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Taxi clue to statue vandals
7:16pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Police tonight renewed an appeal for witnesses after the statue of King Alfred in Market Place, Wantage was vandalised in the early hours of Christmas Eve.
Comments (0)Update: Road re-opened after crash
6:41pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Police have re-opened the A361 at Junction 11 of the M40 following an earlier accident.
Home admits safety error in death
6:41pm Thursday 8th January 2009
The owners of an Oxford care home where a pensioner died after falling out of a first floor window yesterday admitted breaching health and safety laws.
Badgers 1 Road engineers 0
6:39pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Burrowing badgers evicted from a Cumnor Hill sett to allow roadworks to be carried out has returned and prevented bulldozers from moving in.
Robbers raid jeweller's shop
5:32pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Robbers smashed glass cabinets and stole valuable watches during a robbery at an Oxford jewellers today.
Woman found dead in street
5:25pm Thursday 8th January 2009
A 45-year-old woman was found dead in an Oxford street on Sunday, police revealed tonight.
Driver charged over M40 crash death
5:30pm Thursday 8th January 2009
A 24-year-old man has been charged with causing the death of a motorist in a crash on the M40.
Drive to cut town centre fumes
5:17pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Experts have come up with ways to try to solve air pollution problems in the centre of Abingdon, including proposing a park and ride service for the town.
MURDER TRIAL: Jury told of police interview silence
5:05pm Thursday 8th January 2009
A 49-year-old man accused of murdering his wife with a kitchen knife during an argument answered “no comment” when quizzed about the incident by police, Oxford Crown Court heard today.
Shops suffer power cuts
5:03pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Shops and businesses in Didcot's Broadway suffered power cuts today due to a fault in an underground cable.
Fallen cable cuts off power
3:55pm Thursday 8th January 2009
An overhead power cable came down in Culham's High Street today, leaving homes in the village without electricity for much of the morning.
Praise for Poppy 'Army'
3:59pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Poppy Appeal collectors in Oxford have revealed their motivation for braving the cold to raise what is expected to be a record amount of cash in the city.
Air link to Jersey set for take-off
3:44pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Holidaymakers will soon be able to jet off to the Channel Islands from Oxford after a deal was signed to offer the city’s first charter flights to Jersey in almost 20 years.
Safety centre salutes pioneers
3:45pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Two firefighters who spent years teaching children about safety have been recognised with the official opening of a new safety education centre in Oxford.
Skipping gets kids fit
3:34pm Thursday 8th January 2009
A former boxer is putting children — and teachers — through their paces on a mission to get skipping into the school playground.
11 weeks of jams ahead
3:36pm Thursday 8th January 2009
Motorists in Oxford city centre will face weeks of delays resulting from roadworks on the St Aldate’s junction with Speedwell Street, due to start on Monday.
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