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M Blanc rates hospital food

7:39am Saturday 20th March 2010

Catering staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital could be forgiven a sense of trepidation when they were asked to cook for injured celebrated restaurateur Raymond Blanc.

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Posthumous awards made

7:05pm Friday 19th March 2010

A soldier killed in Afghanistan in July was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service.

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Family raises cash for Lily's special chair

6:39pm Friday 19th March 2010

A family is launching an appeal to raise £1,700 to pay for a special chair for their disabled daughter.

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TV disruption 'will continue until May'

1:45pm Friday 19th March 2010

Disruption to television channels in Oxfordshire will continue until May due to technical problems, Digital UK revealed today.

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Brookes revamp given go-ahead

7:30am Friday 19th March 2010

A £132m revamp of Oxford Brookes University’s Headington Campus was given the go-ahead last night.

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Iannucci signs up as unit patron

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.

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Army cadets honoured

3:27pm Thursday 18th March 2010

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

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

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.

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