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Breaking news Torex verdicts: Accountant convicted of conspiracy to defraud

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.

Singer wins place at school for stars

5:30pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

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

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Biblical challenge raises £600 for church

4:20pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

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

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Shake-up on school buses causes alarm

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.

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Tribute for dad killed in Corfu holiday tragedy

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.

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Croc Man returns to add bite to Witney Carnival

12:30pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

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

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

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.

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‘I was one of lucky few to be liberated’

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.

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Time to reveal West Oxfordshire's tourism superstar

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.

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Cyclists on a roll through Cotswolds to help hospice

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.

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Festival closes with plenty of fun for families

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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