Fire crews tackled a series of car fires last night which are now being investigated by the police.

Arsonists struck first at the back of the of the RSPB building in South Bar Street, Banbury, shortly after 8pm, while a van was set alight at the back of the Reindeer pub in Bolton Road, Banbury, at 10.25pm.

In Oxford, at 11pm, a car was set alight on the field of the leisure centre in Pegasus Road, Blackbird Leys, and a vehicle was also torched in Sunningwell Road, Sunningwell, near Abingdon, at 2am.