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Plea for time over paper mill
MYSTERY surrounds the future of an Oxford mill which has a paper-making past that stretches back to the 17th century. Wolvercote Mill stopped producing paper in February this year when owners Sappi made 140 staff redundant. Now Oxford print and paper
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Batsmen slump asOxon limp to draw
OXFORD'S season of disappointment in the Minor Counties Championship continued with a lame draw against Wiltshire at Salisbury yesterday. In a one-innings per side game - Sunday's play was washed out without a ball being bowled - Oxon were set 273 to
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Teenager to sue GP
A Wantage doctor faces a £50,000 High Court action over allegations of negligence from a young patient who is now permanently brain-damaged. Teenager Joseph Laycock, who lives at Alfredston Place, Wantage, is suing Oxfordshire Health Authority and the
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It's Toddler Spice!
Disco diva Elise Claire is a fully-fledged Dancing Queen - at age three. The youngster, of Field Avenue, Blackbird Leys, took to the floor as soon as she could walk. Now she has won medals in two national disco contests. Mum Lisa, 24, said: "Dancing is
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New alert on conmen
Police are again warning people to be on their guard against bogus callers after two incidents in the same road in Wallingford. A man in his early 20s entered a house in Croft Road through the back door and pretended he was a council worker who had come
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New deadline for United stadium
Oxford United have been given another deadline for coming up with a date for construction work to restart on the football club's new stadium at Minchery Farm. The club had been given until yesterday to give Oxford City Council a date for when work on
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Barman accused of vicious killing
A man accused of the vicious murder of a pub landlady in north London was living and working at an Oxford pub at the time, a court heard. The blood-soaked body of Carol Fyfe, 36, was found in her flat above The Prince Arthur, in Euston, on April 18 last
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Bird forces Red Arrows jet to crash-land
A Red Arrows jet crash-landed at RAF Brize Norton after a bird was sucked into its engine. Pilot David Stobie and engineer Steve Gardner were lucky to escape with their lives when their single-engine Hawk lost power seconds after taking off. The jet plunged
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Star Trek fans beam down into Witney
Trekkies donned their Starfleet suits and beamed down to a galaxy not so far away for the official launch of Oxfordshire's only Star Trek club. Witney now has its own 'ship', the USS Gallant, made up of 32 members, after this weekend's commissioning by
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Windass still waiting to join United
OXFORD United's proposed signing of Aberdeen striker Dean Windass is dragging on. The £475,000 club record deal still hadn't gone through by last night, with the club awaiting results from one final scan, though the club are hopeful it will be completed
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Church mercy over family's home
The Church of England has backed down from selling off a family's home after the Oxford Mail stepped in. Francis and Fiona Barber and their three children faced being kicked out of their home in Kelmscott, near Witney, at the end of the month. But the
