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  • 'Troubled' girl falls to death

    A 16-year-old girl who fell to her death from a tower block in Oxford has been described as a 'funny but troubled' girl by one of her friends. Natasha Saxton, a former pupil of Peers School, in Littlemore, fell from the top floor of Hockmore Tower,

  • Grieving father plans ride

    Bob Paterson often talks to his son Dale when he is out cycling. He finds it is one of the only times he feels close to him, because he is no longer around. Such precious father-son moments were snatched away from the Oxford firefighter when 13-year-old

  • Christmas Day death brings toll to 68

    An accident early on Christmas Day has brought the number of deaths on Oxfordshire's roads this year to 68. A 19-year-old man was killed after the blue Ford Fiesta he was driving came off the road and crashed into a field off the A4130, near North Moreton

  • United frustrated in front of record crowd

    Oxford United were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Woking on Boxing Day in front of a Conference record crowd of 11,065. The league leaders had most of the play, but couldn't find a way past outstanding goalkeeper Shwan Jalal, who saved brilliantly from

  • Teenager dies in Christmas Day crash

    A TEENAGER died last night in a crash on the A4130 at Hadden Hill, near Didcot. Police said at about 10.15pm a blue Ford Fiesta travelling from Wallingford towards Didcot left the carriageway and crashed into a field. The driver, a man believed to

  • FOOTBALL: Derby clash ends in stalemate

    OXFORD City's Justin Merritt was the happier of the two managers as his side stretched their unbeaten run to three games at Didcot Town's npower Loop Meadow Stadium yesterday. o The goalless encounter, Didcot's third draw in four games, was a blow to

  • Help to beat debts

    AN AWARD-WINNING charity is offering free help to Oxford people burdened with debts this Christmas. Christians Against Poverty has 50 centres across the UK, offering free counselling to people in debt. Since it was set up in 1996, Cap has helped 14,000

  • Festive cards help woods

    PEOPLE in Oxfordshire are being encouraged to take a walk in the woods this Christmas and see what they have helped protect. Every year the Woodland Trust runs its Christmas card recycling campaign, which it says continues to be a great success and

  • Fancy working with whales?

    OXFORD charity Earthwatch is offering people the chance to take part in ten new conservation expeditions including working with turtles in Mexico, crocodiles in Zambia, and whales and dolphins in Scotland. Projects last from two days to three weeks

  • Farmers' market is on move

    WITNEY farmers' market is to move to the Market Square in a bid to revive its fortunes. The market, which is held on the third Thursday of the month at Church Green, has been losing business and stallholders hope the move will see business pick up.

  • Garden talks

    A SERIES of five winter lectures by leading gardeners and garden designers has been organised by the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. They will be held in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium of the Said Business School, in Frideswide Square. The first