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Tonight: Cold with largely clear skies, but cloud likely to increase later in the evening.
Tomorrow: A rather cloudy day with showers or longer spells of rain. Outlook for Sunday and Sunday: Showers or longer spells of rain expected. Story date: Friday 10 December Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may
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Firms to get link to research
OXFORD'S two universities are to set up a "one-stop-shop" to forge closer links with local businesses. At present a business wanting to use the universities' resources has to contact different people for each service it wants. But now the universities
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Jamie to stay in hospital
The Marquess of Blandford had five hours of surgery after being badly hurt in a car crash. The 44-year-old son of the Duke of Marlborough suffered serious facial and chest injuries in the accident at Kiddington, near Woodstock, on Wednesday evening. The
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We're not going to the dogs
Many families are being priced out of a traditional Boxing Day event - because children will be charged for the first time. That is the claim of Stuart Partlett, of Green Hill, Blackbird Leys, who will not be going to this year's festive meeting at Oxford
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2000 ball is still in business
A father and son organising a Millennium Ball for 400 revellers want to point out that their event has NOT been cancelled. Adrian and Jason Wyatt, who are holding the event at the Oxford Harlequins Rugby Club in Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, have been plagued
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Candles could kill, Church is warned
Fire chiefs have refused to support the Church of England's Millennium candle promotion - and have warned people to take great care on New Year's Eve. Tom Carroll, Oxfordshire's Chief Fire Officer, has grave reservations about the celebrations, and stressed
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£120,000 to aid cancer research
A doctor has won £120,000 for research which could help stamp out the second most common form of cancer in men. Dr Elena Klenova's research at Oxford University could be a vital step to preventing prostate cancer, which affects 19,000 men a year and kills
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Action plan to ease hospital beds crisis
Nurses and social workers will work together over the Millennium break to ease the pressure on Oxfordshire's crisis-hit hospitals. The agreement has been reached between Oxfordshire Health Authority (OHA), social services and other agencies to try to
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Canal work has users all at sea
Canal users are facing a winter of disruption as stretches of the Oxford Canal undergo massive restoration work. Boaters, anglers, cyclists and walkers face disruption as stretches of the Oxford Canal at Shipton-on-Cherwell, near Kidlington, are drained
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Why Marje keeps on motoring
At 91, Marjorie Hunt still loves life - and wants to help others enjoy it too. That's why the North Oxfordshire woman gave £500 to our Medibike Appeal. Her generous donation will help purchase the county's first paramedic motorcycle, which can respond
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Saying no to children
Cherie Blair is having a baby aged 46, and although more and more women are choosing to have children later in life, one in five don't want them at all. Katherine MacAlister talks to three childless women about their decision never to hear the patter
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War on drugs hots up
Police issued a stern warning to drug dealers today - We're after you! They are stepping up the war amid growing fears that peddlers from London and Birmingham are using the M40 to target drug users in Oxfordshire's market towns. Yesterday, police launched
