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Oxford news

• Students 'pressured' to sign up for homes months in advance

  STUDENTS in Oxford are signing expensive leases almost a year early to secure their homes because of pressure from landlords and letting agents, it was claimed last night. read more

• Anxious wait over for TV contestants

  THE waiting was finally over for five Oxfordshire contestants who appeared on reality TV show Come Dine With Me. read more

• Ex-military staff ‘are just the job’

  EMPLOYERS recruiting new staff in Oxfordshire are being urged to consider those leaving the armed forces. read more

• Build a team with rhythm

  A group of teenage entrepreneurs are hoping their fledgling business hits a high note. read more

• New twist in £1m property dispute

  THE BATTLE for ownership of a £1m Oxford house took a further twist yesterday as the judge questioned the appearance of an email address on an electricity bill purporting to be from 1983. read more

• Haunting exhibition

  THE work of contemporary Oxford artist William Cotterill is now on show at Art Jericho. read more

• School increase approval likely

  Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet is likely to approve the expansion of Orchard Meadow Primary School in Blackbird Leys as a result of rising demand for school places in the city. read more

• Tram possibility

  Oxfordshire County Council has indicated it will carry out a feasibility study of a rapid transit light railway linking Cowley, Littlemore and the John Radcliffe Hospital to Redbridge or Oxford station “in the longer term”. read more

• No tax charge

  Cherwell District Council hopes not to increase its portion of the council tax bill for the third year running. read more

• Driver hurt

  A driver had to be cut out of her car after crashing off the M40 between Wendlebury and Wheatley at about noon yesterday. The driver was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital with minor injuries. read more

• Police swoop in cannabis raid

  Police have seized more than 25 cannabis plants and a quantity of Class A drugs after raiding a cannabis factory in Banbury. read more

• Car in ditch

  Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution after they crashed into a ditch near West Oxfordshire Sailing Club. read more

• Academic won't oppose honour to Maggie

  AN ACADEMIC who led the fight against Oxford giving Baroness Margaret Thatcher an honorary degree in the 1980s last night said he wouldn’t be opposing Wafic Said’s plan to name a new building in honour of the former premier. read more

• Call to move train station to Oxpens

  OXFORD Civic Society says Oxford station should be moved to Oxpens as the heart of a new city transport hub. read more

• Flamboyant flamenco will spice up festival

  AN OXFORD audience is to experience the passion of flamenco dancing in an intimate performance at the Pegasus Theatre. read more

• Be prepared to retune your TV

  Homes in South Oxfordshire could experience TV signal problems as part of the digital switchover. read more

• Open verdict

  Oxfordshire Coroner Nicholas Gardiner was unable to determine what killed a woman found dead in her Upper High Street home. read more

• Mini recall going 'smoothly'

  THE recall of Mini Cooper S and John Cooper Works Minis built in Cowley between 2006 and 2011 is going “smoothly” according to parent company BMW. read more

• Bullfighting author’s talk called off

  A TALK tonight by Oxford bullfighter Alexander Fiske-Harrison has been cancelled. read more

• Beauty queen finalist tells of bullying nightmare

  FOR years other children taunted Danni Anns about her weight, calling her names in the playground and sending her insulting text messages. read more

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