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Snatch-bid victim knocked off cycle

12:57pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A cyclist fell off her cycle during an attempted snatch theft in Blackbird Leys.

Dog rescued from icy pond

12:54pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A dog has been rescued after crashing through the ice on a pond in Cutteslowe Park.

Man jailed for life for killing wife

Jailed: Mohammed Rashid

12:35pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A man who confessed to stabbing his wife in a "frenzied attack" has been sentenced to life in prison at Oxford Crown Court today.

Robbery suspects bailed

12:39pm Thursday 8th January 2009

Two teenagers arrested in connection with an armed robbery have been released by police pending further investigations.

Police seek robbery witness

12:39pm Thursday 8th January 2009

Police today appealed for a woman who may have witnessed a robbery in East Oxford to come forward.

Man held on drug-dealing charge

12:37pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A man was arrested on Tuesday in Marsh Park, Cowley, on suspicion of supplying cannabis.

Oxford Zavvi store saved

11:50am Thursday 8th January 2009

Staff at troubled music retailer Zavvi, in Cornmarket Street, Oxford, breathed a sigh of relief after learning that their jobs were safe — for the time being.

Flats recycling scheme given go-ahead

10:58am Thursday 8th January 2009

More than 100 families in difficult to service flats and maisonettes will move to fortnightly waste collections after a new pilot scheme was approved by the city council’s executive board last night.

Roadworks delayed by badger return

10:18am Thursday 8th January 2009

Burrowing badgers have returned to their sett beneath a road in west Oxford.

Heathrow high-speed rail link planned

8:59am Thursday 8th January 2009

Hopes of a high-speed rail route linking Oxford to a £4.5bn transport interchange at Heathrow airport have been boosted by Transport Minister Lord Adonis.

Accident slows rush hour traffic

8:40am Thursday 8th January 2009

Drivers are still being delayed by an accident which took place in North Oxford this morning.

Mum's Krypton night

Krypton Factor contestant Sarah Steel at The Old Station Nursery with Felix Moran, four, left, and Jack Peyton, three

7:00am Thursday 8th January 2009

A mum-of-two is set to swap working at a nursery school in West Oxfordshire to taking on one of TV’s toughest challenges tonight.

Cycles 'bottom of council list'

Cyclox strategy spokesman Simon Hunt, front left, with other cyclists on Oxford’s Botley Road

6:30am Thursday 8th January 2009

Millions of pounds of funding could be lost because no proper strategy for cyclists exists in Oxfordshire, it was revealed last night.

Direct flights to Jersey will start in summer

12:34pm Thursday 8th January 2009

THE first weekly direct flights from Oxfordshire to Jersey, in the Channel Islands, will start this summer.

Children can start school earlier

12:36pm Thursday 8th January 2009

CHILDREN aged four in Oxfordshire can now start school full-time following a major shake-up of the county’s school admissions policy.

City gets set to blitz litter

Oxclean campaigner Rosanne Bostock and Sainsbury’s Heyford Hill manager Neil Laver, front, with the new fence. Also pictured are Ros Weatherall, back

8:20pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

PLANS for a big Oxford spring clean in March are well under way, with organisers hoping to match the 1,500 army of volunteers who turned out last year.

Scream heard before woman's death

7:02pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

The neighbour of a man accused of killing his wife, told a court she realised there was something “horrifically wrong” after hearing the couple arguing.

Princess visits farms event

Princess Anne

6:22pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

The Princess Royal visited the annual Oxford Farming Conference today.

Pipe burst hits homes

5:45pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

People in Sutton Courtenay have been left with no running water after a pipe burst.


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