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Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has said that she struggles to pronounce the name of the Oxfordshire town of Bicester.
A former teacher at an Oxfordshire girls' school has won an appeal after being sentenced to 28 months imprison earlier this year.
The M40 on the Oxfordshire border is closed in both directions due to a 'fear for welfare incident'. The motorway is closed between junction six for Chinnor and junction five for Stokenchurch, with ...
Despite his fear of heights, a man from Chinnor will take part in a charity skydive this weekend in memory of his two sons. Paul Masters will jump from 13,000 feet on Sunday, August 3, to raise funds ...
A major fire has erupted at the former RAF Bicester site in Oxfordshire, sending plumes of thick black smoke into the sky and prompting a large-scale emergency response. Witnesses at the scene ...
The major annual festival will see tens of thousands head to Charlbury in Oxfordshire, with road closures in the area and buses to be re-routed.
Oxfordshire residents are being encouraged to take advantage of free electric blanket testing later this year. Oxfordshire County Council is offering the service through its trading standards team to ...
A huge fire lit up the night sky in Oxfordshire, as people reported hearing an ‘explosion’ after lightning hit a food waste recyling plant. Shocked residents shared video and images on social ...
Discharge from a Thames Water site that killed around 30 fish has been described as “very concerning”. The water utility said it is investigating a discharge at its Wheatley Sewage Treatment Works ...
The Local Government Act 1972, enacted in April 1974, gave us the modern boundary between Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Before that, Berkshire extended as far north as Botley, up the Botley Road in ...
A major new road scheme billed as improving travel links in south Oxfordshire has been rejected by councillors. The £300m Housing Infrastructure Fund programme (HIF1) had been recommended for ...