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Waste contractor gets suspended jail sentence

6:16pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

A SKIP hire contractor who consistently flouted waste regulations has been given a 28-day suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay costs of £18,000.

Skip hire contractor ignored court orders

9:16am Tuesday 16th March 2010

An Oxfordshire skip hire contractor who consistently flouted waste regulations has been given a suspended prison sentence after being found in contempt of court.

Rig to arrive

3:49pm Monday 15th March 2010

A large floating piling rig will arrive near Wallingford Bridge on Wednesday as work starts on building the town’s new £221,500 moorings.

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Villagers face defeat over sale of hall

3:42pm Friday 12th March 2010

WATLINGTON residents campaigning to save a church hall appear to have lost their battle.

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Police seize gun in raid on Wallingford house

3:48pm Friday 12th March 2010

POLICE discovered £1,000 in cash and a “John Wayne-style handgun” in an armed raid in Wallingford.

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Repair work to start on Shillingford Bridge

2:35pm Monday 8th March 2010

STONEMASONS are to start major repairs to an ancient Oxfordshire bridge from pontoons in the River Thames.

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Waistcoat ‘may be that of former PM’

7:10pm Friday 5th March 2010

A SEAMSTRESS preparing costumes for an amateur drama production believes she has uncovered a former Prime Minister’s waistcoat.

Work starts to speed up Chiltern Line trains

12:31pm Thursday 4th March 2010

PASSENGERS using Chiltern Railways services are being warned of alterations to late-evening and weekend trains from next week as work starts to speed up the route.