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Burglars steal religious medals
12:46pm Thursday 18th March 2010
Police are appealing for information following burglaries in Faringdon and Shrivenham.
Feeding birds 'puts pilots at risk'
8:26am Thursday 18th March 2010
Bird lovers could be putting pilots’ lives at risk by feeding red kites near RAF Benson.
Fuel prices head for record high
7:43pm Wednesday 17th March 2010
Families and businesses across Oxfordshire are counting the cost of rising pump prices as motoring experts warn a litre of unleaded could hit a record high in a fortnight.
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.
Nominate your top cop
5:40pm Wednesday 17th March 2010
People can nominate their local police officer in a competition to find Oxfordshire’s best local bobby on the beat.
Firefighters tackle Wantage house blaze
9:20am Wednesday 17th March 2010
Twenty-five firefighters were called to a house in Wantage last night after a blaze broke out in the roof space.
Grounded pilot owed £15,000
7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010
A young pilot claims to have been left high and dry by the demise of Oxford airline Varsity Express after he invested £15,000 to be trained by the collapsed carrier.
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.
Sophia's the face of cancer fund
7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010
A TEENAGE girl who battled cancer is to be the face of a national campaign to raise money to fight the disease.
Battling back to help charity
7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010
A MAN left temporarily paralysed by a rare medical condition has vowed to complete a mile-long walk for the Sport Relief charity.
Youth club set for trial reopening
7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010
A councillor who suspended a popular Friday night youth club in Wantage has agreed to hold a crunch meeting with community leaders on Friday.
Blind schoolgirl gets Braille machine aid
7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010
BLIND schoolgirl Paige Rowe said a new Braille machine to help her write would “make such a difference to my life”.
New brewery to bridge the gap
2:44pm Wednesday 17th March 2010
BEER is to be brewed in Abingdon for the first time since the Morland brewery closed a decade ago.
Oxford not yet on Pope's itinerary
8:45pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
The Pope will visit the UK in September, it has been confirmed — but it is still unclear whether he will come to Oxford.
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.
Schools praised for 'outstanding' rating
5:13pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
Nine county schools have been praised after receiving an ‘outstanding’ rating from school inspector Ofsted.
Oxford faces music over Swindon rivalry
2:33pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
Musicians, promoters and rock journalists have dismissed a survey which fails to put Oxford in a list of the top 20 musical centres – but puts Swindon at 13.
Track work causes train changes
2:35pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
Train services on Sunday will be affected by engineering work on two of the county’s main rail routes.
Crash closes A4130
9:28am Tuesday 16th March 2010
Two separate crashes occurred on the same stretch of road near Didcot today.
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