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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.

'WAY helped us cope with bereavement'

Sarah Wilkinson with a photo of her wedding in 2004

5:15pm Friday 3rd July 2009

Although we may think this is an unnatural way for a relationship to end, there are 150,000 people in the UK who are widowed under the age of 50.

Cricket stars at conference

5:03pm Friday 3rd July 2009

Cricket greats Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar and Angus Fraser will be among the legends celebrating 100 years of leather on willow at Oxford University.

Youngsters go in to bat for Africa

Lily Boyles, front, and fellow pupils at the rounders marathon

5:06pm Friday 3rd July 2009

CHILDREN at a primary school had their bats at the ready for a charity 12-hour rounders marathon.

Papal blessing as headteacher joins Ofsted

Chris Crouch has been headteacher for 21 years

5:07pm Friday 3rd July 2009

THE headteacher of one of Oxford’s Roman Catholic primary schools was presented with a papal blessing as he said farewell to staff, pupils and parents.


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