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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.

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ALCOHOL REPORT: Findings surprise coroner

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.

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Pakistan floods stun county aid workers

7:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

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

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Fun fills the street as St Giles Fair takes over Oxford

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.

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Swift response to bird appeal

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.

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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.

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Drivers flout 20mph limit

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

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.

Oxford coffee drinkers wanted for Macmillan

7:40pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

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

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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.

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GREAT NORTH RUN: Oxford fields fundraisers

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.

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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.

Police want your help to catch county's most wanted

9:00am Wednesday 1st September 2010

FOURTEEN people have been unveiled as Oxfordshire’s most hunted suspects who police want you to help find.

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House price rises levelling off

7:00pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

House price inflation in Oxfordshire is running out of steam, according to the Land Registry.

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Young cyclists rewarded for being safe

7:00am Tuesday 31st August 2010

ROAD safety officers have handed out goody bags to young cyclists to drive home the importance of wearing cycle helmets.

Pegasus Theatre to reopen after £7.4m revamp

7:00am Tuesday 31st August 2010

AN EAST Oxford theatre is just days away from opening its doors to the public following a £7.4m revamp.

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A list of people convicted of offences at Oxford Magistrates' Court recently: Peter Doyle, 54, of Horspath Road, Oxford, admitted criminal damage to the door mirror of a car in Oxford on July 24. Given a 12-month conditional discharge and told to pay £100 compensation and £85 costs.