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Injections firm nets £70m deal
WOMEN having infertility treatment could benefit from a £70m deal between an Oxford science firm and a Swiss drug company, writes MAGGIE HARTFORD. The deal was announced as Powderject, based at Oxford Science Park, issued a share offer to raise £52m on
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Refugees hid in lorry
THREE asylum seekers have been found in the back of a lorry returning to a firm in Oxfordshire. The three young men, two from Kosovo and one from Afghanistan, were found in the back of the lorry returning to Klege Europe, at Didcot West Industrial Estate
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Railway bosses in cash windfall shocker
Bosses at privatised train firm Chiltern Railways could be in for huge cash windfalls - despite having late-running trains. Chiltern directors could receive individual payouts of up to £500,000 under a planned takeover by construction firm John Laing.
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Driver cleared of death charge
A company director was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving. But jurors at Oxford Crown Court convicted Paul Cohen, 37, of a lesser charge of careless driving. He was fined £1,500 and banned from driving for 12 months. His passenger, Gregory
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Third tragedy for grieving school
A second sixth-former from the same school has been killed in a car crash in six weeks. And a former sixth-form pupil from Lord Williams's School, Thame, died in a third accident last weekend. John Fulkes, head of the sixth form, said: "This dreadful
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Bus fares to rise
Bus passengers in Oxfordshire are facing price rises on some routes. From Sunday, fares for Stagecoach Oxford and the Oxford Tube are rising by an average 3.5 per cent. The Oxford Bus Company is also revising many fares. Stagecoach bosses said they had
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Council wants cash on table for United
Council chiefs want to see "money on the table" before they give their backing to Firoz Kassam's planned takeover of Oxford United. London-based hotelier Mr Kassam has had a private meeting with council officials to outline his proposals for saving the
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Boyce returns as Cheetahs' new No 1
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs speedway team have filled the all-important No 1 spot with the signing of Craig Boyce. The 31-year-old Australian begins his second spell at Cowley, after agreeing terms with friend and promoter Steve Purchase in Australia this
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Pulling Power
George Frew checks out ways to get irresistable in the Oxford Mail's continuing Love Week series So, mate, you've managed to persuade the woman of your dreams to actually be seen in public with you. She's agreed to an assignation, a meeting, a date. Whether
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Eight-stone wife steps in to rescue bobby
Bobby Denis Scaife was saved from a severe beating when his eight-stone wife waded in with a souvenir shillelagh. The 47-year-old police sergeant was left covered in blood outside his home when a crazed driver unexpectedly set about him after crashing
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Blackwells' chief retires
Julian Blackwell is to step down as chairman of the multi-million pound family book business Blackwell's after 45 years with the firm. Sir Roger Elliott, a former chief executive of Oxford University Press and president of the Publishers' Association,
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Driver's dash can't stop baby arriving in car
Van driver Andrew Rogers made the most important delivery of his life as his girlfriend gave birth in the back of his car after a hair-raising dash through rush-hour traffic. Andrew, 28, rushed to get partner Natasha Hardiman, 24, from their home in Wallingford
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More speed cameras planned
Drivers in Oxfordshire could face double the current number of speed cameras under Government plans for councils to keep funds from fixed penalty fines. New Treasury rules will allow some cash raised from speeding fines to pay for more cameras and camera
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Does mum know best about raising her baby?
Julia Horsnell gave up her civil service job in London four years ago to bring up her three year-old daughter Kate at their home in Florence Park, Oxford. It was a hard decision to make - and one faced by thousands of new mums every year. So Julia is
