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Teen drinkers on increase

3:47pm Friday 21st November 2008

Help for teenage binge-drinkers is “overstretched” as the latest figures reveal drunk youngsters were admitted to Oxfordshire’s accident and emergency wards 82 times last year.

Musicians make note to take a bow

Musicians make note to take a bow

3:49pm Friday 21st November 2008

Bows made by some of the world’s finest bow-makers were featured in a special exhibition at a shop in North Oxford.

Hospital shake-up on hold

2:10pm Friday 21st November 2008

Plans to merge Oxford’s Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre with another hospital have been suspended.

Higher rail fares down the line

12:15pm Friday 21st November 2008

Rail passengers in Oxfordshire are facing fare rises in the New Year as train companies across the country announced ticket price increases today.

Honda plans to halt car production for two months

10:05am Friday 21st November 2008

Car giant Honda is to halt production at its UK plant for two months next year in the wake of the "dramatic change" in the global market, the firm announced today.

Pensioner dies after accident

9:46am Friday 21st November 2008

A pensioner injured in a collision with a delivery lorry outside a supermarket in Oxford has died.

Hospital site hunt on hold

Unison branch secretary Mark Ladbrooke, front, with supporters before the meeting yesterday

7:30am Friday 21st November 2008

Pensioners and nurses reacted angrily last night after it emerged that health officials had shelved plans to replace Oxford Community Hospital.

'These yellow lines are pointless'

Ross Johnson with the 3ft-long double-yellow line outside his home in Wharton Road

7:00am Friday 21st November 2008

Are these the most pointless street markings in Oxford?

Meet Mastermum!

Nancy Dickmann gets ready for the next round wit help from Imogen

6:20am Friday 21st November 2008

A Marston woman is aiming to prove she can become the UK’s top Mastermind – despite giving birth to her first child weeks before sitting in the famous black chair.

Joiner a cutter above the rest

Adam Bushnell

6:59pm Thursday 20th November 2008

An Oxford teenager beat more than 1,000 young construction apprentices to win a top award, which could mean a trip to Canada next year.


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