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Tribute to tragic hit-and-run victim
A plaque in memory of nine-year-old hit-and-run victim Ross Doyle will be laid at the spot where he was killed, following a successful £650 appeal. The money for the plaque was given by local businesses and private individuals, in response to the appeal
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Patient care in jeopardy
Patient care and staff safety will be at risk unless Oxfordshire's cottage hospitals are upgraded as a matter of urgency, according to an independent consultant. A review of the county's nine community units said some may be forced to close because of
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Service for Fellow
A memorial service is being held for the late Prof Walter Bryan Matthews at The University Church of St Mary the Virgin in High Street, Oxford. Prof Matthews was Emeritus Fellow at St Edmund Hall and had also been Oxford University Professor of Clinical
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This toy is just write
Six lucky children from Edward Feild Primary School, in Kidlington, were chosen to try out the latest toys from around the world at today's International Toy Fair in London's Docklands. The pupils were invited by the Toy Test Centre at the Colour Workshop
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Gate revamp
The entrance gates and railings at St Birinus Primary School in Queen Street, Dorchester, could be replaced if South Oxfordshire District Council agrees.
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Farmers' gift
More than £800 is on its way to the new Douglas House hospice for adolescents in east Oxford thanks to the Christmas fundraising efforts of farmers. The Abingdon and District Young Farmers' Club raised £441 from a sale of logs, £306 from carol singing
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Classy festival
Young people are staging an arts festival to raise money for the UNICEF Children in Conflict appeal. The event, which will include performances of dance, mime, drama, singing, recitals, music and poetry, will take place from February 4 to 8 at Bartholomew
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Donation will ease grief
Bereaved children have been helped on the road to recovery with a £1,000 grant from the Co-op. The money has been given to Oxfordshire charity Seesaw, which helps young people come to terms with the loss of a relative. The organisation, based in Merewood
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Police put student in the saddle
An Oxford University student will be riding high following a competition by city police. Crime reduction officers in Oxford visited both Brookes and Oxford universities' freshers' fairs in October and held a free draw for students to win a new bike. The
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Goodbye to 'Saint Sylvia'
A care assistant ended her career in the same flat where she first provided home help for an elderly woman more than 35 years ago. Sylvia Hathaway, 65, of Town Furlong in Appleton, started working as a carer for Oxfordshire County Council's social services
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A great lesson in friendship
Teachers from 18 countries descended on Oxfordshire, as part of an international attempt to forge links between county schools and the rest of Europe. Around 130 teachers from countries as diverse as Romania, Finland, Portugal and Malta met staff from
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Shares for trust
Sarah Handscomb, of Upper Maidensgrove, Henley, who died in July, left £611,355 in her will and shares to the Friends of Saint Edmund Campion Watlington Charitable Trust.
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DIY boss in fraud trial
An Oxfordshire man is among five former executives of DIY giant Wickes accused of falsely inflating profits. Trefor Lewellyn, 54, of Hill Farm House, Ipsden, near Wallingford, and his colleagues are accused of deceixving auditors Arthur Andersen. In June
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Homes bid
Redundant barns at Manor Farm, Yelford, near Hardwick, could be turned into houses under plans put before West Oxfordshire District Council.
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Film helps charity
Collections taken at the Screen at the Square cinema, Witney, during showings of the Harry Potter film brought in £2,010 for Save the Children.
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Convent cash
The Community of St Clare of St Mary's Convent, Wrosslyn Road, Witney, has been left £2,000. The money comes from the £522,674 estate of Pamela Elizabeth Mayo Haynes, of More Hall Convent, Randwick, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
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Top-class effort
More than 100 students in Year 7 at Burford School took part in sponsored spelling and arithmetic tests -- and raised £1,160 for Barnardos. Top money-raiser 12-year-old Gabrielle Dunkelman, who totted up more than £100, presented the cheque at a school
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Talks date
Sixty pupils aged ten to 13 will be taking part in a conference involving Oxford University trainee teachers and local businesses. The event will be held on Thursday at Chipping Norton Rugby Club. The deputy headteacher at Chipping Norton School, Laura
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Parking plan
Extra car parking spaces on grassed areas at 1-11 Horton Close, Thame, are to be provided by South Oxfordshire Housing Association.
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Classy festival
Young people are staging an arts festival to raise money for the UNICEF Children in Conflict appeal. The event, which will include performances of dance, mime, drama, singing, recitals, music and poetry, will take place from February 4 to 8 at Bartholomew
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Work on cards
Major work inside and outside listed Purley Cottage in Brookstones, Sydenham, is envisaged in a plan before South Oxfordshire District Council.
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Jubilee organiser calls for litter-clearing drive
A woman is mounting a campaign to clear her street of dog mess and litter in time to stage a street party for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations. Kate Bond, 42, is registered disabled and lives in Ashcombe Plasce, off Holloway Road, Witney. She said: "I
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Bungalow plan
A couple whose home has been an old railway carriage can now have a bungalow built on The Woodyard in Aylesbury Road, Thame. Jim Smith has been given the go-ahead by South Oxfordshire District Council.
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Charity boost
A rocking horse helped a butcher raise more than £2,500 for charity -- and the winner has given it to the children's section of Sobell House hospice in Oxford. The rocking horse was outside Newitt's butcher's shop in Thame High Street and was used to
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Out on a wing
Women in search of some daredevil excitement this summer are needed. Utterly Butterlys, Europe's only professional wing-walking team, is seeking new members wanting a job standing on the wing of a 1940s biplane at 150mph. Apply in writing, including a
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League in committee help call
Wantage Hospital League of Friends is looking for four new committee members. Secretary Mary Ponton, said: "We meet five times a year, including the AGM in March. Our main business is to consider requests for funding, so it is an enjoyable rather than
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Social services surgery
Wantage residents will be able to access social services directly when the town's Local Services Point hosts a special surgery, next Monday. In response to demand, Oxfordshire social services is sending an adviser to the centre in Grove Street, Wantage
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Offices damaged in fire
Fire crews were called to the Power Isolators plant in Thorpe Lane, Banbury, after fire broke out in the two-storey building on Saturday. The alarm was raised by staff working at the factory. The fire damaged the company's first-floor offices and the
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Councillors halt development of military site
Plans for industrial units on part of a military storage complex in Bicester have been put on hold. Cherwell District Council has told the Ministry of Defence that its applications to develop unwanted warehouses at Bicester Storage and Distribution Centre
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Rugby: Weekend results
English National League Div 1: Henley 12, Otley 22. English Clubs Championships Midlands Div 1: Banbury 27, Leicester Lions 41. South West Div 1: Chinnor 9, Weston-super-Mare 19. Southern Counties North: Buckingham 10, Witney 6; Grove v Oxford Harlequins
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Call to extend speed limits
Councillors are calling for speed limits on main roads in Bicester to be extended. Town councillors want the limits on Banbury Road, Buckingham Road, Bucknell Road and Middleton Stoney Road to be revised so that the 30mph restriction covers the whole
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Squash: Ace Cairns quits the top flight
Oxfordshire squash professional Mark Cairns has announced his retirement from the international scene, at the age of 34. Cairns, from Abingdon, joined the ranks of the Professional Squash Association in 1987, reaching his peak in 1995, when he was rated
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First Pc moves into starter home
The first Oxfordshire police officer to benefit from the Government's Starter Homes Initiative has moved in. Pc Philip Kerman, 28, who has been with Thames Valley Police for four years and is based in Oxford, has moved into a two-bedroomed house in Bicester
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Greyhounds: Tomorrow's Oxford Card
7.35 450m A8 Stan Your Man ... (Paul Walden) Will Gemma 3 ... (Ron Bicknell) INCOGNITO ... (Pat Curtin) Numbers Sharp ... (Ian Wills) Villa Princess (W) ... (Terry Atkins) Broadacres Bruno (W) ... (Maurice Massey) 7.50 450m A7 Clickety Clack ... (Paul
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Export ban extended
A temporary export ban on a set of rare photographs of the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland stories has been extended until May. The photographs of Alice Liddell, taken by the children's author and Oxford don Charles Dodgson, were
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Top-gear site
Domino Systems, Kingston Bagpuize, has prepared the Subaru World Rally Team website for the 2002 season and created a feature to unveil the new 2002 Impreza rally car featuring the Domino logo. Defending champions Subaru lead the manufacturer's championship
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Greyhounds: Tomorrow's Oxford Card
7.35 450m A8 Stan Your Man ... (Paul Walden) Will Gemma 3 ... (Ron Bicknell) INCOGNITO ... (Pat Curtin) Numbers Sharp ... (Ian Wills) Villa Princess (W) ... (Terry Atkins) Broadacres Bruno (W) ... (Maurice Massey) 7.50 450m A7 Clickety Clack ... (Paul
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Driver three times over limit
Magistrates heard that police found a drink driver trying to reverse off a roundabout after a head-on crash with another vehicle. Lawrence Murtha was in his Mazda on the A4130 Didcot-Milton Heights link road next to the Mendip Heights turn at 10.31pm
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Falklands walk
There will be a five-mile walk from The Falklands Arms, Great Tew, on Thursday, February 7, starting at 10am.
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Group meets
The Oxfordshire Epilepsy Support Group is holding an extraordinary general meeting at the Viking Social Club, Old Road, Headington, on Thursday at 7.30pm. There will be a bar afterwards. For any inquiries or transport problems, call 01865 435438.
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Pupil prepares for Ghana trip
Schoolgirl Caroline England has a year to prepare for a teaching trip to Ghana. Caroline, 17, a pupil at Drayton School, Banbury, is planning a three-month stay in the African country, beginning in February next year. She will work as a volunteer for
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Robbery remand
A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted robbery of travel agent's Going Places in Cowley. Michael Rogers, 44, of Salesian Gardens, Cowley, is alleged to have used a toy gun in a raid on Friday, January 18, and demanded money. He was remanded
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Panto has villagers hooked
A village pantomime has proved so popular that the dress rehearsal will be open to the public. About 40 members of the Hooky Players are involved in Robin Hood and Babes in the Wood from Wednesday to Saturday. Director Brian Rider, who moved to Hook Norton
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Hospice helpers plea
Volunteers are needed to train as bereavement counsellors at the Sobell House Hospice at the Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford. Volunteers are asked to give 16 hours a month for two years. Use of a car and phone is essential. For details, call Di
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Charity's game to help
A new charity that provides information on childcare has been launched. The Oxfordshire Children's Information Service organised a fun day for pre-school children at Banbury's East Street Centre to introduce the new service to parents and carers. Service
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Group threw stones at officers
A man has been sentenced to 80 hours' community service for his part in a "disgraceful" confrontation with police officers. Fred Butcher, 31, of Newlands Farm, Milton Road, Bloxham, admitted throwing stones at officers, shouting for someone to fetch a
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Forest talk
Ken Betteridge will talk about the Wychwood Forest at the Witney and District Museum on Tuesday, February 5, at 7.30pm.
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Falklands walk
There will be a five-mile walk from The Falklands Arms, Great Tew, on Thursday, February 7, starting at 10am.
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Music weekend
Hands On Music will be holding a weekend of workshops for violin, viola, cello and bass players at Henry Box School, Witney, on Saturday and Sunday.
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Courses offered
Courses in lip reading, woodturning and computer skills are among the sessions being offered by Oxfordshire County Council at the Community Education Centre, Towersey Road, Thame, from next month. Call 01844 213400.
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Rugby: Weekend results
English National League Div 1: Henley 12, Otley 22. English Clubs Championships Midlands Div 1: Banbury 27, Leicester Lions 41. South West Div 1: Chinnor 9, Weston-super-Mare 19. Southern Counties North: Buckingham 10, Witney 6; Grove v Oxford Harlequins
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Football: Weekend results
Nationwide League Div 3: Plymouth Argyle 4, Oxford Utd 2. Ryman League Div 1: Dulwich Hamlet v Thame Utd pp; Walton & H v Oxford C pp. Div 3: Chalfont St Peter v Abingdon Tn pp. Dr Martens League Eastern Div: Banbury Utd 0, Tonbridge Angels 2. FOOTBALL
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Survey this
Subject II Survey & Company surveyors, of Murdock Road Business Park, Bicester, which provides residential surveys in the UK and overseas, has launched a new website, www.subject2survey.com, with a discounted online price list.
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Top-gear site
Domino Systems, Kingston Bagpuize, has prepared the Subaru World Rally Team website for the 2002 season and created a feature to unveil the new 2002 Impreza rally car featuring the Domino logo. Defending champions Subaru lead the manufacturer's championship
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Taxing new role
Sharon Bedford has been appointed senior corporate tax manager of chartered accountants James & Cowper. She will run the firm's corporate tax team based in Wantage, Reading and Newbury. Sharon, 38, who lives in Wantage, has worked with large companies
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Intellectual challenge
Piers Clayden has joined the expanding intellectual property, technology and media department at the Oxford office of business lawyers Manches. Piers, who qualified as a solicitor four years ago, moves from the City office of DLA. Paul Northwood, a specialist
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Business park wins top award
The transformation of the former MG sports car factory into Abingdon Business Park has received a national award from the British Association of Landscape Industries. The car factory closed in 1981. The site was bought by Standard Life and is now home
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Hotel buys village pub
An exclusive hotel that has been owned by the same family for 40 years is expanding -- by taking over the village pub. Hotelier Jeremy Parke, who owns Studley Priory, in Horton-cum-Studley, has bought Otmoor Lodge and the Black Olive pub/restaurant, a
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Drive to improve transport
Villagers could benefit from a vastly improved transport service in rural areas under a new proposal being discussed by Oxfordshire County Council. The council's Environment Scrutiny Committee is to investigate the possibility of using Post Office minibuses
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Guidelines 'ignored'
A building consultant claims Oxford City Council is losing planning appeal cases because it is failing to take account of new Government guidelines. John Ashton, a former city council planning officer who now works for Abingdon-based West Waddy ADP, said
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Export ban extended
A temporary export ban on a set of rare photographs of the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland stories has been extended until May. The photographs of Alice Liddell, taken by the children's author and Oxford don Charles Dodgson, were
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Decision on bus station expected
The closure of Oxford's Gloucester Green bus station for vital repairs is expected to be agreed by city councillors tomorrow. The bus station needs repairing because heavy three-axle buses have caused the surface to weaken, threatening the roof of the
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Donation will ease grief
Bereaved children have been helped on the road to recovery with a £1,000 grant from the Co-op. The money has been given to Oxfordshire charity Seesaw, which helps young people come to terms with the loss of a relative. The organisation, based in Merewood
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Call to extend speed limits
Councillors are calling for speed limits on main roads in Bicester to be extended. Town councillors want the limits on Banbury Road, Buckingham Road, Bucknell Road and Middleton Stoney Road to be revised so that the 30mph restriction covers the whole
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Police put student in the saddle
An Oxford University student will be riding high following a competition by city police. Crime reduction officers in Oxford visited both Brookes and Oxford universities' freshers' fairs in October and held a free draw for students to win a new bike. The
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Pensioner storms out of queue at hospital
A pensioner has complained to hospital managers after waiting more than two and a half hours to see a consultant. Janet Frere finally walked out of the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Headington, because she was not prepared to wait any longer for a consultation
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Football: McCabe stars for North Leigh
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Eton Wick 0, North Leigh 4 The only Hellenic League game to survive the weather saw North Leigh came safely through a tricky Challenge Cup third-round tie played in wet and blustery conditions at Eton Wick. Despite being
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Football: Witney Academy fold
Witney Academy, formed only last year out of the ashes of Witney Town FC, have resigned from the Cherry Red Records Hellenic League. Chairman Brian Constable, who closed Witney Town last year after the club had been in existence for 118 years, contacted
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Road repair delay angers residents
Residents told last week that their cars would be towed away if they did not move them for contractors are still waiting for road repairs to start. People living in William Street, New Marston, Oxford, were told by the city council that resurfacing work
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Tribute to tragic hit-and-run victim
A plaque in memory of nine-year-old hit-and-run victim Ross Doyle will be laid at the spot where he was killed, following a successful £650 appeal. The money for the plaque was given by local businesses and private individuals, in response to the appeal
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Football: Weekend results
Nationwide League Div 3: Plymouth Argyle 4, Oxford Utd 2. Ryman League Div 1: Dulwich Hamlet v Thame Utd pp; Walton & H v Oxford C pp. Div 3: Chalfont St Peter v Abingdon Tn pp. Dr Martens League Eastern Div: Banbury Utd 0, Tonbridge Angels 2. FOOTBALL
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Group meets
The Oxfordshire Epilepsy Support Group is holding an extraordinary general meeting at the Viking Social Club, Old Road, Headington, on Thursday at 7.30pm. There will be a bar afterwards. For any inquiries or transport problems, call 01865 435438.
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History date
Visitors to Wittenham Clumps on Sunday February 3 will be able to find out how ancestors lived at the ancient hill fort at Little Wittenham, near Didcot, on a short field walk, starting from Hill Farm at 2pm. The event is not suitable for children under
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Out on a wing
Women in search of some daredevil excitement this summer are needed. Utterly Butterlys, Europe's only professional wing-walking team, is seeking new members wanting a job standing on the wing of a 1940s biplane at 150mph. Apply in writing, including a
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Communes talk
Chris Coates and Jonathan How have produced a book, Diggers and Dreamers -- A Guide to Communal Living. They will also be talking about the subject in a slide show at The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, in February, which will include the history of communes
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Folk meeting
The Folk Club will be meeting on Monday, February 11, in the Fox Hotel, Chipping Norton, starting at 8pm.
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Drive to improve transport
Villagers could benefit from a vastly improved transport service in rural areas under a new proposal being discussed by Oxfordshire County Council. The council's Environment Scrutiny Committee is to investigate the possibility of using Post Office minibuses
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Squash: Ace Cairns quits the top flight
Oxfordshire squash professional Mark Cairns has announced his retirement from the international scene, at the age of 34. Cairns, from Abingdon, joined the ranks of the Professional Squash Association in 1987, reaching his peak in 1995, when he was rated
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Benefit staff go on safety strike
Staff in Oxfordshire job centres and benefit agencies who fear Government plans will put their safety at risk were expected to strike for a second time today. The Public and Commercial Services Union has organised the 48-hour nationwide strike in protest
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Top-class effort
More than 100 students in Year 7 at Burford School took part in sponsored spelling and arithmetic tests -- and raised £1,160 for Barnardos. Top money-raiser 12-year-old Gabrielle Dunkelman, who totted up more than £100, presented the cheque at a school
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Bright ideas
Enterprising students showed off their skills by getting down to business in Oxford. Budding traders from 20 Oxfordshire schools and colleges competed for shoppers' custom at the annual Young Enterprise Trade Fair at Templars Square, Cowley, on Saturday
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Talks date
Sixty pupils aged ten to 13 will be taking part in a conference involving Oxford University trainee teachers and local businesses. The event will be held on Thursday at Chipping Norton Rugby Club. The deputy headteacher at Chipping Norton School, Laura
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Guidelines 'ignored'
A building consultant claims Oxford City Council is losing planning appeal cases because it is failing to take account of new Government guidelines. John Ashton, a former city council planning officer who now works for Abingdon-based West Waddy ADP, said
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Charity's game to help
A new charity that provides information on childcare has been launched. The Oxfordshire Children's Information Service organised a fun day for pre-school children at Banbury's East Street Centre to introduce the new service to parents and carers. Service
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Driver three times over limit
Magistrates heard that police found a drink driver trying to reverse off a roundabout after a head-on crash with another vehicle. Lawrence Murtha was in his Mazda on the A4130 Didcot-Milton Heights link road next to the Mendip Heights turn at 10.31pm
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Pensioner storms out of queue at hospital
A pensioner has complained to hospital managers after waiting more than two and a half hours to see a consultant. Janet Frere finally walked out of the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Headington, because she was not prepared to wait any longer for a consultation
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Home plea
Michael Shergold is asking South Oxfordshire District Council to let him change Church Farmhouse, Holton, back from a residential care home to a private house.
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Three hurt
Three people were hurt in a three-car crash on the B4009 outside Benson, near Wallingford, on Saturday. All three casualties were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, one with a serious head wound.
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Dumped lorry poses problem
An abandoned articulated lorry full of tyres is posing a major problem for South Oxfordshire District Council. The lorry was left in a layby on the A4074 at Woodcote last week, but all markings and registrations had been removed. The council wants any
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Racing: Foly Pleasant makes big splash for Knight
Foly Pleasant, West Lockinge trainer Henrietta Knight's progressive handicapper, revelled in the testing conditions to gain a notable success in the Ladbroke Trophy Chase at Cheltenham on Saturday. The heavy rain may not have been to everyone's liking
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Wychwood walk
There will be a walk of four and a half miles from the Beaconsfield Hall, in Shipton-under-Wychwood, on Sunday, February 10, starting at 10am.
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Half-term fun
Half-term activities for young people at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, from February 12 to 15 include dancing, poetry and working with masks. Call 01608 642350 for details.
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British breakfast is best
Free bacon butties were handed out to shoppers in the centre of Chipping Norton to promote traditional British breakfasts. Members of the National Farmers' Union, the Home Grown Cereals Association, Ladies in Pigs and the Women's Farming Union took part
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House scheme
Plans for a detached house next to 23 Old London Road, Wheatley, have been lodged with South Oxfordshire District Council.
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Football: Senior Cup dates
Banbury United's Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter-final tie at home to Oxford City takes place on Tuesday, February 5 (kick-off 7.45). North Leigh entertain Middle Barton (7.30) on the same evening, while Thame United face Hook Norton. Quarry Nomads' tie
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Football: Off-key Banbury have lost that winning feeling
Banbury United 0, Tonbridge Angels 2 Banbury continued their depressing run in Dr Martens Eastern Division when Tonbridge completed the double over them in just four weeks, condemning United to their sixth game without a win. The wet weather meant that
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Revamp hope
Lower Vicars Farmhouse, Lewknor, which is a listed building, may have alterations and extensions done to it if South Oxfordshire District Council agrees.
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Courses offered
Courses in lip reading, woodturning and computer skills are among the sessions being offered by Oxfordshire County Council at the Community Education Centre, Towersey Road, Thame, from next month. Call 01844 213400.
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Hospice helpers plea
Volunteers are needed to train as bereavement counsellors at the Sobell House Hospice at the Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford. Volunteers are asked to give 16 hours a month for two years. Use of a car and phone is essential. For details, call Di
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League in committee help call
Wantage Hospital League of Friends is looking for four new committee members. Secretary Mary Ponton, said: "We meet five times a year, including the AGM in March. Our main business is to consider requests for funding, so it is an enjoyable rather than
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Councillors defend need for political assistants
Councillors have defended the appointment of assistants who are paid out of the public purse. They say they are vital to help them face ever-increasing workloads. But one critic argues that the workers should be paid by political parties, not council
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Football: Senior Cup dates
Banbury United's Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter-final tie at home to Oxford City takes place on Tuesday, February 5 (kick-off 7.45). North Leigh entertain Middle Barton (7.30) on the same evening, while Thame United face Hook Norton. Quarry Nomads' tie
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Football: Fixtures swamped by rain
Saturday morning's heavy rain played havoc with the local football programme. The Ryman League Division 1 games involving Oxford City at Walton & Hersham and Thame United at Dulwich Hamlet were called off in mid-morning, as was Abingdon Town's visit
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Hockey: Weekend results
Men English League Div 2: Nottingham 4, Oxford Hawks 1. South League Premier: Richmond 4, Oxford Univ 0. Middlesex Berks Bucks & Oxon Regional: Banbury 1, Henley 4; PHC Chiswick 2, City of Oxford 0 (abandoned h-t, pitch waterlogged). Area Div 1: Abingdon
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Bypass 'vital' to solve traffic problems
Bicester's long-term traffic problems can be solved only by building a bypass on the western side of the town, a district councillor believes. Billy Evans, of Launton, does not think an improvement scheme to straighten out the narrow, winding Skimmingdish
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Survey this
Subject II Survey & Company surveyors, of Murdock Road Business Park, Bicester, which provides residential surveys in the UK and overseas, has launched a new website, www.subject2survey.com, with a discounted online price list.
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Football: United fall in thriller
Oxford United boss Ian Atkins praised his players for a wonderful attacking display, but lamented a lack of 'know-how' as they went down 4-2 at third division leaders Plymouth on Saturday. In a brilliant game of football - the best United have been involved
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History date
Visitors to Wittenham Clumps on Sunday February 3 will be able to find out how ancestors lived at the ancient hill fort at Little Wittenham, near Didcot, on a short field walk, starting from Hill Farm at 2pm. The event is not suitable for children under
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Communes talk
Chris Coates and Jonathan How have produced a book, Diggers and Dreamers -- A Guide to Communal Living. They will also be talking about the subject in a slide show at The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, in February, which will include the history of communes
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Star homes
Astrologer Sophia Dawn will be visiting a housing development to explain what sort of home best suits people based on their star sign. The ex-chairman of the Oxford Astrology Group will be at the showrooms at Bishops Copse, Oxford, on Thursday from 4pm
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Offices damaged in fire
Fire crews were called to the Power Isolators plant in Thorpe Lane, Banbury, after fire broke out in the two-storey building on Saturday. The alarm was raised by staff working at the factory. The fire damaged the company's first-floor offices and the
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Folk meeting
The Folk Club will be meeting on Monday, February 11, in the Fox Hotel, Chipping Norton, starting at 8pm.
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Wychwood walk
There will be a walk of four and a half miles from the Beaconsfield Hall, in Shipton-under-Wychwood, on Sunday, February 10, starting at 10am.
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Half-term fun
Half-term activities for young people at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, from February 12 to 15 include dancing, poetry and working with masks. Call 01608 642350 for details.
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Hockey: Weekend results
Men English League Div 2: Nottingham 4, Oxford Hawks 1. South League Premier: Richmond 4, Oxford Univ 0. Middlesex Berks Bucks & Oxon Regional: Banbury 1, Henley 4; PHC Chiswick 2, City of Oxford 0 (abandoned h-t, pitch waterlogged). Area Div 1: Abingdon
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Pub prospers
The Goose on Gloucester Green pub has seen weekly takings double since it was re-opened last August after a £650,000 refurbishment.
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PR firm scoops top new accounts
A public relations firm is going from strength to strength after winning three major national accounts. Razor Public Relations of Bignell Park Barns, Chesterton, has taken on engineering consultancy Whitby Bird & Partners, the Institution of Civil
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Chairman's call to back animal tests
An Oxford biotech company chief has rallied the industry to support the use of animals in medical research. Dr Paul Drayson, chief executive of Powderject Pharmaceuticals, was speaking in his capacity as chairman of the BioIndustry Association. He said
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M40 lanes shut after accident
The southbound carriageway of the M40 was partially closed in the rush-hour after an accident involving two lorries. An articulated heavy goods vehicle and a milk tanker collided on the motorway between junctions five and six, near the Stokenchurch Dip
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Export ban extended
A temporary export ban on a set of rare photographs of the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland stories has been extended until May. The photographs of Alice Liddell, taken by the children's author and Oxford don Charles Dodgson, were
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Hospital birthday
There were celebrations at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, yesterday when it celebrated its 60th birthday. Doctors and nurses at the hospital, built to cater for bomb victims during the Second World War, helped mark the milestone. After the war it was
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Jubilee organiser calls for litter-clearing drive
A woman is mounting a campaign to clear her street of dog mess and litter in time to stage a street party for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations. Kate Bond, 42, is registered disabled and lives in Ashcombe Plasce, off Holloway Road, Witney. She said: "I
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Councillors defend need for political assistants
Councillors have defended the appointment of assistants who are paid out of the public purse. They say they are vital to help them face ever-increasing workloads. But one critic argues that the workers should be paid by political parties, not council
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First Pc moves into starter home
The first Oxfordshire police officer to benefit from the Government's Starter Homes Initiative has moved in. Pc Philip Kerman, 28, who has been with Thames Valley Police for four years and is based in Oxford, has moved into a two-bedroomed house in Bicester
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Road repair delay angers residents
Residents told last week that their cars would be towed away if they did not move them for contractors are still waiting for road repairs to start. People living in William Street, New Marston, Oxford, were told by the city council that resurfacing work
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Football: Senior Cup dates
Banbury United's Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter-final tie at home to Oxford City takes place on Tuesday, February 5 (kick-off 7.45). North Leigh entertain Middle Barton (7.30) on the same evening, while Thame United face Hook Norton. Quarry Nomads' tie
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Controversial opera to be held for another 15 years
Garsington Opera has won permission to hold its annual open air festival for the next 15 years. South Oxfordshire District Council's northern area planning committee gave the go-ahead. Members followed a recent planning inquiry ruling that said the festival's
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Football: Witney Academy fold
Witney Academy, formed only last year out of the ashes of Witney Town FC, have resigned from the Cherry Red Records Hellenic League. Chairman Brian Constable, who closed Witney Town last year after the club had been in existence for 118 years, contacted
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Football: United fall in thriller
Oxford United boss Ian Atkins praised his players for a wonderful attacking display, but lamented a lack of 'know-how' as they went down 4-2 at third division leaders Plymouth on Saturday. In a brilliant game of football - the best United have been involved
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Football: Senior Cup dates
Banbury United's Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter-final tie at home to Oxford City takes place on Tuesday, February 5 (kick-off 7.45). North Leigh entertain Middle Barton (7.30) on the same evening, while Thame United face Hook Norton. Quarry Nomads' tie
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Hospice helpers plea
Volunteers are needed to train as bereavement counsellors at the Sobell House Hospice at the Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford. Volunteers are asked to give 16 hours a month for two years. Use of a car and phone is essential. For details, call Di
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British breakfast is best
Free bacon butties were handed out to shoppers in the centre of Chipping Norton to promote traditional British breakfasts. Members of the National Farmers' Union, the Home Grown Cereals Association, Ladies in Pigs and the Women's Farming Union took part
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Classy festival
Young people are staging an arts festival to raise money for the UNICEF Children in Conflict appeal. The event, which will include performances of dance, mime, drama, singing, recitals, music and poetry, will take place from February 4 to 8 at Bartholomew
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Panto has villagers hooked
A village pantomime has proved so popular that the dress rehearsal will be open to the public. About 40 members of the Hooky Players are involved in Robin Hood and Babes in the Wood from Wednesday to Saturday. Director Brian Rider, who moved to Hook Norton
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Show in peak of fitness
Record numbers of health clubs, beauticians and hair stylists joined a popular annual fitness fair yesterday. Hundreds of visitors were treated to displays and demonstrations by 28 exhibitors at the Oxford Mail Health, Beauty and Fitness Exhibition in
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Controversial opera to be held for another 15 years
Garsington Opera has won permission to hold its annual open air festival for the next 15 years. South Oxfordshire District Council's northern area planning committee gave the go-ahead. Members followed a recent planning inquiry ruling that said the festival's
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Notice board
Plans for a notice board at St James the Great Church in Fulbrook have been approved by the district council.
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Forest talk
Ken Betteridge will talk about the Wychwood Forest at the Witney and District Museum on Tuesday, February 5, at 7.30pm.
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Benefit staff go on safety strike
Staff in Oxfordshire job centres and benefit agencies who fear Government plans will put their safety at risk were expected to strike for a second time today. The Public and Commercial Services Union has organised the 48-hour nationwide strike in protest
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Patient care in jeopardy
Patient care and staff safety will be at risk unless Oxfordshire's cottage hospitals are upgraded as a matter of urgency, according to an independent consultant. A review of the county's nine community units said some may be forced to close because of
