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School supplies bought
More than 2,500 worth of special equipment has been bought for Fitzharrys School in Abingdon by the School Association. During the year, the fundraisers have bought two tents for the Duke of Edinburgh's award group, glockenspiels for the music department
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Safety boost for school pupils
A major breakthrough by the Sustrans organisation will mean children not having to battle against heavy traffic to get to school. The Bristol-based group which is developing a former railway line as a track for cyclists, walkers and horse riders, has
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Schoolgirl meets Queen
Ten-year-old schoolgirl Melissa Worrell can't wait for tomorrow she is going to meet the Queen and present a posy to her. The Queen is visiting Oxford to open a new purpose-built accommodation block for Oriel College in Rectory Road. Melissa has been
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Teacher helps landmine victims
The plight of Cambodian landmine victims has prompted 50-year-old teacher Rodney Mearns to set up a project to re-train those who have lost their livelihoods, writes Madeleine Pennell. Many are farmers who have lost not only their limbs but their careers
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Rugby: Dark Blues fume as Quins cry off
Oxford University rugby officials were left fuming after Harlequins cried off their match against the Dark Blues at Iffley Road tonight. The name may conjure up fame and history but in this Millennium season, the famous Quins cannot field sufficient players
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Running for those who can't
Nurse Helena Jenkins achieved a personal best in the New York City Marathon to raise funds for disabled children, writes Rebecca Smith. Ms Jenkins, 35, of Avocet Way, Bicester, finished the marathon on Sunday in four hours and 17 minutes. In the process
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Grant request by MP denied
A Government agency is not giving any money for work on Witney MP Shaun Woodward's estate home in Oxfordshire. The South East England Development Agency has turned down a request for 62,000 to help pay for conversion of derelict farm buildings at the
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Man, 26, accused of pub killing
A man accused of unlawfully killing a father of four was remanded in custody by Banbury magistrates. Timothy John Deasy, 26, of Tangmere Close, Bicester, was charged after Ernest Berry, 57, of Longlands, Stratton Audley, died after an argument at the
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Tiny tots donate toys
Youngsters filled boxes with Christmas goodies for children in war-torn countries. Children at Turbo Teds nursery, in Park End Street, Oxford, collected toys, colouring pencils and sweets to send to youngsters in Kosovo, Bosnia and Romania. The nursery
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The 39 Steps at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, November 7 - 11
A stage version of John Buchan's novel The 39 Steps, runs at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, with Simon Williams as Richard Hanney. It tells the story of a bored Scotsman living in London who walks into his flat one day to discover a man murdered on
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Rugby: Lecocq's boot boosts Abingdon
Abingdon maintained their 100 per cent record in Division 2 with a narrow 9-7 victory at home to Aldermaston. The heavy conditions conspired against effective attacking moves and the boot of Abingdon flanker Xavier Lecocq became all important. Lecocq's
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Football: Brooks, Hackett tear Bury apart
Oxford United's youngsters hit Bury Town for six at the Manor Ground last night to move into the third round of the AXA FA Youth Cup. The visitors, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, were torn apart by the pace and skill of Jamie Brooks and Chris Hackett,
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Ice Hockey: Rockets snuffed out by Stars
Oxford City Stars made hard work of defusing Birmingham Rockets before beating them 7-6 in the English National League, writes Colin Kirby. Stars dominated the opening period, with Danny Turner setting up Darren Elliott to open the scoring. Peter Nyman
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Fruit and veg diet conquers cancer
Cancer battler Teresa Kay is backing a supermarket campaign to encourage customers to eat more fruit and vegetables after a new therapy is helping in her fight against the disease, writes Rebecca Smith Teresa, 26, of Church Way, Iffley, Oxford, was diagnosed
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Feast of art for all
The curtain is to go up next year on a spectacular 16-day arts festival. Organisers in Thame aim to involve everyone in the town. The festival 2001: A Thame Odyssey will run from March 23 through to April 7. A highlight will be a river of light and sound
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Farmer's fascinating finds go on display
Ancient weapons that lay buried on a remote down for more than 1,500 years have gone on show. The two Anglo-Saxon spear heads were discovered by John Godden while cultivating fields on the Lambourn Downs, near Wantage. The 66-year-old farmer, of Sheepdrove
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Walkers raise 1,000
Staff at car-parts firm Unipart turned their training session for a trek across the Sahara Desert this week into a giant pub crawl and raised 1,000, writes Sarah Parker. Karen Johnson, from Unipart, said: "Forty of us are taking part in a sponsored walk
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Venue with a relaxing touch
A complementary health centre is opening its doors to business people, writes Sarah Parker. The Barton Hartshorne Manor Courtyard Clinic, near Bicester, is now available as a venue for training, workshops, parties and seminars and can also offer overnight
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Computer virus firm looks east
Computer bug-busting company Sophos has opened a new office in Japan to cope with growing demand, writes David Duffy. Overseas sales now account for more than 60 per cent of sales and the company is developing an additional 150,000 sq ft high-security
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Lay an extra place campaign
Pubs, restaurants and hotels countywide are being asked to meet a charity challenge from three chefs. In the lead-up to Christmas they are being asked by an Abingdon-based charity to set an empty place at all tables. That will give diners the chance to
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MP lobbies for pensions
MP Evan Harris presented a petition backed by more than 30,000 people calling for better pensions. The Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon delivered the petition, with many signatures from Oxfordshire, to Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon
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Hope in fight for barrier
Eleventh-hour negotiations seem to have saved Kidlington's 250,000 flood defence scheme, writes Reg Little. The proposed flood barrier to protect homes in the village was put in jeopardy when a handful of householders refused to allow the barrier to cross
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Speedway: Johno signs up for Cheetahs
Oxford Cheetahs skipper Steve Johnston has jetted off to Australia with a new contract already signed and sealed for next season, writes John Gaisford. The Aussie ace is probably the first rider in the country to get his plans sorted for next season in
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One dead in M40 coach smash
One person died and three others were seriously injured after a coach plunged down an embankment on the M40 this afternoon, writes John Chipperfield. Early reports suggested the driver was among the worst injured and passengers had been trapped in the
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School closed
Schoolchildren were sent home yesterday after teachers wrongly thought there was a power cut. A simple blown fuse was the likely cause of the lights and heating failing at Edward Feild Primary School in Bicester Road, Kidlington. After teachers turned
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Library time is even more fun
Youngsters under the age of five are spoiled for choice at a new toy library. The venture, backed by a 1,000 grant from the Co-op's Community Partners Scheme, was launched at the Ace Centre, in Burford Road, Chipping Norton. A fee of 6 for six months
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Basketball: Devils book place in last eight
Oxford Devils kept their nerve in a thrilling finish to beat Reading Rockets by a single point 81-80 and book their place in the National Trophy quarter-finals. After an anxious week that had seen them suspended from competition on a technicality over
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Motorsport: Subaru gear up for Aussie test
Banbury's Subaru World Rally Team are working flat-out to secure the best possible results for Richard Burns and Juha Kankkunen in this week's Rally Australia, writes David Duffy. With only two events remaining to decide the winners of this year's drivers
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Hockey: Francis goal earns Hawks' derby win
Oxford Hawks won the big National League Division 2 local derby by a single goal away to lowly Oxford University on Saturday. And the following day, they put up a battling display to lose only narrowly 5-4 to Premier League leaders Teddington in the HA
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Football: Joe's Irons in the fire
Joe Kinnear says he is hopeful of getting in new players before Saturday's trip to Swansea, writes Mark Edwards. Oxford United's new director of football says that he has been in contact with numerous players, both in England and abroad, about coming
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Rugby: Banbury blown away by rampant Chinnor
Chinnor staked a strong claim to be called the second best team in Oxfordshire when they beat Banbury 45-28 in an entertaining friendly at Kingsey Road. Although neither side was at full strength for Saturday's clash, Banbury were slightly weaker following
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Darts: Jim and Claire are summer champs
Jim Jukes and Claire Bywaters lifted the men's and ladies singles crowns at the Morrells Oxford and District Darts Association's Summer League finals at Rover Social Club when a large crowd where treated to a wonderful exhibition of darts. Jukes (Jack
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Hockey: Morgan puts Abingdon second
A hat-trick from sweeper Ross Morgan, all three from penalty corners, helped Abingdon to a 5-0 win over Sonning in Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Area Division 1. The comprehensive victory moves them up to second place. Abingdon opened the scoring
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Hockey: Dawson preserves unbeaten record
Oxford Hawks Ladies maintained their unbeaten record in Division 1 of the Trysports Three Counties League with a 2-1 victory over City of Oxford. A series of penalty corners brought the breakthrough for Hawks, Wendy Gundry putting them ahead with the
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Football: West booster for Thame
Leading scorer Mark West is set to return for Thame United as they take on Ryman Division 1 rivals Worthing in the FA Umbro Trophy first round replay at Windmill Stadium tonight (7.45), writes Russell Smith. West, with 17 goals under his belt already
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Robert Zucco at the Old Fire Station, November 7 - 11
The bitterly dark, award-winning comedy, Robert Zucco, premiered by the RSC recently, will be staged at the Old Fire Station next week. This play perceives murder through the mind of psychotic killer Zucco. The action begins with his escape from prison
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Preview: Visions 2000, Pegasus, Oxford (to Nov 30)
The Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, is one of nine UK venues hosting Visions 2000, Britain's biggest Festival of International Animated Theatre. The programme begins on Monday with The Tin Soldier, an adaptation of the classic Hans Andersen story, brought
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Rugby: Littlemore crash out
Littlemore, Oxfordshire's last representatives in this national competition, bowed out 39-17 at home to Oakmeadians. The visitors from Bournemouth had too much pace in the backs for the spirited Littlemore side and led 14-0 in the first 15 minutes with
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Preview: Grease at the Oxford Apollo, November 7 - 18
Since bursting on to Broadway in 1972, the musical Grease has entertained millions not least through the memorable film version starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, writes Chris Gray. Set in the 1950s, it is a musical love story bursting with
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Preview: Doug Hoekstra, The Port Mahon, St Clements, Tuesday, November 7
Doug Hoekstra is a second-generation American, born on the last day of February in Columbus, Ohio, dropped in to the heart of the Midwest among a landscape of flat horizons and expansive skies, writes Tim Metcalfe. The last name is Dutch; Hoekstra's grandparents
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Review: Sylvia's Wedding - The Mill at Sonning until December 2
Tears of laughter are not unusual at the Mill at Sonning, where well-chosen rib-ticklers (and the occasional thriller) are impeccably acted for audiences whose eagerness to enjoy themselves has already been bolstered by good food and wine served at the
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Motorsport: Young Hoy bows out on a high
Kart racer Edward Hoy finished his Formula Cadet career on a high by winning the Formula Cadet race at Shenington, near Banbury. Ford Racing-backed Hoy, of Brackley, returned to winning form after a run of bad luck in both the Champions of the Future
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Football: Bradford boot out Shotton
Former Oxford United manager Malcolm Shotton was out of a job again last night, almost 12 months to the day after being dismissed from his post at the Manor. Shotton, the assistant manager at Bradford City, was sacked along with boss Chris Hutchings yesterday
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Motorsport: Gary's Euro mission
Computer software boss Gary Marsh is switching his attention to a different sort of circuit. The managing director of Excel Solutions, of Des Roches Square, Witney, has been running a Van Diemen RF89 in the Castle Combe Pre '90 Formula Ford 1600 series
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Rugby: Oxford humbled by new boys
Henley Wanderers made their debut in the competition a winning one when they overcame Oxford 17-9 at a far from dry Dry Leas on Sunday, writes David Charles. Wanderers scored all their points in the opening 17 minutes of this second preliminary round
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Motorsport: Simon fourth in rally debut
Rally champion Simon Mauger battled against the odds to finish fourth in class and 40th overall in his debut World Rally Championship event at San Remo. Driving a works Ford 1.6-litre Puma, Mauger, from Haddenham, and co-driver Scott Poxon set out cautiously
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Silver on show
Oxfordshire's jewellery makers are shining in their own show. The gleam and glitter of their silverware, enamels and jewels are on display at the County Museum in Woodstock. They also are exhibiting the delicate skills of their craft with demonstrations
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Red kite captures windfall
The future of a nature reserve has been secured thanks to a 373,500 Lottery award, writes Ian Townsend. The reserve, in Aston Clinton, is home for most of south Oxfordshire's red kite population. The 250-acre site has been recently designated a spotlight
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Homes for docs
An Internet company based in Oxfordshire has signed a deal with a property website, writes Maggie Hartford. Abingdon-based Doctors.net.uk, Europe's largest online medical community, is to make the property listings database and search facility available
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OAPs kick off window plea
Worried pensioners living within a stone's throw of Oxford United's new stadium are demanding double glazing before the venue is opened next year, writes Phil Clee. They fear their bungalows in Spindleberry Close, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, will fall prey
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Fury as nightspot plans to expand
Residents are against a nightclub's plans to increase attendances to cater for university students, writes Andrew French. The Park End Club in Park End Street, Oxford, wants to increase the number of clubbers allowed in on Wednesdays from 900 to 1,200
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Teacher helps landmine victims
The plight of Cambodian landmine victims has prompted 50-year-old teacher Rodney Mearns to set up a project to re-train those who have lost their livelihoods, writes Madeleine Pennell. Many are farmers who have lost not only their limbs but their careers
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Station's sprawl upsets villagers
Villagers are demanding action from councillors to stop any further development at the area's biggest transmitting station. They want the whole development at Beckley, near Oxford, put on hold. They say the former BBC site, now owned and run by Crown
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Horse Racing: Special Brew leaves Europeans trailing
Europe's challengers were out of luck again as bottom-weight Brew took the beer money in the Foster's Melbourne Cup at Flemington in Australia today. The James Fanshawe-trained Arctic Owl fared best of the European raiders, making good late headway in
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Fuel costs blamed as bus fares rise
A bus company has had to raise its fares due to increased costs and a shortage of drivers, writes Phil Clee. The Oxford Bus Company has increase fares by 5p or 10p on most of its routes. It claims the rounding up of fares to the next 10p makes it easier
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Firework car smash
A huge firework rocket crashed through the back of a car, smashing a window and denting its stereo speakers, writes Roseena Parveen. The metal rod of the rocket fell from the night sky and pierced the rear window of a BMW parked outside builder Edward
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Adventure reading
Philip Pullman, who has been compared to Tolkien and CS Lewis, will be reading from his long-awaited new book in Oxford. The Amber Spyglass is the third in the author's His Dark Materials trilogy and follows from Northern Lights and The Subtle Knife.
