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Christian comes to United's rescue
DENIS Smith made a dramatic change of tack to sign the Nottingham Forest central defender Christian Edwards on a month's loan today. The Oxford United manager had set his sights on taking Southampton's Richard Dryden but when he went to watch the Saints
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Swimmers face pool closure over summer
SWIMMERS could be left high and dry for five months while work is carried out at a popular pool, write Phil Clee and Mark Templeton. The roof and air handling unit are being replaced at the Ferry Sports Centre pool in Summertown, Oxford, at a cost of
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OFA chairman Mills resigns
OXFORDSHIRE FA chairman Ray Mills quit last night as the row involving the OFA and their 'sacked secretary' Ron Leaver took a dramatic new twist. Mills, who has been a member of the OFA for 17 years and chairman for the past decade, has also quit as divisional
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Living with the enemy
LAURA Taylor says she will never trust another man as long as she lives, write Zahra Borno and Elinor Shields. It's not surprising. She endured a four-year ordeal of beatings and rape at the hands of the man who said he loved her. Her husband Jeff was
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Paradise murder remains unsolved
A JURY today sensationally cleared the man accused of murdering Oxfordshire schoolteacher Joanne Clarke in the Bahamas, writes Paul Harris. Her horrified family were in court as 20-year-old Tennel McIntosh - who is partially blind, deaf and has a mental
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£6m fund for hi-tech firms
A NEW fund is being launched to raise £6m to invest in Oxfordshire's burgeoning hi-tech industries, writes Maggie Hartford. Oxford Technology Venture Capital Trust said its first fund, launched in 1997, had been such a success that the company had decided
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Carlisle eye up Big Kev
THIRD Division strugglers Carlisle United have shown an interest in taking U's striker Kevin Francis. They made an inquiry last week and were believed to be ready to get back to Denis Smith if Francis successfully came through this week's reserve team
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Ruined flat owner awarded £700,000
A TELEVISION producer won a payout of more than £700,000 after her life was "ruined" by contractors who were called in to refurbish her mansion flat, writes Roseena Parveen. The Court of Appeal heard how Kathleen Saigol, who lives in Oxfordshire with
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Hero tells how he foiled gun raid
A HEROIC pharmacy manager today spoke of the terrifying moment he tackled a robber who pointed a shotgun at him. Andrew Phillips-Godfrey, 55, who runs Knights Pharmacy, in Burchester Place, Banbury, managed to wrestle the weapon - which turned out to
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Cuts threat to small hospital
HOSPITAL campaigners fear a small community hospital could face a bleak future because of cuts caused by massive staff shortages, writes Tim Hughes. Supporters of Wallingford Community Hospital claim that medical services could be permanently lost because
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The MORE the merrier
THE past two months have been an important time in the world of broadcasting in Oxfordshire, writes Zahra Borno. BBC Radio Oxford returned to the airwaves after a brief spell in the wilderness, and Oxford's newest commercial radio station, MORE 106.8
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A paradise touched by taint of evil
HE has the mental age of a primary school pupil and faced the death penalty if he was convicted of killing Joanne Clarke in the Caribbean, writes Paul Harris. But if defence lawyers are to be believed, Tennel McIntosh would have been sacrificed to save
