
200 new homes for Carterton in £33.5m contract
The development on Milestone Road will see a mix of 2, 3 and 4-bedroom houses and apartments in the shared ownership, rent to buy, affordable rent and social rent space constructed over 4 and a half years.

Route revealed for Oxfordshire stage of Women’s Tour cycling race
Residents between Chipping Norton, Carterton, Faringdon, Didcot and Oxford will be able to cheer on the elit riders when this year’s cycling race comes to Oxfordshire on Saturday, 11 June.

Have your say on West Oxfordshire District Council’s 2022/23 budget
Residents and businesses are being urged to give their views on where West Oxfordshire District Council’s tax will be spent as it prepares its budget for the next financial year.

Freedom day as almost all lockdown restrictions are lifted in Oxfordshire
Almost all restrictions on social contact end in Oxfordshire as the country moves into the final stage of easing lockdown restrictions in the so called ‘Freedom Day’.

Grant saves 12 rural bus services from axe until April 2022
Oxfordshire County Council will use £275k of its existing Local Authority Bus Subsidy Grant (LABSG) to support the services which would otherwise have faced withdrawal in August 2021.

West Oxfordshire DC submits £16.7m funding bid for new A40 underpass
The bid to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund will accelerate the introduction of a new science and technology park and boost the economy of Carterton.

Young adults account for half of all new COVID-19 cases in Oxfordshire
Those aged between 18 and 29 are being encouraged to get vaccinated as soon as possible and continue with twice-weekly testing as cases in the county continue to rise.

Oxfordshire-based Garden Trading Company acquired by Joules
The acquisition for £12.5m will help to increase the Joules customer base, broaden its product offering and strengthen its digital platform.

Schools in England will not be able to reopen before March
Schools in England will not be able to open after the half-term break next month, but they could begin to return from 08 March. A final decision would depend on meeting vaccination targets and schools would get two weeks’ notice.

Up to 1 in 36 people infected with COVID-19 in England
Initial findings from one of the country’s largest studies into COVID-19 infections in England shows infections increased by 50% from early December, with an average of 1 in 63 people infected nationally. The prevalence was highest in London, with 1 in 36 people infected.