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• Historic ale house will have to go

  RESIDENTS have been left disappointed after plans were given the go ahead to convert a historic Woodstock pub into a house. read more

• Schools urged to meet their potential

  THE latest drive to improve Oxfordshire schools is to be targeted at 'coasting' schools which appear to be performing well, rather than those at the bottom of league tables. read more

• Question mark over market

  A QUESTION mark hangs over the future of Carterton's market site, after it was sold following a drop in stallholders and customers. read more

• Car park drama

  A CARJACKER threatened a woman with a gun after climbing into her car in Witney at about 12.30pm on Sunday, June 23. read more

• Radio starts in a great style

  BROADCASTERS said they had received a 'staggering"' response from listeners after a new radio station station went on-air in West Oxfordshire for a trial run last weekend. read more

• Fears of cuts at day centre

  A PLEDGE has been made that Witney's new 'super' day centre will match services already provided in the town and offer a better range of care for some of its most vulnerable residents. read more

• 'Please, please come home'

  THE wife of a missing councillor made an emotional appeal for him to come home as police remained confident he was still alive. read more

• 'I think Theo would make history'

  HE may not have kicked a ball in the World Cup, but Theo Walcott is still 'exceptional' and could have saved England in his grandfather's eyes. read more

• Marriotts dream to become reality?

  PICTURE Welch Way car park, the neighbouring former football ground and the old Highways Depot to the left of the new West End Link Road known as Woodford Way stretching over more than nine acres of land in Witney town centre. read more

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