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Family 'cancel' Christmas after road death
7:38pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
The parents and fiancée of a man killed in a car crash have told of their “utter shock and disbelief”at his death.
Comments (0)Forms axed to save police time
7:14pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Police officers have ditched lengthy stop and account forms in a bid to cut back on the amount of time they are tied up with red tape.
Rail disruption following death
9:05am Wednesday 3rd December 2008
First Great Western trains from Oxford to London Paddington were taking extra passengers this morning following a death at High Wycombe.
Christmas on the cheap
5:00pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
ACCORDING to the latest figures by the Centre for Economic and Business Research, Christmas spending in the UK will fall by 2.6 per cent to £10.6bn this year, with the average household spending £399 compared to £413 last year.
Ten Oxfordshire schools ranked as outstanding
4:23pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Ten mainstream Oxfordshire schools were rated as outstanding last year, it has been revealed.
Death-crash driver named
12:00pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A 30-year-old man killed in a car crash was named last night.
New soft top Mini unveiled
5:22pm Monday 1st December 2008
A new version of the popular Mini Convertible is to be launched next year, BMW has revealed.
Drivers face course to learn how to 'belt-up'
1:53pm Saturday 29th November 2008
An education evening targeting drivers and passengers caught not wearing a seatbelt takes place in Bicester on Monday night.
Timetable for £20m rail link on track
5:51pm Friday 28th November 2008
The timetable for preparatory work on the proposed East-West Rail Link between Oxford and Milton Keynes has now been completed.
Girl dies in council care
4:55pm Friday 28th November 2008
A grieving mother has demanded answers after her 15-year-old daughter was found hanged while in the care of Oxfordshire social services.
Driver killed in crash near Islip
4:37pm Friday 28th November 2008
Police are appealing for witnesses after a collision today on the B4027 between Islip and Wheatley.
Shuttle bus eases jams
3:13pm Friday 28th November 2008
Staff at Bicester Village are being shuttled to work by bus in a bid to cut traffic congestion in the town during the run up to Christmas.
Serious crash closes road
1:20pm Friday 28th November 2008
The air ambulance was called after a serious crash near Islip today.
Nine U's fans arrested for disorder
9:07am Friday 28th November 2008
Nine Oxford United fans were arrested last season, new figures have revealed.
200 drivers stopped in police checks
8:37pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Two road safety checks saw more than 200 drivers stopped for road traffic offences in Bicester.
BMW workers find out who keeps jobs
7:47pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Workers today found out who was among the hundreds of staff losing their jobs at BMW’s Mini factory.
ID cards 'will hit us all'
5:52pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Campaigners in Oxfordshire last night said the Government’s scheme to introduce identity cards for foreign nationals treated immigrants as “criminal suspects”.
Think green this Christmas
3:42pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Recycling watchdogs have turned back the clock by giving Father Christmas a green cloak.
School set to get sixth form
3:37pm Thursday 27th November 2008
Bicester's Cooper School looks set to get a sixth form – provided funding is available.
Free buses in city in run-up to Christmas
5:40pm Wednesday 26th November 2008
FREE evening bus travel into and out of Oxford is being provided in the run-up to Christmas in a bid to boost trade.
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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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