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Tonight: It will be a largely dry night with clear spells, which may allow a few mist or fog pockets
Tomorrow: A dry and bright day. Any early mist patches will thin and lift to leave some pleasantly warm sunny spells. Outlook for Monday and Tuesday: It will stay settled for Bank Holiday Monday with some decent sunshine. Tuesday should also be fine and
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Registrar becomes the bride
Registrar Patricia Murfitt should be word perfect when she takes her own wedding vows. As superintendent registrar for Witney, she has tied the knot for more than 3,500 couples - including her own son Julian last year. Today, Patricia was due to walk
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Soccer yob caged for 14 months
A football hooligan linked to race hate group Combat 18 was yesterday jailed and banned from soccer matches after a judge branded him "a danger to the public". Andrew Frain, 35, was sent to prison for 14 months after attacking a mounted police officer
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Boat trip is more fun on the bank
A floating hotel found itself in hot water during an outing yesterday, writes Roseena Parveen. The Merganzer II, a river boat hotel which tours Oxford each summer, was grounded after being swept by strong currents into Abingdon Bridge at 11am. Afternoon
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First Rover 75 rolls off production line
It's full steam ahead for the Rover 75 luxury saloon car, which has gone into full production at Cowley, writes Roy Cooper. The first 75, in Wedgwood blue and powered by a 2.5-litre engine, was driven off the assembly line by Rover chairman Prof Werner
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Pupils in French Web connection
Youngsters from schools on opposite sides of the English Channel are ready to hold joint lessons - in cyberspace, writes Stephen Deal. Children from Isis Middle School, Oxford, will be able to link up with their French counterparts via the Internet. Hewlett
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Noisy squatters' hi-fi gear seized
Neighbours of squatters arrested for playing loud music said they had made their lives a misery. Three young men who were detained when police raided a flat twice the same evening were charged with causing a breach of the peace. South Oxfordshire District
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School arsonist given a chance
Mark Durham, who set his former school on fire and caused £17,000 of damage, has been given a second chance after a judge heard he was beating his addiction problem, writes Karen Rosine. Durham set fire to papers in offices at Peers School, Littlemore
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Bridge closed - but crowds have a ball
Thousands joined in the last May Day celebrations of the 20th century in Oxford early today, write Matt Childe and Andrew Ffrench. The promise of Saturday sunshine attracted a peaceful crowd of about 11,000 to the city centre at dawn. Fears of a crush
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Will a TV appearance make Doo-Dah's day?
I fell in love with him the moment I saw his big, melting brown eyes and his sleek, dark hair, writes fiona Tarrant. There's no doubt he was handsome. On Monday, he makes his television debut and by then he'll be breaking lots of hearts. But Doo-Dah didn't
