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  • Car found in ditch near Swinford Toll Bridge

    A SILVER Lexus car that belongs to a householder in Farmers Close was found in a ditch near Swinford Toll Bridge. Thames Valley Police said the vehicle was taken between 7pm yesterday and 8am today. On Sunday morning the force received a report

  • Police helicopter searches for missing teen

    A POLICE helicopter was sent to Chinnor on Friday night to help in the search for a missing teenager who later returned. Thames Valley Police spokeswoman Lucy Billen said: “We were called out to reports of a missing person just after 6pm. “

  • Burglars steal jewellery

    Jewellery and cash were taken from a home in Peachcroft Road after burglars broke in through a back entrance. Police said they forced open the patio door and stole the items between 3.15pm and 9.45pm on Saturday. Anyone with information should

  • A4074 barrier damaged by car

    A ROADSIDE barrier near Heyford Hill on Oxford's eastern by-pass was damaged in a collision. Thames Valley Police said a black Citroën Xsara was involved in the crash today at about 11am on the section of the A4074 over the railway. Force spokeswoman

  • Appeal over phone theft

    A man called a 45-year-old man to a car and stole his mobile phone from his pocket in Banbury. Police said a man was walking in Cromwell Road between 7pm and 7.30pm on Friday when he was called over to a black Volkswagen. A man in the passenger

  • Teens bailed over attack on man, 50

    TWO teenagers from Witney have been bailed after being arrested on Friday night on suspicion of GBH of a 50-year-old man. The 17-year-olds were arrested shortly after 11.20pm over an incident on the junction of Taphouse Avenue and Failey Road.

  • Banknote Asbo man charged over breaches

    A man given anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) for dropping banknotes and coins has been charged with breaching his order. Stuart McGhie, 45, was arrested on November 2 over alleged breaches by dropping banknotes from June 1 to August 31 in Abingdon

  • Teenagers mugged by two men in Bicester

    Two 16-year-old boys were mugged by two men in Bicester, police said. Thames Valley Police said three 16-year-olds were were walking in Bucknell Road when they were approached by two men at about 8pm on Wednesday, December 10. The men assaulted

  • Arrest over Bicester stab incident

    A 21-year-old woman has been arrested after a 27-year-old man was stabbed in the leg in an alleyway in Bicester on Friday night. She was arrested on Saturday on conspiring to cause greivous bodily harm with intent following the 11.50pm incident

  • Man knocked out in Didcot pub assault

    A 50-year-old man was knocked unconscious on the dancefloor in a pub assault, police said. Thames Valley Police said the incident took place in the Wallingford Arms, Broadway, at 2.30am on Saturday, December 14, said the force, which released details

  • Firefighters battle loft blaze in Witney

    FIREFIGHTERS were able to stop a roof fire spreading and destroying the rest of the house last night. The fire broke out in the loft of the home in Blenheim Drive, Witney, at about 8.15pm. A spokeswoman for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service