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Boss Shotton's cash plea for new players
MALCOLM Shotton could be looking to make as many as five summer signings following the team's relegation to Division 2 - and believes he may need to because next season clubs need five on the bench in the Nationwide League. After his decision this week
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Rail delays after strike of lightning
Rail commuters coming home to Oxfordshire faced long delays last night after a bolt of lightning wiped out signals in the Reading area, writes Matt Childe. Lightning struck an electrical generator to the west of Reading station at about 3pm. The strike
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End of the road for busy Carole
Lord Mayor of Oxford Carole Roberts may invest in some new cushions after spending more than 40 hours sitting in her chauffeur-driven Rover, writes Stephen Deal. Mrs Roberts, whose term of office ends on Thursday, is recovering from a whistle-stop tour
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Cheetahs foiled at the death
Oxford Cheetahs 45, Kings Lynn 45 By JOHN GAISFORD A CONTROVERSIAL last-heat exclusion cost Gresham Oxford Cheetahs outright victory in their Craven Shield clash against the Knights at Oxford Stadium last night. Steve Johnston, who had ridden a superb
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It's just Per-fect
By NIALL JEGER A BRILLIANT rainbow shone over the Oxfordshire Golf Club at the end of the second round of the B&H International Open and Swedish golfer Per-Ulrik Johansson is in the pole position to collect the £133,000 pot of gold. On a day of mixed
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Send me to jail pleads arsonist
Arsonist Kate Burns begged a judge to send her to prison after she tried to burn down a homeless hostel in a cry for help, writes Nick Evans. The 27-year-old schizophrenic, with a history of severe mental illness, set fire to the hostel in Abingdon Road
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Tonight
Showers gradually dying away to leave a drier, but damp night with some long clear spells. Tomorrow Fine and dry with plenty of sunny spells. Outlook Mainly fine and sunny. Story date: Saturday 15 May Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some
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Tonight: It will turn rather chilly with minimum temperatures as low as 3C or 4C.
Tomorrow: Dry and settled with enough breaks in the cloud to allow some warm sunshine from time to time. Outlook for Monday and Tuesday: The dry, fine and settled weather will continue over the next couple of days with some decent spells of sunshine developing
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Cleaner cavorted in tights
A householder couldn't believe her eyes when she spotted a nearly-naked man cavorting around from the back garden of her home, writes Michael Hambleton. Kevin Thomas, 18, was "wearing a pair of women's transparent tights which did not hide anything,"
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Sex book rabbi reveals new plan
Shmuley Boteach, the Oxford rabbi who struck literary gold with his book Kosher Sex, is moving back to the United States to continue his teachings. Rabbi Boteach, who has made at least 20 trips to the States for lecture appearances in the past year, is
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Runners on the starting blocks
Hundreds of runners will fill the streets of Oxford tomorrow for the Oxford Mail Town and Gown Fun Run, writes Andrew Ffrench. The 10km run, which is in its 16th year, has already raised £340,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Group. Last year, the streets
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Bunkered by worries over view
The owners of a new golf course face financial ruin after they were told it ruins a spectacular view of Oxford's Dreaming Spires, writes Matt Childe. The Hinksey Heights Golf Course was recently completed on green belt land, off the A34 at South Hinksey
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Travel firm name row 'will sink me'
A village travel agent is locked in a 'David and Goliath' battle with a giant rival company over the use of his company name, writes Tim Hughes. Gordon Roberts fears his independent family-run travel agent, Travel Choice, in Benson, near Wallingford,
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Cheetahs face angry world champ!
TABLE-topping Gresham Oxford Cheetahs will be aiming to consolidate their pole position when they take on King's Lynn in a Craven Shield encounter at Oxford Stadium tonight (7.30). They will also be keeping their fingers crossed on the weather with three
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Nurses' anger at Millennium cash snub
Hospital staff working over the Millennium holiday period will not be paid any extra cash. Nurses at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital are furious at the decision - particularly as colleagues in other hospital trusts will get four times their salary over
