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Warning on fake £400 'invoices'
TRADING standards officers are warning Oxfordshire business people to be on their guard against a renewed spate of invitations to place ads in an international fax directory. The latest letters have been arriving at Oxfordshire addresses from a company
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AA man to the first aid rescue
AN AA man saved the life of a pensioner after seeing his van overturn in a field. Steven Hanson, an ex-paramedic, was driving towards a Mercedes van when he saw it career off the A418, near Aylesbury Road, Thame, yesterday. The 72-year-old driver John
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Bus drivers hit out at parking tickets
Angry bus drivers hit out at police after being booked for parking their cars opposite their work. The eight drivers, based at the Stagecoach depot in Corn Street, Witney, were given £20 fixed penalty tickets after they parked in nearby Queen Emma's Dyke
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Steering scare for bus driver
Stagecoach chiefs have ordered safety checks on their new buses after one of their drivers had to halt a service and call for a new bus when he had problems with the steering. The driver of the 4.10pm Stagecoach service between Oxford and Witney on Tuesday
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Buskers' new code labelled 'insane'
A draft code of conduct for Oxford's city centre buskers has been viewed as too heavy-handed. Suggestions in the new regulations for Oxford city centre include the introduction of recommended pitches, issuing buskers with a permit and making performers
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I am not shifting, says worried lollipop gran
Loyal lollipop lady Mary Hogan has refused to cut her hours shepherding youngsters across a busy road - because she fears a child could be killed. The 63-year-old great-grandmother stays at her post unpaid until after lessons have started, rather than
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Grieving mum slams lack of action at river
The grieving family and friends of Naomi Sims have accused council chiefs of dragging their heels over safety measures on meadows next to the River Glyme. Naomi, ten, died in May when she fell into the river while playing with a friend. She was sucked
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Fraudster grassed on pals after death blaze
Convicted fraudster Sundar Khutan grassed on his pals when he discovered two youngsters had died in an arson attack, a court heard. Anum Khan, nine, died in the blaze at her home in Magdalen Road, Oxford, during the early hours of August 26 last year.
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Witney bid to re-sign Pegler
TOM Pegler, Witney Town's leading scorer last season, could be on his way back to Marriotts Stadium. Pegler left Witney in the summer to join Dr Martens League Southern Division rivals Newport IoW after moving to Totton near Southampton with his work.
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Teachers go back to school - their own
Home-grown talent has become something of a speciality for one Oxford school. No fewer than four of its teachers spent their own schooldays there. And the quartet at Cardinal Newman Middle School, in Cricket Road, Oxford, have been reunited with teacher
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Why the deaf are going to the dogs
Dog trainer Sandra Stevenson set her alarm clock today before slipping between the sheets, writes REG LITTLE. The fact that her bed is in the middle of a bustling Ascot racecourse won't disturb her unduly, nor should the fact that the Princess Royal is
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How mum Gill and daughter Alison lived with childhood leukaemia
People used to cross the street when they saw Gill Gardener and her daughter Alison heading towards them, writes KATHERINE MacALISTER. "In supermarkets people would see Alison's bald head and then look at me in horror, as if it was my fault," said Gill
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£11m library work begins
Workmen have started building an £11m University library next to Oxford's Ashmolean Museum. Although the Sackler Library will initially be solely for the use of University staff and students, it is planned as part of a wider project which will feature
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Hot-shot Murphy is pressing for recall
MATT Murphy's two-goal showing for the reserves has pushed his claims for a recall as Oxford United face bottom club Tranmere at the Manor Ground tomorrow. "He's putting a little bit of pressure on people," Shotton admitted. "It's nice. We've had so many
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United vow to get tough on abusive chants
OXFORD United are handing out leaflets at tomorrow's home game against Tranmere in a bid to get fans to cut out abusive chants. The move has the support of both fanzines, Rage On and Yellow Fever, and the Supporters Club. It is an issue which has been
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Green by nature - not by experience
The last time Oxford city councillor Mike Woodin featured in this newspaper, he made the front page, writes GEORGE FREW. In the picture, he was sandwiched between two of Thames Valley's finest, who arrested him for obstructing an officer during the morning
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The bare facts about nudity
As four blokes prepare to strip at Oxford's Apollo Theatre next week in the comedy Girls' Night Out, GEMMA SIMMS meets people who are happy to let it all hang out... Julie Day gets her kit off for £8 an hour - but it's all done in the best possible taste
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Bizarre encounter with a wheelie bin
Shocked Brian Matthews had a miracle escape when a car veered off the road and smashed into a wheelie bin - which flew through the air and sent him crashing to the ground. Brian, 59, of Black Bourton, had already beaten alcoholism and cancer, so it was
