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Boffins at Harwell-based Diamond Light Source have helped engineer a potentially revolutionary method of recycling plastics. Scientists have improved a naturally occurring enzyme which can d... Read more
It’s not unusual to be star struck when you meet your heroes and that was the case for these two lucky youngsters last week. Six-year-old George – no relation to the popular children’s... Read more
Nando’s fans will be spitting feathers at the news they have to wait more than three months for the highly- anticipated restaurant to open. The much-hyped restaurant will launch in the... Read more
Scientists at Harwell are bringing together specialists from the Middle East for a unique project. Diamond Light Source, based at Harwell, welcomed the first four fellows on the newly-create... Read more
South Oxfordshire residents feeling flush are invited to take a behind the scenes tour at Didcot sewage works. Thames Water will open up its facilities to the public later this month and alt... Read more
A Didcot school is the proud owner of a chandelier with a twist, thanks to an artist and an ancient mirror. Aureus School, which opened in September, teamed up with Lorna Carmen McNeill to p... Read more
Having celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, Didcot Railway Centre remains on the right track after scooping a major award. John Harwood, the vice lord-lieutenant of Oxfordshire, presen... Read more
“It is totally crazy – I have never been so shocked.” Only a select few have received an invitation to the most talked about wedding of the year – but one local celebrity will join the glitt... Read more
An off-duty firefighter in Didcot raised the alarm after a fire broke out in a second-floor flat. The officer was at Great Western Park when he heard the Greenwood Way flat’s smoke alarm goi... Read more
The leader of South Oxfordshire District Council announced he would not contend a battle for leadership of its Conservative Party group just days after being defeated on a major housing plan... Read more
