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County's schools in line for £100m
Oxfordshire is hoping to secure £100m to turn its secondary schools into "world-class facilities". The county has learnt it may be able to tap into a major Government programme to revamp its secondary schools years earlier than had been expected.
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'Incredulous'
Sir, I was incredulous to read in last week's Herald an article stating that it is proposed to spend £25,000 on a study of whether an extension could be built on Wallingford Museum, when the council grants the permission and employs architects, surveyors
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No thought
Sir, Reverse the traffic over the iron bridge in Abingdon (Letters, July 3). Great idea. Let's not give a thought for the tranquillity of the drinkers at The Anchor. Who cares about turning East St Helen Street into a main traffic artery. We know what
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'Disgrace'
Sir, What a disgrace to this town the Boat House public house is. On Saturday, June 28, the area around the establishment was similar to a war zone. Brawling, screaming and shouting, fights using snooker cues and windows being smashed resulted in two
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Pensions cash
Sir, It does not appear to be common knowledge amongst the old folk of Abingdon that 21 per cent of their council tax is being used to pay local government and police pensions. Shouldn't they be told? When are the public sector going to take the same
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'Astounded'
Sir, I was astounded by the article in last week's Herald reporting on Didcot's need for more leisure facilities. Not astounded that Didcot needs these facilities - it definitely does - but astounded by councillor John Flood's audacity to position himself
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The reason why
Sir, Why are further floods inevitable? Because road drains will block up. And why will road drains block up? First, because those big machines that suck up debris from drains no longer come round. Second, because there is a lot of rubbish, and even
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Time Team keen to share their finds
THE professionals are preparing to dig up three large pieces of Wallingford's history in a Time Team-style excavation - and they want Wallingford people involved. They will be helped by local history buffs and while the work is going on, people at Wallingford
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Waste not want not
Few things are guaranteed to create such fierce debate as suggesting changes in the way our waste is collected. At present, in Oxfordshire alone we have five district councils all operating different systems of collecting waste and recycling. There
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Woman injured in crash with lorry
A 20-year-old woman driver was injured in a crash with a lorry in Wantage today. The collision between the silver car and the lorry happened at 7.40am in Ormond Road. A spokesman for South Central Ambulance said paramedics were still at the scene
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County bins to go fortnightly
Fortnightly bin collections for household rubbish will be spread across Oxfordshire within two years, it emerged last night. Council bosses at local authorities in the Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire have agreed to a combined scheme of collecting
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Text scheme for patients nets award
A text messaging system for Oxfordshire mental health patients has won a national award. The project, which won the NHS Live award, was a collaboration between Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University's
