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Villagers flee their homes in flood shock
HORRIFIED residents were forced to flee their homes today as floods devastated the village of Farmoor. Many woke to find ground floors covered in 3ft of water, with furniture floating around their living rooms. Emergency services were alerted at 4.30am
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Green light for smoker's court fight
LUNG cancer victim Denis House is preparing for a new battle - against the tobacco firm he holds responsible for his illness. Mr House, of George Street, Bicester, is one of 43 people whose lawyers have been given the go-ahead for a multi-million pound
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Action plan for failing school
AN OXFORD school is failing to educate pupils to expected standards because of problems including poor teaching, high truancy levels and unruly behaviour among children. Government inspectors have placed Donnington Middle School, Cornwallis Road, on special
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Jobs boost on cards in college deal
COMPANIES are being invited to sell themselves as developers gear up for a multi-million pound construction project in Oxfordshire. John Laing wants to meet local firms interested in helping supply industrial and commercial products to the developers
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Love could be key to Holland trip
THE price of love could help send youngsters on an exchange trip to Holland after 1,000 romantic red roses were put up for sale on St Valentine's Day to help pay for the trip. Oxford City Council spurned tulips from Amsterdam, to sell roses from Leiden
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Drinkers take a dim view over power cuts
A LANDLADY says she's completely in the dark - about why her pub lights keep going out. Whenever the street light outside the Red Lion in Chinnor goes out, off goes all the power in the pub. But landlady Lynne Fear says she's now fed up with all the jokes
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Support grows for Tobi appeal
MONEY is continuing to flood in to help the kids of dying mum Tobi Mills. Ten-year-old twins Ashton and Lauren, of Haldene Road, Blackbird Leys, drew up an advert for new parents willing to replace mum Tobi, 43, after she dies. Tobi has cancer and has
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Cheetahs announce new backers
IT'S the Gresham Chee-tahs that will do battle on their Elite League speedway debut following a sponsorship tie-up with Gresham Computing. The deal is thought to be substantial, although no figures have been released. Gresham are a computer software and
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United new boys set to face WBA
OXFORD United hope to have two new signings in their team to face Denis Smith's West Bromwich Albion at the Manor tomorrow. New boss Malcolm Shotton has completed the signing of Kevin Francis from Birmingham City, with central defender Darren Purse moving
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PURSE SWAP DEAL ALL SET
THE player-plus cash deal which would take Oxford United central defender Darren Purse to Birmingham City and bring Blues striker Kevin Francis to the Manor Ground could go through on Monday. United boss Malcolm Shotton is hoping to get confirmation of
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Terry battles for CJD to be named as wife's killer
THE first sign of Jayne Bishop's illness was when she became slightly forgetful. The disease quickly affected the ex-nurse's memory and her physical co-ordination - but it took until October before CJD was diagnosed. Her husband Terry, a building site
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CJD 'killed my wife'
GRIEVING husband Terry Bishop is fighting to have his wife's killer illness named as CJD. The mum-of-two died after being diagnosed with "new-variant" CJD - the human form of mad cow disease. But the official reason for her death is dementia and bronchial
