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Henley Festival is hosting an extra carnival style party ahead of the main event. The Summer Fling is a fun night with tickets costing £50. Read also: Festival firm gets vital culture grant to keep virtual event space afloat The party will feature DJ sets and entertainers. It will also have a vintage fun fair…

News   Lewis Abubakar Police are hunting fugitive Lewis Abubakar, 29, who fled from custody while being treated at the Horton General Hospital on Thursday morning. He had been arrested on Wednesday for drugs offences. Call 999 quoting reference 43210158051 if you see him.

News   Car seized in Bodicote near Banbury Traffic officers stopped a motorist in a vehicle on Oxford Road in Bodicote, near Banbury, yesterday morning for driving while unsupervised on a provisional licence and with no insurance. Thames Valley Police tweeted that the vehicle has been seized and driver has been reported. Keep up to…

News   TVP mounted section Thames Valley Police's mounted section yesterday carried out security patrols as part of security preparations in Windsor ahead of the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh. The Mounted Section patrolled the town centre, along with the surrounding area, to help provide reassurance to the public, local residents and businesses. The…

Latest Covid stats for Oxfordshire and the UK POSITIVE cases of coronavirus in Oxfordshire have risen by 26 in the latest figures. No deaths were reported in the county in the latest statistics, released by the Government. These latest figures mean there has now been a total of 33,510 recorded cases of Covid-19 in the county. See also: 93 per cent of parents offered first…

PEOPLE can pay their respects in a virtual service tomorrow night at Christ Church Cathedral in memory of the Duke of Edinburgh. The cathedral in Oxford is holding the service which is available to watch on YouTube at 6.05pm. Christ Church also held a service of evensong in remembrance of the life of Prince Philip…

Miller Homes is selling properties over the internet A housebuilder has seen more than 200 properties bought online during the pandemic. Buyers have been able to select the style of home and pay a fee to reserve the plot on a website. Once the reservation fee is paid, the property is held for 72 hours.…

An Oxfordshire pile can provide your ultimate staycation – for a mere £28,000 a week. Kirtlington Park sleeps up to 16 guests in eight bedrooms and has a gym, tennis courts and a cinema. It is privately owned by the Buxton family whose forebear Christopher Buxton was rumoured to have been romantically propositioned by movie…

A MOTORIST was stopped by police officers for driving without a provisional licence. ALSO READ: Man in hospital after trying to overtake lorry in Oxford The driver, who was caught yesterday on Oxford Road in Bodicote, near Banbury, driving a yellow Chevrolet, was also unsupervised and had no insurance. The vehicle was seized and the driver…

Oxfordshire actor Jonathan Bailey will have the starring role in the next series of raunchy Netflix hit Bridgerton. Mr Bailey, 32, plays eldest Bridgerton sibling, Viscount Anthony, whose love life will be the main story following the departure of breakout star Rege-Jean Page. Mr Page played the Duke of Hastings whose romance with the Viscount’s sister…

Shoppers queuing up following the easing of lockdown restrictions on Monday has brought back memories of the opening day of the Westgate Centre in October 2017 when thousands of people flocked to the shops. There were queues of shoppers waiting to get into the Westgate Centre on Monday, and queues outside fashion stores including Primark.…

BLENHEIM Palace has played a starring role in a new short film about the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Critically acclaimed poet and producer, Hussain Manawer, directed and performed in the film, which was made to celebrate the creative arts in 2020, and each of the British BAFTA nominees. The four-and-a-half-minute film…