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• Police pleased at drugs sweep result

  SNIFFER dogs found no drugs on pub-goers in Witney town centre. read more

• Two held after graves desecrated

  TWO youths have been arrested after ten graves were covered in offensive graffiti at Tower Hill cemetery, Witney. read more

• Award well deserved

  ONE of West Oxfordshire's best-known civic leaders, Joe Walcott, became a Member of the British Empire at an investiture at Buckingham Palace last week. read more

• Two men burgled a pensioner's home

  TWO men burgled a pensioner's home in Bampton on Wednesday last week. read more

• Council took down concert posters

  A CHARITY rock and rock and roll night in Witney raised £567 for Oxfordshire Mind. read more

• Schools score top marks

  CHRISTMAS has come early for some West Oxfordshire and other county primary schools, as league tables out last week show them scoring top marks in national tests. read more

• Rural bus service axed

  A BUS company has pulled the plug on a rural bus service because it says it cannot continue without a subsidy. read more

• Mayor issues invite to carol service

  THE Witney mayor's Christmas carol service is to be held at St Mary's Church at 7pm on Friday. read more

• Market re-starts in style

  TRADE was estimated to be 30 per cent up at Carterton market on its first day in the centre of the town. read more

• New Bishop of Oxford named

  THE next Bishop of Oxford will be the Rt Rev John Pritchard, Downing Street announced today. read more

On this day: Headlines