Opinion is split as Oxford City Council planning chiefs are set to decide a major scheme for a five-storey city centre science lab.
Fresh plans have been lodged for student accommodation next to a controversial plaque in the city centre.
An automatic camera has been installed at a notoriously dangerous Oxford roundabout.
A slip road on the A34 near Newbury has closed due to an overturned car Traffic is coping well Updates to follow
Thames Valley Police closed Wood Farm Road in Headington, Oxford suburb, as a man was arrested after alleged threats to kill and possession of a weapon.
A FOUR-BED Winchester property is on the market for £1m.
BISHOP'S Waltham Free Church is hosting a table-top sale and coffee morning. The event, at the church in Basingwell Street, is on Saturday, September 14 from 10am to 12.30pm. Organisers e also welcome walkers/cyclists taking part in the “Ride and Stride” event. There will be bacon baps, home-made cakes, hot and cold drinks and stalls of all kinds. More information from Jenny Hallam 0797 352 9415
SAVE the date for Colden Common's scarecrow festival in October. It will be held around the village on Sunday, October 6 from 10am to 3pm. In a Facebook post, organisers said: “Our popular annual community event returns. Join us for a scarecrow hunt around Colden Common. With tasty chocolate treat (allergy alternatives available), wonderful arts and crafts and fab raffle prizes. Great family fun for all ages, with riddles to solve for older children. Everyone is invited! £5 per child. Price includes entry to the trail and prize, entry to the arts and crafts and colouring competitions and a drink and a biscuit. “Hot drinks will be served in stoneware cups. If you would like to purchase a drink to take away with you, please bring your own reusable mug.”
