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Banger misses derby
OXFORD United manager Malcolm Shotton will have to make at least two enforced changes for Saturday's Division 1 local derby against Swindon Town at the Manor. In addition to skipper Les Robinson missing through suspension, midfielder Nicky Banger will
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Tributes for row victim
Floral tributes arrived on the doorstep of rugby fan Vivian Rogerson who died after rowing with his neighbour over a parking space. Police are still anxious to trace witnesses who saw Mr Rogerson when he may have been in an argument at Broadways pub in
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Red tape frustration in wait for new staff
Nurses recruited from Australia to ease chronic staff shortages in Oxfordshire are being forced to delay their start date - because of problems with red tape. The Overseas Labour Service, responsible for issuing work permits, is finding increased demand
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Evil thieves steal third charity box
A cafe owner has branded thieves who stole three charity boxes in three months as "beneath contempt". Gill Draycott, owner of the Wells Stores caf and cheese shop in Stert Street, Abingdon, has now decided to keep the Save the Children boxes out of public
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Dark Blues get off the mark - at last
OXFORD University secured their first English League Division 1 victory of the season with a 1-0 home win over fellow strugglers Bromley. The result lifts the Blues off the bottom of the table and out of the relegation zone. The match was a typically
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Science firm wins new battery deal
SCIENCE firm AEA Technology has scooped a multi-million pound contract to keep Britain's soldiers talking. The company, which employs 1,700 people at its sites in Harwell and Culham, has a deal with Hunting Engineering to power the British Army's new
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Appeal to parents to vaccinate
Parents are risking their children's lives by failing to vaccinate them against serious childhood illnesses. Health experts in Oxfordshire fear an alarming drop in the number of children being immunised could lead to an epidemic in measles, mumps and
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Injury clinics get set for revellers
Health chiefs are expecting to tackle a mass "production line" of injuries as brawls break out on the dawn of the new Millennium. Plans are being drawn up to open impromptu minor injury 'clinics' at community hospitals, health centres and GPs' surgeries
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Blagdon admits he wanted to go to jail
Arsonist David Blagdon set fire to an Oxfordshire church because he thought his life would be better behind bars, it emerged today. Support is growing for the release of Blagdon, 47, who was jailed for life 21 years ago for causing arson at St Laurence's
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Literary world mourns death of Dame Iris
The literary world was today mourning the death of Dame Iris Murdoch, one of Britain's finest novelists. The writer and philosopher had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for some years. Her devoted husband Prof John Bayley, who cared for her in
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Dark Blues get back in groove
OXFORD University recorded the first victory of the term when they beat a competitive Queensland University side 31-19 at Iffley Road. The stronger all-round side, Oxford were always in command after first-half tries from centre John Kinniburgh, hooker
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Oxon girls shine to lift south crown
OXFORDSHIRE Under 15 girls outclassed the six other southern counties to lift the South Champions hockey trophy for the first time in their history at Cranfield Community School, Heathrow on Sunday. The team won five and drew one match in the round robin
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Kieran aims to be king of the swingers
Swing, the big band sound of the 1930s, is once again in style - and is fast attracting a following among a new generation of jivers, writes TIM HUGHES. But this time, it is Oxfordshire's sharp-suited young professionals who are taking to the dance floor
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Spice up Valentine's Day for the special person in your life
In the movie 9 Weeks, Kim Bassinger and Mickey Rourke turned a midnight feast into one of the most erotic scenes ever to hit the big screen, writes HELEN PEACOCKE. Haagen Dazs ice cream emulated the sensuous effect food can have in one of their TV adverts
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£2,000 for the life of my wife
The husband of a pensioner cyclist killed when timber fell off a lorry has blasted magistrates for a £2,000 fine over the tragedy. Gordon McNeil, 69, was hoping for a compensation order from the Abingdon court. Instead, the lorry owners were fined £2,000
