MUSICIANS and street performers will join shoppers and market stallholders on Saturday to celebrate the launch of a new look for Witney’s Buttercross Market. Colourful new gazebos will adorn the Market Square on Saturday as part of a project by
PARENTS of teenage school-leavers in West Oxfordshire can learn about how apprenticeships work at a special event tomorrow. Training provider Liga, based at Witney's Two Rivers industrial estate, off Station Lane, is holding a talk and question-and-answer
CARTERTON’S new Lights Up memory club attracted 24 people to its first meeting on Thursday. Inspired by the success of a similar scheme launched in Chipping Norton in 2012, the arts-based memory club brings together people living with dementia,
PRIME Minister and Witney MP David Cameron visited the new Emergency Multidisciplinary Unit at Witney Community Hospital on Friday to find out how it provides high-quality care closer to patients’ homes. The unit assesses and treats patients with
A HOUSING officer rewarded for more than 50 years of service says she has no plans to retire. West Oxfordshire District Council housing grants officer Diana Ray was given a standing ovation by councillors at the annual meeting earlier this month
HOLIDAYMAKERS booking cottages with a Burford lettings firm have donated £3,000 to help conserve the Cotswolds. Manor Cottages, which handles lettings for 250 holiday homes in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, raised the money in
ABOUT 200 bags of clothes have been donated to charity by people who no longer need them after losing weight. The Witney and Carterton branches of Slimming World delivered the clothes, which are estimated to be worth about £6,000, to Cancer Research
YOLANDA Speare produced a superb display to triumph in the ASA National Long Course Masters Championships. The Witney & District SC member won the 17-24 age group title in all three backstroke events (50m, 100m and 200m) with new master long-course
Sir – Witney is apparently a wealthy town. Look at the registration plates in the supermarket car parks. But, of course, those who cannot afford a car are not represented in this type of data. This example illustrates the ease with which a
Sir – It is always a lovely feeling when reading some good news about our beautiful town. When I heard that the wonderful news of Tower Hill’s recent Ofsted report was being celebrated on the Witney Gazette website, I couldn’t wait to read the
Sir – I would like to pass on my thanks to the staff at the Nuffield Health Centre. On the morning of June 12, my 10-year-old son was due to go on a school trip and stay overnight. During the normal morning rush, it came to light he had managed
Sir – At last a tantalising glimpse into the reopening of the Corn Exchange (last week’s Witney Gazette). Is there now a slight possibility that the people of Witney will be consulted as to what it will be used for? We still have no idea of
Sir – It was interesting to note that the appointment of Ian Goddard, as Wood Green School’s new deputy headteacher was tucked away (Witney Gazette, June 4). The previous management’s lack of leadership on teaching and learning was the main factor
THOSE responsible for damaging life-saving equipment next to Ducklington Lake may not realise it, but their mindless actions could have resulted in tragedy. Witney’s open spaces ranger Jim Casson found two buoyancy aids had been ripped apart, possible
BRITISH gardening will be celebrated when the Blenheim Palace Flower Show returns for a second year this weekend. There will be a 25,000 sq ft grand floral marquee, with thousands of plants on sale, along with a wide range of gardening equipment
ROMAIN Grosjean believes the Austrian Grand Prix’s Spielberg circuit should suit the Enstone-based Lotus cars better on Sunday than the last two tracks they have encountered. The Frenchman and his teammate, Pastor Maldonado, suffered retirements
TOURIST businesses have just a week left to nominate candidates for the Oxfordshire Cotswolds Tourism Superstar award. The aim of the competition, run by West Oxfordshire District Council and backed by the Witney Gazette and Visit England, is to
Henry Purdy said it was a pretty special feeling to reach a second successive IRB Junior World Championship final with England Under 20s. Purdy, from Milton-under-Wychwood, came off the bench as England defeated Ireland 42-15 in their semi-final
SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE ANUPAM Sanklecha starred for Shipton-under-Wychwood, but just failed to save them from an agonising one-wicket defeat at home to Cove in Saturday’s tense Division 2 encounter. The Indian medium-pacer
Charlbury recorded a 4-2 home win over Division 2 leaders Banbury Chestnuts in the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries. David Dix and Dave Cooper’s big wins were enough to give Charlbury an 82-65 victory. West Witney
Sandford St Martin went top of Cherwell League Division 3 after ending Bicester & North Oxford’s unbeaten start to the season. Martin Anson took 4-21 as Bicester crawled to 124-7 from their full allocation of 53 overs. Matt Collins top-scored
OCA LEAGUE A FINE all-round display from Elliot Graham helped Minster Lovell remain second in Division 1 with a 60-run success at home to Charlbury, writes David Quinn. Despite 4-17 from Bimalka Liyanarachichi, Minster managed to reach 144-
NATHAN Hall posted an impressive victory over Owen Pirrot in the Bristol Box Cup on Sunday. The Windrush Valley fighter, who was crowned Home Counties junior champion for the second successive year last month, was competing in the under 57kg event
Eynsham Road Runners enjoyed their best peformance in the Ridgeway Relay with a third-placed finish. A consistent peformance over the 87-mile ten-leg course saw their A team dip inside the ten-hour barrier with 9hrs 58mins 37secs and pip Oxford
SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE GREAT and Little Tew’s attack was taken apart by Amersham opener Bruce Friedrichs as they suffered an 87-run home defeat in Division 2 on Saturday. The South African hammered 130 off 156 balls, with
OCA LEAGUE RICHARD Parker returned superb figures of 5-11 as Swinbrook proved too strong for hosts Marcham in Division 4. Tim Martin’s 61 helped the visitors reach 148-9, before Parker took centre stage as Marcham were shot out for 70, despite
KATE Dela won gold in the Veterans Over 30s Artistic Advanced Gymnastics Competition at Basingstoke. The Carterton GC member competed on vault, bars, floor and beam, with her best score of 13.80 coming in the latter. Her overall total of 39.80
INDIA Mae Thompson picked up two silver medals in the ICO European Championships in Sittingbourne, Kent. The 11-year-old, from Fordwells, near Witney, has only been performing the martial art for around 18 months. Thompson, a pupil at Burford
