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BT challenger hots up telecom war
OXFORDSHIRE'S telecoms war is set to hot up soon with the arrival of Ionica, a new challenger to BT, writes Maggie Hartford. A 15-metre radio mast has gone up at the company's new base station, due to open next to the Eastern Bypass in Cowley later this
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Aldridge goes on loan to Southend
UNITED striker Martin Aldridge has joined second division strugglers Southend United on a month's loan in a bid to try to regain his sharpness, writes JON MURRAY. Aldridge, who has not started a game for the U's this year, will make his debut for the
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Policeman saves bridge jump woman
A COOL-HEADED police officer caught a young woman just as she jumped to almost certain death. Pc Mark Smith, 33, and Pc Geoff Heritage, 34, both based at Bicester Traffic Base, had been called to a suicide attempt at a footbridge 25ft above a busy ring
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LEGACY OF LOVE, Tragic Paul's help for hospice
AN Oxford hospice has been given £12,500 - collected by an Oxford solicitor who was killed while raising it. Paul McGowran set off in 1991 to circle the globe on a motorbike in an attempt to raise money for Sir Michael Sobell House in Oxford and two other
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Jigsaw king
IT's the city that never sleeps - and madcap Len Atkins could be forgiven a few sleepless nights as he pieced together a 9ft jigsaw depicting the Big Apple. The 7,700-piece puzzle took over a spare bedroom at his bungalow at East End, North Leigh. Every
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Bus firm protests at roadworks chaos
A BUS firm facing delays to its services has criticised councillors for allowing two sets of roadworks to be carried out at the same time. The Oxford Bus Company, which is predicting chaos in the city as workmen start major projects in Park End Street
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Referee Dermot shown the red card
BANBURY referee Dermot Gallagher was today reported to have been given a one-match suspension by the Football Association following his 'poor' handling of a top Premiership match. The FIFA referee, who is also commercial manager at Witney Town, has been
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The Full Monty - a cheeky rival to The Sound of Music
IT'S the most successful British movie ever - but it's got a way to go to beat The Sound of Music in Oxford. The Oxford Mail's Stephanie McKeown looks at the city's reaction to The Full Monty... CINEMA manager Mike Plews thought 28 weeks was an impressive
