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Review: Chez Gaston
They say there's a book inside us all, waiting to be written, and in the same vein, there is also a restaurant waiting to be run. Visions of managing a hugely successful kitchen, socialising every night with friends and regulars, eating divine food and
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Chance to be Lord of the Manor
Anyone with money to spare and a wish to become a Lord of the Manor is now in with a chance of making their delusion of grandeur come true. Football fan and property developer Craig Feldman bought the Lordship of the Manor of West Challow, near Wantage
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DVD Review: Robbie Williams What We Did Last Summer
You either love Robbie for his laddish charm and sing-along anthems, or hate him as the embodiment of 'dumbed-down' Britain. If you are in the first camp, chances are you were among the 375,000 who saw him play at Knebworth in August. If so -- or if you
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Winning cottage sold
A cottage in Marcham, near Abingdon, which was voted the best renovation project in The Daily Telegraph's House of the Year awards has been sold for £750,000. Charlcote House -- a 200-year-old cottage in North Street -- was restored by designer and developer
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Scientist's survey into village views completed
Volunteers have completed a detailed survey of life in a south Oxfordshire village to find out what the people really want. Led by scientist Dr Andrew Johnson, they delivered questionnaires to all residents of Crowmarsh Gifford, near Wallingford, asking
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Poppy organiser steps down
A poppy appeal organiser, who has helped raise £30,000 in 35 years, is stepping down. Yvette Brown with Falklands veteran Yanto Evans Yvette Brown, who has organised collections in several west Oxfordshire villages, said: "I am French-born and I have
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Players in winter spectacle
Wantage youngsters treated town centre shoppers to a taste of traditional winter street entertainment. White Pony Productions, a new drama group in Wantage, staged a Mummers' play, written by director Bethan Jones, outside The Bear Hotel in Market Place
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Centre on move
Staff and families celebrated 13 years of a support centre which is set to move into more modern facilities on Oxford's Barton estate. The Barton Open Door Family Centre, a drop-in centre for children aged up to five, is set to move shortly from a temporary
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City haunted by home hoodoo
Oxford City 0, Barton Rov 1: Oxford City are still seeking their first home Ryman League Division 1 North victory since August after they lost again at Court Place Farm yesterday. In the early stages, Andy Ballard's ambitious lob at goal caused keeper
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Henman OBE is just reward
Tim Henman's OBE is a well deserved accolade for one of the greatest sportsmen not just Oxfordshire, but Britain, has ever produced - and a thoroughly nice bloke to boot, writes Jon Murray. Tim HenmanJonny Wilkinson may be the nation's hero, but mine
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Blaze at house
Neighbours were evacuated when fire broke out at a house in Banbury in the early hours of New Year's Day. No one was injured in the blaze, at 3.27am, in a terraced house in Mold Crescent. Iris and Thomas Clark, both 73, who live next door, woke up, smelled
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Redknap hits hat-trick
Stamford 3, Banbury Utd 3: Former Witney Town striker George Redknap was celebrating after netting his first-ever senior hat-trick in yesterday's 3-3 draw at Dr Martens League Eastern Division rivals Stamford. Banbury, who paraded their new signing from
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Lifeline for Alsop
An embarrassing cock-up by the Football Association's Disciplinary Committee has handed Oxford United striker Julian Alsop a lifeline in his bid to avoid a big suspension. Julian AlsopA three-man panel dismissed Alsop's appeal against the red card he
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Football fixtures
Matches due to be played on Sunday, January 4, 2003 SAM WATERS OFA SUNDAY CUP 4th round: Banbury Spurs v Star Wanderers, Real Armas v Three Pigeons, Flowing Well v Leys Community Church, Chinnor Exiles v Six Bells, Dynamo Toby v Middle Barton, Nelson
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Car dumping fee may rise
Owners of clapped-out cars in west Oxfordshire could be paying more for the council to dispose of them. The fee may be increased to £50 as district councillors prepare for next year's budget and look at ways of making savings and increasing income. The
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Chicane 'is safety hazard'
Scientist David Palmer believes a new road chicane designed to keep lorries out of Bicester is one traffic calming measure too many. The "gateway" is in Banbury Road, between a roundabout and the entrance to the Bure Park estate where Dr Palmer lives.
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Don't let debt get you down, says council
Trading Standards officers are urging residents who are in the red to make it their New Year resolution to take control of their finances. There are no details of the amount of debt Oxfordshire residents are in, but nationally consumer credit debt --
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Bag found
A Disney store bag containing several items was found at an Oxford bus stop at about 6.15pm on December 28. The owner of the bag, which was left at one of the stops opposite the Post Office in St Aldate's, should call 01865 384800 to reclaim it.
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Clean-up stops flooding problem
A clean-up appears to have prevented potentially dangerous waste overflowing on to streets in Oxford, after more than 30 years of problems. Since the 1970s, residents in Marston have complained that drains regularly overflow during heavy rain, flooding
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Asylum protesters to make TV appearance
Campaigners against a Government plan to build an asylum seekers' centre in the county are to air their views on television. Almost 30 members of Bicester Action Group (Bag) will be travelling to the Carlton Television studios in Nottingham on January
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Review: The Scared Stiff by Donald E Westlake (Orion, £17.99)
Barry is a chancer, a sort of loveable rogue, while his wife, Lola, is his soul-mate. She shares his cavalier attitude to the law and when one more scam fails, the two come up with a cunning plan -- to fake Barry's accidental death and collect $600,000
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Hospital closures on cards
Half of the community hospitals in south Oxfordshire face the threat of closure in a major shake-up of health services in the area. NHS managers claim it would be more efficient and better for patients if the region's six units were reduced to three.
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DVD Review: James Brown, Soul Survivor
Surely, this was what the DVD was invented for! Ninety minutes of pure soul from the godfather of funk. More than any other release, this is the DVD that has the power to convert even the most techno-phobic soul brother or sister of the beauty of the
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Review: My Holidays by Sylvia Smith (Picador, £12.99)
As reality TV, with its relentless focus on the ordinary, has gone from strength to strength, it was only a matter of time before an equivalent emerged in the world of publishing. Billed by Picador as "the East End minimalist", Smith has been feted as
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Rugby fixtures
Matches due to be played on Saturday, January 3, 2003 ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP Powergen South West Div 1: Cheltenham v Chinnor, Oxford Harlequins v Bridgwater & Albion. Powergen Midlands Div 2 East: Syston v Banbury. CLUB MATCHES Ealing v Oxford
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Review: Cold Mountain
If there's one film which could stage an upset at this year's Oscars and pip The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King to Best Picture, it's Anthony Minghella's adaptation of Charles Frazier's novel. Cold Mountain is a sweeping, emotionally fraught
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Football fixtures
Matches due to be played on Saturday, January 3, 2003 RYMAN LEAGUE Div 2: Ware Tn v Abingdon Tn. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Banbury Utd v Eastleigh. UMBRO ISOTONIC SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE Under 17: Wycombe v Oxford Utd. CHERRY RED RECORDS HELLENIC
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Chance to be Lord of the Manor
Anyone with money to spare and a wish to become a Lord of the Manor is now in with a chance of making their delusion of grandeur come true. Football fan and property developer Craig Feldman bought the Lordship of the Manor of West Challow, near Wantage
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Showdown in postwar Germany
A conductor accused of Nazi collusion and an American interrogator face a gripping showdown in Taking Sides, coming to the Oxford Playhouse this month. Neil Pearson and Julian Glover star as two men caught up in the conflicts of post-war Germany. Based
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Get up and glow
I need the help of fellow slurpers. Someone bought me this bottle of wine for Christmas. Knowing the chap as well as I do, it would not have cost a fortune (he is Scottish with Yorkshire overtones), mid-range at a guess. It was a Mas de Guiot 2001, cabernet
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Smoke inhalation
A man suffered smoke inhalation following a fire at a house in Mendip Heights, Didcot, on New Year's Eve. The 26-year-old was given oxygen at the scene of the blaze, which involved bedding on the first floor of the house, which became heavily smoke logged
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Baby, you've made our New Year
Wayne and Sarah Smith, who were married at Christmas three years ago, were delighted when they became parents for the first time in the early hours of New Year's Day. Wayne and Sarah Smith, with baby Ava Violet Mrs Smith, 32, went into Oxford's John Radcliffe
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Time to rack your brains
Cyclists are being asked to suggest where bike racks are needed in Oxford city centre. Cyclox, the city group campaigning for safer cycling conditions, hope that better facilities will encourage more people to cycle. Founder James Styring said: "We want
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School holiday fines not 'viable'
Fining parents for taking children on holiday in term-time will be impossible to impose, according to education chiefs. The Government wants to see families fined up to £100 if they take cheaper breaks in term-time to avoid inflated prices charged by
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OUP named as top publisher
Oxford University Press has been named Britain's top publisher in the annual league table published by trade magazine The Bookseller. Its turnover of £392.4m is four per cent down on last year, but still bigger than the number two publisher Macmillan,
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Shops fed up with flats work
Shopkeepers in Headington say they are fed up with disruption caused by building work in London Road. A former butcher's shop was demolished to make way for a building which will house a shop, office and four one-bedroom flats, next to the West of Java
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Ben turns down City
Striker Ben Milner has given Premier Division leaders Brackley Town a lift as they prepare to entertain Bicester Town on Saturday - by turning down a move to Oxford City. Milner, the club's top scorer with eight league goals, was the subject of a seven-day
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Homes planned for site of blanket mill
Plans for the major redevelopment of a Witney industrial estate are to be decided shortly. Talks are taking place between West Oxfordshire District Council planning officers and a consortium wanting to develop the Bridge Street Mill estate. An outline
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Review: The Second Oldest Profession by Phillip Knightley (Pimlico, £14.99)
The sinister, murky world of espionage is laid bare in this revised and updated edition of Philip Knightley's powerful book about spies and spying in the 20th century. The author is cynical about the intelligence business, not least about its efficacy
