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Store set to recruit 200 in city centre
STORE manager Anne Derlezka has entered the countdown period to the opening of the new Oxford city centre British Home Stores (Bhs). The new department store in Queen Street will employ 200 people on a sales floor area of about 33,000 sq ft when it opens
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Farewell at last to summer clouds?
Tourist attractions throughout the county were hoping to cash in on the soaring temperatures as summer finally arrived in Oxfordshire. Many businesses have been hard-hit as a result of the wintry conditions of recent weeks. But yesterday, there were signs
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Mum jailed after vicious assaults
MUM Tara Illingworth slashed a man's face with a broken bottle just weeks after attacking a 17-year-old girl at a Banbury nightclub. Daniel Patterson needed 17 stiches to his cheek after the attack by Illingworth, 21, of Woodfield, Banbury. The teenage
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Saints in American Football play-offs
UNIPART Oxford Saints lost their final South West Conference match 19-6 to PA Knights at Farnham - but have still qualified for the BAFA Senior League Division 1 quarter-final play-offs. Saints thought the defeat meant their season was over, but now they
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Pool shuts after £150,000 repair fiasco
A swimming pool that opened on Saturday after a £150,000 refurbishment has closed again - for emergency repairs. And the outdoor pool at Woodgreen Leisure Centre in Banbury could stay shut for the rest of the summer after a plastic lining peeled away.
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OUP blames profit dip on sterling
PUBLISHER Oxford University Press has blamed the strong pound and the Asian economic crisis for a 50 per cent fall in profits. Pre-tax profits, referred to as surplus because the OUP is a registered charity, fell from £26.7m in 1997 to just £13.04m this
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Tobi talks on TV
AN emotional interview between chat show host Oprah Winfrey and courageous mum Tobi Mills was broadcast to television viewers on Channel 5 today. The interview was recorded in Chicago just weeks before Tobi, of Haldane Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, lost
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Taxpayers 'lost £160m in AEA sale'
The privatisation of Harwell-based AEA Technology could have provided the taxpayer with an extra £160m if the Department of Trade and Industry had phased in the sale, according to a report published by MPs today. The public accounts committee report said
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Babysitter rapist sent to prison
Rapist adrian State was jailed for three years after he was convicted of forcing a woman to have sex with him in her own home. State, 43, of Windrush Avenue, Witney, was given the prison term by Judge Anthony King at Oxford Crown Court yesterday after
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Legal action over jet-ski death
A total of twenty summonses have been served on three companies a year after teenager Faye Grundy died in a jet-ski accident. The companies - Prestige Leisure, Queenford Water Ski Club and Lake Estates Watersports Ltd - are all part of the holding company
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Jail for theft of church funds
Former district councillor Jo Currie has been jailed for 12 months after pocketing £30,000 from his local church. Currie, 53, siphoned off cash more than 100 times to pay household bills when he ran into money trouble between June 1994 and March 1997.
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Coll set for Manor trial
MALCOLM Shotton will have talks with director Maurice Evans to see whether Oxford United should offer Owen Coll a two-week trial at the Manor Ground. The Republic of Ireland Under 21 international impressed during the reserves' 1-0 friendly win at Oxford
