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Restaurant is listed
12:08pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
A popular restaurant in North Oxford has been made a Grade II-listed building.
Comments (0)Raiders target filling station
12:58pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
Thieves broke into a filling station in Eynsham earlier today.
Man dies in country road crash
11:58am Tuesday 7th October 2008
A man died in a four-vehicle crash near Islip today.
£2m arts revamp given go-ahead
11:49am Tuesday 7th October 2008
Plans for a £2.1m redevelopment of Oxford's OFS Studio have been given the go-ahead.
Tributes pour in for schoolgirl
10:14am Tuesday 7th October 2008
Dozens of bunches of flowers have been left at the scene where Abingdon schoolgirl Sarah Waterhouse died yesterday morning.
Cogges Link Road debate heats up
12:40pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
THE debate over whether the Cogges Link Road will solve some of Witney's traffic problems heats up as Oxfordshire County Council this week stages a public exhibition on the scheme.
Thieves steal drain covers
11:29am Tuesday 7th October 2008
Twenty-four drain covers were reported missing in nine days from Mendip Heights, Didcot — possibly because of their scrap metal value.
Girl killed on way to school
8:16am Tuesday 7th October 2008
A girl was killed yesterday in a crash with a coach as she cycled to school in Abingdon.
Crunch time for crisps
8:22am Tuesday 7th October 2008
The bigger the crunch, the better crisps taste.
Judge tells thief 'have courage'
8:35am Tuesday 7th October 2008
A sales assistant who stole thousands of pounds from her employer wept as she was given a suspended jail sentence.
Paedophile escapes prison sentence
8:39am Tuesday 7th October 2008
A paedophile walked free from court after a judge said the public would be best protected if he was given a community order.
Man searches for lost dog
10:34am Tuesday 7th October 2008
A man is appealing for anyone who may have seen his lost golden coloured terrier to get in touch.
Thief caught
8:52am Tuesday 7th October 2008
A burglar who was confronted by a resident whose house he entered was yesterday given a 12-month community order.
People's choice could be quashed
8:16am Tuesday 7th October 2008
South Oxfordshire District Council asked Didcot townspeople to vote on a name for the new town square — but may reject their choice.
Keeping town blooming lovely
8:07am Tuesday 7th October 2008
Abingdon residents have picked up awards for making their town blooming lovely.
Vandals smash up pub
8:50pm Monday 6th October 2008
Vandals broke into a pub and caused an estimated £4,000 damage before fleeing with £2,000 in cash.
Update: Cyclist victim named
8:49pm Monday 6th October 2008
A teenager killed in a crash with a coach as she cycled to school in Abingdon was tonight named locally as 17-year-old Sarah Waterhouse.
Family anger as 'gas' trial collapses
7:08pm Monday 6th October 2008
Relatives of a woman killed by carbon monoxide poisoning spoke of their devastation as the manslaughter trial of a gas engineer collapsed.
Footballer punches spectator
7:05pm Monday 6th October 2008
An amateur footballer from Oxford was arrested after assaulting an opposition team's supporter at an away game.
Police hunt street robbers
6:55pm Monday 6th October 2008
Robbers armed with knives and martial arts weapons have carried out a series of three robberies in Oxford.
UK News
Prisons facing 'violence risk'
Updated 1:35pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
A prison governors' leader warned of a "serious risk" of disturbances in jails in England and Wales because of a shortage of funding.
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here’s one very good reason why Evelyn Waugh’s magnum opus Brideshead Revisited has never been adapted for the big screen before. ITV’s lavish and critically-adored 1981 mini-series, which held viewers spell-bound for 11 glorious hours, explored the book’s tortured emotions in such fine detail that a two-hour distillation of all that longing and regret has always seemed rather pointless.
Offering finest meat from a happy herd
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