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Information service warns of job losses
TELEPHONE information service Scoot has warned 80 staff working at its Oxford Business Park call centre in Cowley to expect redundancies in December. The company, formerly called Freepages, has told employees that there will be a partial closure of the
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TV Mike splits with new love
The estranged husband of Anne Diamond has split from his new girlfriend after a violent row. Yesterday the Oxford Mail revealed how, sporting a black eye, Mike Hollingsworth, 52, went to Reading Police Station with his new partner Harriet Scott, 26, to
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Bus driver's hand slashed in attack
A bus driver's hand was slashed when two youths tried to steal his takings last night. The incident happened at about 9.30pm after the two teenagers boarded a service in Pegasus Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford. They tried to grab his takings. When the bus
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Traders protest at road closure
Covered market traders have demonstrated against the Oxford Transport Strategy claiming it will wreck their businesses. Shop owners, who held the protest at the Covered Market, said that Oxfordshire County Council's plans to close the High Street to traffic
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Road hell takes its toll on drivers
Keep your cool - that was the warning given to gridlocked drivers last night who are facing car journeys from hell due to major roadworks. At least 40 minutes are being added to drivers' journeys following the Highways Agency's decision to close the A34
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Barry sparks fourth win in a row
Oxford University 26, Worcester 25 By MICHAEL KNOX INSPIRED by scrum half Shaun Barry, Oxford University RFC came from ten points down to beat Worcester by a single point in an exciting contest at Iffley Road last night. When they trailed 13-3 after half
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United strike threat over
THE threat of an Oxford United players' strike looks to have been averted after assurances that they will be paid by the end of the week. Hopes that the debt-ridden Division 1 club may be saved from going into adminstration tomorrow have also been lifted
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Arsonist to take Home Office to court
Arsonist David Blagdon is trying to take the Home Office to court after breaking out of jail to protest about his life sentence. He has written to the Oxford Mail revealing his plans after serving 20 years for setting fire to a church. Police launched
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Hague braves Oxford roads chaos
Tory leader William Hague arrived in traffic-clogged Oxford today to attack Government "anti-car policies". Mr Hague said only a U-turn by Tony Blair could now save Britain from even worse road chaos. "Big cuts in the roads programme will increase the
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Girlfriend denies choc theft gains
The girlfriend of a warehouse supervisor helped him buy a love-nest cottage from the profits from millions of stolen Mars Bars, a court heard. Emma Smiley, 25, of Glebe Court, Dunston, Bicester, denies laundering money to assist her partner, Martin Keys
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Reserves boost United
OXFORD United Reserves put the club's off-the-pitch worries behind them to beat 2-1 Millwall in the Avon Insurance Combination at the Manor last night. Matt Murphy gave them the perfect start in the fourth minute with a goal following a good run by Jamie
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McSporran for Wycombe
OXFORD City's Jermaine McSporran today signed for Division 2 strugglers Wycombe Wanderers for an undisclosed sum. The 21-year-old forward, who has been attracting a host of clubs and scored twice for Arsenal Reserves during a recent trial at Highbury,
