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County crime figures show fall in offences

8:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Monthly police figures show there have been about 600 fewer crimes in Oxfordshire in the past three months compared to the same period last year.

County opposition picks cabinet

Councillor Zoe Patrick

6:56pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Oxfordshire County Council’s biggest opposition party has picked its shadow cabinet.

Grant boosts rape crisis line's work

Hannah Clare, left, and Catherine House

2:39pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A SERVICE which offers a lifeline to victims of sexual abuse in Oxfordshire has been given a cash boost to take on its first paid workers.

Lorry crash closes A43

8:29am Thursday 9th July 2009

An overturned lorry today caused delays near Brackley.

All change on buses in Queen Street

Transform Oxford set for go-ahead

6:10am Thursday 9th July 2009

BUS stops will be moved out of Queen Street from Sunday, July 19, as part of the scheme to make one of Oxford’s busiest shopping streets more pedestrian-friendly.

Cuts are criticised

6:00am Thursday 9th July 2009

FIVE hundred jobs are to be axed by Oxfordshire County Council, the newly-elected Conservative group has announced The ruling Tory group has revealed that it is planning to make ten per cent savings of £90m in its budgets over the next five years — with a tenth of its 5,000 staff to go.

Babies 'at risk' in beds move

6:00am Thursday 9th July 2009

Babies and vulnerable mothers could be put at risk if ‘efficiency’ plans at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, go ahead, it has been claimed.

Top honour for carers

Top honour for carers

12:27pm Thursday 9th July 2009

THREE care workers from Oxfordshire have been honoured with a top international medal for dedicating their lives to others.


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