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Delivery scam alert
Companies are being warned about a gang which has carried out ten delivery scams involving £10,000 worth of goods. Police in Oxford are worried the fraudsters will increase their activities in the run-up to Christmas. The conmen leave a £50 deposit with
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Who are the big bosses?
Councillors are demanding to know the names of the money men behind a Bahamas-based company negotiating to buy the county's top football club. Oxford City Council's director of property and leisure John Arnold told the strategy and resources committee
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Court mercy for school arsonist
Arsonist Mark Durham has been given a chance to stay out of trouble after he started a blaze at a school. The 22-year-old, of Peregrine Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, set fire to papers in offices at Peers School, Littlemore, Oxford, when he was drunk
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Business fury over crippling rent rise
A businessman is accusing South Oxfordshire District Council of killing off traders by forcing through crippling rent hikes. He claims businesses are already suffering and are unable to bear the burden of rising, back-dated ground rents. Howard Brett,
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Queen Hazel hands over to son Paul
OXFORD trainer Hazel Walden, described as a credit to the profession by NGRC boss Frank Melville, will hand over the reins to son Paul in the new year. A veteran of over 30 years in the sport, her stock answer to people who asked when she was to retire
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Disney deal sparks a hive of activity
A toy manufacturing and distribution firm has become a hive of activity after clinching a lucrative deal to supply film merchandise for a new Disney animated blockbuster. Ravensburger, in Bessemer Close, Bicester, will be distributing jigsaw puzzles based
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From farm to plate organically
The butcher Merle Alcock has certainly witnessed a surge in sales over the past few years at her virtually organic butcher's shop in Summertown, write Katherine MacAlister. She said: "Since BSE, people are becoming more aware of what happens to factory
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Deal helps young win jobs battle
OXFORD East MP and Employment Minister Andrew Smith says the Government's New Deal welfare-to-work programme is beginning to reduce unemployment. He said recently released figures reveal that 69,000 young long-term unemployed people have so far benefited
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Business fury over crippling rent rise
A businessman is accusing South Oxfordshire District Council of killing off traders by forcing through crippling rent hikes. He claims businesses are already suffering and are unable to bear the burden of rising, back-dated ground rents. Howard Brett,
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Rail prices rocket
Richard Branson's Virgin Rail look set to announce a rise in ticket prices of up to 26 per cent. Virgin, which runs services through Oxford and Banbury stations, is to raise fares for thousands of passengers travelling on off-peak, open and first-class
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Foiled thieves stab dad
Have-a-go hero Adrian Selby was stabbed in the leg after confronting two youths trying to break into his car. One of the would-be thieves plunged a knife into the back of his leg as Mr Selby, 25, struggled with his accomplice. The attack happened outside
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Protesters march to halt aid centre
More than 40 protesters went on the march to protest about plans for an £8m centre for disadvantaged young people. The Government-backed foyer project, planned for the site of the Abbey Place car park in the centre of Oxford, has been named as the city
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Hearing to air bitter bust-up
The full bitterness of the Morrell family feud will be out in the open on Tuesday at an industrial tribunal. Former chief executive Charles Eld will claim he was unfairly dismissed in May, as he fought plans to sell the brewery and its 132 pubs. Mr Eld
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Firefighters rescue OAP from blaze
An elderly widow trapped in a house blaze was saved when firefighters kicked in her front door and dragged her out. Julie Morgan, 76, was found spluttering on her knees at her home in Stockmore Street, Oxford, in the early hours today. She was treated
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Crime rate set for a battering
Villagers can be forgiven for thinking something fishy's going on with their new mobile police station. The £20,000 purpose-built station has recruited a new partner in its fight against crime - an equally mobile fish and chip shop. Visitors to the new
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Henman in Moya test
OXFORDSHIRE tennis ace Tim Henman aims to bounce back from losing his Battle of Britain 6-2, 6-4 against Greg Rusedski when he takes on Spain's Carlos Moya in the ATP Tour Championship semi-finals in Hanover today. Henman, from Weston-on-the-Green, said
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To win or not to win, what is the question?
Every year, there are £14m worth of competition prizes to be won in this country - which is why every morning, Robert White gets out of bed at 5.30am and spends a couple of hours before work dreaming up slogans that could win him anything from a load
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My poison gas nightmare
Brave Caroline Braddick tried to revive two women killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in a country pub. Accountant Caroline, 26, of Carterton, near Witney, raised the alarm when two friends failed to show for breakfast at the 16th century Crown Inn in
