RELATIVES of the newlywed police officer killed while attending a reported burglary in Berkshire have remembered him with pride. Andrew Harper, 28, married his wife Lissie in Oxfordshire in July, just four weeks before his death. Pc Harper's
A NEW test for a potentially dangerous side-effect of pregnancy is being rolled out across the UK after a successful trial in Oxford. The examination, which can predict with almost 100 per cent accuracy if a woman will not develop pre-eclampsia
EDDIE Pepperell missed the cut at golf’s Czech Masters today. But Liam Robinson secured his place in the final two days in Prague after a dramatic final-hole birdie. Pepperell had plenty of work to do after an one-over-par opening round 73.
A SERIES of co-ordinated 'banner drops' took place across Oxford today as school children stepped up their activism around the climate crisis. Since February, thousands of pupils have taken part in monthly 'school strikes' in the city over the
A CHILLI-eating champion will be crowned in Abingdon tomorrow as a popular event returns. The Oxfordshire Chilli Festival returns to the town between 10am and 5pm, with a host of traders and live music filling the Market Place. Read also: We reviewed
POLICE in Bicester have received 'several' reports of number plates being stolen from vehicles. Thames Valley Police has issued an appeal over the spate of thefts and wants victims to report incidents to 101 as soon as possible. Read also:
A HORSE that was stranded in muddy ground was rescued by fire crews on Tuesday morning. Firefighters from Wheatley, Kidlington and Reading were called to a large animal rescue near Tetsworth, near Thame, just after 10am. Air inflated pathways
A POLICE officer has been killed while trying to stop a late night burglary. Thames Valley Police has launched a murder investigation after PC Andrew Harper was killed while on duty Thursday night. The Abingdon-based police officer was
HOUSEHOLDS in the Vale of White Horse are being reminded that there will be changes to their bin collections following the August Bank Holiday. Vale's District Council says there will be no waste collections on Bank Holiday Monday, August 26.
TWO villages will host the next public exhibitions on plans for a 2,200-home garden village. Residents can have their say on proposals for the Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village, set to be built north of the A40 near Eynsham, at Eynsham Village
A NEW yoga studio in Oxford is to hold an opening party. Prana Yoga's upgraded Jericho studio is set to open next month, with an invitation-only launch party on September 14. ALSO READ: Prana Yoga studio on Walton Street set to open in September
WILL you miss Didcot's towers once they're demolished from the town's skyline? The station, which is coal and gas-fired, ceased operation on March 22, 2013 and its three southern cooling towers were reduced to rubble on Sunday July 27, 2014 at
FARMS, libraries, cinemas and other businesses doing good in the community can apply for grants of up to £300,000. It is part of the 'community business fund' run by Power to Change – a trust supporting businesses in England. The idea is that
AN OXFORD man has been forced to pay almost £600 after he allowed strangers to remove rubbish that was later fly-tipped. Lee Loveridge, from Greater Leys, was successfully prosecuted by South Oxfordshire District Council after he failed to carry
HUNDREDS of students from around the world have set up fundraising pages in a bid to pay for their Oxford University tuition fees. The pages, which have been set up on the likes of Go Fund Me, can be found by searching for the university and are
Lucky are we, who have barely any understanding of Dmitri Shostakovich’s music – filled with sounds of war, we who are enjoying decades of peace have no means of understanding the allusions the composer had embedded into this piece of music. But
TRIBUTES have been rolling in on social media for the police officer killed on duty. PC Andrew Harper was 'murdered' responding to a reported burglary near Reading. Ten have been arrested between the ages of 13 and 30 on suspicion of murder
A FANCY dress parade will take place at a 'green oasis' in East Oxford tomorrow as part of an annual festival. Elder Stubbs Festival will see people enjoy food, music and activities to celebrate the 'enviable' allotments which have won a Best Kept
People crowded at Weasley Memorial Hall this week learn how to support tree-planting efforts in Oxford. The event was organised by Oxford Friends of the Earth (OxFOE), a branch of the UK-wide organisation working to rise awareness of the climate
A WELL-KNOWN conductor of the St John’s Orchestra was nominated by an Oxfordshire charity in this year’s Local Business Charity Awards. The founder and conductor of Oxford-based chamber orchestra John Lubbock is not only a musician recognised with
So far the weather in August has been pretty rubbish. And to make it worse, we're all about to see a load more spiders in our houses thanks to the wet weather. Why, why, why? Basically, the rain and general dismalness of August has triggered
THE three remaining cooling towers at Didcot A power station will be demolished this weekend followed by the site's chimney in Autumn. Specialist firm, Brown and Mason, has been appointed to carry out the demolition on Sunday which will use controlled
TRAFFIC is backing up on the A34 as a broken down lorry partially blocks the road. Queues are building on the southbound carriageway close to the junction for Abingdon North. Expect delays on the #A34 southbound just before #Abingdon north
WALLINGFORD School headteacher Wyll Willis is retiring following a ‘record year’ of A-Level results. It was the school’s largest ever cohort of students sitting the exams – 121 - and they achieved the school’s best ever A-Level and Btec results.
THOUSANDS of people turned out to watch the demolition of the first three cooling towers in Didcot back in 2014. This Sunday the next three towers at Didcot A Power Station will be reduced to rubble between 6am and 8am. READ HERE FOR FULL DETAILS
DIDCOT teenager Gabriella More O’Ferrall worked around a serious bone condition to get four top A-Levels. The Didcot Girls’ School pupil, 18, who suffers congenital pseudarthrosis, shed tears of joy when she picked up her results yesterday, getting
BLACKPOOL sit top of the fledgling Sky Bet League One table ahead of their meeting with Oxford United after impressive victories against Bristol Rovers and Southend United. These players will be keen to help the Tangerines extend their 100 per cent
A MUM will be hosting a public event to raise cash for the Kamran's Ward at the John Radcliffe Hospital where her son is fighting cancer. The event called 'Ryan's our rainbow' will run from 12pm on Saturday at the King and Queen Pub on Wheatley
PUPILS were able to put the nervous six-week wait to bed yesterday as they collected their A-Level results. But as crowds of students and proud parents gathered at schools across the city to open the dreaded enveloped results letter, which ones
A MARTIAL arts club in Bicester welcomed one of the most famous men in the world to join a training session. Film star, comedian and author Russell Brand visited Inspire Jiu Jitsu on Wednesday this week. The club, which teaches Brazilian Jiu
IT’S all change at Didcot Town as Jamie Heapy returns for his second spell in charge. The captain of the Railwaymen during the most successful spell in the club’s history – culminating in an FA Vase triumph in 2005 and promotion out of the Hellenic
IT’S all change at Didcot Town as Jamie Heapy returns for his second spell in charge. The captain of the Railwaymen during the most successful spell in the club’s history – culminating in an FA Vase triumph in 2005 and promotion out of the Hellenic
JONNY Cater says Oxfordshire are heading to Devon in high spirits for their Unicorns Counties Championship clash. Three wins on the bounce in the Western Division has seen Oxon climb to second in the table behind Berkshire. Although Cater’s
JAMIE Perkin says Oxford need to produce a dramatically different display if they are to return to the top of Division 2 tomorrow. A below-par performance against Wokingham last week saw them replaced at the summit by rivals Thame Town, who they
WHEN it comes to the pre-match atmosphere tomorrow, Bloomfield Road will take some beating. Both sets of supporters have good reason to be cheerful after strong starts which are in stark contrast to the last campaign. While Oxford United have
Oxfordshire’s women have secured promotion in the annual Over 35s County Championships. The three-day tournament, played on the grass courts at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, was attended by 44 teams from across the country. The Oxfordshire side
MARK Jones is hoping Oxford City will build on their first victory of the season when they travel to Welling United tomorrow. A nervy 3-2 success over Hampton & Richmond Borough on Tuesday night ended a three-game winless start to their Vanarama
Many schools reported its biggest ever cohort of students taking exams, while even more spoke of 'record-breaking' results years. But what schools across the county ranked best for either highest percentage of A* to A, and highest pass rates (A
This is not just a green Alfa Romeo Stelvio – this is a Visconti Green Stelvio Milano Edizione. And fabulously elegant it looks too. Style, of course, sits at the very heart of the appeal of Alfa Romeo but the Italian carmaker’s attraction
BRADLEY Smith has received a late call-up to ride at Silverstone next weekend. The 28-year-old from Forest Hill will compete in the Moto2 race as a replacement for the injured Khairul Idham Pawi. It will be the first time Smith, who is Aprillia
WHEN Dan Agyei signed for Oxford United last weekend, the lure of regular first-team football over under 23 action was high on his reasons for joining. It may be for a club at a lower level, but performing in front of bigger crowds in games that
CHINNOR return to action tomorrow at the Rams XV-a-side festival. Director of rugby Matt Williams takes his new-look side to Berkshire on Saturday for a four-team tournament. Chinnor will take on hosts Rams, Bournemouth and Pontypool in a round-robin
KEVIN Berkoe is hungry for more first-team action after becoming Oxford United’s newest debutant. The 18-year-old was a second-half substitute in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Peterborough United in the Carabao Cup. Senior action came quicker than
TRAIN passengers travelling from Oxford will be able to upgrade to first class from £10 on Great Western Rail (GWR) services. The initiative is part of a new partnership between GWR and Seatfrog, a new 'travel upgrade app' which allows customers
SIMON Eastwood believes the decisive moment of Oxford United’s last campaign came at Blackpool – but the goalkeeper is expecting a very different environment tomorrow. The scrappy 1-0 win in February was the U’s first away victory of the season
A PROPOSAL to turn a workshop into a gym has been thrown out by the city council. An application to change the unit in Peterley Road in Cowley was deemed to be 'unsustainable' by the authority yesterday. Unique Bodies Gym is currently based at
A NEW primary school to serve the Barton Park development has officially been signed off by the county council. Barton Park Primary School will have capacity for 360 children and employ the equivalent of 41 full-time staff when it opens in September
A NEW car park is set to be created in the centre of Wallingford. Oxfordshire County Council has officially lodged plans to create the 64-space parking area in a field west of St George's Road and north of Millington Road opposite the Bull Croft
The latest inspections by Oxfordshire councils' hygiene teams. What do the numbers mean? 0 - urgent improvement necessary 1 - major improvements necessary 2 - improvements necessary 3 - business generally satisfactory 4 - business
AN ATTACKER who carried out a violent assault on a man in Wantage has admitted the offence. Joe Delaney, of Merrifield, Wantage, appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday facing one count of having a bladed article and one of assault by beating.
A ‘STOP AND SEARCH’ of a drug dealer driving on the A34 led police to a cannabis factory worth thousands of pounds. Police officers who stopped Artur Skretowski and visited his Linacre Close home in Didcot officers discovered a ‘commercial’ drug
A MAORI tribe paid homage to an influential princess buried in the grounds of an Oxfordshire church. Members of the Ngati Hinemihi tribe, from New Zealand, visited the grave of Makereti 'Maggie' Papakura at St Andrew's Church in Oddington, near
THE weather may not be able to make its mind up lately but we've been basking in sunshine shades all this week thanks to Camera Club. A plethora of submissions for our yellow theme have ranged from vibrant flowers and racing cars to a trio of goslings
A DRAMATIC downturn in standards at a riverside pub in Oxford has seen it go from a top hygiene rating to the lowest score possible. Isis Farmhouse, which prides itself on hosting ‘amazing live music’ and having ‘unrivalled views’, was given zero
PUPILS in Oxfordshire have bucked the national trend of complacent attitudes to A-Level exams this year, as universities make more unconditional offers. Schools across the county reported record results yesterday as thousands of students opened
A RECORD-setting pair of twins are 'thriving' one year after staff at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital saved their lives. Jenson and Ruben Powell arrived at just 22 weeks and six days during a family holiday in Cornwall on August 17 last year.
