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Mail site could be sold for over £2m
BUYERS are queuing up to develop the site of Oxford's postal sorting office, which is expected to sell for more than £2m, writes Chris Koenig. Estate agents Styles and Whitlock said there were already several potential buyers for the 1.7-acre sorting
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Villagers 'trapped without cars'
PEOPLE in rural Oxfordshire rely on cars to reach towns because they don't have good enough services on their doorstep, according to a new survey. The Rural Development Commission claims the county's village dwellers have a below-average provision of
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Twins' sorrow for dying mum
"SOMETIMES at night I cry. But mostly I just forget about it." Ashton Mills may be only ten, but he has a wise head on young shoulders. He and twin sister Lauren know their beloved mum Tobi is dying and that they have to face a difficult time ahead. That's
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Shotton denies Birmingham bid for Purse
OXFORD United manager Malcolm Shotton has dismissed reports linking central defender Darren Purse with a £1m move to Birmingham City. It's understood that debt-ridden United have already accepted an offer of £800,000 from a wealthy Division 1 club for
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Cavaliers go for rugby league legend Crooks
AMBITIOUS Oxford Cavaliers want former Great Britain rugby league forward Lee Crooks to be their player-coach. The go-ahead Southern Conference club have made an offer to the 34-year-old ex-Hull, Leeds and Castleford player and they are now awaiting his
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Should we legalise cannabis?
Why we should FORMER Oxford University student Howard Marks laid the foundations of an international drugs empire in the shadow of the city's dreaming spires. Mr Marks said: "I will be arguing that cannabis would be less dangerous if it was not prohibited
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School security plan 'will endanger kids'
PARENTS accused school governors of endangering their children's lives - over plans to improve security. Governors at Gosford Hill School, Kidlington, faced angry parents last night over a scheme to fence off part of the site, closing its back entrance
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James wants stuffed moose's head
WACKY James Arnold is going big game hunting - in the quest for a stuffed moose's head. The eccentric 28-year-old wants to hang the trophy in his bathroom, at his Bicester home, in a bizarre tribute to his grandad Billy. His fearless grandfather was a
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Missionary took pills overdose
MISSIONARY John English took his own life with an overdose of anti-depressants after becoming miserable when he returned to England. His sister Linda Adams found the Jehovah's Witness, 41, dead in bed with a tie round his neck at her home in Stoke Lyne
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Tobi and twins off on dream holiday
A DYING mum and her twins are to go on the holiday of a lifetime - just 24 hours after the launch of an Oxford Mail appeal to help them. Tobi Mills, a 43-year-old single mum from Haldene Road, Blackbird Leys, suffers secondary cancer in her liver and
