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  • Woman treated after Burford Road smash

    PARAMEDICS treated a woman for minor injuries after her car went into a tree along Burford Road in Asthall today. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which happened at about 8.44am, and the woman did not require hospital treatment.

  • Candle and lamp thought to have started house fire

    A LIVING room was damaged in a fire thought to have been started by a candle and a lamp in Kingston Blount, near Chinnor. Firefighters were called at about 4.30am today and used breathing apparatus and thermal imagining equipment to tackle the blaze.

  • Five hurt in three-vehicle collision

    FIREFIGHTERS cut a woman free from a car following a three-vehicle crash on the B4100 at Souldern, between Bicester and Banbury. The woman was taken to the Horton Hospital in Banbury with suspected back injuries. Four other people suffered minor injuries

  • Mum wants help to repay special care baby unit

    A MUM is calling for help to stage a gala night next August for the Oxford hospital unit which cared for her seriously ill newborn daughter. Lara Collen, of Chinnor, is seeking donations, raffle prizes and sponsorship to put on the bash at the Oxford

  • Play area the perfect present for children

    YOUNGSTERS in Barton have been given a whole heap more fun. The estate’s new £150,000 play area was opened yesterday to the delight of children. As well as the playground, the area has had £300,000 spent on refurbishing the youth centre

  • Jessica creates cracking Christmas card

    YOUNG artist Jessica Ford gave out some award-winning Christmas cards this year. Langford Village School pupil Jessica, eight, right, was the proud winner of a design a Christmas card competition held by supermarket Tesco. As part of

  • Peter Pan comes to the West End - of Oxford

    PETER Pan is coming to the West End – of Oxford. West Oxford residents have spent two months rehearsing for their first community pantomime. The 30 actors and actresses, ranging in age from four to 40, will perform to the public in late January. Resident

  • Police officers honoured for saving woman's life

    OXFORD police officers who saved the life of a suicidal woman have been singled out for their actions. Pc Shaun Heyns, Pc Emma Fitzsimmonds and Acting Sergeant Mark Rowe were called to a house in Oxford on March 24 after a young woman had texted her