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Bowls: Gillett falls at the first hurdle
Oxfordshire's Les Gillett fell victim to the player he labelled as 'dangerman', 25-year-old Mark Royal, of Ipswich, in the 64,000 BUPA International Open bowls event in Sheffield. Chipping Norton ace Gillett, the world No 6, became the seventh seed to
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Junior Football: New boy Gillam is hero for Carterton
Carterton Rangers Under 15s got back to winning ways with a 3-2 cup victory over Highfield. New signing Mark Gillam scored a fine header on his debut to put Rangers ahead, only for Highfield to equalise. DEEP IN THOUGHT: That's Summertown Stars' Tom Whiteley
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Table Tennis: Flint twins provide vital spark for Oxford
Oxford won an exciting Midland League Senior Division encounter, beating a strong Stafford team by 6-4 at the Forum in Kidlington. After losing the first two sets, Jeremy Flint (Forum) got Oxford off the mark with a fighting 23-21 win in the third. Oxford
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Golf: Frilford's title triumph sealed by Matt finish
Frilford Heath clinched the Shaw and Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League title thanks to a strong Matt finish, writes Michael Knox. The pairing of Matt Briggs and Matt Haddy came from behind on Saturday to gain a narrow one-hole win in the decider and clinch
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Review: Sweeney Todd at the Oxford Playhouse, until November 18
Ominous organ chords crashing through a darkened theatre signal that Stephen Sondheim is in baleful mood, and that the new-style Oxford University Dramatic Society has come of age, writes Jeannine Alton. This is a seriously ambitious undertaking with
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Tennis: Tony lays down law
Southfield member Tony Paddy and doubles partner Mike Massey triumphed in the Police Athletic Association National Championship at Tunbridge Wells. Kidlington-based Paddy, who retired from Thames Valley Police in 1989, and Massey, from the Avon &
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Cricket: Sunday cups get go-ahead
Two new Sunday cup competitions are to be launched by the Oxfordshire Cricket Board next season. The OCB have decided to go ahead with the two new competitions a KO Cup and a 40-plus cup after inviting entries from clubs in the county. They have taken
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Is the spark still in Marks?
Marks & Spencer is still struggling to keep its head above water with six stores closing and a further 50 being downgraded in depressed areas, it was announced this week, writes Katherine MacAlister. The High Street chain is also considering selling
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A grand display in Wantage until November 26
An exhibition of pictures of people awarded the Victoria Cross is currently on display at the Masonic Hall, Wantage. Among them is Capt Edward Bell, who was presented with the medal by Queen Victoria for his services in the Crimean War. The show runs
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Finance advice for gays
Finance firm Rainbow Finance, which focuses on gay customers, has merged with its biggest rival Massow Financial Services. The move creates what is believed to be the largest gay and lesbian-focused independent financial advice organisation outside North
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Videos in stock
A major contract to distribute video tape across the UK has been won by a Banbury company. Exel's Consumer-Europe division will run the Emtec Magnetics warehousing contract from its Banbury base. In addition to handling weekly shipments from Germany and
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Name game on Internet
The name of the game could be success for a new Internet company being run from a cellar in east Oxford. Scientist Martin Lee, 30, and IT consultant Dave Johnson, 44, have set up the Naming Company together after meeting while working at Oxford's multimillion
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Breaking down the barriers
Those of you who have been to the Cropredy Festival over the years will know Chris While and Julie Matthews undoubtedly one of the best folk duos around, writes Peter Cann. For many years they were part of the Albion Band, led by the former Fairport Convention
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June frames a case for new windows
Villagers have applied for funds to replace crumbling windows in their hall from the Oxford Mail and British Gas Community Chest Awards, writes Rebecca Smith. Up to 500 is available for community projects from the 5,000 fund. Nuneham Courtenay Village
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Welcome for 395m boost
NHS chiefs have welcomed a multi-million pound boost for health next year, writes Victoria Owen. Oxfordshire Health Authority will be given 395m to spend from next April, a 32m rise from last year's county budget. The 8.79 per cent rise is in excess of
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Oman, who would have conceived it?
Two women in the same family gave birth on the same day after an amazing set of coincidences. Marina and Kim with their baby boysKim Gledhill and Mariana Gledhill are married to brothers Paul and Neil. They were amazed when they: **Conceived at the same
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Critics oppose canal 'improvement' plans
British Waterways could face a legal challenge from householders angered by the Oxford Canal "environmental improvement" scheme Work on the £100,000 project was postponed after residents read in Friday's Oxford Mail that work was about to begin. The St
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Surgeons blamed for splitting department
The Oxford Heart Centre's future is bleak unless managers and surgeons pull together to improve working conditions, NHS experts have said. Managers are now being asked to implement 34 recommendations to stamp out a catalogue of problems within the John
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Pupils chalk up another set of top results
Pupils across Oxfordshire produced another set of bumper exam results, according to the latest Government performance tables. Oxford High School for Girls is the best in the county with an average A-level point score of 29.33 and 100 per cent of pupils
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Football: Nine-man Village pull off a shock
Despite having two players sent off, Marston Village produced a giantkilling performance in an eventful second round tie against Oxford YMCA. Marston, from Division 4, hammered their Division 2 opponents 5-1. Village went in front when Howard Williams
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Bar Billiards: Chairman Ken on cue for victory
Ken Barrett, chairman of the Morrells Oxford League, is through to the first round of the league's men's individual championship. Barrett, representing the Democrats Club, saw off Watermans' Alan Seaman 2-0 at the Shelley, going through 10,740-2,070 on
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We're on the up, says Kemp
Dave Kemp is delighted with the progress Oxford United have made since he took charge two weeks ago. Over the past four days, for the first time in a long while, all four United teams have won, and Kemp believes it is a sign that things are changing.
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Football: Houdini act hit back for
Berkshire House staged an astonishing comeback after finding themselves 4-0 down after only 20 minutes against Roebuck in Division 4 to secure an astonishing 6-6 draw, writes Geoff Bower. Neil Collett and a Beckham-style free kick from Den Steel made
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Football: Barton's last-gasp goal foils Sandman
Sandman were denied the chance of second place in Division 1 by a last-kick equaliser from Athletico Indaline's Tim Barton, writes Mick Day. Barton, recently transferred from Brightwell, gave his new team an unlikely 2-2 draw on a day when only two league
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Rugby: Sizzling Simon stuns Stanley's
Simon Danielli scored a hat-trick of second-half tries as Oxford fought off a strong challenge from Stanley's XV to record their eighth successive victory of the season at Iffley Road yesterday. Match action from the Iffley Road clash Until the powerful
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US firm buys Hi2 stake
Internet games channel Hi2 has sold a multi-million pound stake in the company to the Durlacher Corporation. The deal means that Harwell-based Hi2 can bring forward plans to expand its niche in the international network gaming market, expected to grow
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Boys League: Hot-shot Johnson boosts Banbury
Striker Ricky Johnson took his tally for the season to 35 goals in nine games as Banbury United recorded an emphatic 11-3 victory Under 13 B League victory over Kennington. Johnson grabbed five goals, Koray Baron hit four and James Dean and Luke Wilson
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Vying for export prize
Computer firm Software 2000, of Oxford Science Park and plastics manufacturer Sherman Treaters have been short-listed in the Exporter of the Year Awards 2000. Software 2000 is in the individual sales export category and Sherman Treaters is in the corporate
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Power group boosts profits
Utility group Scottish and Southern Energy shrugged off lower electricity prices to post a 8.2 per cent rise in pre-tax profits. In the six months to September 30, Scottish and Southern, which trades as Southern Electric in Oxfordshire, said pre-tax profits
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Grants boost jobs on farms
A new £500,000 scheme aims to boost jobs and businesses in rural areas. The farm diversification scheme is to be managed by the South East England Development Agency (Seeda). The first phase involves converting redundant agricultural buildings on 25 farms
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You silly fuels the Empire strikes back
Oxford'S do-it-yourself madcap disco punk trio Holy Roman Empire launch their brand new single I Bleed Petrol (Catch Me If You Can) on Monday with a headline slot at the Chinchilla Music-backed night at The Bullingdon, writes Pookie Hudson. Given the
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Sugarcoma twice as nice as Spice!
Nu-metal, it's the new punk. At least in so much that it appeals predominantly to kids and that there's something of an underground scene cookin' away at the moment, writes Metal Mickey. That in itself is positive, because by tradition, generation after
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So why aren't Spearmint sweeping the nation?
As their name suggests, Spearmint offer a fresh slant on music. Theirs is an infectious blend of classic British pop sprinkled liberally with northern soul. Songwriter and singer Jessica MeyersThey've released a series of instantly appealing singles,
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Secrecy over plan for store remains
Uncertainty still surrounds plans to build a superstore, despite a high-level meeting with councillors to thrash out ideas. Waitrose is still deciding whether to submit a planning application to develop a site on the corner of High Street and St Martin's
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Scout 'sex trial' crisis
Scout leaders at an Oxfordshire troop have written to parents to explain their vetting procedures after a former leader pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage boy, writes Michael Hambleton. Jonathan Steele, 37, pleaded guilty at Frome Magistrates
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Veterans told to be patient
War veterans have threatened to appeal to Parliament and the Archbishop of Canterbury in their campaign for Second World War heroes to be recognised, writes Tim Hughes. Ex-servicemen in Wantage are furious at delays in immortalising their fallen comrades
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Travellers' site hunt continues
The search for a permanent site for travellers in Oxfordshire is still on. Oxford City Council has abandoned its search for a site because in recent years the number of incidents involving travellers has fallen. In 1998/1999, city officers had to deal
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Travellers' site hunt continues
The search for a permanent site for travellers in Oxfordshire is still on, writes Andrew Ffrench. Oxford City Council has abandoned its search for a site because in recent years the number of incidents involving travellers has fallen. In 1998/1999, city
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Star Wiggy dies at 40
Simon Wigg, one of Oxford Cheetahs' most famous speedway riders, has died at the age of 40, writes John Gaisford. The five-times former world longtrack and grasstrack champion had been seriously ill with a brain tumour for the last two years. The ever-popular
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Children in Need: County round-up
Bellringers, firefighters and schoolchildren will be among hundreds in Oxfordshire taking part in this year's BBC Children in Need extravaganza, writes Roseena Parveen. Pudsy the bear with actress and singer Martine McCutcheonThousands of people across
