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Iannucci signs up as unit patron

Armando Iannucci

4:26pm Thursday 18th March 2010

An Oscar-nominated comedy writer has become the new patron of an Oxford charity for pregnant mothers and their babies.

Army cadets honoured

Oxfordshire Army Cadet receive honours

3:27pm Thursday 18th March 2010

Army Cadets from across Oxfordshire were awarded BTEC qualifications at a ceremony in their honour.

Wickerman creator looking for designs for this year's big burn

Wickerman creator Dan Barton is looking for designs to rival last year’s

3:09pm Thursday 18th March 2010

THE CREATOR of the latest attraction at Oxford’s annual South Park fireworks display is looking for more ideas to help him create this year’s Wickerman.

Arsonists attack six vehicles

8:52am Thursday 18th March 2010

Five cars and a van were set alight on an industrial estate in Banbury last night.

Fuel prices head for record high

Petrol prices will reach record levels this year, warns the AA

7:43pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

Families and businesses across Oxfordshire are counting the cost of rising pump prices as motoring experts warn a litre of unleaded could hit a record high in a fortnight.

Baldry question leads PM to clarify Iraq evidence

7:34pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

PRIME Minister Gordon Brown is to clarify his evidence to the Iraq Inquiry after a House of Commons question from Banbury MP Tony Baldry.

Girls step out for St Patrick

Pictured, front, is Maddie Everett-Brown, with Demi Holt dancing.

5:41pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

Schoolchildren donned bright costumes to mark St Patrick’s Day with a performance of traditional Irish dancing.

Nominate your top cop

Pc Caroline Brown, from Bicester, is the current holder of Oxfordshire’s community officer of the year title

5:40pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

People can nominate their local police officer in a competition to find Oxfordshire’s best local bobby on the beat.

Poisoning probe at school

A kitchen porter at Stowe public school has been arrested over claims soup was poisoned

10:10am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A kitchen porter at a prestigious public school has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning soup, the school said.

Grounded pilot owed £15,000

Pilot Peter Chilvers with his grandmother Barbara, who lent him £4,000

7:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A young pilot claims to have been left high and dry by the demise of Oxford airline Varsity Express after he invested £15,000 to be trained by the collapsed carrier.










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