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American football: Saints' unbeaten run over
The Domino's Oxford Saints lost their unbeaten British Senior League Division 2 record at the hands of long-time rivals the Personal Assurance Knights at Oxford RFC on Saturday. Saints could only manage a couple of field goals from Steve Belcher, going
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Cricket: It's high fives for Rowant
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 3B round-up **Aston Rowant made it five straight wins, this time by four wickets against Didcot, whose 132 all out was never enough. Nick O'Hara did the damage with 6-34, while keeper Andrew Levick took three fine
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Cricket: Kelly's the hero as Mills bomb in
Class Press Cherwell League Division 3A round-up **Witney Mills kept up the pressure on leaders Kidlington with a five-wicket win over Rover Cowley 2nd. Steve Kelly took 4-32 as Rover made 180-7 after being put in, Matty Watts top-scoring with 59. Kelly
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Cricket: Parmar puts Thame on track
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 1 round-up **Manoj Parmar stole the show with 4-49 and an unbeaten century to give Thame a four-wicket win at second-placed Challow & Childrey. Opting to bat first, Challow were restricted to 186-8, Blair Copelin
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Cricket: Dave Clark's five boost Bicester
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 2 round-up **Bicester & North Oxford 2nd chalked up their first win of the season with a six-wicket victory against fellow strugglers Bletchley 2nd. Dave Clark's 5-19 was instrumental in dismissing the visitors
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Log on to your county
In the first of a series of articles on Oxfordshire Web sites, Andy Chatfield sniffs out a few gems among the providers of community news and services Should Deddington twin with a Chinese city with a population of two million? Did Geri Halliwell really
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Flagging flags and the footie fiasco
George Frew reflects on a night of dashed hopes for England fans . . . On Monday morning, the flags of St George cracked and fluttered briskly on the breezes of optimism which blew through a nation. In Witney and a thousand other English towns, in the
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A fight at the opera
Some of the neighbours aria annoyed and some are overjoyed by the presence of the opera in Garsington Manor's garden. Chief feature writer George Frew reports Every year, before the fat lady even opens her mouth to begin singing at Garsington Opera, the
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Joint celebration to mark the Millennium
A street party is being planned for two villages to mark the Millennium. Residents on the Tubney Millennium Committee have organised a host of events for their village and neighbouring Fyfield. A week-long event will be packed with activities such as
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Injection of the future
The boss of phamaceutical company Powderject hit back at critics telling shareholders he was personally commited to putting his painless injection device on the market, writes Maggie Hartford. The company, which employs 225 people at Oxford Science Park
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Benedict's quest is simply electric
Musician Benedict Heaney has launched an appeal to find the missing prototypes of the modern day electric violin, writes Roseena Parveen. Benedict, 29, of Park Road, Abingdon, fell in love with the electro-violin as a student and is now a music teacher
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Side-effects scare over meningitis jab
Thousands of children in Oxfordshire have been given a meningitis jab blamed for causing blackouts, fits and headaches, writes Victoria Owen. Most complaints about the C-strain inoculation injections relate to ten to 12-year-olds. Many youngsters around
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Village gets itself connected to Pc
A village has bought its beat bobby a mobile phone and an answerphone to help him to fight rural crime, writes Ian Townsend. Chinnor parish councillors agreed to spend the cash after complaining about lack of action by police in tackling drug taking,
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Victory for green and pleasnat land
The green fields of Oxfordshire today looked like being saved from an army of bulldozers after plans for more than 53,000 new homes were rejected, writes Mark Templeton. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's controversial scheme fell at the first hurdle
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Panto with a message
Students will tackle the issue of drug taking in Victorian Britain in a school panto. Pupils at King Alfred's School, Wantage, will perform the musical Poppy about the opium trade. The show aims to be humorous without making light of the subject. The
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Trading places with Eastenders
Youngsters from an east London primary school visited an Oxford college to learn about the opportunities which could await them in future years. In the aftermath of the furore over Oxford University's alleged elitism, the doors of Balliol College were
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Motorsport: Reynard bid for Le Mans glory
Chrysler have entered two Bicester-built Reynard 2KQ sports cars for the 2000 Le Mans 24-hour race. Chrysler's factory-backed effort, entered under the organisation of Mopar Team ORECA, will see the race debut of the aluminium Mopar 6.0-litre V8 racing
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Formula 1: Button laps it up at Monza
Jenson Button completed a highly successful three-day test session for the Grove-based BMW Williams Team, topping the lap times at Monza. Working on set up configurations for next week's Canadian Grand Prix, Button set a fastest lap of 1min 24.054secs
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Cricket: Moorman knock proves all in vain
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 3C round-up **Skipper Nick Moorman finished agonisingly short of a century with an unbeaten 98 for Oxford 2nd - but it failed to stop runaway leaders Tiddington recording a seven-wicket win. Moorman's knock allowed
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County looks to be in-spired.com
Oxfordshire County Council is about to launch a new site aimed at young people in Oxfordshire. Targeting a broad age group from 11 to 24, spired.com promises not only to provide a range of information, but also aims to encourage its readers to submit
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Tours begin
Guided tours of the newly completed Hertford College Graduate Centre near Folly Bridge, Oxford, are arranged this week as part of Southern Arts' celebration of Architecture Week. Visits to the centre in Abingdon Road will take place tomorrow and Thursday
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Some dirt good for you chef
TV chef Antony Worrall-Thompson has defended his claim that a little bit of dirt in food does no harm. A row erupted yesterday when Michael Mackenzie, director general of the Food and Drink Federation, accused him and Sir Terence Conran of encouraging
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Scientists' plea on lab animal delay
A dozen Oxford professors are among 100 top British medical scientists who complain that red tape on animal experiments is holding back vital research. The group, which includes Professor Colin Blakemore, a long-time defender of the need for animals in
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Jennifer offers kidney to friend
Selfless Jennifer Cox has pledged to donate a kidney to her best friend after a disease left her pal a 'ticking timebomb', writes Rebecca Smith. Pat Guntert, 42, of Andersey Way, Abingdon, has hereditary polycystic kidney, a disease in which cysts form
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Ruling may clear way for shop
People fighting a booze ban that is stopping a shop coming to their community could soon be popping champagne corks, writes Mark Templeton. A covenant owned by pub company Morrells prevents alcohol being sold within a half-mile radius of its Blackbird
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Sainsbury's will shut up shop
Sainsbury's is to close its Cowley store after 23 years. The news has come as a shock to the 104 workers at the branch at Templars Square, Oxford, who have now been offered jobs at the supermarket giant's three other local outlets. One worker said: "It's
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About time, too!
Villagers today gave an enthusiastic welcome to plans to give their community a 1m environmental facelift, writes Tim Hughes. Residents in Berinsfield have greeted news of the environmental improvements, which are being planned for their community as
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Robbo leaving?
Oxford United skipper Les Robinson is set to be unveiled today as the new player-coach of Mansfield Town, according to reports from Nottinghamshire. Robinson, who has spent ten years at the Manor Ground, is understood to have accepted Mansfield's two-year
