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Demo hits hospital
SECURITY is being stepped up at a hospital amid fears that animal rights protesters could picket the site. The Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford is on red alert for a possible protest today. A spokesman said access would be limited after police warned of
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Rover to honour pay deal
ROVER workers have been given a 3.7 per cent pay rise - despite continued talks to cut costs by £150m. The BMW-owned Rover Group announced last night it would be honouring a deal agreed in July 1997. But managers said job cuts at Longbridge, Birmingham
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Cancer screen talks 'are a waste of time'
Arguments over screening for breast cancer are stopping researchers finding more effective ways to prevent the disease, a leading researcher said today. Dr Jane Wells, of the Institute of Health Sciences at Oxford University, claimed too much time is
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Dumped lover's death threats about his ex
Jilted boyfriend Stephen Ellis threatened to kill his former girlfriend after she left him for another man. Oxford Crown Court heard Ellis, 29, of Aldbarton Drive, Barton, Oxford, telephoned Susan Barnes, the mother of his ex-girlfriend, Gina, in the
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£200,000 boost for maisonettes
A £500,000 scheme to refurbish rundown maisonettes has been approved by councillors - but residents are still demanding that the flats are demolished. Labour councillors have already agreed to spend £255,400 on the Horspath Road maisonettes, plus £40,000
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Heart boy is a living miracle
Teenage heart patient Matthew Bigden has amazed doctors by fulfilling an ambition to become an Oxford Mail paper boy. The 14-year-old, of Poplar Close, Garsington, has undergone a series of life-saving operations since he was born with his heart on the
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Pupils barred in romp scandal
A GIRL of 13 and her 15-year-old boyfriend have been expelled from an Oxfordshire public school for having sex in a boarding house, it was reported today. The pupils from Bloxham School, near Banbury, sneaked out of an organised school dance and met in
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'Menace' jailed for three years
A woman who preyed on pensioners and the vulnerable has been jailed for three years and branded a 'menace' to the elderly. Janet Lestrade, 29, of Champion Way, Littlemore, Oxford, was jailed after admitting stealing cash from an elderly lady during a
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Curtain up on one-stop NHS health centre
A new health centre is to be officially opened soon. The Kendall Crescent Surgery, Oxford, is being officially opened on November 9 by the Lord Mayor Carole Roberts. It is the first centre to serve the Templar Road estate in Kendall Crescent, north Oxford
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Bias claim over University entry
A new report has uncovered evidence of bias against state school pupils in Oxford University's selection process. The study reveals that the pupils from state schools were less likely to gain a place at the ancient seat of learning than independent school
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Shoppers face first A34 delays
Saturday shoppers were expected to be the first victims of A34 roadworks chaos today. The Highways Agency closed the A34 to all northbound traffic, between the Botley and Pear Tree interchanges, at midnight as £3.7m of road improvements got under way.
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Designs on the future
Imaginative teenagers in Blackbird Leys have come up with a model solution to brighten up their lives, write Katherine MacAlister. Fed up with the lack of facilities and bored watching TV or hanging out on the streets, they are stepping out to help themselves
