The closure of the Abingdon[1] Road due to flooding, combined with the continued closure of Botley Road at the rail bridge has prompted the county council to open the High Street to all traffic 24 hours a day.
Ordinary traffic is usually banned from us…
The county[1] council has been considering which roads should be shut and said Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is providing “high value pumping” to restrict the level of water.
There will be some high value pumping. (Image: Anna Railton)
Abingdon R…
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Hundreds of criminals appeared before the law courts again this year.
Some of the highest profile trials in Merseyside’s history were heard during 2023. These saw the killers of Olivia Pratt-Korbel[1], Elle Edwards[2] and Ashley Dale[3] brought to just…
The westbound slip road on the Southern Bypass and parts of Old Abingdon[1] Road will also be 50mph.
And a section of the Southern Bypass Road near Kennington Railway Bridge along with parts of Kennington Road and Old Abingdon Road will be reduced to 3…
The Westgate Centre and city centre streets including Cornmarket, Queen Street, High Street and Broad Street – and the Covered Market – can all expect to be busy in the run-up to December 25.
Boswells and Debenhams have gone but Oxford[1] still has a …
Traders and homeowners had hoped that congestion would improve in the road, which has been closed at the rail bridge since April, when it reopens in October next year.
But they have reacted with fury at Thames Water’s plan to carry out repair work at O…
Police are hunting a man who exposed himself to a woman walking through Faringdon[1] Cycle Park on Friday (November 3). The incident happened between 11.15am and 11.30am and saw the man expose himself and then touch himself inappropriately.
The victim …
District councillor for Kidlington West, Dorothy Walker, said it is “practically set in stone” that Network Rail will close the Sandy Lane crossing which links Yarnton and Kidlington, north of Oxford[1].
This is one of three level crossings, including …
Gas network company SGN will start work to upgrade the local gas supply from 8pm tonight and this will last approximately two weeks, being carried out in two phases.
The first phase will mean the southbound carriageway is closed until 5am on Monday, wh…
Gas network company SGN will start work to upgrade the local gas supply network on Friday, November 3 and it will last approximately two weeks and be carried out in two phases.
This comes as city traders claim they have been hit by “a perfect storm of …
A BOATSHED and workshop was badly damaged in a fire which caused a major road to be closed.
Fire crews were called to the building at Benson Marina next to the A4074 shortly after 4am on Friday.
Witnesses said they saw flames at least 30ft high coming …
Eyewitnesses reported miles of traffic[1] queueing on the A34 northbound from before Marcham yesterday morning (Tuesday, October 3) after both northbound and southbound lanes were closed between Kennington and Abingdon following the crash.
The closures…
The Crown in Packhorse Lane closed last summer and reopened on Thursday after it was bought by Oak Taverns.
A community bid to take over the pub did not go ahead and Oak Taverns bought it with managers Ricky Dawe and his fiancee Laura Goodwin looking a…