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Update: Missing man found

4:44pm Monday 13th October 2008

Police have traced an elderly man who went missing in the Sonning Common area yesterday.

Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing an elderly man has gone missing. Ian Simpson, 75, left his home in Shepherd’s Green in the village of Rotherfield Greys, near Sonning Common, at 6pm last night. He has not been seen since.

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Heartbreak of WPC's husband

9:08am Monday 13th October 2008

"IT'S like having a part of yourself ripped away and knowing it's not coming back."

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Grave theft leaves mother distraught

2:25pm Monday 13th October 2008

A GRIEVING mother has branded as 'scum' the thieves who stole statues from her dead baby's grave.

Plans for ground-breaking power station move forward

2:20pm Monday 13th October 2008

PLANS which could see a groundbreaking power station built in Oxfordshire have taken a step forward.

Fly-tipper ordered to pay more than £800

2:32pm Monday 13th October 2008

A WOMAN has been ordered to pay more than £800 for fly-tipping after Tesco Clubcard details were found with the abandoned waste and used to trace her.

Racing start for new school

8:21pm Sunday 12th October 2008

Former Formula 1 motor racing world champion Sir Jackie Stewart made a special visit to Abingdon to officially open a school's new home.

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Misspelled sign points way to Scotland

7:50pm Sunday 12th October 2008

A spelling error caused embarrassment after contractors for Oxfordshire County Council misspelled Abingdon on a sign.

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Woman ran up £5,000 tax debt

7:35pm Sunday 12th October 2008

A Faringdon woman who failed to pay more than £5,000 in council tax was given a suspended prison sentence.

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Treats patrol target Halloween tricks

5:12pm Sunday 12th October 2008

Wallingford town councillors hope a plentiful supply of chocolate bars will stop youths marauding through the town throwing eggs and flour on Halloween.

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I swapped army for farmy

10:00am Sunday 12th October 2008

Never scared of getting her hands dirty, Anne Gow is perhaps best known as Farmer Gow, owner of the popular working farm of the same name.

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Get lectures on your iPod

11:40am Saturday 11th October 2008

Oxford University has gone digital by publishing more than 100 hours of lectures, videos and documentaries for people to download as podcasts.

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Deaf centre celebrates

6:30am Saturday 11th October 2008

Oxford's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre is opening its doors to mark its 50th anniversary.

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Police help youth groups

6:00am Saturday 11th October 2008

Forty youth organisations will soon be £1,000 better off thanks to donations from the Thames Valley Police Authority property fund.

Twins born as PC mother dies

9:25pm Friday 10th October 2008

A pregnant policewoman collapsed and died but doctors were able to deliver her twin babies.

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Fly-tipper fined £800

9:45am Friday 10th October 2008

A woman has been fined more than £800 for fly-tipping after Tesco Clubcard details were found with the abandoned waste and used to trace her.

90% of girls accept new jab

6:40am Friday 10th October 2008

Ninety per cent of Oxfordshire's 12 year-olds girls have taken up the offer of a new vaccination against cervical cancer at the first schools to be offered the jab.

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Judge dies at age of 68

8:51am Friday 10th October 2008

Judges and barristers paid tribute to a former Oxford circuit judge who has died, aged 68.

Santas on the loose

8:26am Friday 10th October 2008

If you stumbled upon live reindeer and a crowd of Father Christmases in Oxford city centre this week, then fear not, your eyes were not deceiving you.

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