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Proud pupils display their new library
Pupils Todd Giles, five, and Laura Osbourne, six, show Oxfordshire Councy Council's director of learning and culture, Keith Bartley, the new library at their school. Mr Bartley was opening a new computer suite and library at Marcham Primary School, near
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Popular choice for conference
Students in Woodstock are raising money to organise a conference about how music, fashion and sport affect society. For the past seven years, pupils at The Marlborough School have organised an annual conference on a subject or issue that is external to
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Group courts sponsors
With Wimbledon just around the corner, Oxfordshire Lawn Tennis Association is staging a social evening. The event, at the White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre in Abingdon on June 20, will give sponsors the chance to meet and knock up with players supported
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Into Africa
The city turns distinctly exotic from June 23, to celebrate Oxford Africa Week. The well-established arts event brings together a taste of the huge variety of musical styles and influences, from Tangiers to Capetown. And while you are unlikely to see
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Wales look best hopes for semis
Wales remain the best hope of carrying British colours into the semi-finals of the Under 21 World Cup after a hard-earned 24-18 victory over Argentina at Iffley Road on Tuesday. It was a second pool victory for the Welsh, following their 37-19 success
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Capital bike ride
Thame schoolboy Chris Wilcox is planning to visit five capital cities in two days to raise £5,000 for children living on the streets of Latin America. Chris, 12, a pupil at Lord Williams's School, Thame, will spend next weekend travelling with his dad
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Tales from Uganda
Jack Sserunkuma has been telling stories since he learned to talk and performing since he took his first steps, writes Monica Sloan. Growing up in tribal Uganda, he took on the role of family storyteller from his grandmother. In Ugandan culture, folk
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Jobs in peril
Up to 90 jobs could be axed if an Oxfordshire electronics company follows the national trend by moving manufacturing to a cheaper base abroad. Huber and Suhner, of Telford Road, Bicester, which employs about 170 people, has told 90 staff that their jobs
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Javelin ace Boggis is record breaker
JAVELIN thrower Lucy Boggis spearheaded a record-breaking day's action at the Oxfordshire Schools' Track and Field Championships at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. Boggis led the way with the outstanding field performance last Sunday as ten championships bests
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Drive to save pub
Villagers are renewing their campaign to get a pub re-opened to save it from becoming a house. They want the Dashwood Arms -- known to drinkers as The Old Dashy -- to become the centre of community life in Kirtlington, near Bicester, where traditional
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Doris Quarterman
Tributes have been paid to veteran Royal British Legion worker Doris Quarterman who has died at the age of 98. Mrs Quarterman, who covered Blackbird Leys for the ex-servicemen and women's charity for many years, was known by her friends as the 'poppy
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Interview: Bryan Magee
The title of Bryan Magee's memoir, Clouds of Glory -- A Hoxton Childhood (Jonathan Cape, £17.99) suggests that it could be the self-indulgent ramblings of a 73-year-old clutching at half-remembered childhood memories seen now through rose-tinted glasses
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Speedway: Champion Pedersen back down to earth!
THE Oxford Silver Machine fans will be out in force tonight when they welcome home British Grand Prix winner Nicki Pedersen at the Stadium. But as soon as he has paraded his British GP Trophy - plans to drop him by heleicopter were abandoned - it will
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Plateaus hit a new peak
Sisters Carolyn and Natalie Plateau broke two Radley records at the BMC meeting at Windsor. Carolyn overhauled Nikki Slater's 11-year record to clock a time of 2mins 9.93secs in the under 17 800m. And Natalie broke the under 20 record in the same event
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Dell's second spot has a silver lining
Woodstock Harrier Greg Dell led the local charge by finishing runner-up at the Witney Roadrunners' Delly End Dash. Dell was right on race-winner Chris Riley's shoulder until the 5km mark. However, he couldn't sustain his early pace in the heat, finishing
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Results
Abingdon League results, as reported in the Oxford Mail on June 18, 2003 Prem & A Section: Saxton Arms A 2, Wootton RBL 4; Cumnor Cricket Club 4, Fox 2; Abingdon United 2, Plough Appleton 4; Berinsfield B 0, Crispin A 6. B Section: Spread Eagle 5,
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Aunt Sally results
Greene King Oxford & District Aunt Sally League results as reported in Oxford Mail, June 18, 2003 Premier & Section 1: Cricketers Arms 3, Highfield SC A 0; Plough A 0, George B 3; White House A 0, Garsington Sports 3; Rowing Machine 3, Royal Sun
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St Barnabas goes Rio
An Oxford church will on June 21 become a little corner of Rio de Janeiro, when its chancel resounds not to the sound of evensong, but the laid-back grooves of bossa nova, writes Tim Hughes. The show, at St Barnabas Church, in Cardigan Street, Jericho
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Minimum pay-out likely at Arrows
Receivers of failed Formula 1 racing team Arrows are holding out little hope that the 250 former employees of the Oxfordshire firm will receive more than the statutory minimum pay-out. Bryan Hamblin, of receivers KPF, said: "I would not be optimistic
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Student injured at club may not be allowed to graduate
Worcester College student Jake Davies, 21, may have to wait a year to graduate, after his doctor declared him unfit to take the final three exams of his Masters degree in Engineering. He was hurt, it is alleged, in a confrontation with a member of the
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Ultimatum issued in gay bishop row
Clergymen have threatened not to recognise the Bishop of Oxford, Dr Richard Harries, as a member of the Church of England if he appoints a homosexual as Bishop of Reading. The Evangelical Group of the Diocese of Oxford have said if Bishop Harries proceeds
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Voters oppose boundary move
Voters in four villages want to stay with Banbury rather than switch to Henley when it comes to electing their MP. They are objecting to being moved from one constituency to another to level up the number of voters between constituencies in Oxfordshire
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Children prepare for Olympics
About 100 children with special needs are taking part in their own special Olympics in Oxford. The games, organised by the charity Kids Enjoy Exercise Now, will take place at New College sports ground in St Cross Street from 2pm to 5pm on June 21. The
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Ploughed-up track leaves fans fuming
IRATE Oxford speedway fans demanded their money back after last night's Elite League meeting against Wolverhampton was called off without a wheel being turned. Euphoria turned to dismay after British Grand Prix champion Nicki Pedersen did a lap of honour
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Couple's nursery company scoops three awards
The husband and wife who founded a children's nursery firm celebrated a triple success at the Oxfordshire Business of the Year Awards last night. Lesley and Ian Millar, who run Child & Co, based in Wallingford, were the toast of hundreds of guests
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Harry's special delivery
Postlady Tracy Atkinson is ready to make sure Harry Potter fans get the weighty new book chronicling their hero's adventures. In the real world, Tracy, from Witney, will have to do without the help of magic to transport copies of Harry Potter and the
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Review: Hostages to Fortune by Elizabeth Cambridge (Persephone Books, £10)
This moving and delightful novel, first published in 1933, examines the "great enterprises" to which Renaissance writer Frances Bacon claimed that wife and children are "impediments", writes Graham Anderson. The title is from Bacon: "He that hath wife
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Throwing light on wordplay
Schoolchildren's imaginations and language skills were given free rein during a writing week at a primary school in Carterton. Husband and wife David and Ronda Armitage came to work with them in a workshop devoted to creating a story around a picture.
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Proton celebrate
Banbury's Team Proton KR rider Nobatsu Aoki claimed the new V5 four-stroke prototype racer's first finish in a punishingly hot Catalunyan GP, to finish just one place out of the world championship points. The team were celebrating the result, after a
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Walker roars to victory
Oxford's James Walker roared to his third UK Formula Ford Scholarship victory on the trot, and also clinching a fine third place overall at Silverstone. The Summertown-based teenager was the class of the scholarship field - aimed at less experienced drivers
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Homeless take to stage in 'Beggars' Opera'
Opera -- once considered the preserve of the rich -- is to be performed in Oxford by homeless people. New College choir and director of music Dr Edward Higginbottom will perform alongside homeless people The scheme, organised by the charity Streetwise
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Metal treble
Metal fans will be in their element on June 21, with a raw-edged triple bill of hardcore. If getting down to some serious noise is your thing, then the Zodiac is where to be on June 21. Top of the bill are US hardcore band Nora, followed, in morbid style
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Banbury's home draw
Banbury CC are set to entertain Finedon Dolben, from Northants, in the ECB National Club Championship fifth round on Sunday, June 29. Craig Haupt's side, who are facing an ECB investigation over allegations of verbal abuse made by Bromsgrove following
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Warborough edge into first Oxon final
Warborough & Shillingford are through to the Oxfordshire final of the National Village Championship for the first time in their history. Their narrow three-wicket victory over Kidmore End on Sunday sets up a home tie with Shipton-under-Wychwood this
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Sale of medals helps church building
Sale of medals aids church project Medals commemorating the Queen's Golden Jubilee are on sale in Wallingford to help transform the town's Old Free Library into a church building. Dee Cripps, of the Wallingford Business Partnership, is selling the medals
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Banbury duo heading for Quins
Two former Northampton Saints players have quit Banbury Bulls and are believed to be on their way to Oxford Harlequins. Andy Noyce, a prolific points scorer in the last two seasons, and exciting centre Matt Goode, both of whom played in Oxfordshire's
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Vicar gets historical
The vicar of one of Oxfordshire's newest towns is stepping back in time on June 21, to conduct his first wedding at the medieval parish church in Brize Norton. The Rev Roger Billings is used to conducting marriages at the modern church of St John -- built
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Tennis: North Oxford turn up heat at top of table
North Oxford made their title intentions clear with a 7-2 win over Oxford City in Ladies' Division 1 of the Wilson OLTA Inter-Club 3-Pair League. Victory maintains North's 100 per cent record at the top of the table, but City's second defeat in four matches
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Dancing out of the dark
A light-footed graceful dancer is a joy to himself and to others, reads a tattered piece of paper on the bombed and looted former dance school floor in Grozny, Chechnya, writes Katherine MacAlister. A dancer from the Daimohk ensemble Even the floorboards
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Review: A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson (Doubleday, £20)
Bill Bryson's wide-eyed 'gee-whizz' style, which characterises his travelogues, is not to everyone's liking, writes Paul Stammers. While I am a (moderate) Bryson fan, the breathy enthusiasm of the first few pages made me wary of wading through nearly
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Twins invited to party
Representatives from Grove have been invited to help celebrate the twinning of French and German towns. Wantage's French twin town Mably, near Roanne, will be twinned with the German town of Wannweil in September. Grove Parish Council chairman Frank Parnell
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Safe walk backed
An application for funding to mark out a safe walking route for children when a split-site school opens in Oxford should be considered urgently, a councillor says. Richard Tarver called for the city council's east area committee to prioritise consideration
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Hooray for Henry
FORMER St Edward's School pupil Henry Barratt will play at centre for England in their IRB Under 21 Rugby World Cup pool game with France at Henley today (2pm).
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Oxford Mail extend boys league sponsorship
THE Oxford Mail have signed a new sponsorship deal with the Oxford Boys Football League for the next three years. Newspaper publishing manager Tom Mitchell handed over a cheque for a five-figure sum at the first of the league's presentation nights at
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Derby hopeful Farloe franks Pall Mall form
FARLOE Forty, a finalist in the Pall Mall, upholds the fine tradition of Oxford's early season greyhound classic by lining up in the William Hill Derby semi-finals at Wimbledon tonight. Trained by maestro Charlie Lister, he is joined by another Oxford
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Talented Teall finds distance to suit him
By Kieren Bushnell ABINGDON Amblers' future is looking bright, if the form of young star Aaron Teall is anything to go by. The 16-year-old has been setting the local athletics scene alight this season with some outstanding displays in the 400m - in his
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Solicitor gets fined £20,000
A Banbury solicitor who misled clients during property deals has been fined £20,000. Richard Carr, 49, broke strict legal rules when he failed to carry out full land registry checks on property purchases on new estates, a solicitors' disciplinary tribunal
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Brace for Jan
Radley's Jan Ellacott bagged a brace of gold medals at the South West Regional Veterans' meeting in Exeter. She won the 100m in 13.6secs, then completed a sprint double by taking the 200m in 28.0. Ellacott also struck gold at Derby a week earlier in the
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Brookes in double delight
Steve Brookes (Tri-upand-Running Club), racing in the senior category, won the Wantage Leisure Centre Triathlon for the second year running. He won the event in a time of 1hr 53mins 34secs - some two minutes outside Stuart Dinwoodie's course record. The
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Luckless Sawyer misses max
Greene King Oxford & District Aunt Sally League report from the Oxford Mail, June 18, 2003 DAVE Sawyer was out of luck as he fell just one doll short of the magical maximum 18 in The George Littlemore's 3-0 win over Premier Division rivals The Plough
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Holiday soccer courses
Youngsters are being invited to roll up for the Arsenal Summer 2003 Soccer Camps at St Edward's School, Oxford. Sponsored by McDonalds, the courses are for seven to 15-year-olds and are being run in conjunction with Arsenal by World Youth Promotions from
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At the Copacabana
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl, and she steps out of Barry Manilow's hit song and into a musical at the Oxford Apollo from June 24. Barry Manilow's Copacabana the musical, was inspired by his 1978 Grammy Award-winning song. The exotic tale of love
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Review: Identity (15)
It seems almost obligatory these days to climax any thriller with an almighty twist designed to bring about much forehead slapping and jaw dropping from audience members. Next week's John Travolta in Basic is a film that will keep you guessing until the
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Review: Anger Management (15)
Adam Sandler must be a rich man but he's earnt his wages by serving up some of the most unholy drivel ever put on the big screen. That brutal truth is a real shame for someone who is undoubtedly talented and can act. He showed that with knobs on in the
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Fire brings rail chaos
Rail services across Oxfordshire descended into chaos after a trackside fire forced a string of cancellations, including a ceremony in Didcot. On June 20, rail operators warned travellers to check before setting off. All trains between Paddington and
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Photo project helps promote learning skills
An art project is being used to encourage children who have dropped out of the formal education system to return to full-time learning. The City Spaces scheme was set up by Fusion, a community arts agency, based in Cowley Road, Oxford, and Flex, an organisation
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Ceremony's sour note
Parents attending the Oxford Mail Boys' League annual presentations in the Roman Way social club, Cowley, on June 19, found many of their cars had been ticketed by traffic wardens. Hundreds of young footballers and their families were attending the event
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Planning shake-up brings long delays
A 'cost-cutting' way of dealing with planning applications has angered councillors and the public. South Oxfordshire District Council cut the number of committees dealing with applications from four to one. But the first meeting under the new system lasted
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Printer moves out of city centre
One of Oxford's oldest businesses is leaving George Street to make way for Nuffield College's plans for a restaurant. Oliver and Son, the printers and stationers, is moving to West Way, Botley, after trading in George Street for more than a century. The
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Families face hardship as tax pay-outs are delayed
Families across Oxfordshire are struggling to pay bills after falling foul of the Government's new tax credits system. The new system was introduced in April to pay benefits to families with children. The old working families tax credit system was overhauled
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Residents criticise delay over roads
Residents have criticised delays in work to improve parking, pavements and grass verges in Headington. Residents of Lime Walk, in Old Headington and Risinghurst, have told Oxford City Council's north east area committee they wanted to see action. But
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Park drunks intimidate mothers
Street-drinking bans in east Oxford have had mixed success, with groups of drunks still intimidating passers-by, councillors heard. Sophia Bartleet told fellow members of Oxford City Council's east area committee that she witnessed a distressing incident
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Woman 'hurled' out of pub doorway
A woman died when she was hit by a car after being ejected from an Oxford pub following a Christmas shopping trip. Sarah Parker, 51, had been refused another drink and escorted to the door by staff at The Jolly Farmers, in Paradise Street, because of
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Green Belt earmarked for 1,000 houses
Green Belt land near Oxford United's Kassam Stadium is being lined up for more than 1,000 homes. A proposal to build on land south of Grenoble Road won the backing of Oxfordshire county councillors, who say it will greatly ease pressure for major housing
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Review: Off the chart by James Hall (Harper Collins, £10.99)
A James Bond-type techno-thriller reminiscent of the old Humphrey Bogart hero in Key Largo, this has aspirations to be a modern Francis Drake adventure, with pillage and treasure spilling off the page, writes Jan Lee. The FBI contrives to set two friends
