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Tonight
A cloudy night, especially in the south and west where there will also be some longer spells of rain, in the north and west there may be a few short lived breaks in the cloud cover with blustery showers and a strong south or south-westerly wind. Tomorrow
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Bridge safety fears
Police want to seal off a popular bridge on May Day "to avoid another Hillsborough". Officers fear revellers at Oxford's Magdalen Bridge could be crushed in the 25,000-strong crowd expected this year - when the event falls on a Saturday. They are calling
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New mother found hanged
A woman suffering from post-natal depression killed herself just months after the birth of her daughter. Julia Staig, 35, was discovered hanging from a tree in the grounds of the Shelswell estate, in Fringford, where she lived. She left home after an
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Spare me from killers, pleads student
An Oxford student who fled war-torn Sierra Leone - where rebels slaughtered his family - faces deportation unless a last-ditch campaign succeeds. Trainee social worker Alfred Sahr Koineh, 33, of Ruskin College, escaped the west African country while working
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£100m in grants for new firms
A NETWORK of 'innovation hubs' are set to be created across the south-east as part of the strategy to turn the region into one of the most successful in the world, writes David Duffy. The announcement comes after Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget promise
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Woman in lorry leap drama
A young woman jumped out of the cab of a lorry travelling at 50mph on a motorway after an argument with the driver. The 21-year-old woman was today in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, with serious head injuries following the incident on the M40 between
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Parole hearing for arsonist Blagdon
Arsonist David Blagdon, who has spent 21 years behind bars, was today waiting to hear the result of a crucial parole board meeting on his future. Blagdon, 47, is serving a life sentence for setting fire to curtains and pews at St Laurence's Church, South
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Stabbed student tells of nightmare
Student Ben Frost, who almost died after being stabbed in the chest, spoke today (FRI)of his determination to return to college following his recovery. Ben, 19, was stabbed in the main heart artery last week as he walked home after a night out in Newcastle
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Monica visits Bill's old stamping ground
Bill Clinton would have been proud of her. You might have expected poor old Monica Lewinsky to spend the night alone in her Randolph Hotel suite, perhaps having a quiet weep as she looked down at the Martyrs' Memorial. But there was no way the fun-loving
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Trucker escapes 33,000-volt explosion
Lorry driver Mark Faulkner walked alive from a huge explosion today after his tipper truck hit a 33,000-volt power cable. Mark, 27, was delivering vegetables to a piggery in Horspath, near, Oxford, when the amazing accident happened. The lucky truck driver
