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Windy, with rain clearing in the early evening Tomorrow Sunny intervals and showers, with strong winds persisting. Outlook Colder, with widespread night frosts. Story date: Tuesday 02 March Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and
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£100,000 pledge fail to stop flatst
An appeal to raise £300,000 to block development in a village square has fallen well short of its target. Only £100,000 was pledged in cash by yesterday's appeal deadline in Bampton. And the man who master-minded the campaign, Julian Johnston, has called
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Missing boy found in USA
A worldwide hunt for a ten-year-old boy who failed to appear in youth court has traced him to the United States. Police say the Banbury boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, flew out with his father after admitting robbing a youngster of his £12
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Poor roads lead to compensation claims rise
Deteriorating roads have led to claims for compensation quadrupling over the past ten years. Nearly 500 people demanded compensation after they were injured or their vehicles damaged because of potholes in roads or damaged pavements in Oxfordshire last
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Police ordered to prioritise racism
Police chiefs have been issued with an ultimatum to make tackling racism a top priority - or face Government intervention. The warning yesterday followed a report which castigated forces nationwide for ignoring criticisms made more than a year ago and
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Scruffy mutt is a top dog!
Bully, the moth-eaten mutt who was dumped in a rubbish bin as a pup, has every reason to be pleased with himself after winning a top competition - as the South's scruffiest dog. But life could have been very different for the poor pooch - now eight -
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Viewers will be new TV channel's stars
Topless darts is strictly off limits. But don't look forward to a feast of film favourites and soaps either, as Oxfordshire awaits its very own terrestrial channel. The Oxford Channel will be beamed into our homes from June 6, as a local alternative to
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Blackwell's to buy its Cambridge rival
FAST-growing Oxford bookseller Blackwell Retail is to go ahead with its takeover of long-standing Cambridge rival Heffer's. Heffer's is to recommend its shareholders to accept Blackwell's offer. The value of the deal, which should be completed by mid-March
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Transplant girl Lianne celebrates miracle
Transplant patient Lianne Mofford was today celebrating the first anniversary of her miracle operation. The teenager, of Humber Close, Didcot, was given the gift of life last year when doctors at Papworth fitted a new heart and lungs. Before the operation
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Dobson delays community hospital decision
Health secretary Frank Dobson needs more time to decide on the fate of Oxfordshire hospital beds. Oxfordshire Community Health Council appealed against plans to close Watlington and Burford community hospitals and to cut 52 beds in the county. In a letter
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Schools and shops raided
Headteachers and shokeepers are counting the cost of vandalism. Vandals left Cooper School, Churchill Road, and Longfields Primary School, Longfields Road, both in Bicester, with clear-up operations after attacks last week. Keith McClellan, headteacher
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School head attacks Ofsted inspections
A top school head has rubbished the Ofsted inspection process - even though his own Oxford school received a glowing report. Martin Roberts, head of Cherwell School, in Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, said inspectors spent a week there in January. But he
