Herald Reporter

TRADERS who have suffered two difficult years over the pandemic are hoping for a bumper Christmas shopping season as the town lights up for the festive season.

WELL, they certainly know how to get a debate going in Wallingford!

SOUTH Oxfordshire councillors have raised the alarm after they were apparently targeted by a Trump-backing, Chinese conspiracy theory-peddling website spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.

Historian Ian Wheeler says the astonishing Great Barn of Cholsey was probably the largest in the world. Now he and a team are rebuilding the who thing in a digital world.

In the space of seven days late last month, I had the privilege of meeting two of our most inspiring local charity founders, Courtney Hughes and Andrew Baker.

Although I imagine I will use this column to talk about local or national issues most of the time, I thought it might be interesting for this first one for me to talk about what it’s like when you first become an MP, given Wantage hasn’t had a new MP since 2005.

A PROMISE to become carbon neutral in the next 10 years: that is how Vale of White Horse District Council has ushered in a new decade.

SOUTH Oxfordshire councillors have called for all 16 and 17-year-olds to be given the vote.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to expand an Army rowing club in Abingdon are set to be approved tonight despite objections.

PLANS to build a £3 million new community centre in Wallingford have been unveiled.