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Architects win national award
AN OXFORD architects' practice has won a national award - and a £9m contract in Cambridge. Berman Guedes, based in St Clements, won the architectural award from the Galvanisers Association for the new Middle Common Room for graduate students at St John's
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Reserves fall to Swindon
A GENERALLY youthful and inexperienced Oxford United side were no match for local rivals Swindon Town and lost 2-0 in yesterday's Avon Insurance Combination match at the Manor Ground. The visitors, who included six players with Nationwide League experience
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Kassam pledge to invest 'mega millions' in United
OXFORD United owner Firoz Kassam last night pledged to invest "mega millions" in the club. Club chairman Kassam also stated his plans were long-term and he wasn't "going anywhere". He told fans at an open meeting in the Supporters' Club meeting: "We will
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Dead Army chief faced sex probe
A high-ranking Army officer killed himself after he was accused of molesting a 17-year-old, Army sources have revealed. Father-of-three Col Harry Quinn, 45, was confronted by the boy's father after the 17-year-old alleged victim went to police. Col Quinn
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Top CPS man banned after car accident
A high-flying Crown Prosecutor has been banned from driving for 28 days after he was involved in a car crash while uninsured. Paul Harrison, 47, of Beech Cottage, Sutton, near Witney, was cleared of careless and inconsiderate driving but was found guilty
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Patients caught in beds crisis
Patients needing emergency treatment were forced to wait on trolleys in hospital corridors for two hours and were delayed in ambulances in a county-wide beds crisis. The crisis struck yesterday for the third time in less than a fortnight. A "Level Three
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Tonight: It will become very cold with the chance of a ground frost.
Tomorrow: It will be mainly dry with plenty of sunny spells. Outlook for Saturday and Sunday: Wet on Saturday. Cold and showery on Sunday. Story date: Thursday 09 December Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have
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Knee op KO's Tait
OXFORD United midfielder Paul Tait has undergone an exploratory operation on his knee. The 28-year-old former Birmingham City player went into hospital for his arthroscopic op on Tuesday evening. He had to come off the pitch midway through United's FA
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Dancing a jig to aid appeal
The Oxford Mail's Medibike appeal - which aims to equip the Oxfordshire Ambulance Service with its first-ever rapid response paramedic motorcycle - has been given a boost by the Oxford Irish Society. Following the group's annual dinner and dance, held
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Hi-tech company set to axe 30 jobs
Thirty jobs have been axed by an Oxfordshire-based American packaging company. Crown Cork and Seal have revealed that half the threatened redundancies from its worldwide corporate technology group would come from its centre at the Grove Technology Park
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Blair urged to stop closure of hospital
MP Shaun Woodward pleaded with the Prime Minister to personally overturn a decision to close a community hospital. The Witney Conservative MP told Tony Blair he should review the closure of Burford Community Hospital and look at the extent of the Oxfordshire
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Follow us in caring for elderly
An Oxford professor is urging hospitals to adopt the city's pensioner-friendly care system to prevent elderly patients being maltreated on wards. Sir John Grimley-Evans has been battling for better care for older people for 25 years, but claims money
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OTS: war of words
The gloves were off today after business leaders launched a campaign to smash the Oxford Transport Strategy. Organisers said calls of support had flooded in since the Rescue Oxford (Rox) initiative was unveiled yesterday. Rox leaders published the results
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It's time to nail the silent killer
Michael O'Gorman has been stalking a silent killer. Two hundred people die each year, and the culprit is everywhere: invisible, odour- less and tasteless. A mysterious spate of deaths in bathrooms first caught his attention, back in 1968. But Cast aside
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The beautiful game - with beautiful profits
Oxford United may not have any Beckhams or Keanes, but the good old club shirts are the most popular choice at the clubshop on London Road in Headington. According to Trevor Bax, shop manager, this is the busiest time of the year and replica shirts are
