Monthly Archives: June, 2022

It’s been estimated that up to 99% of consumers, at least once in a year, will now find a local business they need using the internet. Around 80% go online more than once a week to try and find a local business. Customers looking for things like a local hairdresser, florist, restaurant or garage will

PARENTS picking their children up from school are parking 'dangerously' and causing difficulties for emergency vehicles to get through, says a resident. People picking their children up from All Saints Church of England Primary School in Didcot are allegedly parking “boot to bonnet” along Tamar Way as well as on resident’s driveways. A resident, who has

Oxford Crown Court dealt with a fraction of its usual workload today, as judges worked around an England-wide barrister strike. Members of the Criminal Bar Association staged a nationwide walkout as they demanded the government increase fees and rates for criminal Legal Aid work by 25 per cent. Ministers say they are ‘disappointed’ by the

A dilapidated historic building which featured in Downton Abbey has been restored after 10 years of fundraising. Viewers of the ITV hit and films will know the Old Grammar School in Chuch View in Bampton as the surgery and Cottage Hospital run by Dr Richard Clarkson, played by actor David Robb. With the top floor condemned

A headteacher who was dismissed from her job at a primary school for failures in her safeguarding duties has not been banned from teaching as the breaches were not considered sufficiently serious. Clare Bladen was headteacher at Gateway Primary School in Carterton between  September 2019 and October 2020 when she was dismissed after an investigation.

COVID cases in Oxford have gone up in the last week. The total went up to 333 from 274, an increase of 21.5 per cent, putting the infection rate at 219.7 per 100,000 of the population. The highest number of cases was reported in Oxford Central, where 55 people tested positive compared to 32 last week.

A robot painter creating likenesses of the biggest names performing at Glastonbury has said the atmosphere at the festival is “electric”. Ai-Da is heralded as the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist and is the creation of a team, lead by Oxford's Aiden Meller, who have set up a display at the music festival’s famous Shangri-La

FILM fans have saved Oxford’s last independent cinema from closure after rallying round to raise almost £313,000 in under three months. The 111 year-old Ultimate Picture Palace, in East Oxford, was left facing an uncertain future following the death of former owner Becky Hallsmith. Despite her wishes that the picture house should be owned by

A development company is set to build a large primary school on its site prior to the occupation of its 550th home. Graven Hill Village Development Company – which is delivering the Graven Hill project in Bicester – have appointed Kier Construction to deliver a two-form entry primary school on the site. Kier will commence

Tributes have been paid after one of the directors of Cowley Road Carnival has died. Johannah Aynsley, who was in her early 40s, lost her battle with cancer last week. Colleagues called her "truly inspiring with tremendous vision, drive, enthusiasm, and energy" in a moving tribute. Cowley Road Carnival organisers posted on Facebook: "It is with