SNOW: No schools yet reported closed
7:14am Monday 6th February 2012
NO schools have yet to report they are closed today, according to Oxfordshire County Council.
Mon, 6th Feb 2012
Oxfordshire News
Dozens of cars trapped on M40 by snow
10:00am Sunday 5th February 2012
UP TO 100 cars were stuck on the M40 for more than three hours last night due to the heavy snow.
Town set to strike right note with bandstand
5:00pm Friday 3rd February 2012
ABINGDON could belatedly get a bandstand in the park as organisers look to splash £55,000 on marking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Privacy's pegged for hospital patients
1:10pm Friday 3rd February 2012
THESE red pegs will soon be a common sight for hospital patients across Oxfordshire in a move to improve their dignity and privacy.
Man told to pay £640 costs in fly-tipping case
10:40am Friday 3rd February 2012
A man was told to pay costs of £640 after admitting a failure of duty of care when waste in his control was found dumped in Harwell.
Photo is fit for a queen
8:10am Friday 3rd February 2012
AN Oxford Mail photo showing the Queen smiling on her visit to RAF Benson is one of 60 images chronicling Her Majesty’s 60 years as monarch.
Mental health project helps war-scarred veterans
7:00am Friday 3rd February 2012
A FORMER solider has welcomed the arrival in Oxford of a mental health project that “saved his life”.
Pauline Woods: Blood donor who saved babies’ lives
2:00pm Thursday 2nd February 2012
PAULINE Woods, a popular Didcot lollipop lady whose blood donations helped save the lives of hundreds of babies, has passed away, aged 68.
Maurice Andrews: Butcher’s stalwart service
2:00pm Thursday 2nd February 2012
MAURICE Andrews, one of Didcot’s best-known butchers, has died aged 90.
New beauty spot chief pledges better visitor centre
1:00pm Thursday 2nd February 2012
THE woman now in charge of Oxfordshire’s best loved beauty spot has promised to improve facilities at the visitor centre next to Wittenham Clumps.
Once rare red kites 'are becoming a pest'
11:40am Thursday 2nd February 2012
ONCE rare red kites are becoming a pest because too many people are feeding them, according to conservationists.
Masked raiders smash up telly
9:00am Thursday 2nd February 2012
TWO masked men armed with a knife and baseball bat threatened four people in an Abingdon home before smashing a television and computer.
UPDATE: Repatriation tribute information Thursday and next Tuesday
4:20pm Wednesday 1st February 2012
This is the latest information for the next repatriation tribute near RAF Brize Norton and outside the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Store wars after Tesco opens
12:00pm Wednesday 1st February 2012
A couple who run a corner shop are suffering a worrying sense of deja vu now Tesco has moved into a neighbouring former pub.