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Life-saving help for vulnerable
A heart attack victim has praised a message in a bottle scheme which gives vital medical details to emergency services. The scheme, launched by Lions clubs in Oxfordshire, provides a small plastic bottle, filled with medical information, which can be
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Villagers fear their campaign for the A34 to be given a quieter surface has been given a low priorit
The Highways Agency has commissioned tests on the road to judge how badly people living near the A34 between Peartree interchange and Wendlebury suffer from traffic noise. The tests are part of a 10-year project being carried out by the Transport Research
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Cricket: Records stolen
Oxfordshire's record books and scorebooks were stolen when thieves smashed the back window of Ian Hawtin's Renault Laguna after Monday's game and removed a briefcase. Anyone with any information about the theft or the whereabouts of the property should
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Motorsport: Mixed fortunes for Plato at Rockingham
Reigning British Touring Car champion Jason Plato suffered mixed fortunes in the Goodyear 100-mile race at the banked oval Rockingham track in Northamptonshire. The Oxford driver ran strongly at the front of the field in the opening round of the 2002
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Basketball: Devils' play-off hopes dashed by Derby
Oxford Devils' hopes of reaching the National League play-off final came to abrupt end on Sunday afternoon when they were beaten 84-47 by league champions Derbyshire Arrows at the Queen's Park Leisure Centre. The Devils, who travelled to Chesterfield
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Cricket: Results
Results from the weekend May 4-5 REPRESENTATIVE Oxfordshire 185-8 (R Lynch 46, A Cook 35), Banbury 104 (I Tew 30, S Launder 5-36). NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1st round: Farnham Royal 184-7 (45ovs, K Dilly 49, I Bucknell 34), Oxford & Horspath 103
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Motorsport: Mixed fortunes for Plato at Rockingham
Reigning British Touring Car champion Jason Plato suffered mixed fortunes in the Goodyear 100-mile race at the banked oval Rockingham track in Northamptonshire. The Oxford driver ran strongly at the front of the field in the opening round of the 2002
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Football: Nelson is top man at City
Goalkeeper Stuart Nelson was named Oxford City's player of the year at the club's presentation evening. Nelson, who joined Conference side Doncaster in mid-season but continued to play the occasional game for City, won the Bert Holt Memorial Trophy. The
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Basketball: Devils' play-off hopes dashed by Derby
Oxford Devils' hopes of reaching the National League play-off final came to abrupt end on Sunday afternoon when they were beaten 84-47 by league champions Derbyshire Arrows at the Queen's Park Leisure Centre. The Devils, who travelled to Chesterfield
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Motorsport: New Mini is pride and joy for Warne
Adam Warne lives and breathes the new Mini. At work he is a quality engineer at the Mini plant at Cowley, and in his spare time he is competing in the first motorsport series for the Oxford-built Mini Cooper. Adam Warne He previously raced in the MG Car
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Cricket: Didcot to pin faith in Aussie all-rounder
The Oxford Times Cherwell League gets under way on Saturday. All this week, Peter Fenn will be previewing the top four divisions. Today: Division 4 DIDCOT have been boosted by the recruitment of Australian Jamie Smith. An all-rounder from Skye CC, Smith
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Courses to offer taste of new skills
Free taster courses aimed at opening up new areas of training for as many people as possible have been launched by the Learning and Skills Council. Bite Size Intros will last up to three hours and offer an introduction to a range of skills from building
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Health in developing world can benefit
Genetic research into new medicines could save millions of lives in the developing world within a few years, according to a report by an Oxford professor. Sir David Weatherall, professor of medicine at Oxford University, was lead writer of the World Health
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Barbecue planned for 5,000
Members of 14 Oxford churches are planning to feed 5,000 people during a series of free barbecues in Bonn Square. During the four-day On the Move project, there will be live music on the streets, with a combination of choirs and bands playing from the
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Motorsport: New Mini is pride and joy for Warne
Adam Warne lives and breathes the new Mini. At work he is a quality engineer at the Mini plant at Cowley, and in his spare time he is competing in the first motorsport series for the Oxford-built Mini Cooper. Adam Warne He previously raced in the MG Car
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Girl, 13, still missing
Police are still looking for a 13-year-old Oxford girl who disappeared with her 20-year-old boyfriend 10 days ago. Bayswater School pupil Julie Marie Turner left her parents home in Bernwood Road, Barton, with her boyfriend, Peter Adams, on Friday, April
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Samba boost for carnival parade
This year's Eynsham carnival will be given an extra boost with the lively music of a Brazilian samba band. Oxford's resident samba band, Sol Samba, is holding a series of workshops for people to pick up some basic rhythms on drums, bells and shakers.
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City police top health league
Police in Oxford are the healthiest in the Thames Valley, according to the latest figures. Statistics show that the reduction in sick days taken during the last 12 months amounts to more than an entire year in officer time. The force's private medical
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Abingdon's only big time lottery winner is to be recognised in the town -- 235 years after he scoope
John Alder, known as the 'Fortunate Cooper', won £20,000 in 1767 with a ticket costing £12. Now a blue plaque is to be placed on the front of his old pub, The Mitre, which today is Mason's drapery shop in Stert Street. It was proposed by the Abingdon
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Motorsport: Build-up hectic for Herbert
Johnny Herbert has set himself up for a hectic month - just weeks before he bids for a second career Le Mans 24 Hours victory. Herbert, who lives near Banbury, plans to compete in races in California and Indiana, while on this side of the Atlantic preparations
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Albert Hall dancer
Talented Amy Lawson has joined the English National Ballet to dance in Swan Lake next month at the Royal Albert Hall. Miss Lawson, 20, of Aston, near Witney, started dancing at the age of six with the Jill Stew School of Dancing in Witney. At 16, she
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Football: Nelson is top man at City
Goalkeeper Stuart Nelson was named Oxford City's player of the year at the club's presentation evening. Nelson, who joined Conference side Doncaster in mid-season but continued to play the occasional game for City, won the Bert Holt Memorial Trophy. The
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Football: Results
Results from the weekend, May 4-5 CHERRY RED RECORDS HELLENIC LEAGUE Premier Div: Abingdon Utd 6, Pegasus Juniors 6; Almondsbury Tn 2, Cirencester Academy 0; Harrow Hill 0, Wantage Tn 0. Sunday: Henley Tn 0, Shortwood Utd 3; Southall Tn 2, Bishops Cleeve
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Speedway: Cheetahs back on track
Aussie Mark Lemon posted his best performance of the season as Oxford Cheetahs got their Elite League speedway campaign back on track with a hard-fought 47-43 victory over the King's Lynn Knights at Sandy Lane on Monday. Lemon recorded four wins in his
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Cricket: Records stolen
Oxfordshire's record books and scorebooks were stolen when thieves smashed the back window of Ian Hawtin's Renault Laguna after Monday's game and removed a briefcase. Anyone with any information about the theft or the whereabouts of the property should
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Cricket: Results
Results from the weekend May 4-5 REPRESENTATIVE Oxfordshire 185-8 (R Lynch 46, A Cook 35), Banbury 104 (I Tew 30, S Launder 5-36). NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1st round: Farnham Royal 184-7 (45ovs, K Dilly 49, I Bucknell 34), Oxford & Horspath 103
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Football: Results
Results from the weekend, May 4-5 CHERRY RED RECORDS HELLENIC LEAGUE Premier Div: Abingdon Utd 6, Pegasus Juniors 6; Almondsbury Tn 2, Cirencester Academy 0; Harrow Hill 0, Wantage Tn 0. Sunday: Henley Tn 0, Shortwood Utd 3; Southall Tn 2, Bishops Cleeve
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Office complex nears completion
The first stage of a new Oxfordshire business park is close to completion. Langford Business Park at Kidlington will provide 96,400 sq ft of high quality air-conditioned office buildings on two sites. The first, fronting Langford Lane, includes two detached
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Villagers aim to cut child labour in India
An Oxford couple have enlisted the help of villagers in Kennington to raise £10,000 to help children escape slave labour in India. The Integrate Village Development Trust, run by Mike and Margaret Wright, of St John Street, Oxford, will mark its 10th
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Long wait for hip patients
If cabinet minister and Oxford East MP Andrew Smith needed a new hip, he would have to wait longer for treatment in his constituency than anywhere else in Oxfordshire, according to a parliamentary website. The Associate Parliamentary Health Forum has
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Centre to recycle glasses
VISITORS to an Oxfordshire garden centre are being urged to hand in their old spectacles to help people overseas. The campaign is being run at Notcutts' centres across the country, including the branch at Nuneham Courtenay. It follows on from the chain's
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Villagers fear A34 at back of queue
Villagers fear their campaign for the A34 to be given a quieter surface has been given a low priority. The Highways Agency has commissioned tests on the road to judge how badly people living near the A34 between Peartree interchange and Wendlebury suffer
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Cricket: County openers shine
Oxfordshire completed their pre-season build-up with a 26-run victory over Oxford & Horspath at St Catherine's College, Marston yesterday. In a game reduced to 48 overs a side by rain, Oxfordshire made 169-7 on a wicket where run-scoring was never
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Speedway: Cheetahs back on track
Aussie Mark Lemon posted his best performance of the season as Oxford Cheetahs got their Elite League speedway campaign back on track with a hard-fought 47-43 victory over the King's Lynn Knights at Sandy Lane on Monday. Lemon recorded four wins in his
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Surgeon welcomes decision
A leading Oxford surgeon has welcomed a Government decision to stop using disposable equipment which was introduced to combat the human form of BSE. The forceps, used in tonsil surgery, were introduced because there was a theoretical risk of catching
