Sun, 12th Feb 2012

Oxfordshire News

Hotel chain plans budget accommodation

7:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012

BUDGET hotel chain Travelodge is planning to build a four-storey motel close to the Redbridge park and ride site in Oxford.

A snapshot of air force base's history

7:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012

Former US airbase

AT its peak, thousands of troops, nuclear missiles and fast jets were stationed there.

Fire control merger to go ahead

6:10pm Saturday 11th February 2012

Oxfordshire County Council is set to press ahead with plans to merge its fire control centre, despite Buckinghamshire pulling out of the Thames Valley-wide project.

Getting the message across

5:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012

Children from Kirtlington C of E Primary School were out with the police to speak to drivers speeding through their village. PCSO Jason Manton looks on as William Grosvenor-Smith and Poppy Macfarlane, both aged 10, speak to John Coombes who was 1mph over

Speeding drivers in Kirtlington were being ticked off this week.

First aid pilot will continue

5:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012

Alan Webb

A pilot scheme designed to reduce unnecessary ambulance call outs and A&E attendances will be extended for a further two years in Chipping Norton.

Children's goods firm ready to run

3:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012

Matthew Dean, Sarah Dunn, Alison Higginson, William Magill, Tim Baker, Kim Martin and Beverley Andrews

Staff at a merchandise firm near Wallingford are warming up to raise cash for Oxford Children’s Hospital.

Things to do during half-term

2:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012

Nick Cope at St Alban’s Church hall in Charles Street, Oxford

1Visit a museum While the idea of looking at old paintings might not initially enthuse your youngsters, most of the city’s museums are well geared up for children.

Loophole open for developers

1:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012

developers could get the upper hand in battles to build new estates, a council boss fears, after it was revealed a key housing target is being missed.

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