Figures from the police obtained by the BBC show there were 263 thefts between May and October, compared with 99 during the same period in 2010.

The newly approved East-West Rail link will make Bicester an even more booming town for business, according to industry leaders.

New data shows that 770 apprenticeships were delivered in North Oxfordshire in the 2010/11 academic year, an increase of 30% on 2009/10.

There is an impression that petrol and diesel prices have been increasing as a consequence of tax increases.

Proposals for an alternative route for the planned £33bn High Speed Rail link (HS2) which would run closer to Oxfordshire towns have been attacked by MP Tony Baldry.

The English baccalaureate is having positive effects on many subjects chosen at GCSE and A-Level but increasingly so it seems, having devastating effects on subjects elsewhere. The future of Religious Education (R.E.) has been a hot topic of debate and concerns have been raised into the direction it is headed.

Over the years the benefits of the UK being part of the European Union far outweigh any costs incurred from membership and let us not kid ourselves that even if we left the EU we could never divorce ourselves from Europe and the Common Markets.

In a nutshell, the government intend to condense the existing 1,000 pages of often confusing and contradictory planning guidance to a succinct 52-page policy document called the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

Sir – The CPRE analysis of the Green Belt is simply wrong (Report, September 22). In the Coalition Agreement the Government stated in its first weeks in office its commitment to maintaining national Green Belt protection. Our policy in the draft National Planning Policy Framework continues this strong protection.

Banbury is taking its first steps in its bid to host the country’s biggest street party celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.