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• Plea to elect more women

  DAVID Cameron has made an appeal for the Conservative Party to elect more women candidates locally and nationally. read more

• Police and store discuss parking

  POLICE met the managers of a Woodstock store to try to solve the problem of congestion in the town centre. read more

• County braced for further strike

  PUBLIC sector workers in Oxfordshire are bracing themselves for a second one-day strike on Tuesday, April 25. read more

• Hosepipe tip-offs start flooding in

  NEIGHBOURS have reported 11 people for washing their cars and watering their gardens in Oxfordshire since the hosepipe ban came in. read more

• Golf club wins court dispute with landlord

  A GOLF club won a High Court fight against its landlords which could save it tens of thousands of pounds a year. read more

• 100 homes set to go ahead

  PLANNERS are urging the go ahead for 100 new homes on a controversial site at Eynsham. read more

• Bless these bells, says bishop

  ALMOST 100 people filled St Nicholas Church in Asthall last month to watch the Bishop of Dorchester, the Rt Rev Colin Fletcher, dedicate its seven bells after a £60,000 refit. read more

• Tackling waste

  HUNDREDS of businesses are ready to recycle and reduce waste to save money and the environment. read more

• Couple mark golden date

  THEY met in their teens at a local youth club in Witney, and now Don and Brenda Fidler are celebrating 50 years of marriage this month on their golden wedding anniversary. read more

• Exchanging places

  Moving from Lahore, a city in Pakistan with a population of more than eight million, to the Oxfordshire village of Long Hanborough population 2,500 is a challenge the Rev Asif Karam has risen to over the last six months. read more

• Cameron joins health row

  WITNEY MP David Cameron has joined the ranks of people calling for beds at a local mental health hospital to be saved. read more

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