Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage, Wallingford news, sport and leisure from the Herald newspaper

Cappuccino is pick of pack

9:12pm Thursday 18th March 2010

Cappuccino is under strict instructions to stay in shape after finishing as runner-up for a top prize at Crufts.

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Highest honours for bravest soldiers

8:37pm Thursday 18th March 2010

MILITARY heroes from Oxfordshire were last night awarded some of the nation’s highest honours.

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Teenagers to get McGCSEs

6:43pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

TEENAGERS completing work experience at branches of McDonald’s across the county are to be awarded a qualification equivalent to a good GCSE.

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Music fans rally to bereft shopowner

7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A DIDCOT musician says he has “lost everything” after he was left for dead in a hit-and-run crash.

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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.

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Bomb hero 'to receive posthumous award'

8:48pm Sunday 14th March 2010

A bomb disposal expert described as “simply the bravest and most courageous man ever” is set to receive a posthumous George Cross, it was reported last night.

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£265,000 for new pre-school building

2:35pm Thursday 11th March 2010

A THRIVING pre-school has been saved from closure after being given hundreds of thousands of pounds for a new building.

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