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Drink-drive blitz catches young drivers

TWICE as many young drivers are being caught drink-driving than older motorists during a police campaign to tackle the problem. read more
Health risk stops climb

A CHALLENGE to scale Africa's highest mountain turned into an ordeal when the Rev Sarah Jones came down with altitude sickness. read more
Cycling saves time

A TEST undertaken by cycling group West Oxon CTC showed that pedalling into Witney town centre on a Saturday morning can be up to 15 minutes quicker than going by car. read more
R‘n'B legend dies after heart attack

CLARENCE 'Tex' Walker, former lead singer of The Drifters and The Coasters, has died. read more
A40 crash driver dies

A LORRY driver has died in hospital in Oxford following a crash near Burford. read more
Brize confident over disease outbreak

THE air base at RAF Brize Norton is confident it has dealt with an outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease. read more
Lorry crash causes power cut

DRIVERS were delayed this morning when a lorry hit a tree, damaging a nearby electricity pole. read more
RAF parachutists injured

TWO members of the Oxfordshire-based RAF Falcons parachute team were injured during a landing at an airshow in East Sussex. read more
Former councillor dies

FORMER county councillor Brian Hodgson has died. read more
Quiet wood needs trees

VOLUNTEER tree planting is helping provide a valuable noise break between homes in Witney and the A40 bypass. read more

Archive - Monday, 20 August 2007