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Portable dome scoops award
A NEW portable "millennium dome" created by Banbury hospitality company De Boer Structures won prizes worth £2,500 at an innovation exhibition. The 50-metre diameter Millennium Structure which can seat 4,000 people, is the first circular temporary structure
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Shotton: I'm going to guts it out
MALCOLM Shotton believes he can ride out the storm after the first real attack on him by Oxford United fans. And he insists his struggling team are not that far away from being successful. After Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Brentford, which left the U's with
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Family convicted of fire murder lies
A mother and her three daughters have been found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice following the murder of two youngsters. Anum Khan, nine, died in the arson attack on her home in Magdalen Road, east Oxford, on August 26, 1997. Her
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Bus service at risk after knife attacks
A bus company is threatening to cut some evening services after a spate of violent crimes. Last night, a man holding a knife tried to rob the driver of Stagecoach Number One service bus outside The Original Swan pub, Between Towns Road Road, Cowley. The
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Road rage case dropped
The woman at the centre of the sleeping magistrate case has refused to go to court to give evidence. The Crown Prosecution Service has now decided to drop any further proceedings against the man accused of a road rage outburst against her. Sandy Strover
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Rover-reaction rap for miserable media
Rover today launched a fierce attack on national media who are threatening the morale of Oxford workers building its flagship car. The criticism came after the Daily Mail printed an aerial picture of the Cowley plant which, it said, showed thousands of
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McSporran's out to show City no mercy
FORMER Oxford City striker Jermaine McSporran has set his sights on gunning down his old club when they visit Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup first round on Saturday, October 30. The 22-year-old hot-shot, who signed for Wycombe from City for an undisclosed
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Roger points the way ahead
Roger Cowdrey has a big box of Kleenex on his desk, writes Katherine MacAlister. "People who complete Options often cry, either out of relief or anger," he says. Roger is chief executive of the Thames Advice Business Centre in Oxford, whose new redundancy
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Tonight: Dry but increasingly cloudy with a gusty wind through the night.
Tomorrow: A mostly cloudy, breezy day with some patchy light rain. Outlook for Thursday and Friday: It will become increasingly cloudy on Thursday, with rain and fresh winds. Further rain or showers on Friday with the gusty south-east winds continuing
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Men-only role is just rubbish
It used to be just dustmen who cleared out our bins - but no longer. Teresa Moss has become the first woman in the dustcart teams of west Oxfordshire. And she loves it. "It's the best job I've ever had," she said. "I wouldn't swap it for anything else
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Nurse's fury as op is cancelled again
A nurse is demanding answers after her operation was cancelled for the third time. Lillian Busby, 55, of Farmers Close, Witney, was due to have surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, in Headington, Oxford, to investigate her hip joint on Wednesday
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Cher believed fake prince's party trick
Singing star Cher became an innocent pawn in a fraud by a jet-setting conman posing as an Arab prince, a court heard. Smooth-talking Saudi Arabian businessman Sulaiman Al Kehaimi fooled international celebrities and social high-flyers into believing he
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Quick-fire Angie's a world-beater!
IT'S official - Angie Harriott, pictured above, is the fastest goalscorer in the world, writes JON MURRAY. The 32-year-old Launton Ladies striker has earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for her remarkable goal after just seven seconds
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The route's a sight for sore thighs!
OXFORD Mail picture editor Keith Price is a keen cyclist and took a trip along the new Thames Valley cycle route at the weekend. Here, he gives cyclists the inside track on the 97-mile long attraction, which was launched yesterday, for the region's huge
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Teenager killed Pc in speed chase
A teenage joyrider caused the death of an award-winning police officer who was trying to stop a speeding car on the M4. Pc Stephen Jones, 34, who went to school in Banbury, was fatally injured when he was hit by the stolen car, which had been involved
