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Tonight: It will be a cloudy night with scattered showers. These showers will start to clear away du
Tomorrow: Early rain will clear away during the morning, leaving a mixed day of sunny spells and showers. Outlook for Thursday and Friday: Thursday will be an unsettled day with most places seeing outbreaks of rain. Friday will also be cloudy with outbreaks
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Bus has ticket for Cup mission
STEVE Anthrobus is set to return to Oxford United's starting line-up against his old club Shrewsbury Town in tonight's FA Cup second-round replay at the Manor Ground (7.45). Boss Mickey Lewis is keen to get ten-goal top-scorer Matt Murphy back in midfield
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Elvis puts on his blue suede shoes for charity
Elvis Presley will be putting on his blue suede shoes and joining the Shy-lites on stage to raise money for a hospice. Elvis look-alike Malcolm Baker will be one of 24 acts performing at Exeter Hall, Kidlington, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to raise
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Corporate killing legislation by 2001
New corporate manslaughter legislation could be in place within the next 12 to 18 months, according to an Open University law expert. The claim came from Gary Slapper, director of the law programme at the university, which has a regional centre at Foxcombe
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Henman returns to his old school
TIM Henman (left) returns to the Dragon School, Oxford, tomorrow (Dec 1) to meet the current pupils and see the developments made to the school since he left in 1986. Henman finished the year ranked 12th in the world, two places ahead of Greg Rusedski
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Witney boss blasts ref for 'overtime'
WITNEY Town manager Andy Lyne has blasted the referee for allowing six minutes of injury time in Saturday's FA Umbro Trophy clash at Heybridge Swifts which saw the Essex club snatch a last-gasp winner, writes RUSSELL SMITH. Lyne was left fuming after
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Richard is a knight to remember
He may have a date with the Queen at Buckingham Palace to look forward to, but it was no great surprise to find the eminent Oxford professor Richard Peto rather preoccupied with fags and booze. Tobacco was certainly the cause of his highly excitable state
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Mother's grief refuses to fade
Every night, Mandy Jones sleeps with her young daughter Faye's nightie under her pillow. Mandy needs to feel close to her; she simply cannot let go. Every day since her daughter's tragic death in a jet-ski crash two years ago, Mandy has worn one item
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Pensioner poverty trap
Should you live to be old, God willing, the State currently decrees that you should be able to get by on £87 a week, all in. That's your Old Age Pension plus anything else you might have been careful enough to save for your old age itself, by yourself
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Profits rise £9m at science firm
PROFITS jumped up by more than £9m this year at science and engineering firm AEA Technology. The Harwell-based company turned in pre-tax profits of £9.5m for the six-month period ending September 30 - eight per cent up on the same period last year. Turnover
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Housing hopes blast by Baldry
An MP has hit out at ministers for refusing to visit Oxfordshire to hear concerns about plans for new homes. Banbury MP Tony Baldry said he had asked ministers to hear at first hand the fears of local people following suggestions the county could see
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Babies banned in pool health scare
Babies younger than six months have been banned from using Oxford's council-run swimming pools after a major health scare that left 28 people feeling ill. Ten of them were known to have used Temple Cowley pools shortly before suffering from cryptosporidiosis
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Cyclists angered over bumpy ride
A cobbled cycle route is proving a danger to cyclists, councillors claim. The lane near Oxford Railway Station was formed under the Oxford Transport Strategy scheme. But cyclists have complained about the route and some have said the cobbles are making
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'Upmarket' cafe plan thrown out
Beauty salon owners have hit out at councillors after being refused permission to expand their business to include an up-market cafe. More than 500 shoppers signed a petition backing the scheme. Abingdon Town Council recommended approval and during a
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Two found guilty over Faye tragedy
Two brothers have been convicted over the death of a young jet-skier in an accident at their watersports centre. A jury of nine women and three men decided Stuart and Michael Ely failed to make sure the centre was safe for its users. Faye Grundy - nicknamed
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Platt is axed in Oxford University rugby shock
OXFORD have sprung a surprise by leaving their leading try scorer out of the side to face Cambridge in the 118th University Match at Twickenham next Tuesday. Right winger James Platt, who at one stage scored in five successive games this season, loses
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'Sex innuendo made me quit'
Sexual innuendo and unwanted advances from a hospital boss forced Shirley-Ann O'Hara to quit her job, a tribunal heard. Colin Jones eventually demanded she be nice to him or he would "run her out" of the Headington hospital where she worked, the hearing
