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Man dies after A40 car crash

10:45am Sunday 14th March 2010

A 23-year-old man died today after a car crashed into the central reservation of the A40 near Wheatley and landed on its roof.

Police meet villagers

6:40am Sunday 14th March 2010

Police are inviting residents of Uffington and the surrounding villages to a community safety event at the Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, between 7pm and 9pm on Tuesday.

Man plans marathon in mother's memory

Daniel Cross on a training run

2:40pm Saturday 13th March 2010

A HOSPITAL worker will mark Mother’s Day by going on a punishing training run.

Cameron's wife on home life

Samantha Cameron has urged people to support the Special Yoga Centre

1:59pm Saturday 13th March 2010

David Cameron's wife gave a revealing insight into their home life as she prepares to take a leading role in the election campaign.

United fans fight banning orders

10:39am Saturday 13th March 2010

Two Oxford United fans are set to contest football banning orders given to them after a pitch invasion on the last day of the season.

Divers search for stolen computer

A police diver steps into the Thames

9:45am Saturday 13th March 2010

Police divers scoured the Thames riverbed during an investigation into a theft.

Baby unit greets 1,000th arrival

Catherine and Jon Spinage with baby Emily

8:40am Saturday 13th March 2010

Parents Jon and Catherine Spinage cradle their newborn baby – the 1,000th to be born in Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital’s Spires unit.

No plans to 'pay-as-you-throw'

Councils rubbish fears microchipped bins to be used to fine families

8:02pm Friday 12th March 2010

Residents in Oxford will not be charged to throw away their rubbish, the city council has pledged.

Parents back youth club breathalysers

Parents back youth club breath tests on kids

8:49pm Friday 12th March 2010

Teenagers are getting drunk on the streets because County Hall suspended a popular Friday night youth club, critics claim.

Green shoots for Witney firm

Nick Thomas, left, who runs the company with business partner Nick Breare, right

8:42pm Friday 12th March 2010

Businessmen and women donned their wellies to do their bit for the environment at a tree planting event.

'Brokeback Mountain' jibe attacker jailed

8:39pm Friday 12th March 2010

A man who claimed he knocked out a clubber because of a “Brokeback Mountain” reference to his shirt was jailed.

Police seize gun in Wallingford raid

Pc Paul Webber

8:38pm Friday 12th March 2010

Police discovered £1,000 in cash and a “John Wayne-style handgun” in an armed raid in Wallingford.

Toothache appointment fixed - for June 2011

Martin Eldridge couldn’t believe he would have to wait for more than a year to get dental surgery

8:20pm Friday 12th March 2010

A man who says he is suffering “absolute agony” from toothache was told a dentist would fix the problem in June... next year.

Councillor's son jailed for attacks

8:16pm Friday 12th March 2010

The son of an Oxford city councillor has been jailed for attacking a man and a 14-year-old boy.

Families struggle despite fall in evictions

James Merritt

8:13pm Friday 12th March 2010

THE number of Oxford families evicted from their homes has dropped by a third, according to Shelter.


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