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A dry night for most of England and Wales, some light rain in the south Tomorrow Rain pushing south will reach the south east by the end of the afternoon, Outlook More rain pushing south Story date: Saturday 13 February Converted for the new archive on
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Boss Shotts couldn't bear to watch!
'SERGEANT Major' Malcolm Shotton may be known as a hard task-master in training, but he revealed his softer side when he couldn't bear to watch Dean Windass's penalty at the Manor on Saturday. With Swindon Town bidding to do the double over Oxford for
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Student found hanged
Police were called after an Oxford University student was found hanged at his hall of residence. Anton Tchetvertakov, 22, was found hanged at a house in South Parade on Friday. Police are not treating the death as suspicious. Mr Tchetvertakov is understood
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Cricketer Khan to visit Oxford
Cricketing legend Imran Khan will be speaking in Oxford tomorrow. The former Pakistan captain, who studied geography at Keble College, will be discussing his political career at the University Examination Schools, in High Street, from 5.30pm. The event
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Val wins vote to be next Lord Mayor
Labour councillors have chosen Val Smith as the new Lord Mayor of Oxford. Mrs Smith, wife of employment minister and Oxford East MP Andrew Smith, has represented Blackbird Leys on the city council for 12 years. Mrs Smith, who has lived in Oxford for 33
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On the road to work
A voluntary organisation is putting unemployed people on the road to a successful career - quite literally. The Oxford Unemployed Workers' and Claimants' Union, based in Cowley Road, east Oxford, has been awarded more than £104,000 from central Government
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Blagdon case sparks calls for reform
A penal reform group has criticised the sentencing of arsonists to life imprisonment, in the wake of the campaign to free David Blagdon. Blagdon, 47, is serving a life sentence for setting fire to curtains at St Laurence's Church in South Hinksey, Oxford
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Abingdon turn tide
in five-goal bonanza Bracknell Tn 0, Abingdon Tn 5 BASEMENT boys Abingdon Town ended a run of more than three months without a win by hitting five goals at Bracknell in Ryman League Division 2 on Saturday. Bottom of the table and going into the game with
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Thame stunned by attack on ref
Thame Utd 2, Leighton Tn 1 THAME'S Ryman Division 2 victory on Saturday was completely overshadowed by the actions of Leighton's 21-year-old full back Lee Campbell. The former England Under 18 triallist punched referee Paul Randall to the ground in the
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Parents launch appeal for autistic daughter
Annie Gomarsall cannot cope with crowds or loud noises - they send her into hysterics and she throws herself on the floor screaming. The six-year-old is trapped in her own autistic world - unable to speak, make contact or even look her parents in the
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Janet's size 24 dress led to success
For Janet O'Mahoney, Christmas 1997 was a major turning point in her life. The only thing she could buy with the gift vouchers her mother gave her every year was a size 24 dress. Dispirited at her ballooning weight, she joined Weight Watchers to try to
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Use leisure cash for hospital, says pensioner
A disabled pensioner has blasted council officials for planning to spend millions on a new leisure centre - when the local hospital faces losing 18 of its beds. Brian Sammons, 69, of Nuneham Square, Abingdon, who needs two walking sticks to help him move
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Suicide husband bludgeoned wife to death, police believe
A pensioner slit his wife's throat and bludgeoned her to death before killing himself at their village home. Detectives were working on this theory today as they continued to probe the horrific double death of Martin and Joan Lawrie. Retired teacher Joan
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Tonight
A cloudy night with patchy drizzle in areas exposed to the moderate westerly wind. Tomorrow Much brighter with some sunshine every where as overnight cloud and drizzle clears away. Outlook Becoming milder and overcast, with outbreaks of rain spreading
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Check-out counter rings up the profits
A FIRM that helps keep Britain shopping has rung up record profits. Computer company Torex, based at Stonesfield, supplies the Stock Checker system used in Argos stores nationwide to let shoppers check if an item is in stock before queuing at a till to
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Quinn recalls Manor pain!
SWINDON Town boss Jimmy Quinn says he knows his team are in for a tough match in today's Division 1 derby at the Manor Ground because he has painful memories of his debut there 13 years ago - against a certain Malcolm Shotton. "My debut was at Swindon
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Deano's derby double
Oxford Utd 2, Swindon Tn 0 THERE really is no stopping Dean Windass at the moment. After picking up the Nationwide Player of the Month award before kick-off, he destroyed United's deadliest rivals with two more goals which demonstrated his prowess as
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Cat farm protesters jailed for demo violence
Seven animal rights protesters have been given stiff jail sentences following their part in a violent demonstration against a cat breeding farm. Six protesters were sent to prison for terms ranging between eight months and a year, while a seventh was
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A student died just hours after contracting a deadly strain of meningitis.
Adam Prior, 19, a first year engineering student at Oxford Brookes University, called 999 when he felt unwell on Saturday. He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, but died that night. Prof Graham Upton, the university's vice-chancellor, said
