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Motorsport: Standlake set for busy schedule
STANDLAKE Arena have lined up two race meetings for the Christmas and New Year period. The circuit, near Standlake, hosts the Christmas Capers meeting for all classes - including under 2.0-litre bangers - this Sunday. And the following Sunday, January
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Motorsport: Irvine in picture for Jordan as Sato exits
Takuma Sato's exit from Jordan could hand a Formula 1 lifeline to Eddie Irvine. The Japanese driver confirmed he will join Brackley-based British American Racing as a test driver after coming to an "amicable agreement" to end his contract with Jordan.
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Action needed on dangerous road
I was interested to read the story about the lollipop man taking photographs of speeding cars in Headley Way at Headington, Oxford (Oxford Mail, December 7). I have asked the council on many occasions to provide a coloured cycle lane by Headington School
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First aid group celebrates
MEMBERS of the St John Ambulance in Abingdon are celebrating their move into a new home. Pictured, back from left, are division superintendent Paul Wiggins, duties co-ordinator Pat Matthews, member Darren Smith and division sergeant Grenville Wells, with
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Conversion opposed
A scheme to redevelop a farmyard into offices, which would create about 70 jobs, is being recommended for refusal by planning officers. Staff at South Oxfordshire District Council said the development at Severalls Farm, between Wallingford and Shillingford
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It's a glazed expression
Graphic artists Kelly Geeson and Emma Green have been turning heads with their eye-catching shop window designs this Christmas. They have just set up their own business and hope the Christmas designs will give it the boost they need. Miss Geeson, 22,
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Co-op apologises for surprising tenants
Shopkeepers in Wallingford who found out about plans to demolish their premises just days before Christmas have received an apology. Some shopkeepers had no idea that Co-op Group Property intended to sell their sites for housing, until they were contacted
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December 20: Balancing the books
NHS managers in Oxfordshire may be playing a dangerous game when they spend money they do not have. Ministers are unlikely to look kindly on a health trust which goes £13m over budget. But patients are certain to welcome news that at last, they are being
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December 24: They're top of the shop
Christmas is no time to be in hospital - especially if you are young and looking forward to a visit from Santa Claus. So the response of those members of Gala Bingo in Cowley Road, Oxford, to a plea for presents for children who must stay in the John
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Tote hits new high at Oxford
Another good Boxing Day crowd saw the tote hit record levels at Oxford Stadium as more than 1,200 punters chose to get some fresh air after the Christmas festivities. Vienna Wood streaks past the first bendAmazingly, only one clear favourite came up trumps
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Cheetahs 'swap' deal is still on
Oxford Cheetahs owner Steve Purchase has admitted that King's Lynn promoter Nigel Wagstaff is likely to stage Elite League speedway at Oxford next year. His announcement comes on the back of weeks of wrangling about who will be racing where and in what
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Woman killed in fire at her house
A woman died in a house fire in south Oxford on Christmas morning. The woman, who has not yet been named by police but was thought to be about 50, was found by firefighters called to a terraced house in Summerfield, near Lake Street, off Abingdon Road
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Wallingford draw a blank
Reading Tn 0, AFC Wallingford 0: AFC Wallingford failed to score for the first time in the Seagrave Haulage Combined Counties Premier Division this season when they were held by a spirited Reading side at Scours Lane. Wallingford were the more creative
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Supersub Pete steals the show
RT Harris Oxford City FA round-up: Substitute Pete Allison was KEA's hero as they beat North Oxford 4-3 in a clash of the two unbeaten teams in the Premier Division. Visitors North Oxford came back from an early penalty, converted by Liam Herbert, to
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Abingdon's run halted by Heath
Abingdon Tn 2, Flackwell Hth 3: Abingdon's fine run of form ended yesterday as they went down to only their second defeat of the season in Ryman Division 2. Town's Anthony Burden, left, and Dave Tregurtha in action Town, second going in to the game on
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Brize stay on top of the perch
Witney & District FA round-up: Brize Norton end 2002 in the same way as they started it, sitting on top of the Premier Division table. Their latest victims were Bampton who went down 2-1. All the goals came in an eventful first period. Simon Gardner
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United go on the rampage
Oxford United saved their best for last as they completed the year's home fixtures with their best win of the season yesterday. Roy Hunter celebrates his goalTheir 3-0 destruction of fellow promotion hopefuls Bournemouth was the first time in 2002 that
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Super Cooper does the trick
North Berks League round-up: Two Vinny Cooper goals kept East Hendred top of the Division 1 table, after a 2-1 victory against second-place Marcham. Cooper put Hendred ahead only for Marcham to equalise through Will Westall and it stayed that way until
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Football fixtures
Matches being played from December 28 to January 2 SATURDAY NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Rushden & Diamonds v Oxford Utd. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1 North: Oxford C v Hornchurch, Thame Utd v Aveley. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Banbury Utd v Dorchester Tn.
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December 27: Sense and sensibility
Our senior fire officers would be failing in their duty were they not to warn people about taking undue risks when confronted with a blazing home. There is every likelihood that an inexperienced person could find himself or herself in difficulties after
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Diesel's title challenge laid low by cough
A Didcot man and his dog, who were favourites to win one of the world's top agility contests, had to withdraw at the last minute when his border collie got a cough. Simon Peachey and his agility dog Diesel Simon Peachey, from Hamble Road, Didcot, was
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Church plan splits village
A planned extension to a village church has split a community. Planning officers, building experts and some villagers say they are worried about the effect of an extension on the Church of St Mary in Long Wittenham, near Didcot. But parish councillors
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Dead girl named
A girl killed in a road accident in Towersey, near Thame, two weeks ago has been named by police. Laura Coleman, 16, of Moreton Lane, Thame, died on December 12 when the Ford Fiesta she was travelling in left the Chinnor Road. An inquest has been opened
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Daughter not returned home
An Oxford woman spent Christmas without her young daughter when she went missing following a meeting with her father. Nine-year-old Raquel Freudenberger was expected to be returned to her mother, Karen Cameron, in Oxford after a routine contact visit
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Traders agree market rents
Traders in Oxford's Covered Market have finalised a rents deal with the city council. At the executive board meeting on December 23, a four-year row ended when councillors sanctioned a rent increase of about 20 per cent for the 42 traders in the market
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Disguise for mast
A mobile phone mast disguised as a tree could be built on an Oxford sports ground close to a residential area. Hutchison 3G has submitted a plan to Oxford City Council to put up a 15m mobile mast disguised as a cypress tree a on sports ground next to
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Drivers land in ditches
A ladder was used by firefighters to reach a man whose car had crashed into a ditch. Firefighters and paramedics helped the man -- who was injured, though not seriously -- to climb the ladder to safety. The accident, involving one vehicle, happened about
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Father rescued daughter from fire
Fire chiefs have warned people not take undue risks after a man was overcome by smoke in a severe house fire in Oxford after going back into the building. The man, who had rescued his three-year-old daughter and led her to safety, went back into the detached
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Tiny triumph for plotters
Natural harmony triumphed at Oxford's Burton Taylor Theatre as the Vera Legge School of Performing Arts performed The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner. The youth performing arts group Bees and ladybirds made friends with slugs and other pests in the final
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Volunteers prepare to support families
Families in need will be given extra support this Christmas following a training course for volunteers. Clockwise from left, Melissa Ramming, Helen Frazer, Jacqueline Corton and Terri Pilgrim They have started work for a charity that helps families who
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Pounding the pavements
Do any of your readers want to run the Flora London Marathon 2003? The British Lung Foundation is looking for runners either with their own places in the race to run in aid of the charity, or ready to take on a British Lung Foundation/Gold Bond place.
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Praise for hospitals
On November 27, I was admitted to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, with asthma and a collapsed lung, and would like to say what great treatment I had. I was put in the resuscitation room on arrival at accident and emergency. I had a bed on a ward
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National Front not on welcome list
While I believe most people would agree there is a problem with immigration on this island, I hope the population of Bicester are able to see through any propaganda that may land on their doorsteps from the National Front and that they do not vote for
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Work at graveyard distresses families
Graves are having to be disturbed at Witney's town cemetery because of a shortage of burial space. Spoil heaps have been left on some plots, and mechanical diggers have left wheel marks and upturned earth on others. The cemetery, at Tower Hill, is managed
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Future of council offices debated
The future of the headquarters of South Oxfordshire District Council should be decided by members from all political parties, according to councillors. The council's watchdog scrutiny committee said an all-party working group should be set up to decide
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Council calls for nightclub
A nightclub and a skate park could be built on the edge of Wallingford. The suggestions feature in Wallingford Town Council's Town Plan, which includes ideas for the development of a five acre site alongside Hithercroft Road, near the Wallingford Sports
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Quins in catch-up
There's no respite for two of Oxfordshire's leading sides on Saturday (December 28). Following their extended run in the Powergen Intermediate Cup, Oxford Harlequins have some catching up to do and they entertain Chippenham in South West 2 East. Chinnor
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December 23: Tempting offers
Managers at Oxfordshire's major hospitals must wonder whether they can ever win. Against the odds, they have made progress recently in filling some of the many nursing vacancies in the county. Now a new threat emerges. The latest pay deal will allow nurses
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Tennis: Five resign after Oxon tennis bust-up
Five of the Oxfordshire Lawn Tennis Association's leading committee members have sensationally resigned after a major disagreement. The row erupted at the county's AGM, when long-standing secretary Mary Evans queried the accounts which had been drawn
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Babies make festive appearances
Two little stars made a bright and early appearance on Christmas Day at the John Radcliffe Hospital's Women's Centre. Isac weighed in at the hospital's maternity suite shortly before 5am, half an ounce over 8lb, for parents Annette and Arnout Arntz, of
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Ashton misses new league test
Witney Roadrunner Mathew Ashton is a notable absentee as the Oxford Mail Cross Country League moves on to Enslow Quarry for the third round this Sunday (December 29). Mathew Ashton The youngster, who has finished second overall in each of the opening
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Two rained off
Thame United and Banbury United were out of action on Boxing Day. Their games in Ryman Division 1 North and the Dr Martens Eastern Division respectively were called off due to waterlogged pitches.
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Derby woe for leaders
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League round-up: Carterton closed the gap on leaders North Leigh with a 2-1 victory over their arch rivals at Kilkenny Lane on Boxing Day. North Leigh's last defeat in the Premier Division was also at the hands of Carterton
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Green housing cuts cost of energy
Work has started on a £1m housing scheme in Didcot designed to cut heating and lighting bills for tenants. The controversial development on the site of a former glove factory -- more recently a council depot -- provoked criticism from neighbours, who
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Students learn business lessons
Teenagers have been told that they do not need to go to university to succeed in business. Oxfordshire entrepreneurs and business leaders told 170 sixth-form students at an event held at Didcot Girls' School that taking a business degree was not the only
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Pub row will go to inquiry
A government inspector will decide whether a village pub breached planning regulations by holding social events. A public inquiry on January 21 will decide whether the Railway Inn, Culham, breached the law by staging functions, and putting up a marquee
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Sex shops face yearly £5,000 fee
Sex shop owners in Oxford are likely to be charged an annual £5,000 licence fee. The city council's executive board agreed on Monday, December 23, to impose the fee in a bid to regulate the number of sex shops in the city. There are now three in the Cowley
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Businessman's Oman appeal rejected
A Witney businessman's hopes of being reunited with his family for the New Year have been dashed by Middle Eastern appeal judges on Christmas Day. Jonathan Brown, 55, has been unable to pay a £10,000 fine, imposed by an Oman civil court two years ago.
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Money needed for tests
Money being spent on secretaries at Oxford Town Hall should be diverted to pay for public health checks, according to a city cabinet member. Mary Clarkson, executive member for the environment, recommended the move at a meeting of the city council's executive
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Ward wins accolade for quality
A ward at an Oxford hospital has become the first to be awarded an international mark of quality. Staff at the private patient Isis Suite, at the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Headington, have shown their dedication to patients by winning the title of ISO
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Car plant eyesore
As an ex-Pressed Steel worker revisiting Oxford, I was appalled to see the changes that BMW had made at Cowley. Garsington Road is an eyesore. At least 20 vehicles were parked on pavements and grass verges on one side and cycles were tied to railings
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Thanks for dedication
I would like to say a big thank you to the paramedics, the coronary care unit and the staff on ward 7A of the John Radcliffe Hospital for their care and compassion for my husband who suffered a heart attack on Tuesday, December 10. He is back home now
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Pension cash for homes
I have been campaigning for a couple of years for some of the huge swathes of money tied up in pensions to be invested in affordable housing. But I have always been told that it is illegal for pension funds to invest in homes. Contrast this with commercial
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Police mobiles to cost extra £400k
Thames Valley Police must spend an extra £400,000 on mobile phones for officers because the force's new Airwave radio system is so far behind schedule. The Airwave system will be introduced in July -- 18 months later than planned. It will replace the
