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A group of police officers were given a PE lesson by school students to help get more people involved in sport.

Calls for a ‘fat tax’ on food have been criticised by a clinically obese man who is awaiting NHS weight loss surgery.

Today's repatriation ceremony for two servicemen has been delayed by about an hour.

The Bodleian Libraries have acquired the archive of composer and musician Edmund Rubbra.

A bell that will toll during repatriation ceremonies will be installed at the memorial garden on Armed Forces Day on Saturday, June 30.

RAJAR, which monitors radio listener figures, released its latest quarterly figures for local and national radio stations yesterday.

The number of people in Oxfordshire signing on the dole has fallen by the largest amount for almost two years.

TWO men have been cleared of kidnap.

A new bid has been made to limit private companies’ involvement in the NHS in Oxfordshire.

Hundreds of people from RAF Brize Norton are expected to turn out for today’s repatriation of one of their own.

WHEN it was announced the Olympic Torch would pass through Oxford, it was hoped the city would see a huge boost in business.

Tom Jennings looks ahead to a feast of patriotic events to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

A MOTHER who says her adopted daughter is ‘living proof of the dangers of drinking’ has appealed for people to take a few booze-free days to help boost her charity’s coffers.

A REPORT into bedblocking will be the key to solving the county’s problems, Mr Hudspeth believes.

THERE will be no rethink on the county’s budget, Mr Hudspeth vowed last night.

MR Hudspeth has backed plans for schools across Oxfordshire to become academies and hopes to encourage competition to improve standards.

KICKSTARTING the county’s economy by slashing red tape is top of the list for Oxfordshire’s new county council boss.

Ian Hudspeth’s views on education have been labelled “more of the same” by a campaigner against the academy plans.

THERE will no u-turn on plans to staff Oxfordshire’s libraries with volunteers, Mr Hudspeth warned.

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