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Scales of Justice
A lorry driver from Oxfordshire who was speeding is convicted of causing the deaths of two men in a crash.

Thousands of people turn out in an Oxfordshire town to welcome home soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan.

A businessman hired to help look for missing Madeleine McCann, and wanted by the FBI, is arrested in Oxford.

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Legal challenges to the enforcement of bank debts

Students choose Hogwarts name
Students at an Oxford University college vote to rename their Junior Common Room Gryffindor, after the fictional house.

Darwin book fetches thousands
A first edition of On the Origin of Species, which was kept in a toilet in Oxfordshire, sells for nearly twice the expected price.

European school in academy plan
Plans are announced to bring Oxfordshire's European school into the mainstream education system as an academy.

Last salute for Army bomb victim
The widow of an Oxfordshire-based army explosives expert killed in Afghanistan praises her "warrior" husband at his funeral.

First female head for 750 years
A boys' public boarding school in Oxfordshire appoints its first female head teacher in its 750 year history.

Cromwell's boots up for auction
A pair of boots owned by an Oxfordshire man that are believed to have been Oliver Cromwells are to be sold at auction.

Man banned from mother's street
A man in Oxfordshire receives an anti-social behaviour order banning him from the street where his mother lives.

New group launched for men
Students at Oxford University launch a support group for men who want to explore their masculinity.

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