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In celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, thousands of beacons will be ignited across the country as a symbol of recognition for the 70 years the Queen has ruled. She is the first British monarch to reach the milestone.
Over 2,000 beacons i…
The courts in Oxfordshire have had a busy month, with a host of criminals facing justice for their crimes. A murderer, sex offender, gangs and multiple drug dealers were among those jailed in May.
Another criminal facing justice this month was a 77-yea…
BANDS, revellers and organisers have all hailed the first proper music festival of the year a resounding success – with one artist describing it as the best ever.After two years off due to the pandemic, Wood festival returned to its home deep in t…
A group of men were whipped in a homophobic attack in George Street, a court heard.The trio, who had just left a nightclub in Oxford city centre when they were set upon outside Debenhams in George Street at 3am on September 19 last year, described hear…
HUNDREDS of music fans, craft enthusiasts and nature lovers will today descend on a leafy corner of Oxfordshire for the county’s first major festival of the year.Wood festival – a three-day environmentally-friendly celebration of the performing arts at…
Flanked by magical countryside, bluebell woods and cycle routes, an Ipsden farmshop is amassing critical acclaim from visitors. With one reviewer likening the food on offer to that of celeb chef Yotam Ottolenghi, I had to pay it a visit.
Driving along …
There were long queues on the M40 in Oxfordshire resulting from a lorry that caught fire yesterday (May 12). Vehicles were reported to have been stuck on the major motorway for up to two hours.
Several firefighters from both Oxfordshire and Buckinghams…
The M40 motorway in Buckinghamshire is closed due to a lorry fire today (Thursday, May 12). The M40 southbound carriageway is shut near Junction 5 (A40 Ibstone Road/Stokenchurch).
The incident was first reported at around 11.09am – with dozens of firef…
Italian-born Lewis Ratto had such fond memories of eating ice-cream in his hometown of Rome that when he moved to the UK he decided to start a food truck.
Mr Ratto has had planning permission to redevelop the unit formerly occupied by Whittard in Marri…
A lorry driver is in a critical condition after three lorries collided with a tailback from an earlier crash involving two cars.Police said a BMW 3 Series and a Toyota Yaris crashed on the A34 southbound carriageway between Abingdon and Didcot at aroun…