The vehicles, including a Tesla, a Jeep, an MG and a Lotus were on display on Saturday as part of the Go Electric: Abingdon event.

As well as electric cars, e-bikes and chargers were also on show, together with stands run by renewable energy companies. companies.

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This was the first in a series of events countywide designed to encourage people to make the switch to electric vehicles.

With petrol prices rising due to the Iran war, more people could make the decision to go electric.

Electric vehicles on show in Abingdon (Image: Ed Nix)

The event brought together car dealers, local enthusiasts, and energy specialists.

Among the dealers attending were Waylands from Cumnor Hill with some MG models, and Hartwell in Abingdon, representing newer models to the UK market such as BYD.

Alongside the dealership displays, local EV owners brought along their own vehicles, offering advice on what it’s like to live with an electric car.

Exhibitors included companies installing kerbside charging points for homes without driveways, as well as those promoting wider low-carbon technologies such as heat pumps.

Oxfordshire County Council has backed the programme as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality.

The bizarre and violent attack was reported among the many incidents attended by Thames Valley Police’s Didcot and Wallingford Neighbourhood Policing Team in recent weeks.

The team said they were supporting the force’s incident crime response unit, which deals with immediate arrests and investigations, and attended the assault.

TVP officers (Image: TVP)

A spokesperson for the neighbourhood team said: “Following an assault where a young female was approached by a male, when her father challenged the male, he was bitten.

“Police community support officers supported the response and investigation to ensure the matter was dealt with appropriately.”

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They also ‘swiftly’ attended the scene of an assault outside a pub in Didcot, after a man was reported to have hit his partner.

Didcot and Wallingford community support officers assisted in an arrest (Image: Thames Valley Police)

The community support officers searched the surrounding area and found the man nearby, keeping him in sight until the incident and response unit attended to arrest him.

A spokesperson said: “Thanks to this quick action, officers were able to arrest the suspect promptly and deal with the incident safely, ensuring support could be provided to the victim and the situation was brought under control.”

The team also reported that they attended several road traffic collisions, seized motorbikes which were being ridden anti-socially, and assisted Wiltshire Police by locating a ‘high-risk missing person’ from outside the area, finding them safe and returned to appropriate care.

Peter Hughes, 71, died as his plane crashed and burned during take-off at Enstone Airfield near Chipping Norton in July 2024.

It was the second fatal crash involving a replica Spitfire at the former Second World War base, following the death of pilot Trevor Bailey, 68, the previous summer.

The incident involving Mr Hughes happened on July 28 2024 at the West Oxfordshire airfield with an air ambulance doctor verifying the death at 2.43pm on the day of the crash.

According to the subsequent inquest, the pilot’s medical cause of death was given as “burns and inhalation of products of combustion”.

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Peter Hughes (Image: TVP)

A jury inquest will take place on May 12 at 10am at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court.

When Mr Hughes died, his family said: “Pete was a loving husband, father, Poppa and brother.

“He had an adoring family and many, many friends who loved and respected him.

“Pete was an extremely good man who was deeply generous in so many ways; his love, his time, energy and spirit, and was an integral part of the numerous communities that he held dear.

“We are all devastated and he will be sorely, sorely missed.”

Another tribute said: “Pete was an extraordinarily energetic man, who loved helping and getting the very best from people who knew him, always with such humour, and his twinkly smile.

“Our hearts go out to his family who will struggle with their huge loss, as he was such a doting family man who adored them all.

“He will be missed by so many.”

Another said: “Such a shame.”

“Pete Hughes was a very experienced pilot and a true gentleman,” said Trevor Hyde.

“He will be greatly missed.

“He was involved in the Enstone Spitfire project from the very early days and was always a source of wise advice backed by years of experience and good humour.”

Last year a report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded “there was no evidence of a malfunction or failure of any of the aircraft’s flying control systems that would explain a loss of control”.

The report suggested that it was possible that Mr Hughes had not controlled the yaw (the side-to-side movement of an aircraft) as during the take-off run he “initiated a rapid pitch up to lift off before running off the side of the runway”.

Equally, it did not rule out some form of health factor or incapacitation of the pilot, “although the medical evidence did not permit a definitive conclusion”.