Workers have been fighting a fire all night that began at a food waste recycling facility after a lightning strike resulted in a massive gas explosion. At 19:20 BST on Monday, a tank at the Severn Trent Green Power facility in Cassington, Oxfordshire, was struck; the resulting explosion of gases ignited the tank.

Oxfordshire Explosion: Lightning strike causes fire at recycling plant biogas tank

A 55-year-old UK man was arrested after police found a “mountain of stolen” bikes in his back garden, which is so big that it could be seen on Google Earth. The police found 500 bicycles laying on top of another, which were visible via satellite at a property in Littlemore, Oxford, the Daily Mail reported.

UK police find ‘mountain of stolen bikes’ in man's backyard that can be viewed via satellite

A little while ago a group of archaeologists began excavating a piece of land near the iron age hillfort at Wittenham Clumps, the experts had not thought they would unearth such a startling discovery.

Archaeologists find unexpected iron age settlement in Oxfordshire

oxfordshire

Oxfordshire, News on Oxfordshire, stories on Oxfordshire, articles on Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire stories at Wion, Oxfordshire news, Oxfordshire latest news