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Richest college evicts family
A couple with twins are to be made homeless by Oxford University's wealthiest college, writes Mark Templeton. Sarah and Craig Harris and their three-year-old boys have been told to leave their home in Abbey Place, Oxford, by their landlord, Christ Church
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College has no regrets
The college at the centre of the Oxford elitism row today said it had no regrets about turning down Laura Spence despite her A-level success. Laura, 18, from Tyneside, got five straight A grades. Magdalen College President Anthony Smith said: "Of course
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Celebrations as records broken
Schools across the county celebrated record A-level results yesterday, writes Madeleine Pennell. At Gosford Hill School, Kidlington, pupil Nicholas Youngman scored 600 out of 600 for pure and further maths. He was one of three pupils at the school who
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El Boss aims to rule supreme in Gold Cup
PALL Mall champion El Boss will be out to prove he is the guvnor once again when he lines in the RD Racing Gold Cup which gets under way at Oxford Stadium on Tuesday. No-one will forget the starring role he played for Italian film producer Mario Lanfranchi
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Cheetahs in shock loss
Oxford 41, Peterborough 49 OXFORD Cheetahs' hopes of moving up the Elite league table suffered a huge blow as fellow strugglers Peterborough came out on top for the second time this season, at Sandy Lane last night. The defeat came despite a brilliant
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Growing Old - Attitudes to the elderly are changing, writes George Frew.
Do not go gentle into that good night...rage, rage against the dying of the light" - so wrote Dylan Thomas in 1952. Back then, there were a lot of theories among the medical profession about the whole business of ageing, most of which have thankfully
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Design team to the rescue
DESIGN consultancy Touchpaper has launched a new concept in portable creative services, writes David Duffy. The firm, which has offices in Abingdon and Cheltenham, said its Flying Studio was particularly suitable for jobs such as annual reports, product
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Students hook up to Net
HERTFORD College, Oxford, which dates back to the 13th century, has moved into the hi-tech age, writes David Duffy. The college has installed telephone and data points in all student rooms, becoming the first Oxford college to provide this level of Internet
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Amey wins 155m hospital site deal
BUSINESS support services company Amey has scooped a 155m deal with the Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust, writes David Duffy. The group, based at Sutton Courtenay, near Abingdon, won the deal under the Government's Private Finance Initiative, which
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Templeton Blake talks to rising stars, Narco
If something's worth doing, it's worth doing right. An old saying totally applicable to those sensational rising stars, Narco. Arriving in Oxford a couple of months prior to 1997's Radio One Sound City week, core members Rick Aitken and Cave found that
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Sandhills school plan to go ahead
Plans to demolish a school and build a controversial housing estate have been given the go-ahead after a High Court decision, writes Mark Templeton. Oxford City Council appealed against a planning inspector's ruling that Sandhills Primary School in Headington
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Glass ruled out for U's
RESERVE goalkeeper Jimmy Glass has been ruled out of Oxford United's trip to Port Vale in Division 2 today. The former Swindon Town player has failed to recover from a sprained ankle in time to take his place on the bench as cover for Richard Knight.
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Web tax plan rap
Taxpayers have been bitterly disappointed when logging on to the Inland Revenue's new self-assessment Internet e-filing service, says the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Chas Roy-Chowdhury, ACCA's head of taxation, said taxpayers have
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Students hook up to Net
Hertford College, Oxford, which dates back to the 13th century, has moved into the hi-tech age. The college has installed telephone and data points in all student rooms, becoming the first Oxford college to provide this level of Internet access. Greg
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Olivia Convey talks to rising star among wildlife presenters, Charlotte Uhlenbroek, as she launche
Safe in the misty mountains of war-ravaged Rwanda, a tiny miracle has brought a story that began 20 years ago full circle. It was then that Sir David Attenborough astonished and delighted viewers with film of that troubled country's famous gorillas, sitting
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After A-levels: Making the most of a gap year
Prince William is about to embark on a year off after A-levels before going to university, and although his plans are a closely guarded secret, reports of working on an Argentinian ranch, a South African game park and travelling around Australia have
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Witches party into dead of night
WEST End theatre stars were able to party until late thanks to Banbury-based De Boer Structures, which provided temporary structures for the after-show party for the Witches of Eastwick musical premiere. About 1,200 guests were at the celebration at Somerset
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What's the Word?
The next seven days worth of local entertainment get underway with the latest 'capture' for Shifty Disco, Blue Apple Boy, making their Oxford debut at The Point, The Plain. They claim to sound like 'a cross between Scott Walker and the Super Furry Animals
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Review: Tim Metcalfe on Sun-shining, cool-groovin', memory-making, Cropredy
It may have been the sun igniting thoughts of the summer that might have been, or the relaxed vibe, or the eclectic choice of music but Cropredy Y2K was judged by many, me included, to have been the best for some years. For the first time, hard-working
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Films
What's on in cinemas in and around Oxfordshire Aug 18 -25 ABC Magdalen Street, Oxford (01865 251998) X-Men, 12, daily noon, 2.50, 5.40, 8.30pm. ABC George Street, Oxford (01865 251998)Gone in 60 Seconds, 15, daily 3, 5.35, 8.20pm (not 8.20 Thurs). Chicken
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Maurice Evans dies aged 63
MAURICE Evans, the man who led Oxford United to their greatest ever triumph, has died suddenly at the age of 63. Evans, who suffered a heart attack, was the United boss when they won the Milk Cup on an unforgettable April day at Wembley in 1986. They
