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  • Firefighters tackle 'huge' fire near Headington

    FIRE CREWS were at the scene of what eye-witnesses have called a 'huge' fire some miles east of Headington tonight. The blaze, which was first tackled by firefighters at about 6pm, was at a barn in the village of Forest Hill. READ THE LATEST

  • Wood blaze behind train delays

    FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze in West Oxfordshire that caused train delays due to smoke spreading across nearby railway lines. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was called on Friday afternoon to reports of large stacks of wood on fire near

  • League One round-up: Wycombe go top

    Wycombe Wanderers are top of League One after an impressive 3-1 win at home to Lincoln, writes JIM TATUM. Two goals from left-back Joe Jacobson, including a 20-yard free-kick helped Wanderers on their way. John Akinde pulled a goal back for

  • Charity’s home for former drug addicts

    A FORMER drug addict has set up a charity with the aim of renting out a property in Oxford for former drug users on the road to recovery. Eddie Cobb, 28, from Littlemore, said she needed drug rehabilitation treatment after becoming an addict six

  • Killers still at large for four Oxford murders

    POLICE have revealed some of the Oxford murder cases which still remain unsolved years after the crimes were committed. A Freedom of Information request to Thames Valley Police has shown there are four city murders over the past 20 years for which

  • Pensioner needs help to find home for Burmese butterflies

    PENSIONER Stewart Barnes has been holding on to his cases of butterflies from Burma for decades. But the 83-year-old, who was given the mementos of his father’s involvement in the Second World War, think it’s now time to let them go. The former