Witney, England News

Many years ago when I was writing an article that I hoped would encourage people to buy local food, I remember being asked if the readers would understand the term a food-milesa TM, which I had used to state my case.

SHOPKEEPERS are celebrating after 10 new CCTV cameras were installed in Witney in a bid to beat vandals.

SEVEN fatalities in a decade along one stretch of road has led to residents and councillors calling for a 40mph speed limit.

WHILE most people were finishing off the last of the Christmas turkey, these runners braved the cold to raise money for charity.

Ambitious plans for - heart of town' 10:40am Sunday 27th December 2009 By Jen Rivett PLANS will be submitted early next year for a scheme to create the "heart" of Carterton.

AN WOMAN who has persistently breached an antisocial behaviour order will spend Christmas behind bars, after grabbing a 53-year-old woman by the throat.

The Christmas truce will be a brief one this year. There will be time for church, for drawing strength from family, for bracing walks across the frosted Oxfordshire fields, precious moments of calm snatched away from the telephone and the incessant clamour of the BlackBerry.

MORE than a third of the units at Witney's new A 50m shopping centre are still not filled because of the recession, according to the district council.

A mother and father posed as their 11-year-old daughter to trap a paedophile grooming her on Facebook.

SHOPPERS were given a stark reminder of the consequences of drink-driving as they hunted for Christmas gifts in Witney.

A PERSISTENT burglar who raided a school has been jailed for three years. Raymond Starkings, 21, of Home Close, Carterton, admitted burglary and handling stolen goods at Oxford Crown Court on Friday.

Toddler's death in Flintshire pond an 'unspeakable tragedy' A CORONER has described an incident in which a toddler drowned in his Flintshire grandparents' pond as an "unspeakable tragedy". Nineteen-month-old Daniel Peralta was found in the pond at his grandparents' house at Pitmans Lane, Hawarden on August 1. An inquest heard how the tot fought for ...

TWO women died in separate accidents during a day of traffic problems across a freezing Oxfordshire yesterday.

BRITISH Telecom has apologised after thousands of Oxfordshire people were unable to use their telephones this morning.

TRAVEL agents across Oxfordshire were today fielding calls from travellers anxious about their British Airways flights, after cabin crews voted to strike over Christmas in a row over jobs, pay and conditions.

A total of 15 shops have collected signatures from shoppers and employees over the past two months.

SHOPPERS in Witney were the latest to use the Oxford Mail's video service to send a message of goodwill this Christmas to troops in Afghanistan.

Visitors to Marriotts Walk, Witney, next Saturday will be able to see for themselves the impact of a car crash caused through drink-driving. Members from the West Oxfordshire Safer Communities Partnership will be holding an awareness day to show shoppers the devastating result of driving under the influence of drink or drugs.

He made two other phone calls to Canterbury at the end of October 2008 lasting 56 minutes and 59 minutes.

FAMILY and friends gathered to toast the health of Witney's first female GP, who proved practising what she preached has definitely paid off.