A village which transformed itself 2:46pm Tuesday 8th July 2008 BERINSFIELD, which this month celebrates its 50th birthday, has been transformed from a place no one wanted to know into a thriving village with massive community spirit. Reader comments (2) Bridge jumping an 'idiotic practice' 11:00am Tuesday 8th July 2008 POLICE and local authorities have united in a bid to stop the summer madness of people jumping off Wallingford Bridge into the River Thames. Reader comments (4) MP quits county cabinet 7:51am Friday 4th July 2008 John Howell, the newly-elected Henley MP, has resigned from his position on Oxfordshire County Council's decision making cabinet - but will retain his role as county councillor for Dorchester and Berinsfield. Fire in Wallingford 7:24pm Thursday 3rd July 2008 Firefighters are battling a blaze at a house in Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford. Reader comments (8) Former town man hurt in French gun horror 6:10pm Wed 2 Jul 08 A FORMER Wallingford man is recovering after being shot when real bullets were used instead of blanks at a French military demonstration. River-death inquest opens 9:11am Wednesday 2nd July 2008 AN inquest has opened into the death last week of a 10-month-old girl who fell into the River Thames. Tory glory, but Labour humiliated 3:06am Fri 27 Jun 08 Conservative Party candidate John Howell romped to victory in the Henley by-election with a 10,000-vote majority. Labour beaten into fifth place by BNP and Greens in Henley 1:40am Friday 27th June 2008 John Howell, the Conservative candidate, has comfortably won the Henley by-election with 19,796 votes. Reader comments (29) Care worker's fight to clear his name 4:43pm Friday 27th June 2008 A CARE worker's career was destroyed by "fanciful" sex abuse allegations by a boy who "could not stop lying", top judges have been told. River-death baby named 4:20pm Thursday 26th June 2008 Police today named the baby girl who died yesterday after being recovered from the River Thames near Goring. More ... Most read Comments 1 Warning issued to dieters 2 Teenager assaulted by gang 3 A village which transformed itself 4 Kung Fu Panda and Hancock 5 Fresh weather warning issued 6 Top act to launch arts centre 7 Police 'getting officers back on beat' 8 The Visitor, Death Note: The Last Name, My Winnipeg and Chop Suey 9 The Lamb, Buckland 10 Halls given cash backing Today | 7 Days 1 Lidl store plans welcomed 2 Fire in Wallingford 3 Alterations in line for traffic system 4 Former vicar beat up wife in rage 5 Sue among Queen's Birthday Honours 6 House-price falls hit Oxfordshire 7 Teenager burgled flood victims 8 King Alfred stands whole again 9 Bigger rounds anger post workers 10 Update: UK 'ill prepared' for floods