Thursday, September 9, 2010

CCTV scheme extended to town

A CCTV network which monitors the Oxfordshire town of Witney is expanded to include a neighbouring town.

Pregnant officer in £16k payout

An RAF officer from Oxford who claimed she was discriminated against when she was pregnant is awarded more than £16,000.

Front-line police ‘safe’ in cuts

The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police pledges to safeguard front-line policing despite making £3.4m savings.

Peace protest held in city centre

Protesters hold a peace vigil in Oxford following the Israeli forces attack on an aid flotilla heading to the Gaza strip.

River death victim named

A man found dead about two hours after he failed to surface while swimming in a river in Oxfordshire is named.

Incense-burn attack wife jailed

A woman who battered her husband with a child’s scooter then burnt and stabbed him in a row is jailed in Oxford.

Sextuplet babies still ‘critical’

The five surviving sextuplets born last month at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford remain in a “critical” condition.