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Late trains make my life a misery
Angry commuter Elaine Young has bitterly criticised Chiltern Railways for making her life a misery. Mrs Young, 39, of Winchelsea Close, Banbury, is so incensed with the service to and from London that she has written to Chiltern's managing director Adrian
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£15,000 bill for arson attack
Repairs to a young couple's home, severely damaged in a suspected arson attack, are likely to cost £15,000. Mother-of-two Helen James, 21, lost most of her possessions when fire broke out in the two-bedroomed terrace house in North Drive, Didcot. As reported
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Look out - it's a Mini-bus
Traffic wardens do a 'double take' when they see what is claimed to be the only open-topped, double-decker Mini minibus in the world. Zany inventor Tony Anchors, 49, of Drake Avenue, Didcot, said: "I think they run a mile when they see me in a bus lane
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New chief named for biotech firm
TROUBLED British Biotech has announced the replacement of its chief executive Dr Keith McCullagh with a drugs research and marketing expert from SmithKline Beecham. Canadian-born Dr Elliot Goldstein, senior vice president and director of worldwide strategic
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Call the hotline to help catch a rapist
Police hunting a rapist in Banbury hope the new Crimestoppers initiative will bring them closer to their man. An 18-year-old woman was raped in the churchyard of St Leonard's church in the Grimsbury area of Banbury at about 1am on August 5. Her attacker
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Foreign student attacked by yobs
A foreign student has been attacked in Witney town centre. The Spanish 19-year-old man was with five friends on The Leys, at the rear of St Mary's Church, at 9pm on Friday, when he was attacked by three youths. Sgt Chris Tarrant, of Witney Police, said
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Stolen honeymoon caravan found
The caravan stolen from a German honeymoon couple when they stopped at the new M40 service station near Wheatley has been found in Oxford. Landlord Mike Pearce, of the Ampleforth Arms, Collinwood Road, Risinghurst, found it and the VW Passat, which was
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On the Morse crime trail
Morse fans will be on the murder trail in and around Oxford before meeting crimewriter Colin Dexter at a special dinner. Readers of the best-selling novels will be able to explore some of the places Inspector Morse visits as he hunts down criminals in
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Turn informer, convicts urged
Prisoners in Oxfordshire are to be urged to grass on each other in a bid to cut crime. The move follows the launch of a crime-fighting hotline. Anyone with information about any crime, big or small, can now call in anonymously with a tip-off - and that
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Gamble fails as Boro bow out
BANBURY Borough's Alan Prew and Les Gillett gambled on the extra end of their English Bowling Association pairs championship quarter-final at Worthing yesterday - and lost. Father and son Ken and Graham Ashby of the Stoke (Coventry) club won the toss
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Saints don't want Joey
OXFORD United are hoping Joey Beauchamp can re-focus on helping them collect their first league win of the season this weekend after Southampton last night denied any interest in buying him. Saints boss David Jones insisted there was "nothing in it" following
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Reward to find serial killer
The Bahamas government is offering a £60,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the serial killer believed to be responsible for the murder of British tourist Joanne Clarke. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham also announced that the
