The man, in his 50s, was reported as being injured at The Slade just before 1pm on Saturday (April 11).

Thames Valley Police confirmed he was taken to hospital and that a 48-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident.

An eyewitness said they spotted around seven police cars, one critical care unit and an ambulance in the area near the junction with Wood Farm Road.

Photos from the scene show multiple emergency vehicles and someone being put into a police car.

Police said on Saturday afternoon that a scene watch was in place while investigations continue and they have appealed to the public for information which may assist them.

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A police spokesman said: “The force was contacted by the ambulance service at 12.55pm to report a man with injuries in The Slade.

“The man in his 50s has been taken to hospital.

“A 48-year-old man from Oxford has been arrested on suspicion of assault and is currently in police custody.

“We believe this was an isolated incident and there is no wider threat to the community.

“There is a scene watch in place to enable our officers to carry out a thorough investigation.

“If anyone has any information or footage from the area and has not already spoken to the force then please speak to an officer at the scene, call 101, or leave any information via our website, quoting the investigation reference number 43260175531.”

The George at Upton, in Reading Road near Didcot, was taken over by its current owners in 2024.

It has been described as ‘modern, light and contemporary, but still retaining a traditional feel’.

The pub was visited by Vale of White Horse District Council Environmental Health team on March 4.

Reporting issues with the management of food safety, the inspector on the day gave a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating to The George at Upton.

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Food hygiene rating (Image: Food hygiene rating)

The section relating to management of food safety includes systems or checks in place to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat, evidence that staff know about food safety, and the food safety officer has confidence that standards will be maintained in future.

The inspector deemed this needed ‘major improvement’.

Hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building were rated as ‘generally satisfactory’.

In a recent Facebook post, The George at Upton said its kitchen had recently undergone a ‘deep clean’.

The post said: “A busy week for us here at The George, both inside and out.

“Inside, we’ve had a big kitchen upgrade, overnight deep clean and installed lots of shiny new things for our kitchen team.”

The George at Upton has been contacted for a comment.

Researchers at Oxford Brookes University have identified a tiny new predator, a feather-legged assassin bug measuring just two millimetres long.

Though small in size, the insect is offering big clues about evolutionary change among its relatives.

Named Aratrichous anacomosus, the insect has been nicknamed the ‘pineapple assassin’ because of a small, pineapple-shaped gland on its body.

It was discovered in South Australia, with another specimen found in Pibara, Western Australia.

Dr Matthew Bulbert, senior lecturer in conservation ecology at Oxford Brookes, said: “This one really surprised us.

“It’s incredibly tiny, and it’s lost some of the features that usually define feather-legged assassin bugs.”

Feather-legged assassin bugs are known for their feathery limbs and ant-hunting behaviour, but this new species differs significantly from its relatives.

The bug has lost many of its signature feather-like hairs, a result of extreme miniaturisation, while its antennae have become larger and more specialised.

Researchers believe these adaptations may help the insect chemically mimic ants in order to live among them.

Despite its tiny size, the ‘pineapple assassin’ retains the gland thought to attract or manipulate ants.

Until now, this feature was believed to be absent in this branch of feather-legged assassin bugs.

Daniel Bardey, the PhD student who discovered the new bug, said: “That’s what makes this species so exciting.

“It appears to be a transitional form that shows how features like this gland were lost and gained during the evolutionary history of these insects.”

The bug’s distribution also surprised scientists.

Specimens were found thousands of kilometres apart in central Australia, despite the species’ inability to fly and its limited movement.

Dr Bulbert said: “Understanding where these species occur is important for conservation, because animals that cannot move far are especially vulnerable if their habitats are disturbed.”

Researchers also found that both male and female bugs have reduced wings, an unusual trait not previously observed in Australian members of this group.

Feather-legged assassin bugs represent one of the oldest lineages of assassin bugs.

Their ancestors are believed to have arrived in Australia long ago and evolved into specialised species found nowhere else on the planet.

The discovery suggests unexpected evolutionary changes.

Dr Bulbert said: “It’s incredibly tiny, and it’s lost some of the features that usually define feather-legged assassin bugs.”

The findings are detailed in the paper ‘Phylogenomics shows loss of myrmecophagous traits in Holoptilinae and necessitates synonymisation of feather-legged assassin bug tribes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)’ published in the Journal of Systematics and Biodiversity.