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• 22 Post Office branches face axe

  THE Post Office has earmarked 22 branches across Oxfordshire for closure, we can reveal. read more

• Man jailed for police assault

  A MAN who punched a police community support officer in Witney has been jailed for two weeks. read more

• 14 caught in seatbelt crackdown

  POLICE caught 14 motorists driving without a seatbelt in Witney. read more

• Judges cut machete man's sentence

  A CHIPPING Norton man who ran amok with a machete after his ex-wife took up with another man had his sentence reduced by top judges. read more

• New hall will open in September

  A NEW community hall for Carterton should be open this autumn. read more

• Kids piling on pounds

  ONE in five children in Oxfordshire is overweight when they start school and almost a third are classed as fat by the time they move to secondary education. read more

• Flood risk money

  MEMBERS of the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee have agreed a fund of £10m to be spent on local flood risk management projects over the next year. read more

• Deceitful travel agent's sentence reduced

  A DECEITFUL travel agent who fleeced a trusting holidaymaker by conning her into paying twice for the same summer break had his sentence cut, but conviction upheld by top judges. read more

• TV man's dangerous creations

  IN a quiet lane in Standlake lives international 'arms dealer' Tod Todeschini. read more

• It's pirate panto time

  AHOY me hearties! is the call as a village drama group gets into pirate mode for their Treasure Island panto. read more

On this day: Headlines