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Youth club set for trial reopening
7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010
A councillor who suspended a popular Friday night youth club in Wantage has agreed to hold a crunch meeting with community leaders on Friday.
Blind schoolgirl gets Braille machine aid
7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010
BLIND schoolgirl Paige Rowe said a new Braille machine to help her write would “make such a difference to my life”.
New brewery to bridge the gap
2:44pm Wednesday 17th March 2010
BEER is to be brewed in Abingdon for the first time since the Morland brewery closed a decade ago.
Oxford not yet on Pope's itinerary
8:45pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
The Pope will visit the UK in September, it has been confirmed — but it is still unclear whether he will come to Oxford.
Didcot and Abingdon to lose full-time firefighters
7:34pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
COUNTY bosses tonight approved controversial changes that will remove four full-time firefighters from Didcot and Abingdon.
Schools praised for 'outstanding' rating
5:13pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
Nine county schools have been praised after receiving an ‘outstanding’ rating from school inspector Ofsted.
Oxford faces music over Swindon rivalry
2:33pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
Musicians, promoters and rock journalists have dismissed a survey which fails to put Oxford in a list of the top 20 musical centres – but puts Swindon at 13.
Track work causes train changes
2:35pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
Train services on Sunday will be affected by engineering work on two of the county’s main rail routes.
Crash closes A4130
9:28am Tuesday 16th March 2010
Two separate crashes occurred on the same stretch of road near Didcot today.
Skip hire contractor 'ignored court orders'
9:31am Tuesday 16th March 2010
An Oxfordshire skip hire contractor who consistently flouted waste regulations has been given a suspended prison sentence after being found in contempt of court.
Police investigate Varsity airline
8:25am Tuesday 16th March 2010
Police are investigating allegations of “fraudulent activity” at the airline Varsity Express after its Oxford to Edinburgh flights were suspended.
It's go for museum with £1.7m grant
2:25pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
ABINGDON'S County Hall Museum has been given £1.7m to launch its restoration.
Watlington church decides to go ahead with sale of hall site
2:27pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
WATLINGTON residents campaigning to save the parish church hall appear to have lost their battle.
Benefit cheat given suspended sentence
10:12pm Monday 15th March 2010
A woman who defrauded a council out of thousands of pounds has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Old Gaol work to start
10:13pm Monday 15th March 2010
Work to demolish part of the Old Gaol will begin this week.
Police authority wins award
7:40pm Monday 15th March 2010
Thames Valley Police Authority has won the award of Police Service of the Year 2010.
Glowing report for Oxfordshire's first academy
7:06pm Monday 15th March 2010
Oxfordshire's first academy has received a glowing report by Ofsted in its first inspection since opening in 2007.
45 Oxford students diagnosed in mumps outbreak
7:13pm Monday 15th March 2010
Health officials are trying to contain an outbreak of mumps among Oxford’s student population.
Truck driver caught reading newspaper on move
6:58pm Monday 15th March 2010
A truck driver was landed with a £60 fine after he was spotted reading a newspaper while motoring through a police checkpoint today.
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