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• Pipes leak water as ban starts

  ALMOST one billion litres of water are lost by Thames Water every day because of leaky pipes, it has emerged. read more

• Crime drop means safer streets

  CRIME in West Oxfordshire has fallen by 5.1 per cent in the past year, according to new police figures. read more

• MP delivers record-breaking number of petitions

  THE rallying cry of 'save our community hospitals' could be heard as far away as the House of Commons as a record-breaking number of protest petitions were handed over. read more

• Protesters will be treated as 'potential terrorists'

  PROTESTERS who enter the RAF base in Brize Norton will be treated as 'potential terrorists', and could face up to 51 weeks in jail. read more

• Foxbury Farm shop honoured for its ready-made meals

  FOXBURY Farm shop has won a national accreditation and been honoured for its ready-made meals. read more

• Moorview Action Group to hold own meeting

  CAMPAIGNERS in Witney calling to save the Moorview Hospital are angry that a public consultation meeting is being held in the afternoon when many people are at work. read more

• Stranger approached two girls

  PARENTS are being urged to remind children about the 'stranger danger' rule after a man approached two young girls and asked if they wanted to make some money. read more

• Ex-prisoner of war demands apology

  FORMER prisoner of war Arthur Titherington has vowed to continue demanding an apology from the Japanese Government for its treatment of captives during the Second World War. read more

• Big names head for Cornbury festival

  TICKETS go on sale for the third Cornbury Festival, which this year features legendary Led Zeppelin frontman, Robert Plant. read more

• Children turn buckets of water into buckets of money

  CHILDREN at St Hugh of Lincoln Nursery school, in Curbridge Road, Witney, had a splashing time turning buckets of water into buckets of money, in support of the fundraising appeal Water for Life, run by the charity Water Aid. read more

• Museum ready for busy days

  COGGES Manor Farm Museum in Witney is heading for another busy season after it opened this week. read more

• Welcome online

  THE Witney Gazette has a new website. From this week, you can view all the top news and the best of our arts and leisure at www.witneygazette.net Until now, we have shared a website with our sister titles. read more

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