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Watchdog hits firm with £250,000 fine
INVESTMENT watchdog the Personal Investment Authority has fined an Oxfordshire firm which operates a network of financial advisers £250,000 over its handling of pension mis-selling cases. Countrywide Independent Advisers, which operates from Oasis Park
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Cage protest over 'Campsfield Nine'
PROTESTERS locked themselves inside a mock iron cage outside Oxford Crown Court today in a symbolic protest at charges facing nine former detainees of Campsfield Detention Centre in Kidlington. In a noisy demonstration, about 40 protesters shouted slogans
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School blaze could be arson
AN arsonist is thought to have started a fire at Peers School in Littlemore, Oxford, which caused substantial smoke damage. Police arrested a man near the school shortly after the fire started at about 10pm on Friday. Insp Brendan O'Dowda, of Oxford police
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Computer buff wipes names of students
COMPUTER buff Tony Burroughs has been left feeling red-faced - after accidentally wiping off the names of people on his course by blundering with his computer. In trying to sort out another problem, the 38-year-old, who jointly runs a school computer
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Driver sought after crash
POLICE are today hunting the driver of a car which drove away from the scene of a major crash. William Stevens, a 19-year-old Reading University student, is fighting for his life after being cut free from the wreckage by firefighters. Five other people
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Terri's a rare medium
TERRI Stromeyer, 36, is a very attractive, vivacious woman. She's tall, slim, beautifully dressed and has a terrific sense of fun. She is also a link to the spiritual world. "I'm not the kind of person even I'd think of as a medium," she laughed. This
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£600,000 house raffle fiasco
ANGRY punter Ken Lau has hit out at the contest to "raffle" a house. The Abingdon engineer labelled the competition a "fiasco" after the rules were redrawn when not enough people entered. Originally, hopeful entrants had to pay out £105 in a bid to win
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Phyllis keeps Jim waiting to the last minute!
JIM Smith, 78, waited 20 years to marry his landlady - and was then kept waiting for his bride to arrive at the church. Phyllis Prewett, 77, arrived 15 minutes late in a Rolls-Royce at St Peter's Church, Didcot, on Saturday. Phyllis, who wore a lilac
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We're on the right track - Shotton
NEW boss Malcolm Shotton is convinced Oxford United are on the right track - despite suffering his first defeat since taking over the hot-seat. Shotton, who had notched up victories against Portsmouth and Nottingham Forest in his first two games, watched
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Bobby socks it to United
Sheffield Utd 1, Oxford Utd 0 BOB Ford, whose £400,000 move from Oxford two months ago kept the club afloat, sunk his old teammates with his first goal for Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Saturday. And Oxford were left feeling especially unfortunate
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Why the whole world's going...Radio ga-ga
FIVE friends formed a band while at the elite Abingdon School before they knew how to play a guitar. They were later discovered at a gig in their hometown of Oxford, and now have the world at their feet. Radiohead are nominated for four Brit Awards tonight
