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Veterans lose again
Oxfordshire went down to their fourth successive defeat in the ECB 50-plus competition, losing by six wickets to Warwickshire at Stratford-upon-Avon on Thursday. Oxon set a respectable target of 177-8 as Danny Hall top-scored with 71. Warwickshire lost
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Rowant seeking perfect six
Oxford Times Cherwell League leaders Aston Rowant will be looking to make it six wins out of six at home to Challow & Childrey in Saturday's Division 1 clash. Pete Swainson is back for Rowant, but skipper Chris Hutton has yet to decide which seamer
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Banbury showing strength in depth
Home Counties Premier League preview: You might be good enough to play for Oxfordshire, but that doesn't mean you'll get into our team' - that seems to be the message from Banbury after opener Ian Tew was dropped for Saturday's trip to Hemel Hempstead
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Cricket fixtures
Fixtures for Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15, 2003 SATURDAY____________________ HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Div 1: Hemel Hempstead v Banbury, Henley v High Wycombe, Oxford & H v Slough. Div 2 West: Farnham Royal v Bicester & N Oxford, Finchampstead
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Barratt aims to shine on big stage
England's campaign in the IRB Under 21World Cup is the ideal opportunity for a talented youngster to make a name for himself and, perhaps, secure a career in professional rugby. While a player such as Gloucester winger Marcel Garvey seems set for a glittering
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Somewthing to sing about
The Garsington Opera season opens on June 14 for the first of 20 open-air performances. The season is a sell-out, so if you haven't booked yet, you need to look out for returns. This year brings three comedy operas to the stage, set on a terrace adjoining
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Classy outfits
An exhibition tracing the rich history of learning in Wantage has gone on display at the town's Vale and Downland Museum until Sunday, July 20. The exhibition looks at the past, present and future of education in Wantage, starting with the first school
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Women knit to do their bit
Members of a Bicester women's group have knitted jumpers to help clothe children in times of disaster. Mary Boyce, of Oxfam, shows some of the jumpers to customer Caroline Mack and her daughter Mary Louise, three The women, who are all members of Langford
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Wiltshire gets Oxford roaring again
Oxford Silver Machine 48, Peterborough Panthers 42: The Oxford Silver Machine moved back into top gear with a much-needed win over Peterborough Panthers in last night's Sky Sports Elite League clash at Oxford Stadium. And they did it without top Dane
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Shelter on offer for bus users
Rosemarie Higham, mayor of Banbury, and Robert Forster, of Adshel, take cover in one of the town's 25 new bus shelters. Rosemarie Higham, mayor of Banbury, and Robert Forster, of Adshel The town council has signed an agreement with Adshel to supply and
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Boden in world standard
Radley veteran Veronica Boden recorded a world qualfying standard in the 2,000m steeplechase at the Veterans' Championships in Derby. She romped home in first place, crossing the line in 7mins 29.56secs to set a new club record. Boden also recorded a
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Results
Results from the latest round of matches in the Greene King League <image large="sport-sally.gif" small="sport-sally.gif" type="portrait"></image>Premier/Section 1: Cowley Workers B 1, Cricketers 2; Highfield SC A 1, Rowing Machine 2; George
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All the colours of the rainbow
On an average day, you can expect to bump into a few colourful characters during a stroll down Oxford's Cowley Road, writes Monica Sloan. On June 1, expect them in their thousands. East Oxford is about to show what you can create with a surge of community
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Edinburgh bound and gagged
Fancy a one night stand? Well your luck's in. Three of Britain's most contemporary comedians are coming to town for one night only (each) before they hit the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, writes Katherine MacAlister. Jason Wood, Daniel Kitson and Jimmy Carr
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Course drives new role
Mark Hinkling, who has multiple sclerosis, has found a new purpose in life and is about to become a trainer for a course which he credits with improving his quality of life. Mark Hinkling Mr Hinkling, of Church Road, Didcot, went on the Living Well course
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Cab driver 'may have seen rape'
Police are trying to trace a taxi driver who may have witnessed an alleged rape. The cabbie picked up two women in their twenties outside the Bridge nightclub in Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, at 1.50am on May 31, and dropped them near the White Horse pub
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Skydiver crashed into plane's wing
Ground crews who watched a skydiver drop on to the wing of a glider had tried to warn the pilot and the parachute team, an inquest heard. The hearing into the deaths of glider pilot Jon Crewe, 69, from Sparsey Place, Cutteslowe, Oxford, and skydiver Phillip
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Doctors 'will have more say'
The new chief executive of Oxford's major hospitals says he is determined to give doctors a bigger say in their running. Trevor Campbell Davis Trevor Campbell Davis will take the helm at the Oxford Radcliffe NHS Hospitals Trust later this summer. Mr Campbell
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Strings attached
You can't mistake his gravelly Sheffield voice, nor his trademark mullet. Defying fashions, hairstyles and political correctness, Peter Stringfellow has successfully bridged the generations and is as famous now as he ever was, for all the wrong reasons
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Widow threatened over cancelled TV service
A widow in Oxford was threatened with bailiffs by a telecommunications firm, months after she cancelled a Digital TV service and settled the bill. Cynthia Green with correspondence from ntl and its debt collection agency Cynthia Green, 71, cancelled her
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Binge suffocated scaffolder
A depressed scaffolder suffocated after drinking a lethal concoction of alcohol and drugs, an inquest heard. David Stannard, of The Holt, Abingdon, died after drinking almost a bottle of whisky, lager and a small amount of methadone, a drug prescribed
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Underdogs England face tough task
They may have home advantage, but few rugby followers are expecting England to win the IRB Under 21 World Cup, which starts in Oxfordshire and Berkshire this weekend. After an undistinguished Six Nations, England are seeded only sixth of the 12 nations
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Witney florist Rosa Ashby was presented with a plaque at the fifth Make-A-Wish ball held at Blenheim
Pictured, from left, are Keith Chegwin, HRH Princess Fadzella of Brunei, Adrienne Greenway and Prince Azim Adrienne Greenway, 16, presented the award to thank Mrs Ashby for her support. Adrienne, from Coleford, has premature ageing disease and her wish
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Pair reach county final
Ali Snare and Tiffany Adam won the Wychwood and Lower Windrush tennis clubs' qualifying round of the 'Road to Wimbledon' tournament, in which 19 boys and girls took part. Both the winners and runners-up go on to represent the clubs at the county finals
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Benson and Oxford seal wins
Benson A and Oxford Sports A enjoyed comprehensive wins in Mixed Division 1 of the 2-Pair League. Mike Kann and Mandy Claridge dropped just six games in four sets in their team's 4-0 victory over Kingston Bagpuize. Second pair Ant Brownson and Maxine
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Tennis fixtures
Fixtures for Saturday and Sunday, June 14-14, 2003 SATURDAY__________ WILSON OXON LTA LEAGUE 3-PAIR LEAGUE Ladies Div 1: Oxford City v North Oxford, Cholsey v Oxford Spts, Witney v Oxford Sports B. Div 2: North Oxford B v Goring, Abingdon v Kings Sutton
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The Britton empire
Tony Britton was stopped recently in a London newsagent by the cashier. She leaned over the counter and whispered in his ear: "Didn't you used to be that actor?" "I still am that actor," he replied. He enjoys recounting this anecdote. He was big on TV
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Oxon's cup quest off to flying start
Oxfordshire got their Middleton Cup campaign off to a dream start with a handsome 127-101 victory away to Hampshire at Atherley, Southampton. Victory on five of the six rinks saw them pick up 20 points to Hampshire's two, and sets them up nicely for the
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Perfect start
Woodstock became the only team with a 100 per cent record in Mixed Division 1 of the OLTA Wilson Inter-Club 3-Pair League with a thrilling 5.5-3.5 win at North Oxford A. Manoj Gujral The match could have gone either way after a fiercely competitive tussle
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Craft romps hom
Headington Roadrunner Jude Craft slashed more than a minute off clubmate Allison Hirst's 2002 women's course record as she stormed to victory in the second race of the Mota-vation series. Jude CraftThe course at Bletchingdon was the only one in the series
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Bowls results latest
Results from recent competitions and leagues BERKSHIRE MEN'S PAIRS 1st round: Milton Hill (M Whiting & R Clewley) 12, Lambourn (M Linn & N Rackham) 22; Wantage (M Willis & R Rose) 15, Faringdon (R De Bank & J Hacket) 11; Wantage (K Woodward
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Witney are in the medals
Witney Roadrunners' juniors collected four medals at the annual Oxford City 5-Star medal meeting. The youngest of their medallists was Dominic Keenan, who grabbed a silver in his first competition for the club. Keenan set three personal bests in the 75m
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Murphy leads way in title joy
Headington Roadrunners stole the show at the Otmoor Challenge by winning four titles. Kevin Murphy took the honours in the men's race, winning in 1hr 15mins 10secs, while Jude Craft continued her excellent form with victory in the women's event. The men's
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Giles's super show sinks Sports bid
Kevin Giles was the hero for The George B, Littlemore as his superb 16-doll haul saw them to a 2-1 win over Garsington Sports in their Greene King Oxford & District Aunt Sally League Premier Section clash. Kevin GilesGiles, who also bagged a sixer
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Jones fires parting shot
Mark Jones, the former Oxford United star who returned to make his soccer courses across Oxfordshire one of the football club's biggest success stories, has hit out at the way he was treated at the Kassam Stadium. He says his love of the club was abused
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What is there to say about Radiohead that hasn't been said already, writes Tim Hughes.
'The best band in the world', 'spokesmen for their generation' ... the accolades have been heard so many times they have almost lost their meaning. Yet while the reams of copy surrounding their latest album veer between gushing praise, reverence, and
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Pre-school on meningitis alert after pupil falls ill
A four-year-old pupil at a pre-school which opened last week has contracted meningitis. The child, who has not been identified, attended Ladybird Pre-school in the grounds of Manor Primary School in Lydalls Close, Didcot. The pre-school, which has 70
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Board bars ex-Lord Mayor from speaking about plan
A former county councillor has accused Oxfordshire County Council of being undemocratic after she was refused permission to give her views on the Structure Plan. Ex-councillor Janet Todd claimed that the public would be denied the chance to address the
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Firemen welcome new deal over pay
Firefighters in Oxfordshire have welcomed the end of the fire dispute, which had led to 15 days of strikes since November. The row came to an end yesterday, after union leaders accepted a 16 per cent pay deal. The increase will be introduced over two-and-a-half
