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Greater Leys family escapes blaze in house
7:32pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
A MOTHER has told how her life flashed before her eyes as she escaped with her family from a house fire.
MUMPS: No more reported cases
7:35pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
There were no known further outbreaks of mumps among Oxford’s student population today.
Vandalism at Banbury cemetery
7:37pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
Floral displays which were laid to mark Mothering Sunday were wrecked at Southam Road Cemetery.
Didcot and Abingdon to lose full-time firefighters
7:34pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
COUNTY bosses tonight approved controversial changes that will remove four full-time firefighters from Didcot and Abingdon.
Student found hanged after drinking
6:23pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
THE family of an Oxford University student found hanged in his room described him as a “true intellectual” after an inquest into his death today.
Oxford not on Pope's itinerary yet
6:19pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
THE Pope will visit the UK in September, it has been confirmed — but it is still unclear whether he will come to Oxford.
Waste contractor gets suspended jail sentence
6:16pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
A SKIP hire contractor who consistently flouted waste regulations has been given a 28-day suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay costs of £18,000.
Radley teen cancer battler to front Tesco national campaign
6:06pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
A TEENAGER who battled cancer is to be the fa-ce of a national camp-aign to raise money to fight the disease.
UPDATE: Police vow to catch rapist
5:14pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
Police have vowed to catch a man who raped a 19-year-old foreign student in East Oxford today.
Nine Oxfordshire school honoured for their Oftsed excellence rating
5:07pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
NINE county schools have been praised after receiving an ‘outstanding’ rating from school inspector Ofsted.
Brookes campus planning briefing was 'unfair' say opposing residents
4:55pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
A BRIEFING given by Oxford Brookes University staff to city councillors over the planned redevelopment of its Gipsy Lane campus was “unfair”, residents claimed today.
Ales well as Abingdon to brew beer again
4:48pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
BEER is to be brewed commercially in Abingdon for the first time in a decade.
Browns Restaurant reunion rolls back the years to the 1980s
3:28pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
REVELLERS shared memories and partied like it was the 1980s at a reunion for staff from an Oxford brasserie.
Witney traders seek compensation over gas works road closure
3:20pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
TRADERS plan to seek compensation – claiming roadworks have cost them custom and hit their profits.
Track work means train alterations
2:15pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
TRAIN services on Sunday will be affected by engineering work on two of the county’s main Rail routes.
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