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  • Braveheart Alex is Afghanistan-bound

    AN RAF airman has been given the green light to deploy to Afghanistan just months after being diagnosed with heart problems. Sgt Alex Ford discovered the condition during routine training when medics told him his left ventricle was contracting later

  • Nightclub plan for old cinema given go-ahead

    A FORMER cinema is to be transformed into a nightclub and community venue after councillors gave the scheme the go-ahead. Brothers-in-law Steve Head, pictured below, and Gary Howe will now turn Wantage’s former Newbury Street cinema into a late-night

  • Murderer in failed bid to cut tariff

    A thug who slaughtered a “gentle” 18-year-old friend before dumping his body in a ditch has failed to convince a top judge his good behaviour behind bars merits a cut in his sentence. Steven Knott, of Didcot, was just 16 when he and Leon Paige, also

  • Tesco store plan rejected by Vale councillors

    PLANS by supermarket giant Tesco for a new store on the outskirts of Faringdon have been thrown out. The company’s scheme to open a 15,000 sq ft food store in Park Road could have brought up to 150 new jobs, Vale of White Horse district councillors