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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.

Didcot man denies shotgun threats

7:09pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A MAN accused of terrorising a woman with a shotgun has denied using the weapon.

Man arrested over phone calls to girls

6:56pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A 24-year-old man has been arrested after a police investigation into phone calls made from an Oxford school to teenage girls.

Village mourns officer killed in Afghanistan

Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, centre, in Afghanistan

6:50pm Friday 3rd July 2009

VILLAGERS in Kirtlington tonight paid tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, the highest-ranking British Army officer to be killed in action in more than 25 years.

Two charged over Chipping Norton break-ins

6:54pm Friday 3rd July 2009

Two people have been charged in connection with two burglaries in Chipping Norton on Wednesday.

Cardinal Newman closer to beatification

Cardinal Newman

5:54pm Friday 3rd July 2009

THE beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, the most famous British convert to Catholicism, moved a step closer yesterday.

Man gets two years over Bowlplex stabbing

5:55pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A MAN has been jailed for two years for his involvement in an attack in Oxford which left the victim with a severed artery.

Disabled artists get taste of university life

Shadowlight artist Richard Hunt with some of his own work

5:49pm Friday 3rd July 2009

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

Abingdon churches aim to help people in times of hardship

Chaplaincy member Richard Bittleston

5:37pm Friday 3rd July 2009

ABINGDON has launched a town centre chaplaincy to help people going through times of hardship.

Tennis court park idea could prove a winner

5:13pm Friday 3rd July 2009

UP TO eight grass tennis courts should be transformed into a green space for local families and pensioners, according to a leading city councillor.


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