HS2 spin doctor reports ‘wrong’
10:30am Monday 21st May 2012
OXON: The controversial high-speed rail project which will go through the county is hiring 60 spin doctors, it has been reported.
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Levellers march attracts a big crowd
10:00am Monday 21st May 2012
HUNDREDS of people turned out in Burford to mark the 38th annual Levellers Day.
Your school can win a £7,500 makeover
7:00am Monday 21st May 2012
OXFORDSHIRE primary schools are being urged to get their thinking caps on to be in with a chance of winning a £7,500 makeover.
Over 850 take part in Pink Ribbonwalk at Blenheim
3:21pm Sunday 20th May 2012
FUNDRAISERS dressed in pink were hoping to raise more than £250,000 at this year’s Pink Ribbonwalk at Blenheim Palace yesterday.
Lollipop lady's got job licked
1:00pm Saturday 19th May 2012
A much-loved lollipop lady who has helped three generations safely across the road has retired.
Shoplifter jailed for booze thefts
11:00am Saturday 19th May 2012
A SHOPLIFTER has been jailed for stealing Champagne and whiskey.
Clinton Cards staff wait for fate
11:00am Saturday 19th May 2012
WORKERS at cash-strapped Clinton Cards were last night still waiting to hear whether their jobs would be axed.
Pilots take to the skies for Queen's Jubilee
10:32am Saturday 19th May 2012
PILOTS from Oxfordshire will be among thousands of military personnel taking part in a Diamond Jubilee celebration in Windsor today.
Schools praised for working with young carers
10:10am Saturday 19th May 2012
Schools have been praised for improving their work supporting young people who look after family members.
Three admit conspiring to burgle supermarkets
9:30am Saturday 19th May 2012
Three men have admitted masterminding a plot to burgle a number of supermarkets in Oxfordshire.
Wood turner aims to bowl over Artweeks visitors
7:00am Saturday 19th May 2012
WOODEN bowls formed on a foot-powered lathe have proved one of the success of this year’s Oxfordshire Artweeks.
Compulsive behaviour cost woman her job and home
5:00pm Friday 18th May 2012
MAKING sure you haven’t made a mistake is an admirable quality, but for one woman it turned to obsession.
CHARITY MATTERS: Don't wait for cancer to give you motivation
3:00pm Friday 18th May 2012
WITH just one day to go before the big event, Alison Pitt is urging others to “battle cancer head-on” by joining her in the Breast Cancer Care Pink Ribbonwalk.
Diabetes pill trial seeks volunteers
2:30pm Friday 18th May 2012
FOR years the humble aspirin has been heralded as a ‘wonder drug’ which can help battle a host of ills.
£70,000 rail link study under way
1:50pm Friday 18th May 2012
A £70,000 study of the prospects for recreating a direct Rail link between Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, by rebuilding a route between the Cotswold Line and the Warwickshire town, is under way.
Job uncertainty
11:00am Friday 18th May 2012
OXON: Uncertainty surrounds the future of the Oxfordshire branches of Clinton Cards after plans were announced to close 350 stores.
Razorlight, Paloma Faith among festival line-up
11:00am Friday 18th May 2012
PALOMA Faith, Razorlight and Supergrass’s Gaz Coombes are among the line-up announced today for Alex James’s latest food festival.
REPATRIATION: Our pride for fallen heroes
9:00am Friday 18th May 2012
THE father of a fallen serviceman from RAF Brize Norton spoke of his pride for his adventurous and determined son.
Police answer call to take up sport
7:20pm Thursday 17th May 2012
A group of police officers were given a PE lesson by school students to help get more people involved in sport.
'Fat tax' would put an unfair burden on the poor'
7:00pm Thursday 17th May 2012
Calls for a ‘fat tax’ on food have been criticised by a clinically obese man who is awaiting NHS weight loss surgery.