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  • Didcot stuck in second

    Didcot Town continued their fine season with another good win away at Uxbridge on saturday but unfortunately it looks likely second spot and a play-off place is all they will be playing for. Ray Spence has signed from Oxford City, a very good player and

  • Didcot stuck in second

    Didcot Town continued their fine season with another good win away at Uxbridge on saturday but unfortunately it looks likely second spot and a play-off place is all they will be playing for. Ray Spence has signed from Oxford City, a very good player and

  • Didcot stuck in second

    Didcot Town continued their fine season with another good win away at Uxbridge on saturday but unfortunately it looks likely second spot and a play-off place is all they will be playing for. Ray Spence has signed from Oxford City, a very good player and

  • Schools help cut rush-hour jams

    SCHOOLS that have set up 'travel plans' to encourage children in Oxfordshire to get to school on foot, by bicycle or by bus have seen a four per cent decrease in car use. Oxfordshire County Council has set up school travel plans with a total of 145 schools

  • Update: Birdwatchers provide 'vital snapshot'

    THERE is just one more day left to take part in this year's RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. Last year, a record-breaking 470,000 people took part, by counting the birds in their garden for an hour and then sending in their results. By 4pm today, more than

  • Make mine a large one

    Just had a night out with friends. Thought we'd be daring and instead of going for a meal, we went on a bit of a pub crawl. Littl'un was tucked up and asleep when we left Nana and Pop's house. Half an hour later and we were laughing and drinking just

  • The Highway, High Street, Burford

    The photographs on this page illustrate better than any words of mine could the traditional delights to be found at the Highway Hotel in Burford. Add a couple of affectionate spaniels dozing before the fire and cheery groups of customers in animated conversation

  • Schools offered £500 green grant

    OXFORD-based charity Earthwatch is offering local schools the chance to participate in an eco-competition. Students with the most enterprising proposals to re-vamp a run-down piece of land will present their plans to an audience at Oxford University

  • Chance to star in kung fu film

    AN X-FACTOR-style contest has been launched to find Oxfordshire's answer to Bruce Lee. Two teenagers could get the chance to be trained by a Shaolin Warrior monk in China and appear in a kung fu movie. The Oxford Taiji Gongfu Institute wants to discover

  • Students stir up storm in tea cup

    A STUDENT is hoping to make a storm in a tea cup when a new exhibition opens in Oxford. Amy Vickery, of Oxford Brookes University, is one of 13 art students who will exhibit their work at Modern Art Oxford, in Pembroke Street. Part of the final year

  • Director aims to enter film at Cannes festival

    FILM director Vicky Jewson is hoping to get her new film in the can - in time for Cannes. The 21-year-old, from Boars Hill, has worked on her £1m film - Lady Godiva - for the last two years. The film was shot at various locations across the county

  • Butterfly hunters wanted

    FINDING the eggs of the rare brown and black hairstreak butterflies will be the task of people out and about on the Bernwood Meadow nature reserve. The exercise, on Sunday, February 4, between 10.30am and 12.30pm, is to monitor the numbers of the butterflies

  • Man tries to trace old friends

    A SHROPSHIRE man is trying to trace two old friends. John Pullenger, who lives in Telford, is trying to trace Vernon and Joy Westwood, who had a daughter called Danielle. Mr Westwood who was a civil engineer and worked in the Middle East in the 60s

  • Australian author signs in

    AUSTRALIAN author Jonathan Drapes is giving a talk at Mostly Books, in Stert Street, Abingdon, on Wednesday, at 7.30pm. Mr Drapes will be discussing his new book Never Admit to Beige and signing copies. Tickets cost £3, redeemable against the price

  • Library closes for renovation

    TEMPLE Cowley Library will be closed to the public next week to allow for redecoration. The library in Temple Road will be shut between tomorrow and Friday while new furniture is installed and the public areas are renovated. The nearest libraries