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Craft classes pay off
Students who take craft classes at a friend's home have put their work on show this week. Peggy North with some of the exhibits They attend classes run by Peggy North, at her home at Murcott House, in Murcott, near Bicester. Visitors can also see Mrs
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Nielsen still speed king
Research by Chronicle editor Robert Peasley reveals that Tony Rickardsson's time of 57.33 seconds in heat four of last week's Oxford v Poole match was the sixth fastest time ever recorded at Sandy Lane. It was the fastest time recorded since Hans Nielsen
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Staff raise their hats to aid cancer charity
Staff at a Banbury travel agency tipped their hats to customers -- to raise money for charity. Workers at Jeff's Travel, in Parson's Street, joined employees up and down the country in 'wear a hat to work day' -- in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Billed
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Women get set to race for charity
About 850 woman are expected to show their support for cancer research on June 1 by running around one of Oxfordshire's more beautiful landscapes. Participants in the Race for Life will jog, or walk, 5km around Heythrop Park, near Enstone, to raise money
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Playing for Portugal!
Oxfordshire clubs Magnolia Park and Waterstock will be chasing a trip to Portugal when they compete in the south regional final of the Lombard Trophy at Camberley Heath next Wednesday. Magnolia Park will be represented by their professional Jeremy Dale
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Relief as City break duck
The nightmare ended for defending champions Oxford City when they finally recorded their first victory of the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League campaign - at the fifth attempt. City trimphed 2-1 away to fellow strugglers Tadmarton Heath in Section
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Club results check
Recent club results, as published in the Oxford Mail on May 29, 2003 NORTH OXFORD Paton Cup: 1 B Millar 66-5=61 (cb), 2 T Brennan 68-7=61, 3 D Shepherd 82-17=65. BUPA Jubilee Trophy: 1 I Wilkins 40pts, 2 M Lewis 34. Ladies Social Evening (9-hole better
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Mobile masts on church opposed
Worried residents have called for plans to install mobile telephone equipment on an Oxford church tower to be ditched because of fears it could cause cancer. People living near St Michael and All Angels Church, Marston, threatened to move house rather
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Hospitals trust gives staff chance to swap jobs
Staff at Oxfordshire's major hospitals will be invited to swap jobs in the latest bid to cut vacancies. Nurses working at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, who are tempted to try something new within the health service, will be able to turn to
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Estate youth take to art
Art is taking off on an Oxford estate where children are busy thinking up ideas for a new mural to adorn their youth centre's walls. Members of the art group at Blackbird Leys youth centre look up at one of their creations, a copper chandelier made from
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Trust receives merit award
Measures ensuring staff are safe while working with vulnerable patients have helped Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare Trust become the only NHS organisation to be commended by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. The trust, which runs Warneford
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Ex-Dome boss puts Capital of Culture title 'in our hands'
The Frenchman who tried to make a success of the ill-fated Millennium Dome has offered his support to Oxford's European Capital of Culture bid. Pierre-Yves Gerbeau took on the job of trying to boost visitor numbers to Britain's most notorious visitor
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Cancer forces volunteer to end fundraising work
A man who started fundraising for cancer research after losing his wife and son to the disease has been forced to stop after being struck by the illness himself. Ted Wheeler, 86, of Broadfields, Littlemore, Oxford, has raised thousands of pounds since
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Ride will aid deaf
A team of 45 cyclists will ride a 50-mile route in the Chilterns to raise money for the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The sponsored event, on June 1 at 8am, starts at the Hearing Dogs training centre in Saunderton and involves a circular route
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Chance to display driving skills
Female motorists are being urged to show off their skills at a driving event near Bicester, and raise money for charity. Men and women will be able to test their motoring skills against each other by taking part in a Battle of the Sexes driving challenge
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Henley beaten
Henley bowed out with a four-run defeat at home to Finchampstead in a rain-affected match. Chasing the visitors' 198-9 from 45 overs, Henley saw their target reduced to 194 after two rain interruptions. They needed five to win off the last four balls
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Soldier injured by grenade attack
An Oxfordshire soldier has been injured after a grenade was thrown at international peace-keeping troops in Afghanistan. Rifleman Matt Brain, of Kingsfield Crescent, Witney, suffered minor shrapnel wounds to his right hand after a surprise attack on the
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Ride will help deaf
A team of 45 cyclists will ride a 50-mile route in the Chilterns to raise money for the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The sponsored event, on June 1 at 8am, starts at the Hearing Dogs training centre in Saunderton and involves a circular route
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New out-of-town health centre has no bus link
The new purpose-built health centre for Wantage and Grove is set to open next week -- despite concerns that elderly and frail patients may have trouble reaching it due to a lack of public transport. This weekend, staff from the Church Street and Newbury
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Redknap lands award
Banbury United striker George Redknap picked up the players' player-of-the-year award at the club's annual presentation night. hereRedknap, pictured, who scored 15 goals in the Dr Martens Eastern Division, formed a deadly partnership with striker Norman
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County stars return to boost Banbury
Banbury marched on in the National Club Championship with an 18-run victory over Coventry & North Warwicks in the third round at White Post Road. The early abandonment of the first day of Oxfordshire's match against Berkshire at Falkland on Sunday
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Collectors gather for vintage show
Enthusiasts will be displaying an Aladdin's Cave of vintage machines, models and collectables at their 23rd annual rally. The Windrush Valley Collectors' Society is preparing for the rally on June 7 and 8 at Burford Recreation Ground. The show attracts
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Big band sounds make wishes come true
Phil Tufnell, winner of TV's I'm a Celebrity -- Get Me Out Of Here, will be among the guests at a masquerade summer ball at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on June 7. He will be joined by Linda Lusardi, Sam Kane and Keith Chegwin at the fifth Make a Wish
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Hostile swans terrify families
People living near a canal say they are being kept under siege from a family of swans. A pair of swans, followed by their six cygnets, have been pecking at cars and front doors, intimidating residents, terrifying children and leaving a mess in gardens
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Drivers face car park fee rises
Increased council car parking charges, which will see the price of season tickets double, have been criticised by traders. The charges, which come into effect across the Vale of White Horse district from June 1 will be the first increase in nearly two
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Riders tackle 'gruelling' route
About 50 cyclists embarked on a gruelling 100-mile ride to raise thousands of pounds for a range of good causes. Some of the cyclists prepare to set off Forty-eight riders set off on the two-day event from Wallingford Castle on May 24, on a mainly off-road
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Two from two
It's played two, won two for the Oxfordshire Vice Presidents after their 132-112 victory over Buckinghamshire VP's at Banbury Borough. George Swan's and Ian Whelpton's rinks tied for the highest winning rink, with the same shots difference of 11 and number
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Oxon confident for new cup mission
Oxfordshire have high hopes as they embark on their new Middleton Cup campaign on Saturday, June 7. ob Gilkes's team kick off with a trip to Hampshire at Atherley, followed by another away match against the Isle of Wight at Plesseys BC on June 21, and
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Veteran Barlow does it again
Geoff Barlow made it a golden double when he won the 70 Plus title for the second year running at the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Senior Championships. Geoff BarlowThe six-handicap member of Frilford Heath fired a 36-hole total of 172 over the long Castle Royle
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Dryml has 'em drooling
Silver Machines fans saw how much progress Lukas Dryml has made with a superb display against Oxford for Poole on Friday, writes John Gaisford. Lukas DrymlThe Czech, who learned his trade from the likes of Leigh Adams at Cowley, has blossomed alongside
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Wiltshire: Why I am quitting
Todd Wiltshire is more than likely to swap his speedway kevlars for a Bob the Builder outfit when he quits the sport at the end of the season. Todd WiltshireThe 34 year-old Oxford Silver Machine No 1, married to wife Linda with two sons, ten-year-old
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Wall hanging symbolises partnership
People who use a drop-in centre in Didcot have created a wall hanging, symbolising partnership, for a community mental health team. Liam Cuttell, manager of the Whistlestop drop-in centre, with the silk patchwork wall hanging People using the centre -
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Jury told of 'lies' to cover up accident
A woman lied to police to cover up for her boyfriend after he crashed a car into a lamp-post in Bicester while drunk, a court heard. Carol Mobey, 24, of Willow Drive, Bicester, denies one charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Oxford Crown
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Council U-turn on pool closure
Wallingford's paddling pool, swimming pool and campsite will be open during the summer after a U-turn by South Oxfordshire District Council. A decision by officers to close them permanently, reported in the Oxford Mail last week, raised a storm of protest
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Lights festival in jeopardy after council withdraws support
Banbury's Christmas Lights festival may be axed after Cherwell District Council withdrew its support. The council blamed cash shortages and staff cuts for the decision to pull out. Ian Davies, head of the council's leisure services, said his department's
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Thieves attack student
A student was left bruised and grazed after he was knocked to the floor by robbers who wielded a hockey stick. The thieves made off with the 21-year-old's bag, which contained books and his wallet, at the corner of Chester Street and Argyle Street, east
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Soldier injured by grenade attack
An Oxfordshire soldier has been injured after a grenade was thrown at international peace-keeping troops in Afghanistan. Rifleman Matt Brain, of Kingsfield Crescent, Witney, suffered minor shrapnel wounds to his right hand after a surprise attack on the
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Exams row 'scapegoat' to head hospital trust
The man at the centre of last year's national row on A-Level grade fixing has been selected as the next chairman of Oxfordshire's largest hospital trust. Sir William Stubbs Sir William Stubbs, the former chairman of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
