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Rascals need support
A village after-school club could be forced to close if it cannot attract more support. Katie Thomson Bechaz, seven, is pictured playing with Mobilo at Rascals - Radley Primary School's after-school club for four to 11-year-olds, which was launched at
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£50,000 of laptops stolen
Raiders escaped with laptop computers worth £50,000 from an Oxfordshire firm. Police said 50 computers were stolen from Research Machines at the Milton Business Park, near Abingdon, on Tuesday. Phil Hemmings, director of corporate affairs, described it
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Hooligan families could be evicted
Some families could be ejected from the trouble-torn Saxton Road estate in Abingdon after more flare-ups. Families have complained of repeated hooliganism from youngsters. Action against the culprits is being considered by the Vale Housing Association
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County music service is praised
The music service run by the county's education department has been praised following a Government inspection. Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, carried out the inspection during the summer term. The main findings were that: **The Oxfordshire
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Speed watch
"Watch Your Speed" signs are to be put up along Reading Road in Wallingford to remind drivers of the 30mph speed limit. Town councillors agreed to buy more signs after hearing from deputy mayor Betty Atkins that they were already having an impact on traffic
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Parking worry could bar new brasserie
Opposition is brewing over plans for a new food and drink outlet in the centre of Wallingford. Real ale company Brakspear wants to convert the town's former post office, in Market Place, into a bar and brasserie. Plans recently submitted to South Oxfordshire
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Parish meeting at Chinnor
The future of Watlington Hospital and plans for a six-bed hospital will feature at the parish council meeting, in the Reading Room, High Street, on November 12 at 7.45pm.
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Bowls: Oxon duo blitzed in national
Oxfordshire's Hazel Woodward and Stella Amos were sent reeling by a 15-shot onslaught as they chased a place in the semi-finals of the Women's All England Senior Pairs Championship in Coventry. Woodward and Amos, from Charlbury, made a storming start
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Basketball: Devils pipped at the death
Oxford Devils lost 83-82 to National Trophy favourites Plymouth Raiders, with the winning basket coming in the last three seconds. Taking the game to the visitors, the Devils outplayed the Devon team for most of the game and after the first period were
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Football: Maciak on target in Royal performance
Morrells Oxford Sunday League round-up by Geoff Bower Star Royal returned to winning ways in the Premier Division with a 6-0 thrashing of Highfield. After taking an early lead through Luke Brandon, fine saves from Simon Pearson kept Highfield at bay before
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Football: Gibbs blasts hat-trick
Autotype UTV League round-up New boys Burford United went top of Division 1 thanks to a second-half hat-trick from Simon Gibbs which sealed a 4-1 win at Abingdon's Brewery Tap FC, writes Mick Day. Brewery Tap's goal came from Stuart Tofte. Elsewhere in
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Football: Boys league details
Sunday's scores and scorers Under 10 A League: Kennington 0, Abingdon 0; Grove 1 (D Dorsett), Oxford Blackbirds 2 (M Ha, M Stapleton); Didcot Boys 4 (R Kelly 3, R Green), Cholsey 5 (O Hornson 3, C Duncan, W Havtans). B League: Horspath 1 (S Bourke), St
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Football: Vikings pitch in for victory
Giles Sports Witney Boys League round-up Witney Vikings returned to winning ways with a 6-2 victory over Banbury United in the Under 14 A League. Vikings, playing on their new pitch at Stanton Harcourt, led 2-0 at half-time with a goal from Snowy Gilkes
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Places left for adult education
Several adult education classes in Bicester have places to fill. These include internet technologies, word processing, curtain and cushion making, cross stitch, local natural history, tai chi and feng shi. For more information, telephone the Bicester
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Football: City snap up ex-pro Dave
Oxford City have signed a player once valued at £500,000 - former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder David Billington. The Oxford-born player, 21, who lives in Littlemore, goes straight into the side for Saturday's trip to Ryman League Division 1 leaders
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Speedway: Posh can wrap up title for Cheetahs
The fans of JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs will have their ears and eyes trained on the East of England Showground next Tuesday as Peterborough take on Poole Pirates. A win for Peterborough would almost certainly give Oxford the Sky Sports Elite League title,
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Football: City snap up ex-pro Dave
Oxford City have signed a player once valued at £500,000 - former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder David Billington. The Oxford-born player, 21, who lives in Littlemore, goes straight into the side for Saturday's trip to Ryman League Division 1 leaders
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Bowls: Oxon duo blitzed in national
Oxfordshire's Hazel Woodward and Stella Amos were sent reeling by a 15-shot onslaught as they chased a place in the semi-finals of the Women's All England Senior Pairs Championship in Coventry. Woodward and Amos, from Charlbury, made a storming start
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Football: Maciak on target in Royal performance
Morrells Oxford Sunday League round-up by Geoff Bower Star Royal returned to winning ways in the Premier Division with a 6-0 thrashing of Highfield. After taking an early lead through Luke Brandon, fine saves from Simon Pearson kept Highfield at bay before
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Football: Patrick stars with super hat-trick
Oxford Mail Oxford Boys League round-up Patrick O'Donnell was Garden City's hero as he showed the way with his first hat-trick for the club as they overcame Littlemore 6-0 in the Under 11 C League. Kenny Wray scored a brace, including a wonderful first
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Football: Gibbs blasts hat-trick
Autotype UTV League round-up New boys Burford United went top of Division 1 thanks to a second-half hat-trick from Simon Gibbs which sealed a 4-1 win at Abingdon's Brewery Tap FC, writes Mick Day. Brewery Tap's goal came from Stuart Tofte. Elsewhere in
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Football: Vikings pitch in for victory
Giles Sports Witney Boys League round-up Witney Vikings returned to winning ways with a 6-2 victory over Banbury United in the Under 14 A League. Vikings, playing on their new pitch at Stanton Harcourt, led 2-0 at half-time with a goal from Snowy Gilkes
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Sept 22: Soccer auction, Wantage
Two firms are to stage a football match and to auction signed England and Arsenal football shirts in aid of Wantage's hospital. The event is being organised by H and L Development and Electro-Medical Supplies, which both based in Limborough Road. It will
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Hospital trust goes shopping for staff
GCSE pupils are being enticed into careers as medical secretaries through marketing campaigns at supermarkets across Oxfordshire. Children aged between 14 and 16 are being targeted by NHS managers, who believe the new scheme could eventually boost the
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Parking worry could bar new brasserie
Opposition is brewing over plans for a new food and drink outlet in the centre of Wallingford. Real ale company Brakspear wants to convert the town's former post office, in Market Place, into a bar and brasserie. Plans recently submitted to South Oxfordshire
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Hospital trust goes shopping for staff
GCSE pupils are being enticed into careers as medical secretaries through marketing campaigns at supermarkets across Oxfordshire. Children aged between 14 and 16 are being targeted by NHS managers, who believe the new scheme could eventually boost the
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Building starts despite protests
A new housing development is under way on land off the busy Cutteslowe roundabout in north Oxford. Banbury-based Cala Homes has been given planning permission to demolish Roundabout House and build four four-bedroomed homes and garages in its place. Roundabout
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Thame Show fights off foot and mouth threat
Thame Agricultural Show successfully transformed itself into Thame Countryside Show this year. There were no cattle, sheep or goats because of the foot and mouth crisis. But instead of calling off the show, the organisers decided to go ahead with a different
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Hooligan families could be evicted
Some families could be ejected from the trouble-torn Saxton Road estate in Abingdon after more flare-ups. Families have complained of repeated hooliganism from youngsters. Action against the culprits is being considered by the Vale Housing Association
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Grieving mother backs research
A mother who lost her four-month-old daughter to cot death is holding a sponsored cycle ride to raise money for research into the condition. Michelle Turner, whose daughter Chloe died in April, says not enough is known about what causes cot deaths. Miss
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Bar billiards: Royal Oak keep their hold on Summer Cup
Royal Oak, Burford won the Eynsham League Summer Cup for the second year running, beating the Saddlers, New Yatt. All square at 3-3 from the first leg, the return at Burford saw the first two games won against the break. Terry Cook (12,520) put the home
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College orders staff to remove flags
Staff at an Oxford college were told to remove union flags displayed in the wake of last week's terrorist atrocities in the United States. Two people working at Ruskin College, in Walton Street, put the flags on their desks but the college's general secretary
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Men deny throwing glasses during fight
Three men have denied throwing glasses during a fight in which a woman suffered serious eye injuries. At Oxford Crown Court yesterday, Matthew Masih, 26, Martin Tarsam, 26, and his brother Nicholas Tarsam, 22, denied throwing glasses during a fight at
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Speedway: Posh can wrap up title for Cheetahs
The fans of JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs will have their ears and eyes trained on the East of England Showground next Tuesday as Peterborough take on Poole Pirates. A win for Peterborough would almost certainly give Oxford the Sky Sports Elite League title,
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Oxford author is shortlisted
Oxford author Ian McEwan is joint favourite to win the Booker Prize, Britain's most coveted literary award. McEwan, who won in in 1999 with his novel Amsterdam, has been shortlisted for his widely-praised new book An Atonement. The early favourite Beryl
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Train operator wins top award
One of the railway companies which serves Oxfordshire has won a prestigious award. Chiltern Railways and Railtrack have shared the best rail route prize in the annual National Rail Awards, sponsored by Rail magazine and Angel Trains, which leases rolling
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Player says he is lucky to be alive
Oxford City footballer Shaun Wimble has spoken of a crash in which he and two fellow players were trapped, escaping just before their car caught fire. Shaun WimbleNick McCrae was driving team-mates Mr Wimble and Chris Organ to training when the accident
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Places left for adult education
Several adult education classes in Bicester have places to fill. These include internet technologies, word processing, curtain and cushion making, cross stitch, local natural history, tai chi and feng shi. For more information, telephone the Bicester
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Schools earn special awards
Sixteen Oxfordshire schools which have been bringing the world into the classroom have won prestige recognition for their work. The foreign dimension took many shapes and forms as children learned languages, set up e-mail links to youngsters in other
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Rascals need support
A village after-school club could be forced to close if it cannot attract more support. Katie Thomson Bechaz, seven, is pictured playing with Mobilo at Rascals - Radley Primary School's after-school club for four to 11-year-olds, which was launched at
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College orders staff to remove flags
Staff at an Oxford college were told to remove union flags displayed in the wake of last week's terrorist atrocities in the United States. Two people working at Ruskin College, in Walton Street, put the flags on their desks but the college's general secretary
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Positive attitudes
Rosemary Warner will talk about positive attitudes for the over-60s when the University of the Third Age meets in the Langdale Hall, Witney, on October 4, starting at 2pm.
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Leader needed
Scouts fear their pack will close at Christmas unless a leader is found. Minster Lovell's Cubs and Beavers have already been disbanded as they are without leaders. Anyone interested in helping the group, which has its own headquarters, can contact Ian
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Thame Show fights off foot and mouth threat
Thame Agricultural Show successfully transformed itself into Thame Countryside Show this year. There were no cattle, sheep or goats because of the foot and mouth crisis. But instead of calling off the show, the organisers decided to go ahead with a different
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Soccer auction
Two firms are to stage a football match and to auction signed England and Arsenal football shirts in aid of Wantage's hospital. The event is being organised by H and L Development and Electro-Medical Supplies, which both based in Limborough Road. It will
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Bar billiards: Royal Oak keep their hold on Summer Cup
Royal Oak, Burford won the Eynsham League Summer Cup for the second year running, beating the Saddlers, New Yatt. All square at 3-3 from the first leg, the return at Burford saw the first two games won against the break. Terry Cook (12,520) put the home
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Bowls: Slatter is new champ
Bryan Slatter is the new Oxford City & County men's singles champion after 21-8 victory over John Philpott. It was one of four titles for Slatter. There was a surprise in the ladies final as England international Kathy Hawes was beaten 21-19 by Jeanette
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Football: Patrick stars with super hat-trick
Oxford Mail Oxford Boys League round-up Patrick O'Donnell was Garden City's hero as he showed the way with his first hat-trick for the club as they overcame Littlemore 6-0 in the Under 11 C League. Kenny Wray scored a brace, including a wonderful first
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Golf: Super Sarah lands Frilford title again
Sarah Huntley is the ladies champion at Frilford Heath for the third time in four years. She shot rounds of 78 and 83 respectively on the Green and Red courses to win by two shots from Gail Pressett. Her previous successes came in 1998 and 1999. Teenager
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Speedway: Witches' clever brew
What a disappointment it was when Ipswich snatched a draw in the Speedway Star KO Cup semi-final on Friday, giving Cheetahs a mammoth task to pull it off in the second leg, writes John Gaisford. Teams are supposedly made up of seven riders, but the Witches
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Basketball: Devils pipped at the death
Oxford Devils lost 83-82 to National Trophy favourites Plymouth Raiders, with the winning basket coming in the last three seconds. Taking the game to the visitors, the Devils outplayed the Devon team for most of the game and after the first period were
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Football: Ex-City star dies at 56
Abingdon United coach and former Oxford City stalwart Steve Morton has died at the age of 56. The popular Morton, who played more than 600 games for City, joined the army at the age of 18 and went on to represent them on many occasions. A burly centre
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Table tennis: Holton celebrate
Oxfordshire's top player Karl Bushell was among those helping the Holton club celebrate their 25th anniversary. The club, which only had one table when they first opened their doors, now boast five and Bushell, Mark Newns and Antonio Belleniva were on
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Speedway: Witches' clever brew
What a disappointment it was when Ipswich snatched a draw in the Speedway Star KO Cup semi-final on Friday, giving Cheetahs a mammoth task to pull it off in the second leg, writes John Gaisford. Teams are supposedly made up of seven riders, but the Witches
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Golf: Super Sarah lands Frilford title again
Sarah Huntley is the ladies champion at Frilford Heath for the third time in four years. She shot rounds of 78 and 83 respectively on the Green and Red courses to win by two shots from Gail Pressett. Her previous successes came in 1998 and 1999. Teenager
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Penknife used in robbery attempt
A 14-year-old boy was threatened by a man brandishing a pen-knife as he walked to school. The attempted robbery happened at the corner of Cornwallis and Littlehay Roads, Cowley, Oxford, at about 8.25am yesterday. A man grabbed the young boy and told him
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College orders staff to remove flags
Staff at an Oxford college were told to remove union flags displayed in the wake of last week's terrorist atrocities in the United States. Two people working at Ruskin College, in Walton Street, put the flags on their desks but the college's general secretary
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Dennis is veg master
Pensioner Dennis Hill certainly knows his onions - he has won the prize for best allotment in Oxford for the fourth time in seven years. Dennis HillGrowing large onions is Mr Hill's speciality, together with cabbages, beans, peppers, aubergines and asparagus
