Chipping Norton, England News

Some Oxfordshire schools have already told Oxfordshire County Council that they do not plan to open until Monday.

Snow is continuing to fall across Oxfordshire this morning causing difficult driving conditions for drivers across the county.

BUS operator Stagecoach has suspended and altered services on a number of routes in north and west Oxfordshire tonight, due to poor road conditions caused by snow.

OXFORDSHIRE'S deputy chief fire officer Dave Etheridge tonight warned residents not to attempt any non-essential journeys, due to the heavy snow falling in the county.

JEAN Heath has received an MBE, in the Queena s New Year Honours, for more than 40 yearsa service to a village school near Chipping Norton.

VILLAGES close to Chipping Norton could be set for cash to boost their rural services following a grant from West Oxfordshire District Council.

Don't call him a Tory wet! David Cameron gets muddy as he burns off the Christmas turkey with a stream run for charity By Georgina Littlejohn Last updated at 5:03 PM on 27th December 2009 Most of us are more than happy to spend a couple of days after Christmas lazing about or sleeping off the Yuletide excesses.

A WOMAN who has helped thousands of school children to read, sew and rear animals during a career spanning more than 40 years has been made a MBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.

DAVID Cameron splashed out for charity when participating in an annual mud race near Chipping Norton.

HUNT supporters came out in force for traditional Boxing Day meets in the county.

Two people were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire last night. At about 7.30pm, firefighters were called to a car and a garage blaze in Cotswold Close, Sibford Ferris, near Banbury.

Foodies and farmers celebrate the 10th anniversary of Oxfordshire's first farmers' market in Thame.

The Minster Lovell S2 bus service, from Carterton to Oxford, via the village, picks up again Tuesday, December 29.

Millions of people face a stressful Christmas Eve getaway as more ice, snow and freezing temperatures cause another day of travel havoc.

ICY roads in west Oxfordshire mean Stagecoach's S3 bus route is unable to serve Cornish Road in Chipping Norton, Chadlington, Spelsbury, Combe, Stonesfield and Fawler at present.

MIKE Frost, an astronomer and engineer from Coventry, will give an historical illustrated talk on 'Jeramiah Horrocks - A Curious Astronomer ' at Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Groupa s meeting on Monday, December 21.

Icy roads led to a series of crashes in Oxfordshire today. Hook Norton Road, Chipping Norton, was partially blocked both ways due to ice and an accident involving one car.

A pregnant woman was part of a syndicate which relied on "drug mules" to move a large amount of drugs between Perth, Kalgoorlie and Sydney, police allege.

AN organic farm owned by the wife of JCB chairman Sir Anthony Bamford has been ordered to pay more than A 90,000 after the E totally avoidable E1 4 death of a worker.

A Grade II listed village house in Churchill near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire has come onto the market Tuesday, 15 December 2009 This fine Oxfordshire property is a Grade II listed house of stone construction under a pitched tiled roof, believed to be of 15th century origins with late, mainly 18th century, additions.