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Dispute ends in attack
A MAN ended up in hospital after asking a driver to move a jeep parked on the pavement. The man, aged 30, who has not been named, was punched to the floor and kicked during the incident in Garsington Road, Cowley. The attack happened at about 2.30pm on
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Anger at Woodstock housing scheme
Residents have said a resounding 'no' to plans to develop fields on the edge of Woodstock. More than 200 people packed a public meeting in the town's community hall to voice their opposition to a scheme for a hotel and housing to the south-east of the
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Letter bombs sent in the post
Animal rights extremists have renewed their campaign of hate against cat breeder Chris Brown and Oxford professor Colin Blakemore after letter bombs were posted to their homes. Two more devices were posted to two workers at Mr Brown's farm in Hillgrove
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Honda expansion brings 1000 jobs
JAPANESE car giant Honda today gave the British motor industry a huge boost by announcing plans for a major expansion of its operation in Britain, creating up to 1,000 new jobs. Honda announced expansion of its factory in Swindon with a multi-million
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Hammer smash man at home
A mentally ill man who was questioned by police after a sledgehammer attack on an industrial estate has been released without charge. The man was questioned after four vehicles, along with office windows on the Hithercroft Industrial Estate in Wallingford
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Cat farm's fence taken down
Now you see it now you don't. That was the reaction of a senior planning officer when he went to check out a ring of metal fencing designed to protect the Hillgrove cat farm. The 10ft high "stockade" at Hillgrove, near Witney, was put up by Thames Valley
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Gran scoops £110,000 on bingo
Grandmother Irene Taylor couldn't believe her luck when she scooped nearly £110,000 - on a single game of bingo. Mrs Taylor, a regular at the Welcome Club, in Broad Street, Banbury, got a full house in the National Bingo Game, run at clubs across the
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Hopeful Archer rebuffs claims
Lord Archer has hit back at critics who say his Oxford days show him unfit to be Mayor of London. His enemies have been raking over the novelist's time at Brasenose College in the hope of wrecking his bid to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor. But
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Ex-PoW puts case to Blair
War veteran Arthur Titherington believes Prime Minister Tony Blair now has a greater understanding of the suffering of former prisoners of war in Japan. The 76-year-old, of Church Green, Witney, met Mr Blair in the House of Commons for half an hour yesterday
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Bulgaria on top of the world at Kidlington
THE World Cup's been won already - by Bulgaria who beat Iran, shock qualifiers for the final. At least, that was the way it panned out when local companies staged a mock finals four-a-side indoor football competition at the Aviators Health and Fitness
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Aussie ace Todd to join Cheetahs
AUSTRALIAN speedway international and former world No 2 Todd Wiltshire has agreed terms to join Gresham Oxford Cheetahs. Promoter Steve Purchase was keen to end the speculation over the 29-year-old who is currently riding in Germany after winning the
