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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)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
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
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
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
5:38pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Villagers enjoyed an evening of winter festivities in Kidlington.
Residents fear 'ugly' university halls
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
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
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'
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
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'
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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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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