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What's on in and around Oxfordshire Friday August 25 - September 1
Friday, August 25 Restore, plants, crafts and card shop: Restore, Manzil Way, off Cowley Road, Oxford, open weekdays from 9am-4pm. Touch for Health: Drop in clinic at The Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way, off Cowley Road, Oxford, 10am (01865 246190).
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Attack victim dreads Oxford
The hunt is on to find the brutal attacker who left an Oxford graduate too frightened to return to the city, writes Emma Henry. Thomas Collier, 22, was left unable to speak for six days after the unprovoked assault. He received such a severe beating as
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Schools' steps to aid the planet
More schools across Oxfordshire are to receive cash to encourage parents to avoid cars and have their children walk or cycle to school. A 200,000 budget has been set aside for the Better Ways to School scheme, piloted at three Faringdon schools earlier
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Football: City keep up the pressure
Oxford City kept up their challenge at the top of Men's Division 1 in the Wilson Inter-Club Three-pair League with a win at Woodstock, writes Andrew Parsons. City's first pair of Mark Wallace and Richard Gray led the charge, winning three from three,
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Football: Bright future for United youngsters
Dean Whitehead and Jon Shepheard came of age at Molineux on Tuesday night to prove that Oxford United have got some quality young players. The first two league games have produced disappointing results, but the shock victory over big-spending first division
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Jonathan Hancock's morning show
The BBC Radio Oxford studio is not exactly small, but only the seriously unpopular, such as 'Nasty' Nick from Big Brother, or Typhoid Mary could hold a party there and fit all their friends inside, writes George Frew. On the wall nearest to the door there
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Home for US law firm
A leading US law firm specialising in hi-tech flotations has taken more than 10,000 sq ft of office space at ParkGate, Milton Park, near Abingdon, writes David Duffy. Brobeck Hale and Dorr recently worked on the flotation of Milton tenant Bookham Technology
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Printer's 40-year milestone
Print works manager Colin Swains was presented with gifts to mark his 40 years' service at Abbey Press in Abingdon, writes David Duffy. The presentation was made by retired employee Jim Gale, who began working there before Colin was born. Both Colin and
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Branson in race for base
Sir Richard Branson is facing a race against time to find a home in Oxfordshire for the People's Lottery. The Kidlington billionaire came within a whisker of setting up his lottery headquarters at Milton Park, on the outskirts of Abingdon. But the People's
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Each-way bet in bid for store
Racehorse owner and farmer William Kelly has raised the stakes in plans to build an out-of-town superstore, by offering his land as a site, writes Peter Barrington. A developer has already submitted plans for a store to the north of Bicester. But Mr Kelly
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Gardens open to the public in and around Oxfordshire over the Bank Holiday weekend, August 26 - 28
Saturday, August 26 Stanton St John Festival: village gardens with art and craft exhibition. Cream teas. 01865 358905. ___________________________ Sunday, August 28 Cuckoo Pen Nursery, Benson: 2-6pm. Features wildflower meadow and cottage garden. Teas
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Cycling: Hansford is a winner again
Robin Hansford of Oxford City notched another victory in the latest Mid-Oxon time trial with a time of 20.54. With one event remaining, Stewart House (Thames Velo) now leads the season-long competition by nine points. Despite using fast new tyres, Oxonian's
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Football: Unlucky13 for Hubert
Oxford United's new goalkeeper Hubert Busby Junior has been handed the No 13 shirt and probably feels he's already been plagued by bad luck. Jimmy Glass had the option of the shirt but he told United that he didn't want it because it had been unlucky
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Football: Witney likely to remain erratic
New boss Brian Hughes has warned Witney Town's fans to expect a roller-coaster ride in the Eastern Division this season. Town kicked off with a 3-1 win over Histon last Saturday before going down 3-2 at Stamford on Tuesday as Gary Murphy netted with a
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Horse racing: Look out for Observatory
Observatory can continue his progression through racing's ranks with success in the Group 2 Celebration Mile at Goodwood tomorrow. The John Gosden-trained three-year-old Three Points and Swallow Flight at this course on his latest start, looking as if
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Football: City chase Carterton player
Oxford City are chasing Carterton Town's new recruit Scott Taylor after the RAF man shone in a recent friendly between the two clubs, writes Russell Smith. Taylor, who has played in the Dr Martens League Premier Division with Cambridge City and Grantham
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Football: Selection headache for Gee
North Leigh boss Mark Gee has a major selection headache going into the Bank Holiday Premier Division double-header at home to Didcot Town tomorrow (3pm) and away to Carterton Town on Monday (5pm). Andy McCabe and Matty Jeffries miss both games due to
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Fake firearm scares bus users
A man with a fake gun caused a major security scare in Oxford, writes Emma Henry. Police were called to a bus in Summertown, at 3.30pm on Wednesday, after reports from a Stagecoach bus controller that a company driver claimed to have seen a man with a
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Review: The Winter's Tale: Pangbourne College
Each year the Riverside Players get together to stage and perform a major production in just two weeks. This year their 49th, and their ninth in the grounds of Pangbourne College they have set themselves, and the audience, a considerable challenge in
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Plea for safer work
Councils across Oxfordshire are being urged to give health and safety greater priority to cut work-related deaths and injuries, writes David Duffy. Five people were killed in the South East in 1998/99 and 9,000 injured. In Oxfordshire there were no deaths
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Vandals target charity shop windows
A cancer charity shop has had its windows smashed by vandals for the fourth time in 12 months, writes Paul Warner. A brick was thrown through the window of the Katharine House hospice shop, in Wesley Lane, Bicester, early on Saturday. Another window was
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Planners vote for museum
Putting a national water museum in the centre of Wallingford would cause total traffic chaos, a district councillor has warned, writes Ian Townsend. Ann Ducker said that to convert the town centre post office into a Water Discovery Centre would stifle
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Court bans shunt driver
A drink-driver who shunted another car through a parapet at a multi-storey car park has been sentenced to 60 hours community service and banned from driving for two years. Magistrates heard that care assistant Teresa Cook, 38, of High Street, Didcot,
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All change at station square
Changes to Oxford's station square area have been finalised by county transport bosses, writes Roseena Parveen. Embarrassed council officers have admitted there are design faults that need to be changed after complaints that certain sections are unsafe
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What's on in cinemas in and around Oxfordshire Aug 25 - 31
ABC Magdalen Street, Oxford (01865 251998) X-Men, 12, daily at noon, 2.50, 5,40 and 8.30pm. _______________________ ABC George Street, Oxford (01865 251998) Shanghai Noon, 12, 12.45 (not Sun), 3.20, 5.55, 8.30. Thomas and the Magic Railroad, U, daily
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Football: Selection poser for U's boss
Denis Smith was testing the water today to see whether to name an unchanged team for the Division 2 battle with Brentford at the Manor tomorrow when Oxford United will be looking for their first points of the season, writes Jon Murray. His 5-3-2 formation
