A MAN'S body was pulled out of the Oxford Canal at Cropredy tonight. Firefighters and paramedics were called to Slat Mill Bridge just after 5.30pm to reports of a man in the water. An ambulance service spokesman said he was pronounced dead
Banbury Magistrates' Court CLIVE MERRY, 76, of Longfields, Bicester, admitted unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon a person on April 11. Given a two-year conditional discharge and fined £1,220. Given a £15 victims’ surcharge
Oxford Magistrates' Court CHRISTOPHER TOWNER, 46, of Miller Road, Banbury, admitted shoplifting eight cans of Strongbow worth £12.18 from the Esso garage in Baynards Green, Bicester, on July 6. Given a 12-month conditional discharge and told to
PROSECUTORS have been given more time to trace assets “hidden” by a fraudster convicted with his wife over a spending spree ahead of their wedding. A proceeds of crime hearing was held at Oxford Crown Court on Friday in the case of Abingdon couple
THE funeral of a Witney man found dead in Ducklington Lake will take place today. Corn Street resident James Bartlett, 37, died on Thursday, August 1. His funeral begins at 12.45pm at Oxford Crematorium and it will be followed by a gathering
JANE Slater celebrated completing her first ever triathlon with a big hug from her six-year-old son Isaac. The 45-year-old French teacher, of Manor Road, Witney, was one of around 200 people completing in the Carterton triathlon yesterday.
VILLAGERS will be given the chance to buy pubs before they are lost to housing developers, it was announced yesterday. The Government said 100 pubs across the country had been listed by councils as community assets, which gives residents six months
