THINGS will heat up in Abingdon this weekend with the return of the Oxfordshire Chilli Festival.

There will be dozens of traders and live music in Market Place between 10am and 5pm on Saturday.

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The main event though will be the popular chilli-eating competition which has been won for the last two years by champion Shahina Waseem.

Now in its fifth year, the festival is organised by West Hanney foodie Dawn Hutcheon.