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  • Friends remember firefighter

    AN Eynsham firefighter who died in a car crash last year has been remembered by his community in a cricket match. The Joe Wilkins Memorial Cricket Match took place at Eynsham Cricket Club on Sunday and was attended by more than 100 people.

  • Half of the Co-op nurseries were judged as inadequate

    THE Co-operative Childcare has defended its Oxfordshire nurseries after it was revealed half have been judged inadequate. It comes as results of a monitoring inspection following a damning report into the organisation’s Blackbird Leys Nursery,

  • Baby white rhino Astrid makes her first appearance

    CURATORS at Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford are still keeping their fingers crossed for the first white rhino born there in 43 years. Astrid was born on July 1 to parents Monty and Nancy. And now, a month on, the youngster has grown both in

  • Motorcyclist not yet named

    A MOTORCYCLIST who died after a crash on the A44 had yesterday not been named by police. The 23-year-old from Bladon was killed when his red Suzuki left the road at the Begbroke roundabout on Saturday night. He was pronounced dead at the scene

  • Second World War female pilot climbs back into the cockpit

    DURING the Second World War she soared through the sky in Spitfires and Hurricanes helping to deliver the planes to RAF bases across the country. Now Molly Rose, 92, has had a visit to the the modern day RAF Brize Norton to meet and inspire the