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Horspath celebrate historic title triumph
HORSPATH repeated history after completing a hat-trick of British under 19 team championship wins at Sandwell. The victory goes alongside their 1999 win at Poole, and last year's triumph at Horspath. It is only the third time in the competition's 42 year
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New centre gets Hick's backing
ENGLAND batsman Graeme Hick was on hand to give Magdalen College School's newly-formed cricket academy a high-profile launch. The Worcestershire captain opened the facility at a special training session last Saturday at the Oxford school's impressive
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Angie gets that winning feeling
TRAINER Angie Kibble is going from strength to strength at Oxford Stadium. Her West Oxfordshire kennel just can't stop producing winners, producing no fewer than 40 last month. Mind you, she has the ammunition with over 65 greyhounds on the racing strength
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Boy fires shots at reporter
Police were called to an Oxford industrial estate yesterday after shots were fired at passing cars. Oxford Mail reporter Roseena Parveen, 28, was leaving the paper's offices on the Osney Mead industrial estate off Botley Road at 5pm when she saw a youth
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Man jailed for indecent assault on boy, 13
A man who plied a 13-year-old boy with alcohol before sexually abusing him has been jailed for three years. Brian Marlow, 52, of Main Park, Carterton, admitted indecently assaulting the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on June 11 this
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Man appeals for wife to return
A Desperate husband has appealed for help to find his wife who vanished after telling him she was going to collect their son from nursery, writes Emma Henry. Noreen Mehmood, 45, went missing from her home in Faulkner Street, St Ebbe's, at 11am on Tuesday
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Debts could sink student paper
Oxford University's oldest independent newspaper faces ruin after thousands of pounds of unpaid bills were discovered, writes Roseena Parveen. The Cherwell, based in St Aldate's, Oxford, has been run independently by students since 1920. It launched the
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United's crunch tester
SOMETHING has to give at lunchtime today when in-form Oxford United and Plymouth Argyle meet head-on in Division 3 at The Kassam Stadium. The game has a 1pm kick-off so United fans can see the England v Greece World Cup qualifier in the stadium's restaurant
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We won't tolerate Cornmarket mess, say traders
Traders in Oxford have described the revamp of the city's main shopping street as disastrous, writes Andrew Ffrench. They are demanding reassurance from council officers that the £2.2m improvement of Cornmarket Street will be properly finished. Two years
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Devils out on a revenge crusade
OXFORD Devils make the return trip to Coventry tonight (7.30) to play a confident Crusaders team in the National Trophy. Oxford were beaten by them 87-94 a fortnight ago and Coventry already look set to qualify for the quarter-finals in November. The
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Stars aiming to shoot down Chieftains' bid
OXFORD City Stars take on a team who are set to be one of their main rivals for a top position in the English National Ice Hockey League when they face Chelmsford Chieftains tomorrow at Oxpens Road (5.45). Chieftains have played in the Premier League
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Adams the starin Craven thriller
Oxford 47, Eastbourne 43 JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs gained some inspiration ahead of a difficult run-in for the Elite League title with victory over the Eagles in a Craven Shield clash at the Stadium last night. For a meeting with very little at stake, the
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Mark Wright column
Gerrard slating is over the top THE papers were quick to crucify Steven Gerrard after he was spotted having a drink in the early hours of Tuesday morning, but I can't see what all the fuss was about. Here at Oxford United, we have a strict rule whereby
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Joey has op
JOEY Beauchamp has had his operation on his broken toe and looks likely to be sidelined for ten more weeks. Beauchamp underwent the op on Wednesday. He sustained the injury in training and admitted: "I don't even really know how I did it. I just felt
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Woman hurt in accident
A Pensioner is seriously ill in hospital after suffering head injuries in an accident in Oxford. The 64-year-old woman was crossing London Road, in Headington, between Kennett Road and Stephen Road, when she was in collision with a gold Mercedes 190A
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Council hits student loan target
Oxfordshire County Council has defended its record on dealing with student loan applications after reports that computer faults had delayed some payments this term. While admitting there were problems last week, education department spokesman John Mitchell
