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Gymnastics club has become so good it has outgrown its home
A successful gymnastics club that survived lockdown by practicing on sofas and outside in the cold, is looking for a new gym to call home. Miss Poppy's gymnastics club in Abingdon is based at the town's John Mason School in Wootton Road. It
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New artwork at Didcot Railway Centre inspired by standardisation of time
NEW artwork has been installed at Didcot Railway Centre to highlight the railway’s role in the “standardisation of time”. The art, called “The Train Effect”, was installed on Saturday, May 28 and will be at the centre until September. The Train
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Jubilee party that cost council £110K is FREE after "cost of living crisis"
A delayed concert that could cost the council £110K will now be free to attend to help residents with the cost of living crisis. The Abingdon Platinum Jubilee Celebration, which was due to start tonight at Rye Farm Meadow, was cancelled after travellers
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Councillor to host private Jubilee fireworks after colleagues axe celebrations
A TOWN councillor disgusted with the decision to axe the highlight of the Jubilee celebrations has vowed to carry on alone with his own private garden display. Councillors in Wallingford Town Council’s Platinum Jubilee committee made the controversial
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Huge picnic in town centre planned for Jubilee celebrations
A HUGE picnic will be marking the Queen’s 70 years and it could be the largest event Wantage has ever seen. To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee the Market Place in Wantage will close to make way for a day of entertainments. On Sunday
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Cholsey market beats record weekend with more than 200 visitors
A CHOLSEY market has broke attendance records again with more than 200 shoppers visiting the special Jubilee event. Meadows Morning Market, founded last year by Janine Wolfe and Becky Kite late last year, took place in The Great Hall in Cholsey
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Swimmers say six week pool opening times is a “wasted opportunity”
Swimmers furious that their outdoor pool remains descended on Abingdon's Abbey Meadow armed with placards and towels to protest that its opening days have been more than halved. Abbey Meadow pool's opening times have been cut from 100 days to just
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Hand tools and plant machinery stolen from pub overnight
THIEVES stole power tools and machinery after breaking into a village pub. The Three Horseshoes, in Oxford Road, Benson, near Wallingford, was burgled between the evening of Saturday, May 28 and the next morning. Hand tools and small plant
