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Smart way ahead to cure faults
IT was first, second and third time lucky for automotive electronics company Zeta Controls, which has won a prestigious DTI Smart award for the third time. Zeta, based at Weston-on-the-Green, beat off stiff competition from hi-tech companies throughout
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Mine's a ke-bobby
Red-faced bobbies manning Banbury's mobile police station drove 12 miles across rural north Oxfordshire, oblivious to the fact a sign saying "Keith and Clive's kebab van" was hanging from its rear. Previous news story Converted for the new archive on
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Tapir measures up summery weather
There's nothing wrong with a wet summer for Inca the tapir. And as for the odd heatwave, she can cope with that too with no problem. The youngster is one of a group of new arrivals - together with a litter of meercats - at Burford's Cotswold Wildlife
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Third road victim dies
A third woman has died in the latest of three fatal Oxfordshire road smashes in the past five days. The pensioner, who is in her 70s, was cycling along a footpath on the B4017 towards Abingdon when the incident occurred shortly after 9am yesterday. (FRI
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Tug-of-war ends in a wetting
It was very definitely Ickford's night. The Buckinghamshire village's tug of war side took less than a minute to haul their Oxfordshire rivals, Tiddington, into the River Thame. And ten minutes earlier the Ickford youth club side had similarly demolished
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University calms fears of losing automatic MA
Oxford University has played down fears that graduates may soon lose their traditional right to receive a higher degree without completing any further studies. The move follows a newspaper report stating that the ancient system, whereby Oxbridge Bachelor
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Medics reach for the sky
Visitors were given a look at a new air ambulance helicopter which could take to the Oxfordshire skies at an open day at the Churchill Hospital on Saturday. A £500,000 appeal is being launched today to provide a new air ambulance for the people of Oxfordshire
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Russian student knifed in street
A Russian teenage girl was knifed in the stomach in an Oxford street by a long-haired robber who stole her rucksack. The 15-year-old girl from Moscow is part of a group of students on an English course linked to Oxford Brookes University. After a meal
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Francis KO'd by knee infection
GIANT striker Kevin Francis seems certain to be sidelined for at least a fortnight because of a knee infection which followed keyhole surgery on minor cartilage damage earlier in the summer. The Oxford United striker has spent more than a week in a Birmingham
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Classy Windass proves instant hit with the fans
DEAN Windass gave a dynamite demonstration of just why Oxford United wanted to bust the bank to get him with a brilliant debut goal at Bristol City on Saturday. His 48th-minute equaliser at Ashton Gate, which earned Malcolm Shotton's men a 2-2 draw and
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Postal strike still a threat
Postal workers in east Oxford and Abingdon today warned that strike action could still be on the cards if Royal Mail bosses fail to offer assurances over four sacked staff members. Last week, it appeared that the threat of strike action had been halted
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Woman, 96, is latest victim of the conmen
A 96-year-old woman is the latest frail victim of heartless conmen. The pensioner had left the front door of her home in Oxford Road, Abingdon, on the latch as she had been expecting a visit from her district nurse. The thief, thought to be aged about
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Record signing pays dividends
Bristol City 2, Oxford United 2 DEAN Windass scored a cracking debut goal to pay back some of his record transfer fee with immediate effect. The former Aberdeen man finished off a slick five-man United move with a one-two with fellow new boy Andy Thomson
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Botanic Garden is back to a bog
Visitors to the Botanic Garden, Oxford, can enjoy an even greater range of horticultural delights now that the renovations to the bog garden are complete. The improved feature, which has taken 18 months to complete, includes a brand new pond and numerous
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Botanic Garden is back to a bog
Visitors to the Botanic Garden, Oxford, can enjoy an even greater range of horticultural delights now that the renovations to the bog garden are complete. The improved feature, which has taken 18 months to complete, includes a brand new pond and numerous
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Happy man with his finger on the button
Every couple of days or so, Happy the roadworker puts aside his pick and shovel, steps inside the wire cage with the big yellow electronic box and spends a restful few hours pressing buttons. If you're one of the scores of motorists who have sat fuming
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Don't take a trip down Oxford's Parker Street
Is this the worst pavement in Britain? It's not safe for the people of Parker Street to walk down their own road. But it is not muggers or murderers which pose the threat. It is the pavement under their feet. So says the Pedestrians Association, which
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Stag trip man killed by tram
A stag party in Blackpool ended in tragedy when an Oxfordshire man was crushed to death by a tram. The 37-year-old victim, thought to be from the Cheney area of Banbury, was one of a group of about ten celebrating in the Lancashire seaside town yesterday
