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Bid made to preserve county's ponds

Oxford East MP Andrew Smith and charity director Jeremy Biggs at the nature reserve at Pinkhill Meadow, Farmoor

3:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

CARNIVOROUS plants in Oxfordshire’s ponds are one species set to snap up a huge funding boost.

Red Nose Day cash grants distributed to charities

winners of the Great Headington Bake-Off for Red Nose Day in March were sisters Lottie, 12, and Katie Harris, 14;

12:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

CHARITY groups have been given a lifeline with a pot of more than £36,000 distributed across Oxfordshire.

Mum salutes people who gave blood in memory of son

Chris Gorman, left, and Peter Harvey, who organised the blood donor session in memory of their friend. Picture: OX59010 Ric Mellis

5:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

EVERY single person who donated blood in memory of college student Liam Treacy should feel “proud”.

Hearts are warmed by winter aid

Richard Preston and members Pauline Rattray and Brenda White at the Valentine Club

1:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

THE warmth of human kindness was spread across Oxfordshire during the harsh winter with “better-off” pensioners donating £25,000 of their government fuel allowances to those struggling to heat their homes.

Councils cut use of agency staff in half

7:10am Friday 17th May 2013

SPENDING on agency staff at town halls across the county has been almost cut in half over the past five years.

Artists throw doors open for Artweeks

12:00am Friday 17th May 2013

TENS of thousands of people are knocking on the doors of studios, barns, galleries, schools and even people’s homes in the name of art.

Call to relax county bus lane regulations

John Lant, of Patient Voice, left, with Alan Lygo, centre, and Andy Willoughby of the ambulance service

12:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

JOURNEYS for patients being taken for hospital appointments could be cut if bus lane rules were relaxed to allow non-emergency ambulances.

Jobless figures fall

9:30am Thursday 16th May 2013

The number of jobless signing on in Oxfordshire has fallen to its lowest level this year.

SCALES OF JUSTICE

8:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

PEOPLE CONVICTED OF OFFENCES AT MAGISTRATES’ COURTS AROUND THE COUNTY RECENTLY

Quirky catalogue of historic pubs includes Oxfordshire tie collections and a weeping ghost

Landlord of The Bear Inn in Oxford James Vernede and the collection of 5,000 ties that has been amassed since 1954 Pictures: OX587869 Jon Lewis

12:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

AN Oxford pub housing a collection of 5,000 ties and an inn with a weeping ghost are featured in a new handbook on the nation’s most historic watering holes.

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL SHAKE-UP: New roles for some as authority’s executive is expanded

From left, Arash Fatemian, Lorraine Lindsay-Gale, David Nimmo-Smith, Judith Heathcoat, Hilary Biles, Ian Hudspeth, Melinda Tilley, Rodney Rose, Nick Carter and Louise Chapman Picture: OX59152 Andrew Walmsley

7:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

OXFORDSHIRE County Council’s top table is now bigger after Ian Hudspeth unveiled his new cabinet.

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL SHAKE-UP: Opposition scores victory in early clash over key scrutiny committee

Lynda Atkins and Mark Gray arrive for the first meeting of the new county council Picture: OX59150 Antony Moore

7:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

A DIMINISHED Conservative group at County Hall suffered its first blow yesterday as opposition councillors took control of a key scrutiny committee.

New county cabinet unveiled

11:09am Tuesday 14th May 2013

NEWLY re-elected county council leader Ian Hudspeth has unveiled his new cabinet.

SCALES OF JUSTICE

8:00pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

People convicted of offences at magistrates' courts around the county recently

Hand in your scam letters

10:30am Tuesday 14th May 2013

OFFICIALS are investigating more than 100 con letters handed in as part of ‘scam awareness’ month.

£12k salary of police boss aid

10:30am Tuesday 14th May 2013

The office of Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld has clarified the salary of his support officer.

Solar panels will help to save lives

An ambulance service rapid response vehicle fitted with the solar panels – the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is the first in the country to trial the system

10:00am Tuesday 14th May 2013

PARAMEDICS can now spend more time saving lives after solar panels were fitted to their vehicles. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has installed the panels on 36 of its rapid response vehicles.

Scales of Justice

8:50pm Monday 13th May 2013

PEOPLE CONVICTED OF OFFENCES AT MAGISTRATES’ COURTS AROUND THE

Scales of Justice

8:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

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Walkers in the pink at palace

BLAST: Celebrity dancer Brendan Cole gets the walkers under way

6:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

HUNDREDS of people affected by breast cancer wore pink and walked through Blenheim Palace to raise money and awareness for the disease.

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