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'Road rage' chase
Motorist shane Peedle has told how he was chased nose-to-tail at speeds of 70 mph by a road rage driver. He said he was "frightened for his life" after being overtaken on the inside lane on the Witney bypass and then almost forced on to the central reservation
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Sex fiend ban bid thwarted
Villagers say they have been thwarted in their bid to get a court injunction which would protect children from a returning paedophile. Child molester Rhys Hughes intends to move back to Sonning Common, where he assaulted a girl aged under five. Parish
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Ambulance mercy crew on stand-by for sick kids
A NEW £47,000 ambulance is on permanent stand-by to bring critically ill babies and children from across southern England to Oxford for specialist treatment. The vehicle is ready at the John Radcliffe Hospital to pick up a doctor and nurse crew and be
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Order to deport detainee delayed
An asylum-seeker, cleared of rioting at Campsfield House, in Kidlington, has had his deportation put off due to a visa delay at the Home Office. He was due to be deported today after the Home Office suddenly served papers ordering him out of Britain.
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Chalgrove shock champs Bicester
CHALGROVE, fresh from upsetting Shipton-under-Wychwood in the National Village Championship, sprang another surprise by dumping holders Bicester and North Oxford out of the Critchleys Oxon KO Cup with a thrilling six-run second round win last night. Jon
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Farewell to Tobi
Special report by Jo Hillier and Gemma Simms on the story that stole the heart of the world... Tobi Mills's story touched the world when her twins Lauren and Ashton wrote the saddest note of their lives - an advert for parents to replace their dying mum
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TOBI DIES
Brave cancer mum loses battle for life Cancer-stricken mum Tobi Mills has lost her fight for life. The single mum, of Haldane Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, died peacefully last night at home. Her ten-year-old twins Ashton and Lauren were with her. Tobi
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Firms must prepare for Euro, warns MP
OXFORD East MP and junior minister Andrew Smith is urging Oxfordshire businesses to learn all they can about the single European currency. The Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe, Lord Simon of Highbury, has written to Mr Smith telling him
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Connie, 92, marooned as heartless thieves steal her wheelchair
Shocked 92-year-old Connie Milmore has been left marooned in her tiny Oxford flat after cruel thieves stole her wheelchair. The raiders nabbed the chair from outside her front door. She kept it there because there was not enough room inside. Now she faces
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Ex-welder used 'pot' to ease crash agony
A Jobless welder said he grew cannabis to help relieve his pain after being involved in two motorcycle crashes. John Wood, 38, unemployed, of Allnatt Avenue, Wallingford, was conditionally discharged for 12 months by Didcot magistrates when he admitted
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Ladbrook quits as OFA secretary
PETER Ladbrook's resignation as secretary of the Oxfordshire FA after 17 years in the post has been confirmed. Ladbrook, who had served the OFA for a total of 25 years, gave his reason as the failure to retain the position of the OFA representative on
