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Stories for 28 January 2008

Abingdon

Model date

THE White Horse Tennis and Leisure Centre will be a Mecca for modelmakers on Saturday, March 1, when the Abingdon and District Model Railway Club holds its annual exhibition.  more...

Sick humour

COMEDIAN and GP Dr Phil Hammond has turned poet on an Abingdon firm's website, www. embarrassingproblems.com  more...

Man, 89, dies after crash

AN 89-year-old man has died in hospital after a crash in Marcham.  more...

Ramraiders snatch £10,000 phone haul

RAMRAIDERS drove into the wall of a warehouse in Abingdon and made off with £10,000 worth of Nokia mobile phones and accessories.  more...

Model date

THE White Horse Tennis and Leisure Centre will be a Mecca for modelmakers on Saturday, March 1, when the Abingdon and District Model Railway Club holds its annual exhibition.  more...

Sick humour

COMEDIAN and GP Dr Phil Hammond has turned poet on an Abingdon firm's website, www. embarrassingproblems.com  more...

Man, 89, dies after crash

AN 89-year-old man has died in hospital after a crash in Marcham.  more...

Ramraiders snatch £10,000 phone haul

RAMRAIDERS drove into the wall of a warehouse in Abingdon and made off with £10,000 worth of Nokia mobile phones and accessories.  more...

Abingdon News

Elderly motorist dies after collision

An elderly male motorist has died following a road accident in a village near Abingdon.  more...

Motorists face clamp threats

A row is rumbling over whether controversial parking restrictions should be introduced in an Abingdon conservation area.  more...

Young scriptwriter's sitcom set for TV

A young scriptwriter from Abingdon is hoping his new sitcom can become as successful as smash hit show The Vicar of Dibley.  more...

Ramraiders target warehouse

Ramraiders drove into the wall of a warehouse in Abingdon and made off with £10,000 worth of Nokia mobile phones and accessories.  more...

Banbury News

Australian firm buys health care centre

Banbury's privately-run treatment centre at the Horton Hospital site has been bought by Australian firm Ramsay Health Care.  more...

Bicester News

Council worker admits fraud

A former Cherwell District Council employee has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft.  more...

Editorial Comment

So hasty

The 28 possible sites for an incinerator in Oxfordshire, announced on Friday, are whittled down to seven three days later - and a decision on the preferred site is to taken next month.  more...

Taking money by false pretences

If we pay for first class service, we expect to receive first class service.  more...

Feature Intuition

Out with the old

Sales can be overwhelmingly tempting - but get organised, make lists, and overhauling your wardrobe for the spring can be a doddle, writes LISA HAYNES If you are one of those shoppers that aimlessly spends, spends  more...

Nice and easy does it

As the end of January looms, your New Year's resolution of making regular visits to the gym may already be tailing off - surveys show that by February the novelty will be wearing off for 30 per cent  more...

Gloom busters

Are you suffering from the post-festive blues, and desperately in need of a pick-me-up to alleviate the dull days of January? Why not take the opportunity to indulge yourself with a gorgeously pampering spa treatment  more...

Rescue me!

Mum-of-four Katherine MacAlister enjoys the ultimate post-baby pick-me-up at Ragdale Hall's new Thermo Spa Iwonder why they asked ME to write about a rescue spa weekend'? Could it be because I've just had  more...

Making a fresh start

Innovative charity scheme enables mum-of-four to set up own business There are some days when mother-of-four Diane Charlett's back pain is so bad she is unable to get out of bed and others when she can't walk or even  more...

Simply perfect

Gill Oliver meets a TV news reporter-turned-wedding guru who is trusted by celebrities to ensure their marriage ceremonies are . . .  more...

Lady luck

Indomitable Vicky Jewson, 22, amazed everyone by raising £1.4m to make her first feature film Lady Godiva. She tells GILL OLIVER just how she managed it . . .  more...

One of the boys

GILL OLIVER meets three dynamic women busily building careers in traditionally male-dominated fields From the day we're born we're taught that girls play with dolls, and boys play with cars - so it's little wonder that  more...

Adapting to the challenge

In our latest Day in the Life profile, GILL OLIVER talks to Louise Morgan, who works as a senior staff nurse at the world-renowned Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford Nurse Louise Morgan, 40, lives in Headington  more...

Noelle’s knowledge

Recycling has become the province of the morally righteous, but bargain-hunters have been doing it for decades, says Good Deal diva Noelle Walsh Bargain-hunters have been recycling for decades, whether  more...

Headlines

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.  more...

£800 bill for flytipper

A MAN guilty of flytipping has come out of court with a bill of more than £800.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Charity starts a busy year

A GROUP of Witney fundraisers have celebrated a bumper year, which brought in £35,000 for the Oxfordshire charity Against Breast Cancer (ABC).  more...

Auditions for big celebration

AUDITIONS are to go ahead for a play to celebrate 800 years of Witney history.  more...

Report makes school proud

A VILLAGE school has been judged as outstanding with children who have excellent behaviour and friendliness.  more...

Residents charged £2.50 per sandbag will be reimbursed

RESIDENTS in West Oxfordshire who were recently charged £2.50 per sandbag will be reimbursed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.  more...

£800 bill for flytipper

A MAN guilty of flytipping has come out of court with a bill of more than £800.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hockey

HOCKEY: Super Simon

Simon Boardman hit a first-half hat-trick to set Banbury on the way to a 5-3 win over Lewes in the England Mixed Cup first round.  more...

HOCKEY: Bowen brace

Andy Bowen scored twice as City of Oxford Bulls swept aside Portsmouth & Southsea Vets 6-2 in the Wessex Masters League Division 3.  more...

HOCKEY: Brammer delivers in demolition job

Kirsty Brammer hit a hat-trick in City of Oxford's 9-0 demolition of Abingdon in Trysports 3 Counties League Premier 1.  more...

HOCKEY: Hawks pipped by pacesetters

Oxfrord Hawks Ladies pushed South Clubs' League Division 1 leaders Southgate all the way before going down 1-0.  more...

HOCKEY: City girls are county champs

City of Oxford were crowned the Oxfordshire Under 16 Girls League champions with a 4-1 win over West Witney.  more...

HOCKEY: Pizzey's treble sinks Buzzard

Alex Pizzey hit a hat-trick as City of Oxford thrashed Leighton Buzzard 6-0 in South League Middlesex, Berkshire, Bucks and Oxon Division 1.  more...

Letters

Labour stance is inconsistent

New Labour councillors are doing their best to perfect the art of creating a problem, then pretending to be the solution to it.  more...

Shortsighted policy

As an Oxford GP of 25 years, I feel that Government control of medical services has become intolerable.  more...

Lib-Dem muddle

We are fed up with the inconsistency and hypocrisy of the Liberal Democrat group on the county council over the issue of residents' parking charges.  more...

Seize their stock

So Oxford City Council can afford only one part-time official to see off the pedlars from the city centre (Oxford Mail, December 17).  more...

Tennis ball profit

Maybe Tom Ellis, who is selling tennis balls, produced for 2p in the Philippines, at a vastly inflated price (Oxford Mail, January 22), would like to tell us how much of his profit he is returning to the workers.  more...

Motors

Saab offers rugby coaching chance

OXFORD Saab is offering the chance to put your local rugby club or school team through its paces in front of a professional rugby coach as part of a new nationwide Get Converted competition launched by Saab Great Britain.  more...

News

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Swindlers use dog charity's boxes

A BANBURY-BASED charity has been used to trick businesses in Kent into collecting money for a fake fundraising campaign.  more...

Swindlers use dog charity's boxes

A BANBURY-BASED charity has been used to trick businesses in Kent into collecting money for a fake fundraising campaign.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Australian firm buys health care centre

BANBURY'S privately-run treatment centre at the Horton Hospital site has been bought by Australian firm Ramsay Health Care.  more...

Australian firm buys health care centre

BANBURY'S privately-run treatment centre at the Horton Hospital site has been bought by Australian firm Ramsay Health Care.  more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.  more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Zero talks

A REPORT on plans for a Zero Emissions Development for East Oxford are set to be discussed in February.  more...

Take sides

TICKETS are on sale for the city's annual Town vs Gown boxing match.  more...

Bethany is a party star

BETHANY Povey celebrated getting the all-clear from cancer with a surprise party.  more...

Vinyl record store closes

AVID Records, Oxford's last remaining seller of vinyl music, has been forced to close after facing a large rent demand from the city council.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

See it now

PEOPLE have just two more days to see the Remembering The 60s exhibition at Thame's Museum, housed in the former magistrates' court, Lower High Street.  more...

Model date

THE White Horse Tennis and Leisure Centre will be a Mecca for modelmakers on Saturday, March 1, when the Abingdon and District Model Railway Club holds its annual exhibition.  more...

Sick humour

COMEDIAN and GP Dr Phil Hammond has turned poet on an Abingdon firm's website, www. embarrassingproblems.com  more...

Swindlers use dog charity's boxes

A BANBURY-BASED charity has been used to trick businesses in Kent into collecting money for a fake fundraising campaign.  more...

Swindlers use dog charity's boxes

A BANBURY-BASED charity has been used to trick businesses in Kent into collecting money for a fake fundraising campaign.  more...

Update: Bus crash closes road

THE A4074 has reopened following a collision between a Thames Travel bus and a Land Rover shortly after 7am today.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Man, 89, dies after crash

AN 89-year-old man has died in hospital after a crash in Marcham.  more...

Council worker admits theft

A FORMER Cherwell District Council employee has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft.  more...

Council worker admits theft

A FORMER Cherwell District Council employee has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft.  more...

Australian firm buys health care centre

BANBURY'S privately-run treatment centre at the Horton Hospital site has been bought by Australian firm Ramsay Health Care.  more...

Australian firm buys health care centre

BANBURY'S privately-run treatment centre at the Horton Hospital site has been bought by Australian firm Ramsay Health Care.  more...

Motorists face clamp threats

A ROW is rumbling over whether controversial parking restrictions should be introduced in an Abingdon conservation area.  more...

Teenager seriously hurt in smash

POLICE today appealed for witnesses following a road traffic collision near Farmoor that left a young man seriously injured.  more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.  more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.  more...

Man convicted of school arson

A 23-year-old man has been found guilty of setting fire to Lord Williams's School in Thame.  more...

Police crack down on prostitution

POLICE have carried out an undercover operation in Cowley in an attempt to clamp down on street prostitution.  more...

New director for Oxford Playhouse

A NEW director has been chosen to take the reins at the Oxford Playhouse.  more...

Family pays tribute to crash victim

A FAMILY today paid tribute to a man killed in a car crash near Chinnor.  more...

Ramraiders snatch £10,000 phone haul

RAMRAIDERS drove into the wall of a warehouse in Abingdon and made off with £10,000 worth of Nokia mobile phones and accessories.  more...

£800 bill for flytipper

A MAN guilty of flytipping has come out of court with a bill of more than £800.  more...

Woman robbed in alleyway

A WOMAN was robbed as she walked through Wantage.  more...

Man convicted of school arson

ARSONIST Craig Ford was today behind bars awaiting sentence after being convicted of setting fire to an Oxfordshire school.  more...

Party placed in peril

ORGANISERS of a free, annual pensioners' party that has been held in Oxford since the 1930s have urged OAPs to use it or lose it.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.  more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.  more...

£800 bill for flytipper

A MAN guilty of flytipping has come out of court with a bill of more than £800.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.  more...

Council worker admits theft

A FORMER Cherwell District Council employee has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft.  more...

Council worker admits theft

A FORMER Cherwell District Council employee has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Bethany is a party star

BETHANY Povey celebrated getting the all-clear from cancer with a surprise party.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Model date

THE White Horse Tennis and Leisure Centre will be a Mecca for modelmakers on Saturday, March 1, when the Abingdon and District Model Railway Club holds its annual exhibition.  more...

Sick humour

COMEDIAN and GP Dr Phil Hammond has turned poet on an Abingdon firm's website, www. embarrassingproblems.com  more...

Update: Bus crash closes road

THE A4074 has reopened following a collision between a Thames Travel bus and a Land Rover shortly after 7am today.  more...

Man, 89, dies after crash

AN 89-year-old man has died in hospital after a crash in Marcham.  more...

Ramraiders snatch £10,000 phone haul

RAMRAIDERS drove into the wall of a warehouse in Abingdon and made off with £10,000 worth of Nokia mobile phones and accessories.  more...

Woman robbed in alleyway

A WOMAN was robbed as she walked through Wantage.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Om Adoptapet

Max the lab

This is Max, a handsome five year old Labrador who has come into The Blue Cross Centre through no fault of his own.  more...

Other News

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.  more...

Post fails to deliver

ONE in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey has found.  more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Oxford News

Post fails the test

One in five first class letters is failing to arrive on time, a survey conducted by the Oxford Mail has found.  more...

Store says its vinyl goodbye

Avid Records, Oxford's last remaining seller of vinyl music, has been forced to close after facing a large rent demand from the city council.  more...

Seven hottest spots unveiled

The seven sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been revealed.  more...

Police seize plants in drugs raid

Police seized 13 cannabis plants in a raid on a house in Fringford, near Bicester.  more...

Road reopens after bus crash

The A4074 has reopened following a collision between a Thames Travel bus and a Land Rover shortly after 7am this morning.  more...

Guilty of starting school fire

Craig Ford has been found guilty of setting fire to Lord Williams's School in Thame.  more...

New director at Oxford Playhouse announced

A new director has been chosen to take the reins at the Oxford Playhouse.  more...

Rats campaigner in election bid

An Oxford woman who was so outraged by the city's controversial fortnightly rubbish collections she refused to pay her council tax, is to stand for election.  more...

Procession held to mark Holocaust

Members of the Jewish community turned out in force on Sunday to light a candle and say "never again".  more...

Council rules out cutbacks

County council leaders have promised no major cuts in services - despite a council tax increase of just below four per cent.  more...

Man hurt in crash

A young man is in hospital with serious injuries following a two-car collision in Farmoor, on Sunday.  more...

Anne visits baby cafe

Television personality Anne Diamond will praise volunteers who have helped at an Oxford breastfeeding drop-in centre when she drops in herself on Wednesday.  more...

Bus becomes giant gallery

The back end of a bus is not usually the best place to be associated with - but three budding young artists are seeing their work immortalised on the rear of an Oxford double decker.  more...

Kerb crawler cautioned

Police cracking down on prostitution in East Oxford have arrested and cautioned a kerb crawler.  more...

Guilty of arson

Arsonist Craig Ford is today behind bars awaiting sentence after being convicted of setting fire to an Oxfordshire school.  more...

Prison diet in spotlight

Scientists are to launch a £1.4m research project to examine whether young criminals, including murderers, behave better in prison if they are fed vitamins and other nutritional supplements.  more...

Lorry rolls

A lorry carrying rocks and bricks overturned at the Bladon roundabout in Woodstock shortly before 9am today.  more...

Hospital site to become a college

A multimedia company has announced plans to build the world's largest technology college on the former Littlemore Hospital site in Oxford.  more...

OAP leaves fortune to charities

A North Oxford pensioner who left £2.3m in her will donated a large part of her estate to charity.  more...

Party for Oaps put in jeopardy

Organisers of a free, annual pensioners' party that has been held in Oxford since the 1930s have urged OAPs to use it or lose it.  more...

Adviser markets NHS trust

A marketing expert is giving his time free of charge to Oxfordshire's largest hospital trust to help with its bid for foundation status.  more...

Meningitis victim's mum hails research

A mother whose child died of meningitis has welcomed research highlighting how genes could make some people more susceptible to the illness than others.  more...

Commuters thanked for boycotting 'strike'

First Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.  more...

Skatepark must stay put for a year

Skaters at an Oxford park have been told to stay put for another year until they can be found a new home.  more...

Rugby

RUGBY UNION: Boodell seals it

Abingdon edged out Gosford All Blacks 10-7 in the BB&O Premier Division - just two weeks after losing 46-0 to the same side in the Oxfordshire Shield.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Lacy leads rout

Centre Ben Lacy led the way with a try treble as Harwell crushed Slough 2nd 64-22 in BB&O Division 1 South.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Witney win at last

Witney picked up their first win since November 3 with a 15-0 success at Aylesbury in Southern Counties North.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Bulls in rare win

Banbury Bulls recorded only their second league win of the season with a 20-13 home success over Melton Mowbray in Midlands 2 East.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Hawks in bottom three

Henley Hawks slipped into the National 2 relegation zone after a comprehensive 34-12 defeat at fellow strugglers Blaydon.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Hewitt double fires Chinnor

Chinnor ground down Redingensians with a workmanlike 24-5 victory at Kingsey Road in South West 1.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Quins 'not out of mire'

Oxford Harlequins' director of rugby Matt Maudsley felt his side deserved an "important" league win.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Quins surge clear

Oxford Harlequins seized control of this South West 1 clash to beat Maidenhead 27-10 with an impressive second-half display despite often struggling up front.  more...

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U'S News

Patterson on the lookout

Boss Darren Patterson insists he's not finished yet in the transfer market and still hopes to bring others in if he can get players out.  more...

Wallingford

Update: Bus crash closes road

THE A4074 has reopened following a collision between a Thames Travel bus and a Land Rover shortly after 7am today.  more...

Update: Bus crash closes road

THE A4074 has reopened following a collision between a Thames Travel bus and a Land Rover shortly after 7am today.  more...

Wallingford News

Bus driver and passengers injured in crash

Firefighters freed a bus driver from his vehicle earlier this morning following a collision on the A4074.  more...

Tribute fund hits £20,000

A fundraising appeal in memory of two Wallingford men to provide equipment for a new lifeboat has beaten its target.  more...

Wantage And Grove

Bethany is a party star

BETHANY Povey celebrated getting the all-clear from cancer with a surprise party.  more...

Woman robbed in alleyway

A WOMAN was robbed as she walked through Wantage.  more...

Bethany is a party star

BETHANY Povey celebrated getting the all-clear from cancer with a surprise party.  more...

Woman robbed in alleyway

A WOMAN was robbed as she walked through Wantage.  more...

Witney News

District cabinet sets tax increase

The Conservative-run cabinet of West Oxfordshire District Council has approved a 4.95 per cent increase in council tax next year.  more...

Flood-hit club is on the up

A cricket club whose ground disappeared under water in last July's floods is rising from the waves for the coming summer.  more...

Motorist seriously injured

A young man is in hospital with serious injuries following a two-car collision yesterday.  more...

Homeless drug addict jailed

A homeless drug addict has been jailed for six months for a string of shoplifting and motoring offences.  more...

Abingdon Herald News

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.   more...

Council rules out cutbacks

COUNTY council leaders have promised no major cuts in services - despite a council tax increase of just below four per cent.   more...

Families urged to give shelter

FAMILIES across Oxfordshire have been asked to throw open their doors and take in a homeless youngster.   more...

Concert aid

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Police call for villagers' views

PEOPLE in Benson and Berinsfield are being invited to meet their police community support officers tomorrow and speak to them about any concerns that they might have within the community.   more...

Sick humour

COMEDIAN and GP Dr Phil Hammond has turned poet on an Abingdon firm's website, www. embarrassingproblems.com   more...

Update: Bus crash closes road

THE A4074 has reopened following a collision between a Thames Travel bus and a Land Rover shortly after 7am today.   more...

Woman robbed in alleyway

A WOMAN was robbed as she walked through Wantage.   more...

Man, 89, dies after crash

AN 89-year-old man has died in hospital after a crash in Marcham.   more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.   more...

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Ramraiders snatch £10,000 phone haul

RAMRAIDERS drove into the wall of a warehouse in Abingdon and made off with £10,000 worth of Nokia mobile phones and accessories.   more...

Banbury Cake News

Council rules out cutbacks

COUNTY council leaders have promised no major cuts in services - despite a council tax increase of just below four per cent.   more...

Australian firm buys health care centre

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Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.   more...

Families urged to give shelter

FAMILIES across Oxfordshire have been asked to throw open their doors and take in a homeless youngster.   more...

Cook local

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Swindlers use dog charity's boxes

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Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.   more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.   more...

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Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.   more...

Bicester Advertiser News

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.   more...

Council worker admits theft

A FORMER Cherwell District Council employee has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft.   more...

Council rules out cutbacks

COUNTY council leaders have promised no major cuts in services - despite a council tax increase of just below four per cent.   more...

Families urged to give shelter

FAMILIES across Oxfordshire have been asked to throw open their doors and take in a homeless youngster.   more...

Inmates row for children

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Twin visit

BICESTER'S twinning association is inviting guests from France and Germany to visit the town in May.   more...

Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.   more...

Bus becomes mobile gallery

THE back end of a bus is not usually the best place to be associated with - but three budding young artists are seeing their work immortalised on the rear of an Oxford double-decker.   more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.   more...

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Oxford Mail News

Man hurt in crash

A young man is in hospital with serious injuries following a two-car collision in Farmoor, on Sunday.   more...

Lord Mayor condemns gang attack

The Lord Mayor of Oxford has condemned a gang that hospitalised a 14-year-old pupil as "cowardly hooligans".   more...

Anne visits baby cafe

Television personality Anne Diamond will praise volunteers who have helped at an Oxford breastfeeding drop-in centre when she drops in herself on Wednesday.   more...

Bus becomes giant gallery

The back end of a bus is not usually the best place to be associated with - but three budding young artists are seeing their work immortalised on the rear of an Oxford double decker.   more...

Bus driver and passengers injured in crash

Firefighters freed a bus driver from his vehicle earlier this morning following a collision on the A4074.   more...

Guilty of starting school fire

Craig Ford has been found guilty of setting fire to Lord Williams's School in Thame.   more...

Kerb crawler cautioned

Police cracking down on prostitution in East Oxford have arrested and cautioned a kerb crawler.   more...

Council worker admits fraud

A former Cherwell District Council employee has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft.   more...

Police seize plants in drugs raid

Police seized 13 cannabis plants in a raid on a house in Fringford, near Bicester.   more...

New director at Oxford Playhouse announced

A new director has been chosen to take the reins at the Oxford Playhouse.   more...

Elderly motorist dies after collision

An elderly male motorist has died following a road accident in a village near Abingdon.   more...

Tribute fund hits £20,000

A fundraising appeal in memory of two Wallingford men to provide equipment for a new lifeboat has beaten its target.   more...

Rats campaigner in election bid

An Oxford woman who was so outraged by the city's controversial fortnightly rubbish collections she refused to pay her council tax, is to stand for election.   more...

Guilty of arson

Arsonist Craig Ford is today behind bars awaiting sentence after being convicted of setting fire to an Oxfordshire school.   more...

Prison diet in spotlight

Scientists are to launch a £1.4m research project to examine whether young criminals, including murderers, behave better in prison if they are fed vitamins and other nutritional supplements.   more...

Lorry rolls

A lorry carrying rocks and bricks overturned at the Bladon roundabout in Woodstock shortly before 9am today.   more...

Hospital site to become a college

A multimedia company has announced plans to build the world's largest technology college on the former Littlemore Hospital site in Oxford.   more...

OAP leaves fortune to charities

A North Oxford pensioner who left £2.3m in her will donated a large part of her estate to charity.   more...

Young scriptwriter's sitcom set for TV

A young scriptwriter from Abingdon is hoping his new sitcom can become as successful as smash hit show The Vicar of Dibley.   more...

Party for Oaps put in jeopardy

Organisers of a free, annual pensioners' party that has been held in Oxford since the 1930s have urged OAPs to use it or lose it.   more...

Adviser markets NHS trust

A marketing expert is giving his time free of charge to Oxfordshire's largest hospital trust to help with its bid for foundation status.   more...

Meningitis victim's mum hails research

A mother whose child died of meningitis has welcomed research highlighting how genes could make some people more susceptible to the illness than others.   more...

Art find stuns experts

Two paintings found by art experts in the modest Oxford home of an elderly spinster have turned out to be 19th century masterpieces worth more than £1m.   more...

District cabinet sets tax increase

The Conservative-run cabinet of West Oxfordshire District Council has approved a 4.95 per cent increase in council tax next year.   more...

Procession held to mark Holocaust

Members of the Jewish community turned out in force on Sunday to light a candle and say "never again".   more...

Flood-hit club is on the up

A cricket club whose ground disappeared under water in last July's floods is rising from the waves for the coming summer.   more...

Council rules out cutbacks

County council leaders have promised no major cuts in services - despite a council tax increase of just below four per cent.   more...

More cyclists dying on county roads

Police are to investigate why so many pedestrians and cyclists were killed on Oxfordshire's roads last year.   more...

Skatepark must stay put for a year

Skaters at an Oxford park have been told to stay put for another year until they can be found a new home.   more...

Motorist seriously injured

A young man is in hospital with serious injuries following a two-car collision yesterday.   more...

Road reopens after bus crash

The A4074 has reopened following a collision between a Thames Travel bus and a Land Rover shortly after 7am this morning.   more...

Homeless drug addict jailed

A homeless drug addict has been jailed for six months for a string of shoplifting and motoring offences.   more...

Commuters thanked for boycotting 'strike'

First Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.   more...

Australian firm buys health care centre

Banbury's privately-run treatment centre at the Horton Hospital site has been bought by Australian firm Ramsay Health Care.   more...

Motorists face clamp threats

A row is rumbling over whether controversial parking restrictions should be introduced in an Abingdon conservation area.   more...

Ramraiders target warehouse

Ramraiders drove into the wall of a warehouse in Abingdon and made off with £10,000 worth of Nokia mobile phones and accessories.   more...

The Oxford Times News

Ramraiders snatch £10,000 phone haul

RAMRAIDERS drove into the wall of a warehouse in Abingdon and made off with £10,000 worth of Nokia mobile phones and accessories.   more...

Join Mardi Gras party

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£800 bill for flytipper

A MAN guilty of flytipping has come out of court with a bill of more than £800.   more...

Flats are OK

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Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.   more...

Council worker admits theft

A FORMER Cherwell District Council employee has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft.   more...

District sets tax rise

THE Conservative-run cabinet of West Oxfordshire District Council has approved a 4.95 per cent increase in council tax next year.   more...

Council rules out cutbacks

COUNTY council leaders have promised no major cuts in services - despite a council tax increase of just below four per cent.   more...

Australian firm buys health care centre

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Marketing man helps NHS trust

A MARKETING expert is giving his time free of charge to Oxfordshire's largest hospital trust to help with its bid for foundation status.   more...

Motorists face clamp threats

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Teenager seriously hurt in smash

POLICE today appealed for witnesses following a road traffic collision near Farmoor that left a young man seriously injured.   more...

Milton time

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Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.   more...

Villagers invited to meet police

PEOPLE in the Wheatley area are being invited to meet their local neighbourhood officer.   more...

See it now

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Film confronts fear of youths

A GROUP of young people went out on to the streets to confront myths about hoodies and Asbos.   more...

Inmates row for children

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Cancer charity beats previous total

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Africa trek

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Join sports

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Sick humour

COMEDIAN and GP Dr Phil Hammond has turned poet on an Abingdon firm's website, www. embarrassingproblems.com   more...

Swindlers use dog charity's boxes

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Man convicted of school arson

A 23-year-old man has been found guilty of setting fire to Lord Williams's School in Thame.   more...

Police crack down on prostitution

POLICE have carried out an undercover operation in Cowley in an attempt to clamp down on street prostitution.   more...

Update: Bus crash closes road

THE A4074 has reopened following a collision between a Thames Travel bus and a Land Rover shortly after 7am today.   more...

Safety class for business

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Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.   more...

Wild women

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Bus becomes mobile gallery

THE back end of a bus is not usually the best place to be associated with - but three budding young artists are seeing their work immortalised on the rear of an Oxford double-decker.   more...

Diamond day for baby cafe

TELEVISION personality Anne Diamond will praise volunteers who have helped at an Oxford breastfeeding drop-in centre when she drops in herself today.   more...

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Woman robbed in alleyway

A WOMAN was robbed as she walked through Wantage.   more...

Man, 89, dies after crash

AN 89-year-old man has died in hospital after a crash in Marcham.   more...

Vinyl record store closes

AVID Records, Oxford's last remaining seller of vinyl music, has been forced to close after facing a large rent demand from the city council.   more...

New director for Oxford Playhouse

A NEW director has been chosen to take the reins at the Oxford Playhouse.   more...

Rats campaigner in election bid

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Family pays tribute to crash victim

A FAMILY today paid tribute to a man killed in a car crash near Chinnor.   more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.   more...

Young writer's sitcom set for TV

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Man convicted of school arson

ARSONIST Craig Ford was today behind bars awaiting sentence after being convicted of setting fire to an Oxfordshire school.   more...

Woman leaves fortune to charities

A WOMAN who left £2.3m in her will donated a large part of her estate to charity.   more...

College plan for hospital site

A MULTIMEDIA company has announced plans to build the world's largest technology college on the former Littlemore Hospital site in Oxford.   more...

Floods: Cricket club is on the up

A CRICKET club whose ground disappeared under water in last July's floods is rising from the waves for the coming summer.   more...

Party placed in peril

ORGANISERS of a free, annual pensioners' party that has been held in Oxford since the 1930s have urged OAPs to use it or lose it.   more...

Skatepark stays put

SKATERS at an Oxford park have been told to stay put for another year until they can be found a new home.   more...

Families urged to give shelter

FAMILIES across Oxfordshire have been asked to throw open their doors and take in a homeless youngster.   more...

Scientist urges emissions cuts

A DISTINGUISHED Oxford physicist is one of four top environmental scientists calling for the Government to introduce tougher cuts in carbon dioxide emissions in the forthcoming Climate Change Bill.   more...

Twin visit

BICESTER'S twinning association is inviting guests from France and Germany to visit the town in May.   more...

Concert aid

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Fight crime

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Art and pud

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Witney Gazette News

£800 bill for flytipper

A MAN guilty of flytipping has come out of court with a bill of more than £800.   more...

Commuters thanked for rejecting strike

FIRST Great Western managers have thanked Oxford rail commuters for pulling out of a proposed fares strike today.   more...

Council rules out cutbacks

COUNTY council leaders have promised no major cuts in services - despite a council tax increase of just below four per cent.   more...

Man jailed for thefts

A MAN was jailed for six months today for a number of crimes committed in the Chipping Norton area.   more...

Film confronts fear of youths

A GROUP of young people went out on to the streets to confront myths about hoodies and Asbos.   more...

Families urged to give shelter

FAMILIES across Oxfordshire have been asked to throw open their doors and take in a homeless youngster.   more...

Cancer charity beats previous total

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Africa trek

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Art and pud

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Update: Lorry overturns near Bladon

THE A44 was blocked near Bladon today by an overturned lorry.   more...

Charity starts a busy year

A GROUP of Witney fundraisers have celebrated a bumper year, which brought in £35,000 for the Oxfordshire charity Against Breast Cancer (ABC).   more...

Auditions for big celebration

AUDITIONS are to go ahead for a play to celebrate 800 years of Witney history.   more...

Report makes school proud

A VILLAGE school has been judged as outstanding with children who have excellent behaviour and friendliness.   more...

Residents charged £2.50 per sandbag will be reimbursed

RESIDENTS in West Oxfordshire who were recently charged £2.50 per sandbag will be reimbursed.   more...

Hot spots identified

SEVEN sites across Oxfordshire big enough to house an incinerator have been disclosed.   more...

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Floods: Cricket club is on the up

A CRICKET club whose ground disappeared under water in last July's floods is rising from the waves for the coming summer.   more...

  
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