Tips will no longer accept these items as new £15 charge introduced
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Tips will no longer accept these items as new £15 charge introduced
• Oxfordshire tips will no longer accept these items in a major change by Oxfordshire County Council, which has seen a new £15 charge introduced.
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 | Witney Gazette - News (Witney, West Oxfordshire) · yesterday Popular sweet shop announces closure 'with heavy heart'• The popular sweet shop is closing down after years of trading. |
 | Oxford Mail · yesterday 'Devoted' husband and father, 74, killed in Cotswolds fire• A “devoted” husband and father has been killed in a fire in the Cotswolds across the Oxfordshire border. |
 | Oxford Mail · yesterday Frustrated residents demand better bus service• Frustrated residents are demanding urgent improvements to their bus services. |
 | Herald Series - News (Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage) · yesterday Town council given special role in public inquiry• A council has secured a key role in a public inquiry into a controversial housing development. |
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