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Broken down van causes 10 mile queues on A34
A BROKEN-DOWN van caused 10-mile queues on the A34 this afternoon. The white Ford Transit van broke down on the northbound carriageway just north of the Botley interchange, west of Oxford, at about 1.40pm, closing off one lane. Tailbacks quickly
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Uncomfortable decisions to protect frontline policing
Superintendent for West Oxfordshire and Cherwell Colin Paine talks about the reasons behind changes to county police stations. I was recently advised that we would need to replace Chipping Norton and Woodstock police stations with more efficient
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Mystery as reader returns library book 55 years late
MYSTERY surrounds the identity of a woman who plucked up the courage to return a very late library book – 55 years after it was due back. The pensioner, whose identity is not known, delivered the copy of Regency Furniture 1795-1820 to Witney Library
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Police want to speak to two men on car vandalism
POLICE have released a picture of two men they want to speak to after a wing mirror was smashed off a car. The silver Mini was damaged in Queen’s Road, Carterton at 1.40am on Tuesday, July 9. Pc Richard Barnes, of Carterton police, said “The
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Director's family pays tribute to 'loving mother'
A FAMILY has paid tribute to a “generous and loving” mother who died suddenly in her Thame flat. Mum-of-two Kathy Ceaton passed away aged 66 on Sunday. Ms Ceaton was a BBC TV producer and the mother of film director and producer Matthew Vaughn
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Hannah aims to be the new queen of Lego
HAVE you ever dreamed of spending your day creating Lego models for the whole world to see? Well one excited 11-year-old may now get the chance. Hannah Kirkham has been picked from hundreds of children to be interviewed by the world-famous
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City votes to continue footing council tax bill for neediest homes
LOW income families in Oxford will continue to get their council tax bill paid for them in full after bosses refused to introduce new cuts. Oxford City Council will not follow West Oxfordshire District Council’s move to cut the 100 per cent discount
