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

Wantage Air Cadets summer experience

10:15am Monday 6th September 2010

RAF High Wycombe, Command Headquarters of the Royal Air Force was the summer camp destination for 6 cadets from 1861 (Wantage) Squadron Air Training Corps.

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Scarecrow invasion fields village boost

9:37am Friday 3rd September 2010

AN ‘ex-straw-dinary’ array of story book characters has appeared around a village as it holds its annual scarecrow competition.

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Roadworks threat to town businesses

7:00am Wednesday 1st September 2010

SHOPKEEPERS fear a month-long road closure in Wantage town centre could kill off their businesses.

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From racing pigs to a Vulcan flypast

11:40am Tuesday 31st August 2010

PIG racing, horseback gymnastics and a flypast by the world’s only remaining Vulcan bomber were the highlights of the White Horse Show at the weekend.

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Wantage record setter conquers fears in round Britain rowing challenge

12:10pm Monday 30th August 2010

AN OFFICE worker has earned her place in the record books after battling storms and hunger to row 2,000 miles around the coast of Britain.

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Child sex attacker jailed for eight years

10:30am Saturday 28th August 2010

A 55-YEAR-OLD paedophile who “groomed” a young girl has been jailed for eight years.

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Barriers keep crime off the Ridgeway

2:20pm Friday 27th August 2010

BARRIERS installed along Britain’s oldest road have helped cut poaching and hare-coursing, according to police.

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Child sex offender jailed for eight years

12:41pm Friday 27th August 2010

A 50-year-old man was today sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of child sex offences.

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