Wantage

Five new bus routes will begin operating next month to improve the provision of public transport in rural areas of Oxfordshire.

Following Oxfordshire County Council’s allocation last year of £1.2 million for rural public …

Twelve organisations are to share nearly £425,000 to help improve community transport in Oxfordshire.

Oxfordshire County Council is awarding the grants, ranging from £700 to £135,000, to fund new vehicles, expand schemes, …

Oxfordshire County Council has proposed measures to close its remaining £900,000 budget shortfall for 2024/25.

Measures had already been proposed to address what had become an £11.2m shortfall after central government grant funding …

The staff and adults from the county council’s Wantage Community Support Service (CSS) at the Charlton Centre have been taking a look back through the archives as they celebrate the venue’s 40^th anniversary.

On 2 December 1983, …

Bus services are being restored to many Oxfordshire communities who have been without regular public transport since 2016.

Following Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet’s decision to allocate £1.2 million to improve …

Glenn Fletcher and his wife, Christine, from Wantage have supported each other throughout their married life together, but nothing prepared them for what they were told when Glenn was diagnosed with dementia in December 2020.

Glenn said: …

A section of a key main road through Wantage is being improved in a carbon-neutral project using recycled and sustainable materials along with tree and wildflower planting and solar powered traffic signals.

Oxfordshire …

Oxfordshire County Council’s tree service helped a group of volunteers plant an orchard in a day earlier this month.

The tree service was answering a request from local environmental groups to help them plant trees on …

For 54 year old Sarah Rees, from Grove near Wantage, caring for strangers has become somewhat of a daily routine – but those she cares for think she’s “incredible” and does a “perfect job.”

As a shared lives carer for …