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Plea to decide air base future
THE uncertain future of the former air base at Upper Heyford is preventing one of north Oxfordshire's biggest employers from doubling its workforce. Fleet management firm Keddy Services, which acts for Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Audi, Volkswagen and Nissan
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Couple leap from house inferno
RETIRED farmer Jim Cottrell and his wife Heather leapt from the upstairs window of their blazing home early today. They escaped with minor injuries but their pet dog, which had raised the alarm, died. The couple's detached house, The Old Post Office in
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Darts night for Tobi raises £1,100
TWO darts champions took on novices to the game to raise cash for the Tobi Mills £10,000 appeal. Despite their valiant efforts on the oche, Oxford folk proved no match for star names John Lowe and Leighton Rees, who were victorious in all 16 games. The
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Swimmers assured pool will not close
SWIMMERS in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, have been assured their pool will not close during the summer. At a chaotic public meeting at the community's leisure centre last night, council bosses dismissed earlier suggestions that the pool could shut for the
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Fanzine appeals to O'Neill
A LOCAL fanzine editor has written to O'Neill Donaldson asking him to ignore his agent's advice and return to Oxford United. Daniel Curtis, editor of Yellow Fever, told Donaldson he had made "a real impression" at United in his month's loan from Sheffield
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Banger misses the Maine attraction
MALCOLM Shotton has ruled Nicky Banger out of an early return at Maine Road tomorrow when the gate could be the biggest Oxford United have played in front of this season. There were 27,643 to watch United at Sunderland last September and with Manchester
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Kiss of life revives dog
A FAMILY'S pet dog was saved with the kiss of life after being brought out unconscious from a house fire early today. Barbara Gilmour and her son Rory, 39, were treated for smoke after a dishwasher caught fire in the kitchen of their four-bedroom home
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Campsfield House rapped in report
THE Chief Inspector of Prisons has denounced Britain's system for dealing with asylum-seekers as "a complete and utter shambles" after visiting Campsfield House detention centre at Kidlington. Sir David Ramsbotham paid a surprise visit to the centre,
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Car park set for payment changes
MOTORISTS using Oxford's Westgate multi-storey car park could soon see the current 'pay on foot' machines replaced with pay and display. City centre managers say the change will provide a cheaper way of having staff at the car park to guard against crime
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Noony's dream is to become a home for healing
IN the very depths of her depression, Noony Knowles dreamed of a place where people could go to get help. Such a place would provide them with counselling and a listening ear and would be a refuge for people such as herself. More than a quarter of a century
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Colour is the key to your image
Make-up and clothes are very important to colour and image consultant Lisa Whiteside. She spends her days advising clients on what season they are and analyses the best colours to suit them so her clients end up looking their very best. "I have always
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Golfers take a swing at club bash
DRUNKEN golfers took a swing at each other when a row broke out over blue gags at their annual bash. One of the guests at the all-male, £15-a-head do got teed off with Yorkshire comic Gil Morris and started heckling. Other diners tried to bunker him by
