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Here is everything you need to know before voting: What is the police and crime commissioner? The PCC is the elected head of Thames Valley Police – voted in by constituents in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. Their role is to set out the way crime is tackled by the police. They do this by making a ‘police and crime plan’ – a document that outlines how much money the police expect to have in the next three years and how it plans to use the cash to cut crime in the area. ...

PCCs are elected to ensure their police forces are run effectively and efficiently. They set police force budgets, hold chief constables to account and raise any questions or concerns from the local community. Anthony Stansfeld, who has been the Thames Valley PCC since the post was created in 2012, is not standing for re-election at this year’s election on May 6. The Conservative was due to stand down last year, but the election was postponed by the coronavirus pandemic. Here are th...

The controversial Walton Street traffic barrier is likely to be removed in new proposals put forward by Oxfordshire County Council. Twenty months ago the barrier was installed at the junction of Walton Street with Beaumont Street and Worcester Street with little warning after a roadworks scheme. The temporary measure immediately divided people in the community with some wanting the barrier to remain and others, including some traders wanting it removed. Drivers unable to use Walton Stre...

SCHOOLS should reopen with caution, says a county teaching union representative.

SCHOOLS should reopen with caution, says a county teaching union representative.

Schools kept refusing to take Jacob who ended up dead at 16 following a descent into drug crime.

CONCERNS about home-schooling have been raised as pupils continue to work remotely. Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s lockdown announcement on Monday, schools and colleges were closed, with remote learning to take place until the February half-term. However many pupils are faced with limited access to equipment to allow home-schooling to take place effectively. The situation is also further complicated by the fact Government guidance states pupils without laptops or space to st...

EDUCATION leaders have criticised the Government for the way it has handled whether schools should open or not. On December 30, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced primary schools would return, while secondary schools and colleges would only allow vulnerable children, children of critical workers and exam students to attend. However, at the end of the first day back for those students who returned, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the national lockdown, seeing schools and...

A second new strain of COVID spreads fear in Britain as Boris Johnson dithers Melissa Rossi BARCELONA, Spain — On Monday morning, millions of small children across England piled onto buses and headed back from Christmas holidays for their first day of primary school, a move strongly discouraged by the British government’s own scientific advisory board but heartily encouraged by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who on Sunday told BBC News that despite a surge in cases of a new a...

EDUCATION experts in Oxfordshire have derided the decision to keep secondary schools closed for an extra two weeks. Yesterday, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that secondary schools across most of England would remain closed for an extra two weeks due to rising cases of Covid-19. Secondary schools and colleges should only allow vulnerable children, children of critical workers and exam students to attend. Remaining students are expected to go back on January 11. Primary...