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Charity boost is on the cards
BUSINESSES are joining forces to turn Christmas cheer into a boost for charity. Eleven firms have agreed to donate cash to a charitable trust to fund a local project instead of sending Christmas cards. The idea came from Richard Morgan, managing director
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Forest lie in wait for United
By Jon Murray OXFORD United may need to show the same fighting qualities that brought them back from the dead at Shrewsbury on Saturday if they are to remain in the FA Cup after last night's draw. The winners of the replay face a difficult third-round
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Burglars start £1m fire
Burglars set a house they had raided on fire, causing £1m damage. Detectives believe the detached house in Lambridge Wood Road, Henley-on-Thames, was broken into and burgled in the early hours of Saturday morning. The raiders then started several fires
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Boys are outshone by girls
Girls have overtaken boys in the race for places at Oxford University - the first time in its 900-year history. Next autumn's intake of 3,300 is expected to show a higher number of applications from women than men. So far, 4,679 girls have applied compared
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Death ends art dynasty
Raoul Millais, grandson of the pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Millais, has died at his home near Chipping Norton at the age of 98. He was the last in the line of a dynasty of artists. His grandfather was Sir John Everett Millais, Bt, co-founder of the
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Head quits after damning report
A village headteacher has quit after her school received a poor Ofsted report. Gill Handley, head of Fritwell Primary School, near Bicester, resigned after a report by inspectors, who visited in late September, showed serious weaknesses which included
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First blood goes to battling Burns
OXFORDSHIRE rally ace Richard Burns drew first blood in his very own Battle of Britain with rally rival Colin McRae. Burns, from Kidlington, beat Scot McRae in a Silverstone shoot-out between the duo on the Network Q Rally of Great Britain to end the
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Hero 'Bus' is right on time!
Shrewsbury Tn 2, Oxford Utd 2 STEVE Anthrobus dragged Oxford United away from the FA Cup exit door at his 'local' on Saturday, as Mickey Lewis's team staged a stunning second-half fightback. The ex-Crewe centre-forward, returning to the action after injury
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Motor mania grips county
Rally mania hit Oxfordshire yesterday as thousands turned out for local stages of the Network Q Rally. Residents in Charlbury and Woodstock feared huge traffic disruption as the national event stopped off at Cornbury Park and Blenheim Palace. About 8,000
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New warning to drug dealers
A judge sent out a fresh warning that drug dealing would not be tolerated when she jailed a crack cocaine addict for four-and-a-half years. Sentencing 52-year-old Londoner Joseph Korsah to prison for dealing heroin and crack cocaine in Banbury, Judge
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Prescott joins OTS row
Political heavyweight John Prescott has waded into the war of words over the Oxford Transport Strategy. The Deputy Prime Minister gave the controversial scheme the thumbs-up for cutting traffic congestion and reducing air pollution. His support follows
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Archer girl tight-lipped
The woman at the centre of the Jeffrey Archer scandal sped away from her besieged Oxfordshire home under a police escort last night. Andrina Colquhoun, Lord Archer's former personal assistant, was having dinner with him on the night in 1986 he was alleged
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Thame take over at the top
Thame Utd 1, Maidenhead Utd 0 THAME United went top of the Ryman League Division 1 table with this hard-fought victory over Maidenhead on Saturday. But for long periods of the game, they had to play second fiddle and Maidenhead, with just one defeat this
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Feast your eyes on this
Hollywood's creepy blockbuster The Blair Witch Project could soon have unexpected Oxford competition. The Devil's Feast, made by city-based film-makers Richard Duriez and Sharon Woodward, of Mischief Pictures, tells of an anarchist group's fears about
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Shop boss kidnapped by robbers
A bakery manageress was abducted by two robbers who took her on a terrifying drive before stealing takings and dumping her in a roadside lay-by. The woman, who works as a relief manager at The Oven Door bakery, in Victoria Cross Gallery, off Market Place
