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  • Woman in hospital after A420 crash

    A woman has been taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital with minor head injuries after the car she was travelling in crashed off the A420. The road was partially blocked near the A338 at Bessels Leigh after the accident at about 5pm and drivers

  • Pre-school appeals for help to get £100k new home

    EIGHTEEN months ago a village pre-school was left devastated after staff and parents were told they would no longer be getting a £300,000 new home. Cumnor Pre-school was one of 14 schemes which was cancelled in September 2010 after Oxfordshire County

  • Over 850 take part in Pink Ribbonwalk at Blenheim

    FUNDRAISERS dressed in pink were hoping to raise more than £250,000 at this year’s Pink Ribbonwalk at Blenheim Palace yesterday. More than 850 of those affected by breast cancer completed either the 10 or 20 mile course to collect sponsorship cash for

  • Surge in tyre-dumping baffles council officers

    WASTE chiefs are baffled by a surge in dumped tyres across north Oxfordshire. About 900 tyres were dumped in Cherwell district from January to April compared to 250 in the same period last year. This year’s total is now more than 1,000 after about 160

  • Man dies after falling in river from mobility scooter

    A man has died after he fell from his mobility scooter into the Thames. The incident happened close to Abingdon Bridge, off Bridge Street, Abingdon, yesterday afternoon. The man, who was in his 70s, was pulled from the water by a boater at about