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Thirsty residents Retreat to new bar
RESIDENTS at The Cotswold Home care home in Bradwell Village, near Burford, can now sit in the conservatory or out on the terrace and enjoy their favourite tipple from the newly opened bar. The Retreat was officially opened earlier this month by
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Lorries become stuck at toll bridge causing tailbacks
TWO lorries became stuck while crossing the Swinford toll bridge this afternoon. The vehicles, travelling in opposite directions on the B4044, both attempted to cross at the same time, getting stuck. Toll staff had to help the lorries get through
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Shores Green scheme is best roads option
Sir – In response to Ralph Ingham-Johnson’s letter (Gazette, July 17), may we suggest his test drive over the “crossover” (Farmer’s bridge) was perhaps a little scientifically lightweight. Following the four-week public inquiry last year, the inspector
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Fracking must not harm water supplies
Sir – There has been a lot of discussion recently about extracting gas and oil by the fracking process. Oxfordshire apparently does have some reserves below our surface. However, I have been told that in the US, which has been doing this type of
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Carterton Community College needs sixth-form
Sir – Although Carterton Community College has had adverse comments directed at it from time to time, I would like it to be known that my eldest granddaughter, a pupil from the age of 11 years until moving on to Burford School for sixth-form, has just
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Thanks for helping my puppy
Sir – Can I thank everyone who helped my puppy Flynn. I rescued him in January in a very sorry state and then discovered in March that he had cataracts in both eyes. The operation was £4,000 but my insurance was only £2,000, so the clinic where
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Old Woodstock gets set to elect mock mayor
OLD WOODSTOCK’S annual day of mock mayor-making revelry takes place on Saturday. Candidates for the post of mock mayor will make the traditonal outlandish and unrealistic claims about what they can achieve if given ‘office’ at the hustings at the
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Naive view of drivers’ behaviour
Sir – Ralph Ingham-Johnson (Gazette Letters, July 17) seems to have an odd perception that many drivers in Witney are a race of simple folk who, having only recently recovered from the shock of seeing a horseless carriage for the first time, are quite
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Behind-closed-doors meetings cause for concern
ANOTHER week, another Witney Town Council meeting closed to the press and public. Last week, councillors excluded the Witney Gazette and residents from an important meeting about the Langdale Hall. It later emerged that councillors had asked
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Sports grounds report discussed in secret
A MEETING to discuss significant investment in Witney’s sports facilities was closed to the public to “manage expectations”. Witney Town Council commissioned consultants Sports Solutions GB to report on the state of the town’s sports grounds and
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£14m deal for egg-packing plant agreed
A £14.6M egg-packing factory is to be built in Standlake. The Noble Foods plant, off the A415, will supply free-range eggs under the Happy Egg brand to supermarkets, as well as packing eggs for other customers who use their own brands. The
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Football teams unite to remember Shaun
MORE than £2,000 has been raised in memory of a young man who died of cancer. On Sunday, Chipping Norton FC played an Oxford United team in a match to remember Shaun Weller. Mr Weller, who played for Chipping Norton, died of liver cancer in
