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Space agency to bring 5,000 jobs
7:40pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
The European Space Agency has confirmed it will open a new research centre in Oxfordshire with the creation of up to 5,000 jobs.
Comments (0)Pupils sing in record attempt
5:11pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Children around the county raised their voices to help with a record bid to get the most people singing one song at the same time.
Signal problem causes rail delays
10:20am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A signalling problem disrupted train services between Oxford and Didcot Parkway today.
Hopes rocket over 5,000 space jobs
3:25pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
The European Space Agency has confirmed it will open a new research centre near Didcot with the creation of up to 5,000 jobs.
Verdict looms on 2,000 homes
3:26pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
More than 2,000 homes could be built in Didcot as part of a new plan for the Vale of White Horse.
War heroes to parade through town
2:14pm Monday 1st December 2008
Didcot's war heroes will parade through the town and get their Afghanistan and Iraq medals from mayor Tony Harbour on Thursday.
Incinerator petition online
9:50am Sunday 30th November 2008
Campaigners fighting to throw out controversial plans for a £1bn incinerator on their doorstep want 20,000 residents across south Oxfordshire to sign an online petition.
Poppy tin thief jailed for a year
7:45pm Thursday 27th November 2008
A drug addict who stole three poppy tins was today given a maximum 12-month jail sentence as he admitted taking five others.
Life-saving aid at dentists' surgery
3:00pm Thursday 27th November 2008
STAFF at a Didcot dental surgery hope the purchase of new life-saving equipment will put them at the heart of the community.
Poppy Appeal thief jailed
1:38pm Thursday 27th November 2008
A 29-year-old drug addict who stole from Poppy Day and Help for Heroes charity boxes has been given the maximum year’s jail sentenced by Didcot magistrates.
3,300-home development under review
3:24pm Tuesday 25th November 2008
A major housing development — which would boost Didcot’s population by a third — is being reviewed because of the credit crunch.
Trains 'seconds from disaster'
5:49pm Monday 24th November 2008
Two passenger trains carrying hundreds of passengers missed crashing into each other by just 13 seconds after one of the drivers went through a red light after “losing concentration”.
Scales of justice
12:00pm Sunday 23rd November 2008
A list of people convicted of offences at magistrates' courts around the county recently.
Top Gear cars come to show
3:11pm Friday 21st November 2008
Cars and gadgets featured on popular driving show Top Gear will be in Didcot next week to help raise awareness of road safety among young drivers.
Fundraising football pays off
6:56pm Thursday 20th November 2008
A young fundraiser has boosted funds at two Oxfordshire charities to the tune of more than £3,000.
Fall death OAP had got cancer all-clear
6:40am Thursday 20th November 2008
A pensioner killed after being knocked down while two people were arguing in Oxford city centre had only recently got the all-clear from cancer.
Woman charged with city centre death
11:01am Wednesday 19th November 2008
Police have charged a woman with manslaughter in connection with the death of Jean Heapy in Queen Street, Oxford, on Monday.
Picture issued of missing woman
4:10pm Tuesday 18th November 2008
Police have issued a photograph of a missing woman whose car and clothes were found at a lock near Abingdon.
School gets the hump
3:28pm Tuesday 18th November 2008
Parents and staff have welcomed plans for speed humps outside a primary school after several “near misses”.
Didcot becomes Bond set for Christmas fair
3:30pm Tuesday 18th November 2008
Didcot is gearing up to be shaken and stirred when James Bond takes over the town at a spectacular Christmas event.
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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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