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£12.7m boost for college
A college has raised a staggering £12.7m without even having to make its historic new appeal public. On Tuesday, Worcester - one of Oxford's poorest colleges - will launch an appeal for £25m at the National Gallery in London. The college said the money
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Father claimed dole and worked
A dad of two claimed more than £1,000 in Jobseeker's Allowance without revealing he was working as a labourer, a court heard. Richard Whalley, of Hawkins Way, Wootton, near Abingdon, admitted two charges of making false representations to obtain benefit
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Parents plead for lollipop people
Parents and children staged a protest to call for more lollipop men and women. To most children, crossing patrols are an integral part of going to school. But in Oxfordshire they are becoming increasingly rare. There are currently more than 20 vacancies
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Libel case joy for anti-hunt activist
Anti-hunt campaigner Penny Little won a High Court libel action against a hunt supporter who launched a personal attack on her during a radio debate. Mrs Little, 46, of Cobb Hall Cottage, Great Haseley, was awarded £1,500 damages by a jury plus costs,
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Mercy for ex-landlord in gun drama
Former pub landlord Timothy Ward, who used a gun to confront three young drinkers in the pub toilets, has escaped jail. Ward, 42, the former landlord of the Queen's Own pub in Woodstock, had burst into the toilets carrying a First World War .22 air rifle
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Trader had fake designer goods
A market trader caught trying to sell fake designer clothes and perfumes from hidden banana boxes has been given a 12-month conditional discharge. Leigh Blackmore, 28, hid jackets, jeans, watches and aftershave lotions, bearing famous names like Dolce
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Appeal to make play areas safe
Councillors hope to put aside £100,000 next year to upgrade play areas. Earlier this year a survey carried out by West Oxfordshire District Council and the Oxfordshire Playing Fields Association found six play areas failed to meet safety standards. Another
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University honour for Czech leader
Oxford University paid its own special tribute to one of Europe's great champions of democracy yesterday. Czech President Vaclav Havel received a Degree by Diploma from Oxford University Chancellor, Lord Jenkins of Hillhead. The playwright, who played
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New blow for love split Anne
A tree planted in memory of Anne Diamond's cot death baby has had a preservation order slapped on it by South Oxfordshire District Council. The television celebrity and her producer husband Mike Hollingsworth announced the break-up of their marriage last
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Dane aims to spread French craze to UK
AN ENTREPRENEUR is aiming to bring a new retro-craze to Britain - the VeloSolex, a quaint motorised cycle used by French villagers since the Second World War, The 49cc moped, usually seen with a baguette strapped to the carrier, can be ridden by anyone
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Football teenager turned to mugging
A teenage professional footballer descended into delinquency and took part in a terrifying street mugging. Oxford Crown Court heard 18-year-old Nicholas James teamed up with his friend Leigh Smy, 21, and another man for the robbery in New Inn Hall Street
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Home-made bars led to toddler's death
Toddler Jack Harper died after getting his neck stuck in home-made safety bars on his bunk bed, an inquest heard. The two-year-old, of Hillview Road, Carterton, was found hanging from a gap in rails designed to stop him falling from the top bunk. At the
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Nurses call off walkout over homes
A walkout by angry nurses over evictions from hospital flats looks to have been averted. But nurses, although backing down now, are warning the threat may be carried out if they cannot cope with living in the private sector and are adopting a "wait and
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Teen on drugs hours before starting blaze
Two teenagers smoked cannabis just hours before torching an Oxford home, a court heard. Anum Khan, nine, died in the horrific blaze at her home in Magdalen Road, on August 26 last year. Her brother, Majid, 15, died two days later. Alan Swanton and Thomas
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Brothers in arms
ARE Simon and Ross Weatherstone the first brothers to play together for Oxford United at the Manor Ground at senior level since Ron and Graham Atkinson? They turned out for United's Reserves against Tottenham at the Manor on Wednesday night, the first
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Shotton's selection poser
MALCOLM Shotton faces a tricky selection poser as Oxford United bid to return to winning ways against Sheffield United at the Manor tomorrow. United's boss has to decide what to do with key defender Phil Gilchrist suspended - and whether to bring back
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County escapes worst of storms
The county escaped mainly unscathed after a night a bad weather, including heavy winds and driving rain. A fallen tree in Arnold's Way Cumnor, Oxford, was one of the few incidents. Southern Electric had no reports of any power cuts in the county. A spokesman
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Growing army of rough sleepers
It is news that will have the homeless underclass guarding their cardboard boxes more closely than ever, writes PAUL HARRIS. Their number has rocketed by a third throughout Oxford despite a huge investment to get them off the streets. All efforts to help
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Union debate on-line
A debate at the Oxford Union was beamed across the world on the Internet for the first time last night. A discussion on fox hunting went out live on BBC Online, the most-visited site in Europe. John Cooper, the chairman of the League Against Cruel Sports
