COMMUNITIES have been asked to fix their own potholes as the county council expands a volunteer scheme amid funding pressures. Parish and town councils are being encouraged to fund and take ...

A former clerk of two parish councils has admitted defrauding them of more than £160,000. Joanne Wills, 47, stole £161,864 from Towersey and Chinnor parish councils in Oxfordshire, between ...

A new children's playground which cost £100,000 has opened in an Oxfordshire village. The new play area, situated at Acklings ...

A clerk who defrauded two parish councils out of more than £160,000 has been jailed for four years. Joanne Wills, 47, stole £135,000 from Towersey Parish Council in Oxfordshire between December ...

For over 53 years, Kenneth Norman Batley, 88, has been recognised for serving his community in the village of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire. He has been a member of Chalgrove Parish Council since 1957 ...

The geographical proximity of the late 16th Century conspiracy to attack landlords who had been hedging and ditching the fields of numerous Oxfordshire parishes in order to convert them to pasture ...

An Oxfordshire woman has been jailed for stealing more than £161,000 from parish councils. Joanne Wills, 47, of Crowell Hill, Chinnor, worked at Towersey Parish Council and Chinnor Parish Council.

For places to get a 20mph speed limit in Oxfordshire, a degree of local support has to be demonstrated. The zones need the backing of both the parish or town council and the area's county councillor.

Plans to build up to 160 homes near Chalgrove are set for approval, despite a similar plans being refused by the planning inspector.