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Didcot Railway Centre to get Railmotor shed

3:32pm Friday 5th February 2010

A CENTURY-old railway shed that housed a long-disappeared train is to be reborn at Didcot Railway Centre.

Last salute to a 'soldier's soldier'

The coffin of Captain Daniel Read is carried through Truro Cathedral by soldiers from the Royal Logistic Corps, covered with the Union Flag, with his widow Lorraine and mother Sally Webb heading the cortege behind it

6:53pm Thursday 4th February 2010

MOURNERS paid tribute at the funeral of a bomb disposal officer who was killed in Afghanistan just weeks after shrugging off wounds and returning to the front line.

Our scanners beat the terror bombers

Our scanners beat the terror bombers

6:29pm Thursday 4th February 2010

POWERFUL new body scanners, which will be used to check passengers at UK airports, are being developed in Oxfordshire.

Tributes to bomb disposal officer

The coffin of Captain Daniel Read is carried  into Truro Cathedral

1:35pm Thursday 4th February 2010

Mourners have paid tribute to a bomb disposal officer killed in Afghanistan just weeks after returning to the front following an injury in a previous explosion.

Youth club in danger

8:30am Thursday 4th February 2010

A YOUTH club launched a year ago to meet parents’ demands faces closure — because of dwindling numbers.

Battling Sarah given funeral fit for a princess

Battling Sarah given funeral fit for a princess

7:37pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

A SEVERELY disabled woman who defied medical experts for more than two decades was given a funeral fit for a princess today.

Didcot bomb regiment says farewell to hero

Capt Daniel Read who died in an explosion in Helmand

7:05pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

DIDCOT’S 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment will tomorrow bury Captain Daniel Read, who was killed in Afghanistan last month.

Haiti appeal striks chord with Didcot girl

Lizzie Payne with her father Ian

7:00pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

A TEENAGER has released an album recorded and produced in her own living room to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims.

Head proud of school changes

Fernand Dierckens has been at the helm of Didcot Girls’ School since last September

3:32pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

THE acting headteacher of Didcot Girls’ School believes his strict line on behaviour and uniform has improved pupils’ academic performance.

Goodbye Sarah

'A Didcot personality' . . . Sarah Swanborough

7:00am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

A COURAGEOUS Didcot woman who battled severe disabilities all her life will be buried today.



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