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County crime figures show fall in offences

8:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Monthly police figures show there have been about 600 fewer crimes in Oxfordshire in the past three months compared to the same period last year.

A40 to shut for vital A34 viaduct work

6:58pm Thursday 9th July 2009

THE A40 will be shut for nine hours this weekend as work on the £44.4m replacement scheme for the Wolvercote Viaduct enters a critical phase.

County opposition picks cabinet

Councillor Zoe Patrick

6:56pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Oxfordshire County Council’s biggest opposition party has picked its shadow cabinet.

Two injured in football teams punch-up

3:56pm Thursday 9th July 2009

TWO men were assaulted during a brawl between rival football teams.

Grant boosts rape crisis line's work

Hannah Clare, left, and Catherine House

2:39pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A SERVICE which offers a lifeline to victims of sexual abuse in Oxfordshire has been given a cash boost to take on its first paid workers.

Groups share £15,000 from district coffers

2:36pm Thursday 9th July 2009

MORE than £15,000 has been awarded to clubs and organisations in west Oxfordshire.

Plans are music to school's ears

Headteacher Nicola Edmonton with the plans for the new music faculty

2:32pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A SCHOOL is hoping to celebrate its 350th anniversary by opening a £1.4m music block.

All change on buses in Queen Street

Transform Oxford set for go-ahead

6:10am Thursday 9th July 2009

BUS stops will be moved out of Queen Street from Sunday, July 19, as part of the scheme to make one of Oxford’s busiest shopping streets more pedestrian-friendly.



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