Free Internet access 'to boost trade'

7:03pm today

FREE Internet access has been introduced to parts of Abingdon in a bid to attract more visitors to its town centre.

Rail strike to hit Oxford

12:07pm today

HUNDREDS of rail maintenance workers and cleaners are to stage a one-day strike in a row over hours and overtime.

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	Oyez, oyez! Guild seeks town criers
	1:11pm today
	AN Abingdon guild is calling on residents to help carry on the decades-olds tradition of town crying.

Power firm's grant sparks Scouting joy

1:05pm today

AN Abingdon Scout group is celebrating after a cash grant helped restore its flood-hit hut.

	Reservoir 'absolutely essential'
	8:39am Thu 8 May 08
	OXFORDSHIRE will start to run dry in six years unless moves are made towards building a £1bn reservoir near Abingdon, Thames Water warned.
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	Volunteers mount eyesore clean-up
	3:09pm Wed 7 May 08
	TYRES, glass bottles, and a teddy bear the size of a small child were among 40 sackfuls of rubbish volunteers collected at an Abingdon beauty spot.

	Plan unveiled to beat water shortages
	8:40am Wed 7 May 08
	MEASURES to increase the use of water meters, cut leaks and improve water efficiency have been unveiled as part of plans by Thames Water to prevent severe shortages in the future.
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	Police dog sniffs out suspects
	12:45pm Tue 6 May 08
	TWO people were arrested after police dog Lloyd' and the force helicopter combined to help trace them in some undergrowth.

	Ashes protest staged
	4:09pm Tue 6 May 08
	CAMPAIGNERS used the start of the cricket season to fight plans to fill Thrupp Lake at Radley with waste ash.
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	10,000 turn out for Abingdon Air and Country Show
	1:57pm Tue 6 May 08
	ORGANISERS believe a record number of at least 10,000 people flocked to this year's Abingdon Air and Country Show - despite frequent showers.
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