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Up to 30 homes were tonight still without Internet and phone lines, a week after connections were cut by thieves trying to steal underground British Telecom cables. The thieves failed in their attempt to steal copper cables beneath Botley Road

A truck driver was landed with a £60 fine after he was spotted reading a newspaper while motoring through a police checkpoint today. He was one of 89 drivers given penalty notices in Didcot and Henley - 36 drivers were fined for using their