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Crackdown call on late payers
FIRMS are being urged to change the culture of late payment which runs through British business. New legislation came into force this month which is designed to help speed up payment terms. Stephen Dexter, managing partner at the Oxford office of business
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Fury after cat is shot
Cat lover Francis Pargeter was horrified to discover that a cat was killed by an air rifle on an Oxfordshire industrial estate. Miss Pargeter, of Early Road, Witney, regularly feeds two colonies of feral cats on two of the town's estates. "I had trapped
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Bangers and mash on Kate's big day
Titanic star Kate Winslet held her wedding reception at an Oxfordshire pub, eating bangers and mash washed down with champagne. Kate, 23, and film director husband Jim Threapleton, 25, celebrated at the Crooked Billet in Stoke Row, near Wallingford, after
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Blair misses gravel song
Kitchen worker Paul Mulvey's Downing Street serenade to Tony Blair fell on deaf ears - the Prime Minister was spending the weekend at his country retreat of Chequers. Mr Mulvey, 48, of Vicarage Road, south Oxford, travelled to No 10 on Saturday to deliver
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Frustrated rally speaker to sue police chief
Author Dr Vernon Coleman is taking the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police to court after an animal rights demonstration was banned. Dr Coleman was due to speak at a rally in Witney on July 11 organised by Save the Hillgrove Cats campaigners. They
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Paramedic takes to horseback
Paramedic Trish Reeves-Long leaped on a horse to help a rider who had fallen and hurt her back. She and her colleagues had trudged nearly a mile through thick mud to reach the injured woman after abandoning their ambulance. When they got there, they realised
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Lottery bonanza for workers
A syndicate of 15 workers from Wantage was celebrating today after striking lucky in Saturday's £25m National Lottery superdraw. The workers, whose names were being revealed later today, scooped £3,125,000 between them. They were among eight ticketholders
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Tonight
Southeast England will be mainly dry but cold with a slight frost developing where the cloud breaks for any length of time. Wales and the rest of England will be dry and chilly at first, but cloud and rain will spread slowly from the north-west after
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A34 'could have been done in nine days'
Roadworks causing five weeks of chaos on Oxfordshire roads could have been done in just NINE DAYS. That's the claim of top county council officers, who have has attacked the Highways Agency for its handling of the repairs. David Young, director of environmental
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Barnett sees red but United are on a roll!
Oxford United 2, Port Vale 1 A BRILLIANT goal from Paul Powell put troubled Oxford United on their way to a second successive league win - but the main talking point for fans streaming out was Vale defender Dave Barnett's sending-off in the final minute
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Hands off our turkeys
A festive air fills Oxford's Covered Market - satsumas are ranged at the grocer's and row upon row of turkeys hang in butchers' windows, writes SARAH BROWN. Michael Feller stands outside his shop, Feller & Son & Daughter, with his arms folded
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Commuters stranded in rail fiasco
Fuming rail passengers trying to get to Oxford were left freezing on a platform today - despite having already bought tickets. Other passengers already on board an overcrowded two-carriage Cotswold Line train found themselves travelling free. The mix-up
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A34 'could have been done in nine days'
Roadworks causing five weeks of chaos on Oxfordshire roads could have been done in just NINE DAYS. That's the claim of top county council officers, who have has attacked the Highways Agency for its handling of the repairs. David Young, director of environmental
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Brave pensioner saves neighbour
Brave pensioner Albert Jones dashed to the rescue when his next-door neighbour fell asleep and set fire to her flat. Albert, 81, of Barton Road flats, Headington, was watching TV when he heard screams coming from the corridor outside his door. He found
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Plastic cards herald end of the rent book
Council rent books could soon be a thing of the past in Oxford. The city council, which has about 10,000 tenants, is planning to introduce plastic payment cards for its rent. The plastic "smart cards", which can also be used for paying council tax bills
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Circus family's ordeal
A circus family told how they received hate mail and a letter bomb following a horrific accident with a tiger. They have also talked about the "amazing recovery" of animal trainer Richard Chipperfield, 31, who was savaged by the tiger, Arnie, during a
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Whole lot of Shaky going on...
Music fan Alisha Hanwell went all coy when her hero Shakin' Stevens handed her a prize at school. The eight-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer would not look at him to begin with and the 1980s rock and roll star had to move to her other side before she
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Barnett in dock for punch
PORT Vale defender Dave Barnett is to be reported to the Football Association for decking United's Dean Windass after he had already been sent off. In an astonishing last-minute flashpoint, Barnett was shown the red card for a second bookable offence,
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Powell turns
on the style PAUL Powell's wonder goal for Oxford United at the Manor Ground on Saturday might just earn him a place in the Premiership. Powell must have impressed watching Derby County boss Jim Smith, the former Oxford United manager, after another fine
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Why girls are now adding brains to sugar and spice
They've always been sugar and spice and everything nice - now girls are officially brainy too, writes GILL SMITH. The latest results published by Oxfordshire County Council reveal girls are beating boys hollow in GCSE results. And despite efforts by some
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Ex-PoW awaits verdict
War veteran Arthur Titherington is just days away from a verdict in his battle to get compensation for former Japanese prisoners of war. The ex-PoW will know on Thursday the outcome of his fight with the Japanese Government. Judges at the Tokyo District
