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The precinct firing on all cylinders . . .
8:50am Friday 3rd July 2009
TRADERS in Grove are bucking the trend of other Oxfordshire towns after the shopping precinct’s last empty shop was taken.
Comments (2)Vandals attack Wantage allotments
2:50pm Wednesday 1st July 2009
VANDALS damaged fruit and vegetable patches and broke into a shed at a Grove allotment at the weekend.
Council says sorry over waste fiasco
9:48am Tuesday 30th June 2009
Council leaders have apologised for the first time for problems caused by the roll out of south Oxfordshire’s new waste collection system.
Grand town plan
3:37pm Tuesday 30th June 2009
MOST people in Wantage want part-pedestrianisation, a 20mph speed limit and wider pavements in a revamped Market Place.
Mark bids to be Care Cook of the Year
11:43am Monday 29th June 2009
A CHEF is polishing his pans and ironing his whites in preparation for the final of a national cookery competition.
Crash partly blocks A420
11:10am Thursday 25th June 2009
A three-car crash today partly blocked the A420 near Watchfield.
Rail firms want branch line and station reopened
5:11pm Wednesday 24th June 2009
A NEW railway station to serve Grove and Wantage and a reopened branch line linking Witney and Oxford are on a list of rail network improvements proposed by the body representing train companies.
Oxfordshire marathon men go for mega-run for charity
1:44pm Wednesday 24th June 2009
TWO Oxfordshire men are preparing for the Herculean task of running 12 marathons in 13 days in a bid to raise £20,000 for charity.
Call to reopen Grove station
3:33pm Wednesday 24th June 2009
GROVE train station should be one of seven reopened in England, according to a new report by the body representing Britain’s rail franchises.
Traders air fears over £3m scheme
3:37pm Tuesday 23rd June 2009
TRADERS in Wantage have raised concerns that plans for a £3m new development of restaurants and homes could lead to a further decline in the town centre.
Scales of justice
4:04pm Sunday 21st June 2009
A round up of recent cases at Oxfordshire's Magistrates' CourtsOXFORDRaphael Ashley, 46, of Paradise Square, Oxford, admitted assault by beating in Oxford on October 20 last year. Given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £50 compensation and £50 costs.
Wantage suicide bid foiled by Internet chatroom pal
6:30am Friday 19th June 2009
A SUICIDAL Oxfordshire man was saved after an Internet friend raised the alarm from the other side of the world.
Burglar steals £140 from 80-year-old
7:21pm Thursday 18th June 2009
Police are appealing for information after a distraction burglary in Wantage.
Statue restored to glory
3:15pm Wednesday 17th June 2009
WANTAGE’S iconic King Alfred statue has been given its axe back after it was broken by vandals.
Guardian angels to patrol streets
9:47am Tuesday 16th June 2009
CHURCH leaders are to act as guardian angels for young people on the streets of Wantage and Grove as part of a new late-night initiative.
Three charged with robbery
6:10pm Monday 15th June 2009
Three people have been charged in relation to a robbery on a 15-year-old boy outside Lloyds TSB in Faringdon.
Drunk man jailed after pulling gun on teens
7:37pm Sunday 14th June 2009
A DRUNK man who pulled a gun on a group of teenagers and threatened to shoot them was jailed on Friday.
Farmer 'almost lost business' after advice
7:00pm Sunday 14th June 2009
QUESTIONS have been raised in Parliament about the treatment of an Oxfordshire farmer whose poultry business was almost made bankrupt after he sought help from a bank.
Golden date for Morris Men
6:55pm Sunday 14th June 2009
THE streets of Wantage will come alive with music and dance next month when Icknield Way Morris Men celebrate their golden anniversary.
Before the magistrates
6:50pm Sunday 14th June 2009
A list of the people convicted of offences at magistrates' courts around the county recently.
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