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Banding together for appeal
Wood Green School is launching its 50th anniversary celebrations with a big band sound and an appeal. It is hoping for a sell-out event at the town's Witney Lakes Resort on June 13, with a celebration dinner and dance. Providing the music is the school's
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Gift hits right note with autistic pupils
Autistic children will be able to play instruments to their heart's content after their school won a national competition. The Chinnor Resource Unit, based at Lord Williams's School, in Thame, will receive £2,000 worth of instruments. Sebastian Goh, 14
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Volunteers are an example to others
A pair of pupils at Gosford Hill School in Kidlington have shown that the spirit of voluntary work is alive and well among today's youth. Rebecca Worth and Stuart Lavery, both 18, found time while studying for their A-Levels to help the community. They
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Council road repairs bill hits £10m
A £10m backlog of road repairs in Oxford and the poor standard of work carried out are angering residents, city councillors say. The county council, which looks after major routes, has allocated £1.2m for maintenance of residential roads in the coming
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County greets another Jubilee wildlife space
A riverside meadow, popular with migrant birds and some rare species of insects, has been designated a special wildlife space. Schools and local residents are being asked to play their part in the scheme at Barton Fields, alongside the Thames in Abingdon
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Flower festival marks Coronation events
A Coronation flower festival brought the scents and colours of summer to a Witney church. Ena Turnbull examines one of the exhibits It was the centrepiece of a weekend of events at St Mary's to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Queen's coronation
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Gift hits right note with autistic pupils
Autistic children will be able to play instruments to their heart's content after their school won a national competition. The Chinnor Resource Unit, based at Lord Williams's School, in Thame, will receive £2,000 worth of instruments. Sebastian Goh, 14
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Six-term year plan set to be shelved
Schools in Oxfordshire are unlikely to adopt a six-term year in the near future. Oxfordshire County Council's executive was expected to shelve plans at a meeting today, in line with recommendations from council officers. The authority had consulted parents
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Vandals ransack hospice's shop
Vandals broke into a charity shop and went on a wrecking spree, letting off fire extinguishers and destroying stock. They broke through the door of the Katharine House hospice shop in Wesley Lane, Bicester, between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on June 6, and caused
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Darts results
Summer league results Men's Premier & Section 1: Rowing Machine 1, Railway A 8; Shelley C 3, Cowley Comm C 6; Cowley Comm B 5, Three Horseshoes A 4; Shears 4, Cherwell A 5. Section 2: Cowley Workers B 4, Saxton Arms 5; L'more RBL 2, Crispin 7; The
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Pre-school becomes limited company
A pre-school has become a limited company so it could buy new premises and avoid closure. County education chiefs say Didcot's Ladybird Pre-school Ltd, whose prefabricated classrooms were paid for with the help of a bank loan, was a blueprint for others
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Teenagers deny robbery
Two youths accused of robbing an Oxford shop with an imitation gun will go on trial at Oxford Crown Court. The youths, aged 16 and 17, denied robbing Monica Sahonth of £480 as she served at Budgens Express, in London Road, Headington, on March 15. Both
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Car lags behind in rush-hour time trial
Commuting into Oxford by car takes six times longer than by bicycle and twice the time taken by the bus, according to a survey held today. Environmentalists staged a commuter challenge in the morning rush-hour to find out which form of transport best
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Rail revamp affects disabled travellers
Disabled travellers in Banbury are being diverted to railway stations as far away as Oxford and Leamington Spa while work is carried out on the town's lifts. Train operator Chiltern Railways has promised to provide a free taxi service to disabled travellers
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Relocated charity makes cash plea
A charity for severely disabled people is searching for money to fund a new centre less than a year after it was forced to leave its NHS-owned home. Headway has officially opened the Kennington-based day centre it moved to after being asked to leave its
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Ex-engineer takes the helm at ORH health trust
A former engineer who claims the NHS is great fun, has been appointed as the new chief executive of Oxfordshire's largest hospital trust. Trevor Campbell-Davis Trevor Campbell-Davis has only two years' experience as a manager within the health service
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Smith fails to help school
The intervention of a Cabinet minister has failed to protect a primary school from having to shed jobs following budget cuts. Governors at Windale Primary School, in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, have agreed to axe the posts of one teacher and seven learning
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Six-term year plan set to be shelved
Schools in Oxfordshire are unlikely to adopt a six-term year in the near future. Oxfordshire County Council's executive was expected to shelve plans at a meeting today, in line with recommendations from council officers. The authority had consulted parents
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Holiday help at hand for carers
Unpaid carers of people with mental health problems are being given help to take a break. They are being invited to claim vouchers for holidays and complementary therapy treatments. Oxfordshire Carers Support Project, which is run by mental health charity
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Students turn pages for cash
A readathon at a primary school raised £900 for a variety of national charities. Jordan Brooker, Matthew Nolan, Richard Shelton, Jamie Powell, Helen Livingstone, Sian Williams and Russell White Pupils in years seven and eight at Chenderit School, in Archery
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Report is perfect birthday present
A glowing Ofsted report has given Witney's Wood Green school a golden start to its 50th anniversary year. Strong leadership, good teachers, motivated pupils, and above average exam results are the conclusions of the 19-strong team of inspectors who visited
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Greatworth team maintain title bid
VX Racing, based at Greatworth near Banbury, continued to dominate the British Touring Cars Championship during rounds seven and eight of the series at Silverstone on Sunday. The team's drivers, James Thompson and Yvan Muller, took first and second places
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Action guide
June 12-15 THURSDAY Silverstone: Superbike World Championship. Paddock open free from 2pm to 6pm. FRIDAY Silverstone: Superbike World Championship. Dumfries, Scotland: Pirelli British Rally Championship. First day of three-day event. 01418 879905. SATURDAY
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Mayor's Sunday
Betty Atkins, stalwart of Wallingford's political scene, celebrated her second term of office as the town's mayor on June 7 with a formal parade in Market Square. The event, known as Mayor's Sunday, was attended by representatives from RAF Benson, the
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Banding together for appeal
WOOD Green School is launching its 50th anniversary celebrations with a big band sound and an appeal. It is hoping for a sell-out event at the town's Witney Lakes Resort on Friday, with a celebration dinner and dance. Providing the music is the school's
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Report is perfect birthday present
A glowing Ofsted report has given Witney's Wood Green school a golden start to its 50th anniversary year. Strong leadership, good teachers, motivated pupils, and above average exam results are the conclusions of the 19-strong team of inspectors who visited
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Potter's tops at Abingdon
Midfielder Chris Potter picked up the manager's player of the season award at Abingdon Town's annual presentation night at the Four Pillars Hotel, Abingdon. Chris Harper won the players' player of the year, while the most improved award went to youth
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Ace Axford leads title race
Chris Axford continues to the lead the National Mobile Windscreens Castle Combe Formula Ford 1600 Championship after winning the second of two races at the Wiltshire circuit. Axford, from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, managed only fifth place in the first race
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Ollie lifts eighth title
A large crowd attended the Greene King Oxford and District Darts Association's 77th Winter League finals at Rover Social Club and witnessed a momentous occasion when Ollie Varney (Railway Social Club) achieved his eighth singles success and his first
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Rowant bandwagon rolls on
Cherwell League Division 1: Aston Rowant marched on at the top by maintaining their 100 per cent record with an 86-run victory away to nearest rivals Bourton Vale. Having put their visitors in, Bourton were dismayed to see Rowant rattle up 247-9 with
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Townsleythe target
Oxford United are close to completing a deal to bring Scottish midfielder Derek Townsley to the Kassam Stadium. The versatile 6ft 5in player, who can operate up front as well as in midfield - and has also played at sweeper - has been released by Hibernian
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Carolyn calls it a day
A plant lover who launched a scheme to open people's gardens to the public is stepping down. Grandmother Carolyn Edwards started Didcot's open gardens weekend six years ago to raise money for the Berkshire MS Therapy Centre at Caversham, which is used
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2Tags will deter bike thieves
Staff at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital were offered the chance to fight back against bicycle thieves on June 9. John MacIntyre fits the security tag to bikes outside the JR John MacIntyre, of security firm Mac's Associates Ltd, fitted bikes at the
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Talks over 'gay rights' bishop
Members of the clergy were due to meet the Bishop of Oxford today to raise their concerns over the appointment of a bishop who advocates gay rights. A letter opposing the appointment of Canon Jeffrey John as the Bishop of Reading has been signed by 100
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Helen House loses 'wonderful friend'
A leading figure in the success story of Helen House hospice is leaving to become executive director of Children's Wish Foundation International. Catherine Wilson Catherine Wilson takes up her post in London next month after 12 years at the east Oxford
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Volunteers are an example to others
A pair of pupils at Gosford Hill School in Kidlington have shown that the spirit of voluntary work is alive and well among today's youth. Rebecca Worth and Stuart Lavery, both 18, found time while studying for their A-Levels to help the community. They
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Townsley is the target
Oxford United are close to completing a deal to bring Scottish midfielder Derek Townsley to the Kassam Stadium. The versatile 6ft 5in player, who can operate up front as well as in midfield - and has also played at sweeper - has been released by Hibernian
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Traffic bottlenecks worst for air quality
Three traffic bottlenecks remain the worst places for air quality in west Oxfordshire. A new report shows that Horsefair, in Chipping Norton, and Bridge Street and Mill Street, in Witney, have the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide in the district. They
