Didcot, England News

HUNDREDS of new homes could be built on the Didcot power station site when part of it is decomissioned, according to the leader of South Oxfordshire District Council .

When It Happens Panel Get involved: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting 'OXFORD NEWS' to 80360 or email GOVERNORS at St Birinus School in Didcot will discuss next month the results of consultation with parents and staff regarding plans to convert to an academy.

ONE of Didcot's best known GPs, Dr Frank Asbury, who served patients for more than 30 years, has died aged 85.

Town councillors in Didcot are using Freedom of Information legislation to find out how much money developers have contributed towards new services for the town.

The pair decided to buy their first home in Rose Hill to be close to the river, where Mr Krajewski enjoys kayaking and to make the most of an area they believe is on the up.

Drivers using season tickets at council-run car parks will be better off if two discount schemes go ahead on April 1. But the initiatives designed to boost trade are set to cost the taxpayer A 60,000 a year.

Pupils at Didcot's St Birinus School made hand-held catapults and showed off their products in a Dragons Den-style presentation this week.

But yesterday former Life Boys' leader Marjorie Cowley was reunited with many of her ex-charges to celebrate her 100th birthday.

Petrol price statistics reveal the cheapest rates in some towns are up to four pence more than elsewhere in the county.

TWO teenage car thieves who between them rammed a police car, stole a A 30,000 Mercedes and drove at three times the speed limit have been locked up.

PARENTS, pupils and staff are being consulted on a proposal to turn St Birinus School in Didcot into an academy.

A PROGRAMME to carry out brickwork repairs to the parapet of Hampstead Norreys Railway Bridge have been announced.

Residents living in villages near Didcot fear they could face months of disruption and longer car journeys when Rail bosses build a new bridge.

SHOPPING centre owner Hammerson has started talks with Didcot traders who will be forced to make way for a A 125m expansion of the Orchard Centre.

The Oxfordshire retail scene has suffered another blow after discount clothing chain Peacocks announced it intends to go into administration.

When It Happens Panel Get involved: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting 'OXFORD NEWS' to 80360 or email Businesses from South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse are invited to a free breakfast to hear talks about issues affecting trade in the two districts.

THOUSANDS of tonnes of radioactive waste from disused nuclear reactors is set to be stored for the next 20 years in rural Oxfordshire.

A A 4M revamp of Abingdon's shopping precinct is a "short term fix" that will need to be redone within years, a councillor has warned.