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A new world record for the furthest distance travelled by a battery-electric train on a single charge has been set by Great Western Railway.
BEN Davies is unlikely to play for Oxford United prior to the international break, with his debut set to come next month.
Animal beating in Oxfordshire during the summer months rose by almost half from 2020 to 2024, new figures show. There were 107 reports of animal beatings in the county during the summer period over ...
Reader Matt Chilton said: “Table fresh at The Crown Chalgrove is the best burger in Oxfordshire. Fact.” Jerry Patterson added: “Genuine Brett's Burgers are now available at the Fox Inn on Boars Hill.” ...
GARY Rowett believes there are still ‘four or five’ more players who might exit Oxford United before the close of the transfer window.
HEROES put out a "deliberate" fire near some allotments that could have spread and caused a disaster. Jayne Jones was out for a walk on Sunday, August 24, when she noticed a fire in a field near ...
Oxfordshire's Liberal Democrat MPs are calling for a freeze on rail fares, which are set to rise by 5.8 per cent.
Work has begun on a new sustainable housing development in Woodstock. Hill Rise, being built by Pye Homes on behalf of Blenheim Estate Homes, will feature an initial 48 homes, with outline permission ...
South Central Ambulance Service, which covers Oxfordshire, is running a water safety campaign throughout August, with advice from Joe Earley, an associate ambulance practitioner based at the North ...
The memoir of Virginia Giuffre is expected to put a spotlight back on the Duke of York when it releases in October. The book, titled Nobody’s Girl, is described on the Penguin Publishing House website ...
Thousands more people in England have been referred for liver cancer checks thanks to the expansion of an NHS scheme that sends scanning trucks into the community. The on-the-spot scans offered by the ...
Almost 290,000 shoplifting cases went unsolved in 2024-25, according to House of Commons library analysis. The figures showed 55.5% of investigations in England and Wales failed to identify a suspect, ...