A DIDCOT primary school decorated the sky with its colours as it released 200 yellow and blue balloons to mark its 40th birthday. About 250 pupils, staff and guests also shared a giant birthday sponge cake marking the anniversary of the Stephen Freeman
A PENSIONER has been convicted of 18 sex attacks dating back to the 1970s. George Prior, then known as Fred Smith, was found guilty on Friday of 16 counts of raping a female under 16, one charge of indecent assault and an attempted serious sexual assault
STORE wars has broken out in an Oxfordshire market town after a second major supermarket announced plans to move in. Waitrose claims its supermarket in Faringdon would create up to 120 jobs and boost existing shops in the town centre. The retailer wants
A BID to create a £300,000 band hall and community centre for Wantage has taken a major step forward. Council chiefs have given Wantage Silver Band a peppercorn rent for land at Tugwell Field, meaning it just has to raise the cash for the building.
A FORMER Abingdon farmer who spied on holidaymakers through a CCTV camera in a rented annexe has failed to overturn his conviction and sentence. David Sturgess, 55, was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Swansea Crown Court in November after being convicted
VILLAGERS living near Wallingford are celebrating after county council leaders said their countryside would not be torn up for gravel extraction — but campaigners still fear a long-term threat. Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet last week took the
