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Youngsters take over director's chair
The curtain is set to rise on an Oxfordshire film festival that is hoping to inspire hundreds of youngsters to take up careers in movie-making. The Summerscreen Film Festival, which allows kids to try their hands at directing, sound, lighting
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Robber tried to grab bag
A robber tried to grab a teenager's handbag in Abingdon. The 17-year-old girl was in Ock Street, near to the junction with Conduit Road, between 6pm and 6.45pm on Saturday when she was held by a man who tried to steal her bag. A woman passer-by shouted
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Snatch thief escapes with £300
Thieves distracted a shopper before grabbing her purse and stealing hundreds of pounds in cash. The woman was in Waitrose car park, Wallingford Street, in Wantage, at about 1.55pm yesterday when she was approached by a man who asked her directions to
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Raiders steal £5,000 jewellery
Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery was stolen from a house in Shrivenham. Burglars broke in through a ground floor living room window of the house in Stainswick Lane between 10am on Friday, July 4, and 8.30pm the following day. Police only released
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Man attacked in alleyway
A 33-year-old man was punched in the face during an unprovoked attack in an alleyway. He was walking from Mill Street, in Wantage, along an alleyway, which leads from The Wharf to Witan Way listening to an MP3 player at about 1am on Saturday when he
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Happy memories win prize
GREEN-fingered residents of an Abingdon care home have taken top place in a gardening competition. Abingdon Court Care Home, in Marcham Road, won the Carebase Making a Difference Challenge, organised by the South East-based care home group. Celebrity
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Incinerator plans due
Plans for a waste incinerator in Sutton Courtenay will be submitted to Vale of White Horse District Council next week. Residents have a chance to view the proposals at a public display on Thursday and Friday, from 2pm until 8pm, at Sutton Courtenay
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Police target Olympic cash
Police are hoping to claw back hundreds of thousands of pounds it is spending in planning operations for the London 2012 Olympics. Thames Valley Police expects to spend £333,000 in organising extra policing in the region during the summer games
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Bentley damaged in barn blaze
Police today appealed for witnesses following a fire in a barn in Remenham, near Henley-on-Thames, in which a Bentley was damaged. Offenders broke into a converted barn in Remenham at about 7pm on Sunday and set fire to the Bentley which was inside
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Fired up for the games
Three firefighters from Oxfordshire are flying the flag for Britain in the World Firefighter Games next month. Witney station manager Chris Wilson and firefighters Richard Woodward, from Oxford, and Chris Jarvis, from Banbury, will travel to
