Witney Gazette

6 days ago | witneygazette.co.uk | Liam Rice

Ciaron Brown tussles for the ball against Blackburn Rovers (Image: Mike Allen) CIARON Brown believes his double win at Oxford United’s end-of-season awards reflected his best campaign for the club so far. The 27-year-old defender scooped both the players’ player of the year award and the Andrew Knapton supporters’ player of the year award at Oxford Town Hall.

6 days ago | witneygazette.co.uk | Liam Rice

Finn Azaz, Jobe Bellingham and Manor Solomon have all impressed against Oxford United (Image: Richard Sellers & Owen Humphreys & Gary Oakley/ PA Wire) OXFORD United have come up against a number of top-quality players in Sky Bet Championship this season. It makes choosing the strongest starting XI to face United a difficult challenge, with various individual performances warranting a place in the side. Here though are our picks for the best Championship XI to take on the U’s.

6 days ago | witneygazette.co.uk | Liam Rice

Witney Vikings U17 Wasps Girls players celebrate (Image: Andrew Hunt Photography) WITNEY Vikings celebrated their half-century anniversary year with victory in a county cup final. Last weekend saw Witney Vikings U17 Wasps Girls lift the Oxfordshire FA U18 Girls Cup in a gripping final at Oxford City’s Court Place Farm. Despite missing key players through injury, the Wasps battled with everything they had against a talented Barton United U18 side.

6 days ago | witneygazette.co.uk | Charlotte Coles

A file image of an ambulance (Image: Supplied) A retired company director died after falling in his living room, an inquest has heard. Aldo Paulo Domenico Carini, of Dale Walk, Ducklington, near Witney, died on March 17. An inquest, held at Oxford Coroner's Court on May 2, heard the Wales-born 94-year-old had 'limited mobility and was unsteady on his feet'. The court heard that on the morning of February 27 he fell in the living room at his home address.

6 days ago | witneygazette.co.uk | Carlo Simone

A unseen version of the pilot episode of Thomas & Friends is set to be released on YouTube (Image: Mattel) An original, unseen version of the pilot episode of Thomas & Friends is set to be released to mark the 80th anniversary of the property. The character of Thomas the Tank Engine originated from the series of British children's books The Railway Series, which was first published back in 1945 by Wilbert Awdry.