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Tonight
Southern parts off England will have a dry and clear night with a touch of ground frost away from coasts. The light winds may allow a few mist patches to develop before dawn. Tomorrow: It will be dry, mild and brighter with some sunshine after early mist
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Grants will turn ideas into money
OXFORD University has won a £3m award to help it turn its research into real business opportunities, writes Chris Koenig. The money has come from the University Challenge Fund, set up in July last year, with £20m from the Government, £18m from the Wellcome
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Tables turned on Watford
THE tables were turned on Watford when they had to borrow Oxford's shorts and socks for Saturday's match at the Manor after the referee believed that their blue and grey stripes clashed with Oxford's dark blue. In the previous meeting between the clubs
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Players chip in as United take a break
OXFORD United's players have chipped in for a four-day break on the Isle of Wight which they hope will refresh them in their desperate fight against relegation. The club were invited to send a team to play in a fund-raising match tonight which will help
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Gridlock drags on
Motorists found themselves gridlocked on their way to work this morning. Hold-ups in Oxford city centre were blamed on contractors laying cables near Magdalen Bridge, and continuing roadworks in Beaumont Street, Worcester Street and Hythe Bridge Street
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Santa crash parachutist loses leg
A parachutist who crashed into the roof of a football stadium has had his leg amputated. Flt Sgt Nigel Rogoff, of Stonesfield, near Witney, was descending on the Villa Park football ground, Birmingham, dressed as Father Christmas during a half-time show
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Phone cable work sparked gas leak
Work carried out for a mobile phone operator caused a gas leak which closed part of a major city road for 24 hours, it emerged today. The gas emergency service Transco gave the all-clear for Oxford's Magdalen Bridge to be re-opened at 3.30pm on Saturday
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College row over guerilla student
A ruthless South American guerilla leader compared to General Pinochet was funded by British taxpayers to study at Oxford University. Joaquin Villalobos, 47, is accused of murdering innocent civilians, but his right to study at Oxford has been backed
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Heavy defeat leaves Thame with no hope
Bedlington Terriers 5, Thame United 0 By RUSSELL SMITH THAME United's Wembley dreams lie in tatters. Their hopes of playing between the Twin Towers in mid-May were buried among an avalanche of goals as impressive Bedlington ran away with the FA Carlsberg
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The day my Julia died
Katherine MacAlister talks to Robert Staig whose wife Julia took her own life while suffering from post-natal depression... When Robert Staig found his wife's lifeless body hanging from a tree in the country estate where he worked and lived as a park
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Draw's no good for struggling United
Oxford United 0, Watford 0 IF OXFORD United's health was deemed to be in a serious state after they failed to beat Huddersfield at home last Tuesday, then this was definitely not what the doctor ordered. A point was of little good to either side, with
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Alarm saves OAP in frying drama
A pensioner of 83 was saved from her smoke-filled flat after blacking out as she fried mushrooms - because she had a smoke alarm. Flora Howey, of Hanover Gardens, Bicester, was rescued by fire crews after they knocked her door down. A 999 call had gone
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Old folk's home set to close
An old people's home has been singled out for closure. As predicted in the Oxford Mail last week, Oseney Court, in Botley Road, Oxford, has been recommended for closure - while Iffley House, in Iffley Turn, looks set to survive. Oxfordshire Social Services
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Their homework is gnome-work!
The inhabitants of a genteel village are set for an invasion of 'designer' garden gnomes, writes SARAH BROWN. Pupils at Cumnor Primary School have formed their own company, Little People Ltd, to make and market the gnomes. All the profits will go towards
