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Golf: Frilford victory sets up thriller
There's a distinct possibility of a dramatic three-way play-off to decide the Shaw and Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League championship following Frilford Heath's tense 2- victory at home to Ellesborough. This result means that Ellesborough and Frilford finish
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£900,000 added to refuse costs
Community projects will suffer as a result of a council decision to appoint new refuse collectors in south Oxfordshire. South Oxfordshire District Council has sacked SITA from its £1.7m-a-year contract to collect household waste from the area's 53,000
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£900,000 added to refuse costs
Community projects will suffer as a result of a council decision to appoint new refuse collectors in south Oxfordshire. South Oxfordshire District Council has sacked SITA from its £1.7m-a-year contract to collect household waste from the area's 53,000
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Trust to review hospital services
Health care services at Wantage Hospital will come under scrutiny from managers in order to decide if the hospital should be relocated to another site. South West Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust will look at moving it to the new Wantage Health Centre site
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Show goes on after rat attack
A group of singers is fighting back after its collection of costumes was destroyed by rats. Wantage Stage-Musical Company had to light three bonfires earlier this year to destroy the costumes, some of which had been used since the group was formed almost
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Golf: Studley make it clean sweep
Studley Wood completed a clean sweep of junior titles when they won the Berks, Bucks & Oxon's Bert Yates trophy at Ellesborough. The competiton brought together teams of six from the five junior league champions throughout the three counties, namely
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Boxing: Finals preview
Michael Hanlon, from Blackbird Leys ABC, will be competing in one of the six Home Counties Senior Novice Championship finals to be contested at Berinsfield ABC's dinner tournament at the Cowley Conservative Club this Saturday. The full line-up is as follows
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Tennis: Tim blows big chance
Tim Henman blew his big chance to end the year on a high in Paris yesterday, going down in straight sets to Julien Boutter and losing his chance of automatic qualification for the Masters Series Cup in Sydney. The world's leading eight players in the
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Golf: Clubs results check
FRILFORD HEATH Junior Girls Open - White Horse Cup: 1 N Whitmore (Woburn) 44pts, 2 L O'Donnell (Burnham Beeches) 41, 3 V Collis (Beaconsfield ) 41. Nine-hole competiton (shortened course): 1 N Curtis 51, 2 C Bartholomew 52, 3 H Godfrey 65. OXFORDLADIES
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Table tennis: Handy Andy turns the tide for Crown House
Captain Andrew Packford came to Crown House A's rescue in Oxford & District League Division 1 with a superb maximum to force a 7-3 win over St James A. Crown were trailing 2-0 to St James A until Packford's treble - which included beating Gary Pickford
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Oxfam workers lose jobs
Oxfam's fair trade warehouse in Bicester has shed more than half its workforce. The fair trade division, based at Murdock Road, Bicester, has cut 42 jobs following re-organisation of the section. Staff have until early next year to find new employment
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Bowls: Results
The Oxford & District club reached the third round of the Denny Cup, beating Herts 91-62 in their latest outing. Father and son Chris and Glenn Allen were again in top form, Chris winning 29-11 at home, alongside Ian Snowdon, who triumphed 22-19.
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Table tennis: Veterans battle back
Oxford Veterans, newly-promoted to Veterans Midland League Divsion 2, drew their opening encounter 5-5 against Kidderminster. Oxford were always trailing, but fought back bravely from 5-3 down to grab a valuable point. The turning point for Oxford was
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Boxing: Berinsfield fighters land title double
Berinsfield boxers Simon Welsh and Michael Lobb became South West of England/ Wales National Association of Boys Clubs champions at Bristol. Both fighters had to box twice in the day to secure their titles. Welsh secured wins over Matthew Tregonning,
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Takeaway crowds 'moved to our doorstep'
Residents say attempts to curb late-night rowdy behaviour by restricting the opening hours of a Didcot takeaway have merely moved the problem to another part of the town. The district council and police forced the Istanbul Takeaway in Broadway to close
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Historic pub faces closure
A 300-year-old village pub could close because of falling trade. An application by owner Peter Thorneywork to convert the White Hart in Adderbury, near Banbury, into a private house is set to be approved by Cherwell District Council's north area planning
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Show goes on after rat attack
A group of singers is fighting back after its collection of costumes was destroyed by rats. Wantage Stage-Musical Company had to light three bonfires earlier this year to destroy the costumes, some of which had been used since the group was formed almost
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Table tennis: Veterans battle back
Oxford Veterans, newly-promoted to Veterans Midland League Divsion 2, drew their opening encounter 5-5 against Kidderminster. Oxford were always trailing, but fought back bravely from 5-3 down to grab a valuable point. The turning point for Oxford was
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Table tennis: Handy Andy turns the tide for Crown House
Captain Andrew Packford came to Crown House A's rescue in Oxford & District League Division 1 with a superb maximum to force a 7-3 win over St James A. Crown were trailing 2-0 to St James A until Packford's treble - which included beating Gary Pickford
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Football: Fabulous Ford hits fine double
Morrells Oxford Sunday League round-up ROSE Hill kept up their lead at the top of the Premier Division after a fine 10-3 win over struggling Oxford Supporters, writes GEOFF BOWER. Justin Ford grabbed a double hat-trick, Kevin McMahon a treble and James
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Work to start on hospice
The generosity of Oxfordshire people was being marked today (Thurs) at a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction of the new Sobell House Hospice. The hospice charity launched its £3.5m 'Raise the Roof' campaign in March this year
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Trust to review hospital services
Health care services at Wantage Hospital will come under scrutiny from managers in order to decide if the hospital should be relocated to another site. South West Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust will look at moving it to the new Wantage Health Centre site
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Ex-councillor died in Slovakian car crash
A former Oxfordshire county councillor died after suffering a pelvis injury in a car crash in eastern Europe. An inquest heard Bob Morgan, a former member of Oxfordshire county and South Oxfordshire district councils, was visiting his son, who worked
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Two guilty of attack in family feud
Two men have been found guilty of assaulting a relative in an ongoing family feud, despite their claim that they acted in self-defence. Nadeem Raja, 27, of Desmesne Furze, Headington, and cousin Mohammed Saeed, 43, of Swindon, were convicted of causing
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Streets uncovered
Visitors to Oxford's Cornmarket are about to get their first glimpse of the street's new paving. A £2.2m improvement project is underway to re-pave the pedestrianised street, using York stone and granite slabs. The first phase of work is expected to finish
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Tory MP admits using cannabis
A second Oxfordshire MP has admitted to illegal drug use. Boris Johnson, the Conservative MP for Henley, admitted to smoking cannabis - joining his Wantage Tory colleague Robert Jackson in confessing to using the drug. He came clean as Oxfordshire's MPs
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Guidelines will protect school site
Residents have welcomed development guidelines designed to protect Oxford's Milham Ford School site. The girls' school is one of ten schools due for closure under the city's reorganisation of education. From 2003, a three-tier education system will be
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Boxing: Berinsfield fighters land title double
Berinsfield boxers Simon Welsh and Michael Lobb became South West of England/ Wales National Association of Boys Clubs champions at Bristol. Both fighters had to box twice in the day to secure their titles. Welsh secured wins over Matthew Tregonning,
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Football: Nobby turns back clock at Kidlington
Nobby Stiles, one of England's 1966 World Cup heroes, entertained a packed audience at Kidlington FC's annual sportsmen's dinner. Nobby Stiles</image>)The tough-tackling midfielder went down a treat with an audience of around 150, as he related
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Golf: Frilford victory sets up thriller
There's a distinct possibility of a dramatic three-way play-off to decide the Shaw and Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League championship following Frilford Heath's tense 2- victory at home to Ellesborough. This result means that Ellesborough and Frilford finish
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No-one saw blow landed
Witnesses in the trial of two brothers accused of attacking police told a court they did not see the crucial blow. At Oxford Crown Court, John Cronin, 29, of Kingsclere Road, Bicester, denies actual bodily harm and assault with intention to resist arrest
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Football: Fabulous Ford hits fine double
Morrells Oxford Sunday League round-up ROSE Hill kept up their lead at the top of the Premier Division after a fine 10-3 win over struggling Oxford Supporters, writes GEOFF BOWER. Justin Ford grabbed a double hat-trick, Kevin McMahon a treble and James
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Boxing: Ten in a row for Lewis
Wolvercote featherweight Lawrence Lewis graduated with honours from his latest outing at Reading University as he recorded his tenth successive stoppage - with victory over Basingstoke rival Jeff Mitchell. The 20-year-old Oxford boxer had upper hand over
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Football: Nobby turns back clock at Kidlington
Nobby Stiles, one of England's 1966 World Cup heroes, entertained a packed audience at Kidlington FC's annual sportsmen's dinner. The tough-tackling midfielder went down a treat with an audience of around 150, as he related a series of anecdotes from
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£900,000 added to refuse costs
Community projects will suffer as a result of a council decision to appoint new refuse collectors in south Oxfordshire. South Oxfordshire District Council has sacked SITA from its £1.7m-a-year contract to collect household waste from the area's 53,000
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Witness weeps at biker's inquest
A 50-year-old motorist wept as she recalled how a motorcyclist smashed through her windscreen in an horrific road accident. Paul Wheddon, 38, died instantly after his Kawasaki motor bike collided with Kathleen Griffiths' Peugeot Almera on the A361 at
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Boxing: Finals preview
Michael Hanlon, from Blackbird Leys ABC, will be competing in one of the six Home Counties Senior Novice Championship finals to be contested at Berinsfield ABC's dinner tournament at the Cowley Conservative Club this Saturday. The full line-up is as follows
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Bowls: Results
The Oxford & District club reached the third round of the Denny Cup, beating Herts 91-62 in their latest outing. Father and son Chris and Glenn Allen were again in top form, Chris winning 29-11 at home, alongside Ian Snowdon, who triumphed 22-19.
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Streets uncovered
Visitors to Oxford's Cornmarket are about to get their first glimpse of the street's new paving. A £2.2m improvement project is underway to re-pave the pedestrianised street, using York stone and granite slabs. The first phase of work is expected to finish
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£900,000 added to refuse costs
Community projects will suffer as a result of a council decision to appoint new refuse collectors in south Oxfordshire. South Oxfordshire District Council has sacked SITA from its £1.7m-a-year contract to collect household waste from the area's 53,000
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Ex-councillor died in Slovakian car crash
A former Oxfordshire county councillor died after suffering a pelvis injury in a car crash in eastern Europe. An inquest heard Bob Morgan, a former member of Oxfordshire county and South Oxfordshire district councils, was visiting his son, who worked
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Two guilty of attack in family feud
Two men have been found guilty of assaulting a relative in an ongoing family feud, despite their claim that they acted in self-defence. Nadeem Raja, 27, of Desmesne Furze, Headington, and cousin Mohammed Saeed, 43, of Swindon, were convicted of causing
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United still in dark over red cards
Oxford United's plans for Saturday's game against York City have been disrupted after the Football Association failed to reach a decision on the appeals of Phil Bolland and Paul Moody. The duo were both shown the red card, along with U's boss Mark Wright
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Work to start on hospice
The generosity of Oxfordshire people was being marked today (Thurs) at a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction of the new Sobell House Hospice. The hospice charity launched its £3.5m 'Raise the Roof' campaign in March this year
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County fireworks sting a success
A trading standards operation to catch shopkeepers selling fireworks to young people aged under 18 has drawn a blank in Oxfordshire. The county council's trading standards department joined forces with Gloucestershire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire county
