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Same again for high-speed U's
OXFORD United's caretaker manager Mickey Lewis is urging his players to play at a high tempo in tonight's Division 2 basement battle against Colchester United at the Manor Ground. Lewis is naming the same team and the same squad for the clash with the
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New chief saves twinning link
A town-twinning committee has been saved after members elected a new chairman. It was feared the committee, which fosters close links with Oxford's twin city Bonn, in Germany, might be disbanded when the chairman resigned. Harold Williams, 64, of Acremead
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Conman caller tricks OAP
A conman claiming to be from the now defunct water board stole £500 from a pensioner. The man called at the OAP's home in Blenheim Drive, Bicester, at noon on Friday. The victim, a man in his 70s, answered the door and was asked to run the taps to see
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2000 bash makes list of top 22
The Oxford Millennium Party has been included in a list of The Biggest and Best Millennium Bashes. The Sunday Times's list of Britain's top 22 events included those at the Dorchester Hotel and the Ministry of Sound, both in London, the official Millennium
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Dad on US trip to claim compensation
Determined dad Michael Hockley, whose two sons almost died in a road smash in America, is flying to Washington today to try to claim their compensation. Two years ago, a civil court in Florida awarded the family about £100,000. But the Hockleys said they
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No more waiting for Elliott
A shy teenager who suffered a six-year wait for dental treatment to fix his crooked teeth will finally see a consultant - thanks to the Oxford Mail. The Mail revealed last week how Elliott Sanderson's mother feared her son was losing confidence and rarely
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Pledge for safer pools
Council chiefs today vowed to make Oxford's swimming baths safer following the outbreak of bacteria in pool water. They want to ensure serious diseases are not allowed to fester in pools because the chlorine levels are too low. Their announcement came
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Chairman defends City's FA Cup move
OXFORD City chairman Mick Woodley has defended the decision to concede home advantage for their FA Cup first-round replay against Wycombe Wanderers.. The tie goes back to Adams Park on Tuesday, November 9 (7.45) after City took police advice that it would
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Sacked Biotech boffin back in business
When Andy Millar was sacked from his top job at British Biotech last summer for whistleblowing, his future looked decidedly bleak. He had three young children to support and faced a mounting legal bill to fight the company's application for damages. Now
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Training body to become charity
ONE of Oxfordshire's largest training agencies is to be floated as a charity. West Oxfordshire Training Services (WOTS), based at Corn Street in Witney, will be run by an independent board from next spring. West Oxfordshire District Council, which set
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Ex-Cobblers boss Atkins in for top job
THE former Northampton Town manager Ian Atkins is the latest person to apply for the vacant manager's job at Oxford United. Atkins, 43, who parted company with Northampton by mutual consent at the start of this month, has already made contact with Oxford
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Is this waiting list long, John?
Swashbuckling pirates and an inflatable parrot brought a different kind of theatre experience to an Oxford hospital. Long John Silver took part in rehearsals for Treasure Island - despite being a patient in the cardiology department at the John Radcliffe
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Schoolgirl Maddie is driven to ink
Maddie Chivers loves going to school so much she is going into print to save it. The nine-year-old pupil of Temple Cowley Middle School, in Oxford, has written to the Oxford Mail protesting at its possible closure in a restructure of the city's schools
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'Faceless' Church to evict squatters
A church has been criticised for threatening squatters with eviction. The City Rector, the Rev Stephen Pix, has won a court order to remove 12 homeless people from a former Oxford vicarage. The group moved into the empty house at the corner of Botley
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Party through the night, say police
Police have not objected to extended opening hours at bars and clubs in Oxford on Millennium Eve. In a surprise move at Oxford City Council's licensing panel last night, Insp Dave Hill said the police would be making no formal objections to applications
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Mum's the word as Charles buys land
Prince Charles is buying nearly 1,500 acres of prime farming land in Oxfordshire - but mum's the word about exactly where. The Prince is making the purchase through his official office, the Duchy of Cornwall, which provides most of his income. But a spokesman
