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Selfless girls at a Didcot school raised more than £1,000 for charities in an ‘unforgettable’ school project like no other. The whole of Year 9 at Didcot Girls’ School took part in a program... Read more
Didcot residents are invited to join in a consultation for plans that could ‘shape the town for decades’. The proposals, which would transform Didcot into a garden town that will accommodate... Read more
Didcot residents are being urged to get creative this summer and help fund life saving research by adding their personal touch to items bought from the town’s British Heart Foundation store.... Read more
A KEBAB takeaway owner has had to fork out £3,550 after a rat infestation was found on the premises. Ferhat Bakabala, owner of the Didcot Kebab, previously known as ‘Delight 2’, pleaded guil... Read more
Children at a primary school couldn’t hide their excitement as they played on their new gym equipment for the first time. Manor School Didcot was awarded £9,755 by the Big Lottery Fund towar... Read more
Didcot has been crowned the ‘strongest town’ beating Newbury and Abingdon to the prize. The #LiftYourMind challenge by The Southey Way, the fitness scheme aiming to boost people’s mental hea... Read more
An £80million expansion of Harwell Campus could bring 200 jobs and create a ‘European innovation district’ on the science vale. The south Oxfordshire site, which already accommodates 200 sci... Read more
Volunteers who gave up their time to help develop an old railway depot into a globally recognised preservation centre have been awarded a top honour. The Great Western Society was honoured w... Read more
A neglected rail tunnel in Milton will be revamped to provide a new pedestrian and cyclist route thanks to an investment of £900,000. The new connection beneath the railway is to be complete... Read more
The last bricks have been laid and the keys have been handed over to Didcot’s newest school. Named after a hoard of gold coins unearthed in the town 20 years ago, Aureus School, based at Gre... Read more
