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  • Lincoln boss not happy despite 4-0 win + League One round-up

    Danny Cowley insists League One leaders Lincoln could do better, despite their 4-0 hammering of Southend United writes JIM TATUM. After maintaining their 100 per cent start to the season, the Imps boss was critical of his team. He said: “We

  • Fundraising pages for tragic PC Andrew Harper see huge spike

    A FUNDRAISING page in memory of fallen Thames Valley Police officer PC Andrew Harper has raised more than £50,000 in less than 24 hours. The official page – launched by Thames Valley Police Federation – will provide all proceeds to the family of

  • A BOX OF SNAKES dumped outside vets

    A box of snakes has been dumped outside a vet's surgery. The incident happened in Somerset, but the RSPCA has launched a nationwide appeal for information. The nine corn snakes were found in a plastic box in Frome on Saturday morning. The reptiles

  • RESTAURANT REVIEW: Fab food and fun at The Chequers in Burcot

    The delights of The Chequers at Burcot are such – good thing succeeded by good thing – that you start to wonder if they aren’t being celebrated as they arrive, acceptably sotto voce, in the songs supplied by the sound system. [Feels Like] Heaven

  • Motorway returns to normal after 'multi-vehicle' crash

    A multi-vehicle crash closed a section of the M40 yesterday.  Emergency services attended the incident between junctions 4 and 5 southbound.  Police asked drivers to remain in their vehicles and off the hard shoulder if they were stuck in the

  • Travellers spotted at recreation ground

    Travellers have been seen using a premises without permission in Burford. Police said they were aware of an incursion on Burford Recreation Ground located off the A40 and would conduct ‘reassurance patrols’ in and around the area. PCSO Moulding

  • Traffic returned to normal on A34 after crash

    THE A34 Northbound is now fully open following a crash on the road near Bicester. ALSO READ: 40,000 homes without power after Didcot Power Station Demolition  The accident happened just prior to the M40 junction 9 at Weston-on-the-Green.

  • Michael Bolton cancels tonight's Rewind Festival gig

    Singer Michael Bolton has pulled out of his Rewind Festival performance this evening.  Event organisers says Bolton is too ill to perform.  A statement reads: "We are extremely disappointed to announce that Michael Bolton is no longer able

  • Taxi firm says sorry after cab crashes into park

    A taxi has crashed into a park in Didcot this morning.  Photos posted on social media show the vehicle on the grass at a park on Foxhall Road, Great Western Park.  Within 2 hours the power station cooling towers are demolished l, someone

  • WATCH: Didcot Power Station towers demolished

    THE Didcot cooling towers fell this morning and thousands gathered to watch them explode. Drone footage by Drone Motion shows the towers quickly tumble to the ground. Power went out across Didcot and surrounding areas seconds after the

  • Jihadi Jack 'stripped of UK passport '

    JIHADI Jack, Jack Letts, has been 'stripped of his UK passport sparking a diplomatic row with Canada.' Letts, from Oxfordshire, held dual UK and Canadian citizenship, according to The Mail on Sunday. But the Home Office has reportedly removed

  • Young athletes get £500

    YOUNG athletes were 'jumping for joy' after getting a £500 donation which will help them compete at a national contest. Radley Athletics Club has received the cash from housing developer Persimmon and will put it towards the competition fund for

  • White Horse Hill dug up to install pipes for cows

    PIPES to take water to the top of White Horse Hill in south Oxfordshire have been installed. The network has been installed by site owners the National Trust to help keep cows that graze the hillside hydrated year-round. Solar-powered pumps will