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London Marathon runner Dawn Williams had to run the event in odd shoes after her trainer was lost during the starting mayhem.

Folk was heard in funny places as musicians took their talents to unusual venues.

Teenagers are being offered the chance to try coasteering, surfing, rock-climbing, gorge-walking and more in a free programme of summer events.

Kind-hearted knitters have got their needles into action after an appeal to find more clothes for premature babies. Thousands of tiny items of clothing have been donated to new parents at the John Radcliffe Hospital after it was revealed that they could not find clothes small enough for their tiny premature babies.

Architect Anneltje Hacquebord has been named Career Woman Slimmer of the Year after losing a staggering six stone in ten months. Anneltje, 34, from Osney Island, Oxford, dropped from a 15st 11lb size 20 to a size 10 after joining her local Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Club on the advice of her doctor.

A group of teenagers hope to give young people a good name by keeping the tradition of carol singing alive. The teenagers, from the Headington area of Oxford, hope their door-to-door carol singing for charity will make people realise that not all teenagers are bad.

Oxford is a great place to paint the town purple – and that’s official. The city has been awarded the prestigious Purple Flag for the second year in a row, meaning it is a perfect place to enjoy a night out.

Oxford Ice Rink has got some new arrivals on the ice in the form of 15 penguins.

One Oxford teenager shone during the city’s own version of Britain’s Got Talent.