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• Cost of stamps to rise this month in 'blow for consumers'

  02-04-2025 11:45 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Stamp prices will rise from April 7 with the cost of a first class stamp to increase by 5p to £1.70.
  
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• LIVE: Emergency services race to crash on A-road

  08-05-2025 10:16 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are at the scene of a crash on the A420.
  
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• Lorry being driven illegally seized by police

  08-05-2025 08:58 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A lorry that had held no tax for more than a year was seized by police on the A34 in Oxfordshire.
  
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• DVLA £1,000 warning to millions of drivers who passed their test before 2016

  08-05-2025 08:36 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Failing to return an expired licence to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is an offence and can land you a £1,000 fine
  
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• Closure order put in place by police at address

  08-05-2025 08:35 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A closure order has been put in place at an address in south Oxfordshire, police say.
  
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• Woman in 80s dies after falling outside home

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 80s died after falling outside her home in Bicester, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Wantage Market Place to close to traffic for VE Day celebrations

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Market Place in Wantage will be closed to traffic for the majority of Sunday as the town marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
  
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• Thames Valley custody court cells slammed as 'poorly maintained'

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Custody cells at courts across the Thames Valley have been described as 'poorly maintained' and 'inaccessible' in a recent inspection report
  
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• 'Surreal': Locals shocked as car smashes into Costa shopfront

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxfordshire locals have been left shocked after a car smashed through the shopfront of a Costa Coffee in Carterton.
  
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• 'Success didn't happen overnight': Local elections see Lib Dems take over town

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  An Oxfordshire town saw a complete Lib Dem takeover at the Oxfordshire County Council elections held last week.
  
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• Rivers Trust responds to open water swim company's closure

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of The Rivers Trust has responded to the closure of Henley Swim.
  
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• 'Respectful' and 'caring' man died after hospital discharge

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A ‘respectful’ and ‘caring’ man died after being discharged from an Oxfordshire mental health facility, an inquest heard.
  
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• Plans to revamp 'run down' part of Oxford High Street approved

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A prestigious Oxford University college’s plans to revamp a “run down” part of Oxford’s High Street including the entrances to Covered Market has been approved.
  
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• Nine-year-old's poster design wins energy saving competition

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Zacchaeus Wirth-Miller, a pupil at Sunningwell Church of England Primary School, came first place in the competition hosted by housebuilder Barratt Homes
  
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• New figures shine light on millions being spent on LTNs and cycle routes

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxfordshire County Council spent nearly £4 million on the contentious Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) scheme and cycle routes in Oxford.
  
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• New appointments in Oxford Health's research and development team

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Four new appointments have recently been made within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust’s research and development team.
  
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• National firm launches programme in Oxford for engineers on career break

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  National firm Zurich Engineering has launched first programme in Oxford to help engineering surveyors looking to return to work after a career break.
  
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• Mystery as fisheries closes 'until further notice'

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A fisheries has announced is has closed 'until further notice' -
  
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• Looking back at how Oxfordshire celebrated the end of War War Two in Europe

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxfordshire celebrated the end of World War Two in Europe alongside the rest of the country in 1945.
  
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• Language-free children's theatre show coming to Oxfordshire

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Language-free children's theatre show SPLAT! is coming to Oxford and Chipping Norton.
  
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• Inclusive tennis festival held in Oxfordshire

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Tennis Oxfordshire has held its first inclusive tennis festival.
  
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• Henley Business School agrees contract to support apprenticeship delivery

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Henley Business School has renewed its agreement with skills specialist Think.
  
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• Fisheries announces closure 'until further notice'

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A fisheries has announced is has closed 'until further notice' -
  
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• Festival to shine light on mysteries surrounding Alice Chaucer

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Experts will gather in Ewelme later this month to discuss the life and times of a historic figure.
  
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• Changes made to village recreation ground improvement plans

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A number of changes have been made to a Bampton Parish Council’s plans to improve its recreation grounds.
  
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• Care home to host 1940s-themed afternoon tea for VE Day anniversary

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Charlton Lodge will open its doors to the community to mark VE Day on Thursday.
  
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• Banbury's MP joins event to discuss dementia and its impact on the community

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Sean Woodcock has joined other members of parliament, specialist dementia nurses, and people with experience of the condition to learn more about it.
  
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• 10 new fellows join University of Oxford AI programme

  08-05-2025 06:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Ten new fellows have joined the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship programme at Oxford University.
  
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• Witney renews commitment to friendship with twin towns

  08-05-2025 00:30 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  The town is twinned with Le Touquet, a coastal town in northern France, in 1980, and with Unterhaching, near Munich in Germany, in 1990
  
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• New 3D interactive attraction at Blenheim Palace

  07-05-2025 21:35 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  A new interactive attraction featuring Pip and Posy is set to open at the world-famous Blenheim Palace.
  
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