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Police given rural beating
A rural community today admitted it had lost faith in the police, branding its service "appalling". Angry councillors from Haddenham, near Thame, have blasted Thames Valley Police's poor response after 92-year-old Nellie Lanchbury's home was set on fire
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Theatre
Your guide to theatre, musicals and dance in Oxfordshire from June 9-15. Updated every Friday. Send your entries to listings editor Wendy Broadway (wendy.broadway@nqo.com). APOLLO OXFORD, (0870 6063500) Fri and Sat, Blues Brothers Meets Soul Sisters.
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Cricket: It's ladies first at Tiddington
It was a case of ladies first when Tiddington played Kidlington in a 3rd XI cricket match on Saturday. Opening the bowling for Tiddington in this Cherwell League game were two teenage girls, Hannah Burr and Rachel Stoakes. "The girls have been members
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Cricket: Salman is the hero again
Salman Kahn proved his 87 on Wednesday in a last-wicket partnership of 134 with Alan Gofton was no fluke by again excelling with the bat as Oxford Universities beat Northants by three wickets in The Parks yesterday. Set a target of 243 off a possible
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Music
Your guide to classical and other concerts in Oxfordshire from June 9 -15. Updated every Friday. Send your entries to listings editor Wendy Broadway (wendy.broadway@nqo.com). FRIDAY, JUNE 9 Holywell Music Room: The Allegri String Quartet with Aline Nassif
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Football: Beauchamp deal progress
Joey Beauchamp could yet be staying at Oxford United. The winger, who has been made a tempting offer by rivals Reading, has been involved in a series of talks with United boss Denis Smith. And Smith emerged yesterday to declare: "I think we've got a deal
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Speedway: Lemon out to put squeeze on Wolves
JT Commercial/FOX Cheetahs welcome back fit-again Mark Lemon for the visit of Wolverhampton in their Elite League encounter at the Stadium tonight (7.30pm). Lemon, who had to pull out of the meeting at King's Lynn with an ankle injury, has now had almost
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New frontiers for the musical army
Anna Melville-James looks at the latest musical technology online Once upon a time, downloading music from computers was strictly for anoraks and net-nerds. But, as is the way of the world, what was once decidedly naff is now the hippest way to check
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Review: Babybird, The Zodiac, June 6
When a lead singer tells you he's on stage in "about" half an hour as he orders another pint in a pub which isn't even the venue he's playing in then you may question how much effort he's putting in, writes MARK TEMPLETON. And when you see the same guy
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Review: Thea Gilmore, roots.net, June 2
The mark of a great performer is the ability to rise above adversity - which is what North Aston singer/songwriter Thea Gilmore did at roots.net on Friday night, writes Tim Metcalfe. It was the first night of the UK tour for Thea and her band, which includes
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Profile: Ask Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi
Pookie Hudson chats to a band named after an extinct Hawaiian bird. Bizarre or what? Don't make the mistake of calling Welsh wizards Mo-Ho-Bish-O-Pi an art-school band. It upsets them. They prefer to be described as a band of new-wave white-trash sonic
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D-day for Unipart housing
Controversial plans for a canalside housing development were being debated by council planners today after being scaled down following a public outcry. Berkeley Homes wants to build the houses on the Unipart site off Woodstock Road in north Oxford. The
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Coach park fury prompts review
A review of tourist coach parking in Oxford is to be undertaken in the wake of the controversy over a proposed pay and display site. The city council's highways and traffic committee wants dropping-off and picking-up points in the north and south of the
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Outlook rosy for economy
Oxford has become a boom city, with about 400m of investment in the last five years, a report reveals today. But it is in danger of becoming a victim of its own success, as the city will have to work harder than ever to retain its stature as a working
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Car workers are off to Germany
Hundreds of Cowley car workers will be travelling to Germany as the factory prepares for the launch of the new Mini. The workers are going flat out for the next two months to produce 2,600 Rover 75 luxury saloons and 6,600 car bodies ready for the switch
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Films
Your guide to cinema programmes and times in Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties from June 9-15. Updated every Friday. Send your entries to listings editor Wendy Broadway (wendy.broadway@nqo.com). ABC MAGDALEN STREET, OXFORD (01865 251998) Gladiator
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Keown's fingers crossed
Oxford-based England star Martin Keown admits he will be "devastated" if he is not selected for his country's opening Euro 2000 game against Portugal next Monday. The Arsenal defender, who lives at Wheatley, played against Brazil at Wembley and in the
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Gardens
Gardens open under the National Gardens Scheme from June 9-15. Updated every Friday. SATURDAY, JUNE 10 Hill Court, Tackley: Two acre walled garden. 17th-century stables and pigeon house. 2-6pm. Admission 2, children free. Teas and plants. Wheelchairs
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Events
Your guide to events in and around Oxfordshire, between June 9-15. Updated every Friday. Send your entries to listings editor Wendy Broadway (wendy.broadway@nqo.com). FRIDAY, JUNE 9 **Restore, plants, crafts and card shop: Restore, Manzil Way, off Cowley
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A clear path to success
A HOME improvements company is celebrating after a trio of successes in one week, writes Sarah Parker. Cherwell Windows, based at Beaumont Road, Banbury, is to invest 200,000 and create ten new jobs. It has also acquired rival window firm Technique 2000
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Dozens of jobsgo as club shuts
Staff have been left high and dry after a music venue closed owing 500,000. All those working at roots.net in Park End Street, Oxford, were told that it was closing after legal advice - and they were losing their jobs with immediate effect. In a further
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Preview: Down by the Riverside
The Charlbury-based Lock-In crew will be holding their third annual two-day free festival next weekend, writes Templeton Blake. Despite clashing with a certain very important football match, they've come up with a line-up of acts who could sell out most
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Health bosses praised
Oxfordshire NHS bosses have been praised by MPs for leading the way in the efficient use of medical equipment, and saving money to spend on patients. The all-party House of Commons Public Accounts Committee urged National Health Service chiefs to do more
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African drummers on beat at festival
African drummers will be adding colour and passion to the festivities at Oxford's Millennium festival this summer. The Oxford Drum troop, in full national dress, will be joining the 1,000 voice choir and mass orchestra to perform the hour-long piece written
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Patients dilemma for GPs
Family doctors are being forced to send patients to an overcrowded casualty department because of community hospital closures and social services cash cuts, says a county GP. Dr Sandy Scott said there was nowhere but Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital accident
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Exhibitions
Your guide to art and museum exhibitions in Oxfordshire from June 9-15. Updated every Friday. Send your entries to listings editor Wendy Broadway (wendy.broadway@nqo.com). Museum of Modern Art: Tues-Sun 11am-6pm, Thurs 11am-9pm. Until Jul 2, Weegee (1899
