First British service death in Ukraine named by coroner
He died following multiple injuries from an explosion A coroner has ruled that a British paratrooper was killed as he was assisting Ukraine forces in the war against Russia. The 28-year-old British man, George Hooley, died on 9 December last year after he had “sustained multiple injuries from an explosion”, an inquest found. Hooley died […]
2 weeks ago
Woman raped by group of men in churchyard
She was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning A woman in her 30s was raped by a group of men in a churchyard of St Mary’s Church, and the surrounding area in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Police are appealing for a woman who tried to help the victim and stop the attack to come forward. […]
1 year ago
Pensioner used child’s head to mop up urine and put rats on kids in shocking child abuse case
‘What the children were put through was quite clearly an absolute hell’ A pensioner has been jailed for 10 years for shocking child cruelty – including putting rats on her children’s and using a victim’s hair to mop up urine. Elsie Wheddon carried out the abuse against three children in Oxfordshire almost five decades ago. […]
3 years ago
English county set to introduce nation’s first outdoor smoking ban
The plan aims to make the county smoke-free by 2025 Oxfordshire is set to become the first place in the UK to ban smoking outdoors, as part of a larger plan for the county to be smoke-free by 2025. As reported by the Oxford Mail, a plan agreed by public health officials in February 2020 […]
5 years ago