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Tonight: It should become dry with plenty of clear sky.
Tomorrow: There is a chance that it could remain dry, avoiding the showers around the country, with perhaps the best of the sunshine. Outlook for Friday and Saturday: Sunny breaks with a few showers on Friday. Saturday should be largely dry and bright
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A chink of honour in football's hard-nosed armoury
THE saddest ending to any recent football season has left me in a state of despair. As hard as I tried to hide my disappointment on Sunday, I was not a pleasant person to be around after suffering the failure of my favourite team, Wolves, to reach the
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Million pound motor move
A MOTOR group is pumping more than £1m into two of its Oxford dealerships. This weekend, Autofrancais, the Oxford-based Citroen dealership of the Ixion Motor Group, is moving from Cumnor Hill to a site next to the park and ride in Abingdon Road. The move
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Bomb scare shuts shops
A shopping centre was cordoned off after a bomb alert. Dozens of shoppers and staff were evacuated from the Castle Shopping Centre, in Banbury, after a suspect package was found inside the Marks &Spencer store Police and firefighters cordoned off
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Pledge on insurance
PIAGGIO has announced that fully comprehensive insurance on four of its best-selling sports scooters will now cost a maximum of £99. The deal links with the Typhoon 50 (£1,499 on the road price); Typhoon 125 (£1,999); Gilera Runner 50 (£1,799), and Gilera
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Women in the fast lane
WOMEN motorcyclists could soon overtake male bikers as the most skilful riders on the road - and force a change in how bikes are promoted. More than 15,000 women - almost one in three of all applicants - qualified for motorcycle licences last year, with
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Tributes paid to University pair
University chiefs are mourning the deaths of two senior academic figures, writes Andrew Ffrench. Penicillin pioneer Sir Edward Abraham died aged 85 while the Rev Graham Midgley, former vice-principal and chaplain of Oxford University's St Edmund Hall,
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Boy, ten, tells of gun threat horror
A ten-year-old boy shook with emotion as he told a jury how a gun-wielding Neighbourhood Watch founder threatened to kill his friend, writes Nick Evans. The boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was giving evidence in the trial of Marcel Thorbourne
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Kidlington send out an SOS
KIDLINGTON FC have taken the emergency step of bringing forward their AGM to thrash out whether they have the finances to remain in the Hellenic League. Escalating costs have meant that the Yarnton Road club, who have been members of the Hellenic League
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Monty the bookies favourite
COLIN Montgomerie has emerged as the bookies' favourite to collect the £133,000 winners cheque at the Benson and Hedges International Open at the Oxfordshire Golf Club, near Thame. Oxford's River Racing are making him their 10-1 favourite while Ladbrokes
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Manor is given all-clear
THE Football Licensing Authority have given the all-clear to Oxford United's application for dispensation to use the terraces at the Manor Ground next season. The full impact of the Taylor Report comes into effect at the beginning of next season and under
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Shotton's clear-out
THERE were no real surprises when Oxford United manager Malcolm Shotton announced his retained list following the team's relegation to Division 2. Six of the eight players whose contracts are due to expire are being released, including French defender
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Bailiffs move in on squat
Bailiffs will be bought in to oust squatters at a former old people's home if they don't go voluntarily, writes Karen Rosine. About 30 squatters at Cutteslowe Court in north Oxford were given eviction notices after a hearing at Oxford County Court last
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Four U's fans face ban after invasion
Four Oxford United fans who were caught on film invading the pitch after a crucial cup tie have been banned from football matches for five months, writes Nick Evans. Robert Kitchin, of Maple Well, Stonesfield; Stuart Gallagher, of Dunsden Close, Didcot
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Taking X-TEAM measures
BRITAIN'S favourite twist-and-go scooters are set to become even more popular with the launch of two new models from market-leading Peugeot. The new X-TEAM is the latest multi-coloured variant of the UK's top-selling 50cc Speedfight scooter - elected
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British beef in school menus return
Beef will be back in Oxfordshire schools from September. County councillors have voted for its return to school menus after a two-year absence. In a lively meeting, those in favour won the day by 37 votes to 17. Liberal Democrat Bob Johnston claimed research
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Peugeot power
MORE than a decade after twice winning the world rally championship, Peugeot has returned to the sport with its dramatic looking 206 World Rally Car. Developed alongside the successful range of Peugeot 206 passenger cars, the 206 WRC was tested for the
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Alert as blackfly returns
You can't see them, you can't hear them, but when they bite you definitely know it. Yes, the blood-sucking blackfly has returned to Oxfordshire, writes Paul Harris. The blackfly, or Blandford fly, is just 2mm long, but its bite causes painful swellings
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Oxford coach has great track record
THERE was never any question that Jack Potter was going to get the job when he applied to be Oxford University's new coach. After all, only a handful of people in the cricketing world have comparable track records at developing young talent. As the inaugural
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Barrel of laughs for cycling cleric
An intrepid church minister cycling from John O'Groats to Land's End has covered 500 miles and faced untold dangers - including a gunpoint encounter with a joking tractor driver, writes Roseena Parveen. The Rev Malcolm Atherton, minister at Trinity Church
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Would you Adam and Eve it!
Gor blimey, Guv! It seems a little bit of Albert Square may have turned up in our own fair city, writes Stephen Deal. Merrivale Square, built as part of a major housing development off Walton Well Road, Oxford, bears an uncanny resemblance with the only
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Jilted lover targeted ex
Jilted Neil Dawson harassed his ex-girlfriend with visits, letters and phone calls because he could not accept their relationship was over, writes Karen Rosine. Oxford magistrates heard Dawson, 30, and the 40-year-old woman had an affair but the woman
