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• Blackbird Leys pupils put in heroic effort

  ARTISTIC youngsters have created their own superheroes – and come up with some rather unusual super-powers. read more

• Shotover egg-racing event called off

  A popular event that sees hundreds of people gathering at Shotover Park in Oxford to race decorated eggs down the hill has been cancelled. read more

• High Sheriff steps out for charity

  The county’s High Sheriff, Richard Dick, will set off on a five-day fundraising walk tomorrow in aid of the Warborough charity Footsteps Foundation. read more

• Direct Oxford-Swindon rail link planned

  COMMUTERS could catch direct trains from Oxford to Swindon for the first time in eight years if the country’s first co-operative Rail firm secures official approval. read more

• New law to prevent 'student ghettos'

  Landlords who want to convert family homes into student accommodation will need to apply for planning permission under new laws coming into effect next week. read more

• Door shortage halts Mini car plant

  OXFORD: BMW’S Mini car plant in Cowley has been forced to shut down for two days from tomorrow due to a fault at the firm’s body pressings plant in Swindon. read more

• Police investigate rape at Coven nightclub

  AN INVESTIGATION is under way after a woman claimed she was raped in the toilet of an Oxford nightclub. read more

• Giant hospital artwork inspires height of creativity

  SICK children created their own artwork inspired by a project to transform a dull 70ft-high wall into a colourful masterpiece at an Oxford hospital. read more

• Mum runs to show her appreciation of hospital

  WHEN Nicola Hilton takes her eight-year-old son Erik to Oxford Children’s Hospital, she is glad there is so much to occupy youngsters while they wait to be seen. read more

• Ashmolean among three schemes in line for architecture award

  BRITAIN’S oldest public museum has been shortlisted to win a top architectural award following its £61m redevelopment. read more

• Boat Race pair to marry

  A COUPLE who help prepare Oxford’s crew for the annual University Boat Race are to tie the knot. read more

• Legion ladies fight to keep branch alive

  A WOMEN’S branch of the Royal British Legion which has raised more than £20,000 to help injured servicemen and their families could be forced to close unless more members join. read more

• City council fined for criminal damage after illegally crushing man's car

  OXFORD City Council has been given a criminal record and condemned by a judge for illegally crushing a man’s car. read more

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