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Review: Gashi Gashi
Imagine life without the Internet and the tireless Google search engine that trawls the good, bad and indifferent gigabytes inhabiting cyberspace. Sort of sepia-toned, isn't it? Had I engaged in a spot of 'surfing' before dropping by at Gashi Gashi in
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Nurses protest against closure
Staff from Wantage Hospital took to the town's streets on Saturday to campaign against its closure. Wantage mayor Jenny Hannaby, centre, joins the nurses' protest Nursing and auxiliary staff were out in force handing out leaflets explaining how members
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Trader sold fake clothing at market
A trader who sold fake designer clothing at Abingdon market was convicted at Oxford Crown Court of seven offences under the Trade Marks Act. Richard Cowles, of Pinner Road, Northwood, Middlesex, sold inferior quality, counterfeit clothing bearing the
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Town hands out cash
Wallingford Town Council has given hundreds of pounds to good causes. The Wallingford Volunteer Centre and the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance received £200 each, while South Vale Carers' Centre and the Thames Run 2004 each received £100. Wallingford
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Review - Siegfried by Harry Mulisch (Penguin, £16.99)
What if Hitler had had a son of his own, though did not want to acknowledge the fact, and asked another couple to bring up the child as their own? Hitler's personal agenda would be paramount, of course, and so the fate of the child would depend on the
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Football: City put an end to home jinx
Oxford City 2, Barking 1 Oxford City ended their home hoodoo in Ryman Division 1 North on Saturday by overcoming a spirited Barking side who belied their bottom of the table position. It was City's first win at Court Place Farm since the opening day of
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Football: Beaten Bicester end the drought at last
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Bicester Tn 1, Bishops Cleeve 5 BICESTER ended their ten-match run without a goal - 930 minutes of football - but it couldn't bring them a much-needed Premier Division victory on Saturday. Dean Smith ended the drought
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Review - Runaway Jury (12A)
Justice may be blind, but when it comes to money - or more specifically, making obscene amounts of the stuff - the American legal system possesses perfect vision. Runaway Jury is the latest courtroom thriller based on a trashy bestseller by the king of
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Appeal for statue becomes charity
An appeal to raise money to put up a statue in honour of Banbury's famous nursery rhyme "fine lady on a white horse" has been relaunched as an official charity. From left, artists Andrew Edwards, Carl Payne and Julian Jeffrey with a model of the statue
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Review - Taking Sides
History has never awarded an entirely clean slate to the great conductor Wilhelm Furtw"ngler for his conduct during the years of Nazi rule in Germany. He stayed there when so many others in the artistic community left, prospering mightily as Hitler's
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Clown and out
Finally it was time to shout about my favourite restaurant in town from the rooftops, or at least from the pages of The Guide. Gushing adjectives were rolling off my tongue in anticipation, the thought of the food alone making me dribble, and then the
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Wards plead for nurses
Staff at Didcot Community Hospital hosted an open day to recruit registered nursing staff or nurses thinking of returning to practice. Ward manager Pam Treadwell, left, talks with head nurse Kathy Middleton Only 24 of the hospital's 30 beds are in use
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Review: The Server, Spencer Vignes (Pitch, £7.99)
This book was inspired by the Burt Lancaster film The Swimmer, in which an executive on the verge of a nervous breakdown swims his way through the swimming pools of his neighbours in California. Vignes's dreams of being a Wimbledon star have come to nothing
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Review: Upon Dark Waters
Robert Radcliffe (Little, Brown, £14.99) This is that rare thing, a novel on the Second World War that should appeal to both male and female readers. Radcliffe's novel not only shows the hellish life of those on the Atlantic convoys, when the German Enigma
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Review: Millennium People by J.G. Ballard (HarperCollins, £16.99)
Middle-class people of the 21st century will become a dysfunctional lot indeed if they ever get to resemble the creatures described in J.G. Ballard's Millennium People (HarperCollins, £16.99). A seemingly docile group of such people, living in a comfortable
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Parish councillor in pub beer fight
North Oxfordshire MP Tony Baldry has demanded a change to Government rules after a parish councillor in the county was reported to a national watchdog for a pub argument. The Conservative MP, who represents Banbury and Bicester residents, is furious that
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Plan for 'Oscars'
A special Oscars-style ceremony is one way Thame Players will celebrate their diamond jubilee this year. They will look back on their productions over the last 60 years and choose the best for mentions on the awards night. The players are also having
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Baby care group wins cash grant
A support group for new and expectant mothers which has been running "on a shoestring" since its launch is celebrating after receiving a cash boost. Wantage Baby Bar has been given a £2,500 grant by Oxfordshire Community Foundation. Organisers said the
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Football: Banbury bounce back
Newport (IOW) 0, Banbury United 4 Banbury United got back to winning ways in the Dr Martens Eastern Division with an impressive display on the Isle of Wight on Saturday. Banbury went closest to scoring early on when Chris Potter's powerful header came
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Football: Sorry Thame are hit for six
Chesham United 6, Thame United 1 Chesham were far too good for a depleted Thame side as they hit six goals past Mark West's outfit in Ryman League Division 1 North. It was the first time since October 1997 that Thame had conceded six goals, but they could
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Results: All the weekend's sporting results
NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Hull City 4, Oxford Utd 2. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1 North: Oxford C 2, Barking 1; Chesham Utd 6, Thame Utd 1. Div 2: Wembley 1, Abingdon Tn 0. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Newport IOW 0, Banbury Utd 4. FA VASE 4th round: North Leigh
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Football: Shot-shy Town throw it away
Wembley 1, Abingdon Tn 0 Abingdon's troubles deepened as Wembley completed a Ryman Division 2 double over Paul Berry's outfit. Town, playing their first game since Boxing Day, started well and should have taken the lead on 12 minutes when Danny Clarke
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Football: Extra-time agony as North Leigh bow out
North Leigh 0, Andover 1 (aet) North Leigh suffered the heartbreak of an FA Vase exit at the hands of Sydenhams Wessex League outfit Andover on Saturday, after they fell to a late goal in extra time in front of a bumper crowd at Eynsham Park. But the
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Be spirited away
Excitement is building up for what is confidently expected to be one of Oxford's gigs of the year. Psychedelic space travellers Spiritualised touch down at Oxford Brookes University, Headington Hill, on February 5. But fans of Jason and his multi-faceted
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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 probe firework arson
A firework was forced through the letterbox of an Oxford home by arsonists. Detectives are investigating the incident in Thrift Place, Blackbird Leys, after fire crews were called at about 8.20pm on Thursday. Det Sgt Kevin Robinson, of Oxford police,
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Canvassing for peace
A decorative 'peace tent,' which celebrates the diverse communities of east Oxford, is halfway to completion. Tara Stewart, spokesman for the Fusion group Threadz, a 'textiles for peace' group is creating a collaborative artwork measuring 6m by 3m. It
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Football: Hull blitz leaves U's shell-shocked
There was no dressing-room inquest for Oxford United's players after what skipper Andy Crosby described as "a crazy ten minutes" at Hull on Saturday. The U's conceded three goals in eight horrible second-half minutes in their top-of-the-table Division
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Review: Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure by Dave Gorman (Ebury Press, priced £10.99)
Whiling away the hours on the internet search engine Google as a result of a chance email from an Australian, Dave Gorman begins a seemingly pointless mission around the globe. The reason? To seek out what are known as 'Googlewhackers', which are when
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Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction, by Robert J.C. Young (OUP, £6.99)
Young, an Oxford don, has an interesting stab at explaining the political, social and cultural after-effects of decolonisation by presenting situations, experiences and testimony rather than abstract theory. Looking at the status of aboriginal people,
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Review: Avenger by Frederick Forsyth
(Bantam Press, £17.99) Frederick Forsyth's latest book is full of soldiers' stories, and is itself a bit like a tank. It takes a while to get going, and great chunks of summarised history are welded on to the narrative, but it's designed with real expertise
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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
