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Train strikes hit passengers ahead of Eurovision

RMT union members from 14 rail companies are walking out on Saturday in a long-running pay row.

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Glenn Poyner

Man admits child rapes and other offences

The ex-RAF Benson worker has pleaded guilty to eight child sex offences including rape.

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  • Shropshire
Odeon cinema on Magdalen street.

Odeon cinema to close after 99 years in city

Odeon says it is a "difficult decision" to shut the historic cinema months before its centennial.

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People's Park in Banbury cordoned off

Park stabbing teenager was feral, judge says

Danils Bogdancevs was attacked in People's Park, Banbury, on a sunny day last June.

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An artist’s impression of the pliosaur by Megan Jacobs, University of Portsmouth

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Odeon cinema on Magdalen street.

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Odeon says it is a "difficult decision" to shut the historic cinema months before its centennial.

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