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Burglars steal Christmas presents
3:31pm Monday 5th January 2009
Police today appealed for information after Christmas presents were stolen when a house in Abingdon was burgled on Christmas Eve.
Comments (0)UFO spotted near Oxford
10:38am Monday 5th January 2009
Three people believe they spotted a UFO flying just outside Oxford.
Road deaths fall
10:08am Monday 5th January 2009
Road deaths in Thames Valley are at their lowest rate since records began 18 years ago.
Man in court over attempted murder charge
8:55am Monday 5th January 2009
Mark Bray, 29, of Parsons Mead, Abingdon, was due to appear at Oxford Crown Court today charged with attempted murder after a woman suffered burns on Christmas Eve.
Snow warning to drivers
8:27am Monday 5th January 2009
Drivers have been warned to take care as snow and ice covered Oxfordshire’s roads this morning.
Car workers back after shutdown
6:00am Monday 5th January 2009
Hundreds of BMW workers were due to return to the company’s Oxford car plant today as experts predicted a bleak future for UK car manufacturers.
'140 teachers off sick every day'
7:41pm Sunday 4th January 2009
More than 140 teachers in Oxfordshire miss school each day because of sickness, according to the Conservative Party.
Scales of justice
7:16pm Sunday 4th January 2009
A list of the people convicted of offences at Magistrates' Courts around the county recently
Free play for the under-26s
7:00pm Sunday 4th January 2009
A new scheme to get Oxford’s younger population into the theatre has been unveiled.
Airman leaves lasting legacy
12:30pm Sunday 4th January 2009
A FORMER American airman who left an indelible mark on south Oxfordshire and one of its families has died.
Parking rises 'will scare off shoppers'
6:30am Saturday 3rd January 2009
Shoppers face “frightening” price hikes of almost 40 per cent to park in Oxford city centre at peak times, it was revealed last night.
Shop set to shut
4:48pm Friday 2nd January 2009
Didcot's branch of Woolworths, in the Orchard Centre, shuts tomorrow after three years of trading.
Fire crews save pigs' bacon
9:42am Friday 2nd January 2009
More than 180 pigs were moved following a blaze at a piggery at Upper Farm in Warborough on Thursday night.
Trains author returns home
8:00am Friday 2nd January 2009
A former steam train worker returned to his home town to sign copies of his book about life on the railways.
Laughing to the hospital
1:43pm Friday 2nd January 2009
IT was not the stroke of midnight that brought on the birth of one of Oxfordshire’s New Year’s Day babies —but comedian Lee Evans!
Man appears in court after Didcot stabbing
2:25pm Thursday 1st January 2009
A man accused of stabbing another man in the cheek appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court today.
Farm company fined for polluting stream
12:44pm Thursday 1st January 2009
A farm company which polluted an Oxfordshire stream with pesticide causing the death of hundreds of fish has been ordered to pay almost £15,000.
Woolworth's in Market Place Wantage closes it's doors for the last time, Wednesday night 30 December 2008. photo by Antony Moore
Woolworth's in Market Place Wantage closes it's doors for the last time, Wednesday night 30 December 2008. photo by Antony Moore
Woolworth's in Market Place Wantage closes it's doors for the last time, Wednesday night 30 December 2008. photo by Antony Moore
Notice to Customer's explains the closing. photo by Antony Moore
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