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Cup success for City is a bitter pill for Witney to swallow
THE successful run of Oxford City in the FA Cup must be hard to stomach for Witney Town players and supporters. Great rivals for the claim to being the top non-league side in the county, the clubs have been neck and neck in that race, right up to the
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Yaris scoops award
TOYOYA'S Yaris has scooped Europe's most prestigious motoring accolade - the Car of the Year award. The supermini, which beat off competition from the Fiat Multipla, Vauxhall Zafira and Skoda Fabia, and Rover 75, was voted first choice by 19 of the 56
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Mice sow seeds of doom
MICE sowed the seeds of a potential motoring disaster in caravan fan Alan Franklin's H-reg Nissan Primera. Former Rover worker Alan, 65, of Alice Smith Square, Littlemore, had noticed a drop in pulling power in his car, coupled to an increase in fuel
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Blessing given to hotel idea
Controversial plans to turn a former prison into a hotel have been rubber-stamped by county councillors. Members of Oxfordshire County Council gave their blessing to the £16m Oxford Castle scheme yesterday (Tues, Nov 16)among assurances that necessary
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£150,000 payout for ex-nurse
A former nurse was awarded £150,000 compensation after a priest drove into her car, leaving her disabled. Andrina Kickham, 30, who lived in Barton Village Road, Headington, Oxford, at the time, has never recovered from the accident in July 1992. She has
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Foxy trails of a dashing blonde
A two-legged quarry provides a different day's sport for a new hunting pack based in Oxfordshire. Nicknamed the Blonde Fox, keen marathon runner Marina Thompson has been taken on to set a human trail over the rolling landscape of the Berkshire Downs and
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'Safety at jet-ski lake was ignored'
A boating lake in which a teenager died in a jet-ski accident was a danger to the public, a court heard. Faye Grundy, 17, of Benson, was riding pillion on the back of a jet-ski driven by her uncle, Tony Gee, when it veered into the path of a powerboat
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Plea to save Anglican and Catholic school
The founder of a threatened school said he was "ashamed to be Catholic" as he made an impassioned plea for plans to close it to be ditched. John Prangley, 63, is also a former headteacher of St Augustine's in Oxford, a joint Anglican and Catholic school
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Lesley's message of hope for op girl
Teenager Lesley Partlett has a message of hope for the family of little Nepalese girl Samjhana who needs a major operation on her jaw. "It will change her life," said Lesley, 14, who lives with her parents Stan and Julie and eight-year-old brother Thomas
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City's Cup stars grab the glory
OXFORD City finally bowed out of the FA Cup last night at the Manor - but were left covered in glory from their three-match epic. Non-League City matched Division 2 Wycombe Wanderers for the better part of 300 minutes of football. And more than 4,000
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Beggar branded 'rogue and vagabond'
An aggressive beggar was branded a "rogue and a vagabond" by magistrates after he admitted using threats to get money. Clive Davies, of the night shelter in Luther Street, Oxford, was caught on video demanding money from passers-by in the city centre
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Natural cure for head lice
A NEW natural treatment for head lice has been patented by an Oxfordshire company. The naturally-occurring plant compounds are used in a mild, non-acidic alcohol-free shampoo, says the company XiMed, which employs 15 people at Harwell International Business
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Reserves pay for Davis errors
Oxford Utd Res 1, Bristol City Res 3 COURT Place Farm was not a happy hunting ground for Steve Davis, who was twice at fault as United's reserves slumped to a disappointing defeat against Bristol City in a Avon Insurance Combination game at Oxford City's
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Bets suspended on new U's boss
BETTING on the new Oxford United manager has been suspended by local bookmakers River Racing. The Walton Street-based firm, who had Ray Harford as the 6-4 favourite with Mickey Lewis on 7-4 when they closed their book, have taken the step with an announcement
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Tim revs up for rally
RALLY driver Tim Green is tackling this year's Network Q Rally of Great Britain in an unfamiliar car after ditching his Skoda for a Proton backed by the Oxford Mail. The rally - the country's biggest spectator event - includes two spectacular tarmac stages
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Al Fayed pulls out of Union address
Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed has become the fourth celebrity speaker to pull out of an Oxford Union appearance this term. He could not attend last night because of his involvement in an ongoing libel case brought by former Tory MP Neil Hamilton and his
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Trailblazing supermini is a real mighty atom
IF small cars are the way ahead, then Toyota's trailblazing Yaris is a car of the future - available now. Economical, comfortable and easy-to-live-with, its stylish body houses a remarkable amount of space in an exceptionally compact body. The interior
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A real cool cat
LIKE Easy Rider star Dennis Hopper I once had long hair. Like Dennis Hopper, I once rode a large motorcycle. Now we both have grey hair and drive a car. But the news is not all bad. Having driven the Ford Cougar, Hopper's co-star in Ford's latest back-to-the-future
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Flying tonight, the 200mph Medibike
TRUST the British weather to thwart my great ambition to ride a motorcycle at 200mph. No, I wasn't going to ride a dragster bike, and no, I wasn't trying to set some sort of land speed record. I was just testing out the machine that will eventually be
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City all fired up for Cup!
OXFORD City will be hoping it's third time lucky for tonight's FA Cup first-round second replay at the Manor against Wycombe Wanderers. In the previous episode of this ongoing saga, Paul Lee's heroes were just five penalty kicks away from claiming the
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End of the road for Lee's battlers
Oxford City 0, Wycombe W 1 By NIALL JEGER OXFORD City failed to match the Herculean efforts of their previous two FA Cup matches against Wycombe at the Manor last night and defiantly bowed out of this first round second replay. Oxford weathered a first-half
