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  1. Fire services sacked 17 staff members, figures showpublished at 06:19 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December

    Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service sacked eight staff since the start of 2022, figures show.

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  2. Police force criticised over 'dirty cells' published at 11:29 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November

    Regulators tell Thames Valley Police it needs to improve the way it manages its custody suites.

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  3. Rail crossing closures will 'cut town in two'published at 06:07 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October

    Calum Miller MP has written to Rachel Reeves about the London Road crossing ahead of the budget.

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  4. Trial turns pill packets into garden furniturepublished at 06:15 British Summer Time 10 September

    The blister packs are usually difficult to recycle, according to Cherwell District Council.

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  5. 'Liam Gallagher came to our house party!'published at 06:12 British Summer Time 30 August

    The Britpop legends played their first ever UK tour in 1994. What did audiences in the south think?

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  6. Public gets say on tackling anti-social behaviourpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 4 August

    Cherwell District Council wants to implement a new public spaces protection order in Banbury.

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  7. Dancer who took his own life 'badly let down'published at 06:08 British Summer Time 30 July

    The parents of Conor Dowers say staff at a mental health trust failed to keep him safe.

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  8. New MP given eviction notice day after electionpublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 26 July

    The newly-elected MP for Didcot and Wantage supports the strengthening of tenant rights.

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  9. New MPs head to Parliament for first daypublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 8 July

    The new intake of MPs head to Parliament after being victorious last week.

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  10. Conservative seats wiped out in Oxfordshirepublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 5 July

    The Conservatives held four seats before Thursday's general election but now have none.

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  11. Thanks for joining uspublished at 09:38 British Summer Time 5 July

    With all results across the county now declared, the BBC live page for the election results for Oxfordshire has now ended.

    Please follow all the latest general election results here.

  12. State of play in Oxfordshirepublished at 09:37 British Summer Time 5 July

    The Liberal Democrats have done well in Oxfordshire, with Freddie van Mierlo winning Henley and Thame, Charlie Maynard securing Witney, Calum Miller winning Bicester and Woodstock and Olly Glover being elected in Didcot and Wantage.

    The party's Layla Moran held her seat in Oxford West and Abingdon.

    Labour's Sean Woodcock won in Banbury, whilst Anneliese Dodds held her seat in Oxford East.

    There are now no Conservative MPs holding any seats in Oxfordshire.

  13. Lib Dems make history in Witneypublished at 08:44 British Summer Time 5 July

    Chris McHugh
    BBC Radio Oxford

    As Conservative Robert Courts made a hasty exit, new Witney MP Charlie Maynard (pictured centre, wearing a suit and yellow tie) was seen hugging his ecstatic Lib Dem colleagues after finishing his victory speech.

    Witney hasn’t voted in any party other than the Conservatives since the seat was created in 1983, and despite the exit poll indicating the Tories would hold it, the seat now belongs to the Lib Dems.

    In the end it was comprehensive, with more than 4,000 votes between the two parties.

    Witney could not have been clearer - it’s time for a change.

    Charlie Maynard celebrates with Lib Dem activists
  14. Tories put to the Sword across the southpublished at 07:45 British Summer Time 5 July

    Penny Mordaunt lost in Portsmouth North while Tobias Ellwood also lost his Bournemouth East seat.

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  15. 'A historic night for the Lib Dems' in Oxfordshirepublished at 07:20 British Summer Time 5 July

    Bethan Nimmo
    Political reporter, BBC Radio Oxford

    Liberal Democrat candidate Calum Miller beamed as he heard the vote numbers read out for the new Bicester & Woodstock seat.

    In a very fiercely fought contest, he had done enough to become the constituency's first ever MP.

    He said it was an "historic night for Oxfordshire" and an "historic night for the Lib Dems".

    It certainly seems he has been part of a yellow wave that has swept across the county during this election.

    The party now holds five of the seven seats here - previously it held one.

    Even more significantly, the Conservatives now do not hold a single seat in Oxfordshire.

    With much of the county firmly in the "blue wall" previously, that really is a big moment.

  16. Historic moment in Banburypublished at 06:34 British Summer Time 5 July

    Bethan Nimmo
    Political reporter, BBC Oxfordshire

    Since the seat was created in 1885 - Banbury has never elected a Labour MP.

    That is, until now.

    Labour candidate Sean Woodcock - who has lost twice standing in this seat previously - just after 6am heard the magic numbers that confirmed he is the new MP for Banbury.

    He unseated former Attorney General Victoria Prentis, in what had previously been considered a very safe Tory seat.

    It means Oxfordshire will now send two Labour MPs to parliament - along with what looks like a handful of Liberal Democrats. We are waiting for the Bicester & Woodstock result to see if the Conservatives will have any MPs in the county.

  17. Didcot and Wantage goes to the Liberal Democratspublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    The Lib Dems' Olly Glover has won the Didcot and Wantage constituency.

    The previous MP for Didcot, David Johnston, lost by more than 6,000 votes.

    The victory means the Lib Dems now hold four seats in Oxfordshire, up from just holding Layla Moran's seat of Oxford West and Abingdon on Thursday.

    In Banbury, Labour has won the seat for the first time.

  18. Labour gain Banburypublished at 06:05 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    Victoria Prentis, the former attorney general and Banbury MP, has lost her seat to Labour's Sean Woodcock.

    Mr Woodcock, the Labour group leader on Cherwell District Council, won 18,468 votes, with Mrs Prentis second with 15,212 votes.

  19. Lib Dems gain Henley and Thamepublished at 05:49 British Summer Time 5 July
    Breaking

    The Lib Dems' Freddie van Mierlo is the new MP for Henley and Thame, beating the Conservatives' Caroline Newton by more than 6,000 votes.

    It is a new constituency for this general election - but the previous seat Henley was held by Boris Johnson - before he became prime minister, between 2001 and 2008 - and Tory grandee Michael Heseltine.

  20. Other former Labour councillors' successpublished at 05:30 British Summer Time 5 July

    Other Labour councillors have been victorious elsewhere.

    Former cabinet member Antonia Bance, an Oxford city councillor from 2010 until 2013, has been elected MP for Tipton and Wednesbury in the West Midlands.

    Perran Moon, who sat on Cherwell District Council from 2019 until May 2023, is now the MP for Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall.