Witney, England News

THE ever-changing visage of Botley Cinema, a "calamitous" woollen mill and a curious sheep's head are just some of the paintings forming a fascinating new exhibition of Oxfordshire art from the past 200 years.

Residents of a village used as a rat run between Witney and Chipping Norton are calling for a new river bridge to be built.

The decision follows criticism that a report which highlighted the failings of the now closed Corn Exchange in Market Square remains secret.

A NEW MG celebrating the 50th birthday of one of Britain's most iconic sports cars is being built by a small Oxfordshire firm, rather than the brand's Chinese owners.

When It Happens Panel Get involved: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting 'OXFORD NEWS' to 80360 or email OXFORDSHIRE bus operators are running near-normal services this morning following the overnight snow but say journeys may take a little longer than usual.

Witney Young People's Centre in Witan Way had been due to open in September but has been hit by problems with the gas main.

When It Happens Panel Get involved: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting 'OXFORD NEWS' to 80360 or email St Kenelm's Primary School in Minster Lovell remains closed today as staff wait for parts to fix the boiler.

Students in Witney will no longer be able to study for the qualifications from September after demand dropped 50 per cent to just 25 students last year.

AUDIENCES will be reminded that there is no place like home as The Wizard of Oz is brought to Witney.

The pub campaign in Hailey, near Witney, is already more than a third of the way to the total after raising A 100,000 in pledges from its first meeting, and has won backing from the Prime Minister.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England today launches a report with detailed new maps showing that 55 per cent of England's countryside could be at increased risk from development as a consequence of the Government's reforms of the planning system.

The grants include A 650 to youth club Base 33 for project work, A 100 to West Witney WI for a cabinet to store the WI banner, A 600 towards Witney Woodland Volunteers' Deer Park Community Woodland, A 500 towards Witney Town Band's running costs and instruments, A 325 for the Witney unit of St John Ambulance, A 250 for the running costs of ... (more)

An 18-year-old has been ordered to pay A 1,000 compensation after wrecking a A 50,000 statue in Bristol.

In an exchange over the government's controversial health reforms at Prime Minister's Questions last Wednesday, David Cameron cited "a supportive GP .

CYCLISTS from Oxfordshire will be pedalling the length and breadth of Britain to raise thousands of pounds for good causes.

Twelve of the 15 seats with highest percentage of claimants are held by Labour, while lowest claimant areas are mostly Tory or Lib Dem seats The number of people claiming unemployment benefit is falling in some key coalition constituencies while continuing to rise in many Labour -held seats, new figures show.

Oxfordshire County Council said expanding the town's existing secondary schools, Wood Green and Henry Box, was likely to be a better alternative than building a new one on land set aside by developers.

Southern Electric will carry out the work, between the A415 and the B4022, from 10pm to 6am on March 3 and 4. The work will install 'switching' gear, which will allow electricity supplies in Witney to be restored far quicker in the event of interruptions.

The long-term proposal, which would cut traffic on the A40, is contained within a new council rail strategy outlining its vision for the railways over the next 22 years.

Paedophile Timothy Edmonds is beginning a 12-year jail sentence after admitting four rapes of a child aged under 13 and a string of other sex crimes.