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Sir Richard is top role model
Sir Richard Branson remains the number one role model for students, according to a new report. Not one of the 500 final-year undergraduates surveyed named internet heroes such as Oxford graduate Martha Lane Fox, of lastminute.com, and Mike Lynch of Autonomy
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Primary school nearer
A controversial plan to create a large new primary school has moved a step closer. County councillors backed the proposal to merge Wantage infants and juniors. Residents had raised concerns over road safety, but officers promised measures would be taken
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Bar billiards: Girls make amends
Oxford Ladies gained some consolation in the second round of the Inter-area round robin competition by winning 4-1 at home after crashing 5-0 in their first leg at Witney. Sue Leach (5,350) and Jenny Abbott (8,740) put Oxford 2-0 up, with Witney's Jenny
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Golf: Tour ace comes to the Lakes
Witney Lakes have acquired the services of European Tour player Mark Booth, who is joining as a teaching and playing professional. The 36-year-old, who has been a regular on the European, Asian and African Tours has won more than 50 professional events
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Bowls: West Witney on the rampage
Top performance of the week in the Kennington Bowls Specialists Oxford & District League came from West Witney. Their Division 2 match at home to a struggling West Oxford team saw the Witney club win by 69 shots, Pete Latter's rink top-scoring with
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Cricket: County need big improvement
Oxfordshire have it all to do if they are to make it through to the knockout stages of the 38-County Competition after a crushing seven-wicket defeat away to a Surrey Board XI yesterday. Semi-finalists in 1998 and quarter-finalists last season, Oxon must
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Bowls: Oxon off to a flier
Oxfordshire got their Middleton Cup campaign off to a flying start with a 122-114 victory over Hampshire at Banbury Central. The much-changed Oxon side, under new manager Bob Gilkes, turned in a solid team performance against the county who topped their
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Greyhounds: Preview
Race card for Friday's meeting at the Oxford Stadium (June 9) 12.02 450m A9 Charming Lotte (Terry Atkins) Tuckeys Max (Ron Bicknell) Security Wizard (Maurice Massey) Distant Hill (Ian Wills) CHANCE ENCOUNTER (W) (David Egan) Boveens Treasure 3 (W) (Glen
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Log on for chemists
Patients who need emergency medicine can log on to the Internet to find out about out-of-hours chemists in Oxfordshire. Compiled by Thames Valley Primary Care Agency, the list can be accessed at www.oxon-ha.nhs.uk under "Health services/advice". The agency
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Abingdon site launched
Businesses, residents, councillors, reporters and even local bed-and-breakfast owners turned out in force for the launch of Abingdon's official internet site. Set up by Abingdon's Joint Economic Forum, the new website is set to revolutionise the way things
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Summer? You must be joking
Scotsman George Frew knows a thing or two about the unpredictable nature of our climate . . . Since the subject is the weather, we might as well start with that old seasonal joke in these islands: Q. How do you know when it's summer in Britain? A. The
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Organ donor Rosemary saves husband's life
Rosemary Horne saved the life of her husband Stephen by giving him one of her kidneys. The couple are now recovering at home from their operations at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford. The couple, of Worcester Road, Chipping Norton, surprised experts by
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Proof-of-age card extended
A successful proof-of-age card scheme for youngsters is to be extended. The scheme, which was successfully introduced as a pilot project in the Cherwell area, is being widened to cover Oxford and south Oxfordshire over the next 12 months, with the backing
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Homes plan 'will kill village'
A David and Goliath battle is being waged over plans to build 1,750 homes between Bicester and Chesterton. Two Chesterton residents have complained to the local government Ombudsman about what they claim is the "underhand" way Cherwell District Council
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'Car thief' attacker avoids prison term
Oxford Crown Court was told oil worker Raymond Fielding launched a violent attack on a youth he suspected of being a car thief, writes Colin Fenton. But he escaped a jail term because the judge believed he had made a genuine attempt to protect his friend's
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United miss out on Byfield
Oxford United boss Denis Smith has been thwarted in his bid to sign a new striker with No 1 target Darren Byfield choosing to join second division rivals Walsall instead. Smith had high hopes of landing the pacy 23-year-old forward who has just been released
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Ease the pressure, hospitals tells GPs
GPs have been told to stop referring patients for emergency treatment because the hospital system can't cope, writes Victoria Owen. Family doctors have been accused of sending "huge'' numbers of patients to casualty in the latest crisis to hit Oxford's
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Football: Hill quits Wallingford
Larry Hill has stepped down as boss of Courage Combined Counties side AFC Wallingford due to increasing work commitments. Hill was unable to take training with the first team towards the end of last season and was tired at having to commute between Wallingford
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Golf: Zoe crowned Oxon champ
Zoe Humphris, from Lyneham, became Oxfordshire junior girls champion following a thrilling play-off at Hadden Hill. Both Humphris, who plays off six, and nine-handicapper Narelle Ives (Frilford Heath), came in with gross 79s. The nine-hole play-off, which
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Cricket: Last-pair heroes boost Dark Blues
Oxford Universities' Salman Khan and Alan Gofton produced the innings of their lives on the second day of the match with Northants in The Parks yesterday. When Salman Khan joined Gofton at 87-9, the Universities required another 39 to avoid the possibility
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Speedway: Ref steals attention
Todd Wiltshire and Jimmy Nilsen did Oxford speedway proud against the world's top flight in the William Hill Swedish Grand Prix. OK, they didn't win the title - that went to the courageous Jason Crump - but the Oxford duo made their presence felt throughout
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It must be the water!
Six friends who first met at a pub are all expecting babies before the end of the year. The friends, who first met at the Red Lion pub in Kidlington 12 years ago, still regularly get together but now the talk is of nappies, breast feeding and sleepless
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Vandals strip ancient yew
A 1,600-year-old yew tree is being slowly destroyed by village vandals. Yobs have stripped the tree, which stands in St Mary's churchyard, Iffley, Oxford, of 20ft of bark in recent weeks. And villagers fear if they carry on the tree will die. Simon King
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Teenage monsters or victims?
Zahra Borno spends an evening with the residents at Thornton House children's home in Kidlington Toffee is the most popular flavour yoghurt in the dining room at Thornbury House. Nobody wants black cherry or mandarin but toffee and fudge are prizes worth
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Bookham joins top companies list
HI-TECH firm Bookham Technology has joined the FTSE 100 listing of top UK companies, writes Maggie Hartford. The company, which makes components for the switches and circuits controlling optical signals used for Internet traffic, was the only technology
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Homes bid for pub site
Time is about to be called at a village pub - so that flats and houses may be built on the site. The Punch Pub Company has teamed up with developer Berkeley Homes to replace the Scholar Gypsy pub in Kennington with 14 four-bedroom apartments and four
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Tributes to popular Darren
A devastated family has paid tribute to dad-of-three Darren Furze, who collapsed and died in a car park, writes Roseena Parveen. Mr Furze, 29, complained of feeling dizzy just moments before he collapsed at the wheel of his car as his horrified family
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Cyclists on right track to safety
Cyclists facing danger on the streets were today set to get a better deal thanks to an Oxford Mail campaign, writes Mark Templeton. Councillors will rethink road safety in the city after we highlighted the threats faced every day by bikers in Oxford.
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CCTV call by fuming traders
Traders and residents have urged the police to beef-up patrols following a spate of vandalism. The calls follow incidents in Wallingford town centre in which vandals have smashed shop windows, terrorised householders and lit a fire against the historic
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Forum lays down law on schools
East Oxford's new 'parliament' has sent a strong message to the city council not to build houses on playing fields being sold to fund the city schools' shake-up, writes Madeleine Pennell. The first meeting of the new East Area Parliament passed a resolution
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Legalise use of cannabis, says MP
MP Robert Jackson is backing a campaign for the experimental legalisation of cannabis and admitted he smoked pot occasionally while at university, writes Bill Jacobs. The Wantage MP is one of 15 backbenchers from all parties to call for the move, along
