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Footballers help appeal
Abingdon Community Hospital's appeal to raise £30,000 for a specially- adapted people carrier will receive a boost of £1,000 from local footballers. The cash will come from a social evening, organised by Abingdon United Football Club on May 22, which
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£10,000 boost for church
Wallingford residents have raised more than £10,000 in a year to fund major work at one of the town's historic churches. The cheque was handed over by Ray Johnson, chairman of the Friends of St Mary's and St Leonard's Churches, to St Leonard's parochial
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Aven's injury hits Cavaliers
A serious injury to leading scorer Dean Aven marred Oxford Cavaliers' emphatic 50-20 victory away to Bristol Sonics in the South West Division of the Totalrl.com Conference. Aven faces a long lay-off after damaging a cruciate ligament in a knee. Cavaliers
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Men cut from car smash
Three men injured when their car overturned in west Oxfordshire were being sought by police over the theft of TV sets in Banbury. Two of them are in the John Radcliffe Hospital at Oxford with serious injuries, while the third is at The Horton Hospital
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Dealers and drunks return to city park
Drug-taking and excessive drinking are on the increase at an Oxford park that was given a facelift to deter addicts, residents claim. Mary-Jane Sareva with her daugher Amisa at the play area Mary-Jane Sareva, of Morrell Avenue, said she often saw people
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Nurses flock to fill up hospitals' vacancies
Nurse vacancies at Oxfordshire's major hospitals are the lowest for at least four years. The number of vacant posts has dropped to 193 -- 7.84 per cent of the workforce. But Helen Munro, human resources director for the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS
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Culture bid aims to inspire everyone
The group behind Oxford's bid to become a European Capital of Culture have rounded off their campaign by highlighting efforts to include people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Today, members of the Oxford Inspires team are in London as Government officials
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Trust in need of keen cyclists
A leading charity is calling on keen cyclists to use pedal power to help increase their funds next month. Every summer for the past decade, the Anthony Nolan Trust has staged The Oxford Big Bike Ride to raise cash for the fight against leukaemia. This
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Savage shock
Supporters' player-of-the-year Dave Savage looks like being bombed out of Oxford United. Dave SavageAnd chairman Firoz Kassam has apparently blamed him for the team not reaching the play-offs. "It doesn't look too good," Savage said. "It seems they don't
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Gaw helps Arrowstar to carry on flying
The Bicester-based Arrowstar team continued their winning ways at Croft, in North Yorkshire, team driver John Gaw claiming victory in the third round of the Powertrain Caterham R400 Challenge. Gaw, 32, guided his Carlube-backed machine to the chequered
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Holiday action guide
Motorsport action May 23-26 SATURDAY Rockingham: MGCC historic car races. First day of two-day event. 0153 650 0500. Donington Park: International Ferrari Festival. First day of two-day event. 0133 281 0048. Santa Pod: FIA European Drag Racing Championship
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Primary school testing curbed
Oxfordshire headteachers have welcomed an announcement by Education Secretary Charles Clarke that primary school testing is to be watered down. Mr Clarke will drop the target for 85 per cent of 11-year-olds to achieve set standards in English and maths
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Message gets fed
Town centre businesses in Wallingford have been getting the message about the value of breastfeeding. The Wallingford branch of the National Childbirth Trust handed out publicity material about National Breastfeeding Awareness Week, held from May 12-18
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Primary school testing curbed
Oxfordshire headteachers have welcomed an announcement by Education Secretary Charles Clarke that primary school testing is to be watered down. Mr Clarke will drop the target for 85 per cent of 11-year-olds to achieve set standards in English and maths
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Humphrey's private joy
Russell Humphrey, of Didcot, won the third round of the Castle Combe saloon car championship in his Vauxhall Astra SRi to take the lead in Class A. The 1998 champion is driving a current Vauxhall Astra SRi hatchback, which he believes to be the first
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Rowell takes top sporting award
Oxford University student Aly Rowell was last night chosen as Oxford Sports Council's young sportsperson of the year. Rowell has represented Great Britain in the Modern Pentathlon at junior level. Lord Mayor Pat Stannard hands the trophy to Aly Rowell
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More woe for troubled Motors
Cherwell League Division 3: Morris Motors hired a pitch at Bicester & North Oxford after being kicked off their Crescent Road ground - but it didn't help their cause as they slipped to a 33-run defeat against Dinton 2nd. Seamer Rashid Iqbal (4-21)
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Humpage shines again for Vale
Cherwell League Division 2: Ben Humpage's run of good form with bat and ball continued in Abingdon Vale's rain-affected draw with Kidlington. Ben HumpageHe made 76 of Abingdon's 160-8, Mark Strong taking 5-51. In spite of further stoppages, Humpage then
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Rampant Rowant on song
Cherwell League Division 1: Aston Rowant beat the weather to make it two wins out of two - and at the same time sent champions Shipton-under-Wychwood to their second successive match. Chris Hutton's team, who beat Sandford St Martin last week, found fortune
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Troops return home to families
Bicester soldiers returned home on May 19 to a heroes' welcome after four months' service in Iraq. Private Ben Houghton is reunited with his eight-month-old son Will Eighty-eight soldiers belonging to 23 Pioneer Regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps returned
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Innovation bid offers 200 jobs
A new innovation centre that could create up to 200 jobs is in the pipeline -- using expertise from Cambridge University. The £4m development will be built at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site at Harwell if planners give the green light.
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Flowers cast to highlight abuse
Flowers were cast into the River Thames in Oxford as part of a traditional West Papuan ceremony to honour the dead. John Rumbiak The West Papuan flag, The Morning Star, flew at The Perch pub in Binsey on May 17 as campaigners held a party to highlight
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House price study leads to key worker warning
Help must be given to young people and public sector workers in Oxfordshire to buy their own homes or the county will continue to lose skilled workers, said trade unions. The warning came after a study, published on May 19, revealed that nearly 90 per
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Drayson to quit if PowderJect sold
The millionaire founder of Oxford vaccine giant PowderJect is to leave the company if a takeover by an American rival is successful. PowderJect chief executive Paul Drayson, at the launch of the Oxford Children's Hospital campaign, of which he is chairman
