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New contract will create 50 jobs
Oxford logistics company Unipart has landed a lucrative contract which will create 50 jobs. Under the terms of the new contract with car and bike retail chain Halfords, Unipart DCM will distribute and warehouse one third of Halford's products nationwide
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Residents oppose Sunday opening
Plans to open Strattons nightclub in Abingdon on Sunday nights are running into strong opposition. The town council is against the proposal, and one local resident says the prospect "fills people with horror". Owner Martin Stephens has applied to open
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Cycle route is approved despite outcry at cost
A cycle route between Adderbury and Banbury is likely to be built -- despite calls for the money to be spent on improving roads and pavements. The cycle-way will cost £310,000 and funding is expected to be approved in the county council's 2003-2004 budget
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Major housing development planned
A major housing development could almost treble the size of a picturesque village. New proposals have been unveiled to build 68 homes on the site of the former factory and laboratories belonging to agro-chemical giant Dow Agro Sciences in Letcombe Regis
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RSPCA official took his own life with gun shot
An RSPCA inspector used a pistol to kill himself after becoming depressed over the death of his mother-in-law. Terrence Winston, 53, worked for the animal welfare charity for 22 years and was licensed to carry the gun to put down animals in distress.
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Retired singer, 82, died after fall down stairs
An Italian woman visiting relatives in Milton Common died after falling down stairs. Bruna Weaver, 82, a retired singer from Genoa was visiting her nephew, Dr Andrew Weaver, and his wife Helen, in December last year. An inquest in Oxford heard yesterday
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Squatters leave two homeless
A disabled couple's home was flooded after squatters in the flat upstairs left the taps running. Wheelchair-bound Jackie Debanks, 33, and her fianc Paul Scarrott, 32, who is partially deaf, were forced out of their home in Leon Close, east Oxford, when
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City squeeze in for county scratch title
Oxford City captured the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Scratch Foursomes Championship with a thrilling one-shot victory at Winter Hill, near Cookham. The City team of David Summers and Ian Bound birdied the last hole to finish on a two-round total of 149 -
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Atkins is close to finalising his lists
Oxford United boss Ian Atkins says he is "not far away" from finalising which players will be leaving the club as his rebuilding process gathers momentum. Atkins is expecting replies from players who have been questioned about their commitment and desire
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Advice for new firms
Fledgling firms wanting to market their ideas were today flocking to an exhibition in Oxford's Holiday Inn. The New 2 Business Exhibition, organised by the Oxford Mail, and sponsored by Business Link and business advice agency set4success, featured guidance
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Sinking yachtswomen plug leak with broom
An all-female sailing crew from Oxfordshire feared for their lives when their holiday yacht sprang a leak and began to sink. The boat was in the Aegean sea, five miles off the Greek island of Skiathos, when the crisis began. The crew set off flares, made
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Lord Mayor's parade in crisis
Oxford's annual Lord Mayor's parade is in danger of being called off this year due to lack of public support. The traditional fundraising event, planned for Monday, June 3, features floats and people on foot from local charities and organisations, culminating
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School wins speed battle
A school has won a long-running campaign to reduce speeding and improve road safety outside its gates. Road calming measures and a new crossing have been installed outside John Mason School, in Wootton Road, Abingdon. The school's crossing patrol warden
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Tracing Margaret Thame
A TV company needs help in tracing a Wallingford woman whose name is on an antique plough that is to be restored by Channel 4's Salvage Squad programme. Wall to Wall Television wants to get in touch with Margaret Thame, also known as Eileen, whose late
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Police unable to increase patrols
Police in Wallingford admit they do not have enough officers to combat a recent spate of vandalis in the area. Riverside Park leisure complex by Wallingford Bridge has been targeted over the last two weekends. Fencing was ripped out over the Bank Holiday
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Chamber praises council blueprint
Business leaders have welcomed an ambitious blueprint to develop the south Oxfordshire economy. South Oxfordshire District Council's economic development workplan has been praised by the county's Chamber of Commerce for its "positive and creative approach
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Churches join forces
A combined churches' evening of prayer, praise and music will be held at Didcot Leisure Centre on Saturday. The Pre-Pentecost Prayer and Praise Service is being organised by Churches Together in Didcot and District to celebrate Pentecost and pray for
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Crucial vote on bins shake-up
Critics of plans to bring wheelie bins and fortnightly rubbish collections to south Oxfordshire were hoping the scheme would be thrown out today. About 40 members of the public attended a district council meeting in Crowmarsh on Tuesday at which the ruling
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Shepherdess loses fight for survival in Panama
A woman who spent six weeks living on a desert island in the hope of winning £1m described her ordeal as "fantastic". Millions of television viewers saw Bridget Griffiths, 42, a shepherdess from Buckland, near Wantage, voted off ITV1's Survivor programme
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Player hits bingo jackpot
An Oxfordshire woman has won £58,000 in a bingo game. The 73-year-old, from Little Milton, was shocked when she hit the jackpot at the Gala Club, in Oxford, after completing a full house with 41 numbers. The woman, who has asked not to be named, is married
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Martyrs' Memorial repair work starts
Work has started to restore a crumbling Oxford landmark to its former glory. Scaffolding has gone up around the Martyrs' Memorial, in St Giles, and stone masons have begun inspecting the Victorian structure. Debbie Dance, secretary of the Oxford Preservation
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Quinn rues time with U'S
Rob Quinn admits he never played to his full potential at Oxford United, and is now hoping that a break from the game can revitalise his career. The 25-year-old midfielder became the first victim of United's clear-out when he and Richard Knight had their
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Victim of accident identified
A van driver who died following a collision with a bus in south Oxfordshire has been named. Peter Cunningham, 56, of Spring Lane, Watlington, was driving on Firebrass Hill towards Ewelme, near Wallingford, on Monday when the accident happened at about
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Hospice patients need drivers
Volunteers are needed to take terminally-ill patients on days out or to hospital appointments. Sobell House hospice, based at the Churchill Hospital, in Headington, Oxford, is searching for motorists who can help its patients. About 10 drivers are needed
