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Trio in from the cold
By Jon Murray A TRIO of sidelined Oxford United players are back in the fold as new manager Mickey Lewis shapes up his squad for the FA Cup. James Lambert, Phil Whelan and Robert Folland look set to fill key roles in Mickey Lewis's new-look team for the
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Service to stay, say bus chiefs
A bus company has reconsidered after threatening to cancel services following a series of knife-point robberies on drivers. Inglis Lyon, managing director of Stagecoach Oxford, said there had been no further attacks since the spate of incidents earlier
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Community appeal raises church roof
A major revamp of a historic church has started - after local people banded together to raise cash for repairs in record time. An appeal was launched after it was found that St Andrew's Church in Shrivenham, originally destroyed in the Civil War and then
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MPs lobby Milburn over hospital cuts
Oxfordshire MPs had a show-down meeting with new Health Secretary Alan Milburn last night urging him to save the county's community hospitals. Plans to close both Watlington and Burford hospitals, as well as 52 beds at a number of other hospitals across
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Sweet talking her way round subject
When teacher Liz Mills shows her children a doughnut she knows she's got their full attention. The trick might be to appeal to their fondness for sweet things, but it is actually part of her religious education in the classroom. "It has to be a doughnut
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A system stronger by design
The race is on for an elected Mayor of London. Arch-rivals Livingstone, Dobson and Archer will scrap it out for a post which promises power, influence and real clout. A similar system is being mooted for other British cities, including Oxford. And opinion
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Tonight: Rain will ease to showers and it will become largely dry by dawn.
Tomorrow: It should be mainly dry until evening. Outlook for Sunday and Monday: Strong south-west winds and showers on Sunday. More rain and strong winds are expected on Monday. Story date: Friday 29 October Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000
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Crafty folk form self-help group
PROFESSIONAL craftsmen and women who fear the boom in craft fairs has peaked have formed their own co-operative or 'trade union'. Crowmarsh potter Lucienne de Mauny, whose bespoke slipware pottery dinner services can sell for £3,000-£4,000, said the newly-formed
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Out of time? Colin's lost for words
Toastmaster Colin Walsh missed his chance of victory in a public-speaking contest when organisers forgot he was blind. Because he could not see green, amber and red lights warning him to wind up, he overran his time and was disqualified. Colin, 60, had
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Cost of homes soars to £1m
Entrepreneurs and businessmen are queuing up to pay more than £1m for detached Victorian houses, property consultants have revealed. Carter Jonas said the property boom in the city was continuing to grow rapidly after putting a Victorian-Gothic mansion
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OAP home blasted after redundancy
Charity bosses were blasted by villagers after the manager of an old people's home was made redundant. Supporters of the Old Vicarage in Moulsford, near Wallingford, condemned the charity, The Friends of the Elderly, after the home manager Marilyn Burns
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Roads are 'disgrace'
Some rural roads in Oxfordshire are as poorly maintained as those of an impoverished Third World country, it has been claimed. Mark Bastow, chairman of Childrey Parish Council, claims roads in the village, near Wantage, are pot-holed, crumbling and dangerous
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Revealed at last: McSporran's fee
WYCOMBE Wanderers have disclosed the details of Jermaine McSporran's transfer from Oxford City - on the eve of tomorrow's FA Cup first-round tie between the two clubs and a year after the deal was done. The fee the Division 2 club paid for the 22-year-old
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Under-cover mission
By Niall Jeger OXFORD City midfielderTerry Sweeney is going under-cover for tomorrow's FA Cup clash against Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park. For the 20-year-old student doesn't expected the warmest of welcomes from home fans. It was Sweeney who dumped
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Henry set for Witney return
STAR striker Carl Henry is set to return with Witney Town's blessing for tomorrow's Dr Martens League Eastern Division game against Fisher Athletic (London) at Marriotts Stadium. Henry pulled out of Witney's trip to Stamford on Tuesday after going on
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Bold City bidding for big Cup upset
By NIALL JEGER OXFORD City manager Paul Lee is taking the brave step of fielding three strikers for tomorrow's first-round FA Cup clash against Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park. Tate Hulbert, Jason Davy and Stewart McCleary will all be in the attack, and
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Welcome to the Dream machine
A new slip-road has been added to the information superhighway: a video games console that allows Internet access through your TV. Sega's Dreamcast - boasting superior graphics, more speed and a free web connection - has set industry records for popularity
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Stores fight for place in the city
Stores are queuing up to move into booming Oxford. There were fears that plans for a glittering new £220m Westgate centre could draw in shops from other parts of the city centre, leading to many empty buildings. Jane Dickers, spokesman for the city council's
