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Stores group in £120m update
DEPARTMENT store group Debenhams, which is pumping millions of pounds into Oxfordshire, has announced a £120m national modernisation programme. The retailer, which is revamping its store in Oxford and planning a new store in Banbury, is speeding up work
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It's make-or-break time for Shotton
THESE are difficult times at Oxford United and after a succession of three away games, the next three games, all at home, could go a long way to deciding the future of the manager, Malcolm Shotton. It was fan power which brought Shotton to the Manor Ground
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Get off our backs, says Fear
GIVE us a break - that was the message from Oxford United's players on the eve of tomorrow's crunch league clash with Luton. "We were gutted after losing at Scunthorpe," admitted midfielder Peter Fear, "especially with the only goal coming in the last
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Help for under-age smokers
Identity cards could be issued to teenagers in a bid to cut the number of under-age smokers in the county. Trading standards officers are debating the move as part of a new tobacco strategy for the county, which is being considered by Oxfordshire Health
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Rare mussel snag for plan
Controversial plans to build a reservoir face new complications after a rare breed of mussel was discovered. Thames Water is considering building a reservoir near Abingdon - which could be larger than the town itself - to meet water shortages expected
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Car park plans for old soccer stadium
A former football stadium could come back into use as a temporary car park. But in the long term local planners are still keen to see the site, Marriotts Close, Witney, turned into a new superstore. The land became redundant eight years ago when Witney
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Roy strikes French wine off pub's list
Pub landlord Roy Flynn has come up with a fighting riposte to the French ban on British beef. Forget mad cows, he says. The real threat now is "Mad Frog Disease". He is telling customers at The Bull Inn, in Charlbury, that as a result he is banning sales
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Basins smashed to deter squatters
An investigation has been launched after council workers smashed up 20 washbasins and lavatory bowls with hammers - to deter squatters. The destruction, by Oxford City Council's city works department, has been condemned as "council-sponsored vandalism
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Todd goes for league title
TODD Wiltshire, Oxford Cheetahs World Team Cup gold medal winner and the first rider to qualify for next year's Grand Prix series, goes for more gold when he takes on a top-class line-up in the Elite Speedway League Riders Championship at Coventry tomorrow
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Highs and lows of leading drugs firm
A roller-coaster ride has seen Oxford drug company British Biotech's fortunes lurch from flagship of the industry to its embarrassing black sheep. The ride took another downward turn earlier this month with the announcement that 66 more people are to
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Voices join in call for a change in the law
The Oxford Mail's campaign for a new, more tightly-drawn law on corporate manslaughter in the wake of the Paddington rail crash has been making waves at Westminster, writes Bill Jacobs. And the indications are that it may have prompted the Government
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Tonight: Rain will affect the region through the evening.
Tomorrow: A blustery day. There will be a lot of cloud with any bright or sunny spells being short lived. Outlook for Sunday and Monday: Breezy with some blustery showers around. Story date: Friday 22 October Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000
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Stop moaning, officers urged
A call has gone out for councillors to stop moaning and start doing something practical to cut vandalism. Skate park campaigner Neal Reed, of High Street, Wallingford, has hit back at Town Mayor Alec Hayton, who condemned vandalism and damage in Castle
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Corporate death Bill 'in weeks'
The Oxford Mail's campaign for the Government to introduce a new law on corporate manslaughter is poised for success now Home Secretary Jack Straw is on the verge of publishing plans on the issue. The paper began its campaign in the wake of the Paddington
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'Bully boy' Bill lashes BBC egos
Bill Giles, the country's favourite cheery weatherman, has been branded a "bully" by BBC colleagues. Claims that the top Oxfordshire broadcaster was cruel to members of his 21-strong Met Office staff have been upheld by BBC bosses following a seven-month
