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Tonight: It will be a windy night, but mild. There will be some cloud and a few isolated showers, bu
Tomorrow: A mainly dry day with some good sunny spells and perhaps the odd light shower in places Outlook for Friday and Saturday: Remaining breezy on Friday and Saturday with sunshine and showers. Story date: Wednesday 21 April Converted for the new
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I'm staying put, says Shotton
OXFORD United boss Malcolm Shotton will not be applying for the manager's job at his old club Barnsley. The Oakwell club sacked player-manager John Hendrie on Monday following a poor run of results and will be advertising in national newspapers for a
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Drugs chief praises action team
The Government's deputy 'Drugs Tsar' Mike Trace has praised Oxfordshire Drug Action Team (Odat). The team met the UK Anti-Drugs co-ordinator at its fifth annual conference in Abingdon yesterday. Mr Trace said he was pleased Odat was working to share information
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Troops set to leave for the Balkans
Seventy-six extra troops from Bicester were preparing to head out to the Balkans this week as the build-up in the region continued, writes Paul Warner. The soldiers from the 23rd Pioneer Regiment, based at St David's Barracks, outside Bicester, are due
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New backing for stadium rescue
Residents gave overwhelming support for plans to complete Oxford's United half-built stadium at a second public meeting, writes Rebecca Smith. Up to 150 people voted in favour of a deal which would see the stadium at Minchery Farm, Littlemore, completed
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Dead, but violinist lives on...
Let's hope folk musician Dave Swarbrick knows his Mark Twain, writes Paul Harris. For he has good reason to declare, like the famous author, that rumours of his death have been greatly exaggerated - after reading his own obituary in a national newspaper
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Revealed - the secret sexual disease
When Clare found out at Christmas she had a sexually transmitted disease she was devastated, writes Katherine MacAlister. Not only would the 26-year-old have to break the news to her boyfriend, but it could mean she would be left infertile. Yet when the
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Murder victim naked in pond
A naked man found face down in a roadside Oxfordshire pond was murdered, police believe, write Richard Abbott and Stephen Deal. The man, who has not yet been identified, was found in shallow water next to the A421 Bicester to Buckingham road yesterday
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Top three firms for export growth
THREE Oxfordshire companies were named today as winners of the Queen's Award for Export Achievement. Crystalox, of Wantage; Owen Mumford, of Woodstock and Software 2000, of Oxford Science Park, were among 82 export award winners nationwide. Crystalox,
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A watery way to get to London
Radio presenter Bill Heine is preparing to swim to London - via swimming pools of the rich and famous, writes Reg Little. Bill, famous for the shark sticking out of the roof of his Headington home, is embarking on a 111-mile swim from Oxford to raise
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Couple 'beat up ex-wife'
An ex-husband and his lover attacked his former wife in front of their young son, a court was told, writes Sarah Brown. James Grant, 48, of Field Avenue, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, and Glenys Missen, 39, deny causing actual bodily harm to Geraldine Grant
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Confident outlook for concert plans
A leading academic has said he believes funding for a 1,400-seat concert hall would be readily available from outside sources, writes Stephen Deal. Prof John Barron, Master of St Peter's College, Oxford, believes plans for a hotel complex on the Oxford
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Golden girl -that's Katy!
SKI-RACER Katy Head returned home to Oxfordshire this week after retaining her overall girls combined title at the British Land National Championships. In the high-altitude Olympic resort of Tignes in France, Katy, 15, struck gold on the opening day in
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Live and let drive
The name's 75... Rover 75. "Yes, Miss Moneypenny, I shall require the latest model from the Cowley plant if I am to fight megalomaniacs bent on world domination. Tell Q it'll need twin airbags, power steering, a baby seat and an enormous hidden gun. Get
