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Tonight: Cloudy with some showers, some of which could be heavy and blustery. It will be very mild i
Tomorrow: It will be an unsettled day. It will be cloudy and showery with any sunny spells being short-lived. The showers will be heavy and blustery and may merge to give some longer spells of rain in places Outlook for and Thursday and Friday: The unsettled
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Shotton not in running
MALCOLM Shotton, the former Oakwell No 2, is not considered among the front-runners for the job after John Hendrie got the Barnsley chop yesterday. Shotton is committing himself to Oxford United by moving his family down from Yorkshire. Out-of-work Dave
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Reece back at Manor
FORMER Oxford United goalkeeper Paul Reece has been training at the Manor this week after returning from coaching in America - and he could play for United Reserves against Colchester Res in the Avon Insurance Combination at home tomorrow, writes JON
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UNITED LET
OFF STEAM By JON MURRAY THE heated dressing-room exchange following Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Port Vale could do Oxford United's players some good, according to manager Malcolm Shotton. The paint was peeling from raised voices and accusations that certain
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Surgery may bar patients over 65
Patients over 65 may no longer be able to register at an Oxfordshire surgery, if controversial plans are approved. The Malthouse Surgery, in Stert Street, Abingdon, which has a high number of elderly patients already on its books, has written to the Oxfordshire
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Lexie: 'Drugs rules to tighten'
A health minister promised to tighten the system for giving medicines to children in the light of the case of Lexie McConnell, who died after being given steroids. John Hutton said the Government was seeking to improve the licensing and testing of medicines
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Attack ordeal of man in river
Terrified Donald Smith changed from a happy-go-lucky father-of four to a paranoid reclusive after a life-threatening attack, writes Nick Evans. Mr Smith's family say he jumped into the River Thames and drowned two days before a hearing on the assault
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Concert hall bid for old jail site
A new 1,400-seat concert hall was highlighted among plans to redevelop a former Oxfordshire prison unveiled today, writes Stephen Deal. Oxford University's St Peter's College submitted the plans, as Oxfordshire County Council's strategy and resources
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'Behave' warning for May Morning
Council leader John Tanner today issued a warning to Oxford May Day revellers not to cause trouble or jump from Magdalen Bridge, writes Andrew Ffrench. Cllr Tanner, leader of the city council's ruling Labour group, clashed with police and other representatives
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Clampdown on masks at cat demo
Police are cracking down on demonstrators who use terrorist-style face masks to conceal their identity, writes David Horne. In what is believed to be the first action of its kind, officers seized more than 40 of the masks from protesters at Hillgrove
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Great walk of China
Zeah Gaisford is dusting off her walking boots to trek 100km along the Great Wall of China. Zeah, 45, of Ambrosden, near Bicester, has already walked on Mont Blanc and across Nepal, but said this was her greatest challenge yet. She will jet out to Beijing
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No surprise as cricket's opening day is put on ice
YOU could tell it was the start of the cricket season - because snow stopped play, the skies thundered and at Lord's, the home of cricket, gusts of wind bowled over two groundsmen trying to put on the covers! Two inches of snow fell at Chester-le-Street
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Firms win cash for smart ideas
FOUR Oxfordshire companies at the cutting edge of the technological revolution have won valuable Government awards. The winners get cash from the Department of Trade and Industry to research and develop innovative ideas. Imaging Associates, of Thame,
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Stammer expert scoops Di prize
A specialist at Oxford's Warneford Hospital has been given a prestigious award for her pioneering work with adults who stammer, writes Karen Rosine. Gerda Wilson has been a senior specialist in stammering for 32 years, and has been carrying out successful
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Board block Fifield title bid
FORMER Commonwealth flyweight champion Daren Fifield's surprise shot at the British title next month appears to have been KO'd by boxing's governing body. The British Board of Control confirmed yesterday that they will almost certainly refuse to sanction
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We're united over stadium
Eighty per cent of people have given their backing to the new deal over Oxford United's stadium, writes Rebecca Smith. In a phone poll of residents by the city council, just six per cent turned down flat a deal that would see United owner Firoz Kassam
