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Pay-TV deal pushes up share price
LOSS-MAKING information company Freepages saw the value of its shares leap after announcing increased Internet business. The company, which has a base in Oxford, trades as Scoot, an organisation that enables telephone callers or Internet surfers to quickly
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United's Cup bid 'Finnished' by Forssell!
MALCOLM Shotton's FA Cup dream was shattered last night by one of the world's most famous footballers, and another who could go on to become one. Oxford United's manager saw his brave bunch go down fighting in a 4-2 fourth-round replay defeat by Chelsea
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United go down fighting
SHEER brilliance from Gianfranco Zola and Finnish wonderkid Mikael Forssell ended United's brave resistance at Stamford Bridge last night, but only after plucky Oxford had again stunned their Premiership opponents. When Phil Gilchrist bundled the Division
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No cash to pay for meal
A homeless drifter, who sat down to a three-course Indian meal knowing his pockets were empty, was jailed by magistrates. Wantage magistrates gave Alan Brown, 38, of no fixed address, eight days' custody after hearing he had a long record of similar offences
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Safety call after blaze
Council chiefs are urging landlords to look at fire safety in their houses to prevent a repeat of a fatal blaze. They want to see a licensing scheme introduced in Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) after 56-year-old Michael John Palmer died in a bedsit
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Inquest told of OAP fall 'carnage'
A pensioner's bedroom was a scene of 'carnage' after she fell from a step-ladder, suffering injuries which led to her death, an inquest heard. David John, of Park Hill, Wheatley, told the Oxford inquest he went to his mother Winifred's flat at Farm Close
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Parents' grief at death of son, 16
The parents of a teenage boy who was found dead an Oxford park, told today how they were devastated by the loss of their son. Richard Jackson, 16, from the Chipping Norton area, was found dead in Angel Meadow on Friday night. Police are still investigating
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School site go-ahead
A new site for a school has been earmarked amid plans to build dozens of new homes near a Grade II listed bridge. City councillors yesterday (WEDS) approved outline proposals to build 65 new homes between Oxford Canal and the railway line on land north
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Jail for raping and kidnapping student
A rapist was today starting an eight-year jail sentence after attacking and subjecting a Japanese student to a seven-hour kidnap ordeal. Peter Njenga, 28, bowed his head and looked tearful as he heard the verdicts at Oxford Crown Court yesterday. Njenga
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Sentence did not match the crime
Free David Blagdon - that was the message today to Home Secretary Jack Straw. Since 1995, the Oxford Mail has highlighted the plight of the 47-year-old, who was sentenced to life imprisonment 21 years ago for causing arson at St Laurence's Church, South
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Sophie still battles on - despite having Aids
Sophie says she is fine at the moment. She is married, enjoys an active sex life and is reasonably healthy. She also has full-blown Aids. The 32-year-old contracted the deadly virus from a boyfriend who was a haemophiliac 11 years ago - long before the
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Tonight
Colder than recently but many places are going to be dry, with just a few showers scattered across exposed western areas. Tomorrow: England and Wales will be a lot colder with a mixture of sunshine and showers, however, southern and south-east England
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Smudger off to Stockport
DAVID Smith's five-year stay at the Manor Ground ended quietly and with only a passing interest from supporters when the 28-year-old midfielder yesterday joined Stockport County on a free transfer. 'Smudger', as everyone at the Manor called him, became
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Call to join anti-cuts march
Teachers and parents are being urged to join a march through Oxford to protest about cuts in services. Oxfordshire County Council is facing a £15m shortfall on the £38m it needs to keep services at an "acceptable level." The Oxfordshire Stop the Cuts
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Cavaliers open up against Cambridge
OXFORD Cavaliers will kick-off a new season in the Rugby League Conference away to Cambridge Eagles on Saturday, May 8. It will be a cross-division clash with Oxford in the South section and Cambridge in the East group. Cavaliers' first home game is the
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Stars charged
after 'fighting' SUMMERTOWN Stars have been charged by the Oxfordshire FA following the abandonment of their B-Line Oxford Boys League Under 16 side's cup tie against Didcot Town on Sunday. The game was called off in the 72nd minute after, according to
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Dear Jack Straw - set David Blagdon free
We hope you have heard of David Blagdon. He is the man who, consumed with grief at the loss of his parents, set fire to a church. He didn't make much of a job of it - in fact the damage was minimal, just a curtain. But the quality of mercy was more than
