Oxfordshire County, England News

A SMOKER has been fined A 80 - " for dropping a matchstick. Demetrios Samouris was hit with the fine by an Oxford City Council street warden while he was shopping with his girlfriend in Cornmarket Street.

FOURTEEN men from Oxfordshire have appeared in court accused of being involved in a pub fight.

VISITORS to Witney's new A 50m shopping centre have raised concerns about a shortage of parking in the town.

PEOPLE across Oxfordshire will pay their respects to Britain's war dead at services across the county this weekend.

A a oePROFESSIONAL thiefa who stole A 24,000 of blank CDs from a parked lorry on the A34 claimed he did so after hearing his girlfriend had turned to prostitution to stave off debts.

A CHARITY for youngsters with mental and physical learning difficulties has been handed the largest donation in its 81-year history.

A PRIMARY school in west Oxfordshire has been rated - outstanding'. Under Ofsted's new, tougher inspection framework, Enstone Primary School, near Chipping Norton, was given the highest rating.

THIEVES are netting hundreds of pounds by climbing underneath vans and stealing the spare wheels.

A SENIOR policewoman has vowed to conquer her severe car sickness by setting off on a 3,000 mile rally tomorrow.

The A4074 between Wallingford and Oxford has been reopened following a serious accident today.

A SELECTION of superheroes yesterday staged two protests in Oxfordshire in a bid to gain more rights for fathers.

Brad Kershaw was found slumped on a sofa in Winterbourne Close in Bicester on May 24, after a night with friends in which he also smoked crack cocaine and drank heavily.

Killer nurse Benjamin Geen, who caused two patients' deaths and seriously injured 15 others in a perverted attempt at "self-aggrandisement", was rightly found guilty, a top judge has ruled.

Police today warned people to be on their guard after three distraction burglaries in Oxfordshire yesterday, where the offenders claimed to be from the water board.

The body of Didcot-based Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid has been repatriated to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire.

TRADING standards bosses last night said they were appalled after 50 per cent of stores in an Oxford Mail test sold cigarettes to a 15-year-old schoolgirl.

TWO men who robbed a stranger in a drunken and unprovoked late-night attack have been jailed.

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PICKETING postal workers admitted disruption could rumble on for the "foreseeable future" as they continue their fight over modernisation at Royal Mail.

Two men are being questioned today after a robbery at a Didcot bookmakers. At about 7pm yesterday, a man walked into Stan James Bookmakers, in Wantage Road, and threatened a member of staff, demanding that they hand over cash.