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Flying start for helium plant
IT'S up, up and away for the balloon opening of a new helium recycling centre at Eynsham. The new plant will provide millions of litres of liquid gas a year for its main customer, Oxford Instruments - as well as supplying the helium for Richard Branson's
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Carvings masked in mystery
The mysterious appearance of two African wood carvings in countryside near Witney is baffling police. The dark wood carvings, both more than 4ft tall, were handed in by separate members of the public after one was found in a ditch and the other in a field
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Pub to replace Harry Ramsden's on hold
Harry Ramsden's will make a decision on whether to sell its Oxford fish and chip restaurant to a pub chain after a licensing hearing next month. City council planners yesterday gave permission for the chip shop in St Ebbe's Street to be turned into a
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Adam has designs against smoking
Schoolboy Adam Baker won a contest to design the best anti-smoking poster - even though his own mother puffs on 20 a day. Jean Baker, 36, of Barns Road, Cowley, Oxford, cannot resist lighting up - despite constant nagging from her son. Adam said: "I hate
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Oxford Mail's Bill dies at 83
Bill Holmes, who was head electrician at the Oxford Mail and The Oxford Times for more than 20 years, has died, aged 83. He was persuaded to joined the group in 1957 and o after proving his talents at working for Oxford-based electrical contractors Hill
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I want my doggone statue back!
Princess Margaret's Lady-In-Waiting has accused the police of showing no real interest in helping her recover a life-size Labrador statue stolen from the roof of her porch. Jane Stevens, of Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, has offered an undisclosed
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Cheating student flees to Germany
Disgraced Oxford student Katherine Rainwood fled to Germany after being thrown out for cheating in her final exams, it emerged today. The 22-year-old student leader is understood to have downloaded an essay from her computer after invigilators allowed
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Sheer hell for United
Swindon Tn 4, Oxford Utd 1 By JON MURRAY IT was like hell revisited for Oxford United's fans as they saw their team crash by the same scoreline as last season against enemies they have sworn to hate. Three goals in a 14-minute spell near the end left
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Give yourself a natural lift
As the supposed wonder drug Viagra comes under increasing fire, health reporter KAREN ROSINE looks at the many natural libido lifters available in the High Street... Reports of men dying in America after popping the potent pill Viagra have led to concerns
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Relegation a cert if United carry on like this
OXFORD United are heading for relegation - unless the players pull their fingers out. That was the blunt message from centre back Phil Whelan after a demoralising 4-1 derby defeat at Swindon last night. For the second season running, at the place their
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Welcome to the school with only four children
Reading books line the classroom walls with pages still unturned. In the empty hall, chairs remain stacked and a blackboard offers its message of welcome to new arrivals, who are noticeably absent. This is Garston Lane County Primary School, Wantage.
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Betting shop raided
A bearded robber escaped with cash after threatening staff at a betting shop. The man entered Ladbrokes, in Cowley Road, Oxford, at about 10.15am yesterday and told staff hand to over the contents of the till. He ran off in the direction of Union Street
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Bollards will help stop water leaks
Bollards hiding a mass of hi-tech wizardry will soon be on the streets of Oxfordshire, helping Thames Water to crack down on leakage. Workmen will be putting up 61 of them in Oxford, Kidlington and Banbury from the middle of next month. Radio equipment
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Charity set up as tribute to daughter
The parents of teenager Cecily Eastwood, who was killed in a car crash in Zambia, have set up a charity to help orphans in her memory. Cecily, 19, was teaching English, Geography, French and German at a school in Kitwe in June last year before going up
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Postie's sacking unfair, tribunal rules
Sacked postman Kevin Tunstall was celebrating today after an industrial tribunal ruled he had been unfairly dismissed. The 41-year-old, who had delivered letters in Abingdon for more than 12 years before losing his job in February, has told colleagues
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Add a splash of colour
Feeling low? It may be because the colours in your home are not creating the right environment, writes KATHERINE MacALISTER. Certain rooms crave specific colours and without them you could cause unnecessary stress. That's the thinking behind colour theory
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Battle for old station goes underground
It was the early morning call the protesters had been dreading, writes GILL SMITH and PAUL HARRIS. Darkness still hung over the historic LMS station in Oxford when bailiffs wrenched open the doors and announced their arrival. It was the beginning of the
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Chelsea chairman turns up for baby surprise
It was a challenge Chelsea fans Dave and Debbie Hackett could not resist, writes ANDREW FFRENCH. The club's tycoon chairman Ken Bates met them at a posh players' dinner and cheekily suggested Dave should get Debbie pregnant. "If you score tonight, I will
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Julia's mission to China's Dying Rooms
There are many terrible routes to the Dying Rooms, write REG LITTLE and PHIL CLEE. Some baby girls are abandoned by parents angry at not having a son. Because in China, where the State only allows one child per couple, sex is a matter of life and death
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We are the champions!
One community is celebrating success in the Oxfordshire Best Kept Village Competition - for the second year in a row. The South Oxfordshire village of Goring on the River Thames came top in the Winners' Class of the contest, having won the Large Villages
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13 arrested as LMS eviction goes on
The number of people arrested as bailiffs clear the old LMS railway building in Oxford rose to 13 today - with three anti-roads protesters still holding out in tunnels. As the huge operation began to scale down, it emerged that the building - which will
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Teachers rapped over exam fix
Two primary school teachers have been disciplined over exam cheating. Pupils at Woodstock Primary School were given special tuition after teacher Charlotte Johnston found out the contents of a science test from a friend at another school. Miss Johnston
