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Trust fined over hospital scalding
The trust that runs the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, has been fined £8,000 after an elderly woman was badly scalded. Kathleen Byrne, 80, had to spend six extra weeks at the Headington hospital after both of her feet were badly scalded because a
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Boy rescued from climbing frame
Firefighters rescued a five-year-old boy stuck at the top of a climbing frame near the Ladygrove pub, in Didcot, shortly after 2.30pm today.
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Plea for death crash witnesses
A widow wept as she described the attempts to save her husband after a motorway hit-and-run crash. Leah Shears, 33, is pleading for motorists to come forward who saw a white Ford Transit van plough into the back of a car carrying her husband
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Unearthing Roman treasures
History-lovers mingled with Roman soldiers when they took a step back in time to view unearthed treasures in an Oxfordshire field. Hundreds of people flocked to excavations near Frilford for a glimpse of Roman Britain at the site open day on Sunday
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Music festival on a micro scale
A "micro festival" run by a small group of friends is set to be the next music event to grace Oxfordshire's calendar. It will be the second year the Arcane Festival, which will be held at Tetsworth, near Thame, on Saturday and Sunday, August 2 and
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Universities defend green record
Oxford's two universities have defended their eco-credentials after both slid dramatically in a league table of the country's greenest universities. Oxford Brookes managed to maintain its first-class rating, despite slipping from fifth to 16th,
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Fresh ideas needed for hall
Didcot's ageing Civic Hall could be bulldozed and rebuilt under moves to bring it up to scratch. Didcot Town Council wants to make sure the hall, in Britwell Road, provides the best possible facilities for the community. The existing building opened
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We'll keep on truckin'
Six thousand people gathered on an Oxfordshire farm over the weekend to watch what was last night described as "the highlight of the summer". Truck Festival, which took place at Hill Farm, Steventon, near Abingdon on Saturday and yesterday, featured
