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Tonight: After a dry and clear start it will become fairly cloudy with some mist and fog patches, bu
Tomorrow: After any morning mist and fog has cleared, it will be a generally bright and mild day with some decent sunny spells. However, there will be some showers around. Outlook for Sunday and Monday: The rest of the weekend will be fine, settled and
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Unipart 'to buy parts company'
UNIPART is keeping tight lipped over reports that it may buy Birmingham automotive parts company Partco for £178.9m. The Cowley company would also take on the public company's £45m debts - so the total size of the deal being considered is £223.9m. Partco
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Money-bags Bradfordput United in shade
THE contrast between the first division's haves and the have-nots was clearly illustrated this week when Bradford City chairman Geoffrey Richmond spoke on Five Live Radio's Breakfast show. It was pointed out to him that the latest report by the accountants
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It's win or down
KEY defender Phil Gilchrist is battling to be fit for tomorrow's win-or-bust Division 1 game at Valley Parade. Gilchrist travelled with the Oxford United squad who headed north yesterday, 24 hours earlier than normal, to prepare for the battle with second-placed
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New bid for more parking
Oxford City Council is to have a second try at extending a park and ride car park after the Government threw out the original plans. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott refused planning permission for an eastward extension to the Seacourt Park and Ride
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Jilted lover cleared in arson case
A jilted girlfriend accused of torching her ex-lover's house has been acquitted, writes Karen Rosine. Lucy Kionga's ex-boyfriend claimed she splashed petrol around his porch, lit a match and pushed it through the letterbox after discovering he had a new
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Plea for action to help 'dying' shops
People are demanding action to revitalise a run-down row of shops on a housing estate. Northway Parade, at the centre of Northway Estate at Headington, Oxford, has become a target for vandals since four of its nine shops closed down. Now people are calling
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Stars in their teeth
Once you had to be a rock star to go in for dental decoration. Mick Jagger led the way, having a diamond fitted into a tooth to add a certain flash to Jumpin' Jack's grin, writes Reg Little. With her gold tooth, Sporty Spice is another who has put her
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King of the road
Ex-smoker and drinker John Baldwin turned over a new leaf when he started going to work on a bike, writes David Horne. Now he's a king of the road, beating the field in a top cycling race. John, 45, took the honours in the Oxonian Cycling Club's 25-mile
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Motorists face tough speed limit
Suburban streets could soon be made safer after councillors put their weight behind the introduction of new 20mph speed limit Home Zones, writes Matt Childe. Home Zones are residential streets where the needs of children, pedestrians and cyclists are
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Drinking linked to crash
Motorist Joanne Hobbs was nearly twice the drink drive limit when she lost control of her car, killing herself and a passenger, an inquest heard, writes Ian Townsend. Mrs Hobbs and student Daniel Slatford, 18, died after her car left the road on a series
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Hospital closure backed
The manager of a crumbling Oxfordshire psychiatric hospital has welcomed news of its future closure, writes Tim Hughes. Fair Mile Hospital, in Cholsey, near Wallingford, will close in two years' time, following the approval of plans for its £30m replacement
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Carterton down at the death
Oxford C 3, Carterton Tn 0 (aet) By NIALL JEGER THREE goals in three minutes destroyed Carterton's hopes of lifting the Oxfordshire Senior Cup at the Manor last night as Oxford City recorded their 31st success in the competition. But City's triple strike
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Rugby player regains feeling
THERE is some encouraging news about Chris Sumner, the Gosford All Blacks rugby player, who has been paralysed since suffer a neck injury during an Oxfordshire Cup tie against Witney in January. The 30-year-old winger, who was recently moved to Stoke
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The final revenge
Old enemies of Robert Maxwell are planning a final revenge - by partying in the late fraudster's living room, writes Reg Little. Former Maxwell employees will dance the night away in the tycoon's old home at Headington Hill Hall. The Maxwell Bash is being
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Council bosses to get huge pay rise
Top council officials in Oxford are to be given pay rises of up to 16 per cent over two years, writes Matt Childe. The pay award has led to accusations that the city council is creating 'a pay elite' among senior officers. Fourteen top managers have received
