Witney Gazette

THREE soldiers killed when a bomb hit their armoured vehicle in Afghanistan will be returned to Oxfordshire tomorrow.

THE Witney Music Festival bowed out with a bang on bank holiday Monday and promised to be back even bigger next year.

HEALTH officials have admitted a ban on smoking at Oxfordshire’s hospitals has failed to stub out the problem.

The Local Enterprise Partnership has appointed a new chief executive.

THAMES Water customers are being consulted on whether they would like to have a water meter installed in their homes.

Actor Sir Ben Kingsley was due to visit a cinema last night to help raise funds to fulfil a nine-year-old’s dream.

THE future governance of Oxfordshire County Council was last night still up in the air following further talks between party leaders.

FORMER Oxfordshire County Council leader Keith Mitchell has demanded better support from the Government for Conservative councillors.

CAMPAIGNERS against high pub rents and wholesale beer prices will stage a protest in Witney today as a publican is evicted.

OXFORDSHIRE Artweeks is in full swing after the sun shone on a colourful launch.

OXFORDSHIRE should take control of the A34 and its budget to tackle major congestion problems, a council boss has said.

THEY were invited to drink the pumps dry. And the hundreds of visitors to the Witney Beer Festival on Saturday gave it their best shot.

YOUNGSTERS took to the slides and enjoyed the latest new climbing frame at Cogges Manor Farm.

COMMUNITY groups have praised the impact of the Oxford Mail can have on neighbourhoods as we give you the chance to shape this paper’s future.

THE BISHOP of Oxford wiped the floor with the Bishop of Buckingham in a contest to judge their baking skills.

VOTING in the Oxford Mail’s Win Your Wedding competition opens tomorrow – with 41 couples vying for the £14,000 prize.

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LOOK who just dropped in to town.

RADICAL changes to the manning of Oxfordshire’s fire stations are being considered.

MOVIE star Sir Ben Kingsley will be the guest of honour at a Witney cinema tonight to help a girl who lost her arms and legs to meningitis.