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Breaking news One person airlifted to hospital after car crash

11:20am Saturday 25th May 2013

ONE person has been airlifted to hospital after an accident near Benson.

Police target cyclists for jumping red lights

CAMPAIGN: From left, PCSOs Paul Phillips, Peter Brownridge and Sam Thomas

11:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

CYCLISTS who ignore red lights and other traffic rules are being targeted as police step up enforcement.

Jewellery raid

11:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

BURGLARS broke into a shed and used tools to force their way into a West Oxford house.

Battle re-enactment features 2,000 'soldiers'

11:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

A MASSIVE re-enactment of English Civil War battles takes place at Blenheim Palace this weekend.

Cameron lights protest appeal

11:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

A PROTESTER found guilty of a public order offence as the Prime Minister switched on Witney’s Christmas lights will appeal against her conviction.

Palace full of pride at tourist gong

11:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

BLENHEIM Palace has received further recognition as a tourist destination.

Laptops stolen

10:30am Saturday 25th May 2013

Laptops and mobile phones were stolen from a Headington house in a burglary on Thursday.

Post office raid

10:30am Saturday 25th May 2013

A thief stole £380 in piles of cash from the Hook Norton Post Office.

A34 blocked by hay bales

10:30am Saturday 25th May 2013

A lane of the A34 at the Milton Interchange was closed yesterday after hay bales spilled on to the carriageway.

Fares on buses to capital set to rise by £1

10:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

BUS fares from Oxford to London are set to increase tomorrow.

Cheers as our troops return

The soldiers of 12 Logistic Support Regiment march proudly through the packed streets of Abingdon. Pictures: Mark Hemsworth and OX59119 Antony Moore

10:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

THE Princess Royal praised brave soldiers who recently returned from their first tour of Afghanistan as she awarded them medals in a ceremony yesterday.

Man is jailed for trying to strangle his girlfriend

10:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

A MAN who said “night, night Cathy” as he was trying to strangle his girlfriend was jailed for 21 months.

Man wanted over theft of wallet in pub

The man police want to talk to about the wallet's theft

9:40am Saturday 25th May 2013

POLICE in Witney want to speak to this man after a wallet was stolen from a table in a pub.

Child safety conference delayed after sex abuse case

9:30am Saturday 25th May 2013

A CHILD safety conference has been delayed following the conviction of seven men for grooming and abusing vulnerable girls in Oxford.

Man jailed for attacking teenager in street

Sam Moscrop

9:30am Saturday 25th May 2013

A SINGLE punch which rendered his victim “unconscious before he hit the ground” has left a man with a three-year prison sentence.

Parsons trial: Husband faces 20 years in jail for killing wife

Andrew Parsons will spend at least 20 years in prison

9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

ANDREW Parsons will spend at least 20 years behind bars for murdering his wife in a jealous rage in front of their young son.

Parsons trial: Tributes to a woman who was loved by all

Janee Parsons

9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

LOVING tributes have been paid to “unique” beautician and businesswoman Janee Parsons.

Parsons trial: Killer convicted by his own words

Andrew Parsons will spend at least 20 years in prison

9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

THE voice recorder found beneath Janee Parsons’s bed was described as “the most important evidence” during Andrew Parsons’s trial.

Parsons trial: Perfect union turned sour

Andrew and Janee Parsons

9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

DURING the 10-day trial details emerged of the couple’s “perfect” relationship which went sour after 10 years.

Parsons trial: Killing left estate in shock

Police activity in Lucerne Avenue after the murder last December

9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

JANEE and Andrew Parsons lived in an leafy estate in Bicester and were regarded as a “nice, normal family” by their neighbours.

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