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Skip hire contractor ignored court orders
9:16am Tuesday 16th March 2010
An Oxfordshire skip hire contractor who consistently flouted waste regulations has been given a suspended prison sentence after being found in contempt of court.
Two rush-hour accidents cause A4130 snarl ups
9:03am Tuesday 16th March 2010
There were two separate crashes on the same stretch of road near Didcot this morning.
Police to probe Varsity airline
7:00am Tuesday 16th March 2010
POLICE are investigating allegations of “fraudulent activity” at the airline Varsity Express after its Oxford to Edinburgh flights were suspended.
Round world cyclist back home after 37k trek
6:50am Tuesday 16th March 2010
AFTER cycling through suffocating heat and dust storms on a three-year around-the-world adventure, John Harwood has finally returned to his West Oxfordshire home.
POPPY THEFT CASE: No chance for tougher sentences for two Oxford thieves
6:20am Tuesday 16th March 2010
THE Royal British Legion has failed in its bid to have the sentences of two Poppy Appeal tin thieves increased.
Tango takes over at art gallery
7:22pm Monday 15th March 2010
ART and dance merged at Modern Art Oxford as performance artist and trained ballet dancer Anthony Howell performed his version of the tango.
Woman mugged near Littlemore underpass
7:15pm Monday 15th March 2010
A 20-year-old woman was mugged near an underpass in Littlemore.
Firefighters called after light sets fire to bed
7:17pm Monday 15th March 2010
TEN firefighters were called to a blaze at a house in Brook View, Greater Leys, at 10.25am today, after a light set a bed on fire.
Life conference offers workshops on mothering
7:14pm Monday 15th March 2010
A CONFERENCE with a series of workshops and talks on mothering is being held at St Gregory the Great School, in Cricket Road, on Saturday, run by the Oxford branch of anti-abortion campaigners Life.
Woman gets suspended sentence for £9.5k fraud
7:07pm Monday 15th March 2010
A WOMAN who defrauded a council out of thousands of pounds has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Work on Old Gaol to start
7:09pm Monday 15th March 2010
WORK to demolish part of the Old Gaol will begin this week.
Oxford celebrity sex pest freed by judge
6:07pm Monday 15th March 2010
A FORMER postman who sent sexually explicit messages to celebrities could face up to five years in prison if he breaks a new restraining order.
BT users still cut off after thieves botched cable theft in Botley Road
6:09pm Monday 15th March 2010
Up to 30 homes were last night still without Internet and phone lines, a week after connections were cut by thieves trying to steal underground British Telecom cables.
Kukui doorman quizzed after reveller injured
6:10pm Monday 15th March 2010
A CITY centre nightclub doorman was being questioned last night over an incident which left a man in hospital with a fractured skull.
A40 death crash victim named
5:58pm Monday 15th March 2010
A 23-year-old man killed when the car he was travelling in crashed on the A40, has been named.
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