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Bus blaze closes A34

Bus blaze closes A34

2:06pm Sunday 5th July 2009

Drivers endured long delays after a double decker bus caught fire and closed the A34 for three hours.

Dead soldiers to be repatriated

12:14pm Sunday 5th July 2009

The bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan will be returned to the John Radcliffe Hospital tomorrow.

Dog bite victim recovers at home

12:01pm Sunday 5th July 2009

A man who was bitten by a dog has returned home after undergoing surgery to his hand and thumb.

Pair jailed for crematorium attack

12:04pm Sunday 5th July 2009

Two teenagers have been jailed after inflicting “life-changing” injuries on a man during an attack outside Oxford crematorium.

Police probe arson

11:50am Sunday 5th July 2009

Police are investigating a suspected arson in a derelict building in Curbridge Road, Witney.

Update: Family pay tribute to baby son

11:46am Sunday 5th July 2009

Parents have paid tribute to their baby son who died after suffering a severe head injury.

In the dock at magistrates' court

10:00am Sunday 5th July 2009

John Frazer, 35, of Main Road, Little Chesterton, Bicester admitted drink-driving in South Wold Lane, Bicester, on May 24. Found to have 86 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Banned from driving for 18 months, fined £200, ordered to pay £60 costs and a £15 victims’ surcharge.

Teams preparing to climb for cash

Appleton Primary School team, front, from left, Milly Lay, Amanda Ford and Malcolm Bradbrook; back, from left, Richard Tyack, Peter Wardell-Yerburgh, David Roach, Niki Yerburgh and Sarah-Jane Williams

5:00pm Saturday 4th July 2009

A GROUP of mountaineers took on a challenge of a different sort when they gave a presentation to a village primary school.

Disabled artists get taste of university life

Shadowlight artist Richard Hunt with some of his own work

1:40pm Saturday 4th July 2009

TALENTED artists with learning disabilities have been given a taste of university education in a new project.

Update: New swine flu cases confirmed

10:19am Saturday 4th July 2009

The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Oxfordshire has risen to 36, the county's primary care trust has said.

Mini plant resumes Sunday working

8:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

THE BMW Cowley Mini plant will be open tomorrow for its first Sunday shift since 850 agency workers were made redundant in February.

Abingdon cycle death girl 'dearly missed'

Ty-Ree Partridge

7:40am Saturday 4th July 2009

THE family of an Abingdon schoolgirl killed in a collision with a van last night said she would be “dearly missed”.

Man cuts off his own penis

7:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

A MAN is recovering in hospital after cutting off his own penis.

Drivers escape injury in A34 crash

7:13pm Friday 3rd July 2009

Delays were reported on the A34 between Chilton and Milton following a two-car crash shortly after 5pm today.

Banbury teenager's road death accidental

7:06pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A BANBURY sixth-former died from a head injury after the car he was driving careered off the road, ended upside down in a ditch and hit a tree, an inquest heard.


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