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Weather forecasts from 6pm today to 6pm tomorrow, issued by PA WeatherCentre
Tonight, Scotland will be cloudy with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle spreading eastwards. This will be preceded by snow on the hills, but the drizzle will become confined to western slopes and coasts by morning, and it will turn milder. Wales, Northern
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Lotto bid launched for anti-drugs classroom
Hopes are high that three anti-drugs classrooms could be set up in Oxfordshire with the help of National Lottery cash. Rotarians have just submitted a National Lottery bid for £116,000 which would allow three Life Education Centres to be set up in Oxfordshire
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Farewell to the boy who gave so much
No-one wore black at Shane Brooker's funeral yesterday. "It would not have reflected his life and the happiness he gave and had," said his mother, Karen. The nine-year-old, who was severely disabled through cerebral palsy, lost his battle for life last
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Family's sadness after raid
Mum Michelle Ponting has made a desperate plea for the return of £900 worth of her children's belongings - stolen from the boot of her car. Mrs Ponting's children - Lewis, 12, Justine, 12, Jessica, ten, Dominic, eight, and Amie, three - were devastated
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Vital breakthrough in bid to beat meningitis
A firm is spearheading a vital breakthrough in the battle against the killer brain disease meningitis. Wantage-based Electro-Medical Supplies (EMS) has developed a revolutionary way to diagnose the disease in a fraction of the time it currently takes.
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Call goes out to clear up wrecks
Burned-out and abandoned cars on road verges in an Oxfordshire district are an eyesore and a possible health hazard, a councillor has said. Tim Horton, of Watlington, is South Oxfordshire District Council's chairman of community services committee and
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Stadium deal to rescue United
Firoz Kassam's plans to save Oxford United could lead to taxpayers owning half the club's new stadium. Oxford City Council is planning to set up a partnership with the London-based hotelier to ensure the Minchery Farm stadium is built. The deal is likely
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Police in pledge to public over racism
Thames Valley Police today promised to take action to stamp out any existing racism among officers in the force. Assistant Chief Constable Tim Davidson made the pledge hours before the publication of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry report, which accuses
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A Hill of a meal
Two housewives are such big fans of motor racing star Damon Hill that they take a life-size cardboard cut-out of him to dinner with them, writes STEPHEN DEAL. Best friends Jeanette Anderton and Joyce Brown reserve a restaurant seat for the dashing British
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Maudlin or Magdalen?
For decades academics and residents have debated how to pronounce the word 'Magdalen'. The name has lent itself to a university college, a bridge, a church and two roads. But how should it really sound? PAUL HARRIS investigates... College purists opt
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Deep in the heart of Texas, a tribute to local heroism
An army impersonating Oxford's famous light infantry is recreating the D-Day landings - in gun-totin' Texas. PAUL HARRIS investigates... When they are not fighting Nazis, the troops enjoy a good old-fashioned deer hunt. This is Texas, the Lone Star state
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Swedish keeper goes home
OXFORD United will not be pursuing their interest in Swedish goalkeeper Paul Lundin, who has returned home after a week's trial at the Manor Ground. The 33-year-old kept a clean sheet in United Reserves' 2-0 win over Fulham last week, and acquitted himself
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Boy, ten, is sought by court
A world-wide hunt has been launched for a ten-year-old robberwho failed to appear before a youth court. Police believe the Banbury boy, who admitted robbing a youngster of his £12 watch, may be in the United States with a relative. Police officers are
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School GM ban grows
The ban on genetically modified foods on menus in Oxfordshire schools was today expected to be recommended across the country. The ruling was due to come from the Local Government Association's public protection committee, which was meeting at its London
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Traffic ban delayed for two months
Measures to rid Oxford city centre of traffic are being put off for nearly two months. Preparing the city for the £20m Oxford Transport Strategy is taking longer than expected. Engineers have scrapped the April 6 'D-day' for changes to traffic access
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Seven-second Angie's such a fast lady!
ANGIE Harriott was celebrating today after finding out that she has probably scored the fastest goal in British ladies football. The 32-year-old Launton Ladies star slotted home after just SEVEN seconds in Sunday's match against Thame and is now waiting
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Game dispute settles
Flying feathers were temporarily settled when agreement was reached in Oxford County Court over the number of pheasants which can be reared this year on Lord Rotherwick's 6,000-acre estate. Lord Rotherwick claimed his Cornbury Park estate could only sustain
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Was Lewis Carroll Jack the Ripper?
Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll may have been Jack the Ripper. That's the astonishing claim made in a new book on the unsolved Victorian murders of five prostitutes in London's East End. Carroll - in real life Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a maths
