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Cricket: Kimble v Bourton Vale
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Runaway leaders Kimble suffered their first defeat of the season as they went down by 114 runs to second-placed Bourton Vale. Richard Howell hit a splendid 136 for Vale as they made 250 all out. He shared in
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Cricket: Leighton Buzzard v Rover Cowley
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Rover Cowley took a major step towards survival with a 77-run defeat of Leighton Buzzard, who are now relegated. Chris Thomas smashed 96 off just 119 balls and with Chris Ball (48) and Saneth (32) also in the
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Rugby: Oxford camp proves a hit
Oxford's second player development rugby league camp has been hailed a success by coaches from Super League outfit Halifax Bluesox. Twenty nominated under 13 boys from Oxford undertook a three-day residential course at the Hill End campus to receive training
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Super Stacey roars to national silver
Witney's Stacey Bailes clinched the silver medal in an exciting 16-year 200m breaststroke final at the Kellogg's Frosties National Age Group Championships at Coventry. Bailes finished in a time of 2.44.51, behind the winner Laura Graham, of Millfield,
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New way to check schools
Online house hunters will soon be able to check out on the net the best schools in the area they are looking to move to, following a tie-up between two of the UK's leading Internet groups. From September 1 asserta home, the online home moving portal,
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Asda to join net link-up
Online shopping received a big boost after Britain's third biggest supermarket chain Asda announced it is to spearhead a new Internet alliance. Asda has joined up with Internet giant AOL Europe and UK shopping portal ShopSmart.com to target online shoppers
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Punters don't need to go to the dogs!
Greyhound punters will no longer have to go to the dogs to keep track of races from this week they can simply log on to keep up. The service, which is not yet available to punters betting on races at Oxford Stadium, will be provided by bookies Ladbrokes
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Takeaway plan is left to simmer
Plans to open a hot food takeaway in a residential area of Abingdon are being considered by the Vale of White Horse District Council. The hot food business has been proposed for the parade of shops in Reynolds, beneath flats. Planning officer Mike Gilbert
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Review: The Outside Edge at The Mill at Sonning until September 9
LIKE many wives, Miriam is a victim of her husband's passion for cricket. When he plays a good innings for the suburban side he captains, he relives it stroke by stroke that night in bed; when he flunks it, there's no rest either, for he then reprises
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Cricket: Banbury Twenty v Cumnor
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Second-placed Banbury Twenty kept up the pressure with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Cumnor, who were bowled out for 167 by recently-promoted Dave Covington (6-59) and Phil Densham (3-35). Dave Burbidge
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Cricket: Chalgrove v Dinton
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Dinton amassed 258-6 at Chalgrove as Phil Scott (90), Darren Risden (59) and Chris Binnie (37 no) all made hay in the sunshine, Darren Clark taking 3-87. Chalgrove made a fight of it as Malcolm Cox-Rogers (59
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The town that peps up its love life with pills
When it comes to a little of what you fancy, it seems that the good burghers of Henley on Thames are more than up for it, writes George Frew. Despite its rather genteel and restrained image, Henley is apparently awash with supermarket sales of a sex wonderdrug
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Pride in 30-minute life-saver
A WORLD-leading electronics company which developed a life-saving machine to diagnose meningitis has been given the stamp of approval by Wantage MP Robert Jackson. Mr Jackson praised Wantage-based Electro Medical Supplies, describing the company as a
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Council criticised on signs
Motoring organisations have condemned a council blunder which meant police could not enforce speed limits in parts of Oxfordshire. The Oxford Mail exclusively revealed an error over bringing in new 30mph speed limits on more than 50 stretches of road
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'Crop circle is a prank'
A crop circle which has attracted hundreds of visitors was made by "clever pranksters", according to villagers. People in Uffington have dismissed suggestions that an intricate series of rings found in a wheat field near the White Horse hill figure is
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Call for probe into pervert release
Calls were made today for a top-level probe into how serial sex attacker Paul Robson was allowed out of prison to attack again. The pervert and convicted paedophile was jailed for life yesterday after he carried out a sickening attack on a woman in her
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Ring of steel for scientists
University bosses want to put a ring of steel around sensitive science buildings to stop vandalism and attacks on staff, writes Mark Templeton. Oxford University has applied for permission to put up the steel security fencing and gates around most of
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Striking postmen wait for decision
Royal Mail workers were holding a crucial meeting today to decide whether to continue their strike, writes Emma Henry. The week-long stoppage, affecting Oxford and Bicester, has paralysed deliveries and collections in many parts of Oxfordshire. The dispute
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Vigilante threat over allotment vandalism
Angry allotment holders today vowed to take the law into their own hands unless action is taken to stop damage and drug use on their site, writes Mark Templeton. The fed-up gardeners many of them pensioners say they will be forced to turn vigilante unless
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Beggars run parking scam
Security could be tightened at an Oxford car park after claims that the county council is being cheated out of cash, writes Rebecca Smith. Beggars are accosting motorists, persuading them to hand over their parking tickets and then selling them to other
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Heart valve bank in closure threat
A vital hospital heart unit, which saves a life a day, could close because of a lack of cash, writes Victoria Owen. The Oxford Heart Valve Bank is desperate for 150,000 to renovate its laboratories to meet new clinical standards. The nine-year-old centre
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University calls for ring of steel
University bosses want to put a ring of steel around sensitive science buildings to stop vandalism and attacks on staff. Oxford University has applied for permission to put up the steel security fencing and gates around most of its science area in Parks
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Cricket: Thame v Challow & Childrey
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Manoj Parmar hit his fourth league century of the season - and his second this term against Challow & Childrey - as Thame rattled up 250-4 off their 50 overs. Parmar finished on 121 not out after putting
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Cricket: Buckingham v Oxford Nondes
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Oxford Nondescripts plunged deeper into trouble at the foot of the table with a six-wicket defeat against relegation rivals Buckingham. Going into the game, Nondies were one place and one point above Buckingham
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Cricket: Play it again, say OCA
The OCA have ordered the Division 2 match between Witney Swifts and Twyford to be replayed after their recent clash ended in controversy. The match at The Leys on Saturday, July 29 came to a premature finish when the umpires pulled up the stumps after
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Plato sets the pace
Jason Plato is out in front as the fastest qualifier in this year's British Touring Car Championship field. The 32-year-old, from Oxford, has set six fastest laps so far in the 24-round championship, which is twice as many as the next men, Banbury-based
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Tennis: Tim out to end finals bogey
Tim Henman has vowed to crack his dismal run of defeats in ATP finals a day after losing his seventh consecutive title-decider. The only way I'm going to break it is to keep putting myself in the situation, said the British No 1 from Oxfordshire, as he
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Darts: Quarry's magnificent seven
Section 5 leaders Quarry Gate B have got their sights set firmly on the title after their seventh consecutive victory. Marston Royal British Legion were their latest victims, going down 6-3 after wins from Weller, Whitlock, Lofthouse, Foster and Sealey
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Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Old Fire Station, Oxford (until Aug 26)
If the weather doesn't favour outdoor Shakespeare, then visitors to Oxford may well prefer another traditional entertainment, a student production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, which is at the Old Fire Station, alternating with performances
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Cricket: Banbury 2nd v Oxford Downs
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Oxford Downs kept up the pressure on Bourton with a seven-wicket thrashing of Banbury 2nd. Ian Caunce took 3-34 as Banbury were shot out for 120, before striking 34 in Downs' reply of 121-3 in which Will Maughan
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Cricket: Shipton v Sandford St Martin
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 1 Shipton-under-Wychwood stay top after staging a tremednous run chase to overhaul Sandford St Martin's 240-7. Steve Bates (86), Ian Lewis (31) and Paul Jennings (61 no) took Shipton to victory. Earlier, Mark Robey
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Cricket: Bletchley 2nd v Bicester & NO 2nd
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Bicester & North Oxford 2nd had the better of their basement battle with Bletchley 2nd, who are relegated as a result. Bicester rattled up 202 after being inserted, with John Baxter (75) and David Bean (31
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Cricket: Great Tew v Kingston Bagpuize
Classic Press Cherwell League - Division 2 Great & Little Tew got the better of a draw against fellow strugglers Kingston Bagpuize to swap places in the bottom three. The Tews made 216-5 with Paul Catling (53), Keith Melksham (41 no), Steve Clayton
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Healthy profits for clubs
A FLOOD of first-time gym members helped health clubs group Esporta which has opened a club in Woodstock Road, Oxford to a muscular set of profits at its half-year stage, writes David Duffy. The group, which currently has 26 clubs, turned in bulging profits
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Soaring web firm heads out west
INTERNET conference firm RMR plans to set up a US office as it continues its meteoric expansion, writes David Duffy. The company, which moved to Eynsham last year, was initially set up as a web design and development company. But it moved into the online
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Wendy quits paper chase
Newsagent Wendy Green is retiring after running her Oxford city centre shop for almost 20 years. She has decided to call it a day and spend her retirement on two of her hobbies - teaching music and breeding dogs. Mrs Green, 53, who lives in Hanwell, near
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Ex-MoD sergeant dies, 87
'Nobby' Clark, a former Ministry of Defence sergeant who lived in Didcot for nearly 40 years, has died at the age of 87. Mr Clark enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps in 1939 and transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers after being
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Duo count cost of comedy
Former Nat West men Ken Norman and Tim Lyon were hardly laughing all the way to the bank after taking their comedy act to the West End. But the pair were delighted to have half-filled Her Majesty's Theatre, which they paid 12,000 to hire for one night
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Lee backed by U's boss
Oxford United boss Denis Smith has acted quickly to put things right following Saturday's opening day defeat at the hands of Peterborough. Smith sat down with his squad after yesterday's photocall at the Manor, hoping to address the areas which let his
