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Village mourns officer killed in Afghanistan

Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, centre, in Afghanistan

6:50pm Friday 3rd July 2009

VILLAGERS in Kirtlington tonight paid tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, the highest-ranking British Army officer to be killed in action in more than 25 years.

Police to pay legal bill over car written off

7:58pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

THAMES Valley Police have agreed to pay thousands of pounds in legal costs to a motorist after his stolen car was so badly damaged at a secure storage compound that it had to be written off.

500 jobs to go at county council

6:25pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

FIVE hundred jobs are being axed from Oxfordshire County Council.

Nursery faces cash crisis

Mandy Zdyrko (front) with Emily Thompson, three, right are Roz Edwards and Hannah French, three

9:43am Thursday 2nd July 2009

A PLAYGROUP that has been part of Bicester’s community for 25 years faces closure if it cannot raise £200,000 for a new building.

Bicester signs charter with twin town

9:51am Thursday 2nd July 2009

BICESTER has officially signed a new charter with its third twin town.

Lessons in healthy eating

Deddington pupil Sarah Pracey picking in the polytunnel

9:51am Thursday 2nd July 2009

SCHOOLCHILDREN were given a hands-on lesson in healthy eating.

Artist helps decorate school

Artist helps decorate school

9:39am Thursday 2nd July 2009

ARTIST Sylvia Atkinson has been working with children to create seven murals to decorate their school.

Build eco-town, get M40 upgrade at junction 9

6:53pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

JUNCTION 9 on the M40 will not be redeveloped unless a controversial eco town is built, it was revealed last night.

Caravan flips on M40

7:31pm Saturday 27th June 2009

A caravan ended up on its roof after a collision with a car on the M40 today.

Three churches win extra funding

4:09pm Friday 26th June 2009

THREE Bicester churches have been given cash injections to help with the improvement programmes.

Oxfordshire flood homes to get £342k help

Investment 'needed to stop floods'

6:10am Thursday 25th June 2009

HOMES at risk of flooding in Oxfordshire are in line to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds of Government cash to help protect them.

Oxfordshire road injuries fall but deaths rise

7:56pm Wednesday 24th June 2009

THE total number of people badly injured on Oxfordshire’s roads has fallen for the first time in three years.

Strike action closes Mini plant

5:29pm Wednesday 24th June 2009

Production at the Cowley Mini plant will be suspended tomorrow due to a strike in France.

Motorcyclist suffered minor injuries

8:58am Wednesday 24th June 2009

A teenage motorcyclist hurt in a crash with a car last night outside Oxford needed treatement for leg injuries, paramedics said today.

Forty electric Minis to be tested in Oxfordshire

n SWITCHED ON: Project manager Emma Lowndes says the cars should be on the road in the autumn, with charging points installed around the city as well as in the homes of the testers

7:56pm Tuesday 23rd June 2009

FORTY electric Minis are to be road-tested around the county in a new Government green scheme.

You can surf Victorian news

6:38pm Tuesday 23rd June 2009

THE news that was making the headlines in Oxford more than 100 years ago has been made available online for the first time.

Crash causes M40 delays

4:50pm Tuesday 23rd June 2009

Drivers faced delays on the M40 in north Oxfordshire this afternoon after a car crashed into the central reservation.

£10.7m to put electric Mini on the road

7:00am Tuesday 23rd June 2009

AN OXFORD-BASED consortium will today be told it is to receive £10.7m of Government cash to help put electric cars on the road within a decade.

Water pressure off to pressurise non-payers

Dilys Cale

6:30am Monday 22nd June 2009

THAMES Water wants to restrict the flow of water to non-paying customers.

Rise in child abuse calls

Det Sgt Steve Birchall

8:04pm Sunday 21st June 2009

HUNDREDS more people are now reporting their fears about children being abused or neglected since the Baby Peter case.



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