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As one school closes . . . another opens
Pupils past and present joined together to celebrate the long history of an Oxford school which is about to close. Headington Quarry School in Quarry School Place has been forced to close because of dwindling numbers. On July 4, about 40 former pupils
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Hospital has superbug on the run
The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford has the lowest rates in England for a potentially deadly superbug. Staff have been praised for their work to combat methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which comes two years after they struggled
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Review: Children's books
Surrealism is not a word that often springs to mind in connection with children's books, though Anthony Browne's drawings are an obvious exception, writes Phillipa Logan. However, The Adventures of a Nose by Viviane Schwarz (Walker, £4.99) is nothing
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Mini sales continue to soar, two years on
Sales of the Mini are continuing to soar in the UK -- two years after it first hit the showrooms. Latest figures for the car, built in Cowley, Oxford, show that 3,058 models were sold in June -- a rise of 79 per cent on the same month last year. In the
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Mini sales continue to soar, two years on
Sales of the Mini are continuing to soar in the UK -- two years after it first hit the showrooms. Latest figures for the car, built in Cowley, Oxford, show that 3,058 models were sold in June -- a rise of 79 per cent on the same month last year. In the
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Sister smuggled drugs into prison
A woman caught smuggling drugs into Bullingdon Prison received a lenient sentence because of her college plans. Haseena Mollany, 20, admitted smuggling a quarter ounce of cannabis in her hair to give to her brother who was an inmate at the jail near Bicester
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As one school closes . . . another opens
Pupils past and present joined together to celebrate the long history of an Oxford school which is about to close. Headington Quarry School in Quarry School Place has been forced to close because of dwindling numbers. On July 4, about 40 former pupils
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Horspath close in on title
HORSPATH kept up their bid for cycle speedway's British Premier League title and their 100 per cent record with an impressive 98-79 victory at reigning champions Southampton. The Oxfordshire side, who are now clear favourites for the title with four games
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Golden girls do it again for Oxon!
OXFORDSHIRE'S junior girls staged a storming finish to strike gold for the second successive year in the English Schools' Combined Events Midlands regional final at Berry Hill, Mansfield. Lucy Boggis (Cokethorpe, Witney) took individual silver - despite
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Firm sheds 70 jobs in move from city
The Oxford-based Lucy group is moving back to the Thame factory from which it made workers redundant two years ago. The company, which makes electrical switchgear, is also intending to move some of its operation to its premises in Dubai by the end of
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Review: Evolution's Captain, Peter Nichols (Profile Books, £16.99)
Aficionados of the shipping forecast, who hear poetry in Dogger, German Bight and the rest, may have been put out last year to find Finisterre, the sea area around north-west Spain, renamed FitzRoy, writes Graham Anderson. All is now forgiven. As Peter
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Aston Martin workers vote over strike
About 100 workers at luxury car maker Aston Martin's factory in Bloxham have been balloted on strike action in a dispute over working practices. Members of the Transport and General Workers' Union at the Ford-owned firm voted on July 4 on whether to stage
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Aston Martin workers vote over strike
About 100 workers at luxury car maker Aston Martin's factory in Bloxham have been balloted on strike action in a dispute over working practices. Members of the Transport and General Workers' Union at the Ford-owned firm voted on July 4 on whether to stage
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Firm sheds 70 jobs in move from city
The Oxford-based Lucy group is moving back to the Thame factory from which it made workers redundant two years ago. The company, which makes electrical switchgear, is also intending to move some of its operation to its premises in Dubai by the end of
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Mini sales continue to soar, two years on
Sales of the Mini are continuing to soar in the UK -- two years after it first hit the showrooms. Latest figures for the car, built in Cowley, Oxford, show that 3,058 models were sold in June -- a rise of 79 per cent on the same month last year. In the
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As one school closes . . . another opens
Pupils past and present joined together to celebrate the long history of an Oxford school which is about to close. Headington Quarry School in Quarry School Place has been forced to close because of dwindling numbers. On July 4, about 40 former pupils
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Atkins hails 'magnificent' U's fans
OXORD United boss Ian Atkins described the fans' response as "magnificent" after a sudden late rush took season ticket sales to around the 2,500 mark. Supporters left it late but decided in their hundreds each hour to snap up the season ticket discount
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Southlodge is all the Rage in Cesarewitch
OWNERS Mark White and Keith Leadbetter are celebrating after their brindle bitch Southlodge Rage romped home in the £2,500 William Hill Greyhound Cesarewitch at Peterborough. What made then even happier was the shrewd taking of 7-1 ante-post for Rage
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New boy Greg has Machine humming
Oxford Silver Machine 52, Coventry Bees 38 By John Gaisford THE arrival of Yankee superstar Greg Hancock, appropiately on American Independence Day, gave the Silver Machine a new buzz as they wiped the floor with a depleted Coventry Bees side at the Stadium
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Preview: Frank Egerton on the world of e-publishing
When I finished my first novel, The Lock, I little suspected that it was about to become part of publishing's digital revolution. Over the next two years it would appear first as an e-book, then as a digitally printed paperback, writes Frank Egerton Frank
