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Street is sweet again
The Lord Mayor of Oxford sampled a slice of life at a new-look Oxford street. Carole Roberts helped cut a cake at Bertie Place to mark the completion of a £1.27m scheme to replace poisoned soil. She was joined by local children who have seen their street
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Church packed for funeral of artist
More than 200 mourners paid tribute to artist Harry Lucy yesterday - 13 days after he died when his car was in a crash with two Porsches. Mourners included his wife Claudie, 54, who left hospital to be among family and friends at St Helen's Church in
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Bees yanked to last-heat win
Oxford 42,Coventry 48 BOOSTED by the Bees' American speedway superstars Greg Hancock and Billy Hamill in a dramatic last-heat decider at the Stadium last night. From the outset this Elite League clash had all the markings of going down to the wire once
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Golden chance for a new start
Oxford's College of Further Education is offering free access to those eager to get back to work, 80 per cent of whom are women. Science tutor Gerry Lafferty said: "We have had everyone, from single mums living in Blackbird Leys to doctors' wives from
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Digital revolution dawns
It is being hailed as nothing short of a revolution - the most important event in television history since the first fuzzy waves hit the nation's sets from Alexandra Palace 62 years ago. Digital television is being launched in November with fanfares,
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United in another fine mess
Council taxpayers in Oxford face a huge bill as soon as a ball is kicked in a professional match at Oxford United's new stadium. Thames Water won a High Court case which could land Oxford City Council with a bill running into hundreds of thousands of
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It's Jamie and the giant peach!
Young Jamie Pocock and the rest of his family just couldn't believe their eyes when they saw this peach just grow and grow. Parents Andrew and Rosemary Pocock inherited the peach tree when they moved to their home at Clanfield, near Witney, five years
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Jesus College tops exam results league
Jesus College is top of the Oxford college league table this year. Its 94 students taking final examinations recorded 29 first-class degrees, 55 upper seconds and ten lower seconds. That was enough to push them up four places to the top of the annual
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Adelphi ruined our big day
The Adelphi Hotel is apologising to a pair of Oxfordshire newly-weds who suffered a nightmare ordeal after booking a honeymoon suite. The hotel, made famous by last year's TV fly-on-the-wall documentary, lived up to its potty image when Angela and Lee
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Thugs locked up for attack
Thugs who left cyclist Jason Reszeter lying on the ground unconscious after ambushing and attacking him have been put behind bars. Ben Spiers, 20, Martyn Sampford, 19, and Wesley Coster, also 19, were sent to a young offenders' institution for the attack
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Gilchrist clinches friendly victory
Oxford Utd 3,Panionios 1 OXFORD United completed their pre-season build-up by lifting the Oxfordshire 'Bill Halsey' Memorial Cup with an unspectacular win over Greek Cup winners Panionios last night, writes RUSSELL SMITH And although the opposition may
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We're women - in all but name
Sex-change lawyer Susan Marshall spoke last night of her "bitter disappointment" after two British transsexuals lost their fight to be legally recognised as women. Kristina Sheffield and Rachel Horsham hoped a judgement in the European Court of Human
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'Court cleared man who raped me'
This week, Jill Saward, the woman who was raped in her father's vicarage in Ealing 12 years ago, met the man who led her attackers and forgave him. And, in the same week, proposed changes to the way rape cases are heard have been criticised by a senior
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Revealed
Company named as new backer NAMES have come to light of financial advisers dealing with the mystery buyers who are involved in talks to take over Oxford United. A spokesman on Oxford United Clubcall revealed the developments in a press statement issued
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Health - the bottom line
The thought of spending half an hour of your precious Saturday afternoon with a tube up your bottom doesn't sound appealing, does it? But Diana, Princess of Wales, swore by it and, before her tragic death, no-one could question the radiance of her skin
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A day in the life of a headteacher
Reporter GILL SMITH examines the demanding and often complex roles a headteacher has to perform in a typical day. Far from going home when the bell rings at 3.30pm, today's headteachers have to do the best for their pupils, parents, staff and governors
