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Hospital pioneers health 'MoT'
A HEALTH MoT for busy business people is being pioneered at an Oxfordshire hospital. The Horton General Hospital NHS Trust, at Banbury, is the first in the country to provide a pay-as-you-go health check. The scheme is aimed at business men and women
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Campaigners fight for a new crossing
MORE than 500 people have signed a petition calling for a pedestrian crossing on a busy road where a boy of six was hit by a car. Maxine Pickup was trying to cross the Buckingham Road in Bicester with her own two children and six-year-old Ben Storey.
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Lifeboat appeal in Oxford? Why not? We did it 130 years ago
LANDLOCKED Oxford may be 70 miles from the sea, but that's not going to stop us trying to buy our very own lifeboat. You might imagine there are better ways for Oxford to spend £61,500 than on an Atlantic 75 lifeboat. But the boat could prove to be one
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Violence erupts at cat farm
TWENTY-TWO animal rights protesters were arrested after violent clashes with police during a demonstration outside a cat breeding farm near Witney. More than 500 activists from across the country gathered at Hillgrove Farm in Minster Lovell, yesterday
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United defence holds firm at Bradford
Bradford C 0, Oxford Utd 0 SOME brilliant defending earned Oxford United a precious Division 1 point at the Pulse Stadium on Saturday. After a sterile first half, the game opened up after the break and United's goal came under heavy pressure. But, led
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Powell signs up for U's
PAUL Powell, one of the Oxford United stars who has blossomed under new boss Malcolm Shotton, has signed a new two-year contract. The Wallingford-born 19-year-old gave another impressive display as United earned a precious survival point with a 0-0 draw
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Protest takes to the streets
CHILDREN and old folk led 2,500 people surrounding an Oxfordshire hospital in protest at possible closure. The crowd marched through the centre of Wallingford before circling the community hospital in Reading Road for a minute's silence. Hospital manager
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RIGHT ROYAL ROASTING
Charles's ex-chef shrugs off reporter's criticism PRINCE Charles's former chef has shrugged off a Royal reporter's saucy review of his high-class pub grub. The Mirror's columnist James Whitaker visited The Goose, in Britwell Salome, to try out the menu
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Disabled children to lose out in new cuts
DISABLED children may be forced into full-time care by £50,000 cuts to services provided by a respite centre. Management at the Summerfield Resource Centre, in Wootton Road, Abingdon, admit they are worried their decision to stop overnight care three
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I NEVER MEANT NOT TO BE A MUM
GWEN Taylor is the first to admit she has a very hectic life, especially now she's touring the country with George Cole in the play Heritage, which was at The Playhouse in Oxford last week. But she is taking time out of her busy schedule to raise money
