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Unipart scheme 'blueprint for New Deal'
EMPLOYMENT Minister Andrew Smith has described Oxfordshire company Unipart as a blueprint for the Government's New Deal programme for the jobless. Mr Smith, MP for Oxford East, and the chief executive of the Employment Service, Leigh Lewis, visited the
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Posties run risk of dog attacks
Call to punish 'bad' owners Postmen are being forced to quit their jobs after a string of attacks from dogs. Pete Boswell, of the Oxfordshire Branch of the Communication Workers' Union, which is helping an Oxford postman pursue a claim against a dog owner
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Swede on United trial
OXFORD United are giving a run-out to Swedish triallist Daniel Majstorovic in their Avon Insurance Combination reserve team game against Reading Res at the Manor Ground tonight, writes JON MURRAY. The 6ft 2in Majstorovic, 21, comes from German second
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Week of fun aims to teach parents as well as kids
Now that sport is no longer compulsory in schools and the computer age is upon us, children's play and exercise are suffering. Kids are increasingly driven to and from school and spend more time at home watching TV and playing on computers. Meanwhile,
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Why soaps can be good for your happiness
Grant and Tiff lurch dismally from one crisis to the next while Percy Sugden was seldom known to utter a cheery word, writes Gill Smith. But the misery in Albert Square and Coronation Street is certainly not casting a shadow over the lives of viewers.
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Bitter Feud Led To Murders
Court told of 'bad blood' A bitter feud between Asian families led to the murder of two youngsters in a horrific house blaze, a court heard. Anum Khan, nine, died in the arson attack on her home in Magdalen Road, Oxford, during the early hours of August
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Early schooling row
A professor has claimed that teaching very young children to read and write is "misguided". Prof Kathy Silva, of Oxford University, said youngsters under the age of six would learn better through play instead instead of formal lessons. But her opinions
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Surgeons help Bosnia victim
A Bosnian war victim hopes to regain the use of his hand - after a hospital performed vital surgery for free. The 20-year-old man was last night recovering in an Oxford private hospital after the first step in a series of operations. Roy and Eve Hoare
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Top baker Dan is rising high
A German who was turned down for more than 150 jobs after arriving in this country has been crowned Britain's best baker - for the second year running. Dan Schickentanz, who now runs a retail bakery on Abingdon's Fitzharrys Estate, was named 1998 Baker
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Maisonettes plan branded 'a stitch-up'
Homes set for revamp Residents have lost the latest battle to demolish a block of shabby maisonettes. People living near the homes in Horspath Road, Cowley, Oxford, have had to put up with joyriding, drug-trafficking, vandalism and squatters for four
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Sex fiend jailed for six years
Sex attacker Isaac Parker has been jailed for six years after being branded "a grave danger to the public". Parker, 41, who has two previous convictions for attacking women, chose his 36-year-old victim as she walked home across Port Meadow, Oxford, in
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Sunday football league in suspensions row
SIX footballers have been given lengthy bans after false reports were sent in for a local sunday league game. The Autotype Upper Thames Valley League originally fined JET FC and Burford United more then £200 apiece and banned a total of 22 players after
