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16-year-olds face crucial decisions
The choices we make for our future when we are at school have a crucial bearing on the rest of our lives, although it may not seem so at the time. This is the time of year when students reaching the end of their mandatory school lives at 16 will be considering
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'Don't pay us please'
Wallingford town councillors have turned down the chance to pay themselves allowances. Town clerk Andrew Rogers had estimated paying councillors would add another 2.5 per cent to residents' total council tax bills. Member Denis Strange said: "We should
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Rugby: Battling Henley give the Bees a scare
National League 1 For the first 40 minutes of a rain-sodden game, it seemed as if Henley were going to pull off one of the shock results of the season against high-riding Pertemps Bees at Dry Leas. But in the end, the visitors from Birmingham edged ahead
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Lost property to be claimed
The Players' Theatre in Thame has a variety of interesting items of lost property it wants to return. Three pairs of knickers, two bras, tights, umbrellas, contact lenses, holdalls and books are among the items left by actors and audiences over the past
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Specialists can excel in sport and performance
Two schools are set to realise ambitious plans after being given specialist school status by the Government. Sports teacher Fin Robb and PE team leader Adam Barker are pictured with some of their pupils Chipping Norton School has been given specialist
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Rugby: Grove heroes keep high-fliers at bay
Southern Counties North Lowly Grove produced their most heroic performance of the season as they drew 5-5 at home to high-riding Amersham & Chiltern in appalling conditions. Grove started with the gale-force wind and rain at their backs, but it was
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Football: City waiting on Neil
Oxford City boss Andy Sinnott is hoping to boost his squad by signing former Northampton Town midfielder Neil Champelovier from Woodford United. And he could make his debut for City when they travel to Ryman League Division 1 North rivals Boreham Wood
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Take a jump with the Red Devils team
People are being given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to parachute with the Red Devils. The British Army's parachute team marks its 40th anniversary this year and as part of the celebrations the Red Devils will be hosting several charity sky-diving days
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Estate postal service 'is not up to stratch'
Groups based on an Oxford estate have attacked the state of the area's postal service. Organisations that use the Barton Neighbourhood Centre say they suffer delays and claim the service has become unreliable. Royal Mail has admitted there is a problem
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PCT rapped over leaflet
Embarrassed Oxford health managers have been given a slap on the wrist for a gaffe in a leaflet sent to 65,000 homes. The controversial NHS leaflet Two people have complained about a photograph of a patient receiving an injection from a nurse wearing
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Moorings 'in need of repair'
Health and safety checks on ageing wooden moorings on the Thames at Oxford's Port Meadow have revealed the need for urgent repair work. Port Meadow moorings, used by about 50 boats, are owned by the city council and operated by Bossoms Boatyard, in return
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Football: U's home in at last
Ian Atkins believes his Oxford United players now realise what they have to do to win games at the Kassam Stadium - but it's taken them two years to discover it. Conditions last Saturday, when a gale-force wind ripped through from the open car park end
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Heroin addicts told to smoke it
Heroin addicts are being advised to smoke the drug rather than inject it, following warnings they could easily overdose on high-strength batches being sold in Oxford. The drug caused 12 users to overdose at the weekend. Nine were admitted to hospital
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ME victims win bed care fight
Bed-bound patients suffering from ME have won their fight for a dedicated clinic to help them cope with their illness. 14-year-old Samantha McKenzie has ME The Department of Health is putting up more than £146,000 to establish a team offering specialist
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Rugby: Veteran Roy makes telling contribution
Berks, Bucks & Oxon League A vintage performance from veteran Roy Telling helped Oxford register an important 17-8 victory at home to fellow Division 1 strugglers Milton Keynes. Called into the first team for the first time this season, fly half Telling
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Syringe used in robbery threat
A Witney shop assistant was threatened by a man brandishing a syringe and claiming to have the deadly Aids virus. Mike Byrne, 58, who lives on the Smiths estate in Witney, was on his own in the Star newsagent and off-licence in Bridge Street at 2.30pm
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Cricket: Oxford get place in Cherwell Division 2
Following their de-merger with Horspath, Oxford Cricket Club's 2nd XI will play in Division 2 of the Oxford Times Cherwell League this summer. A league executive committee meeting last night also unanimously ruled that Oxford's 3rd XI will compete in
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Darts: Charlie's a darling with 11-dart finish
Steve Roberts is the toast of the Oxfordshire Super League this week after winning the Winmau player-of-the-month award for an 11-dart finish. Steve, better known as Charlie, scored 180, 125, 140, 56 game shot for Cowley Community Centre B in last month's
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Basketball: Deadly Alexander crushes Colchester bid
Oxford Devils had mixed results with a win and a narrow defeat from their weekend National Conference exertions. On Saturday, a weakened line-up triumphed 93-83 away to Colchester, thanks to a superb display from Phil Alexander. However, 24 hours later
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Ice hockey: Cup kings Stars keep up perfect record
Oxford City Stars maintained their 100 per cent record in the English National League Cup with a 6-1 victory at Peterborough. Stars took the lead after three minutes when Dave Carr finished off a move involving Dan Prachar and Gary Slevin. Five minutes
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Hockey: Battling Rover rally to march on at top
South League Rover Oxford went a point clear at the top of South League Division 1 after posting their first win at Old Merchant Taylors with a hard-fought 2-1 victory. Goalkeeper Chris Slatter played a leading role in Rover's success, continually thwarting
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Teenager hit friend in eye with 'arrow'
A teenager who fired an 'arrow' which hit his friend in the eye has been given an 18-month community punishment and rehabilitation order. Craig White, 19, of Blenheim Drive, Bicester, pleaded guilty earlier this month to causing grievous bodily harm to
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Firm wins drug test kit contract
A company which makes drug testing kits for the police and the probation service has won a multi-million pound contract from the Home Office. Cozart Bioscience, based at Milton Park, near Abingdon, has been told its drug testing kits will be used at more
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New post for vicar
The Rev Edward Carter is exchanging the grandeur of Windsor Castle for a parish church in Didcot. Fr Carter, 37, who is Dean's Vicar and Minor Canon at St George's, Windsor -- the Royal chapel within the castle precincts -- has been appointed priest-in-charge
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Motorists obstruct street cleaning
Motorists delayed vital street cleaning work when they left their cars parked in an east Oxford street -- despite being asked to move them. Oxford City Council's city works department wrote to Argyle Street residents about three weeks ago, asking them
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Flat fire victim critical in hospital
A pensioner was critically injured when a fire broke out in his Oxford flat on Monday. A neighbour was praised for trying to rescue 68-year-old Barry Newell. Mr Newell was trapped in his ground-floor council flat in George Moore Close, off Iffley Road
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Big names queue up for town site
Retailers are queuing up to stake a claim in the £50m redevelopment of Didcot town centre. A foundation ceremony marked the start of work on the new 16-acre Orchard Centre site in Didcot. From left, Robert Jackson MP; Ann Ducker, leader of South Oxfordshire
