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Mystery as publishing boss goes
MYSTERY surrounds the departure of top manager Bill Andrewes from Oxford University Press. Staff were told in a brief internal memo that Mr Andrewes, the managing director of English Language Training (ELT), had "stepped down". He has worked for the company
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Protest to hit Straw's home
Animal rights campaigners plan a 24-hour hunger strike outside the Oxfordshire home of Home Secretary Jack Straw tonight. Activists plan to protest in Minster Lovell, near Witney, on behalf of fellow campaigner Barry Horne, who was jailed for 18 years
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Four hurt in lorry smash
A man is seriously ill in hospital after his car collided with a 15-tonne Army lorry. Emergency crews freed four people trapped in the vehicles after the accident on the A422, near the Shenington crossroads, near Banbury, at about 5pm yesterday. It is
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Officers on alert after two attacks
A teenage girl was robbed and a teenage boy was slashed across the face in two separate attacks in a town on the same day. A youth was kicked and punched to the ground from behind in an unprovoked attack in Didcot town centre when he was slashed in the
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Boy's leg broken as wall collapses
A teenager's leg was crushed after a garden wall collapsed on top of him. Mark Pearce, 13, was "horsing about" with school friend Darren Jaggard, 14, when he tripped and fell on the pavement in Merritt Road, Didcot. Darren told the Oxford Mail that as
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Tell public inquiry if you want a multiplex
Movie fans are being urged to back a project for a new eight-screen cinema when a public inquiry re-opens next week. The Abingdon multiplex scheme will be debated in the town's Guildhall for six days from Tuesday, November 24, when the public has the
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Tests show president had secret love child
Oxford University scientists have used DNA to produce compelling evidence that American president Thomas Jefferson fathered a love child by his slave. Jefferson, one of America's founding fathers, has been at the centre of a mystery for 200 years over
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Weather forecasts from 6pm today Wednesday to 6pm Thursday 19 November 1998 issued by PA WeatherCent
Tonight (Wednesday night): Northern Ireland will be largely cloudy with a little drizzle here and there, and towards morning western counties will have some more noticeable rain, but it will be relatively mild. England and Wales will be mostly dry and
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Territorials transformed
Foot soldiers will suffer in huge changes to the Territorial Army that will transform the service. Last night, the Government announced it will reduce the TA from 56,000 to 41,000 members to modernise reserve units. Many historic county battalions will
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United getting desperate
OXFORD United's position was described as "desperate" today with no further offers coming in for players. It is believed the club need to sell a player by the weekend to avoid having to go into administration. Non-playing staff, including the management
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Trainer Turnell set
for pastures new THE picturesque village of East Hendred near Wantage witnesses the end of an era this week as racehorse trainer Andy Turnell moves his string to north Yorkshire. It was back in 1985 that Turnell, 50, arrived at Orchard Stables from Marlborough
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Jones lives up to the legend
The Oxford Mail's KATHERINE MacALISTER finds superstar Tom is as brilliant as ever... It's called the Tom Jones Experience and now I understand why. Love him or hate him, the Welsh legend is one of the all-time great performers. The fact that he's still
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Coping with life after a suicide
When Hilary Caldicott was told her best friend had driven to a quiet country lane a week before Christmas and taken a fatal overdose she was naturally devastated, writes KATHERINE MacALISTER. Hilary, 44, from Eynsham, spent years getting over the consequences
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Men barred from women's committee
Two men have been barred from sitting on a council women's committee, the Oxford Mail can reveal. Councillors Paul Ingram and Steve Goddard hoped to become the first male members of the city council sub-committee after being nominated by their parties
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Bus stop move branded lethal
Villagers fear people could be killed after a bus company moved its stop more than three-quarters of a mile away. People in Shipton-on-Cherwell, near Kidlington, say that the decision by Stagecoach will mean women, children and elderly people having to
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Hospitals to share in £306m windfall
Oxfordshire's hospitals are to share in more than £300m earmarked for upgrading and repairing buildings. Health Minister Alan Milburn announced that the National Health Service is to spend £2.2bn across the country on improvements. A total of £306m is
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OAPs' home gets stay of execution
Campaigners have scored a victory in their fight to save an old people's home. Cutteslowe Court, in Wyatt Road, north Oxford, was to be demolished and replaced by housing under plans to raise millions of pounds for Oxfordshire County Council. The council
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Heads seek debate
Middle school headteachers are seeking crunch talks before a crucial decision on the future of the city's three-tier system. The county's education committee will next month be considering whether to go ahead with a review of education in Oxford city
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United getting desperate
OXFORD United's position was described as "desperate" today with no further offers coming in for players. It is believed the club need to sell a player by the weekend to avoid having to go into administration. Non-playing staff, including the management
