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Judge pulls out knife in court

5:07am today

A judge was yesterday forced to defend himself in court after showing his own pocket knife to a teenager accused of a stabbing.

Talent show finalists take stage

9:13pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Thirteen hopefuls will compete on Saturday to be crowned the winner of Abingdon's Got Talent.

PM thanks Land Girls 7:17pm Wed 23 Jul 08 She was made to wait more than six decades, but today 84-year-old Jessie Brown from Oxford was finally rewarded for her efforts as a Land Girl with a special ceremony with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Downing Street.

Life sentence for 'savage' attack

6:58pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A groom who turned his best man into a human fireball then fled to Oxford has been jailed for life.

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Signal fault delays trains

6:01pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Train services between Didcot Parkway and Swindon are being delayed by a signal fault at Challow, near Wantage.

Garden for fire victim 5:59pm Wed 23 Jul 08 Anum Khan - one of two children murdered in an arson attack on their home 11 years ago - always loved going to school.

Student faked hall burglary

5:55pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A student who faked a burglary at his halls of residence and stole fellow undergraduates' laptop computers was today handed a suspended jail sentence.

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Tories come clean on expenses 5:49pm Wed 23 Jul 08 Three of Oxfordshire's Tory MPs spent £30,000 on expenses in just 12 weeks.Reader comments (5)

Residents complain of shortage of car bays 5:18pm Wed 23 Jul 08 Only half the number of Abingdon residents who pay £100 a year for a car parking space are guaranteed a bay outside their home.Reader comment (1)

Cancer centre lands jackpot 5:14pm Wed 23 Jul 08 Bingo players in Kidlington have raised £1,000 for the new Oxford Cancer Centre, at the Churchill Hospital.

£156m boost for science

5:10pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Oxfordshire has taken the lion's share of £400m Government investment in the science of the future.

Three cheers for new school 4:30pm Wed 23 Jul 08 Youngsters have been celebrating the end of their first year in a new super-school'.

Life term for groom who set fire to best man

4:29pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A groom who turned his best man into a human fireball and fled to Oxford has been jailed for life.

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3,300 home estate gets go-ahead

4:28pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

A major housing development - which will increase Didcot's population by a third - has been approved by planners.

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Police carry out roadside checks

3:49pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Drivers in East Oxford were today being stopped by police carrying out roadside checks.

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