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Freezing fog alert as temperatures plunge
11:47am Wednesday 7th January 2009
Britain's cold snap plunged to shivering new lows today as forecasters warned that freezing fog would bring chaos on the roads.
Comments (0)M&S staff wait for jobs news
10:04am Wednesday 7th January 2009
Staff at the Oxfordshire branches of Marks & Spencer went to work with uncertainty hanging over their heads after the company announced it was closing 27 stores in the UK with the loss of up to 1,230 jobs.
UPDATE: Cold snap bites
8:48am Wednesday 7th January 2009
Temperatures plunged to -11.8C overnight at RAF Benson near Wallingford on the coldest night so far of Britain's big freeze.
An early taste of school
5:15pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
Four-year-olds in Oxfordshire can now start school full-time following a major shake-up of the county’s school admissions policy.
Car park rises are rejected by council
3:54pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
COUNCILLORS have rejected plans to increase car parking charges by five per cent in a bid to help plug a £200,000 budget ‘black hole’.
Road deaths at record low
6:21pm Monday 5th January 2009
The number of people killed on Thames Valley’s roads last year was the lowest since records began — but almost half of the 95 deaths were in Oxfordshire.
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