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Buyers home in on sales hotspots
THREE Oxfordshire towns were named as fast-selling property hotspots in a new report. Didcot, Thame and Witney were highlighted in the survey by Bradford & Bingley estate agents network. Homes in the Didcot and Thame areas sell in an average of two
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Jury still out on Kassam
COMMENT IT'S been nine months since London hotelier Firoz Kassam became owner of Oxford United Football Club. And in that time, the team have depressingly slipped 25 places down the league. Tonight, at the Oxford United Supporters Club (6pm), Kassam is
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Tax-payers' cash goes on car parking
Council chiefs have admitted spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayer's money to subsidise car-parking in Oxford. Green Party members criticised the council after a meeting of the highways and traffic committee of Oxford City Council was told
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Accountant jailed for theft of £650,000
The career of a high-flying chartered accountant was in ruins today after he was jailed for stealing more than £650,000 from two employers. Father-of-four Jonathan Ashcroft, 39, from Broadwell, Stow-on-the-Wold, was sent down for three-and-a-half years
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Students in tuition fees demo
Placard-waving Oxford University students held a demonstration protesting against tuition fees. Dozens of students gathered at Clarendon Building, in Broad Street, Oxford, for the protest organised by pressure group Students Against Fees in Education.
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SIMON Lund led home a Woodstock Harriers 1-2-3 in the Akzo Nobel Abingdon Marathon yesterday.
Lund raced to victory in 2hrs 33mins 39 secs, to finish more than four minutes in front of clubmate Richard Shipway. Greg Dell, another Woodstock runner, came third as the club raced away with the men's team honours. The ladies race was won by Katrina
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Blades get a lifeline
OXFORD Blades ice hockey team have been thrown a short-term lifeline - but still have to secure sponsorship for their long-term safety. Director Deborah Pope said: "City Leisure, who operate the rink for Oxford City Council, have re-negotiated our hire
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Super second for Wiltshire
GRESHAM Oxford Cheetahs No 1 Todd Wiltshire defied atrocious conditions to pick up the silver medal in the Elite League Speedway Riders Championship at Coventry Stadium on Saturday night. mConditions at Brandon had been perfect, but a downpour at 5.30
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Long wait for boy who can't smile
All shy teenager Elliott Sanderson wants to do is smile. He has waited six years for a dentist to fix his crooked teeth even though his despairing mother Elizabeth has written to Prime Minister Tony Blair and lobbied her MP. Mrs Sanderson, of South Avenue
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United shot away by early Luton goal
Oxford Utd 0, Luton Tn 1 By JON MURRAY SHOT-SHY United crashed to their fifth defeat in a row after an early Luton Town goal wrecked what little self-belief they had. For a team which, when play began, had gone nearly six-and-a-half hours since finding
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Beauchamp battle cry
OXFORD United star Joey Beauchamp urged the doom merchants not to get carried away after the team slumped to a fifth successive defeat. Luton's 1-0 win at the Manor on Saturday plunged the U's into the bottom four in Division 2 with nearly one third of
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Boy, 4, starts flat fire
A mother and her two children were rescued from their blazing home after her son set fire to a clothes horse. The four-year-old boy, who was playing with a lighter, started the living room fire at 8.30am on Saturday (Oct 23), trapping the family in a
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Christmas stars turn out for charity
Stars of stage and screen will be joined by Prince Michael of Kent and Dame Norma Major at Oxford's third Celebration of Christmas concert. The event, at Christ Church Cathedral on Friday, December 3, will feature celebrity readers - Jeremy Paxman, Sue
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Thieves target Oxfam shops
Thieves are depriving famine victims of food and drink by stealing clothes left outside charity shops. Oxfam has now issued an urgent appeal to customers to bring clothes to their shops when they are open - as thefts continue to grow. The charity has
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Prescott gives ballast dump the go-ahead
Residents have lost their battle to force Railtrack to remove a ballast dump near homes in south Oxford. The Government said Railtrack can keep the "virtual quarry" at Hinksey Sidings - despite hundreds of complaints that it has created an "environmental
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Survivor furious at overcrowded train
Paddington rail crash survivor David Taylor has attacked a train company for allowing more than 1,000 passengers to travel on a rugby special from Didcot. The 34-year-old spoke out after it was revealed Saturday's 10am Paddington to Swansea train was
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Net porn 'was mistake'
Father-of-two Marc Lindsay told how he has paid the price for downloading child pornography from the Internet. Speaking from his home in Castle Street, Banbury, Lindsay described how the breakdown of his marriage led to his downfall. He said: "I was just
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Shock at porn on BBC website
Internet users searching for the BBC's weather website found themselves confronted with sickening images of hardcore pornography, the Oxford Mail can exclusively reveal. Instead of the latest forecast for the week's weather, those surfing the Net were
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Meat protest oustide McDonald's
Ten protesters dressed as cows hung a banner from a roof above an Oxford restaurant as part of a demonstration against meat. They also set up a stall offering free vegetarian nuggets to shoppers outside the Cornmarket Street branch of McDonald's. The
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Crashes as rain sweeps county
Heavy rain was blamed for a number of accidents in the county over the weekend. A 52-year-old pedestrian was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital with minor injuries after an accident involving a car in Oxford Road, Rose Hill, Oxford, on Saturday night
