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Pain-free jab on the cards
A NEW painless anaesthetic is expected to be the first product on the market from Oxford pharmaceutical company Powderject. The company, based at Oxford Science Park, is developing a painless injection device, which avoids the need for needles and syringes
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Two-goal Powell spot-on for U's
Oxford Utd 2, Luton Tn 2 By JON MURRAY PAUL Powell notched his first-ever brace for Oxford United with two perfectly-executed penalties either side of half-time at the Manor Ground last night. It brought the U's victory in a low-key Auto Windscreens Shield
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Dangers of driver fatigue
A MAJOR initiative by police and safety campaigners began this week in a bid to make motorists aware that tiredness can kill. Government figures show that fatigue is a main factor in around ten per cent of all road accidents. Now officers from Surrey
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Bike-mad Antony scoops BMW award
TRAINEE motor mechanic Antony Dyer has scooped a bronze award in BMW's hotly-contested annual apprentice competition. The 19-year-old enthusiast, who works at North Oxford Garage in Summertown, entered a beautifully-restored 1954 BMW 25/3 motorcycle as
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Top of the pops
SIR Cliff Richard, at Number One with Millennium Prayer met up with another Number One favourite - the Mini. Both saw their careers hit the big time in 1959 as Cliff had his first chart-topper - Livin' Doll and the Mini made its debut as the Austin Seven
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Paul to spearhead new Honda expansion plans
NEW Honda franchise director Paul Brayley believes there is massive potential for Johnsons car dealerships to become a driving force in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The 37-year-old Londoner has been appointed to develop existing business and oversee
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Centre hit by delays
A multi-million pound leisure centre is suffering delays in getting off the ground because of concerns about its impact on the environment, writes Roseena Parveen. But the Vale of White Horse District Council insists protracted negotiations between it
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World-beater
THE Cowley-built Rover 75 has scooped its fifth prestigious award in the space of two weeks. The executive saloon won the prestigious Japanese Import Car of The Year award against competition from prestige manufacturers from around the world. With 484
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Car win from £30,000 draw
The winner of a charity raffle which raised more than £30,000 has been handed the keys to a new Peugeot 106, writes Stephen Deal. Kennett Gardner, 73, of Hillview Estate, Carterton, was the lucky winner of the £8,000 top prize in the annual raffle held
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Plates on line
Drivers can now check the availability and price of favourite personalised registrations through the Internet Web site www.dvla-som.co.uk. The new service comes in time for the release of 750,000 W-prefix Select Registrations which go on sale on January
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Epilepsy forces councillor to quit
A councillor has quit as Labour's education spokesman after being diagnosed with epilepsy, writes Mark Templeton. County councillor Tom Richardson said he wants to spend more time with his wife, Penny and son Sam, 15. Mr Richardson, who has held the post
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Toyota's sleeker sports coupe glides into 2000
TOYOTA'S new sleeker Celica glides into the new Millennium with the most striking looks yet from the Japanese car maker. The company first started selling the Celica in the UK in 1971, when trouser bottoms were wide, T Rex stalked the hit parade and car
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Business as usual for Baldry
MP Tony Baldry has been re-selected to fight the next General Election after being cleared at the 11th hour over an undeclared £5,000 loan. The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Elizabeth Filkin, told the Bicester and Banbury MP just hours before
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Ultimate answer to beat the jams?
IT takes me right back. We all probably had a toy version when we were kids, writes Simon Nix. They were great fun in those days. Now, the same stand-up and scoot-along thrill has been enhanced with the addition of a motor. Although the miniscooters were
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Dark Blues crack it!
By Michael Knox OXFORD University came back from the dead to record their first success at Twickenham for six years yesterday. Trailing 13-3 at half-time, the Dark Blues stormed back to win 16-13 and so avoid setting a record losing sequence in the historic
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Becky steps out in style thanks to an Angel
A limousine company with the name of Angel came to the rescue when a teenager's surprise night out looked to be in ruins, writes David Horne. Becky Mulliss and her eight friends all ended up going to London in the same stretch limo used by top pop band
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Party poopers
Well, it's one for less money. Two for a cheaper show. Three for the cut-price disco, now the free bar must go, write Reg Little and Mark Templeton. Elvis impersonator Malcolm Baker began to wish he'd stuck to his Blue Suede Shoes after volunteering to
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Tonight: Showers likely throughout the night, some heavy with the odd clap of thunder possible. Stro
Tomorrow: It should stay mainly dry with decent sunny spells. Outlook for Friday and Saturday: It will cloud over with more rain spreading. Cloudy and wet over the weekend. Story date: Wednesday 08 December Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000
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Focus is a real comfort
THE Ford Focus has beaten off the challenge of £60,000 luxury cars to win the title of Britain's most comfortable car. The hatchback won the accolade in an independent survey of car comfort and ergonomics run by What Car? magazine. Automotive ergonomist
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Children 'too ashamed' to get free food
Hundreds of school children are going without school dinners because they are too ashamed to claim free food, it has been claimed. Figures show that up to 670 youngsters each day do not claim the free meals they are entitled to in Oxford schools. The
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Empty properties help the homeless
A scheme helping to reduce homelessness by using up properties nobody else wants is to continue, writes Mark Templeton. Oxford City Council has been placing some homeless people in council homes classed as hard to let. The houses fall into the category
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We're top of the class
Success has become just a matter of course for tiny Shenington School, writes Madeleine Pennell. Its 11-year-olds have again scored 100 per cent in exams - for the fourth year running. The 12 pupils in the age group at the C of E primary school in north
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Norman's conquest as Oxford triumph
Oxford Univ 16, Cambridge Univ 13 By MICHAEL KNOX SALUTE Norman Celliers and his heroes, who restored pride in Oxford University rugby at Twickenham yesterday. After losing the last five Varsity Matches, the Dark Blues looked on the verge of a record
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OTS: 'Fight is not over'
Business leaders claimed today that the Oxford Transport Strategy was costing traders more than £1m a month in lost revenue, writes Karen Rosine. They said the new traffic scheme was keeping large numbers of shoppers out of the city and putting small
