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Worried Woodstock parents invited local councillors and the Oxford Mail to experience their ‘hairy’ daily school run on pavements alongside the A44 yesterday. Jonathan Creak and Sophie Carter walk their children Faith, 11, Ethan, seven, and Isla and Jaxon, both one, plus friends from their home near Vermont Drive to Woodstock Primary School every morning and afternoon. Yesterday morning they were joined by a county and a district councillor, myself and other concerned families. Mr Creak said: “The worst part of the traffic situation is due to the downhill speed of the vehicles t...

THREE political parties have agreed to form a coalition to run Oxfordshire County Council. The Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green councillors have joined togeth...

Richard Webber of the Oxfordshire Lib Dems, and Liz Brighouse of the Oxfordshire Labour Party. LIBERAL Democrats and Greens are set to seize control of the council which runs roads, schools and social care services in Oxfordshire. When the result of the May 6 local election was counted last weekend, the county council – previously run by the Conservatives – was left with no overall controlling political party. But negotiations are now taking place between the political parties to form a ruling coalition. The Lib Dems and Greens are already on the verge of forming a joint group, wh...

BBC News Published image captionEddie Reeves is the new Oxfordshire Conservative councillors leader Conservative councillors at Oxfordshire County Council have voted a new party leader after their former leader lost his seat in the local elections. Eddie Reeves, councillor for the Banbury Calthorpe, was elected as the new Tory leader at a virtual meeting between members late on Monday. Mr Reeves replaces former council leader Ian Hudspeth, who lost his seat in Woodstock to the Liberal Democrats. He said he was "delighted" to have been elected. Mr Reeves, a qualified solicitor and former distr...

Delaware Hayes Roundup: Orion Ward leads Pacers boys track team into OCC-Capital meet ThisWeek group The Delaware Hayes boys track and field team has suffered some key injuries the past few weeks, but coach Sean Patrick said the Pacers will be ready for the OCC-Capital Division meet.  “The boys are doing well. There’s a lot of improvement happening on the guys side,” Patrick said. “We’ve dealt with a lot of injuries that have really set us back, but we’ve had a lot of athletes step up in response.”  Orion Ward continues to lead the Pacers in sprint events heading into the lea...