Lee Mackie, the Mother of Jason Mackie, a Royal Marine who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009 is supporting a campaign to locate a Memorial Bell on the repatriation route between RAF Brize Norton and the John Radcliff Hospital in Oxford. The proposal would see the installation of a 31”, 644lb bell that would toll
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Although vegetarianism has been around as a concept for thousands of years (Hinduism, Buddhism and Greek philosophers such as Pythagoras) worldwide and for hundreds of years in England, English vegetarians didn’t really start to get their wholemeal bread buttered and their Homity Pie baked until the 1960s when Cranks was born in London’s trendy Carnaby
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As far back as December 2009 we were warned that Oxfordshire County Council were seriously considering withdrawing funding for young people in Carterton, particularly funding to keep the Allandale Youth Centre open. The chairman of Carterton Youth Council spoke with other youth council members at the Carterton Town Council meeting and said that “A lot
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Date: Saturday 27th August (4pm ’til late) Venue: Browne’s Hall Social Centre Format: Showcase of local musical talent, limited to West Oxfordshire. Revised deadline for applications: 13th August Line-up confirmation: 20th August Apply now by completing the application form <here> and returning it to me at adriancoomber@googlemail.com This Music event is unique in that it
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There has been much discussion in recent months in terms of how West Oxfordshire could develop over the next 15 years, and particularly over the potential growth of Carterton. Carterton Town Council employed a planning consultant to provide advice on whether Carterton could take a significant number of new dwellings and how this might affect local
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