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Airgun terror as kids fire at offices
POLICE are hunting children who shot at office workers with airguns. About half a dozen employees at Lambourne House in Banbury Road, north Oxford, are believed to have been fired at. One is reported to have been hit in the leg. Police were today quizzing
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Rover hit by jobs fears
CAR workers at a major Rover plant faced an uncertain future today after company bosses warned the strong pound could force the firm to shed more jobs. But bosses said cuts would not affect Oxford's Cowley plant, where 1,000 extra jobs are being created
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New 'tax' on care for the disabled
£20-a-week charge will affect families Disabled people being looked after by relatives will soon have to pay for their carers to take a break. Oxfordshire's social services committee has taken the reluctant step of introducing the new charges because
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I CAN BREATHE AGAIN
It had been a bad year but today wedding bells are in the air for Juliette A life-saving operation and a Valentine's Day romance gave divorced mum Juliette Dann the chance to breathe again. The cystic fibrosis sufferer was not expected to live beyond
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Cat protesters cost taxpayers £1.25m
Animal right protests at Hillgrove Farm have cost the taxpayer a staggering £1.25m, a senior police officer has revealed. Thames Valley Police assistant chief constable Robert Davies said the price of policing the cat farm, at Minster Lovell, Witney,
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Doctors share ideas on new Internet site
Medics set up web network Doctors went on-line yesterday with the launch of their very own Internet site. The new service - Doctors.net.uk - is the brainchild of doctors in Oxford. The world-wide 'virtual community' will enable doctors to link up on the
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Accident duo on road to recovery
Fairground fall boy and sky-diver on mend Two people who are lucky to be alive after horrific accidents are on the road to recovery. Teenager Mark Evans, who broke his neck in a fairground fall, has returned home from hospital. And college principal Trevor
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Mal's lads make it a nightmare for Denis
Oxford Utd 3, West Brom 0 FORMER Oxford United manager Denis Smith got a taste of his own medicine last night as three players who had come through the ranks at the Manor buried his West Brom team. Joey Beauchamp, Paul Powell and Simon Marsh got the goals
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Super U's make it a choker for ex-boss Denis
OXFORD United were back in the groove again as they destroyed Denis Smith's West Brom 3-0 at the Manor Ground last night. Goals from Joey Beauchamp, Paul Powell and Simon Marsh gave Smith a second miserable return to the club he managed for four years
