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FOOTBALL: Currie is Launton boss
Duncan Currie is the new manager of Hellenic League club Launton Sports after Kevin Poole resigned. Curry, who played for the club last season, takes over after Poole quit for travelling reasons with the club being moved from Division 1 East
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CRICKET: Laitt's widow first to praise Arnold
The widow of former record-holder David Laitt was pleased that Keith Arnold had broken her husband’s long-standing Oxfordshire mark. Heather Laitt, who lives in Wheatley, called the Oxford Mail at 8.15am on Monday to pass on her regards.
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CRICKET: Arnold's outstanding achievement
Former captain Phil Garner led the plaudits for Keith Arnold after he broke Oxfordshire’s Minor Counties Championship wickets record. Arnold’s four dismissals against Wiltshire on day one of their match at Trowbridge took him to 672 and beyond David
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CRICKET: Kaufman's maiden ton saves Oxon
Richard Kaufman’s maiden Minor Counties Championship century saved Oxfordshire from defeat against Wiltshire on the final day of their Western Division clash at Trowbridge. The Old Northamptonians batsman, whose previous best score in 20 Oxon
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FOOTBALL: Goalkeeper Hill lands Chelsea scholarship
Fourteen-year-old Craig Hill is celebrating after earning a two-year scholarship with Premier League giants Chelsea. The young goalkeeper, who has been with Oxford Mail Boys League team St Edmunds since he was under 8, will be at the Stamford Bridge
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Mosley 'happy to run again'
Max Mosley is prepared to stand again as FIA president following what he describes as "wholly unjustified criticism" of world motor sport's governing body. Mosley indicated last year, in the wake of the revelations into his private life, his current
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Setanta blow for Oxford United
Oxford United and the rest of football were given the news it was fearing on Tuesday when it was announced that satellite company Setanta had gone into administration. United receive a near-£80,000 from the Irish broadcaster. Chairman
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HORSE RACING: Morlock moving on to Lambourn
Charlie Morlock is on the move from his Kingston Lisle yard, near Wantage, to Lambourn. The 46-year-old trainer is due to leave Raceyard Cottage Stables on July 1 and take his 20-25-strong team to Frenchman’s Lodge Stables, which have been occupied by
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Didcot sports centre plan shelved
PLANS for a £15m sports centre for Didcot have been abandoned because of the recession, South Oxfordshire District Council has admitted. Last year, the council said it wanted to build a sports centre featuring a swimming pool, an all-weather sports pitch
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Forty electric Minis to be tested in Oxfordshire
FORTY electric Minis are to be road-tested around the county in a new Government green scheme. The new Mini E is one of eight projects the Technology Strategy Board has chosen as part of the Government’s push towards greener forms of transport
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Prisoner slashed himself in police cell
AN INVESTIGATION is under way after a prisoner in police custody used a broken cigarette lighter to cut himself. The incident happened in the cells at St Aldate’s Police Station after the man, convicted of a burglary at a newsagents in Oxford
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Olympian bounds into Burford
OLYMPIC high jump finalist Tom Parsons got pupils in high spirits when he dropped in at Burford School. Mr Parsons, right, put some of the 200 pupils through their paces on a fitness circuit for a sponsored event to raise funds for an after-school athletics
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You can surf Victorian news
THE news that was making the headlines in Oxford more than 100 years ago has been made available online for the first time. Two Oxford papers are among 49 19th century publications to be uploaded on to the British Library website. Now
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Hunt for train flasher
Police are looking for a man who exposed himself on a train travelling from London Marylebone to Bicester North. The man, who was caught on CCTV, was on board the 8.24 service to Bicester North on Friday, May 15, and exposed himself as the train passed
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Art students brush up on disused building
A GROUP of students has breathed new life into a disused building on an Oxford industrial estate — by transforming it into an art gallery. The former sports hall, in the SERS Building, Osney Mead, is being taken over by 17 students from the
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Residents complain about new waste collection system
A CONTROVERSIAL shake-up of south Oxfordshire’s rubbish collection service has been beset with teething problems, householders claim. South Oxfordshire District Council launched its £8m system 16 days ago in an effort to radically improve its recycling
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18th victim of swine flu confirmed in county
ANOTHER pupil at an Oxfordshire primary school has contracted swine flu. Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust today confirmed a pupil at Church Cowley St James Primary School, in Oxford, had tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus.
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Come dancing with us!
AN all-women group of morris dancers is appealing for members. Queen Emma’s Morris is down to six dancers – the minimum number needed to carry on. On Saturday, members dressed all in white, with jade waistcoats and traditional bells and ribbons, to
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MP Ed vows to cut back claims
WANTAGE and Didcot MP Ed Vaizey has claimed for antique furniture, a camera, a satellite navigation device and train and taxi fares, a detailed examination of his Parliamentary expenses has revealed. Last week, constituents were able to see the full
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Paralympic star gives Kidlington sports centre the thumbs up
PARALYMPIC champion Ade Adepitan, pictured, showed off his skills with a basketball to set the standard at Kidlington’s revamped sports centre. Cherwell District Council invited the star to cut the ribbon to reopen the centre after spending £3.6m improving
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Twin town is back in contact
L’AMOUR is in the air between Wallingford and its estranged French twin town after councillors were invited to France to mark an important anniversary. Former mayor Alec Hayton and his wife Pat, along with current mayor Dee Cripps have been invited to
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CRICKET: Strode shines
A useful all-round display from Vicky Strode helped Oxfordshire’s women defeat Buckinghamshire by 66 runs in a friendly at Amersham. Strode made an entertaining 48, including seven fours, in the final ten overs of Oxon’s 208-7. The leg-spinner
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CRICKET: Red tape denies Myburgh
Oxford Downs hopes of playing overseas star Johann Myburgh have suffered a big setback due to a complicated dispute over his visa. Myburgh is in the UK on a general visitor’s visa, rather than a sports visa, but the club insist it was an error with the
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Crash causes M40 delays
Drivers faced delays on the M40 in north Oxfordshire this afternoon after a car crashed into the central reservation. The collision happened on the southbound between junction nine at Wendlebury and junction eight at Oxford. All lanes have been re-opened
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AUNT SALLY: Woodman's unbeaten run over
Some superb throwing by Terry Stuart saw Woodman lose their unbeaten record in Section 3. Stuart, playing for Red Lion Old Marston, clanged off 15 dolls (5-6-4) as his side won all three legs, chasing each time, to take over at the top.
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Wine to dine Alfresco!
A gift from a colleague turned into a delicious treat! Sunday evening while I was working my husband decided to surprise me and celebrate the summer solstice with a barbecue and dinner outside. What could be better to enjoy the splendid weather we
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A serenade for 'modern' Ruby
SHE was a “second mother” to hundreds of schoolchildren and was still delivering Meals on Wheels as a 92-year-old volunteer. But on her 100th birthday yesterday, remarkable Ruby Baker took it easy and enjoyed her day in the sunshine as she
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UPDATE: Tributes paid to RAF serviceman
Tributes have been paid to an RAF aircraftsman who died in a motorbike crash. Senior Aircraftsman Steven Johnston, 30, was killed when his orange and black Honda motorbike collided with a telegraph pole in Burford Road, Carterton, on Thursday, June 18
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UPDATE: Carfax death woman named
The woman who died after falling from Carfax Tower in Oxford yesterday has been identified this morning. A spokesman for Oxford coroner’s office said the woman was Patricia Stoute, 61, a married woman from Dunnock Way, Blackbird Leys. Mrs Stoute fell
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Primary school pupil contracts swine flu
A pupil at an Oxfordshire Primary School has contracted swine flu. Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust confirmed yesterday a pupil at Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School, in Oxford, had tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus.
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OXFORD UNITED: Back Green, urges Wilder
Chris Wilder has completed his strikeforce for next season with a familiar face to Oxford United fans – the pacy Matt Green. The 22-year-old ex-Cardiff City forward, who was at Oxford for the 2007-8 campaign – with ten goals in 16 starts – has signed
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East Oxford docs ban mags to stop swine flu
A doctors’ surgery has removed all magazines from its waiting room in a bid to stop the spread of swine flu. St Bartholomew’s Medical Centre, in Manzil Way, East Oxford, has put up notices informing patients of the precautionary measure, which it hopes
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£10.7m to put electric Mini on the road
AN OXFORD-BASED consortium will today be told it is to receive £10.7m of Government cash to help put electric cars on the road within a decade. The Mini E research consortium, which is led by the Cowley-based BMW Group and includes Oxford Brookes University
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Woman hurt by intruder in Witney
AN INTRUDER who assaulted a woman in her home was still at large last night. The 33-year-old woman was attacked at her house in Eastfield Road, Witney, at around 12.30pm yesterday. Her attacker is believed to have entered the end of terrace house
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Iran crisis: Oxford student fears for detained husband
AN OXFORD woman fears her student husband may be facing torture in an Iranian prison cell after vanishing six days ago. Fatameh Shams, 26, said her partner Mohammadreza Jalaeipour, 27, was detained as the couple tried to leave Tehran. She did fly out
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Joy as twins who 'wouldn't survive womb' mark 18th birthday
A MOTHER who was told her twins wouldn’t make it through her pregnancy, is celebrating their 18th birthday today. Sarah Prideaux’s sons Ethan and Elliott were born nine weeks premature in 1991 at theJohn Radcliffe Hospital. The proud mum, of Southmoor
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Unbearable silence over Iran detainee
Trouble in the streets of Iran has flashed across our television screens for many days, but the clashes over the country’s elections seemed a world away: Not so now. Fatameh Shams, a 26-year-old Oxford University student living in Summertown, hasn’t
