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Cannabis move sparks crackdown
6:23am Friday 9th May 2008
CANNABIS smokers in Oxfordshire are being warned they face a tougher crackdown from police.
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Top fire protection for science blockTop fire protection for science block
3:04pm Thu 8 May 08
A SPRINKLER system is being installed in a new £3m science block at a West Oxfordshire secondary school after a policy shake-up in the light of several high-profile blazes.

Released without charge
9:08am Thursday 8th May 2008
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman arrested in connection with the death of a doorman outside a pub has been released without charge.

Theo's dad helps
3:08pm Thursday 8th May 2008
DON Walcott, father of Arsenal and England football star Theo Walcott, helped raise more than £700 by organising an auction at the St George's Day reception at the Carterton town hall.

Post Office minister defends closures
6:10pm Thursday 8th May 2008
POST Office Minister Pat McFadden has defended the Government's programme of service cuts in Oxfordshire - and said more than nine out of ten customers would experience "no change" in the branch they used.

Awards finalists announced
3:12pm Thursday 8th May 2008
The top companies and business leaders in the county have been shortlisted in the Oxfordshire Business Awards 2008.

Pupils evacuated in chemical scare
11:05am Thursday 8th May 2008
OXFORDSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service were called to a report of a chemical spillage at Chipping Norton Leisure Centre today.

Mobile phone snatched
9:56am Thursday 8th May 2008
POLICE today appealed for witnesses after a mobile phone was snatched from a man in Carterton.

Cameron recalls ‘biblical floods’Cameron recalls ‘biblical floods’
9:41am Thu 8 May 08
TORY leader David Cameron said he would never forget the "biblical scenes" of homes and cars being flooded in his west Oxfordshire constituency.

Update: Four district post offices will be closed
3:36pm Wednesday 7th May 2008
FOUR post offices in West Oxfordshire will be closed despite thousands of protests from customers, it has been confirmed.

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