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• Dog sniffs out drugs

  A DOG trained to sniff out drugs led to 27 people being searched on the city centre streets of Oxford. read more

• BBC breakfast presenter moves on

  BBC Radio Oxford's breakfast presenter Sybil Ruscoe is leaving just six months after replacing Anne Diamond, it emerged today. read more

• Three bailed over death crash

  THREE people arrested in connection with a fatal crash in Abingdon Road, Drayton, on Sunday, have been released on police bail. read more

• Roundabout roadworks nearing completion

  MOTORISTS who feel like they have spent a lifetime sitting in traffic jams near roadworks at Oxford's Headington Roundabout will be relieved to hear the end is in sight. read more

• Pupils and staff get ‘outstanding’ report

  STAFF and pupils at St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington, are planning a celebration day after receiving a top-class Ofsted report. read more

• Protest over removal of trees

  RESIDENTS in Oxford staged a musical protest yesterday to try to save up to a dozen willow trees from being cut down. read more

• Police award '£118,000 short'

  THAMES Valley Police will be paid back less than a quarter of the money it spent on drawing up the dumped force merger plans, it has emerged. read more

• Van theft leaves woman stranded

  A FATHER has condemned thieves who stole and then set fire to a specially-converted van used to transport his daughter in her wheelchair. read more

• Jail for man who abandoned 70-year-old

  A CONMAN who abandoned a pensioner in the countryside after driving off with the car he was selling was yesterday jailed for nine months. read more

• Shopping centre plans gain approval

  OXFORD'S biggest planning application for a generation, the £300m revamp of the Westgate Centre, has been given the backing of city councillors. read more

• Debate crime over cereals

  CRIME and disorder will be the theme of the next breakfast meeting to be held by Witney and District Chamber of Commerce. read more

• Arson investigation into barn blaze

  ARSONISTS are suspected of starting a fire which destroyed 500 tonnes of hay and a tractor in an Oxford barn. read more

• Alert issued on Hallowe'en face paint

  PARENTS are being warned to take care with face paints they may use to make their children look ghoulish and scary on Halloween tonight. read more

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