'I survived the death railway'

Survivor Stan Vaisey

7:00am Thursday 20th June 2013

TENS of thousands of servicemen perished in the construction of the Burma Railway during the Second World War, enduring unimaginable conditions.

Postal boycott on the cards

12:13am Thursday 20th June 2013

Postal workers in the county could refuse to deliver competitors’ mail after union members voted to oppose privatisation.

Cyprus veterans part of study

7:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

OXFORDSHIRE war veterans who served in Cyprus in the 1950s are the focus of a research project.

£270K race against time to preserve riverside meadow near Bicester

Andy Collins Picture: OX59876 Ed Nix

11:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

OXFORDSHIRE’S wildlife trust is facing a race against time to save this meadow.

County schools boss is told 'Mr Gove is on the phone'

Michael Gove

10:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

EDUCATION Secretary Michael Gove has called Oxfordshire’s schools boss to find out more about the county’s reading campaign.

Face of dog attack suspect

The CCTV image

10:10am Wednesday 19th June 2013

Police have released this image of a man they suspect owned a small ginger dog that bit a 26-year-old along the path between Old Place Yard and Pingle Drive, Bicester.

Family pays tribute to 'bright and vibrant' boy

Austen Harrison

10:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy killed by a falling mirror in Bicester Village was “a bright and vibrant boy who injected life into everything he touched”, his family said.

Youth made to remove graffiti

9:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

BICESTER: A 16-year-old youth was made to clean up graffiti from the garden wall of two homes in Oxlip Leys and a fence in the alleyway linking Barry Avenue and Bure Park.

Man attacked and tied up in business park raid

9:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

MASKED robbers punched and kicked a worker before tying him up and demanding cash.

‘I was one of lucky few to be liberated’

Arthur Hodgins with his medals

9:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

ARTHUR Jack Hodgins braced himself as British planes bombed the train tracks he was forced to lay as a Second World War captive.

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