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'Treated like a king on my D-Day return

Leslie Valentine on the beach at Arromanches

7:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

NEARLY 70 years ago, Leslie Valentine flew a daring mission over Juno Beach to lay smoke to protect troops landing in Normandy on D-Day.

Bid made to preserve county's ponds

Oxford East MP Andrew Smith and charity director Jeremy Biggs at the nature reserve at Pinkhill Meadow, Farmoor

3:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

CARNIVOROUS plants in Oxfordshire’s ponds are one species set to snap up a huge funding boost.

Red Nose Day cash grants distributed to charities

winners of the Great Headington Bake-Off for Red Nose Day in March were sisters Lottie, 12, and Katie Harris, 14;

12:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

CHARITY groups have been given a lifeline with a pot of more than £36,000 distributed across Oxfordshire.

Full steam ahead for new London rail link

9:30am Saturday 18th May 2013

A MAJOR new rail project to link Oxford and London via Bicester has won the final go-ahead after a High Court challenge was thrown out yesterday.

Dad's tribute to tragic tot: 'I'll see you in heaven'

Sarah Dehane

9:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

SHE was a daddy’s girl who brought him “absolute joy”.

Tribute and photo of tragic Bicester toddler released

Tribute and photo of tragic Bicester toddler released

4:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to the toddler found dead at a house in Bicester.

Tragic toddler named as police believe her mum may be in Kenya

1:18pm Friday 17th May 2013

A TODDLER found dead at a house in Bicester yesterday has been formally identifed as 20-month-old Sarah Dahane.

Violent attack in Bicester

12:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

TWO attackers kicked a man until he lost consciousness in an unprovoked assault.

New Oxford-London rail link given go-ahead

10:49am Friday 17th May 2013

A NEW rail link between Oxford and London will go ahead after the failure of a High Court challenge today.

Flowers and cuddly toys left at scene of toddler's death

Flowers and cuddly toys left at scene

10:46am Friday 17th May 2013

FLOWERS and cuddly toys have been laid outside the house where a toddler was found dead yesterday.

M40 slip road closed as barrier is fixed following crash

6:05pm Friday 17th May 2013

A MOTORWAY slip road on the M40 at junction 10 southbound is being shut tonight. 

Mum salutes people who gave blood in memory of son

Chris Gorman, left, and Peter Harvey, who organised the blood donor session in memory of their friend. Picture: OX59010 Ric Mellis

5:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

EVERY single person who donated blood in memory of college student Liam Treacy should feel “proud”.

Nursery gains another ‘outstanding’ rating

2:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

STAFF and children at a Bicester nursery have been celebrating after being given a big thumbs up by Ofsted.

Hearts are warmed by winter aid

Richard Preston and members Pauline Rattray and Brenda White at the Valentine Club

1:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

THE warmth of human kindness was spread across Oxfordshire during the harsh winter with “better-off” pensioners donating £25,000 of their government fuel allowances to those struggling to heat their homes.

Experts tell of DNA evidence in wife murder trial

9:30am Friday 17th May 2013

A JURY has heard from forensic and medical experts in the trial of a man accused of stabbing his wife to death.

Business park plan withdrawn

9:30am Friday 17th May 2013

A DEVELOPER claims potentially “significant” numbers of jobs could be lost to Bicester after its plan to create an £80m business park was rejected by council officers.

Mother missing after child’s body is found

Police and forensics officers at the house in Herald Way, Bicester

9:00am Friday 17th May 2013

THE mother of a two-year-old girl found dead in Bicester was last night feared to have left the country.

Councils cut use of agency staff in half

7:10am Friday 17th May 2013

SPENDING on agency staff at town halls across the county has been almost cut in half over the past five years.

Artists throw doors open for Artweeks

12:00am Friday 17th May 2013

TENS of thousands of people are knocking on the doors of studios, barns, galleries, schools and even people’s homes in the name of art.

Update: Police believe tragic toddler's mother has left the country

Submitted picture of the scene where a child's body has been found.

6:54pm Thursday 16th May 2013

THE mother of a two-year-old girl found dead at a home in Bicester today is thought to have left the country.

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