A campaign to highlight the number of young people who lose their lives to the condition sudden cardiac death has been launched in Witney.

The families of young people killed by the condition gathered at the Four Pillars Hotel on Friday, March 5, to unveil a new postcard featuring the faces of 12 who lost their lives to previously undetected heart conditions.

The event was organized by the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), to promote the fact the number of young people thought to...

Oxfordshire County Council has launched a campaign to encourage more people to become short-break carers for families with disabled children.

Short break carers help look after disabled children and provide opportunities for the children to make new friends, enjoy new activities and give their families a break from caring.

Councillor Louise Chapman, Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet member for Children, Young People and Families said: “Short break carers really do transform the lives...

An army hero from Abingdon who drove essential supplies hundreds of miles to frontline troops braving Taliban gunfire, sucide bombers, landmines and rocket attacks has become a TV star.

Lance Corporal Lisa Cracknell  was filmed for the ITV show Road Warriors when she returned to the war-torn country in March 2009 for her second tour of duty, and the show has just been released on DVD.

As a member of the 4 Logistics Support Regiment, LCpl Cracknell drove vehicles in convoys of up to 150...

Fire service chiefs are hoping more lives will be saved with the opening of a new £50,000 incident command training centre in Headington.

Based at Slade Park Fire Station, the new unit allows trainee commanders to view and respond to a variety of simulated blazes, including a roof fire at Wardington Manor House, a fire at a large cold storage depot near Banbury and an incident around industrial buildings in Banbury involving the M40, a football ground and an oil storage depot.

The...