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oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
3 1/1 A vandalism incident at an Oxfordshire cemetery has left a woman shocked to find her great-grandmother’s headstone had been broken in half and left on the ground. Several families whose loved ones are buried in a cemetery in Bicester have been left “devastated” after vandals damaged multiple graves.
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oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
12 1/1 Wondering what to do with the Easter break? Reading is a perennial pastime, as evidenced in this looking back, featuring people reading in Oxfordshire over the years. We’ve found pictures in the Oxford Mail archive of people with books both niche and popular, as well as literary exhibitions, libraries, book orders and more.
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1 week ago | 
oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
12 1/1 Although today electric vehicles (EVs) are a hot topic, a couple of decades back the technology was just beginning to take to the streets. On Looking Back this time we've found archive pictures of the early iterations of EVs in Oxfordshire. A few Oxford Mail reporters even tried out the cars - in all their futuristic, early-technology glory - on the streets of the city for themselves. Missed a copy of the Oxford Mail you wanted?
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oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
12 1/1 It's always great fun setting a new world record, sometimes for the most arbitrary achievements. But achievements they are nonetheless, and over the years many have been featured in the Oxford Mail for their Oxfordshire links. This time on looking back we've found pictures of world records - set, attempted or held - in Oxfordshire over the years.
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1 week ago | 
oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
Jewson Yard in Crowmarsh Gifford, the site of the redevelopment by T A Fisher (Image: T A Fisher) A proposal for 15 new homes which will restore a listed building on the site of a building supplies shop has been launched for a village near Wallingford. T A Fisher & Co, a firm based in Berkshire, hopes to redevelop Jewson’s Yard in Crowmarsh Gifford into 14 new-build apartments and cottages and one detached house.
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1 week ago | 
oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
12 1/1 Oxfordshire is enjoying its first heatwave of the year this week, with sunny skies forecast for days and Spring weather reaching 21 degrees - and hot weather calls for ice cream. There's nothing more mouth-watering than a classic Mr Whippy on a hot day. This time on looking back, we've found pictures of ice cream in Oxfordshire over the years from the Oxford Mail archive.
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1 week ago | 
oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
The number of district council employees who made more than £100,000 in total payments reached 18 last year, a significant increase on the years before. Most of the highest-paid workers were employed by Oxford City Council and Cherwell District Council, with seven and eight employees on more than £100K at each council, respectively.
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oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
6 1/1 The number of council workers in Oxfordshire with total payments in excess of £100,000 last year reached 51, a huge rise on the year before. The figures have been revealed in the Taxpayers’ Alliance's annual Town Hall Rich List, which reveals all council employees who made six figures or more in the 2023/24 financial year.
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1 week ago | 
oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
5 1/1 Oxfordshire's rugby county cup has gone to Wallingford for the first time in the club's history, beating Oxford for the win. Wallingford RFC were crowned the county cup winners for the first time when it beat the Oxford team 48-12 in the Oxfordshire County Cup. The team's coach said it was a "fantastic achievement" after a struggle of a game, which began as an even affair with Oxford taking the first score of the final.
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2 weeks ago | 
oxfordmail.co.uk | Madeleine Evans
5 1/1 A brewery in Oxfordshire is seeking a new pub tenant for a "beloved" pub in a village in the Cotswolds. Hook Norton Brewery, an historic business in Hook Norton which produces a range of "Hooky" beers and owns more than 30 pubs in and around the county, has launched the search for a new tenant. The brewery is offering an "exceptional opportunity" for a "visionary tenant" to take over running the Roebuck Inn at Drayton.
