The Vale views is a four sided newspaper that arrives four times a year issued by the Vale of White Horse District Council. This is issue No 36 . Summer 2006. (My scanner caused the strange colouring).

In it we read:

Make a Difference – Vale Volunteer of the year
Plan for Cleaner Air in Abingdon Town Centre (to become an AQMA – Air Quality Management Area)
Vale to host first ever County Youth Games (sponsored sports events)
White horse on the web (their new tourist web site)
Get connected to banish underage boozing (new shopkeepers card scheme)
Rats have a price on their head (introduction of charging for rat catching by the vale)
Cracking down on benefit crime (the successes of the Vale fraud squad)
Neighbourhood Policing (introduction of NAGs – Neighbourhood Action Groups)
Are you entitled to Free bus journeys? (over 60 free bus passes from the Vale)
Composting Craze takes off in the Vale (brown bins for compost waste)
The youth of today and tomorrow (report from Vale Youth Forum)