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Luxury mansion for under-fire train boss
The boss of under-fire rail firm Thames Trains has moved from his terraced cottage to a plush £600,000 Henley mansion after picking up nearly £1m from a shares sell-off. Roger McDonald, 45, is living a life of luxury in the five-bedroom home after moving
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Unlocking secrets of medicines
A £200,000 investment from a "business angel" is helping an Oxfordshire biotech company to unlock the secrets of ancient Chinese herbal medicines and the way that they work. Robert Miller, chairman of East West Biotech, of Kingham, said: "The investment
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Cash for bridge raised
RUBBISH and the sale of council houses has saved people in Dorchester from having to raise £24,000 to rebuild a collapsed bridge. The money has come from the ARC environment fund from landfill tax money and from South Oxfordshire District Council's community
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Funding fears delay building of mosque
Fears over a lack of funding for a £3m Oxford mosque has led to council bosses blocking the start of building work. Oxford City Council gave the Mosque Society planning permission to build the place of worship in Manzil Way 18 months ago. Mayor Carole
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Salary call to reverse shortage of trainees
Teacher recruitment analyst John Howson is calling for trainee teachers to be paid starting salaries, to stem a national shortage of entrants to the profession. The call by Oxford-based Mr Howson, a visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, comes
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Don't give Viagra doctors are told
Men suffering from impotence will not be able to get Viagra on prescription in Oxfordshire when the new wonderdrug is launched next month. Oxfordshire Health Authority has written to all GPs in the county telling them that, until the Department of Health
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Relax, Fairport are still on top form
FAIRPORT Convention and friends were at their relaxed best at the 34th annual reunion of the band at Cropredy over the weekend. More than 16,000 fans from as far afield as Japan and the US turned up to see yet another new face in the Fairport line-up
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Mentally ill son made knife threat to mum
Mentally ill Brian De-Bres has been ordered to get treatment after threatening his mother and stepfather with a knife. De-Bres, 27, of Middleton Road, Banbury, was put on probation for two years at Oxford Crown Court yesterday and told to get treatment
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West Brom in for Joey?
OXFORD United are reported to have rejected a £900,000 bid from West Brom boss Denis Smith for Joey Beauchamp. Smith is a known admirer of Beauchamp's talent but it's thought the offer is some way short of United's valuation and the winger himself would
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Controversy as Bully breaks Manor duck
Oxford Utd 0, Wolves 2 OXFORD United lost at home to Wolves for the first time and felt they were very hard done by on Saturday. Steve Bull plundered his first-ever goal at the Manor Ground on the stroke of half-time with a hotly-disputed effort after
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United sunk by Bully boy
OXFORD United reckon they were mugged on Saturday as a combination of beefy Steve Bull and two hotly-disputed goals brought Wolves their first ever win at the Manor. Bull's clattering challenge on goalkeeper Phil Whitehead was allowed to stand as the
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Teenager found hanged in prison
Police are winding down their investigation into the stabbing of a Russian girl in Oxford. The decision follows the death of a teenager whilst on remand in Reading Prison. Justin McCabe, 18, of Jasmin Close, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, hanged himself with
