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Rain will spread further north but become sporadic and patchy later. Tomorrow Steadier rain clearing later to give some sunshine. Outlook Rain returning. Story date: Monday 08 March Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting
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New deal preserves poetry link
A publisher's link with modern poetry, which led to a national outcry when it was threatened with being severed, has been preserved. Oxford University Press has reversed its controversial decision to scrap its modern poetry list, after reaching agreement
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Pensioner killed by burning blanket
An 81-year-old woman died when her faulty electric blanket caught fire. The blaze broke out in Conway Drive, Banbury, at 10.15pm on Saturday. Emergency services were alerted by neighbours who spotted smoke coming from an upstairs window and heard a smoke
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Meningitis student improves
A student suffering from suspected meningitis is expected to be moved out of intensive care soon. The first-year theology student from Westminster College, Oxford, is said to be in a stable condition at a hospital in Canterbury. He was taken ill on Friday
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Costs rocket for new computers
A leading research body saw the cost of installing a new computer system nearly double after underestimating the complexity of the project, a public spending watchdog has reported. The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils - which
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State school pupils 'put off' Oxford
State school pupils are put off applying to Oxford University by the stiff selection procedure. A national survey of more than 2,000 school-leavers revealed the most common reason for not applying to Oxford - and fellow top-rated university Cambridge
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Pub cheer as brewer takes Euro top spot
WITNEY brewers and pub owners Hobgoblinns has been listed as one of Europe's fastest growing companies. The firm, which owns the Wychwood Brewery together with a chain of 34 pubs, has been placed at number 37 by Europe's 500 - an association for dynamic
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Axe raiders linked to other robberies
Police believe a gang of travelling criminals was behind a frightening armed robbery at an Oxford newsagents. And the axe raid is being linked to several other thefts in the region. The masked gang, armed with an axe and a claw hammer, carried out the
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Maggie hits at communists
Communist leaders who were never called to account for the abuses of their years in power were attacked by Baroness Thatcher during a speech in Oxfordshire. The former Prime Minister told a 450-strong audience at Blenheim Palace that many overthrown rulers
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Charity workers in the African front line
As investigations continue in Uganda into the brutal murder of eight Western tourists, including four Britons, Fiona Tarrant talks to two Oxfam field workers in the country about their security. The line is crackling and the echo annoying but the phone
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United make wrong sort of history
AN 'embarrassment' was how the editor of one Sunderland fanzine described his side's participation in Saturday's historic first ever pay-per-view football game at the Manor. His counterparts in Oxford were equally appalled that their beloved United were
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Hospital sued over steroids
The parents of an Oxford man who suffers from Downs Syndrome are suing hospital bosses after claiming their son's weight doubled following the prescription of steroids. Bill and Mary Tutty, of Dora Carr Close, Marston, are suing the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
