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Clanfield WI celebrates
12:11pm today
THE Women's Institute in Clanfield is celebrating its 90th anniversary today, at the same place and same day where it held its first meeting on May 9, 1918 - Shillbrook Manor.
Alfonzo's party
12:04pm today
TO celebrate the centenary of Alfonzo, a Steiff teddy bear which was given to Russian Princess Xenia by her father in 1908, Ian Pout, from Teddy Bears of Witney, is hosting a celebration at his shop on Saturday, May 17, which is attracting visitors from all over the world.
Homes demand still high
8:15am today
WEST Oxfordshire is on track to meet its interim target of newly-built affordable and social homes.
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.
Oxfordshire news from theoxfordtimes.net
Motorists warned of M40 crash delays
5:37pm today
MOTORISTS heading for London this evening were warned to beware of long delays after a crash on the M40.
Council fines private landlord
5:12pm today
A LANDLORD has been fined £500 for failing to supply correct information.
 | Pool opens for summer 4:10pm today
PEOPLE across Oxford are taking the plunge and splashing out at the city's only open air swimming pool. |
| letters | Football |
A state of apathy? 3:12pm Tue 6 May 08 Sir - It is a given of human nature, that we are rarely satisfied with what we have: politicians, the media, and ad-men are well aware. Nothing wrong with that, provided the alternatives are positive and constructive. But if the Daily Mail, which purports to represent middle-Englanders, is to be believed, then we are indeed a nation of paranoid whingers. | FOOTBALL: Champs North Leigh get hands on trophy 9:14am Wed 7 May 08 Sport Italia Hellenic League
North Leigh were presented the Premier Division championship shield at Eynsham Park on Friday, as long-serving chairman Pete King looked forward to promotion to the British Gas Business Southern League. |
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Bomber pilots deserve medals 3:10pm Tue 6 May 08 Sir - Some readers will be aware that there is a campaign under way to secure the issue of campaign medals for those who served in Bomber Command between 1940 and victory in 1945. | FOOTBALL: Chadlington made to wait 4:30pm Tue 6 May 08 Chadlington's hopes of a second-place finish in the Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division suffered a blow with a 4-4 draw at Garsington. |