A WITNEY woman shaved her head to support a childhood friend battling cancer. Alison Meekison, 43, raised £780 for Cancer Research UK with the sponsored shave at the Synolos shop, in Wesley Walk, on Saturday, July 19. She had her head shaved
THE Cotswolds Conservation Board secured more than £2.4m of investment in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and trained a record 340 people in rural skills over the past year, according to the board’s annual review. The review is
CHARLES Gardener and his terrier Diddy were top dogs at a village fete but left without their trophy. But thanks to an appeal in our sister newspaper, the Cotswold Journal, the pair from Chipping Norton have now received their silverware. Nine-year-old
Olympic team eventing silver medallist Kristina Cook, European Championships eventing gold medallist Laura Collett and Badminton winner Paul Tapner will compete at next month’s Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, organisers say. The event
CHARITIES in West Oxfordshire are being invited to bid for grants of up to £10,000 from the Witney Gazette. Our parent company, Gannett Media, is offering donations of between £5,000 and £10,000 though its charitable arm, the Gannett Foundation
Alex Palou came so close to a dream debut for the Chipping Norton-based Sean Walkinshaw Racing team at the BRDC Formula 4 Championship at Silverstone. The Spaniard was only 0.5 seconds away from earning a place on the podium on his maiden series
Lotus driver Romain Grosjean is hoping that the mid-season break will pay off when the Formula 1 championship resumes at Spa-Fran-corchamps this weekend. Despite a return of eight points for the Enstone-based team, the Frenchman is staying upbeat
Sophie Carter stormed to victory by more than four minutes in the Burnham Beeches Half Marathon. Carter, from Woodstock, was the first lady home and eighth overall in a time of 1hr 20mins 51secs. Running for first-claim club Belgrave Harriers
Carterton made it two straight wins in Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 West thanks to a 2-1 win at Shortwood United. The victory saw the west Oxfordshire side become one of three sides still with 100 per cent records. Jamie MacDonagh put
A FORMER Second World War serviceman celebrated his 90th birthday last week. Former Flt Sgt Denzel Peachey, who lives at Witney’s Madley Park House care home, reached the landmark on Thursday. On Saturday, 15 members of his family, including
Three run outs cost Oxford Downs their second win of the season as their Division 1 clash at Banbury 2nd ended in a dramatic tie. Amin Rafiq, Tomas King and Johnny Law went to leave Downs on 209 all out replying to Banbury’s 209-9. The home
Ian Bryan’s spell of 5-40 was in vain as Great & Little Tew lost by 73 runs to Amersham in Division 2 on Saturday. Bryan took five wickets in a row to wipe out the hosts’ middle-order, but Amersham still set 193. This was too many for Davidstow
Amateur jockey Marcus Haddock made a dream start to his race-riding career with a winner on his first mount when Soundbyte gained a thrilling success at Nottingham for Chastleton trainer John Gallagher. Haddock, 23, got the nine-year-old home in
A superb century from Saurabh Mehrotra saw West Witney to a 164-run win at home to Garsington 2nd in Division 5 of the OCA League. He cracked 158, while Patrick Smith added an unbeaten 94 as West amassed an impressive 354-4. Martin Clutterbuck
A dramatic game at Cove saw Shipton-under-Wychwood secure an unlikely 11-run win in Cherwell League Division 2, despite being bowled out for just 97. Anupam Sanklecha (4-22) and Shaun Miller (3-10) then starred as the visitors produced a first-class
Sir – You have reported in the past couple of weeks on the opening of the Como Lounge, which has replaced the Izi bar and nightclub in the Market Square. I would like to ask why is there a new cafe-bar opening in Witney? It does not make any sense
Sir – I was appalled to read in the Witney Gazette last week that 70 from a total of 532 vehicles travelling through Brize Norton on Station Road and Carterton Road, and in Shilton Road, Carterton, were caught speeding by police. This was between
Sir – I would like to make your readers aware of new rules introduced by the Government to help improve support in school for children with medical conditions, including Type 1 diabetes, epilepsy and asthma. The new rules have been introduced as
North Leigh manager Mark Gee has warned his players to expect a severe test when they host Wantage Town in tonight’s Division 1 South & West derby. Although the visitors have yet to win this season, Gee, whose side lost 1-0 at Taunton on Saturday
Sir – I write concerning the recent bizarre changes to the S2 bus route. Firstly, there was no notice of these changes. A friend of mine who lives at Tower Hill in Witney ended up in Carterton, because she was told of no changes. I used
THE power of the community was demonstrated last Friday as superfast broadband was switched on in Northmoor, Moreton and Bablockhythe by David Cameron. As the Prime Minister and Witney MP remarked, it showed what can be achieved when residents
WOODSTOCK'S Market Place will become a live music venue for the weekend. Folk, jazz, classical, reggae, ska and rock artists will perform on a stage outside the town hall during the free Woodstock Live festival on Saturday and Sunday. Witney
A COUNTRYSIDE campaign group has welcomed West Oxfordshire District Council’s draft Local Plan but says the council should further reduce the proposed number of new homes. The Oxfordshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) said
THE first of the RAF’s new Airbus A400M Atlas turboprop transport planes is now undergoing ground tests at Airbus’s factory at Seville in Spain. It was moved under its own power for the first time on Sunday, August 10, carrying out engine and taxi-ing
