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• 'Bolt': run, jog or walk

  HOLE-in-the-heart girl, Nicole Wareing, has launched a charity event that will raise money for an organisation that helped save her life. read more

• Drivers to face more delays

  DRIVERS can expect yet more delays on Oxfordshire roads as the county council launches its latest series of roadworks. read more

• Marriotts Close £40m plans revealed

  LONG-AWAITED plans including three major new shops, ten smaller retail outlets, a cinema and more than 100 apartments are being revealed this week for the Marriotts Close development, in Witney. read more

• School praised three months after fire

  A SCHOOL has made a defiant stand against arsonists by rebuilding a classroom and gaining a glowing inspector's report, only three months after being ravaged by fire. read more

• Charity reopens after arson attack

  GLASSES of champagne were raised as the Sobell House Hospice Charity reopened in temporary premises in Witney, two weeks after an arson attack destroyed its town centre shop. read more

• Police 'save' security van

  A DRIVER was locked inside his security van with an alarm blaring after being blocked in by cabbies annoyed at him for parking in Witney's taxi rank. read more

• Inquest told of boyfriend's overdose

  A CARPET-fitter died from an overdose hours after telling his ex-girlfriend he 'would not bother her any more'. read more

• Woodland in the spotlight

  A GROUP of Witney residents have formed an action group to care for the town's environment and want more people to help. read more

• Access to the valley will be improved

  A STUDY is being carried out with the aim of improving access to West Oxfordshire's Lower Windrush Valley. read more

• What we think about waste

  A QUARTER of West Oxfordshire's residents have already spoken out about their views on waste and recycling services in a bid to reduce the area's landfill sites. read more

• Sixty happy years

  A COUPLE who started out as childhood sweethearts have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. read more

• Eynsham heads for its 60th carnival

  ORGANISERS have promised an extra-special day for Eynsham's 60th carnival on Saturday, July 1. read more

• Woman with head injuries found near Witney

  A WOMAN is thought to have been struck with a weapon in the back of the head and left on the A40 near Witney in the early hours of Monday morning. read more

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