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Clinton elects to move to Oxfordshire
President Bill Clinton is planning to set up home in Oxfordshire when he leaves the White House. The US leader has been househunting and British Special Branch officers are preparing feasibility reports on a number of properties. The former Rhodes Scholar
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Football: Keown's warning
Wheatley-based England star Martin Keown has warned against complacency in tonight's Euro 2000 clash with Romania. The defender played a crucial role in the 1-0 win over Germany on Saturday but will be urging his teammates not to assume they've finished
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Speedwway: Rider death stuns fans
Friends of Oxford Cheetahs speedway rider Jon Underwood are mourning their hero after his death in a motorway crash in Belgium. Underwood, 24, was killed while travelling back from a grasstrack meeting in the Dutch city of Groningen on Sunday when the
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Cricket: Cropredy's last pair clinch victory
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 3B round-up **Cropredy, who are making a habit of nail-biting finishes, scored the winning run against Didcot in the final over, with their last pair at the crease. After Julian Hitchman scored 83 in Didcot's 200
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Cricket: Shepherd steers Kingston home
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 2 round-up **A virtuoso batting display by Martin Shepherd saw Kingston Bagpuize scrape home by three wickets against Bicester & North Oxford 2nd. Shepherd (81no) scored all but 31 of his side's runs as they
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Darts: League results
All the details from the Morrells & Odda League MEN'S RESULTS Premier & Section 1: The Plough 3, Railway SC D 6; Littlemore RBL 3, Quarry Gate A 6; Shelley Arms C 6, Cowley CC B 3. Section 2: Woodstock Arms A 5, Railway SC C 4; Cowley CC C 5,
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Dad appeals for lost son
Distraught father James Knight is still searching for scraps of information in the hunt for his missing 30-year-old son Colin. Mr Knight, of Valentia Close, Bletchingdon, spent Fathers' Day searching near the Spelsbury to Chipping Norton road, where someone
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Motorsport: Audi make it 1-2-3
Audi cruised to a dominant one-two-three Le Mans 24 Hour victory in an incredible display of speed and reliability by the German manufacturer. Former British Touring Car Champion Frank Biela, partnered by Tom Kristensen and Emanuele Pirro, swept their
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Motorsport: Nutt's on Time
Standlake-based Vision Motorsport rally driver Dave Nutt and novice co-driver Emma Bateman finished first in class and eighth overall in the Time Retail Finance-backed Peugeot 106 GTi, in the Abingdon motorsport Car-nival Stages Rally at Dalton Barracks
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Motorsport: Lad Dunn well
Silverstone and Ferrari racing instructor Anthony Dunn, of Duns Tew, near Chipping Norton, pushed British champion Glenn Reyland all the way at the Hunts Kart Club race meet at Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire. Dunn finished two kart lengths behind Reyland in
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Cricket: Thame win by eight wickets
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 6B round-up Thame 2nd sent leaders Buckingham 2nd crashing to an eight-wicket defeat. Neil Waters (61no) and Philip Mander (45no) made sure of maximum points for Thame after James McGregor had taken 3-41 in holding
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Football: United to play Chelsea XI
United are to take on FA Cup winners Chelsea in one of their pre-season friendlies. The game will take place at the Manor Ground on Friday, July 28, but United have pointed out that it will be a Chelsea XI because none of the internationals currently
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Centres promise job boom
NEW innovation centres in Oxfordshire are aiming to create 3,500 jobs within the next ten years, writes Maggie Hartford. The idea of providing homes for small start-up companies came from the Oxford Trust, a charity set up by Oxford Instruments founders
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Know your spices
A beginner's guide to the hot and tasty ****** CHILLI There are more than 200 varieties of chilli, all of which contain capsicum which is what gives them their fiery heat which comes mostly from the seeds and membranes. *Take great care when chopping
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Getaway car 'disguised as taxi'
Robbers disguised a getaway car as a taxi following a robbery at Nuneham Courtenay, police said today. Last Wednesday, three men threatened the postmaster and stole cash after going into the post office on the B4074 at Nuneham Courtenay. No-one was hurt
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'Angels' back in the air
Oxfordshire's lifesaving air ambulance service will take to the skies again in a borrowed helicopter tomorrow (June 21) after its own aircraft crashed. The service, which is run by the Royal Berkshire Ambulance Service in partnership with Oxford Ambulance
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Arthur sets the standard
ROYAL British Legion member Arthur Reed has been awarded a gold badge after carrying the legion standard for more than 20 years. Arthur, 68, of Stow Hill, Childrey, near Wantage, has been a member of the Challow branch for more than 30 years and the badge
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'Asylum rate will drop'
The number of asylum-seekers in Oxford is expected to drop in the wake of tough new laws introduced to stem the flow of refugees. Around 1,500 people are living in the city after fleeing from abroad, placing huge pressures on social services. But now
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Neighbours sound off at runway races
Motorcycle and car racing on runways at the former RAF Abingdon base is making life a misery for villagers, writes Michael Hambleton. As neighbours besieged a telephone hotline for environmental complaints at the Vale of White Horse District Council,
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Arthur returns to the killing fields
First World War veteran Arthur Halestrap calls himself "one of the little ones who got away", writes Nick Evans. Arthur knows he is lucky to be alive when so many of his friends and fellow soldiers lost their lives in the green countryside of France that
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Teaching at home soars
Parents are taking their children out of Oxfordshire schools to educate them at home, writes Madeleine Pennell. And the top reason given for the drastic step is classroom bullying. The number of children taken out of schools in the county has risen by
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Cricket: Mackie boosts Tiddington
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 3C round-up **John Mackie hit an unbeaten 106 as Tiddington passed Stokenchurch's 187 for the loss of only four wickets. Points: Tiddington 30, Stokenchurch 12 **Long Marston, who made 185-8, lost by seven wickets
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Darts: Six 60s in a row for Ollie
Ollie Varney may be approaching the veteran stage but he proved he has few equals in the county as he beat Buckie 3-0 in Premier Section leaders Railway Social Club D's win over ODDA Section 1 rivals Plough Inn, Sutton Courtney. He started the match with
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Formula 1: Benetton delighted but Schu's the star
Teams from Oxfordshire were in the points as Michael Schumacher swept to his fifth win of the season in the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal. Giancarlo Fisichella took another podium place for the Enstone-based Benetton team alongside the Ferrari pairing
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Cricket: Whirlwind Jason blasts Kidlington
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 3A round-up **Jason Constable smashed a brilliant 123 not out as leaders Kidlington raced to a ten-wicket win over Wallingford. Constable's whirlwind innings included six sixes and 17 fours off just 80 balls, and
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Cricket: Terrific Thomas hits a ton
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 1 round-up **Chris Thomas hit a superb unbeaten century as Rover Cowley continued their climb up the table with a resounding nine-wicket win over Sandford St Martin, writes Keith Campbell. Thomas struck 103 not out
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Seeking wartime memories
From: Jeff Codori, 626 33rd Ave. #12, San Francisco, CA, 94121 Howdy! Here's the story: I'm a photographer with a long-standing though generally nebulous interest in the 8th Army Air Force of the Second World War. In recent months though, I've developed
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Swimming: Jackson storms in for Witney
Neil Jackson was the star as Witney finished third out of four in the B Grade Sprint Gala at Cirencester. Competing in the boys 16 and under breaststroke, Jackson stormed to victory with a new pb which earned him the swimmer-of-the-match award. Sophie
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Cricket: Leaders quash Didcot
Classic Press Cherwell Leagye Division 6C round-up Phil Slatter (5-55) and Gordon Taylor (5-49) did the damage as leaders Great and Little Tew 2nd bowled out Didcot 2nd for 111 to set up a five-wicket win. Second-placed Shipton 2nd scored 185-7 against
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Wobbly Wallingford all out for 10!
Classic Press Cherwell League Division 6A round-up Wallingford 2nd equalled the lowest total in league history when they crashed to ten all out against Cropredy 2nd, writes Stefan Pilcher. Mike Starkie (5-4) and 15-year-old Will Allen (4-4) did the damage
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Rugby: Thomas stars for Cavs
Prolific scorer Matt Thomas was at it again as Oxford Cavaliers maintained their lead at the top of the Rugby League Conference Southern Division with a 72-0 win over lowly South London Storm. In the intense heat Thomas, the English Universities stand-off
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Our city's glorious past captured in art
As the Turner's Oxford exhibition opens at the Ashmolean, Patrick Fleming reflects on an extraordinary collection A remarkable art exhibition that celebrates the stunning architecture and landscape of Oxford opens at the city's Ashmolean Museum tonight
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Oxford battles with killer flu virus
A flu virus which swept the globe and wiped out 20 million people in 1918 could soon be reconstructed following cutting-edge research in Oxford. Highly-advanced technology designed by a top-level team of scientists, based at Oxford University's Sir William
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IKEA could expand here
Long-term plans by Swedish furniture giant IKEA to invest 700m in new stores across the UK over the next ten years could include a store in Oxfordshire. IKEA is the world's largest furniture store and the UK is the company's second-largest market. At
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Spice up your life
Have you ever wondered what our food would taste like if we didn't add the occasional pinch of spice to the pot? asks Helen Peacocke. Nowadays we take spices for granted, almost everything we cook has a touch of spice, thanks to the fusion of cuisines
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Depleted supplies worry blood centre
Blood donors are being urged to help increase vital stocks before Oxford Blood Centre reaches crisis levels. A surge in operations has left the city's National Blood Service unit with depleted supplies. And the problem has been compounded by the beginning
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Train overshoots red signal at Paddington
An investigation has begun after a train passed a red signal near the site of the Paddington rail crash. The incident involved a Thames Trains turbo, which is believed to have gone 500 yards past a danger signal. The train was heading into Paddington
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Inspector throws out homes scheme
Plans to build 19 new houses on the site of a former old people's home have been rejected. Oxfordshire County Council wanted to sell Cutteslowe Court in Wyatt Road, Oxford, for private housing. But the city council launched an appeal against the scheme
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'We're winning the war on rural crime'
Police are winning the war on rural crime, despite villagers' claims to the contrary, a top police officer has said. Supt Phil Gormley, Thames Valley Police's Southern Oxfordshire Area Commander, pointed to a 22 per cent reduction in all crime. The area
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Whelan's off to the seaside
Phil Whelan, one of the many players to turn down the new contracts they have been offered by Oxford United, is dropping down to Division 3 to join Southend United. The centre back is expected to put pen to paper at Roots Hall today, and Southend manager
