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• Toddler's lucky escape

  A CHILDMINDER watched in horror as a manhole cover gave way beneath the toddler she was looking after, and he plunged into the hole below. read more

• Pie in the sky for sale

  INVESTORS have been handing over thousands of pounds for land in Eynsham which has no development potential. read more

• School 'survives' without power

  PUPILS and staff at Clanfield Primary School turned out the lights and switched off the computers to see if they could survive a day without electricity. read more

• Truancy figures better than national average

  OXFORDSHIRE'S pupils are bucking the national trend when it comes to truancy, with figures falling for the third year running. read more

• Top book printer opens new factory

  TORY leader and Witney MP David Cameron marked a new chapter in the life of leading book printer Alden Press when he opened its new factory in De Havilland Way, Witney. read more

• 'The success speaks for itself'

  FOODIES from Eynsham are waving the flag for British Food Fortnight. read more

• Tamsin wants to help others

  A GIRL from Carterton who was diagnosed with a life-threatening liver disease turned ten this month - a birthday her family feared they might never see. read more

• Local GPs under pressure to save

  LOCAL GPs are under pressure to contribute to health savings by curbing spending on prescriptions and cutting patient referrals to hospital. read more

• Military history goes online

  MILITARY records spanning hundreds of years have been brought together thanks to a £50,000 grant. read more

• Police are just one click away

  ALMOST 13,000 people have logged on to a website to find out who their local bobby is in West Oxfordshire. read more

• Postal workers call off latest strike threat

  POST Office workers in Witney and Carterton have called off their strike scheduled for Thursday and Friday. read more

• More jobs could go at county hospitals

  TWENTY-NINE staff at hospitals across Oxfordshire have been made redundant so far this year as managers try to reduce a £33m deficit. read more

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