A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson and criminal damage in Oxford city centre. Thames Valley Police said that five separate fires had been deliberately started using rubbish put out by businesses on New Inn Hall Street,

A 43-year-old was arrested on suspicion of arson and criminal damage. READ MORE: Signs erected in areas near Oxford after series of burglaries Popeyes on Queen Street was one of the businesses affected,

A man has been charged after a series of arson attacks on businesses in Oxford. The 43-year-old, of no fixed address, will appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court later to face a charge of arson with intent to endanger life and six further charges of arson.