Sir Ed was initially planning on learning to drive a bus in Didcot, but he visited Wantage instead and painted a bus onto some pottery. The Funky Teapot sells pottery and runs pottery making classes.

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 316,000 new businesses were created in 2023, down from 337,000 the year before.

An Oxford private school has applied to turn two houses in Summertown into accommodation for pupils. The d’Overbroeck’s School has applied to convert 331-331A Banbury Road into housing for 16 pupils ...

An Oxfordshire man died after falling from a balcony in Cyprus, an inquest held in Oxford has heard. Kevin Kogel, of The Green, Drayton, died on July 23 this year at the Aphrodite Hills Hotel in ...

The woman who coached Tom Daley to Olympic gold says she is daring to dream about the retired diver making a comeback at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. Jane Figueiredo was on Monday crowned the female ...

A defence minister has pledged to help recognise the service of thousands of women dismissed from the armed forces because of pregnancy. Al Carns, whose ministerial brief includes veterans, offered to ...

There was no blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in Northern Ireland during the Covid pandemic, former health minister Robin Swann has said. Mr Swann told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that ...

Olly Glover, Lib Dem MP for Didcot and Wantage, has called for the government to tackle rural crime, which affects many South Oxfordshire farmers.

A survey has been carried out to protect wildlife including badgers and bats at a major road scheme. Earlier this year, archaeologists made a series of historic discoveries at the A34 Lodge Hill ...

Cheshire Child Death Overview Panel said she heard concerns regarding Lucy Letby 10 months after they were first raised.

Historian Lucy Worsley has shared a funny encounter she had with an Oxford taxi driver ahead of her show at the New Theatre talking about ...

The UK will “double down” on support for Ukraine, fuelling speculation that British-supplied missiles could be used by Kyiv’s forces to hit targets deep inside Russia. Joe Biden has allowed Ukraine to ...