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£3m plan to boost trade
OXFORDSHIRE could become a leading centre for co-operation and mutual enterprises according to new plans. The proposals are part of a major report by the Oxford Mutuality Taskforce involving a £3m scheme to develop a "Social Enterprise Hub" to help businesses
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Fans step up campaign
OXFORD United fans stepped up their campaign to persuade football supporters to stop drinking Morrells beer by handing out leaflets at the Manor on Saturday. The group FOUL (Fighting for Oxford United's Life) urged spectators to boycott Morrells until
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Tiger Lilley's killer touch
Oxford Utd 2, Chesterfield 1 SUBSTITUTE Derek Lilley pounced for a last-minute winner for Oxford United in Saturday's relegation six-pointer at the Manor Ground to give new manager Denis Smith his second successive victory. And it was a goal which could
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Cafe row 'may go to public inquiry'
A row over plans to expand a town centre beauty salon to include a cafe may be decided at a public inquiry, writes Karen Rosine. The plans were refused by the Vale of White Horse District Council in November despite a 543-name petition backing the venture
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Web help for HIV sufferers
HIV sufferers are logging on to a unique new web site developed in Oxford offering information and advice, writes Victoria Owen. The new internet pages are open to anyone living with Aids or HIV, whether as a patient, carer or relative. But unlike other
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New bid to gain cash for ex-PoWs
A war veteran's fight for compensation from the Japanese is now moving to America, writes David Horne. Former prisoner-of-war Arthur Titherington, of Church Green, Witney, is heading a groundbreaking legal claim alleging torture and enslavement against
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Community offers £1m for canal site
A community has made a £1m bid for a site near the Oxford Canal, writes RoseenaParveen. The Jericho Canalside Development Group, a consortium of Jericho Community Association, St Barnabas Church and local businesses has bid for more than an acre of land
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United are Fear-some!
OXFORD United are full steam ahead for second division survival - after Peter Fear's stunning first goal of the season, writes Jon Murray. The former Wimbledon midfielder struck a brilliant 25-yarder to put Denis Smith's side on their way to a vital 2
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Peggy's a big box office hit
Theatre box office veteran Peggy Barson has been within reach of the stars for 60 years - but amazingly has met very few of them, writes Roseena Parveen. She started work at the New Theatre, now the Apollo, in George Street, Oxford, when she was 19. Now
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So is tea the new coffee?
During the 1990s Britain became a paid-up member of the Cappuccino Club. City slickers went through a phase of standing on street corners slurping their latte with a hint of mocha, and many a business deal was signed over a cup of Colombian, writes Zahra
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Nightmare at the hands of my lover
Heartbroken Kim Whitehead spoke today of the terrifying public humiliation she suffered at the hands of her lover, writes Andrew Ffrench. Kim was stripped naked and beaten unconscious outside a pub in front of a crowd of horrified onlookers after a row
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£3m plan to boost trade
OXFORDSHIRE could become a leading centre for co-operation and mutual enterprises according to new plans. The proposals are part of a major report by the Oxford Mutuality Taskforce involving a £3m scheme to develop a "Social Enterprise Hub" to help businesses
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Smith aiming to sign top defender
OXFORD United boss Denis Smith was today set to make his move for a Premiership defender on loan after seeing his team at last break their home hoodoo. Centre backs Phil Whelan and Steve Davis are suspended for next Saturday's match against Wrexham after
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Jail term for heroin dealer
A drug dealer arrested during a special undercover police operation last year was jailed for four years, writes Colin Fenton. At Oxford Crown Court, George Ward, 33, of Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford, admitted four charges of supplying heroin to an
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Jealousy sparked an attack
Jealous Neil Harrison repeatedly hit another man over the head with a rubber mallet for dating his former girlfriend, writes Andrew French. Oxford Crown Court heard yesterday (FRI) how Harrison, 27, of Old Grimsbury Road, Banbury, launched the savage
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Appeal for creature comforts
An animal rescue centre is appealing for homes for a comprehensive menagerie of creatures, writes Michael Hambleton. Julie Ball, who has opened Oxfordshire's first rodent and reptile rescue centre, made the plea on behalf of Penny, an 11ft Burmese python
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Take your hat off to chips!
It was clearly too much to hope that any of the three per cent of people in the UK who apparently prefer to eat their chips in the nude would be present at the Press launch of National Chip Week, writes Anna Melville-James. While the sight of folk scoffing
