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Firms set for boom not gloom
FIRMS in Oxfordshire are bucking the gloom forecasts and predicting boom, according to a new survey. The study of more than 1,000 firms found that almost 60 per cent were expecting sales to grow this year. They were also planning to invest in information
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Cushy debut for Lundin
UNITED'S new keeper Paul Lundin is preparing for far busier times ahead, and admits he was surprised how little he had to do on his debut on Saturday. The 33-year-old Swede, signed on a free transfer from Osters, had just two soft saves to make in a 0
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Kassam gives U's new hope
OXFORD United's new owner Firoz Kassam will sit down with the club's directors this week to decide which players should be offered new or extended contracts. The 43-year-old hotelier, who was given a very warm reception by supporters when he went on to
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United can't win for new owner
Oxford Utd 0, Bolton 0 By JON MURRAY IF there is to be an Oxford United renaissance under new owner Firoz Kassam, outplaying one of the strongest teams in the division was not a bad way to start. The pity was, for Kassam and United, that, at a time when
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Cash boost to improve poor homes
Council houses are to get a £3.5m boost for improvements. The annual housing budget, agreed by Oxford City Council, includes £495,000 to modernise unfit properties in Littlemore. Central heating is to be fitted in 350 council houses across the city and
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Making the bin look super-slim
Like a scene from The Good Life, four families have put their dustbins on a diet to reduce trash and help the environment. Gone are the days when vegetables were thrown into the same bin as plastics, bottles and cans. Now waste is composted and newspapers
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Aussies clash head-on
OXFORD Gresham Extreme Cheetahs will be full of confidence after their morale-boosting double over Coventry when they travel to meet Peterborough in a Craven Shield speedway clash at the East of England Showground today, writes JOHN GAISFORD Todd Wiltshire
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Claughton leads out Dark Blues
OXFORD University, under new captain John Claughton, open their cricket season tomorrow when they face Glamorgan The Dark Blues' first three-day match of the season starts on Thursday when they take on a strong Worcestershire side. There are eight returning
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Life with the mounties
Mike Ridgeway would gladly trust his life to his partner and walk through a burning building in his care. But the police-pairing is not a crack crime fighting squad - it's one man and his horse. For Pc Ridgeway and Monty, aka Police Horse Burnham, the
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Natural cure for that 'not tonight' feeling
Denise Bell King was the star of Steve Wright's Radio 2 show recently, alongside Jerry Springer and Trudie Styler, Sting's wife, writes Katherine MacAlister. And by all accounts, the 39-year-old Oxfordshire woman stole the show with tales of her new alternative
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Refugee flights set for Brize
Refugees flooding into Britain from the killing fields of Kosovo could be flown into RAF Brize Norton. Prime Minister Tony Blair has opened the door to 10,000 refugees and the first are due to arrive by RAF Hercules transport planes. Airbases at Brize
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Dismay over ethnic jobs
Council managers have been ordered to employ more people from ethnic minorities after it was revealed that less than two per cent of their workforce is black. About nine per cent of Oxford's population is made up of ethnic minorities. But latest statistics
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Cash for cancer studies
Scientists have beaten off tough competition from around the world to win a grant for their cutting-edge cancer research. Dr Chris Norbury, based at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund's Laboratory at Oxford University's Institute of Molecular Medicine,
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Aid workers on their way home
Five aid workers are on their way home from a successful mission to the war-torn Balkans. The group, all from Eynsham, Oxfordshire, arrived safely in Albania with a van load of supplies - despite the growing havoc in neighbouring Kosovo. Shirley King,
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Pubgoers left high and dry as two locals close
Pubgoers fear they will be left high and dry when the two nearest boozers to their homes close. Morrells, of Oxford, has been negotiating the sale of The Friar Bacon, in Elsfield Way, Oxford, since October 1998 and current landlords, Tom and Pauline Cleary
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Sheer drama as Brits miss out
By MARK EDWARDS in Birmingham BRITAIN'S hopes of pulling off a famous victory over the United States in the Davis Cup disappeared last night by the narrowest of margins in front of a carnival atmosphere in Birmingham. Needing to win both remaining matches
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Housewife Debbie has double role as a Royal
Debbie Gerrans may seem like an ordinary housewife. She sees her two children off to school, kisses her husband goodbye and heads off to do the shopping. But Debbie leads a double life. In the afternoons, she transforms into Queen Elizabeth I and grandly
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'Crucified' cats demo
Cardboard cats were nailed to crosses by animal rights protesters outside an Oxfordshire church at the Easter Day service. Campaigners against Hillgrove Cat Farm were hoping Home Secretary Jack Straw and farmer Christopher Brown would make an appearance
