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Family 'cancel' Christmas after road death

 Christopher Larkcom with his four-month old baby Blossom and fiancée Jennifer McKie

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.

Antisocial students not expelled

7:39pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Two Oxford Brookes University students have avoided expulsion after they apologised for intimidating a woman during an afternoon drinking session.

Court: Jury told Oxford cabbie attacked women

7:13pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

A taxi driver sexually assaulted two women passengers in his cab, a jury heard yesterday.

Forms axed to save police time

Insp Vince Gilio with the old form, left, and its replacement

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.

New bid for homes on restaurant site

Clinton Pugh at the Lemon Tree

6:00pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Restaurateur Clinton Pugh revealed how he has spent “a fortune” trying to build new homes on the site of one of Oxford’s best known restaurants.

Kickabout area sell-off shelved

Ben Mumby-Croft

5:55pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Plans to sell off and relocate a controversial kickabout area in Oxford have been shelved.

Campsfield report tells of Internet use concerns

5:36pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Failed asylum seekers at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre used the Internet to access “inappropriate content” on the web, it has emerged.

Villagers turn out for festivities

Ben Crone, five, enjoys the fun

5:38pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Villagers enjoyed an evening of winter festivities in Kidlington.

Residents fear 'ugly' university halls

Curt Lamberth on the junction of Marston Road and John Garne Way where the development will be built.

4:56pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

The decision to allow Oxford Brookes University to build a new 361-room student hall has been criticised by residents.

Group fights pavement parking plan

Pedestrian Association chairman Paul Cullen

4:52pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

An organisation championing the rights of pedestrians has called on residents to say no to pavement parking in East Oxford.

Eco-fashion pioneer wins award

4:54pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Ethical entrepreneur Claire Watt-Smith has been named as one of the top young business people in the country.

Donor boosts bus appeal

4:50pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

A generous grandmother has boosted a cash appeal for a community minibus with a £400 donation.

Teenage burglars target elderly

2:11pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Teenagers have targeted vulnerable pensioners in two distraction burglaries.

Campsfield improving, claims report

12:00pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Prison inspectors have published a new report on conditions at the Campsfield House immigration removal centre.

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.

UPDATE: Man named after A44 death

9:04am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

A 21-year-old man killed in a car crash on the A44 has been named.

Debut novel tells of 'real' Oxford

Peter Tickler

7:10am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

A new murder mystery set on the streets of Oxford shows the “real city” rarely explored by Morse and Lewis, according to its author.

Second bridge 'could solve traffic problems'

Abingdon town councillor Tim Oates at the existing bridge over the River Thames

6:40am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Plans for a second bridge across the River Thames and a bypass have been hailed as the answers to Abingdon’s traffic problems.

Skull dropped after secret revealed

Skull dropped after secret revealed

12:50am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

A human skull will no longer be used in the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC's) Hamlet in case it distracts the audience, the theatre company said.

Theme park branded 'winter blunderland'

Kyreece Martei, eight, Cameron Crawford, eight, Renaye Miller, two, Demi Cooper, seven, and Destiny Crawford, nine, were looking

7:45pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

Families in Oxfordshire are demanding refunds after finding out excursions to a mock Lapland Christmas park were more Blunderland than Wonderland.



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