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Pickpocket strikes in Abingdon

10:34am Friday 12th March 2010

Police today appealed for witnesses after a woman had her purse stolen from her handbag while she was shopping in Abingdon.

Firefighters climb roof of burning building

Firefighters at the scene of the fire on Netherton Lane.

7:27pm Thursday 11th March 2010

FIREFIGHTERS are currently climbing onto a thatched roof which has caught alight in Netherton near Fyfield.

'I'm not going to lie, I was really scared'

Now married . . . Corporal Lisa Cracknell back at Dalton Barracks, Abingdon

8:32am Thursday 11th March 2010

A SOLDIER who served alongside her fiancé dodging landmines has spoken of her experiences on the frontline in Afghanistan.

School gets millions to build for future

Good news . . . Head Chris Harris with pupils

7:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010

THE headteacher of an Abingdon school set to receive a share of £62m has said it will help the school to become outstanding.

Cycling doc has plenty to be grateful for

Dr Steve Faber cycles through France

2:33pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

THE Entente Cordiale is strained at times, but one man has no doubt about the strength of Anglo-Gallic relations.

Four county schools to share £62m rebuild cash

7:06pm Monday 8th March 2010

FOUR Oxfordshire schools are to get major revamps after Oxfordshire County Council was awarded £62m of Government cash.

Rare teddy bears put up for auction

Auctioneer Henry Cooke with some of the 300 teddy bears which are going up for sale

2:39pm Monday 8th March 2010

A COLLECTION of more than 300 rare teddy bears is set to fetch thousands of pounds when it goes under the hammer.

Parents air support for heart-op hospital

Backing hospital . . . Bill and Kim Homewood

3:40pm Monday 8th March 2010

THE father of a ten-year-old girl who had a heart operation at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital just hours before surgery was suspended has backed the under-fire hospital.

Scales of Justice

7:20pm Sunday 7th March 2010

PEOPLE convicted of offences at magistrates' courts around the county.

Thames bridge closure upsets Sandford villagers

Dr Nigel Northcott by the Sandford Lock bridge

12:00pm Sunday 7th March 2010

PLANS to close a busy bridge over the Thames have angered villagers.

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