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Expert ideas to slim down
Slimming cheats may find help is at hand at an Oxfordshire workshop later in January. The event, at Mount Farm Community Education Centre in Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, will cover topics like why it is difficult to follow a restrictive diet, how to
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Weekend events
Events from January 17 . . . . SATURDAY Croft, North Yorkshire: Jack Frost Rally. 0132 572 1815. SUNDAY Wimbledon Stadium, London: Stock cars and bangers. 0208 946 8000. PF International, Lincolnshire: Club kart races. 0177 770 0323. Shropshire: Clee
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Sporty duo
Brackley-based Team Veloqx will run two Audi R8 sportscars at Le Mans and Sebring this year. The move will allow Yorkshireman Guy Smith, 28, the chance to become the first Briton in almost 20 years to win the Le Mans 24 Hour motor race in consecutive
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Trulli bullish
Italian driver Jarno Trulli is confident the Enstone-based Renault team can challenge Formula One's 'big three' this season and bring him the maiden victory he craves. Jarno TrulliThe 29-year-old scored 33 points last season, but was overshadowed by Spanish
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Waste schemes boost play plan
Rubbish is helping finance two recreation projects in the village of Sutton Courtenay, near Abingdon. Money from landfill tax credits, totalling more than £100,000, is going to improve the Old Wallingford Way recreation ground and create a new play area
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Cricket: Cherwell to rule on club positions
Cricket chiefs will meet next month to decide the fate of Oxford CC and Horspath CC's sides in the Oxford Times Cherwell League. The two clubs were unable to agree on which divisions they hope to play in following the de-merger of Oxford & Horspath
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Cope hope
Oxford Harlequins scrum half Anthony Cope, who injured his neck during their league defeat by St Mary's Old Boys last Saturday, is expected to be fit for their Oxfordshire Cup quarter-final at Witney on Sunday. The injury has responded well to treatment
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Oxford angry at ruling
Oxford are unhappy that a clash of league and cup dates will prevent them from fielding a full-strength side for the Oxfordshire Cup quarter-final at home to Chinnor on Sunday (2.30). The North Hinksey-based club have been told they must play their rearranged
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Tennis: Henman seeded 11th for Australian Open
Tim Henman was today seeded No 11 for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season, which gets under way in Melbourne on Monday. The British No 1, from Oxfordshire, missed the tournament last year through injury, but has been in good form,
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Bicester in bid to end drought
Bicester Town go into Saturday's Hellenic League Premier Division clash at home to Bishops Cleeve trying to score their first goal in 11 matches. An incredible run has seen Town fail to find the net for 930 minutes, with their last goal coming in the
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'Donkeys' out to put record straight
Oxford United's players have an extra incentive for beating Hull in today's Division 3 match of the season at Hull. They are fuming after hearing Hull City manager Peter Taylor allegedly branding them "donkeys" when the two sides clash between the sides
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Centre seeks owner of lost cat
An animal rescue centre is seeking the owner of a cat found in a Banbury car park. Lou Tyack with the cat The neutered white male tabby, found at Sainsbury's is said to be in good condition. Lou Tyack, coordinator at the Cat's Protection League Centre
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Court bans thief from town's shops
A man has been banned from shops in Banbury after he assaulted a security guard during a robbery. Robert Clark, 31, of Charles Court, Broad Street, Banbury, was sentenced to six months in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to theft and being found
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Reynolds close to gold
Radley veteran Kay Reynolds narrow missed out on taking gold in the senior women's South of England Pentathlon Championships at Bedford. Kay ReynoldsReynolds missed out on first place by just 61 points, amassing 3,203 over the five events. She produced
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Bicester in bid to end drought
Bicester Town go into Saturday's Hellenic League Premier Division clash at home to Bishops Cleeve trying to score their first goal in 11 matches. An incredible run has seen Town fail to find the net for 930 minutes, with their last goal coming in the
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'Donkeys' out to put record straight
Oxford United's players have an extra incentive for beating Hull in today's Division 3 match of the season at Hull. They are fuming after hearing Hull City manager Peter Taylor allegedly branding them "donkeys" when the two sides clash between the sides
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Football fixtures
Games to be played on Sunday, January 18, 2004 MORRELLS OF OXFORD SUNDAY LEAGUE Premier Div: Stadhampton v Blackbird Sunday, Star Royal v Mansfield Road, Rose Hill v Six Bells Kidlington, Highfield v Morris Motors, Oxford Exiles v Star Wands. Div 1: AFC
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Football fixtures
Matches to be played on Saturday, January 17, 2004 . . . NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Hull City v Oxford Utd. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1 North: Oxford C v Barking, Chesham Utd v Thame Utd. Div 2: Wembley v Abingdon Tn. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Newport IOW v
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Flamin' fantastic
Sword swallowers and voodoo acrobats are among the acts in a Circus of Horrors show coming to Oxford. Death-defying trapeze artists, a pickled person emerging from a tiny bottle and vampires flying through the air suspended by their hair will also take
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Golf: Henderson sparkles to claim top prize
Former Oxfordshire cricketer Iain Henderson secured a major title in another sport when he captured the prestigious President's Putter at Rye on the Sussex coast. Henderson, who plays off a handicap of 0.7, beat former winner Steve Seaman 2 & 1 in
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County house prices drop
House prices in Oxfordshire fell in December, putting the county bottom of a nationwide league table. The Hometrack Index shows prices slipped by 0.3 per cent, making it the worst performing area in the country along with Berkshire. But experts and local
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Baby returns home
Baby Megan Boswell has been discharged from hospital almost a week after being fed liquid soap instead of medication. Managers at the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Headington, Oxford, apologised for the mistake but said the six-week old girl would not have
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Motorcyclist stable after crash
A motorcyclist was being treated for multiple injuries in Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital after a crash which closed the A44 at Yarnton, north of Oxford. The rider of a Yamaha 750 trail bike, a local man in his 40s who has not been named, was being operated
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Exam quotas dropped
A shortage of police officers aiming for promotion to sergeant may have been solved thanks to Thames Valley's Chief Constable. Peter Neyroud has led a campaign to scrap a controversial role-play exam which he said left the force with too many acting sergeants
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More young people go to church
The number of young people attending church has risen in the Oxford Diocese. According to new figures, the diocese has only experienced a marginal decline in the overall number of weekly worshippers -- bucking a national trend in the Church of England
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Pay 'poaching' branded unfair
Health chiefs have warned that Oxford hospitals which attract workers by boosting their NHS pay could cause staff shortages in neighbouring counties. Thames Valley Health Authority, which oversees the NHS in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire,
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Machine sign Barker
Oxford Silver Machine have signed brilliant British prospect Ben Barker. Clubs have been queueing up to sign the 16 year-old Cornish youngster, who proved a big hit with the fans at Conference League level last season. Ben Barker and Machine promoter
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Nissan's glimpse of the future
Nissan's sleek, silver, bullet-shaped Actic concept vehicle aims to show how vehicle owners will approach technology in the future. The Nissan Actic concept car Unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show, it has dual sliding side doors, 20-inch, aluminium-alloy
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Tax disc scheme rapped by AA
A scheme to impose automatic £80 fines on motorists who fail to renew their tax disc on time has been criticised by a motoring organisation. The AA said it was regrettable that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency had not established a formal appeals
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Sales predicted to remain strong
Sales of new and used cars will continue strongly well into 2004, although the price-sensitive nature of the new car market means dealer profits will remain wafer thin, according to Glass's Information Services. Adrian Rushmore, managing editor of Glass's
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Wardens not just to make money
The Government has insisted plans to give traffic wardens new powers to impose fines of up to £100 on motorists were not a money-making exercise, but were designed to keep traffic moving. Transport Secretary Alistair Darling said the measures, which allow
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Brita looks to the future
Water filter manufacturer Brita is to moving to a purpose-built £10.4m factory in Bicester, creating up to 75 jobs. The plant at the Chaucer Road industrial estate will be complete shortly, with Brita relocating from Sunbury-on-Thames, near London, in
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More young people go to church
THE number of young people attending church has risen in the Oxford Diocese. According to new figures, the diocese has only experienced a marginal decline in the overall number of weekly worshippers -- bucking a national trend in the Church of England
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Primary receives praise for ethos
A school which has 'come a long way' in three years is celebrating a good Ofsted report. Government inspectors said Christopher Rawlins Church of England Voluntary Aided School in Adderbury, near Banbury, had developed a positive ethos and that parental
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Hirvonen coup
The news that Mikko Hirvonen has been chosen to join Banbury's Subaru World Rally Team marks a stunning hat-trick for the coaching methods of Pentti Airikkala. Hirvonen will be joined in the 2004 FIA World Rally Championship by two of Airikkala's youngest
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Read my lips
Lip reading is a skill worth learning by people who can hear, according to tutor Moira Byast. Caption goes here She is running a learning to lip read course at Bicester Adult Community Education Centre on Thursday afternoons. Mrs Byast said: "The ability
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Jack attack
Rose Hill parents showed no respect for rank when they gave Foreign Secretary Jack Straw an hour-long grilling. Mr Straw meets resident Vim Rodrigo Residents of the estate -- one of the city's poorest wards -- voiced their concerns to Mr Straw and Oxford
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Why we object to low-cost slums
What splendid, almost saintly, sentiments Oxford city councillor Mick McAndrews expresses on low-cost housing (Oxford Mail, January 6). Perhaps he might like to study the history of social housing in this country before blasting off at the people who
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Gwendoline Clarke
Gwendoline Clarke, a keen Oxford tennis and bowls player, has died aged 88. Mrs Clarke, ne Johnson, was born in 1916 in Hockmore Street, Cowley, where she lived with her three brothers and sister. Her first job was as a packer at a Cowley shop when she
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Nursery fears axe
The future of a Wallingford pre-school could be in jeopardy unless the town council hurries up with its planned refurbishment of the Regal Centre, it has been claimed. A forthcoming Ofsted inspection of the school and its premises could be the final straw
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Hawks in crunch battle
Henley Hawks and Penzance & Newlyn are involved in a crucial National League 1 basement battle at Dry Leas on Saturday. Pirates have suffered with prolonged absences for two influential players, skipper and No 8 Joe Bearman and centre Mark Fatialofa
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January 9: Fight for survival
It will be a devastating blow if the Oxford Nursery is forced to close -- devastating for the 83 children and their families, and for the 17 workers who would lose their jobs. Yet it is difficult to criticise Oxford Community School for not renewing the
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January 10: Remarkable recovery
Sarah Broadway's recovery from a serious cycle accident has been remarkable. She spent two months in hospital and endured 50 hours of surgery after being crushed beneath a lorry at the junction of St Aldate's and Speedwell Street in Oxford. Now, just
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Work on sewage scheme begins
Work has begun on a £2.2m scheme to upgrade Witney sewage treatment works. The project is due to be completed at the end of March, and will improve the quality of treated water which eventually discharges into the River Windrush, as well as help reduce
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Search for alley flasher
Police are searching for a man who indecently exposed himself to two women in Thame. The incident happened as the women, in their 20s, walked along an alleyway between Pym Walk and Ireton Court, on the Lea Park estate, on December 29, at about 8.10pm.
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Teachers blamed for poor GCSE results
New figures out today show that schools in Oxfordshire are lagging behind the rest of the country in GCSE results. The county's schools failed to meet targets set by Oxfordshire LEA. Tony Crabbe, the county council's executive member for schools, said
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Rugby fixtures
Games to be played on Saturday, January 17, 2004 ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE Div 1: Henley v Penzance. POWERGEN JUNIOR VASE 5th round: Romsey v Wallingford. ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP Berks Bucks & Oxon 1: Thatcham v Oxford. CLUB MATCHES Oxford Harlequins
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Oxford angry at ruling
Oxford are unhappy that a clash of league and cup dates will prevent them from fielding a full-strength side for the Oxfordshire Cup quarter-final at home to Chinnor on Sunday (2.30). The North Hinksey-based club have been told they must play their rearranged
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Hockey fixtures
Matches to be played on Saturday, January 17, 2004 SOUTH LEAGUE Premier Div 1: Purley Walcountians v Oxford Univ. Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Regional: City of Oxford v British Airways, Old Kingstonians v Banbury. Div 1: Bicester v Abingdon, South
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Football fixtures
Games to be played on Sunday, January 18, 2004 MORRELLS OF OXFORD SUNDAY LEAGUE Premier Div: Stadhampton v Blackbird Sunday, Star Royal v Mansfield Road, Rose Hill v Six Bells Kidlington, Highfield v Morris Motors, Oxford Exiles v Star Wands. Div 1: AFC
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'Downsize asylum centres'
Small asylum accommodation centres would be a better solution than the large complex planned for Bicester, according to a local councillor. David Hughes, the Cherwell district councillor who represents Arncott and Piddington, suggested the idea as an
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John Garne
A former chief education officer of Oxfordshire County Council, who had a road in Headington named after him, has died, aged 88. John Garne became an education administrator in Oxford after beginning his career as a teacher at Watford Grammar School.
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Machine sign Barker
Oxford Silver Machine have signed brilliant British prospect Ben Barker. Clubs have been queueing up to sign the 16 year-old Cornish youngster, who proved a big hit with the fans at Conference League level last season. Ben Barker and Machine promoter
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Darrell's top in challenge
Oxford City junior Darrell Bellinger continued his excellent form with a super run at the Reebok Cross Challenge, held in the grounds of Stormont Castle, Belfast. Darrell BellingerCompeting in the under 20 event, Bellinger finished second behind Jamie
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Sports saddened by Greenaway death
Garsington Sports, who play in the Gladiators Beerseller Invitation League, lost one of their stalwarts with the death of Barry Greenaway this week, <image large="sport-sally.gif" small="sport-sally.gif" type="portrait"></image>Greenaway,
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Lee set for City swansong
Midfielder Justin Lee is set to play his last game for Oxford City on Saturday after agreeing to sign for Dr Martens Eastern Division side Banbury United. It is a blow for City boss Andy Sinnott, who saw the former England Youth captain - in his second
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January 12: Our hero is home-grown
There is nothing wrong with a little hero worship. It helps us through our darkest days, and no more so than in sport where world acclaim comes England's way all too infrequently. So to rename the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre after Rugby World Cup star
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Passion for a ride on the wild side
Robert Harrison's love affair with Land Rovers stretches back to the age of 13 on his grandfather's farm. Robert with one of his Land Rovers Eager to prove his driving skills, even at such a tender age, he was quick to jump behind the big wheel of his
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Rotary gift helps disabled student
An engineering student, paralysed from the chest down by a motorcycle accident, now has special wheelchair, thanks to his family and local fundraisers. Following a report in the Oxford Mail about the plight of Gareth Houston, 17, Didcot Rotary Club agreed
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Girl dies after hit-and-run
A police investigation has been launched after a schoolgirl died following a hit-and-run incident near Faringdon. The girl, believed to be aged about 12, was struck twice on the A417 road to Wantage. She was hit as she stepped from a bus at about 3.30pm
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Tribute to RAF war hero
Sixty years to the day after he flew off on his last mission, war hero Wing Commander Adrian Warburton will be remembered with a ceremony in Berinsfield. The reconnaisance pilot's widow Eileen will unveil a sarsen stone and plaque memorial in the village
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Shelter needs cash lifeline
Supporters of an Oxford homeless project, which is set to close, say it could be saved if the city council agrees to a funding lifeline. The Salvation Army has withdrawn money for its outreach project in St Giles Church hall, which has been helping rough
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We should be proud of multiplex cinema
I feel I must write to you to express my utter disbelief that the fire alarm incident at the Ozone Cinema in Oxford on Saturday was thought to warrant headlines (Oxford Mail, January 5). Where did you find those people who thought it was "disgraceful
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We want to avoid nasty surprises
I am responding to your front page article and editorial about the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford (Oxford Mail, January 8). As people know, the NOC has an excellent reputation for delivering high-quality patient care, teaching and research. But
