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Tonight
Most parts will be dry but some drizzle will affect coasts and some mist and fog will form inland. Tomorrow: A misty start with fog patches lingering well into the morning. When these clear most of the county will stay cloudy but dry. South-east England
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Jacko set to miss out
THE ten outfield heroes in Oxford United's FA Cup epic with Chelsea look set to be rewarded by keeping their places for tomorrow's Division 1 game against Barnsley at the Manor Ground. The unlucky one is goalkeeper Elliot Jackson, who is expected to drop
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Nurses 'hopeful' over pay
Nurses' unions reacted with cautious optimism to the shake-up to nurses' pay structure. Health secretary Frank Dobson reduced the six-banded pay scale to just three to reassure senior staff worried they would be paid less than newly-qualified nurses.
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Aid sent out for quake victims
Emergency aid equipment worth tens of thousands of pounds stored in Bicester is being rushed to Columbia to help survivors of the earthquake which killed at least 2,000 people are thought to have been killed in the quake which struck the city of Pereira
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Don't visit children, calls saddens GP
A family doctor has been saddened by reacted with sadness to calls from a leading GP that doctors should refuse to visit sick children at home. Dr Justin Amery, based a GP at Bury Knowle Health Centre, Headington, Oxford, said London GP that Dr Michael
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Top people's guide reveals peculiar pastimes
The great and good of Oxfordshire have some of the strangest habits when it comes to hobbies and pastimes, according to the latest edition of the widely-consulted top people's directory, Who's Who. The newly-issued 1999 edition just out reveals some bizarre
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Dodo's image is extinct
One of nature's most intriguing species, the dodo, now has a new respectable image - thanks to Oxford University scientists. The extinct, flightless bird, immortalised by Lewis Carroll, has long been a figure of fun, portrayed as fat, ungainly and stupid
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Controversial manor house for sale again
NORTH Aston Hall, a luxury mansion whose history has been dogged by controversy, is back on the market for £2.5m. It is being sold by troubled engineering and construction company Kvaerner, based in Norway, whose president quit last October after a boardroom
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United's Blades clash moved
OXFORD United's Division 1 match against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane has been moved from Saturday, March 27 to Friday, March 26 (7.45). This is to avoid a clash with the England v Poland European Championship qualifier which is being played at 3pm
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Man fell to his death in car park
A man's body has been found on the ground floor of a multi-storey car park in Oxford. Police officers and paramedics were called to the Westgate car park at around 5pm yesterday where they found a man with serious head injuries on the ground floor of
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Man cleared of shop arson charge
A businessman has been found not guilty of torching his own launderette in a £20,000 insurance fiddle. A jury at Oxford Crown Court yesterday took less than an hour to reach their unanimous verdict. Peter Scurr, 51, who had denied arson, put his hand
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Long waits for A&E treatment
A survey by health watchdogs uncovered waits of up to ten hours for some patients. Community Health Council officials visited 194 accident and emergency wards, including those at Oxford's John Radcliffe and Banbury's Horton hospitals, as part of a national
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Bid to save crisis-hit centre
Consultants have been called in to rescue a second crisis-hit community centre. Council chiefs stepped in to help Oxford's Blackbird Leys Community Centre, in Blackbird Leys Road, after claims of "financial and management irregularities". The action comes
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Taxi man 'raped' disabled woman
Taxi driver Christopher Mace drove into woods and raped his disabled passenger on the way to her home, a court heard. Mace, 33, of Charter Way, Wallingford, allegedly attacked the 27-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer as he drove her from a day at college
