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Tonight: Dry with only patchy cloud. However, there is a risk that some mist or fog patches will gat
Tomorrow: There will be some long sunny spells and it should stay dry. However, there is a risk that cloud may build later on with showers breaking out during the evening. Outlook for Thursday and Friday: Showers on Thursday and Friday, some heavy and
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Tenants furious at 'pervert' label
Tenants have hit out angrily following an outcry over the rehousing of a convicted paedophile in their village. Villagers in Cholsey are furious that they were not informed that a man, with a previous conviction for a sexual offence against juveniles,
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Flight firm owed cash by convict
A charter company is owed £7,000 by a businessman who hired aircraft while serving a seven-year jail sentence for fraud. Oxaero, based at Kidlington's Oxford Airport, hired a jet for two £2,000 business trips and a helicopter for two other £1,500 flights
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Disabled hit out at travel cut
Disabled villagers claim they are being victimised by their parish council following cuts to free public transport, writes Tim Hughes. People in Berinsfield have criticised moves by parish councillors to slash soaring rates by cutting back on aid to the
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Second attack on cricket pitch
Cricketers were left stranded in the pavilion after vandals poured weedkiller on their pitch, writes Andrew Ffrench Kidlington Cricket Club's First XI home fixture against Freeland was cancelled on Saturday when the Oxfordshire Cricket Association ruled
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£16m bid to lift 'deprived' area
An ambitious plan to breathe new life into east Oxford with £16m of Government money is being spearheaded by councillors and community groups, writes Phil Clee. They claim the bold initiative, dubbed the east Oxford Action Scheme, will result in more
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Summit's up at Dome
A MULTI-million pound building in the shape of the Millennium Dome is being developed for a top-level meeting of world leaders. De Boer Structures, of Middleton Road, Banbury, has spent more than £3m developing the all-purpose circular arena, seating
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'Take steps for those on foot'
Green councillor Sushila Dhall has made an appeal on behalf of pedestrians during work for a new transport strategy. Work has already started to re-route buses to prevent clogging up key Oxford shopping streets, including Cornmarket. Drivers face diversions
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Tiger-bite worker to sue circus
Chipperfield's Circus is being sued for more than £100,000 by a former employee whose arm was bitten off by a Bengal tiger. Nigel Wesson, 39, has issued a writ demanding compensation from Chipperfield Enterprises, the company behind the world-famous circus
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Ale in the mind for top barmaid
Barmaid Gemma Humphries pulls in customers by memorising their favourite tipple. Gemma, who works at The Red Lion in High Street, Islip, picked up the Inn Partnership award for committing the drinks of 100 regulars to memory. She said: "We serve a really
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Harris in storm over sex lessons
Oxford MP Evan Harris has walked into a storm over his plans for children as young as seven to get sex education. The Liberal Democrat NHS spokesman was due to present a private member's bill in Parliament today allowing primary school pupils to be given
