Earlier this month Network Rail’s announced Botley Road will not reopen as planned at the end of October.
The major route into the city has been closed at the rail bridge since April 2023 as part of the £161m redevelopment of Oxford station. Work inclu…
Calum Miller said the East Railway project will result in the London Road crossing being closed to vehicles, bikes and pedestrians for more than 45 minutes every hour and could, as a result, be closed permanently by Network Rail.
Mr Miller said the cl…
The incident occurred at around 9.30pm on Friday, June 7 June as an offender broke into a silver Hyundai i20 while the driver was in the M40 Welcome Break services.
The offender was searching in the vehicle’s back seat and boot at junction 8A of the mo…
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Thursday 11 Jul 2024
Oxford’s major rail and road improvement project is progressing but more time is needed before Botley Road can reopen
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Network Rail has confirmed that significant prog…
Antonya Cooper’s son Hamish had been suffering from stage[1] 4 neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer, and was aged seven when he died at home in December 1981.
Ms Cooper, a former chairwoman of Neuroblastoma UK, who lived in Abingdon in Oxfordshire, s…
Last year, Puy du Fou, a historical-themed attraction, declared its interest in wanting a 300 to 400-acre site within a 40-mile radius of Oxford[1] for a new theme park.
Now theme park bosses are proposing for the new attraction to be built in Cherwell…
It is almost time for Swansea fans to start plotting journeys up and down the UK’s motorway network as Luke Williams prepares for his first full season in charge.The road ahead for the 2024-25 English Football League (EFL) season will become clear when…
Navigating England’s motorways often means a stop at a service station. But not all service stations are created equal. Here, we explore the top ten service stations in England, in no particular order, detailing the amenities that make them stand …
Motorists face major changes over the next parliament as the switch to electric vehicles gathers pace and debate rages over everything from road tax, to parking and low emmissions zones.
So, what are the major political parties promising drivers in the…
It rarely goes well when prime ministers try to sound like the masses. David Cameron forgot which football team he supported. Theresa May’s childhood naughtiness extended to running through wheatfields. Now Rishi Sunak has revealed the great sacri…
Emergency services were called to the incident at 5.16am today (June 7) after the crash involving the lorry near junction 9 on the M40.
The lorry was found by Thames Valley Police on its side with sausages “scattered across the road”.
The force has sin…
Dramatic footage has been revealed of a crash between a lorry and a car on Oxford’s ring road which has left a motorist in hospital.
The crash involving a lorry and a Toyota car happened on the A40 Headington, Barton Park Ring Road, on Monday (June 3),…
A plague of cockroaches caused a motorway service area on the M40 to closeFour units in Junction Eight’s Welcome Break have been forced to stop tradingEnvironmental health officers had an investigation after a complaint last monthBy Matthew Cox[1] Pub…