Delays on A420 after car crashes into ditch

8:51am Thursday 2nd May 2013

THERE are reports of delays along the A420 after a car went into a ditch on the eastbound carriageway.

Restaurant plan on menu for listed shopping gallery

1:00pm Monday 29th April 2013

A Grade-II listed shopping gallery in Wantage could be closed off, with a new restaurant or shop opening up in what is now a walkway.

Jewellery theft

11:00am Monday 29th April 2013

Thieves used a garden chair to reach in through a window and undo a lock to get into a house in Marines Drive, Faringdon, on Wednesday. They got away with jewellery. Anyone with information should call the Thames Valley Police inquiry line on 101.

Take rat for a new pet

Take rat for a new pet

4:38pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

SHE may not be the prettiest pet but Blossom the hairless rat certainly makes up for it in affection.

Survey says districts among most desirable to live in

6:00pm Tuesday 23rd April 2013

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire are two of the most desirable districts to live in according to a new survey.

Aunt's cancer battle inspires Grove schoolboy's charity bike ride

Josh King is in training for his charity ride

3:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD schoolboy is in training to become king of the road.

Concerns raised over 1,500-home plan

7:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

A new 1,500-home estate on the edge of Wantage will have just 360 primary school places.

Fresh deals agreed to keep former RH Buses routes on road

Bus routes have been shaken up after the collapse of RH Transport

2:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

EMERGENCY contracts agreed to keep bus routes in West Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse running after the collapse of RH Transport last year will be replaced by new deals in June.

UPDATE: A420 cleared following accident

7:06pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

THE A420 near Faringdon has been cleared following an accident between A417 Park Road and A417 Stanford Road.

Village church to get Thatcher memorial

Baroness Thatcher and Sir Denis

9:20am Monday 15th April 2013

FORMER Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Sir Denis are to be remembered by a plaque in an Oxfordshire church.

Thatcher plaque for Oxfordshire church

1:30pm Sunday 14th April 2013

Baroness Thatcher and her late husband Sir Denis look set to be remembered by a plaque at a church in an Oxfordshire village with which he had family connections.

Thieves steal from car

10:30am Saturday 13th April 2013

Two thieves stole items from a car after swiping the keys from a house in Mably Grove, Wantage.

Tennis club gets planning permission

3:00pm Friday 12th April 2013

FARINGDON Tennis Club has won permission to build houses on its courts more than 10 years after submitting its original planning application.

Development group to grill politicians

5:20pm Thursday 11th April 2013

THE Wantage and Grove Campaign Group for sustainable development has arranged a new meeting with MP Ed Vaizey at Wantage Civic Hall on Friday, May 3, at 8pm.

Win family tickets for top horse show

Show highlight . . . The Musical Drive of The King’s Troop

3:28pm Thursday 11th April 2013

AN exhibition of equestrian excellence is being lined up to mark the 70th anniversary of the Royal Windsor Horse Show.

The headache for pubs of being 'tied'

Tom Rainey

9:54am Thursday 11th April 2013

THERE has been precious little for Oxfordshire’s landlords to raise a glass to during the past few years.

‘We’ve got the sewing revival all stitched up’

Faith Pritchard at Ardington School of Crafts

9:30am Thursday 11th April 2013

THREAD your needles, thimbles and fabric at the ready.

Youth club teenagers to star on TV

The teenagers who will appear at the awards ceremony with

5:09pm Wednesday 10th April 2013

FIFTEEN teenagers who help to run their Wantage youth club will become TV stars this weekend.

Wantage pop-up shops could boost business

12:00pm Wednesday 10th April 2013

TEMPORARY shops could soon be popping up across Wantage as part of a scheme to boost local business.

Faringdon 'tough cookie' turns 100

Vera Della Bilbe

10:30am Wednesday 10th April 2013

SELF-CONFESSED ‘tough cookie’ Vera Della Bilbe, who has lived through two world wars and travelled the world, has turned 100.



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