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Cappuccino is pick of pack

Gavin Robertson with Cappuccino

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.

Highest honours for bravest soldiers

Christina Schmid, widow of Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid, receives the George Cross citation from Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup

8:37pm Thursday 18th March 2010

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

Bomb disposal soldier awarded George Cross

2:37pm Thursday 18th March 2010

Two Army bomb disposal experts were awarded the George Cross today for the extraordinary bravery they displayed in tackling Taliban explosives in Afghanistan.

Teenagers to get McGCSEs

Manager Mike Heapy, with staff Olivia Fisher, left, and Marifa Heapy in McDonald’s at Milton Interchange in Didcot

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.

Music fans rally to bereft shopowner

Day the music died . . . John 'Baby John' Horgan recovering from his injuries and setbacks

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.

Didcot and Abingdon to lose full-time firefighters

Dave Etheridge

7:34pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

COUNTY bosses tonight approved controversial changes that will remove four full-time firefighters from Didcot and Abingdon.

Crash closes A4130

9:28am Tuesday 16th March 2010

Two separate crashes occurred on the same stretch of road near Didcot today.

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.

Bomb hero 'to receive posthumous award'

Olaf Schmid

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.

£265,000 for new pre-school building

£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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