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  • Families appeal over knife crime

    Stabbing victims and their families last night pleaded for people to put down their knives or face longer jail sentences. Figures released today revealed almost half of people caught carrying a knife in Oxford were not charged - instead receiving a

  • Young players drum up glory

    More than 180 young musicians from Oxfordshire are representing the county at one of the world's largest youth music festivals. The National Festival of Music for Youth, which kicked off in Birmingham today and runs all week, involves more than 10,000

  • Stars inspire young teams

    Hundreds of young sportsmen and women took part in the third annual Oxfordshire Youth Games yesterday. About 850 children from around the county qualified for the event at Abingdon's Radley College after being selected through school competitions

  • Cornbury Festival 'here to stay'

    The organiser of the Cornbury Festival has vowed the event will continue - and could be run in future with the help of a major commercial backer. The west Oxfordshire weekend festival, which finished last night, attracts music lovers from around the

  • Police 'getting officers back on beat'

    Police officers will spend less time taking statements, interviewing suspects and filing paperwork, in a bid to get more of them back on the beat. Instead, an army of civilian case investigators will be employed to carry out office work and ease pressure

  • Opinions sought on town 'health check'

    EVERYTHING in Wantage and Grove - from youth clubs to bus stops - has come under the spotlight in a new report. Up to 40 volunteers spent three years examining facilities and infrastructure in the town and village in a bid to come up with ways to improve

  • 'Nightmare' street sparks police plea

    FAMILIES in Didcot want more police patrolling their 'nightmare' road following problems with drugs, arson and late-night violence. The residents of Laburnum Grove claim they are living in fear after a string of problems over the past three months.

  • Swinging send-off for Arts Centre

    THE curtain will go up at Didcot's long-awaited arts centre Cornerstone on August 29. South Oxfordshire District Council announced that the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will lead the opening night celebrations, performing rock 'n' roll hits, punk

  • Two hurt in four-car crash

    Two men were taken to hospital with minor injuries following a four-car collision on the A420 near Carswell Golf Club, between Buckland and Littleworth. The accident happened shortly before 9.30am today and involved a silver Mitsubishi Outlander, a

  • Crashes cause road delays

    TWO multiple vehicle crashes are affecting roads in Oxfordshire today. The A420 is partially blocked both ways near the Carswell Lane junction between Buckland and Littleworth. And traffic is moving slowly eastbound on the A423 Southern Bypass in

  • Top campaigner takes up drug fight

    CAMPAIGNER Kate Spall is planning a legal challenge against Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust to win the life-extending cancer drug Sunitinib for patients. Ms Spall, who has won 70 appeals for cancer patients across the country, condemned the PCT for

  • Latest on weather warnings

    SEVERE weather warnings have been issued across much of the South of England - although forecasters have not listed Oxfordshire among the counties on alert. The Met Office predicts up to 25mm of rain will fall in parts of the South East over the next