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Rape accused remanded in custody

7:15pm Friday 19th March 2010

A MAN accused of raping a student as she walked home in East Oxford was remanded in custody today.

Posthumous Afghan awards made

Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe

7:02pm Friday 19th March 2010

A soldier killed in Afghanistan in July was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service.

Repatriation tribute information

Veterans pay their respects

6:40pm Friday 19th March 2010

This is the latest information for the next repatriation tribute outside the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Teenager is stabbed in abdomen

6:22pm Friday 19th March 2010

A 19-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen in an incident involving two other men in Agnes Court, off Oxford Road, Cowley, at about 7.30pm on Thursday.

Afghanistan hero pilot pays tribute to crew

Soldiers shelter from dust thrown up as an RAF Chinook helicopter comes in to land in Afghanistan

6:29pm Friday 19th March 2010

AN RAF pilot has insisted he was not scared during a daring mission behind enemy lines in Afghanistan which has earned him a Mention in Despatches.

Cancer survivor fronts fundraising campaign

Sophia is pictured, front, with Ms Leigh and, back from left Tesco staff Stephen Fortune, Vera Boylan and Ang Godfray

6:24pm Friday 19th March 2010

A TEENAGE cancer survivor was joined by her former nurse, family and friends to launch a campaign to raise millions of pounds.

Police raid on travellers' site nets 76 weapons

Traveller James Down with one of the knives he was allowed to keep

6:25pm Friday 19th March 2010

POLICE seized a haul of 76 weapons during an early morning raid at a travellers’ site today.

Shopping centre expansion forges ahead

6:22pm Friday 19th March 2010

THE first phase of building work on the expansion of a Witney shopping centre has been finished.

Thief steals church cash

6:15pm Friday 19th March 2010

A BUSINESSWOMAN is calling for CCTV to be installed in a Bicester shopping precinct after a thief stole almost £400 from under her nose.

Campaign for English parliament rolls in

Father Richard Martin

6:02pm Friday 19th March 2010

CAMPAIGNERS for a separate parliament for England rolled into Oxford city centre yesterday as part of a whistle stop tour of the country.

Early release of pensioner attacker sparks anger

Kazimierz Michalski

6:06pm Friday 19th March 2010

A THIEF who stole £300 from a 101-year-old war veteran will serve less time behind bars despite failing in an appeal to have his sentence cut.

Mums' lifeline in the balance

Sarah Finch with Kerri Peck and her son Malakai

6:12pm Friday 19th March 2010

MUMS face losing two support workers from an Oxford charity providing accommodation to vulnerable mothers.

Architecture students help devise shelter for Haiti quake victims

Students help assemble the building

4:55pm Friday 19th March 2010

ARCHITECTURE students at Oxford Brookes University have helped to develop a prototype shelter for victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Family raises cash for special chair for Lily

Jo Seymour and Mathew Ilott with their daughter Lily, three

5:00pm Friday 19th March 2010

A FAMILY is launching an appeal to raise £1,700 to pay for a special chair for their disabled daughter.

Chiltern Railways' parent makes bid for rival

3:34pm Friday 19th March 2010

German state railway firm Deutsche Bahn, the parent company of Chiltern Railways that serves Bicester and Banbury, has made a bid of about £1.2bn for rival bus and trains firm Arriva.





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