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Poison-pen letter anguish for Bill Giles
The wife of TV weatherman Bill Giles has spoken of her anguish after poison pen letters were sent to neighbours in their Oxfordshire village. Maureen Giles said she even feared going to the shops after the fresh set of abusive letters about the popular
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School workers scoop jackpot!
Staff at an Oxfordshire school are faced with a new learning experience - how to spend the £1.8m they have won on the National Lottery. The 12 women all work at William Morris Primary School in Banbury and have been playing the lottery together for several
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Find me a copy of ER!
Hounded hubby Marc Gunji-Jardine fears he'll end up in hospital - after failing to tape an episode of ER for his wife. Marc, of Wormald Road, Wallingford, was under strict instructions to video tape a crucial episode of the US hospital drama while ER-crazy
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Hearse gets Scott a pub ban
Car lover Scott Reynolds needed a stiff drink after being banned from his local - for parking his black hearse outside the pub. Scott, 26, bought the motor from an undertaker for £1,000 and fitted it out with a plastic skull in the back window that flashes
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Manor move sets new challenge for Tommo
ANDY Thomson, Oxford United's latest recruit, is hoping his move to the Manor Ground will help him rediscover the prolific goal-scoring form he showed earlier in his career. The 27-year-old striker, signed by United on a free transfer from Southend, made
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Award for workers who care
UNIPART scooped a top award today for helping youngsters improve their reading and writing, writes David Duffy. Six employees of the warehousing and logistics division, Unipart DCM, voluntarily gave up their lunchtimes three times a week for six weeks
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Driver in road rage ordeal
A young motorist was badly shaken after falling victim to a road rage driver. The victim, in his early 20s, was chased nose-to-tail by a green Ford Mondeo for about six miles along the westbound carriageway of the A40, near Witney, on Wednesday night.
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New honour for wartime hero
Former Commando Patrick Churchill was honoured yesterday for wartime services to the 'Free French' more than 50 years after the end of the Second World War. Mr Churchill, 74, of Newland, Witney, served with Free French Commandos as a signaller in Four
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Work begins on military college
A military coup became reality yesterday in the Vale of White Horse, as work began on a new £50m staff college for senior officers of all three armed services. The sprawling complex on the Royal Military College of Science site, at Watchfield, will replace
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Council rejects £20m leisure complex
Disappointed councillors expressed their frustration at being forced to reject a bid for a £20m leisure complex in Bicester. Cherwell District Council last night refused an application from developers London and Metropolitan to build a cinema, hotel and
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Campsfield row goes to Commons
Oxford West and Abingdon MP Dr Evan Harris demanded last night that the Home Secretary makes a statement on the running of Campsfield House. In a question to Ann Taylor, the Leader of the House of Commons, at Westminster, Dr Harris asked if Jack Straw
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Taylor's back in business
IT'S almost 12 months since Claire Taylor hit a ball in anger on a tennis court, but she's about to put that right at Portsmouth today This time last year, the 23-year-old from Banbury was preparing to tread the hallowed turf at Wimbledon, but an elbow
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Ex-tyre depot deflates business school plan
An old wooden building once used as a tyre depot may scupper Oxford University's plans for a £45m business school. English Heritage has announced it is not satisfied that the old LMS station can be safely dismantled and moved from the giant site next
