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Learning how to breed new ideas
A DRIVE to help companies boost their performance by putting new ideas into practice is being launched in Oxfordshire, writes David Duffy. The newly-opened Cherwell Innovation Centre at Heyford Park will be the venue for a series of workshops which start
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Tobi appeal tops £3,000
THE Oxford Mail's appeal to help the children of dying mum Tobi Mills has topped the £3,000 mark. Twins Ashton and Lauren, of Haldene Road, Blackbird Leys, drew up an advertisement for new parents willing to replace mum Tobi, 43, after she dies. Tobi
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Universities get strictly ballroom
DANCE captains at Oxford University decided to get strict in the ballroom when they discovered one of their star attractions wanted to dance for Cambridge. Rosemary Coventry, 22, hoped to appear for the arch-rival in this weekend's Southern University
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Rattles are a noisy business
A NEW light-weight soccer rattle is set to kick the World Cup off to a rousing start, its Banbury maker claims. The collapsible rattle is predicted to create a deafening storm during England matches in France this summer. The old wooden rattle was banned
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Six face arson murder charge
FIVE men and one woman have been jointly charged with the murder of Anum and Majid Khan who died in a fire at their home in Oxford. The six, who are also charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to commit arson, were all refused bail by city magistrates
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Racing punters were on the wrong track
RACING fans Graham Slade and Jack Cherry missed starters'orders when they jumped on a train - and ended up 80 miles from the racecourse. The hapless pair were in a party of six Oxford punters heading for a fun day out at Newbury races. But they found
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Council kept food poisoning secret
FOOD poisoning outbreaks affecting more than 80 people including children were kept secret by environmental health officials. Vale of White Horse District Council decided not to tell the public about a series of outbreaks during 1997. They included: Ten
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United newcomers set for debuts tonight
GIANT striker Kevin Francis and loan signing Steve Davis are set to make their Oxford United debuts tonight and O'Neill Donaldson will make his home debut, writes JON MURRAY. Centre back Davis has joined the U's on a month's loan from Barnsley and steps
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Smith ready for warm welcome at Manor
DENIS Smith returns to the Manor Ground tonight for the first time since he packed his bags to take over as West Bromwich Albion's manager on Christmas Eve. He says he's expecting a warm welcome, yet he may be surprised by the strength of feeling and
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Miguel swaps Amazon for Oxford
IT MUST have been destiny when an Amazonian mother chose the name of her baby. The mother - a member of a tribe in the remote rainforests of Peru - gave her son the name Manenima, meaning "he who travels", because he was born in a canoe as she was going
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New centre aims to help domestic violence victims
JULIE arrived at the women's refuge in Oxford with her three children in the clothes they stood up in, penniless, homeless, frightened and alone. After seven years of abuse she had gone to stay with a friend. Her partner Frank - not their real names -
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'Miracle' boy Robert celebrates fourth birthday
MIRACLE boy Robert Walker manages a smile on his fourth birthday - which doctors never expected him to reach. Robert has a genetic condition, Williams Syndrome, that afflicts just one in 20,000 babies. His mum Charlotte Mellor said: "It is a miracle to
