The Local Newspaper

ONE of the last great feats of the age of the Victorian navvies will be recreated at Didcot Railway Centre this weekend.

AN 11-year-old boy had his foot crushed by a double decker school bus yesterday morning.

A MOTORCYCLIST has been seriously injured in a crash between Wallingford and Woodcote on the A4074.

Leisure facilities including a skate park, better bus links and controls on commuter parking have been listed by South Abingdon residents as major priorities in a new survey.

A major extension to a hotel and restaurant near Didcot could bring 20 new jobs to the town.

AN area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wallingford will be damaged forever if planners allow a new care village for the elderly to be built, according to residents.

OPPONENTS of a scrapped plan to build more homes in Vale villages have branded the whole affair a “waste of time and money”.

AN 11-year-old school boy has been airlifted to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital after his foot was crushed by a school bus in Stadhampton this morning.

THE air ambulance has been called to a collision involving a coach by the Crown Pub in Thame Road, Stadhampton.

The future of one of Oxfordshire’s most popular museums is looking more secure after it was awarded a £270,000 grant.

This is the latest information for the next repatriation tribute near RAF Brize Norton and outside the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

COUNCIL leaders in the Vale of White Horse have ditched a planning policy which could have made it easier for developers to build new village homes.

Abingdon’s Sea Cadets have been honoured with a special flag marking their improvements over the past year.

A CONVOY of Britain’s best-loved vehicles paraded through Wallingford for the town’s annual celebration of motoring.

THE splendour of Blenheim Palace inspired children to get creative as the Duke of Marlborough gave awards for work based on trips to his Woodstock home.

ABINGDON: Organisers of Abingdon’s annual dragon boat day have scheduled a new date of September 9 for the charity fundraiser.

THE first performance of a choir formed by wives and girlfriends of soldiers serving in Afghanistan hit all the right notes with their first public performance.

FROM war rationing to stories of escaping Nazis, older residents in one community have been taking a welcome trip down memory lane.

AN OXFORDSHIRE pilot wants Vale of White Horse District Council to confirm he can legally land his helicopter in his garden.

The town’s eighth annual vehicle rally and parade attracted more than 2,000 visitors yesterday.