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Consumer title win for pupils
Pupils from Woodeaton Manor School have earned themselves the title Consumer Challenge Champions 2001. They just pipped two other special schools at a quiz in Oxford Town Hall organised by Oxfordshire County Council's Trading Standards Service. The aim
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Parents ask for drop off at school
A proposed new school should be moved further back from a dangerous road, the Vale of White Horse District Council has said. Oxfordshire County Council plans to demolish the junior school in Newbury Street, Wantage, and replace it with a 14-class primary
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Rugby: Fixtures - Saturday, February 24
All Saturday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE Div 1: Henley v Otley. _______________________ ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP Midlands Div 1: Burton-on-Trent v Banbury. South West Div 2 East: Chippenham v Chinnor, Marlow v Witney
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Angling: Brown's big carp sparks pairs win
A four-pound carp helped Ron Brown to the individual honours in the Kidlington AS Pairs Trophy on a cold Oxford Canal. Two perch on pole/worm gave him top spot with 5.9.0, ahead of Steve Hornblow, who was second with 3.8.0, which included a 3lb chub on
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Football: Sent-off boss faces FA ban
Witney Town manager Brian Hughes faces a three-match touchline ban from the Football Association after being shown the red card during the Dr Martens League Oxon Senior Cup quarter-final defeat by Thame United. Hughes, who named himself as a substitute
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Football: Fixtures - Saturday, February 24
All Saturday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 2: Oxford Utd v Millwall. ______________________ RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1: Oxford C v Leatherhead, Thame Utd v Northwood. Div 3: Witham Tn v Abingdon Tn. ______________________ DR MARTENS
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Coachbuilders' store plan rejected
A racehorse and equestrian transport maker has lost the first round in its campaign to move premises. Vale of White Horse planners rejected Olympic Coachbuilders' application to convert an old grain store at Manor Farm, south of Wantage, on the casting
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Victory for residents over lorries
Villagers have won a victory against a car transporter company whose lorries, they say, ruin their quality of life. Residents of Cuxham helped persuade South Oxfordshire District Council to refuse McKenzie Myers' application to store more cars at Watlington
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Vandals hit offices
Vandals caused thousands of pounds' damage when they went on a wrecking spree at the offices of Bicester Town Council. Ripping tiles from the roof of an ornamental well in the grounds of The Garth, Launton Road, they hurled them through the windows of
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Cycling results
Oxonian CC Cyclo-Cross Oxford School Seniors: Stuart Bowers (Hargrove) 1.05.50, Paul Lloyd (Didcot Phoenix) at 2.08, Jeremy Mulkern (Milton Keynes CC) at 3.20, Ian Macdonald (Hargrove) at 5.14, Ben Saunders (Hargrove) at 5.30, Andy Parry (Northwich CC
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Classic treat
Music by Telemann, Faure and Poulenc will be among the works to be performed at the Ark-T Centre in Crowell Road, on March 3, in aid of The Porch Steppin' Stones centre for homeless people. Tickets for the concert, which starts at 7.30pm, are available
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Law trio makes a mark
Brobeck Hale and Dorr, the first US law firm to set up outside the City of London, has built up a thriving practice by moving closer to the heart of business. Instead of operating from city centre sites like other law firms, Brobeck Hale and Dorr has
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Entries pour in for awards
Record numbers of entries are pouring in for this year's Oxfordshire Business of the Year Awards. Entries have already topped the 160 mark, well ahead of last year's figure, with more than three weeks to go to the deadline for entries. Alex Gould, of
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Here come Radiohead
Radiohead - Oxford's most famous band are planning a big homecoming concert. Talks are under way between the group and Oxford City Council for a gig in South Park, where the Oomf! festival was held last year. More than 35,000 tickets are expected to go
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Ready for battle
The famous Hypno-Disc will battle it out in the final of TV's Robot Wars tonight. The 12-stone motorised monster, designed and built by Ken Rose and his twin sons, Dave and Derek, of Nethercote, Banbury, smashed the opposition in the semi-finals last
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Support for JPs voiced
Wantage MP Robert Jackson has called for more support for lay magistrates following the downgrading of the town's court. The Conservative MP paid tribute to "selfless" justices of the peace. Robert JacksonThe former science minister joined other MPs in
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Army drug tests failed
Fifteen soldiers based in Oxfordshire have tested positive for drugs, the Ministry of Defence said today. The privates from the 23 Pioneer Regiment were caught by random drugs testing at their base in Bicester. Samples are believed to have shown traces
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Call for controls at park concert
News that world-famous Oxford band Radiohead are to perform a big homecoming concert has sparked concern about noise and disturbance. More than 35,000 people are expected to descend on South Park, Headington, on July 7. Radiohead lead singer Thom YorkeBut
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McLeary's not bitter about Lions' success
Alan McLeary, Oxford United's assistant manager, insisted on the eve of his first meeting with his old club Millwall that he harbours no bitterness towards the Lions board who gave him the boot. As joint managers, McLeary (pictured above) and Keith Stevens
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Welsh Exiles want to go out on a high note
THIRTY years of tradition come to an end on Saturday, February 24, when the Oxford Welsh Exiles stage their final concert, writes Roseena Parveen. The decision that this year's St David's Day concert at Oxford Town Hall will be the last was made after
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Casualty 'at danger level'
The casualty unit at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital is so over-stretched it is unsafe for patients, according to the department's top doctor. Consultant Dr Philip Hormbrey said the volume of patients was clogging up the accident and emergency department
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Martial Arts: Oxford trio strike gold
Three Taekwon-do exponents from an Oxford club struck gold at the Southern Open at Wells Leisure Centre, Somerset. Michael Leahy, Jason Doorga and Clare Davies, members of the Oxford Global Taekwon-Do International Club, were crowned champions in their
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Football Fixtures: February 26 - February 28
All weekday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides ****MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 TOWN v GOWN Oxford City v Oxford Univ. ****TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1: Oxford C v Thame Utd (7.45). ______________________ CHERRY RED RECORDS HELLENIC LEAGUE Premier
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Football: Unlucky Simon admits defeat
Oxford City midfielder Simon Abercombie has had his contract cancelled by mutual consent after being struck down by injury. Abercrombie, who moved to Court Place Farm in the summer having previously been with Witney Town, has played just eight games for
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Football: Dore injury blow rocks Carterton
Carterton Town full back Craig Dore faces up to six weeks on the sidelines after damaging knee ligaments in the 4-1 Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Oxon Senior Cup defeat at North Leigh on Wednesday. Gary Brown takes his place in the squad for the
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Rugby: Chinnor eye title crunch
Chinnor will be without three influential players for their crunch South West 2 East league clash away to Chippenham tomorrow. The winners of the clash between the two front-runners are almost certain to clinch the sole automatic promotion spot, with
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Football: Fixtures - Sunday, February 25
All Sunday fixtures involving Oxfordshire sides MORRELLS OXFORD SUNDAY LEAGUE League Cup: Charlbury v AFC Blackbird, Chase Finance v Mansfield Road, Star Wands v Cowley Cosmos, Mason Arms v Magdalen Arms, Oxford Supps v White Horse. Premier Div: Six Bells
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Football call for children
Northampton Town Football Club's youth department is inviting young soccer players from the Banbury area to trials on Wednesday, at Buckingham School. The trials start at 5pm for the under-seven, eight and nines, and from 6pm for the under-ten, 11, and
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Gravel group profits increase
Building materials group Hanson recorded a one per cent increase in pre-tax profits after facing "difficult trading conditions". The company, which employs 900 people at 45 sites in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Sussex and Hampshire, said it had been hit by
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Firm looks into future
The Cowley-based Unipart Group of Companies was voted one of the six most forward-looking companies in the UK. The Vision 100 index was compiled by BT and Cranfield School of Management and recognises 100 companies that have proven unique and exceptional
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Share in the joy of steam
World famous steam locomotive the Flying Scotsman is to chug its way on to the London Stock Market, in a move which will allow rail enthusiasts to have their very own share in the engine. The locomotive, which took to the tracks in 1923 and was the first
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Alice just wants to help
A 19-year-old girl has decided to forgo television, parties and shopping with her friends to work with needy children abroad. Alice Taylor, of Thameside Park, Witney, is to work with street children in Romania for Youth Action, which is part of Voluntary
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Builder on theft charge
An 82-year-old woman described how a builder vanished after she paid him more than £1,000 to start work on her driveway. Thelma Moses told Oxford Crown Court yesterday that the man drove her to the Coventry Building Society and the TSB Bank where she
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Battle goes on over home for the elderly
Campaigners want the former Oseney Court old people's home in Botley Road, Oxford, to maintain its role for the care of the elderly. They are demanding it should be turned into a respite home and health centre for the elderly to keep it out of the hands
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Roadways are in 'critical' state
Twenty-nine Oxfordshire roads are in a severe state of disrepair - and ten are to be get immediate attention. A lack of investment, combined with recent flooding, has caused potholes to spring up on a number of routes, and county council engineers say
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Westgate plan goes to inquiry
A £220m redevelopment scheme for Oxford's Westgate shopping centre is to be considered by a public inquiry. Last year, Oxford City Council approved the plans by Capital Shopping Centres to double the size of the shopping centre. The plans, put forward
