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  • Defects found in taxi checks

    A CRACKDOWN on taxis across the Vale discovered several cars with defects. Fire extinguishers and first-aid kits were missing and in one vehicle a meter had been unsealed, meaning it could be tampered with. Thames Valley Police worked alongside Vale

  • Villagers relieved parade is safe for years to come

    VILLAGERS at Benson are relieved their Remembrance Parade is in safe hands for years to come after it was almost cancelled last year. Members of Benson Royal British Legion were on the verge of hearing Last Post for the final time because organisers

  • Officer honoured for ending axe siege

    A POLICE officer has been honoured for sucessfully negotiating with a man blockaded in his Didcot home armed with an axe. Sgt Graham Pink received his award for staging a four-and-a-half hour stand-off with the a man holed up in a house in Queensway

  • Does council not have a record?

    Sir, In the Didcot Herald of November 25, councillor Bill Service is quoted as saying that the county council is reluctant to tackle speeding on Abingdon Road, Didcot “because there were no recorded accidents”. However, I understand that about 25 years