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College's contracts on offer
A DRIVE is being launched to get small Oxfordshire firms involved in a multi-million pound construction project. A "Meet the Buyer" event is being staged this month to highlight work on offer at the new Joint Service Command and Staff College at Watchfield
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T-Rex to star in top display
Oxford is to have one of the best dinosaur collections in Britain. The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, in Parks Road, has bought a 13-metre-long replica Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and 12 other replica skeletons. They include a nine-metre
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University goes green
University staff and students will be urged to leave their cars at home to help cut traffic congestion. On Thursday, Oxford Brookes will launch a new Green Commuter Plan, designed to reduce traffic and pollution around the university. The scheme is set
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Mickey: Let's get ruthless!
MICKEY Lewis urged his team to try to find a ruthless streak after they let bogey team Bury off the hook in a 1-1 draw at the Manor on Saturday. The U's failed to build on another early goal from Jamie Lambert and couldn't capitalise on Bury having Andy
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United left shakin' all over!
Oxford United 1, Bury 1 By Jon Murray UNITED let two league points slip out of the bag after taking the lead and seeing Bury reduced to ten men midway through the second half. They were made to pay for not killing Bury off when they had the game firmly
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Inmate lashes out at prison officers
Three prison officers suffered whiplash injuries in a struggle with an inmate following a stabbing incident. The scuffle happened on the B remand wing at Bullingdon prison when an inmate was stabbed by another with a blunt instrument following an argument
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Students evicted after occupation
Oxford University students were today evicted from a building they have occupied for three days in protest against tuition fees. Bailiffs entered Oxenford House, an administration building in Friars Entry, Oxford, at 7.20am to remove the students. There
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Troubled traders turn to Tony Blair
Traders in the Covered Market are taking their fight against the Oxford Transport Strategy to the Prime Minister. Firms have written a strongly-worded letter complaining about access restrictions under the new transport scheme to Tony Blair and Patricia
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Depleted City get back on track
Oxford City 2 , Wealdstone 1 OXFORD City manager Paul Lee's gamble to rest some of his FA Cup battlers paid off last night. With Tuesday's first round replay at the Manor in mind, he made four changes to the side that drew with Wycombe on Tuesday. But
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Plea to get behind City
OXFORD United fans are being encouraged to go along to the Manor Ground tomorrow to support their neighbours Oxford City in the FA Cup clash that just keeps going and going. The first-round tie's two games between Ryman League Oxford City and second division
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Walking tall on the wild side
The badger has survived, looking cooler and altogether more alert than anyone can remember. Over the decades, the badger's benign features have welcomed thousands of nature lovers to memorable days in meadows and ancient woodland. Killing him off somehow
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The Rover Revolution
Business editor David Duffy looks at the impact of the new Cowley-built Rover 75 - and BMW's massive investment in the Oxford factory. Driving past Rover's Cowley sprawling car works the factory's fading frontage provides precious few clues to the revolution
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Tonight
A very cold night across the whole of the UK with prolonged clear breaks in the cloud allowing a widespread frost. Tomorrow A cold day, with areas exposed to the wind feeling very cold indeed. Sunshine in many areas. Outlook A good deal of rain. Staying
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Keown's one for the future
By Jon Murray ENGLAND hero Martin Keown says he would love the Oxford United manager's job . . . but the timing isn't right at the moment. While United fans continue to wait with bated breath to see who becomes the club's 14th post-War manager, in succession
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Protesters pour on to rooftops
Asylum seekers poured on to the roof of a controversial detention centre to join a protest by two Sikhs. Campsfield House campaigners warned the uproar could be the first of many if the Government continued ixts policy of locking up illegal immigrants
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Royalty in house hunt
A Royal family could be moving to Oxfordshire after being enchanted by a visit to their ancestral home. Desmond de Silva QC, was joined by his wife Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia, and their eight-year-old daughter, Victoria, on a visit to Helensbourne
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Parking ticket fury of ex-Pow
Disabled war veteran Ron Dean went to Oxford's Remembrance Day ceremony again this year, as he has every year since the end of the Second World War. But this year was different. This year, a police blunder meant Ron, of North Place, Headington, and his
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Crashes victim GP wins new payout
An Oxford GP injured in three road accidents over a ten-year period has won a £63,000 settlement after negotiations outside London's High Court. In each of the accidents - which happened in 1986, 1995 and 1997 - Dr Celia Pyper's car was hit from behind
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Coffee shops stir up rivalry
Book wars are brewing in Oxford - with the launch of two new in-store coffee shops. In Broad Street, historic Blackwells is today launching its GoodBean outlet on the first-floor, offering customers expresso-based coffees and hand-baked cakes and pastries
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Family club fights free of drug gangs
Doormen are being employed at a family social club in a desperate bid to get rid of a violent drugs gang. The move is a drastic last attempt to rid the Blackbird Leys Social Club in Oxford of a problem which has kept many of the estate's families away
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Family centre sure of a healthy future
A multi-million pound project to build a community and health centre for parents and disadvantaged children in east Oxford was launched today. Sure Start is to build the £3m centre featuring a community cafe, a health clinic, computer training rooms and
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Mum's anguish at hit-and-run crash
Distraught Kay Stevens told today of her anguish at finding her teenage son Michael dying at the side of the road, the victim of a hit-and-run driver. But Kay says she has taken comfort from knowing his transplanted organs have given life to other people
