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Train strikes cause more disruption for passengers

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One ticket-holder says replacing Rage Against the Machine with the 1975 is a "complete let down".

  • 1da day ago
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A murder inquiry has begun after Sheldon Lewcock, who was hit by a van, died in hospital.

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A view of bird house beside a dried up pond in the village of Northend in Oxfordshire

Berkshire and Oxfordshire officially in drought

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Warning of wildfires risk as drought hits parts of England

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Sheldon Lewcock

Tribute to 'beautiful' son after van death

A murder inquiry has begun after Sheldon Lewcock, who was hit by a van, died in hospital.

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A view of bird house beside a dried up pond in the village of Northend in Oxfordshire

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