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Tonight
Any remaining sleet and snow in southern counties of England will move away quite quickly. That will leave most of England and Wales with a fine but very cold and frosty night. However, coastal areas exposed to the brisk north-west wind will have hail
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Shopping in the fast lane
A NEW concept in motorway shopping is to be pioneered at an Oxfordshire service area. Granada plans to spend £10m extending 20 of its motorway service stations with plans to bring in high street retailers for the first time. The Cherwell Valley services
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Anger over cuts
Users of social services joined those who provide them in a defiant march against continued spending cuts. About 200 Oxfordshire residents appealed for the Government to "Save Our Services" in a protest march through Oxford city centre on Saturday. It
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Now it's No 16 for ace Windass
MALCOLM Shotton hailed his exhausted warriors after they earned a vital point at Wolves in their battle to beat the drop, with Dean Windass bagging his 16th goal of the season. Though "very tired", as he put it, Shotton's weary Oxford United team fought
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Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Copyright 1998 Newsquest Media Group
Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Do you know how to avoid pregnancy?
One big mistake can mean a lifetime of regret, writes Katherine MacAlister as the Oxford Mail starts Love Week - a series of features on relationships. Ruth in TV's EastEnders is in a dilemma. She's pregnant, after throwing caution to the wind just the
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Fending off attacks
A NEW scheme aims to reduce verbal and physical attacks on health staff. Health trusts across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire are joining forces to tackle the problem at a conference on Thursdaylater this month. Representatives will put their heads together
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Row over parking space led to death
Rugby fan Vivian Rogerson died after a row with his neighbour over a parking space. The 37-year-old plasterer was found with serious head injuries in Lydalls Road, Didcot, in the early hours of Saturday. Detectives appealed for witnesses to the row, and
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When a Platt becomes a proper Pratt
IN Coronation Street, nurse Martin Platt appears to have taken over Ken Barlow's mantle as Weatherfield's token idealist. These days, Ken doesn't do much other than turn up in t' Rovers modelling a succession of Val Doonican-style jumpers. But if Ken's
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Crisis as school faces £20,000 deficit
Parents and teachers at a primary school have warned that they face a £20,000 deficit in funding during the coming financial year. Governors at St Barnabas's CE First School, in Hart Street, Jericho, Oxford, could have to make a teacher redundant because
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Ops ordeal for parachutist
Parachutist Nigel Rogoff is undergoing four operations a week after a horrific accident at Aston Villa football ground in December. Flt Sgt Rogoff, 39, who lives in Stonesfield, near Woodstock, is a member of the Hawk Parachute Team, based at RAF Brize
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Motorists killed in crashes
Two people died in separate car crashes at the weekend. A motorist was killed after a car hit a tree and burst into flames. The driver, who has not been named, was in an Audi estate car which skidded off the B4012 Thame to Tetsworth Road, near Tetsworth
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Lighter accident blamed for blaze
A woman and her two young children fled the house but the family's pet Alsatian was trapped inside. Fire crews managed to rescue the dog but were unable to revive it. Station officer Philip Hayward, of Oxfordshire Fire Service, said the blaze, which gutted
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Man in court over murder
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a teenage boy in an Oxford meadow. Jobless Mark Numms, 24, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody by Oxford magistrates on Saturday. He is accused of murdering 16-year-old Richard Jackson, who was
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Hunt raps rampage horsemen
The Heythrop Hunt has suspended two members after horsemen and hounds trampled through the churchyard where Sir Winston Churchill is buried. The hunt said those responsible could be banned from hunting for the rest of the year after leaving a trail of
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Rugby team in tribute to pal
Rugby players fought back tears as they spoke of the man they lovingly described as "everybody's friend". Members of Didcot Rugby Club were told about former team-mate Viv Rogerson's death shortly after a 55-0 trouncing of Stow-on-the-Wold on Saturday
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Daniel makes splash at awards
A 12-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer's love of swimming has landed him a national Child of Achievement award. Daniel Steward, of Montgomery Road, Caversfield, near Bicester, touched the hearts of hundreds of spectators when he took to the pool at the
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Wolves muzzled by United's battlers
Wolves 1, Oxford Utd 1 IF THERE was a league table based on the amount of work each team puts in, Oxford United would surely be championship contenders. The industry they showed at a Molineux ground where they seldom do well, despite tired limbs and weary
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Lottery failure rocks Quins
OXFORD Harlequins RFC's ambitious plans for a Centre of Rugby Excellence in Oxford have had to be put on hold following their failure to obtain a lottery grant for the project, writes MICHAEL KNOX. Quins, in conjunction with Oxford Brookes University
