Oxford, England News

FAMILIES have been given the chance to have their say on a planned A 800,000 community playground for an Oxford estate.

SHOPKEEPERS and neighbours on an Oxford estate are celebrating the end of a 20-year wait for CCTV.

A round-up of recent cases heard by magistrates' courts in Oxfordshire. OXFORD David Oram, 22, of Brake Hill, Oxford, admitted possessing 1.17g of cannabis, a Class B drug, in Oxford on September 19.

TWO men have been fined after they were caught on CCTV illegally dumping office furniture at a flytipping hotspot.

The River Ray in Oxfordshire was today taken off flood watch. Rivers that still remain on flood watch, include the River Thames from Buscot down to Kings Lock, above Oxford, including Kelmscott, Radcot, Lower Bampton, Chimney, Newbridge, Northmoor, Stanton Harcourt, Bablockhythe and caravan park, Eynsham, Swinford and Yarnton.

A MAN who put false refunds through the till of an Oxford shop was sentenced at the city's crown court yesterday.

A new study shows that people who have been infected with West Nile virus may have persistent virus in their kidneys for years after initial infection, potentially leading to kidney problems.

Customers have flocked to Borders in Oxford to snap up Christmas bargains as the company prepares to close.

A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder last night following an altercation at a property in Oxford.

Five rivers in Oxfordshire were today placed on flood watch. The alert was put on the River Thames from Buscot down to Kings Lock, above Oxford, including Kelmscott, Radcot, Lower Bampton, Chimney, Newbridge, Northmoor, Stanton Harcourt, Bablockhythe and caravan park, Eynsham, Swinford and Yarnton.

A MAN accused of stabbing to death an East Oxford drug dealer, flashed a knife at a crack cocaine user days before the murder, a court has heard.

WHEN Sophie Lord first met the Princess Royal 10 years ago, she was a little girl, desperate to communicate despite her disabilities.

Potentially fatal blood clots after surgery are a much greater risk than has previously been thought, a British study finds.

A MAN begged for help while staggering through an Oxford graveyard after being stabbed in the neck, a jury heard yesterday.

A GROUP of men accused of running a cocaine empire have walked free from court after a trial costing at least A 1.9m and a police investigation lasting almost two years.

Oxford Brookes University will renew its fight for a new A 150m Headington campus in earnest this weekend.

AFTER practising her curtsey for days, Grace Ford Clough's dream came true when she met the Queen.

THE RSPCA last night appealed for people to report illegal dog fighting across Oxford.

A flood watch was today placed on the River Thames in Oxfordshire. The alert was placed on the the river from Buscot down to Kings Lock, above Oxford, including Kelmscott, Radcot, Lower Bampton, Chimney, Newbridge, Northmoor, Stanton Harcourt, Bablockhythe and caravan park, Eynsham, Swinford and Yarnton.

ONLY three Oxfordshire primary schools managed to get all their pupils up to the minimum standard expected this year.