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Jarl Severn: Brit with Danish roots who is bringing home the bacon
When people see the name Jarl Severn, they may automatically assume that he is a foreigner who has parachuted in as managing director at successful Oxfordshire medical instrument manufacturer Owen Mumford. But that could not be further from the
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Man died of natural causes, rules coroner
A 35-YEAR-OLD Witney man was found dead by his wife in the cloakroom of their home, an inquest heard yesterday. Ian Jeffs, of Park View Road, died suddenly on October 11 last year from pulmonary thromboemboli as a result of deep vein thrombosis
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Man, 21, is charged over night assaults
A 21-YEAR-OLD man has been charged after three men were assaulted and a boy of 15 robbed in Witney on Saturday night. Thomas Alcock, of Pooles Lane, Charlbury, faces three charges of assault, one of robbery and one of possession of drugs. Police
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Dad delivers baby at home on same day as royal birth
WHEN Tracey Ormond went into labour she thought there would be plenty of time to get to the hospital. But within two hours of her contractions starting, little baby Joseph Leslie Clive Ormond was delivered by his shocked dad Les Ormond, 29, early
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Drivers warned as grass fire takes hold
A FIRE being linked to the dry weather has swept across farmland in South Oxfordshire. The grass fire covered an area of 2sq km near Long Wittenham, prompting a response from eight fire engines and a police helicopter, which were called out at
