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Kosovo refugees are found
Police discovered a group of 13 immigrants from war-torn Kosovo at an Oxfordshire service station. The party of 12 men and one woman were discovered in a trailer at Cherwell Valley Service Station on the M40, near Banbury, yesterday afternoon. The group
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Pub syndicate celebrates Lotto win
It was champers all round when a pub syndicate won £72,000 on the Lottery. Landlord Trevor Cooper and his wife Ann are celebrating five winning numbers and a bonus ball along with 11 other regulars at the Five Bells village pub, Broadwell, near Carterton
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Pollard backs zero tolerance - of crime
Thames Valley Police chief Charles Pollard has backed Tony Blair's call for 'zero tolerance' of crime and the introduction of child curfews. But the chief constable insisted there would be no 'New York-style' policing in Oxfordshire. Speaking after he
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Aussie angels to ease nursing crisis
More than 100 nurses from Down Under are coming to work in Oxford's hospitals to ease the nursing recruitment crisis. And today Oxford hospital bosses admitted the success of the Australian drive could see other campaigns following in Europe, Finland
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Bosses welcome waiting list cash
Health staff in Oxfordshire today welcomed a £320m Government cash boost for the NHS to tackle waiting lists across England. The money was announced by Health Secretary Frank Dobson as he revealed waiting lists in England have fallen by a further 20,000
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Bakers fined £6,000 for poor food safety
Two bakers have each been fined £3,000 after inspectors found cobwebs, mould and grease in their bakery. Keith and Beryl Wright, partners in Wright's Bakery in Thame, each admitted three counts of breaching food safety regulations, following a food hygiene
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Bullies are sad, report reveals
School bullies are far more likely to report depressive symptoms than other youngsters. That is one of the findings of a new report compiled by psychiatrists at the Warneford Hospital's Highfield adolescent unit in Oxford. The national study, which interviewed
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Dash for homes led to floods chaos
A scramble for cheap homes led to developers building on land they knew could fall victim to flash floods. The Environment Agency said experts were ignored as the local authority clamoured for extra housing in Kidlington - a 'calculated risk' that deepened
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Gilly and Robbo set for all clear
PHIL Gilchrist and Les Robinson are expected to shake off knocks to play for the U's tomorrow - but Matt Murphy may struggle to make it. Both Gilchrist (heel) and Robinson (head) needed stitches following United's 3-0 win over West Brom. But Murphy, who
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Shotton slams Smith
MANAGER Malcolm Shotton has taken a swipe at former Oxford United boss Denis Smith for his television comment this week that it was basically his team which destroyed West Brom at the Manor on Tuesday night. After the U's comprehensive 3-0 win, Smith
