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Burst 'spy' stops pipeline pain
A PIONEERING hi-tech system is being launched in Oxfordshire which aims to spot burst water pipes - before they happen. Burstcast is a forecasting system designed to anticipate the number of additional busts in cast-iron underground pipes due to cold
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Students protest against fees
Hundreds of new students protested outside an ancient academic ceremony against the abolition of grants. Many of the 4,500 students wore orange ribbons in sympathy with those refusing to pay their fees when they dressed up in gowns for the Oxford University
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Rover has no comment over jobs
Rover is refusing to comment on reports that parent company BMW is threatening to axe 2,000 jobs, freeze pay and demand that workers sign tough new flexibility agreements. Rover is already cutting 1,500 jobs, many at its Longbridge factory in Birmingham
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Midnight run for Titanic video
Waves of people joined a stampede to be among the first to buy the Hollywood blockbuster Titanic as the most successful film of all time was launched on video as it went on sale last night. The Virgin Megastore and HMV, Cornmarket Street, and Blockbuster
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Fright on the tiles
A DIY fan had to be rescued from his roof by a fire crew after suffering a panic attack. The 54-year-old man was working on his roof in High Furlong, Banbury, when he was struck by panic on Saturday. A fire crew was called and officers helped coax the
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Huge pike decides to bite back
Every angler has a story about the one that got away, but with Nick Baggot it's a case of the fish that got away with a bit of his finger. The RAF corporal struggled for half an hour to land a monster pike on the end of his line. When he finally pulled
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Rover has no comment over jobs
Rover is refusing to comment on reports that parent company BMW is threatening to axe 2,000 jobs, freeze pay and demand that workers sign tough new flexibility agreements. Rover is already cutting 1,500 jobs, many at its Longbridge factory in Birmingham
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Closure imminent
MORRELLS Brewery will close next month with some immediate redundancies. New owners of the Oxford brewery said talks were at an advanced stage with a medium-sized brewery to produce Morrells brands under contract. An announcement is expected within ten
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Anger at A-level grades foul-up
A girls' school in Oxford has hit out at examiners after four A-level students received lower grades than they deserved. The results cost three of them university places. Headington School, in London Road, Oxford, is demanding the reform of the marking
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Boss praises United tough nuts
OXFORD United's players showed the mental toughness they have been lacking in away games this season in their outstanding 1-1 draw at promotion favourites Bolton. Manager Malcolm Shotton hailed the performance "magnificent" and said: "We've tried to get
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Handy Andy aims for the fame game
Fame could be beckoning for hunky handyman Andrew Morris, writes NICK EVANS. The six-foot, 13-stone decorator could become television's new Handy Andy on the Richard and Judy show. A friend entered Andrew's name for a competition to find a presenter for
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Life after Father Ted
The call came through in the early hours of a dark, damp morning last March, writes GEORGE FREW. As soon as Ardal O'Hanlon heard the phone ring, he was filled with a sense of foreboding. Minutes later, he knew he'd lost a good friend, the man who'd been
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Family has nine bikes stolen
A family of ten is despairing after thieves stole nine bikes in a year - leaving them with one. Furious parents Marcus and Nuala Folan, of Carpenter Close, Littlemore, scrimped and saved last year to buy bikes at Christmas for four of their eight children
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Fright on the tiles
A DIY fan had to be rescued from his roof by a fire crew after suffering a panic attack. The 54-year-old man was working on his roof in High Furlong, Banbury, when he was struck by panic on Saturday. A fire crew was called and officers helped coax the
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Bridges prepared for giant lorries
Bridges across Oxfordshire are being strengthened to stop them collapsing under the weight of new 40-tonne lorries. The county council's environmental committee has been told that 150 out of 600 bridges will not be able to carry the weight without risk
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United beat the odds
Bolton Wanderers 1, Oxford Utd 1 SEVEN days after losing at home to bottom club Tranmere, United produced their best away performance of the season to upset the odds and hold a Bolton side packed with internationals at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday.
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Laurie's bid for title goes up in smoke
Pipe smoking has about as much chance of gaining Olympic recognition as it has of winning sponsorship from the British Medical Association, writes Paul Warner But this did not stop hundreds of competitors from descending on Vienna for the annual World
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Mum's little helper
Maria Davies found life an enormous struggle when she gave birth to twins with serious health problems three and a half years ago, writes GEMMA SIMMS. The 34-year-old single mum, of St Anne's Road, Banbury, gave birth at 36 weeks to Will, who was born
