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I caught cancer from husband's clothes
Cancer sufferer Ann Macpherson has won a £110,000 payout after catching asbestosis from her husband's clothes. Mrs Macpherson's husband Derek died three years ago of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos after working in aluminium processing for Alcan
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Jobs event aims to help young
THE first job fair in Oxfordshire to be aimed solely at helping 16 to 18-year-olds find employment is being held in Oxford this week. Organisers say jobs are waiting to be filled in a range of professions including hospitality and catering, accounting
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Search fails to find body
Searches by divers and a police helicopter have failed to recover the body of missing academic Dr Keith Cox. Teams have been searching the spot near the island of Mull, Scotland, where Dr Cox's dinghy capsized but are now scaling down the operation. The
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Man charged with mansion arson
A man has been charged with causing almost £2m. worth of fire damage to Oxfordshire property including a massive blaze which ripped through a village mansion. The man, in his early thirties, is accused of starting a fire which caused damage estimated
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Village anger at paedophile
A family is hoping that a paedophile, who plans to move next door to one of his victims, will be driven out by the anger of fellow villagers. Their comments follow a Home Office minister's voicing concern over the case. Rhys Hughes, who abused at least
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Crump's late show trumps the Aces
Oxford Cheetahs 47, Belle Vue Aces 43IT took Jason Crump five rides to get his act together - but in the end he became Gresham Oxford Cheetahs' saviour as yet another cracking Elite League speedway meeting went to a last-heat decider at the Stadium last
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Eagles get big scare
Eastbourne 47, Oxford 43 GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs made Eastbourne panic on Saturday as they took the Eagles to a dramatic last-heat decider at Arlington Stadium. Cheetahs saw a two-point lead turned into a six-point deficit by heat eight when Steve Johnston
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It's Grim as striking problems mount up
Oxford Utd 0, Grimsby Tn 0 OXFORD United's problems remain striking. They half-solved their worries by keeping their first clean sheet of the season, but as an attacking force they were woeful. For the first time since I've been covering Oxford United
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Shott's boys draw blank
OXFORD United stopped the rot but left their fans disgruntled at the Manor on Saturday. Malcolm Shotton's team broke their dismal run of three straight defeats and stemmed the goals against with their first clean sheet of the season as they drew 0-0 with
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Love, rows and videotapes
CENTRAL TV's Relationships Week started last night with a preview of some of the topics featured during the coming week. The Oxford Mail has teamed up with Central to bring readers articles on each of the topics being covered on TV. The people interviewed
