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Forest eye up Deano
PREMIERSHIP basement boys Nottingham Forest are the latest club to be linked with Oxford United hot-shot Dean Windass. The red-hot striker who just can't stop scoring - he netted both goals in United's 2-0 win over Swindon on Saturday - is said to be
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Firemen prevent gas blast
Firefighters battled for more than five hours to tackle a suspected arson attack at a factory containing potentially explosive gas canisters. Thirty firefighters were called in to tackle the fire at Thame Business Park, off Wenman Road, Thame, today.
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Jobless total bucks downward trend
Unemployment in Oxfordshire rose last month from 4,831 to 5,188, against the national trend. It is the second consecutive rise in the jobless total, but the county's unemployment rate - up from 1.5 per cent to 1.6 per cent - is still well below the national
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Detailed plans for ex-USAF airbase
A 100-page document detailing how a former airbase must be developed has won the backing of councillors. The draft planning brief for the base at Upper Heyford, where about 1,000 new homes are to be built, covers a range of issues from employment and
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Lee frozen out by Hendry
THAME snooker professional Lee Richardson crashed out of the £370,000 Regal Scottish Open at Aberdeen. Richardson, 27, playing for the first time under TV lights in a big tournament, was beaten 5-0 by six-times Embassy world champion Stephen Hendry in
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Food writer Sophie brings herbs to the masses
Tucked away in a cottage on the Oxfordshire borders is a thriving centre of industry - Sophie Grigson's kitchen. Driving past the gravel track one would never guess it was where the famous food writer concocts so many delicious recipes and inspires a
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Council tax bills to rise by 12 per cent
Council tax bills in Oxfordshire are to rocket by nearly 12 per cent. The April tax hike, likely to be one of the biggest in the country, will see average Band D bills rise £64 to more than £600 - with police and district demands on top. County councillors
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Tonight
England and Wales will be cloudy and mild, with a belt of rain moving from west to east. Tomorrow England and Wales will be mostly cloudy, but any remaining overnight rain in the east will move away to leave a good deal of dry and mild weather. Outlook
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Slowdown on the way say experts
A JUMP in imports and a fall in exports will spell a fall in UK business this year, according to the latest survey by Oxford economists. Oxford Economic Forecasting and the London Business School both say that gross domestic product (GDP) will fall slightly
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Schools' solar system
SCHOOLS and colleges could soon be plugging into solar power. Teachers and governors are being encouraged to apply to join a special programme which will give them a chance to explore the power system. Under the Scolar Programme for Photovoltaics, 100
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Schools slammed for city's rugby slump
THE lack of rugby in Oxford's upper schools is holding up the development of the sport in the city - with consquences for local clubs. That's the view of Oxfordshire RFC's youth development officer Lynn Evans, who urges schools "to give rugby a chance
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Shepherding his flock - across the road
The Rev Ben Phillips is preaching the gospel of road safety to children at a village school. Mr Phillips, vicar of St John the Baptist church, Bodicote, near Banbury, is on lollipop patrol at Bishop Loveday school because of a desperate shortage of volunteers
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Deal struck with cat farm protesters
A deal has been struck to keep animal rights' campaigners out of the centre of Oxford and Witney. Police have allowed them to return and demonstrate outside Hillgrove Farm cat breeding business in Minster Lovell this Saturday - for the first time since
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'I am older and wiser' pleads jailed Blagdon
Arsonist David Blagdon has spent time in jail making soft toys to help raise £95,000 for charity. Blagdon, 47, is serving a life sentence for setting fire to curtains at St Laurence's Church in South Hinksey, Oxford, in July 1978. The Oxford Mail has
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Lilley dubious over hospital merger
Deputy Tory party leader Peter Lilley last night appeared to throw his weight behind opposition to the merger of Oxford hospitals. Speaking at Oxford Town Hall as part of a nationwide 'Listening to Britain' tour, the man in charge of formulating Conservative
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Schools slammed for city's slump
THE lack of rugby in Oxford's upper schools is holding up the development of the sport in the city - with consquences for local clubs. That's the view of Oxfordshire RFC's youth development officer Lynn Evans, who urges schools "to give rugby a chance
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Sermon on Eighth Commandment pricks consciences
And lo! it came to pass, that in the land of St Aldate's there did dwell an Evangelist, who did say unto his flock: "Verily I say unto thee this day, that if ye who have broken the Eighth Commandment shall repent of your thieving ways, and return thy
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County's NHS gets another boost
Health services in Oxfordshire received another boost today - a Government handout of £3.5m. The money will enable the authority to carry out a modernisation programme in the NHS, including the relocation and redesign of Oxford's health services. Michael
