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Why bury a TV in my garden?
Mystified postman Michael Nolan never knows what he will find when he starts digging in his back garden. Michael Nolan with some of the odd items he has dug up in the garden of his Oxford home So far, the 52-year-old has dug up a television, deck chair
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Town offers £25k to get pool open
Wallingford Town Council has offered to pay £25,000 to get the Riverside Park swimming pool and campsite complex re-opened in July. Wallingford Riverside Park swimming pool is in urgent need of repair The complex was shut earlier this year. South Oxfordshire
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Cyclists saddle up for week of action
A series of bike rides and events are taking place in and around Wantage to encourage people back into the saddle to mark National Bike Week. The Wantage section of the Cyclists' Touring Club is gearing up for a week of activities designed to remind people
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Pupils aid bloom effort
Pupils from two schools helped mayor Norman Bolster plant out flower beds for Bicester in Bloom. Pupils with mayor Norman Bolster The children from St Edburg's Primary School in Cemetery Lane and Brookside Primary School in Bucknell Road went to Garth
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Talents shine on stage
Katie Brown, Sarah Willocy and Bruce Gray were among more than 50 schoolchildren in Bicester who took part in a production of the children's classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Katie Brown, left, Sarah Willocy and Bruce Gray Pupils at King's
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Bob Gallimore
Former Oxford Mail and Oxford Times reporter Bob Gallimore has died doing one of the things he loved best -- playing cricket. Mr Gallimore, 61, was making his return to the pitch after a four-year break through ill-health, and had completed a good innings
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Methodists mark birth of founder
Methodists in Oxford will be joining in countrywide celebrations next month to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Wesley, the church's founder. The Rev David Cooper with composer Penelope Thwaites He travelled on horseback throughout
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Staff take cover in 'terror attack'
Staff from councils and emergency services across Oxfordshire practised dealing with a major terrorist attack -- a contaminated bomb at the Kassam Stadium. Caption goes here The county council's emergency planning unit organised Operation Strela on June
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Bypass delayed again
A bypass around Marcham on the A415 -- which was first suggested in the 1930s -- is to be put back by at least two years. Changes to the design of the road between Abingdon and Witney, and new Government environmental guidelines, are behind the delay.
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Ronald Fox
A former Cholsey United footballer's funeral took place at St Mary's Church, Cholsey, on June 5. The church was packed with friends and relatives of Ronald "Hippy" Fox , 77, who had played for the club for many years, eventually became a manager and was
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Family shop blames rival for closure
A family-owned Banbury shop is to close -- blaming the nearby Castle Quay shopping centre for a decline in trade. Church's China, in the town's High Street, will shut its doors as soon as a new tenant can be found. Director Philip Church said the shop
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Facelift for town at last
Extra parking, repairs to potholed pavements and a 20mph speed limit may feature in a long-awaited facelift to Didcot town centre. For years, lower Broadway has been the butt of criticism, but South Oxfordshire District Council has now said it wants to
