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JK Rowling's latest book unveiled
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
A £2 million original version of JK Rowling's latest book has been unveiled as Harry Potter mania grips the globe once again.
Mother critical after car-jacking
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
A mother is fighting for her life in hospital following a car-jacking in which she was dragged up to 60 feet underneath the vehicle, police said.
Drivers warned as snow is forecast
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Up to six inches of snow is expected to fall in parts of Britain and motorists have been warned to expect hazardous driving conditions.
Police had no warrant - Speaker
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin has revealed police did not have a warrant to search Tory immigration spokesman Damian Green's parliamentary office.
£100m a month spent on 2012 Olympics
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
A total of £100 million a month is currently being spent on building work for the London 2012 Games, Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said.
Jury retires in Shannon trial
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
The jury trying two people accused of kidnapping Shannon Matthews has retired to consider its verdict.
Banking Bill leads Queen's Speech
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Gordon Brown has presented a slimmed-down legislative programme for the coming year in a Queen's Speech focusing tightly on measures to help Britain through the economic downturn.
Go-ahead for giant wind farm
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
One of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world is to be built off the UK coast after being given the go-ahead by the Government.
Conjoined twin Hope dies after op
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
A week-old conjoined twin died and her sister has a 50-50 chance of survival after they were separated by emergency surgery, a hospital said.
Number of repossessions set to soar
6:05pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
The number of homes that are repossessed could soar to 75,000 next year, it has been reported.
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Early taste of Christmas wine
This week is The Oxford Times Wine Club Christmas Tasting and, with just four weeks to go until Christmas Day, it is an excellent opportunity to sample a specially-selected range of wines for the festive season.
The Mole and Chicken, Easington, near Thame
One of the pictures on this page gives a good impression of the delights to be enjoyed at the Mole and Chicken on one of those sunny days that now seem as far as can be from our present situation.
Imagine This: New London Theatre
I had trouble shifting my +1 for the musical Imagine This, which opened last week at the New London Theatre. No-one was interested (one German friend would have come, but funnily enough I hadn’t thought to ask him), and while nobody actually said, “Sounds like a gas”, there were plenty of unprintable responses, averaging out at: “Holocaust – the musical? Um, no thanks . . . ”
Hansel and Gretel: Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company
Another winter rolls in and, to cheer our spirits, Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company travel hither and yon through the county with colour, music and fun trailing in their wake. For those of us who live in villages these harbingers of the festive season are a welcome sight.
Patto - I deserved more time
Sacked Oxford United boss Darren Patterson feels he was “so close” to bringing the club success.
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