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On this day: Oxfordshire Archive

Oxfordshire Archive

• Swing bridge could be restored

  Oxford's historic railway swing bridge is being considered for a £200,000 restoration project by the Oxford Preservation Trust. read more

• Baby beats red tape

  Baby Cameron Todd is too young to thank his mother for battling to have him accepted as a citizen of a European country. read more

• Carer can take more children

  A childminder has won permission to double the number of children she looks after in her Grove home. read more

• Makeover scheme gets £80k boost

  A scheme to transform Faringdon's Market Place has been given an extra £80,000 from Oxfordshire County Council so the project can go ahead. read more

• Child porn found on computer

  A man who used a credit card to access child pornography on the Internet has been given a three-year community rehabilitation order. read more

• Government offers £12m if schools meet targets

  Millions of pounds of extra funding could be poured into Oxfordshire schools if they meet ambitious new Government performance targets. read more

• Dance cancelled

  A barn dance at Southwold community centre in Holm Square, Bicester, due to take place on May 3, has been postponed. read more

• Daughters go to work

  Daughters were given an insight into their parents' jobs when they joined them at work for a day. read more

• Ready to clang off

  An impressive line-up of 130 teams will do battle in the newly-named Greene King Oxford and District League which starts on Wednesday (May 30). read more

• House becomes crafts gallery

  A Bicester woman is set to turn her home into a gallery. read more

• Oxon eye up Twickers double

  It could be a dream day for Oxfordshire rugby on Saturday, May 24 with two of their sides playing at Twickenham. read more

• Sculptors show off skills

  Artists from a Bicester group will show off a year's work at the town's Art Weeks Festival. read more

• Easter pulls in tourists

  Visitors flocked to west Oxfordshire over the Easter holidays as many people took advantage of the sunny weather and shunned holidays abroad. read more

• Council pledge on fly tipping

  A purge on fly tipping is being promised by West Oxfordshire District Council. read more

• Plea over football violence

  These are the faces of seven men police want to question in relation to violence at an Oxford United football match. read more

• Hospitals fear debt could reach £28m

  Debts at Oxfordshire's major hospitals will top last year's £20m overspend within a year if managers do not keep to strict budgets. read more

• Charity cash

  More than £1,100 was raised at a St George's Day celebration held by Abingdon Round Table at the Guildhall. read more

• Clare is top of league

  An award for the Army's most improved woman footballer has gone to Sergeant Clare Scott, pictured. read more

• Uniform inspires town crier

  Abingdon town crier Tony Legge will be among more than 20 people taking part in an annual town criers festival. read more

• Friends plot Monopoly pub crawl

  Monopoly and May Morning may seem like an unlikely combination, but these would-be revellers are hoping to make it a game worth playing. read more

On this day: Oxfordshire Archive