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Mail backlog frustration
Frustration was growing among Royal Mail customers in Oxfordshire today as mountains of mail delayed by the postal strike built up at sorting offices. Now hear this: Dennis Kilgariff, chairman of the Oxfordshire CWU branch, addresses branch members at
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School work stolen
Burford School pupil Christopher Brunt lost most of his school work after thieves broke into several cars at the school on Friday evening. Christopher, 14, of Eton Close, Witney, was staying with a friend overnight and had left his school bag with his
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Tanks a lot, but it has to go out now
Part of Oxford University's Department of Physics has had to be dismantled to remove a huge storage tank. Coming out: The gas cyclinder is extracted from the building in Banbury Road, Oxford The department, in Banbury Road, was originally built around
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Darts: Oxon take on leaders
Oxfordshire travel to Wigston this weekend to take on the top-of-the-table Leicestershire in the Inter-County Championship. Ray Pape makes his A team debut after good results in the B team, while Glyn Jones and Pete Newman return to the A team. Terry
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Darts: Shears hit back with interest!
Morrells ODDA Ladies Premier League leaders Shears overcame an early setback to convincingly see off Section 1 rivals Cherwell Club. The visitors romped into a shock lead when Sylvia Middleton beat Iris Doyle in the opening game, but then Shears upped
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Logging on for love
As the time of flowers, secret love messages and candlelit dinners draws near, the Internet race to cash in on that Valentine's feeling is escalating. Feeling romantic: Have an online Valentine In the lead-up to the big day, websites are offering everything
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Thames flood alert
A flood watch has been issued on the whole of the River Thames through Oxfordshire after recent heavy rain. The Environment Agency said that water levels were beginning to drop but that people living along the river and its tributaries should remain vigilant
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Brewing up a boost for fund
Businessman Michael Fleming is offering £1,000 discounts to customers in a bid to help India's earthquake victims. His company, Cafe Espresso, based in Station Road, Brize Norton, has teamed up with Italian manufacturers Bezzera to offer cut prices to
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Chinnor and Henley wait
Due to rearranged league games taking precedence, no new date has yet been fixed for the quarter-final between Henley and Chinnor, which had to be postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. In the semi-final draw made yesterday, the winners of the rearranged
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Search for man widens
The search for a missing man aged 72has been stepped up. Police divers and mounted officers were yesterday drafted in to search stretches of countryside on the edges of Abingdon in the continuing hunt for Alexander Russell. Mr Russell disappeared on January
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Backlog of aid for 'quake victims
Oxford's Asian Cultural Centre has been inundated with clothes donated to its India earthquake appeal. Rooms at the centre in Manzil Way, east Oxford, are crammed with bags filled with clothes destined for victims of the Gujarat earthquake. Organisers
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Message to postal strikers from public...Sort it!
We are now six days into the Oxfordshire postal strike and no solution is in sight. If the strikers ever had any public sympathy, it is disappearing fast. The grievances which led to the stoppage may be genuine ones, but the vast majority of people are
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Kemp to stay at United
David Kemp is staying on as Oxford United's manager. Joe Kinnear wanted to take him with him to Luton Town, but United chairman Firoz Kassam is refusing to let Kemp break his contract, which still has 17 months to run. Kemp and Kassam met yesterday and
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First school celebrates a quarter of a century
An Oxford school has marked its 25th anniversary with a tea party for pupils past and present. St Ebbe's First School, in Whitehouse Road, held the party last night. Children at the school were able to tuck into a big cake and talk to former pupils about
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Hockey: Lloyd banks late leveller for City
City of Oxford gave their hopes of staying up in the Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Regional section of the South League a boost with a 3-3 draw at PHC Chiswick. Chiswick had won in Oxford before Christmas, but a Richard Lloyd equaliser five minutes
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Rugby: Littlemore pack hold all the aces
Renowned cup fighters Littlemore reached their first semi-final for 14 seasons with a convincing win over Chipping Norton from a division higher. The heavy morning rain meant the main pitch at Peers was unplayable, so the match was played on the slightly
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Football fans face bill after appeals fail
Two football fans have to pay legal costs after their appeals against conviction failed. Alexander Manousos, 21, and Richard Curtis, also 21, appeared at Oxford Crown Court to challenge guilty rulings made against them by Oxford magistrates after a public
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Hockey: Students run out of steam on return
Oxford University surrendered a 2-1 half-time lead as they lost 3-2 at home to Peterborough Town in their first match since the Christmas break in English League Division 2. Although Mark Britton put Peterborough in front from a penalty corner in the
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Hockey: Last-gasp Vicky to rescue for Rover
Vicky Mankelow's late equaliser gave Rover Oxford Ladies a 1-1 draw at third-placed Maidenhead in the South League. Maidenhead took the lead in the 25th minute. But Rover equalised with three minutes to go when Mankelow made sure Emily Malden's strike
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Rugby: Wheatley put up brave fight
By taking full advantage of the slope in the first half to score four well-worked tries, Bicester deservedly won their quarter-final 29-7 against a determined Wheatley, writes David Charles. The Wheatley forwards, despite being without a regular No 8,
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Motor sport: Burns fired up for Swedish challenge
Subaru World Rally Team driver Richard Burns is fired up and ready for a blast through the snow and ice of the slippery forests on this week's Swedish Rally. Burns, who retired on the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally, said: "I'm feeling good and positive
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Rugby: Last-kick drama as Witney edge home
Witney put the season's past disappointments behind them to scramble into the David Charles Oxfordshire Cup semi-finals with the narrowest of victories at home to Oxford Harlequins on Sunday. Witney are struggling in the South West 2 East relegation zone
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Putting character into the web
The words and design of websites assume a personality when people are given free rein to create content that visitors enjoy, writes Giles Turnbull. But one company is actually creating personality, in the form of electronic characters as part of its research
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Review: Hamlet at BMW, Cowley until March 10
"Excitement in Town" proclaimed the banner at the entrance when you'd found it after braving the ring road and the normally strictly-guarded BMW gates. It actually meant the glittering silver model of the new Mini, enticingly on show before going into
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Basketball: Devils pass big test
Oxford Devils came through their stiffest test so far in National league Division 1, beating closest rivals Reading Rockets 80-76 at the Rivermead Centre. Leaders Oxford strengthened their grip on top spot in style, coming back from 31-23 down after a
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Rugby: Chippy lads steal show
Oxfordshire Under 20s opened their Championship campaign with a 30-12 victory over the RAF in wet and windy conditions at RAF Halton on Sunday. All the county's points came from two of the four players from Chipping Norton, who chose to put county honours
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Rugby: Banbury go up a gear
Banbury came from behind to see off Henley Wanderers in convincing style. Following the postponement of Henley Hawks National Division 1 match against Moseley in the morning, prop Rob Heginbottom came in to captain the Wanderers. And their hopes must
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Hockey: Oxon left with red faces in mix-up
A breakdown in communications cost Oxfordshire Mixed a County Championship victory over Leicestershire at Tilsley Park. Regular keeper Darren Easton was reportedly unaware he had been selected by team manager Julian Easterbrook and when a replacement,
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Moving musical interlude
An award-winning brass band is staging a 24-hour play-in, after being forced to leave its practice hall. The Wantage Silver Band is widely regarded as one of the best in the region and has a string of titles to its name. For 23 years it has used its Newbury
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WH Smith joins best
High street retailer WH Smith has joined the Internet directory findthebest.co.uk. The directory, based in Witney, was set up by horse-riding champion Clare Ferriman to make it easy for consumers and businesses to find services on the Internet. Companies
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High-flyer Paul wins top award
RAF parachute engineer Paul Simmons has scooped top place in a national award scheme. Cpl Simmons, 35, who is stationed at RAF Brize Norton, is a part-time student at the Oxford College of Further Education. He was successful in winning the Management
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Ingenta lands £11.2m catch
Online research firm Ingenta has snapped up its main competitor, Abingdon-based CatchWord, in a deal worth £11.2m. CatchWord, which employs 47 staff, provides online distribution for publishers of professional and research information. It also provides
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Money
Working parents will have noticed that an adjustment has appeared in their notice of coding for 2000/2001 for the new Children's Tax Credit. This comes into effect on April 6 and replaces the married couple's allowance which, for most couples, was abolished
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Drivers warned of work
Motorists on the B4022 Charlbury to Witney road face lengthy diversions over the next ten days while a new pipeline is laid. The road immediately to the south of the town was closed on Saturday and drivers are being urged to follow signed diversions via
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Journalist to run against Smith
Journalist John Lister is taking on Oxford East Labour MP Andrew Smith in the forthcoming General Election. Oxford University graduate Mr Lister, 51, plans to fight the seat for the far-left group, the Socialist Alliance. Married with one son, he lives
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Tax your car or it could be crushed
Road tax cheats are being targeted in a new campaign. Squads from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency are warning drivers they will be clamping vehicles without valid road tax. Failure to pay the release fee and produce a valid tax disc will result
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Football fans face bill after appeals fail
Two football fans have to pay legal costs after their appeals against conviction failed, writes Emma Henry. Alexander Manousos, 21, and Richard Curtis, also 21, appeared at Oxford Crown Court to challenge guilty rulings made against them by Oxford magistrates
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Nuclear station heros honoured
Two Oxfordshire Army bomb disposal experts have been awarded the George Medal for helping to prevent an explosion at the Harwell nuclear and chemical research station. Schoolchildren were led to safety and the area sealed off when an experiment, conducted
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Housing debate heats up
The debate over where 3,200 homes should be built at Didcot hotted up as rival campaigners handed in petitions supporting expansion either to the north east or to the west of the town. They queued to lobby MP Robert Jackson at his Wallingford surgery
