A housewife and former disco-dancing champion from Oxford who shocked the nation with a raunchy striptease routine on Britain’s Got Talent has launched a business to pamper people’s skin, not expose it.

Fabia Cerra, from Blackbird Leys, hit the headlines in 2009 when she stripped down to her lingerie in front of a TV audience of millions on the hit ITV show but has turned her back on burlesque dancing to start her own perfume and skincare range.

Called Fabia Cosmetics, the qualified...

More than 100 protesters and Oxford residents gathered at a public demonstration in Bonn Square to protest against the granting of a licence that allows an Oxford city bar to run lapdancing sessions.

The plans by Thirst Lodge horrified members of venue neighbour St Ebbe’s Church in Pennyfarthing Place, who have led a campaign to get the proposals reversed.

Demonstration organisers, led by Dr Lucy Bannister and curate David Reid from St Ebbe’s Church, have collected more than 2,000...

Business leaders in Oxfordshire’s towns and shopping centres are celebrating after all nine of the county’s former Woolworths stores were re-let.

The closure of the former favourite left a sizeable hole on nine of the county’s High Streets , but all of the stores have now re-opened or are set to open soon.  Oxfordshire Town Chambers Network (OTCN) director Iain Niicholson said: “The fact that all nine have been taken up by other name retailers is very encouraging.

“It has been...

An IT Specialist from Deddington has fought off fierce competition to be nominated for a top award by business networking website LinkedIn.

David Murray-Hundley is in the running for the Business Leader of the Year gong at the prizegiving bash, which celebrate success and innovation in business across Europe.

Mr Murray-Hundley, who works as a project manager for the NHS, said: “It’s a complete shock. It’s the little moments in your career like this that make it all worthwhile. On a...