A puppy stolen during an Oxford burglary has been reunited with its owners.  Police recovered Boss, a 13-week old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, on Wednesday (March 10), three days after he was stolen from a home in Trefoil Place, Greater Leys.

Officers from Oxford’s CID recovered the dog shortly after 2pm at a property in Sorrel Road, Balckbird Leys.  He was stolen on Sunday when three men burst into the Trefoil Place home, threatened the occupants and then left, taking Boss with...

A 16-year-old girl was assaulted in a Carterton park on Saturday, March 6.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened shortly before midnight when the girl was in the Alvescot Road park with friends.

The girl alleges she got in an argument with another girl, who hit her around the head with a bottle.

PC Lisa Chapman said: “I would like to speak with anyone who may have been present when this fight broke out.  We believe there was a group of between 15 and 20...

A Banbury man has been charged with murder after a second man found with serious head injuries at the bottom of a stairwell died in hospital.

Antony Bebbington, 24, of Ruscote Arcade, Longelandes Way, was charged by police last night (Wednesday, March 10), and is due to appear before Banbury Magistrates’ Court today.

The victim has been formally identified as 25-year-old Paul Howkins, of Hardwick, Banbury, who died yesterday morning at the Horton General Hospital after being admitted on...

A 25-year-old man was found at the bottom of a stairwell with serious injuries at an arcade in Banbury on Monday, March 8.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, after officers were called to the Ruscote Arcade Shops in Longelandes Way at around 11.10pm.

Det Con Matthew Bick, leading the investigation, said: “We are looking at how the 25-year-old man came to be at the bottom of the stairs. What we do know is that he had earlier been in one of the flats above the...