Matthew Barber elected as Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Tuesday, 11 May, 2021 Conservative Party candidate Matthew Barber has been elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley in the May 2021 Local Elections. The next Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley has been announced as Conservative candidate Matthew Barber, receiving 313,148 of the votes cast. Having listened to residents from across the Thames Valley as part of his campaigning work and... Local News
Front page of today's Oxford Mail "New bin system in chaos" 16th October 2010 The front page of today's Oxford Mail, bears the headline "New bin system in chaos". You can read the full article here... http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news... Local News
Vote for faster broadband now! 13th October 2010 BT have launched their race to infinity. Infinity is the name for their new, faster, fibre optic broadband service. They are selecting the bigger exchanges... Local News
Abingdon Community Shop - half-term programme announced 12th October 2010 During the October half-term (25th-29th) the Abingdon Community Shop will play host to a number of activities organised by the Vale Youth Cabinet. These include... Local News
Bin problems persist 11th October 2010 We are now into the second week of waste collections, but some bins still remain unemptied. For anyone in doubt, this week is recycling (green bins) as well as... Local News
Faringdon Tesco application to be decided in October 11th October 2010 I can confirm that the Faringdon Tesco application will be considered by the Vale's planning committee on Wednesday 27th October. Local News
My blog has moved (again) 11th October 2010 Back in March I had to move my blog because of changes Google made to their 'Blogger' service. I've now brought things back in house thanks to wordpress. Things... Local NewsOpinions
Bin chaos hits the Vale 7th October 2010 I have been dealing with a number of problems reported to me in the first few days of the Lib Dem-Vale's new bin scheme. There are a number of people who have... Local News
How Council policy hinders our rural economy 30th September 2010 Last night I attended the Vale's Development Control Committee (planning to you and me). One of the applications in an unusually short agenda gave the perfect... Local NewsOpinions
My contribution on the 'Big Society' for the Oxford Mail 14th September 2010 There has been much talk about the ‘Big Society’, largely based on the premise that people just don’t get it. I fundamentally disagree. The idea of a ‘Big... Local News
