Oxfordshire County, England News

A police officer investigating the fatal injuring of a four-year-old at Bicester Village told a coroner how the seven-foot mirror that fell on the little boy should have been secured to a wall.

A PRINCIPAL who has led the successful development of one of the first technical college's in Bucks has been awarded an OBE.

Kizzy Horgan, 16, of St Peter's Close, will leave Eynsham's Bartholomew School this summer to attend the school for two years from August.

The 1m sq ft distribution centres are planned for land west of Didcot power station, off Sutton Courtenay Lane.

WEST Oxfordshire schools could lose teachers or be forced to close if the county council decides to start charging for bus travel, it has been claimed.

A THANKSGIVING service will be held on Friday in memory of the social worker who drowned on the Greek holiday island of Corfu.

Buy this photo Shaun Foggett watches as a West African dwarf crocodile hatches at Crocodiles of the World at Crawley Mill The event takes place on The Leys on Saturday, July 13, and will feature family entertainment, music and a colourful procession of floats through the town centre.

ARTHUR Jack Hodgins braced himself as British planes bombed the train tracks he was forced to lay as a Second World War captive.

Users of the so-called Oxonbike will be able to rent cycles for free for up to 30 minutes to travel between seven cycle hire racks in Headington from tomorrow.

THE votes have been counted and on Friday the district will discover who has become the West Oxfordshire 2013 Tourism Superstar.

The estranged wife of a man jailed for kidnap and assault feared for her life when her jealous husband kicked and punched her in front of her children during a six-hour ordeal on Boxing Day last year.

A COMPANY that was refused permission to build a private care home next to a health centre has appealed against the decision.

In a bid to kick start Jamaica's chronically stagnant economy, the Caribbean country is wooing its citizens living abroad to invest in the island of their birth.

Rolls-Royce has named Frank Ludwig as its director of manufacturing. The 42-year-old executive joins the BMW Group subsidiary from the automaker's factory in Leipzig, Germany, where he was director of the plant's paint, press and body shops.

The men searched the property before leaving empty-handed. They all had their faces covered and drove off in a white Ford van.

Parsons was last month convicted of stabbing wife Janee to death in front of their young son in their Bicester home.

CHRISTINE and Mike Belcher have impressed the rich and famous with their wacky balloon sculptures at film premieres and on television.

A GRIEVING son has been landed with a A 32,000 care home bill for his father after Swindon Council overlooked charging the old man for almost three years.

A flight instructor has accused Reading Borough Council of large-scale fraud against the motorist for issuing illegal fines for driving in bus lanes.

Many libraries are providing the first half-hour of internet access free and then charging a range of fees to stay online Britain's libraries are making the public pay for services previously provided for FREE before the Tory-led Coalition's cuts, a shock survey reveals today.