'Serious concerns' over plans to house 1,000 migrants in Oxfordshire
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'Serious concerns' over plans to house 1,000 migrants in Oxfordshire
• "SERIOUS concerns" have been raised by an asylum charity over plans for a large-scale accommodation near Bicester.
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 | Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage)today Golf clubs worth £400 stolen from parked car sparks police enquiry• Police are appealing after golf clubs worth £400 were stolen from a vehicle in a car park which is believed to have had its boot unlocked. |
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 | Bicester Advertiser - News (Bicester)today Abuser jailed after sexually assaulting 'vulnerable' girls• An abuser has been jailed at Oxford Crown Court after he sexually assaulted two 'vulnerable little girls' for his own 'sexual gratification'. |
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