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Roadworks 'on target for finish'
Traffic engineers say major roadworks on Oxford's Botley Road - which have caused long delays - should be finished on time. Oxfordshire County Council engineers expect the work to be completed on schedule in September. But they warned motorists to expect
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Petrol leak alert at new M40 services
An investigation was launched after a worried motorist smelled strong petrol fumes at a new motorway service station. The mum-of-two, who works at an estate agents, called at the Welcome Break service station on the M40 at Wheatley on Wednesday to get
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Ellison back for Oxfordshire
PROLIFIC batsman Bruce Ellison returns for Oxfordshire's Minor Counties Championship match against Herefordshire at Aston Rowant on Sunday and Monday. The Oxford opener missed the rain-affected draw against Dorset earlier this week as he was playing for
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Wishful surfing found me a new love
The story of Wishful and Bart Simpson, an Oxford couple who met on the Internet, is enough to melt the coldest heart. Sue Jefferies stayed on after work last year to try out the Lonely Hearts column. Within two minutes she was logged on to the Blind Date
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Ovarian cysts promted search for alternative cure
Alexia Severis stopped having periods for six months and with her unbearable stomach pains she knew something was wrong. The 28-year-old from Grandpont, Oxford, put on two-and-a-half stone and began to grow excess hair. Her doctors told her she had polycystic
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United ready for league opener
OXFORD United's players were today going through their final preparations for the start of the 1998-9 season with manager Malcolm Shotton declaring that he wants to improve on last season's position of 12th place in the table. Division 1 is now effectively
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Too posh for fish 'n' chips
The apparent failure of Harry Ramsden's Oxford restaurant raises the all-important question: is Oxford too posh for fish and chips? Oxford Mail restaurant critic Chris Gray said as much on first sampling the garish surrounds of Harry Ramsden's at its
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Hooked on heroin
When the Government announced that heroin use was growing in rural areas and reaching epidemic proportions among teenagers, the universal reaction in Oxfordshire was: "Tell us something we don't already know." Heroin is already well on the way to replacing
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Road rage left victims shattered
To police worker Gwyneth Ward it amounts to being "verbally terrorised". Other victims talk of being in fear of their lives. Yet for all the horrific road rage stories, many offenders still escape with nothing more than a caution. Gwyneth, 28, who works
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My life as boy band hunk
He's dark and handsome with vocal chords and dance moves to make you quake - what more could a music-loving girl be looking for? Richard Green, 20, is a member of boy band Shake, formerly known as East Meets West. The trio are currently on the road, delighting
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Man lay dead in hostel for five days
The decomposed body of a young man was found at an Oxford hostel for the homeless five days after he went missing. Alexander Keeley, 25, known as "Ali", was discovered in his room on Tuesday at Lucy Faithfull House, in Speedwell Street, St Ebbe's. The
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Thieves cart off harnesses
Shire horses Jim and Consul have had their harness stolen. Thieves crept into the Hook Norton Brewery on Wednesday night and stole the equipment. The brewery uses its horses to pull a dray for delivery in the local area and are also in demand for charity
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Hunt goes on for escaped arsonist
The hunt was continuing today for serial arsonist David Blagdon, who has escaped from an open prison. A major search was launched for the 47-year-old, who was serving a life sentence at Gloucestershire's Leyhill Open Prison, when he absconded from a working
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Benches stolen from bowls clubs
Bowls clubs are being warned to beware of thieves who steal benches from greens. The thieves, believed to members of an organised gang, have targeted at least three Oxford bowling greens in the past few weeks. The Oxford University Press Bowls Club had
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TV stardom? I'm all ears!
Loppy the donkey was literally all ears when she had her first taste of TV stardom. The five-year-old animal is the proud possessor of ears measuring a massive 17in. They are thought to be the longest on any female donkey in Britain. She showed them off
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Play areas 'putting lives in danger'
Parish councils are putting children at risk by allowing them to use sub-standard play equipment, it is claimed. West Oxfordshire district councillors have criticised six councils for allowing children to use equipment classified as high risk by inspectors
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Harry's lost his way
Folk in Oxford appear to be telling Harry Ramsden's what many have thought for some time: it has lost its way, writes Yorkshire lad Peter Unsworth. What plush eating houses, fancy chandeliers and even fancier waitresses have to do with a plate of fish
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Blagdon waited years for break
David Blagdon waited 20 years before making his break for freedom from Leyhill Open Prison. On Tuesday, prison officers allowed the 47-year-old to join a seven-strong working party carrying out environmental work in woods near Bristol. Blagdon had been
