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Boys will get cookery lessons
12:20pm Sunday 21st March 2010
SECONDARY school boys in Didcot will be taught to cook at school for the first time next year.
Caravan set alight
11:08am Saturday 20th March 2010
ARSONISTS are believed to have caused a fire in a caravan last night.
Man goes missing in Didcot
4:51pm Friday 19th March 2010
Police today appealed for help to trace a missing man from Didcot.
Didcot girls on subway mission
12:56pm Friday 19th March 2010
TEENAGERS have launched a campaign to improve safety at a notorious Didcot underpass.
Cappuccino is pick of pack
9:12pm Thursday 18th March 2010
Cappuccino is under strict instructions to stay in shape after finishing as runner-up for a top prize at Crufts.
Highest honours for bravest soldiers
8:37pm Thursday 18th March 2010
MILITARY heroes from Oxfordshire were last night awarded some of the nation’s highest honours.
Bomb disposal soldier awarded George Cross
2:37pm Thursday 18th March 2010
Two Army bomb disposal experts were awarded the George Cross today for the extraordinary bravery they displayed in tackling Taliban explosives in Afghanistan.
Teenagers to get McGCSEs
6:43pm Wednesday 17th March 2010
TEENAGERS completing work experience at branches of McDonald’s across the county are to be awarded a qualification equivalent to a good GCSE.
Music fans rally to bereft shopowner
7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010
A DIDCOT musician says he has “lost everything” after he was left for dead in a hit-and-run crash.
Didcot and Abingdon to lose full-time firefighters
7:34pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
COUNTY bosses tonight approved controversial changes that will remove four full-time firefighters from Didcot and Abingdon.
Crash closes A4130
9:28am Tuesday 16th March 2010
Two separate crashes occurred on the same stretch of road near Didcot today.
Truck driver caught reading newspaper on move
6:58pm Monday 15th March 2010
A truck driver was landed with a £60 fine after he was spotted reading a newspaper while motoring through a police checkpoint today.
Bomb hero 'to receive posthumous award'
8:48pm Sunday 14th March 2010
A bomb disposal expert described as “simply the bravest and most courageous man ever” is set to receive a posthumous George Cross, it was reported last night.
£265,000 for new pre-school building
2:35pm Thursday 11th March 2010
A THRIVING pre-school has been saved from closure after being given hundreds of thousands of pounds for a new building.
Bomb disposal troops to parade in Broadway
8:26am Thursday 11th March 2010
THE public are being urged to line the streets for bomb disposal heroes returning from Afghanistan when they march through Didcot next month.
New heads vow to raise ratings
7:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
THE two new headteachers recruited to run Didcot’s secondary schools have vowed to raise their Ofsted ratings to “outstanding”.
Town plate is up for auction
7:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
THE race is on to become Didcot's coolest motorist by winning an online auction for number plate D10COT.
Man wanted over Didcot card thefts
2:15pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
Police today released a CCTV image of a man wanted in relation to a theft at a supermarket in Didcot.
Woman foils Didcot bag snatcher
8:02pm Monday 8th March 2010
A woman foiled an attempt by a young knife-wielding cyclist to snatch her handbag in Didcot.
Didcot headteacher raises £4k from Everest base camp trek
5:50pm Sunday 7th March 2010
A DIDCOT headteacher has raised £4,000 to aid his disabled daughter by trekking to the Mount Everest base camp.
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