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Breaking news Torex verdicts: Accountant convicted of conspiracy to defraud

DENIAL: Mark Woodbridge

3:24pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

AN ACCOUNTANT on trial for conspiracy to commit fraud has been convicted of three of the charges against him.

Cyprus veterans part of study

7:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

OXFORDSHIRE war veterans who served in Cyprus in the 1950s are the focus of a research project.

Rail passengers' group needs new representatives

5:30pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

COTSWOLD Line rail passengers are being invited to play a role in supporting services on the route, which links Oxford and Worcester.

Singer wins place at school for stars

Kizzy Horgan

5:30pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A TEENAGER from Cassington has secured a coveted place at the Brit School in London.

Biblical challenge raises £600 for church

Father Martin Flatman

4:20pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A PARISH priest’s Bible-reading marathon raised £600 towards new heating for his Eynsham church.

Traders invited to find out about Green Deal

3:40pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

WEST Oxfordshire businesses are being invited to find out how to become an approved installer for the Green Deal energy-efficiency scheme.

Schools need new governors

3:20pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

MORE than a third of the 111 vacancies for community and foundation school governors in the county are at West Oxfordshire schools.

Shake-up on school buses causes alarm

Burford School headteacher Kathy Haig

2:20pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

WEST Oxfordshire schools could lose teachers or be forced to close if the county council decides to start charging for bus travel, it has been claimed.

Tribute for dad killed in Corfu holiday tragedy

Richie Milne

1:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A THANKSGIVING service will be held on Friday in memory of the social worker who drowned on the Greek holiday island of Corfu.

Croc Man returns to add bite to Witney Carnival

Shaun Foggett watches as a West African dwarf crocodile hatches at Crocodiles of the World at Crawley Mill

12:30pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

WITNEY’S Croc Man Shaun Foggett will open the town’s carnival next month.

Rail station car park extension work nears completion

12:20pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

AN extension to the car park at Hanborough railway station is set to open early next month.

County schools boss is told 'Mr Gove is on the phone'

Michael Gove

10:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

EDUCATION Secretary Michael Gove has called Oxfordshire’s schools boss to find out more about the county’s reading campaign.

Court told of attack by 'deranged' dog

10:10am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A “DERANGED” Staffordshire Bull Terrier attacked a man and tried to rip his dog’s throat out, a jury heard yesterday.

Tip plan is set to be dumped

9:40am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A PLANNED recycling centre in West Oxfordshire could be scrapped after the falling price of recycling material made it “unviable”.

‘I was one of lucky few to be liberated’

Arthur Hodgins with his medals

9:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

ARTHUR Jack Hodgins braced himself as British planes bombed the train tracks he was forced to lay as a Second World War captive.

Breaking news Oxford United fixtures 2013/14

9:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

OXFORD United will visit Portsmouth on the opening day of the season after the 2013/14 League Two fixtures were unveiled this morning.

Charlbury Community Centre campaigner dies

8:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A FORMER chairman of the Charlbury Community Centre Appeal has died, aged 73.

Time to reveal West Oxfordshire's tourism superstar

West Oxfordshire Tourism Superstar 2013

8:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE votes have been counted and on Friday the district will discover who has become the West Oxfordshire 2013 Tourism Superstar.

Cyclists on a roll through Cotswolds to help hospice

Cyclists get ready for the off

5:50pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

FIVE-HUNDRED cyclists braved a 70- or 102-mile ride through the Cotswolds on Sunday to raise money for Oxford children and young adults hospice Helen & Douglas House.

Festival closes with plenty of fun for families

Four-year-old Sam Staveley

1:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A heritage fair, boules tournaments and ghost trails were just a handful of the events at this year’s Burford Festival.







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