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Inspectors to focus on training
BUSINESS people who welcomed the introduction of tough standards and league tables into the education system are about to get a taste of their own medicine. The new Training Standards Council will bring to businesses and training organisations the equivalent
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Burglar 'punched' frail OAP
Burglar Mark Porter left a frail pensioner lying on the floor after he punched her in the stomach when she found him stealing her son's video, Oxford Crown Court heard. The court heard that Iranian-born Rabab Abbas shouted at Porter and slapped his face
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Man found guilty of attack
Pipelayer Darren Manning faces a prison sentence after holding a knife to a man's throat and threatening to scar a barmaid. Manning, 32, of Bath Street, Abingdon, walked into the Old Anchor pub at St Helen's Wharf in the town and made threats after grabbing
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Deportation delayed by visas
Asylum-seeker John Quaquah, who was due to be deported yesterday (WEDS), is still in Britain because guards escorting him out could not get travel visas in time. Mr Quaquah, 32, was cleared of rioting at Campsfield House, Kidlington, before being served
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Chef's plans for hotel 'appalling'
City planners turned the heat up on masterchef Marco Pierre White by branding his proposals for a new restaurant in Oxford as "appalling". The wayward genius, who trained under Raymond Blanc and is notorious for ejecting stars, wants to convert the existing
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Hotel plans backed in principle
A major new hotel for Oxford has been backed in principle by city councillors. The Four Pillars Group, which already has hotels in Abingdon, Witney and Sandford-on-Thames, wants to build a 115-room hotel at Eastwyke Farm, off Abingdon Road. Oxford City
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Brewery bosses stay tight-lipped
Morrells has told pub tenants and employees that it will not be answering questions about the brewery's future for another three weeks. And the Oxford brewery has confirmed that it is now having its assets valued as part of a major financial review. Morrells
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Wiltshire out of luck on debut
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs narrowly missed out on their first away league win when going down 47-43 to Kings Lynn in a thrilling battle at Saddlebow Road last night, despite the performance of the year from Aussie Steve Johnston. There was a disappointing
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United bid '£400,000' for Windass
OXFORD United last night made a substantial offer for Aberdeen's attacking midfielder Dean Windass. The 29-year-old player, well known by United boss Malcolm Shotton from their days together at Hull City, has been told by the Dons that he is free to go
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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 is a loss to us all
Women's Editor FIONA TARRANT writes an open letter to Tobi's grieving twins, Ashton and Lauren Dear Ashton and Lauren, The pain of the grief you're going through at the moment will be intense, but there's one thought you can hold on to for ever: your
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New mum for Tobi's kids
TOBI Mills may have lost her fight for life but she died knowing that her beloved children will be well cared for. The 43-year-old single mum died peacefully at home in Haldane Road, Blackbird Leys, on Tuesday night, with her ten-year-old twins, Ashton
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University enacts ancient ceremony
Pomp and ceremony filled the streets of Oxford as an ancient University tradition was played out. Public figures from public life paraded through the streets with University staff at Encaenia, the University's honorary degree ceremony. Those honoured
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Flooding rap for experts
A council's chief executive has rapped the Met Office for failing to provide a severe weather warning about floods which left dozens homeless in Kidlington and Banbury. Cherwell District Council's Grahame Handley criticised the National Weather Centre
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Sex acts shocked women
Mark Kerry performed sex acts standing at his window in front of women, including a police officer, a court heard. On one occasion, after opening the door to a visitor, Mark Kerry, 29, of Sycamore Gardens, Bicester, went to turn down his stereo and returned
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Family fights for justice from US
Furious father Michael Hockley told today of his nine-year battle to win compensation following a horrific road smash in America which almost killed his two sons. Mr Hockley, 47, an air traffic controller who lives in Abingdon, was enjoying a tourist
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A tale of two cities
Drunken students still languish with their women by the Cherwell. The pub brawling continues unabated in a rowdy city inn, while great men of the church are subjected to violence of the worst possible kind. York might have its Vikings. But there is no
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Don't give up Hope
No sooner had news of comedian Bob Hope's death been announced than the star was popping up to say he was off to do his shopping, writes Reg Little... Laurie Leigh's heart missed a beat when she learned that her former boss had died. But when the ex-boss
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Flasher left me in trauma
Rebecca Lipcsei was an ordinary 11-year-old playing in a park with a friend when she encountered a stark-naked flasher. Rebecca, now 27, who was living in Canada at the time, got the shock of her life. She said: "There were some new apartments that had
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Matter of life and death
Pat Dady thought she had just pulled a muscle in her shoulder. Little did she realise she would have to have her whole shoulderblade and collarbone removed. Gemma Simms reports... Pat Dady counts her lucky stars when she looks down at the scarred, sloped
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When dad plays mum
You will never find Robert Plowman going to the pub. He spends his days cooking, cleaning and ironing, and most of his friends are women he meets at the local school when he collects his children. For Robert, 40, is a single father-of-five and devotes
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Theft was Shear cheek!
He's coming home, he's coming home, Shearer's coming home - Alison Jones's home, to be precise. The student teacher woke up the morning after England's World Cup defeat by Romania to find star striker Alan Shearer dumped in her back garden. The lifesize
