Here the Mayor of Abingdon, and councillors, are returning from the annual civic service at St Helens Church.

Mr Roger Cox was elected the Mayor of Ock Street this afternoon, and given the sword of office by the Mayor of Abingdon, Councillor Lorrain Oates.

He defeated the previous mayor, Mr Stuart Jackson, who has been elected Mayor of Ock Street 11 years running. Stuart was one of those chairing the new mayor down Ock Street: preceded by the the Ock Street Horns.

From tomorrow, adults in Abingdon will need a rod licence to fish the Abingdon waters, and not just a town fishing permit. The town took legal advice to protect the ancient fishing right but it seems in vain.

The third Sunday of June is fathers day. So what should we buy him: blue shirt, Robert Ludlum novel, Top Dad card or Mystery Man comic book? (the selection is in the window of the Helen and Douglas House charity shop)