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Unipart announces new jobs at Cowley
THE 320 employees at Unipart's condemned north Oxford factory are being offered the chance to apply for 45 jobs being created by the car-parts group in Cowley, writes Maggie Hartford. Warehousing and logistics company Unipart DCM is creating the new full-time
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Man 'fell to death' in Blackpool
A schizophrenic has been found dead in a pool of blood while on a trip to Blackpool with his brother's family. Thomas McFarlane, of Danes Road, Bicester, was accompanying his brother Gary, whose stolen to the popular seaside resort on Monday. His brother's
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Shed blaze forces kids to flee
A woman and her two teenage children fled their terraced home in Abingdon last night after fire broke out in a timber shed in the back garden. Flames spread to the property in Reynolds Way, melting uPVC windows and quickly taking hold in the roof. A total
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Cheetahs cast spell on leaders
Oxford 47, Ipswich 43 GALLANT Gresham Cheetahs upset the applecart with a brilliant victory over Elite League champions-elect Ipswich in a barnstormer of a speedway meeting at Oxford Stadium last night. The Witches, who have tasted defeat only three times
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Manager leaves after bully claim
A hospital manager suspended from his Oxford job after staff accused him of being a bully has quit, it emerged today. In March, the Oxford Mail revealed that estates manager Carl Powell, 47, who was in charge of land and buildings at the John Radcliffe
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More stores to open day and night
Sixty new full and part-time jobs are being created at two Tesco superstores as customers are encouraged to shop around the clock. The store at Oxford Retail Park in Cowley will be open 24 hours a day, six days a week from Monday (August 10), as part
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England call for Marsh
OXFORD United defender Simon Marsh has been named in a 26-man England Under 21 training squad. Marsh, who played for England Under 21s in the Toulon Tournament this summer, joins the squad from August 16. Previous sport story Converted for the new archive
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United's foreign duo miss out
OXFORD United's foreign duo Christophe Remy and Brian Wilsterman look certain to miss Saturday's Division 1 curtain-raiser at Bristol City. French defender Remy has been ruled out with a torn calf and Dutchman Wilsterman is rated very doubtful with a
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Arsonist on the loose
Serial arsonist David Blagdon, jailed for life for setting fire to an Oxford church, has escaped from an open prison. Police have launched a major search for 47-year-old Blagdon, who was serving his sentence at Leyhill Open Prison in Gloucestershire.
