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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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Police are picking the wrong target
I have noticed a significant increase in the number of mobile speed traps in Oxfordshire. The location of anonymous white vans so that they cannot be easily spotted indicates to me that the campaign is less to do with road safety and more to do with income
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New museum aims to lure Tolkien fans
Thame is to have its own museum and organisers hope part of it will be dedicated to Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien. The Tolkien Society has been looking for a permanent home and had wanted to set one up in Thame. Several years ago it asked the town
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Ward's brace boosts Wally
Feltham 0, AFC Wallingford 2: Wallingford extended their winning run to nine games with Saturday's hard-fought Combined Counties Premier Division win on Feltham's Astroturf. Bradley Ward gave the visitors the lead after his deflected shot was fumbled
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Sam grabs headlines
Former Oxford United player Sam Ricketts was in the Telford team which grabbed the weekend FA Cup headlines as they dumped out first division Crewe to reach the fourth round. Ricketts, who joined Telford from United this season after failing to hold down
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FA honour stalwart
Garsington Football Club treasurer Cliff Moss has been honoured for three decades of dedication to the village club by being named Volunteer of the Year by the Oxfordshire FA. Cliff Moss Cliff, or 'Mr Garsington' as he is also known in local football
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Club set to de-merge
Oxford & Horspath CC, the county's biggest cricket club, are sensationally set to 'de-merge'. The Home Counties Premier League and Cherwell League outfit, formed in 2001, look likely to become two clubs again because of a rift between former Oxford
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Oxford want Greg in long-term deal
Oxford Silver Machine promoter Nigel Wagstaff has explained why negotiations with American superstar Greg Hancock are taking so long. He wants Hancock on board not just for next season, but to be part of the future Oxford speedway scene. Wagstaff said
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Kenny sinks old boss
Hellenic round-up: Andy Slater, the former Carterton manager who took over at Abingdon before Christmas, was out of luck on his return in Saturday's well-contested Premier Division encounter. Neither side played particularly well, but it was Carterton's
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Football results
Results from the weekend, January 3-4 DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Banbury Utd 1, Eastleigh 2. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 2: Ware Tn v Abingdon Tn pp. CHERRY RED RECORDS HELLENIC LEAGUE Premier Div: Bishops Cleeve 2, Wootton Bassett Tn 0; Brackley Tn 1, Bicester
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Jan 5: Old ways are often the best
The police officers of yesteryear would be astonished at the high-tech paraphenalia their modern-day colleagues have at their disposal. Yet, it is often the old-fashioned ideas that come up trumps. We reported last week how Thames Valley Police, in a
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Horticultural hat-trick
Norman Ballard has won Didcot's best kept allotment award for the third year running. Norman Ballard The mayor, Dr David Giaretta, said there was keen competition for the Bosley Shield from among more than 300 plots under cultivation at the five council-run
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£900,000 to step up rate of recycling
A total of £900,000 is to be spent this year so that west Oxfordshire can catch up on national targets for recycling. The money is being put into the district council budget to increase the amount of kerbside collections of household waste. It will enable
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Planners say no to health centre
A new health centre in Oxford could be rejected tonight (January 5), if councillors agree with planners who say it should be turned down. The Oxford Mail reported last month that planning officer Andy Lewis had warned the design of the Dunnock Way Health
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FA Cup draw
Here is the FA Cup fourth round draw . . . Manchester City or Leicester v Tottenham Hotspur Swansea v Preston or Reading Northampton or Rotherham v Manchester United Kidderminster or Wolves v West Ham Arsenal v Middlesbrough Coventry v Accrington Stanley
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Security fears fail to deter
Holiday-makers in Oxfordshire have not been put off travelling abroad by the cancellation of flights due to security fears. Travel agents at the weekend said it was business as usual in the traditionally busy period after New Year, despite the reported
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Brain bug beaten
A boy who survived a killer strain of meningitis is preparing for his first day at school this week. James Wilkins It will be a celebration for delighted parents, Fiona and Ian Wilkins, on Wednesday, when their son James walks through the gates of Millbrook
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Evacuation at multiplex 'disgraceful'
Hundreds of film fans were forced to leave Oxford's new multiplex cinema because of a false fire alarm which has led to action from fire safety officers. People at the Ozone Cinema in Grenoble Road said they were not told what was going on, there were
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School plans for expansion
More work is planned to improve Caldecott Primary School in south Abingdon as part of a £1.5m extension and modernisation programme. Oxfordshire County Council is seeking planning permission to extend the existing school by building a reception classroom
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Party plans to mark charter
Wallingford residents are being asked to help prepare celebrations to mark the 850th anniversary of the town receiving its borough charter. And there could be a permanent memorial to mark the event. A working party is co-ordinating ideas under the leadership
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Jan 3: The living ain't easy
It will come as no surprise to anyone who has hankered over living in Henley-on-Thames. With an average price of almost £412,000 -- and this does not include millionaire's row or those bijou residences set in rambling acres along the river front -- it
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Jan 2: Difficult days ahead
It is hardly surprising that proposals to cut the number of community hospital beds across south Oxfordshire are creating such a fuss. The protesters are venting their anger through a public consultation. But looking at Oxfordshire's recent community
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Drinker barred from pub he tried to save
A man who is fighting to save a pub has been told he can no longer have a drink there. Richard Dossett-Davies has been leading a campaign to stop the House of Windsor, in Witney's West End, being converted into a house. He was delighted when west Oxfordshire
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School plans for expansion
More work is planned to improve Caldecott Primary School in south Abingdon as part of a £1.5m extension and modernisation programme. Oxfordshire County Council is seeking planning permission to extend the existing school by building a reception classroom
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Rugby results
Results from the weekend, January 3-4 ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP National League 1: Henley 18, Bristol 13. Powergen South West Div 1: Cheltenham 35, Chinnor 30; Oxford Harlequins 29, Bridgwater & Albion 26. Powergen Midlands Div 2 East: Syston 16,
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Banger hits double
Banbury Utd 1, Eastleigh 2: Two goals from former Oxford United striker Nicky Banger sunk Banbury in Saturday's Dr Martens League Eastern Division clash at Spencer Stadium on Saturday. Banbury United striker George Redknap gets stuck in against Eastleigh
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Car fires keep brigade busy
Firefighters were called to put out a number of suspicious fires in cars over the weekend. At 10.49pm on Saturday, January 3, the fire and rescue service attended a suspicious car fire in The Magnolias, Banbury. At around 12.30am yesterday a fire engine
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School flats win awards
An Oxfordshire housing association has won two national awards for its £3.6m redevelopment of a derelict Victorian primary school in Watlington. Soha housing converted the former school, in Gorwell, into 34 rental homes for older people. The scheme saw
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Brakes put on rat-run drivers
Drivers rat-running through a village will have to slow down thanks to a new traffic calming scheme. The main road through Bletchingdon, near Kidlington, is a favourite route for commuters from the Woodstock direction wanting to reach the hospitals in
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Missing man is found
An elderly man who police were searching for after he went missing from his home in Oxford has turned up safe and well. Police were concerned for the safety of Edward Burrows, 66, who was last seen in Littlehay Road, Cowley, at around midday on Friday
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Move to help victims of domestic violence
A workshop on domestic violence and family and mental health is being set up in Oxford so police, health staff and volunteer groups can improve their services. It forms part of a campaign to raise awareness of the high number of domestic violence incidents
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Jefferson's big chance
Ian Atkins has told Jefferson Louis that the suspension of Julian Alsop could be his big chance. Jefferson LouisAlthough the Oxford United manager is looking at bringing in another striker to help his side through January after Alsop's appeal to overturn
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Huge rise in council tax not our fault
Keith Brooks sent Christmas greetings to all except Oxfordshire County Council, on the basis that it "seems to get pleasure out of squandering council taxpayers' money, then blaming someone else" (Oxford Mail, December 24). I am taking the opportunity
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Recycling is simple -- and successful
I refer to John MacAllister's letter about recycling and rubbish collection in the Cherwell district (Oxford Mail, December 27) . Cherwell District Council was under threat of financial penalties from the Government on a directive from the EU if it did
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'Keep tax rise to four per cent'
The Labour group on Oxfordshire County Council is demanding no more than a four per cent increase on this year's council tax bills. It has carried out its own budget calculations following additional Government funding from Chancellor Gordon Brown of
