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Fast-growing firms in top 50
FIRMS based in Oxfordshire took first and second places in a competition to find the region's fastest-growing technological enterprises. Just Results, of Oxford, came in top in the South West regional Fast 50 contest, organised by chartered accountants
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MPs' drugs debate welcomed
The father of Lexie McConnell, who died after being given steroids, has welcomed a debate in the Commons. On Monday, MPs will debate the need to monitor side effects of prescribed drugs on children. Campaigners want to see drug companies made to monitor
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Hospital bosses sorry for hold-up
Hospital chiefs have apologised for the mix-up which left a disabled woman waiting in a taxi for nearly an hour during a royal visit. Jen Blackman, 51, of Marston, was featured in yesterday's Oxford Mail after security staff refused to let her get out
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Squatter cleared of mansion blaze
A paranoid schizophrenic, accused of torching a manor causing more than £1m worth of damage, has been cleared - after his confession was declared inadmissible. Anthony Lyons was formally found not guilty of arson by recorder Judge Harold Wilson at Oxford
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Dad died when truck swerved
Dad-of-six Bob Calley died when a seven-tonne lorry spun out of control and smashed head-on into his van, an inquest heard. Mr Calley, 49, of Spareacre Lane, Eynsham, died on December 15 last year when the lorry, driven by Maurice Goodwill, of Cheney
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Faldo looking to recapture his old sparkle
NICK Faldo will be hoping to challenge defending champion Darren Clarke at this year's Benson and Hedges International Open which starts at The Oxfordshire in Thame on May 13. Faldo, who didn't compete in last years B&H, missed the cut at last week's
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Abingdon manager Stopps resigns
KEITH Stopps has resigned as manager of Abingdon Town, whose relegation to Ryman Division 3 was confirmed this week. Stopps stepped down on Monday, the day before Town's faint, mathematical hopes of survival disappeared with a 2-1 defeat at Edgeware.
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Tonight: Evening wintry showers will mainly die away, but it will once again be a very cold night wi
Tomorrow: Cold, with an overnight frost, and some early mist and fog patches. Some sunshine. Outlook for Saturday and Sunday: It will stay cold over the weekend, with a mixture of sunny spells and wintry showers, with the best of the sunshine in the morning
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Shotton's extra man
MALCOLM Shotton believes Oxford United's army of travelling fans can prove the equivalent of an extra man on the pitch for the relegation clash at Port Vale on Saturday. United now have 13 coaches set to make the trip to Vale Park - with the fans travelling
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May Day bridge row rumbles on
Police and councillors failed to agree on a decision over the opening of Magdalen Bridge on May Morning. A meeting took place yesterday between police, Oxford city councillors and other members of the May Day Advisory Group, but last night they were still
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Plea to stop the students
A student invasion is threatening to overwhelm an area of Oxford, residents claim. People in Headington say their neighbourhood is being ruined by increasing numbers of students from Oxford Brookes University. They claim undergraduates are being crammed
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Probe into why buses crashed
Crash investigators will today continue probing the wreckage of three buses involved in a city centre smash. No passengers were hurt although a 52-year-old woman cyclist suffered leg injuries in the accident in Queen Street, outside Marks and Spencer
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Chilly Cheetahs are outgunned
King's Lynn 53, Oxford 37 GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs were outgated and outpaced as they went down to King's Lynn Knights in speedway's Craven Shield on a bitterly cold night. Cheetahs were always going to be up against it at the fast Saddlebow Road circuit
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Now we can all have fun
Oxford in May for many people across the world means only one thing - balls. But traditionally, Oxford University students have been the ones having all the fun, stumbling out of college gardens clutching bottles of champagne. Now education consultant
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We're not ugly
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the old saying seems to ring especially true when it comes to members of Oxford City Council. Oxford Mail reader Alan Morgan, with his tongue firmly in his cheek, took a dim view of the physical qualities of the
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The real life Reggie Perrin
Detectives hunting missing businessman John Lewis fear he may have staged a Reggie Perrin-style disappearance, write Rebecca Smith and Andrew Ffrench. Now police have launched an investigation into his business affairs, including a firm he used to run
