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Clanfield WI celebrates
12:11pm today
THE Women's Institute in Clanfield is celebrating its 90th anniversary today, at the same place and same day where it held its first meeting on May 9, 1918 - Shillbrook Manor.
Alfonzo's party
12:04pm today
TO celebrate the centenary of Alfonzo, a Steiff teddy bear which was given to Russian Princess Xenia by her father in 1908, Ian Pout, from Teddy Bears of Witney, is hosting a celebration at his shop on Saturday, May 17, which is attracting visitors from all over the world.
Homes demand still high
8:15am today
WEST Oxfordshire is on track to meet its interim target of newly-built affordable and social homes.
Rail strike to hit Oxford
12:07pm today
HUNDREDS of rail maintenance workers and cleaners are to stage a one-day strike in a row over hours and overtime.
Oxfordshire news from theoxfordtimes.net
Free Internet access 'to boost trade'
7:03pm today
FREE Internet access has been introduced to parts of Abingdon in a bid to attract more visitors to its town centre.
Drivers urged to ring and go
7:01pm today
DRIVERS using ten of Oxford's off-street car parks will soon be able to call a new phone system so they don't have to carry change to pay-and-display.
Motorists warned of M40 crash delays
5:37pm today
MOTORISTS heading for London this evening were warned to beware of long delays after a crash on the M40.
| Cricket | letters |
CRICKET: Hubbert is the hero for Minster 9:10am Wed 7 May 08
OCA League
Fifteen-year-old Ashley Hubbert was the hero for Minster Lovell as they started their Division 1 campaign with a six-wicket victory at Westbury on Saturday. | A state of apathy? 3:12pm Tue 6 May 08
Sir - It is a given of human nature, that we are rarely satisfied with what we have: politicians, the media, and ad-men are well aware. Nothing wrong with that, provided the alternatives are positive and constructive. But if the Daily Mail, which purports to represent middle-Englanders, is to be believed, then we are indeed a nation of paranoid whingers. |
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CRICKET: Results & fixtures 9:04am Wed 7 May 08
OCA LEAGUE RESULTS
Division 1
Charlbury 184 (R Garrett 85, S Thomas 5-28), Oxford Caribbean 98 (D Prosper 32, C McCallum 4-34, P Bartlett 3-37). | Bomber pilots deserve medals 3:10pm Tue 6 May 08
Sir - Some readers will be aware that there is a campaign under way to secure the issue of campaign medals for those who served in Bomber Command between 1940 and victory in 1945. |
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