Goram and Vincent's story tell the mythical tale of how several local landscapes came to exist.
The cause of increasing absences in Oxfordshire is often put down to emotionally-based school avoidance.
A historian finds connections between Jane Austen and The Vale of White Horse.
Archaeological work on the Uffington White Horse last year revealed it was shrinking.
Specialist work to repair the 17th Century bridge will start later this month.
Archaeologists will reverse the chalk figure's "weight loss" after finding it was getting thinner.
More than £13,000 in council grants will go towards Coronation events in South Kesteven.
The government is giving consumers an extra payment of £100, but councillors have raised concerns.
