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

Scouting museum gets a new look

5:00pm Saturday 31st July 2010

Oxfordshire’s Scout Museum has a bright new look.

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Lawyers warn Legal Aid changes will hit poor

4:10pm Saturday 31st July 2010

PEOPLE on low incomes and benefits will be left without access to solicitors after the last law firm in South Oxfordshire accepting Legal Aid cases failed to win a contract.

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County rules out NHS funding for homeopathy

2:00pm Saturday 31st July 2010

HOMEOPATHS in Oxford have hit out at county health bosses after they ruled out treating patients with alternative and complementary medicines.

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Silverstone session teaches youngsters to avoid car-nage

1:00pm Saturday 31st July 2010

ALMOST 80 young drivers from Oxfordshire took a safety course at Silverstone to learn the dangers of the road.

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Fans and family remember Oxfordshire DJ Ali Booker

9:30am Saturday 31st July 2010

“SHE was extremely funny, larger than life and had the most disgusting sense of humour – but she was also one of the kindest people I ever met.”

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'Sarah's law' is welcomed in Oxfordshire

9:30am Saturday 31st July 2010

PARENTS in Oxfordshire will be able to check if anyone in regular contact with their children is a convicted paedophile from tomorrow.

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Peru drugs pair await trial

7:00am Saturday 31st July 2010

TWO Oxfordshire men are still waiting to go on trial in Peru, more than 15 months after they were accused of trying to smuggle £1m of cocaine out of the South American country.

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Beauty expert turns hand to fighting crime

7:00am Saturday 31st July 2010

IN ONE line of work mother-of-four Sharon Hagen deals with manicures and eyelash extensions, and in the other, handcuffs and pepper spray.

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County show makes summer debut

7:00am Saturday 31st July 2010

OXFORDSHIRE’S county show is getting a major makeover today – taking place at the height of summer and at the weekend for the first time in its 123-year history.

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TV chef lets WI in on kitchen secrets

7:25pm Friday 30th July 2010

CELEBRITY chef James Martin left Women’s Institute members’ pulses racing, after dropping in to share some of his his culinary secrets with them.

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Hospital kitchens have right recipe

6:00pm Friday 30th July 2010

THE words “hospital food” may conjure up images of dried sandwiches, sludgy peas and cold soup.

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Morse author meets the Archers

1:20pm Friday 30th July 2010

INSPECTOR Morse author Colin Dexter has always taken a keen interest in the fictional lives of the villagers of Ambridge.

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Cars seized in safety crackdown

10:00am Friday 30th July 2010

POLICE arrested an illegal immigrant and seized two cars during one of the last road safety checks in Oxfordshire to be co-ordinated by the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership.

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JR CHILD HEART OP INQUIRY: What the health chiefs say

9:00am Friday 30th July 2010

STANDARDS of care at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died were “not what was expected”, a health boss has said.

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JR CHILD HEART OP INQUIRY: What the parents say

9:00am Friday 30th July 2010

PARENTS of babies treated at the John Radcliffe are rallying behind the hospital after learning children’s heart surgery may never resume.

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Cyclists ride out in memory of Ali

7:00am Friday 30th July 2010

AN Oxford bus driver is to cycle the length of the country to raise money in memory of radio presenter Ali Booker.

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Button 'quit' warning over team orders

8:37pm Friday 30th July 2010

Jenson Button has amazingly revealed he will quit Formula One if team orders are reintroduced into the sport.

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