FIRFIGHTERS handed out 'mocktails' to motorists to drive home the message about the dangers of drink-driving.

They offered up the alcohol-free cocktails at a Great Oxfordshire Shake Up event yesterday at Rewley Road fire station in Oxford.

The Shake Up event was one of a series being run by Oxfordshire County Council to clear up any confusion about which services are run by which local authorities.

Discussions have been taking place on local government reorganisation, which would mean the district and county councils are dissolved to create an entirely new unitary council or councils.

Shoppers were invited to test their knowledge of council services and which councils were responsible for providing them.

Cabinet member for local government Nick Carter said: "All this talk of unitaries and local government reorganisation will baffle many people.

"The county council believes that a brand new council for the whole of Oxfordshire would be more simple for residents, deliver better services and would cost less run.

"The Great Oxfordshire Shake Up is a light-hearted way of highlighting a very important point - council services touch the lives of everyone in the county, and changing the way they are run would make a huge difference to residents."

Shake Up events, from 9.30am to 12 noon, visit the Orchard Centre, Didcot, on Tuesday, June 28, Market Place, Wantage, on Wednesday, June 29, Market Place, Banbury, on Thursday, June 30, Sheep Street, Bicester, on Saturday, July 2, Upper High Street, Thame, Tuesday, July 5, Market Square, Chipping Norton, Wednesday, July 6, and Gloucester Green, Oxford, on Thursday, July 7.