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County left underwhelmed by Osborne's Budget

9:00am Thursday 22nd March 2012

IT was meant to the Budget that “rewarded work”.

Representing OUFC, in the toughest ride of our lives

12:22pm Saturday 11th February 2012

My name is Liam Powell and I am 16 years old. In June of this year, I will be participating in the Football League Arch to Ark Challenge along with my brother, Gareth Powell, who turned 20 at the start of February. The Arch to Ark Challenge is a 3-day, 244 mile bike ride from the iconic Wembley Stadium in London to the awe-inspiring Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and is all in charity for Help the Hospices. My brother and I will be representing Oxford United FC in the challenge, and in order to be accepted for the challenge, we each need to raise £1300 by May.

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movember Reme grow moustaches

9:08pm Monday 28th November 2011

A group of soldiers from reme (royal electric mechanical engineers) , Dalton barracks, Abingdon are spending november growing moustaches for charity for testicular cancer. It is called movember and are in need of sponsers.

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Brides & Grooms to be Save the Date!

9:46am Monday 19th September 2011

This October, Ice the Cake are doing it again! After the enormous success of their Charity Wedding Fayre at the Thame Barns Centre in June they are now running another fabulous event this time at The Spread Eagle Hotel, Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 2BW. The date for your diary is 9/10/11 and the doors will open at 10.30am and close at 3pm. What makes this event different? They have a wonderful variety of carefully selected, local, wedding suppliers exhibiting and their aim is to only have one in each category to provide lots more choice. With approximately 30 exhibitors and many interactive elements to the event including 'live' demonstrations Ice the Cake hope to create an inspirational day for the entire Wedding Party.

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Brize Norton Repatriation

9:44am Monday 19th September 2011

I needed to put in writing an eye witness statement of the first repatriation through Brize Norton.

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Riverside Skirmish

10:52am Tuesday 26th July 2011

The Swan Hotel yet again came under attack as members of the River Rogues failed attemp to rape and pillage the good folk of Radcot, all this in aid of Cancer Research.This years event was well attended with the living history encampment the venue of the main skirmish with cannon fire and sword fighting pirates.

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volunteers- Girlguiding Oxfordshire

12:24pm Thursday 7th July 2011

When brain storming centenary events it was suggested that we could have a flotilla of boats on the Thames. On Saturday 11 June 2011 this was partly realised when a flotilla of one sailed down the river. On board were 15% of Girlguiding Oxfordshire’s adult volunteer leaders.

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Rasing money for The Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance trust

12:24pm Thursday 7th July 2011

This year Team Greenhorn have once again decided to enter Weston Beach Enduro.We are a group of eight amature riders the team riders are Justin Willis who is our team manager, Martin Miles, Nathan Wells, Curtis Wright, Shane Beer, Tom Moore, Dean Hodgkins and Craig Hodgkins(aka Team Greenhorn) who race motocross and Quad bikes most weekends. But on the weekend of the 8th October 2011 we will be heading down to Weston Super Mare to compete in the infamous Weston Beach Endouro. This year though we have decided to Ride for Charity, and as Motocross riders what better charity than The Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance a service which solely relies on donations to be able to fly to emergency call outs in minutes . The fast response of the Air Ambulance saves thousands of lives being able to respond within that crucial Golden Hour, be it car, bike or horse accident the Air Ambulance is certainly a service we shouldn't take for granted. So please find it you heart to dig deep and donate to help keep The Air Ambulance in the air.

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Tall Ships Youth Trust Chiltern Round the Isle of Wight Challenger Yacht Race 10-12 June 2011

11:46am Wednesday 18th May 2011

This event has been arranged as a means of fundraising for the provision of bursaries to help young people between the ages of 12 and 25 in the Chiltern area to afford voyages on the vessels owned by the Tall Ships Youth Trust.

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Starving Injured Cat Found Budgens Car Park Faringdon

10:44pm Tuesday 1st February 2011

Monday 24 January I came across a starving injured black cat while out running. After wondering what to do I eventually decided to take the cat home and place in my garden shed. I feed the cat and put a comfy bed for it to sleep. I contacted the local vets and placed an advert on the Faringdon website incase anyone had been missing this cat, obviously due to the state of it, it had been living rough for a while.