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Why your help is so vital now
Oxfam sent 27 tonnes of emergency aid equipment to the disaster zone yesterday and called on the people of Oxfordshire to dig deep into their pockets in support of its appeal. The Oxford-based charity wants to raise an initial £3m to help save lives now
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Pensioner dies after cooking starts blaze
A pensioner who had been cooking food died after a fire at his flat in Oxford. Firefighters were called to Lake Street, off Abingdon Road, at about 5pm on Tuesday after a neighbour reported smelling burning and went to investigate. They broke down the
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Fiesta marks HQ's opening
Oxfordshire County Council's Music Service plans to mark the opening of its new £1.3m headquarters in the new year with a month-long festival. The new headquarters, based at Bayards Hill Primary School, in Barton, Oxford, features a large concert hall
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Football: Diaz to call up the cavalry
Ramon Diaz says that he wants four of five new faces at Oxford United as soon as possible. Diaz saw his side suffer a humiliating 2-0 defeat at home to basement boys Kidderminster at the Kassam Stadium yesterday afternoon - the first loss since he took
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Football: Honeymoon over for Ramon
Ramon Diaz's honeymoon period as Oxford United manager was shattered by basement boys Kidderminster yesterday. A goal in each half from Blair Sturrock and Simon Russell sent the U's to their first defeat under Diaz - and the biggest Kassam Stadium crowd
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More power to your lens
Sir - During the past year, you have printed numerous photographs submitted by a reader, Anne Skeats, of Kingham. May I say how much I have enjoyed these informal pictures which have graced your letters page? More power to your lens, Anne, and may you
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Home safe
Holidaymakers Gavin Anderson and Jo Coleman have told how they ran for their lives across a Thai beach to escape the tsunami which has claimed thousands of lives across 10 countries. Gavin Anderson and Jo ColemanThe couple, of Binsey Lane, Oxford, were
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Forecourt lights not our only need
Sir - New lights are put up on the forecourt of shops in Atkyns Road, Wood Farm, Oxford (Oxford Mail, December 16). Well done to all city councillors, the council's chief executive Caroline Bull and neighbourhood renewal officer Roger Elkin. But before
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Rugby: Henley gain vital win
Henley eased their worries at the bottom of National League 1 with an important 18-14 victory over London Welsh at Dry Leas yesterday. The result takes Hawks out of the bottom two.
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Play area prepares for £50k makeover
A run-down play area is to get a new lease of life after almost £50,000 was raised for a makeover. Work is to start in April on improving the Peat Moors play area, next to the Bullingdon Community Centre, in Headington, Oxford. The renovation has been
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Blood service urges donors to give a pint
Donors are being asked to remember to give blood during the festive season. Last year, contributions from more than 400 people were needed on key days over Christmas and the New Year for patients being treated at Oxford's main hospitals. Staff at the
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Schools paid to curb cars
Schools are being offered a cash incentive to tackle the school run and persuade families to leave their cars at home. Oxfordshire County Council's travel plans development team is inviting all state-maintained schools in Oxfordshire to join the second
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New life at last for mill
Plans to build new homes at a burned-out riverside mill at Osney have been given the go-ahead by Oxford City Council. The city has waited almost 50 years to see the derelict four-storey Victorian building restored. Now it is to be the centrepiece of a
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Voting record benefits no-one
Sir - You report (Oxford Mail, December 21) that Blairite MP Andrew Smith has voted in 68 per cent of divisions in the House of Commons over the past year. But it is quality, not quantity, that counts when an MP makes voting decisions in Parliament. During
