I loved pizzas long before I’d ever tried one thanks to the Mad Magazine’s depiction of what was just an American phenomena.

But pizza madness has come to Abingdon with two major chains facing each other across Ock Street.

Both currently have an offer of £7.99 for any size pizza if collected (* condition applies, this is October 2014).

Whereas Dominos would get people to dress up as dominos and wave at you from traffic roundabouts, Pizza Hut uses a mobile billboard to tell you about their offer.

Michael was hoping to get the Magic-Wok Chinese takeaway in Oxford Road to re-paint their sign.

He doesn’t think they’ve had their sign repainted since they set up.

He says “Maybe if you publish one of these pictures it will somehow jog them into action.“

Vodafone Abingdon opened at Unit 8, Bury Street at 10am this morning. The new store is part of Vodafone’s £100 million nationwide expansion, opening 150 new shops and creating 1,400 jobs in the next year.

The store has top ten tables displaying the best-selling devices, so customers can try them out before buying. They also have 5 employees their to help. The red balloons proved very popular with youngsters in town today.

Just one day to go… Vodafone Abingdon are to open on Friday 3rd October 2014. The Mayor and Town Crier will be there.

Up until now the nearest Vodafone shops were to be found in the City of Oxford, in the unspoilt Market Town of Witney, the ever expanding town of Bicester, and Newbury, where Vodafone have their HQ.