Here, we are looking at what happened in the fourth quarter of the year between July and September in the last part of this four-part review.
October
On October 2, a lightning strike caused a huge gas explosion at Severn Trent Green Power waste plant …
Home to greengrocers, hairdressers and mechanic shops, the arterial road in West Oxford[1] has been effectively cut off from the rest of the city.
With a closure at one end blocking traffic from Oxford and roadworks at the other causing gridlock, Botle…
Home to greengrocers, hairdressers and mechanic shops, the arterial road in West Oxford[1] has been effectively cut off from the rest of the city.
With a closure at one end blocking traffic from Oxford and roadworks at the other causing gridlock, Botle…
The revival of a once-prominent railway line in Oxfordshire could come to fruition, but at a very pretty penny. Following a study, commissioned by Oxfordshire County Council, it has been revealed that the return of the rail line could cost just shy of …
The Government has redirected £8billion funding for the cancelled northern leg of the HS2 rail project to resurface more than 5,000 miles of road across the country.
The Department of Transport has allocated £743million for the south east of England wi…
The turning, at Barnard Gate, has been the scene of four serious crashes in the past three years while a motorist was killed there in 2012.Councillor Liam Walker, Oxfordshire County[1] Council’s shadow cabinet member for highway management, has launche…
Two lanes are closed in both directions on the M40[1] as emergency barrier repairs are underway following an incident on the road yesterday. A lorry jack-knifed and went through the central reservation Southbound at around 5pm on November 8.
The affect…
A woman suffered serious injuries when the car she was driving was involved in a collision with a lorry on the A40 in Oxfordshire[1]. The crash happened at around 10.30am on Tuesday (November 7) on the Oxfordshire stretch of the road which links Chelte…
The incident happened after a white Volvo lorry and a grey Mazda car were involved in a crash at the junction for Barnard Gate at around 10.30am, yesterday, Tuesday, November 7.
The Mazda driver, a woman in her 40s, suffered serious injuries. She was …
Chris Hayter Transport defied the economic downturn to deliver a rise in both revenue and pre-tax profits last year. The family firm, which is based in Witney, Oxfordshire, has depots in Witney, Skelmersdale and Heywood, Lancashire and has opera…
The narrow Radcot bridge which carries the A4095 road north of Faringdon is struck several times a week on average, according to staff at the nearby Olde Swan pub.
It needs repairs in two places after lorries and coaches repeatedly hit the parapet and …
A new study has been published on the feasibility of a new railway route connecting three towns to Oxford. The preliminary strategic outline case was commissioned by Oxfordshire County Council,[1] following proposals from the Witney Oxford Transport Gr…
The preliminary strategic outline case for the Carterton-Witney-Oxford Rail Corridor (CWORC) was commissioned by Oxfordshire County[1] Council, following proposals from the Witney Oxford Transport Group.
The aim was to establish if there is a strategi…
A man has been sentenced for assaulting an emergency worker in Witney. Kevin Crierie, aged 48 was sentenced at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Monday (May 15).
He pleaded guilty at the same hearing to one count of assault of an emergency worker. He was fi…