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ALCOHOL REPORT: Dying for a drink

Heavy drinking is cutting lives short in Oxfordshire, says a new report

9:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

MEN in Oxford are dying 10 months early because they are drinking too much alcohol, it has been revealed.

ALCOHOL REPORT: Findings surprise coroner

Sgt James Blackmore of Oxford police

9:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

County coroner Nicholas Gardiner said he was surprised by the number of people who are reported to have died directly as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.

Pakistan floods stun county aid workers

Inspecting a road washed away by the deluge

7:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

AN Oxfordshire emergency team has just arrived home after a dramatic week helping victims of the Pakistan floods.

Fun fills the street as St Giles Fair takes over Oxford

Lord Mayor of Oxford John Goddard and his nine-year-old grandson Chris Enticknap in St Giles

7:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

OXFORD’S historic centre will be transformed into a brightly-lit fairground when St Giles’ Fair rolls back into town next week.

Swift response to bird appeal

Chris Mason and Carl Smith with a nesting box for swifts

5:10pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

SWIFTS in Oxfordshire have been given a helping hand on to the property ladder after volunteers built them new homes.

Boy hopes to lap up miles

Boy hopes to lap up miles

4:35pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A five-year-old boy is taking part in a sponsored bike ride around central London for the second year running — but this time he wants to lap it twice.

Angler drowned after epileptic fit

10:30am Thursday 2nd September 2010

AN EPILEPTIC angler died after falling into a popular Oxfordshire fishing lake.

County below average in writing tests

9:30am Thursday 2nd September 2010

ONE IN five of the county’s seven-year-olds failed to meet the expected levels of writing this year.

Drivers flout 20mph limit

Chris Walker clocks a driver breaking the limit in Morrell Avenue

9:26am Thursday 2nd September 2010

Drivers are still ignoring Oxford’s controversial 20mph speed limits 12 months after they were introduced, a speed check has shown.

Drivers desert the city

Concern: Traders spokesman Graham Jones

8:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010

Stay-away motorists are adding to Oxford City Council’s mounting financial worries, with a big drop in car park use costing the council hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Alice hopes to stub it out

St Edburg’s House care worker Alice Churchill is giving up smoking

6:50am Thursday 2nd September 2010

AFTER 30 years and almost 500,000 cigarettes, nurse Alice Churchill has decided to kick the habit for good.

Oxford coffee drinkers wanted for Macmillan

Marks & Spencer Summertown cafe staff, from left, Marta Biro, Annette Wiggins, Flick Harker, David Jaggs, and Nikki Tinson

7:40pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

A CANCER charity is busy brewing support in Oxfordshire for a fundraising coffee morning.

John Radcliffe Hospital praised for quality of stroke care

6:27pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital has been ranked in the top 10 per cent of hospitals nationally for the quality of its care for stroke patients.

GREAT NORTH RUN: Oxford fields fundraisers

Sir Christopher Ball

12:10pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

VETERAN runner Sir Christopher Ball should have no problem completing the Great North Run half-marathon to raise funds for an autism charity.

How would you save £200m from council budget?

10:30am Wednesday 1st September 2010

Oxfordshire County Council wants you to tell it how to slash £200m over the next five years.










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