 9.46pm. Crews from Wallingford, Watlington, Didcot, Slade Park (Oxford
THE 'world's most advanced social robot' is expected to take on a panel debate in front of Oxford University students. The robot 'Furhat' will take part in the debate on the evolving role of robotics in business with students from the Said Business
THESE are the crimes that police need your help to solve in Oxfordshire this week. To report any information relating to these cases, call the non-emergency number 101 or go to thamesvalley.police.uk. Bank card thefts Police released this
THERE is just one month to go until the starting whistle will sound for the OX5 Run 2019. Hundreds of people are expected to tackle the 5K fun run on Sunday, March 24, in aid of Oxford Children's Hospital charity. Among them will be a team of
FOUR neighbours in Eynsham have each won £1,000 on the People's Postcode Lottery. The Merton Close residents learnt they had won the competition's daily prize yesterday. Their postcode, OX29 4QE, was one of several lucky winners across the
GREEN activists are planning to hand back unwanted packaging to an Oxford supermarket today. The action, organised by Oxfordshire Greenpeace, aims to pressure Tesco and other major supermarkets into ditching single-use plastic, amid environmental
JUST Eat is removing all zero star restaurants from their service, potentially impacting on Oxford eateries. By May 1, any takeaway that has a hygiene rating of zero will be banned from the site until it gets at least a three star rating.
VULNERABLE adults were left in the dark over the impact of sweeping changes to support services, a new review has found. Users, including the elderly and those with learning difficulties, endured stress and worry during the overhaul of daytime services
ONE of the things you have to get used to in football is the amount of time you spend travelling up and down motorways. Today we play at Blackpool and it means we have had to manage our time carefully because we were also away at Accrington on
MY OFFICE is always busy. My staff and I answer the phone; write letters and emails on behalf of constituents; and organise surgeries to meet local people. Casework ranges from streetlights and overgrown hedges to homelessness and immigration.
One of history’s greatest landscape artists, Joseph Mallord William Turner, is being acknowledged in a new exhibition at Blenheim Palace. Frequently painting scenes of Oxfordshire, including the palace in 1833, he made numerous drawings and paintings
One of history’s greatest landscape artists, Joseph Mallord William Turner, is being acknowledged in a new exhibition at Blenheim Palace. Frequently painting scenes of Oxfordshire, including the palace in 1833, he made numerous drawings and paintings
WILLIAMS were embarrassed to miss the first two days of pre-season testing – but they are determined to make up for lost time in Spain. The Grove-based Formula 1 team did not arrive at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya until Tuesday evening because
North Hinksey Parish Councillor Caroline Potter talks about the latest developments in Botley. I’m a social anthropologist by academic background, and in that field we make a distinction between ‘space’ and ‘place’. A space is a location in
A SCHOOL has reassured parents after being downgraded from a 'good' rating for the first time in at least 20 years. Long Wittenham CE Primary School near Didcot has been judged to 'require improvement' by Ofsted, after decades of upholding a 'good
BRITISH Rail took advantage of their rivals’ inactivity to move to within a point of top spot in Division 1 of the Oxford & District League. A 10-0 whitewash of Forum D saw Darren Jones, Neil Cartwright and Ian Mead move their side to just a
DAN Brady and Sam Stoop both scored two tries as Banbury kept alive their dream of winning a fourth Oxfordshire Cup in a row. The holders produced a scintillating second-half performance to beat Bicester 48-0 in a feisty semi-final at Bodicote
SANDFORD St Martin won the Banbury & District Division 1 title after beating Chipping Norton by 61 runs. They finished 19 points ahead of last year’s champions Hook Norton. RESULTS Ruscote Lions 69 (I Hussain 29), Banbury Vets 70-3 (8.5
AN Oxford nurse has been recognised as one of the top 100 in the country by her peers. Emma Blakey who works in the Endoscopy department at the John Radcliffe Hospital was named as one of WeNurses' '100 outstanding nurses' at the end of last year
MORE than one in four women in Oxfod are struggling to afford basic sanitary products, a new survey has revealed. Until now, the statistic of one in 10 women and girls in the UK being unable to afford menstrual products has been cited, but a new
PETE Clarke won Littlemore AS’s final match of the season on the Thames at Sandford. Fishing from the end peg, Clarke caught five chub on stick float and maggot to take the SH Taylor Cup with a haul of 11lb 15oz 0drm. Keith Harvey (8.2.0) was
SNOOKER: Highfield B narrowed the gap at the top of Division 1 after beating leaders J’s Sports Bar A 4-2. There are now just two points separating the sides in the Oxford & District League. RESULTS Premier/Div 1: Highfield B 4, J’s Sports
MARK Sykes is hoping to kick on from his strong start in midweek by delivering a creative spark when Oxford United visit Blackpool today. The January signing was the biggest positive on an otherwise poor night for Karl Robinson’s men as they went
REMOVING rough sleepers from city council toilets has become a ‘significant problem’, according to an official report. The authority's company, Oxford Direct Services (ODS), said many rough sleepers who are moved out of one toilet simply move into
JUDGES from the worlds of television and music will cast their eyes over hopefuls as auditions begin for a new talent contest. Didcot is attempting to create its own version of Britain's Got Talent and the first stage will begin tomorrow at the
OXFORDSHIRE County Council has not yet been able to say when it might fix the long-term damage to Littlemore roundabout - but officers have confirmed they are trying to get funding to fix the road surface. The deteriorating state of the traffic
FAMILIES of those killed when Didcot Power Station collapsed are still waiting for answers three years on from the tragedy. At 4.04pm this afternoon, Oxfordshire will once again remember the terrible events of February 23, 2016 when four men were
A POLICE sergeant is throwing away his handcuffs and getting into his sleeping bag to sleep rough for a night. PS Peter Neale, based at St Aldate’s police station, has decided to ditch the comfort of his bed to not only raise money for a homelessness
FEW love a kebab as much as Oxford, according to a new study that's found the city has more takeaways per head than almost any other, writes Ben Blackledge. The poll, carried out by Fresh Student Living, found people in the city rack up an average
