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Bringing out creative urges
Young people in Witney were given the chance to develop their creative talents with a series of workshops. The Baha'i Community of west Oxfordshire brought in the Northamptonshire-based Unity in Diversity Theatre Company to work with youngsters aged 11
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SPEEDWAY: Cheetahs decline
Another disappointing Elite League defeat for JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs at home to Peterborough has left promoter Steve Purchase pondering his future once again, writes Leon Hill. Purchase said: "I have been in charge for three seasons now and we have struggled
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Net move to fight cancer
The fight against cancer is set to go into cyberspace with the launch of a 500,000 Oxford University project, writes Mark Templeton. A network of experts from around the world will swap ideas and theories over the Internet in the search for a cure. The
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Safer start-ups
The third annual National Franchise Week is planned for September 25 to October 1, writes Sarah Parker. The week, organised by the British Franchise Association, will highlight business format franchising as one of the safest methods to start or expand
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Industrial park to create 200 jobs
Two hi-tech firms are expected to recruit more than 200 extra people with moves to the new Oxford Industrial Park at Yarnton, writes David Duffy. JDS Uniphase, which is based at Witney, has taken over five units for manufacturing new fibre-optic equipment
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Preview: Oxford bands storm Reading
If you've left it till now to get your weekend ticket for Reading, you've left it too late. Weekend tickets sold out for Reading a few weeks ago. It's hardly surprising though, as the line-up is without any doubt the strongest of any of this summer's
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Festival: Embrace at Reading
The Oxford English dictionary describes the word embrace as 'to hold closely and lovingly' which just about sums up the way the British public have taken to the band of the same name, writes Templeton Blake. Fronted by the McNamara Brothers Richard and
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Emma is just wizard
An Oxford schoolgirl is to star in Hollywood's first Harry Potter film. Emma Watson, ten, a pupil at The Dragon School in Bardwell Road, has landed the role of Hermione, one of Harry's best friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The film
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It looks like it'll be Branson
Abingdon is in the running to be the new headquarters of the National Lottery, after Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson, above, appeared to get the thumbs-up ahead of his rivals. Although Sir Richard's bid to run the lottery under the title the People's
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Police unlikely to get allowance
Police officers in Oxfordshire could lose out in their bid to get extra money to offset high living costs, writes Andrew Ffrench. Thames Valley Police are one of seven forces trying to persuade the Government to pay living allowances, to give them pay
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JR to get 83m unit
An 83m unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, will treat 4,000 more people a year than at present, writes Emma Henry. Units dealing with neurology, head and neck injuries, plastic surgery and urinary problems will move from the Radcliffe Infirmary
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Girls beat boys again in exams
Pupils across the county are celebrating top GCSE results today, writes Madeleine Pennell. Girls have again gained more of the top grades than boys, as they did in A-level results, which came out last week. One star pupil bucking the national trend is
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TENNIS: Henman faces Vicente
Oxfordshire tennis star Tim Henman (right) has drawn Spaniard Fernando Vicente in the US Open first round. Meanwhile, defending champion Magnus Norman cruised into the third round of the ATP Hamlet Cup on Long Island with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Jonas Bjorkman
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BOWLS: Oxon pipped by Surrey
The Oxfordshire Past Presidents BA met their Surrey counterparts at Oxford City & County BC, going down by just five shots, 104-99. The county team took on the City & County of Bristol BA at Hanborough BC, winning 129-105. The rink of Paul McGrath
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Cheetahs face tester
JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs travel to Suffolk tonight when they take on Ipswich Witches in an Elite League speedway clash, writes Leon Hill. The Witches have been ravaged by injuries over recent weeks and currently have three riders on the injured list in
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GOLF: Simpson top of PGA
Witney professional Paul Simpson went top of the PGA Southern Tour Order of Merit after victory in the Greene King Masters at Moatlands, Tonbridge. Simpson opened up with rounds of 72 and 68, and was lying third on four under par when he teed up on the
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FOOTBALL: Leeds aces line up 5m Euro windfall
Leeds secured their multi-million pound place in the Champions League on the back of Alan Smith's fourth goal in three matches by beating 1860 Munich in the Olympic Stadium last night. Smith's 46th-minute strike sealed a 3-1 aggregate win which could
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CRICKET: Tired James joins 300 club
A Tired Steve James reflected on his record-breaking feat for Glamorgan in the Division 2 County Championship game against Sussex yesterday. James set a new county record score for the Welshmen with a triple century as Glamorgan bettered their own highest-ever
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BOWLS: Charlbury up as motors miss boat
Kidlington and Charlbury sealed promotion by the narrowest of margins from Division 4 of the Kennington Specialists Oxford & District League in an amazing climax to the season. Kidlington took top spot with an emphatic 51 victory at home to Chadlington
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Net move to fight cancer
The fight against cancer is set to go into cyberspace with the launch of a 500,000 Oxford University project, writes Mark Templeton. A network of experts from around the world will swap ideas and theories over the Internet in the search for a cure. The
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PREVIEW: Last night of the Proms at Blenheim Palace
There will be frenzied activity in the parkland of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, tomorrow night, writes Chris Gray. People will be scurrying back and forth from the car park to the concert arena as groups fetch and carry baskets and picnic equipment, ready
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St John Ambulance new headquarters
A Foundation stone for the new 550,000 training centre and county headquarters of the Oxfordshire St John Ambulance was laid yesterday in Kidlington, writes Katherine MacAlister. Hugo Brunner, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, laid the stone for the new
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Good things come in small packages
It's a tough life, being a baby brother, writes John Gilbride. For a start, you get a wardrobe full of handed down clothes and if your bruv is a grade A overachiever, you've got a lot to prove before anyone will take you seriously. So when your older
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Shares plummet
Shares in Oxford GlycoSciences plummeted after a City analyst recommended investors to sell, writes Maggie Hartford. Chief executive Michael Kranda said the recommendation was based on a letter to medical journal The Lancet casting doubt on clinical trial
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Greener ways to work
A business park has launched a campaign to encourage the 450 people who work there to use more environment-friendly travel, writes David Duffy. Jennings of Garsington has come up with more than 20 recommendations to encourage walking, cycling, lift-sharing
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Gigs: Speed-pop band Strain in Oxford
Although they hail from further along the A40, Gloucester-based sno-core trio Strain have several connections with our fair city, writes Pookie Hudson. They are sponsored by the Cowley Road's snow and skate board shop SS20 and Strain's bassist, Ash, is
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Man 'bit off student's ear'
A man alleged to have bitten off and swallowed the earlobe of a Brookes University student during a fight was cleared of serious wounding by a jury at Oxford Crown Court. The jury heard conflicting accounts from victim Lee Turner and accused Robert Pudney
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First online wedding today
The first wedding in England and Wales to be broadcast on the Internet from a council register office was being held today, writes Mark Sage. Brent Council, in north west London, will allow a potential audience of millions around the world to log on as
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Earl sells Newton papers for 6.4m
The Earl of Macclesfield has welcomed a 6.4m deal to buy Britain's most important archive of papers relating to physicist Sir Isaac Newton, writes Andrew Ffrench. The privately-owned collection includes documents, notebooks and letters on key scientific
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Street drinking ban welcomed
Police in Wantage have been given the power to stop people drinking on town centre streets, writes Tim Hughes. New by-laws introduced this week make it illegal to continue drinking alcohol outdoors in Wantage town centre after a warning from officers.
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Couple 'washed out' of holiday hell
A holidaymaker with a heart condition told how a dream holiday to the Dominican Republic was washed out because of his hotel's leaking roof, writes Andrew Ffrench. Terry Priest, 60, who underwent a heart bypass operation more than ten years ago, paid
