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    Hog chews up road in Great Coxwell

    17
    October
    2018
    | 12:37 Europe/London
    The multi-hog - the yellow tractor type machine in the images -  has been up to its old tricks again in Great Coxwell near Faringdon. This time, as you can see from the pictures, it's made short work of some areas of worn out tarmac to clear …
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    Repairs carried out on Martens Road, Shrivenham

    05
    September
    2018
    | 13:53 Europe/London
    As the headline suggests, our road repair team have been working hard on Martens Road in Shrivenham dealing with an area of tired tarmac. As the pictures show the once uneven areas are now nice and flat, making for a nicer ride or
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    Kids dance and sing to the world’s Commonwealth tune

    12
    March
    2018
    | 12:47 Europe/London
    Schoolchildren from Oxfordshire have made the globally celebrated Commonwealth Day (March 12) come alive with Fijian and African dance and costumes at a special event held at County Hall in Oxford. More than 1,000 Commonwealth flags have been …
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    New line up and fresh faces on county’s cabinet

    A new cabinet line-up has been appointed with a key post created to work with Oxfordshire’s parishes to further develop an enhanced working relationship.

    17
    May
    2017
    | 14:11 Europe/London
    Councillor Mark Gray will be the new Cabinet Member for Local Communities - overseeing the council’s already strengthened links with local communities, parish councils and others. The county …
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    Oxfordshire Broadband Partnership celebrates rolling out superfast fibre technology to 70k homes and businesses

    13
    February
    2017
    | 18:02 Europe/London
    More than 70,000 homes and businesses across the county (including Farmer Gow’s Activity Farm in Longcot) are now able to access superfast fibre broadband as part of the multi-million pound Better Broadband for Oxfordshire programme, lead partners …
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    Military is part of Oxfordshire's DNA

    By Councillor Ian Hudspeth (via MJ magazine)

    04
    October
    2016
    | 15:43 Europe/London
    The military is part of Oxfordshire’s DNA – many of our residents and employees work for various elements of the Armed Forces. For us it has always been that way. Indeed in days gone by there were …
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    Oxfordshire highlighted nationally for good practice on working with the armed forces

    Oxfordshire County Council’s work with the local armed forces has been highlighted as a national example of good practice in a new report.

    30
    August
    2016
    | 13:35 Europe/London
    The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) and the Local Government Association have this week published their “Our Community, Our Covenant” report into how councils work to support the armed forces based in …
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