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Power staff waiting for more news
STAFF at Southern Electric are waiting to hear the full effects of the merger with Scottish power company Scottish Hydro-Electric. Unison, the largest energy sector union, was not unduly alarmed by the news of the merger, which involves a deal worth nearly
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Half-nude runaway arrested
A half-naked suspected shoplifter dropped clothes and a frozen chicken during a city centre chase. The bare-chested man was chased along Market Street, Turl Street, Broad Street and into New College Lane, Oxford, where he was eventually pinned down. Passer-by
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Pensioners are home after flooding trauma
Residents have moved back into their homes, three months after a burst water main forced them to evacuate. Flood water reached waist height at Knights House, Harold White Close, Risinghurst, Oxford, in June, forcing all 36 residents - some in their 80s
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Cow shot in air rifle attack
Farmer John Blackwell has branded an air rifle attack on his cow which had just calved as "wicked". The cow nearly bled to death after she was shot through an artery in a field on the edge of Charlbury. The attack is the latest in a series on animals
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Building contractors set to lose thousands of pounds as new firm picks up where old left off
A building firm which had wealthy businessman Peter Barrett as a director has gone into receivership owing creditors £300,000. Now contractors fear they will be unable to recover debts from Barrett Construction, of Upper Campsfield Road, Woodstock. And
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End of road for Wright
FORMER Oxford United defender Mark Wright has announced his retirement from football after spending a year out with a back injury. The 35-year-old defender, who won 45 England caps, left United for Southampton in 1981-82 before signing for Derby and then
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Check out these chicks!
Three flamingo chicks have hatched at the Cotswold Wildlife Park after two barren years. Renovation work on their lake disturbed the birds at the park near Burford and put them off breeding. But the newest arrival struggled into the world on Monday, allowing
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Boffins prepare for total eclipse
At 11.11am on August 11 next year, Britain will experience an eclipse unlike anything seen since 1927. REG LITTLE reports... It will seem like the Sun has perished in the sky and a small part of you will fear it really is all over - that's it, the world
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Couple forced to split marry at last
Heartbroken lovers Pamela Palmer and Graham Godwin, who were separated by thousands of miles after falling foul of Britain's immigration rules, have finally wed. Pamela, 23, was devastated when she was told she would have to leave Britain on St Valentine's
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Planned homes 'face danger from flooding'
A proposed housing scheme would be in danger of flooding, it is claimed. Sovereign Homes wants to build 92 affordable homes on former playing fields next to Henry Box School, Witney. But many local residents oppose the scheme and they have been backed
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Motorist dies in bridge collision
A man was killed when his car hit a bridge and burst into flames at a notorious accident blackspot. The man, aged 41, was travelling towards Aylesbury on the busy A41 when his red Peugeot 405 saloon veered off the road and hit the Blackthorn railway bridge
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A final farewell to dad and son
A vicar praised a community in mourning during the funeral of a father and son who died in a house fire. The joint funerals of Brian Brummitt, 31, and his 19-month old son Joshua were held at St Paul's Church, Warwick Road, Banbury, yesterday (September
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Golf course plan blocked
A High Court injunction has been taken out against a district council to stop it approving plans for a controversial golf course outside Oxford. Oxfordshire County Council has taken the unusual step against the Vale of White Horse District Council after
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Harris and Dean are Oxon 5-mile champs
IT was a day for the seniors in the Oxfordshire 5-mile Championships on Monday. Senior runner Gary Harris, of Headington Road Runners, became Oxfordshire champion with fourth place in the Thames Water-sponsored Headington 5 which doubled up as the county
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Finding enough love to go round
Tonight on Central TV, model and TV presenter Linda Lusardi - mother of a 15-month-old girl - takes over the Life Line slot at 6.55pm to look at the stresses and strains the arrival of a new baby can put on a relationship. The Oxford Mail has teamed up
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It's so funny how we don't talk any more
It's Day Three of Relationships Week and FIONA TARRANT talks to psychotherapist Philip Rogers about what couples can do to learn to love each other again... Psychotherapist Philip Rogers came across a sentence many years ago which had a profound effect
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A-level girl in heroin death
Teenager Amy Hall died of a heroin overdose seven years after watching her father plunge to his death in a freak hiking accident. The body of the 18-year-old was discovered in a bedroom at her home in Ferry Road, New Marston, just two days before her
