Alan Dee: No need to pay for A&E if we just had the right records
There’s been a lot of tutting about the suggestion that there should be a charge made if you visit a hospital A&E department and it turns out that it’s not really an emergency, and I can see how...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s film preview: After months of advance buzz, 12 Years A Slave...
Right, you’ve all had quite enough silliness and merriment over the holidays. Now let’s tackle some serious issues, OK?First up in the ‘released just in time to build up a head of steam for the Oscars’...
View Article‘Don’t break up our community’
Residents at Upper Heyford Airbase are concerned their community will be shattered as they are forced to move out of their homes as part of a 10-year refurbishment project. Tenants of 28 bungalows,...
View ArticleCCTV images released of man police would like to talk to
Thames Valley Police has released CCTV images of a man it would like to speak to in connection with arson in Glory Farm, Bicester.At 6.40am on December 14, unknown offenders used accelerants to set...
View ArticleDecision on school transport policy
A decision on plans to change Oxfordshire’s home-to-school transport policy is due to be made by the council’s cabinet on February 4.The plans are based on the principle of offering free transport only...
View ArticleSecond rejection for 45-home application for Ambrosden
Plans to build 45 homes in Ambrosden were rejected by Cherwell District Council (CDC) for the second time yesterday, Thursday.The application, which was submitted by the trustees of the Norman...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: White House Down, R.I.P.D, Insidious: Chapter 2
If you read the synopsis for action thriller WHITE HOUSE DOWN (12: Sony) you would think it sounds identical to Olympus Has Fallen, released on DVD a few weeks ago.Both films involve terrorists...
View ArticleCoroner rules stream drowning an accident
The death of a Bicester man who drowned in a shallow stream after falling from a bridge has been ruled as accidental by a coroner. An inquest held at Oxford County Hall on Tuesday heard how 21-year-old...
View ArticleLecture on the art of cutting silhouettes
The talk at the Swan and Pen Literary Society on Monday, January 13, is Charles Burns, on Mastering Silhouettes.In his long career as a silhouette artist, Mr Burns has cut many notable portraits,...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: We’ve heard a lot about 12 Years A Slave. It’s all...
“Laws change. Social systems crumble. Universal truths, though, are constant. It is a fact, it is a plain fact, that what is true and right is true and right for all. White and black alike.”History can...
View ArticleCall for vigilance after burglary spate
Police are reminding people to be vigilant, following a spate of village burglaries in the Buckingham area. Burglaries took place in Water Stratford on Thursday, January 9, in Maids Moreton on...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Hoorah, young people are so thick there is still hope for me
It’s a great comfort to me, as the knees creak, the memory fumbles and I find myself making involuntary grunts as I rise from any form of chair, that young people are, to use modern parlance, as thick...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s film preview: The wolf is at the door again, but Scorsese and Di...
It may be dripping with star names and cinema class, but is there really an appetite in these tough times for a glitzy tale of corporate excess?Movie legend Martin Scorsese certainly thinks so, and has...
View ArticleSixth form needed for South West Bicester
School provision for Bicester should include a sixth form on the South West Bicester site, councillors have said.Oxon County Council is carrying out consultation on plans for new primary and secondary...
View ArticleFamily raises £55,000 for prostate cancer research in year of fundraising
A family from King’s Sutton raised more than £55,000 for Prostate Cancer Research by organising several fundraising events last year.Annie Scott lost her husband Rupert, 53, to prostate cancer in...
View ArticleChildren’s pool at Bicester is to reopen
The children’s swimming pool at Bicester Leisure Centre is set to reopen this weekend after being closed for more than a year for repair and refurbishment.The Play ‘n’ Teach pool was closed in December...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Rush, The Call, Sunshine On Leith
I’m not a big fan of motor sport, but there was a time when Formula 1 was interesting and thrilling, not the procession it is today.The 1976 F1 Championship season was dominated by the fierce rivalry...
View ArticleMan charged with obstructing police after incident in Bicester
Thames Valley Police have charged a 19-year-old man with obstruction of a police constable in the execution of their duty.Denzel Amoo, of Ravens Court, Ravenet Street, London, was charged on January...
View ArticleA 40-year-old man from Bicester is charged with a drugs offence.
Thames Valley Police has charged a 40-year-old man with a drugs offence.Richard McLellan, of Westholm Court, Bicester was charged on Wednesday, January 15.He will appear before Banbury Magistrates’...
View ArticleWoman seriously injured in crash at Stoke Bruerne
A 47-year-old woman was seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Stoke Bruerne, at about 12.30pm yesterday, Thursday.The woman was the driver of a blue Toyota Celica which was travelling along...
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