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• Hotline for public to report bar smokers

  SMOKERS who flout the forthcoming ban in Oxford bars and restaurants face the prospect of being reported to a special hotline. read more

• No speed cameras for Eastern Bypass

  SPEED cameras will not be used to catch motorists breaking the new limit on Oxford's Eastern Bypass. read more

• Council backing for animal lab

  OXFORD City Council has broken its silence over the city's controversial animal experiment laboratory. read more

• Microchips to be placed on city bins

  MICROCHIPS will be placed in Oxford's bins, with people potentially being charged based on how much rubbish they dump. read more

• Postal staff seem baffled by new charges

  POST Office staff in the city are as baffled by a new Royal Mail shape and size charging guide as the public, an investigation by The Oxford Times has revealed. read more

• Chainsaw attack on man baffles police

  POLICE are still baffled about a chainsaw attack on a man on a remote Oxfordshire road. read more

• Staff sickness at council set to be worst ever

  STAFF sickness rates at Oxford City Council are on course to be the worst ever, latest figures have shown. read more

• Dead man was not murdered, police say

  A MURDER investigation has been closed after it was revealed the victim probably died of a combination of drink and drugs. read more

• Oxford man to fight closure of pain unit

  AN OXFORD man has received the backing of a High Court judge for a review of the future of the Chronic Pain Relief Unit at the city's Churchill Hospital. read more

• Inmate sues after fall from prison bunk

  AN inmate at an Oxfordshire jail is suing after he fell off the top bunk in his cell. read more

• City may privatise its leisure services

  LEISURE services in Oxford - labelled as "unacceptable" by auditors earlier this year - could be privatised as part of a shake-up of city council provision. read more

• New fire safety policy for schools

  SPRINKLERS and alarms linked to fire stations look like being fitted in some Oxfordshire schools in the wake of major classroom blazes. read more

• Hundreds of weapons confiscated at court

  THE extent of criminals carrying knives on our streets has been exposed after The Oxford Times discovered hundreds have been confiscated at Oxford Magistrates' Court. read more

• Betjeman's guilty secret — he did pass Divinity

  SIR John Betjeman had a guilty secret - he did pass his Divinity exam at Oxford. read more

• NOC chief executive takes time off

  THE chief executive of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre will be spending at least six months away from Oxford working at a new NHS Trust on the Isle of Wight. read more

• Park-and-ride bus fares frozen, but other prices rise

  BUS fares to and from Oxford's park-and-rides are being frozen as part of a new travel package being unveiled by Oxford Bus Company. read more

• Tour will celebrate Oxford's black heritage

  OXFORD University's black heritage is to be celebrated with a walking tour funded from a £45,900 Lottery grant. read more

• How did Peter Pan sequel leak out?

  STAFF at Oxford University Press are trying to find out how a copy of the long-awaited sequel to children's classic Peter Pan was leaked to an American newspaper. read more

• Leader faces public over parking charges

  THE public will finally have a chance to speak at a public meeting about controversial plans to charge residents for parking outside their homes. read more

• Plane crashes on Oxfordshire road

  THREE people walked away with just bruises after the light aircraft they were flying in crashed through a hedge and on to an Oxfordshire road on Wednesday. read more

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