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Police hunt hooligan suspects
Police are seeking information as to the identities of five men wanted in connection with violence at an Oxford United football match. Bottles and missiles from a building site were hurled at police and officers were spat at during the United-Reading
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Lollipop lady on assault charge
A school crossing warden accused of assaulting a disabled neighbour is to have her case heard at Oxford Crown Court. Catherine Morgan, 38, of Goodlake Avenue, Faringdon, made a first appearance before Wantage magistrates on Monday, February 2, with co-defendant
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Table tennis: Forum edged out
Holders Forum C bowed out of the Oxford & District League's Handicap Shield after a tense second-round struggle against St James A. The result went down to the wire, with St James running out 402-384 winners. Both Haddenham A and B teams moved into
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Football: Brilliant Beale ends Hendred hopes
Autotype UTV League: Michael Beale smashed a hat-trick as Saxton Rovers reached the semi-finals of the Devenney Cup with a 3-2 victory over fellow Division 1 high-fliers East Hendred. Mark Grootz cancelled out Beale's first-half opener, before Kieron
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Table tennis: Super Sutton hit the max
Sutton A extended their lead at the top of Division 1 of the Didcot & District League when they whitewashed Crown. Karl Bushell, Ray Powell and Richard Knight were the victorious players as they all posted maximums. But Crown fared better against
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Speedway: Oxford v Witches going out live
The Oxford Silver Machine will feature live on Sky Sports early in the season when they host Ipswich Witches on Monday, April 5. Sky Sports will be screening more than 30 live meetings, plus every Grand Prix meeting and every race from the 2004 World
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Athletics: Bannister milestone to be marked
Sir Roger Bannister's famous four-minute mile will be marked on its 50th anniversary at Iffley Road on Thursday, May 6 this year. Runners will restage the original meeting at which the world record was set, at Iffley Road, with Oxford University athletes
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School arson probed
An investigation has been launched after a suspected arson attack at Didcot Girls' School. The fire happened on Wednesday, January 28, in a toilet block causing substantial damage. Smoke was spotted billowing from the block at 11am by teacher Hilary Fox
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It's a fair cop
Several businessmen found themselves under arrest and put in jail, but it was all for a very good cause. Mr Rhoades-Brown is handcuffed by Special Constable Jackie Johnson as part of a jail and bail The felons, including Peter Rhoades-Brown, community
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Council attacks tax cap threat
Councillors have reacted angrily to a threat that the Government could cap Cherwell district's council tax increase. The move would cost the council £100,000 but save taxpayers only £1 over the year. The council's executive on Monday approved a council
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Police are seeking information as to the identities of five men police wanted in connection with vio
Bottles and missiles from a building site were hurled at police and officers were spat at during the United-Reading game at the Kassam Stadium on September 24 last year. Police have tracked down eight of the 13 troublemakers, and are today appealing to
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Councils clash over empty shop
Two councils are at loggerheads over the reopening of an empty shop in Abingdon. One is opposed to a dental practice opening, but the other says it should be allowed. The property, 45 Stert Street, was once occupied by Melrose Antiques and Crafts, but
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Memorial bells will be blessed
Two new bells given to a Wallingford church by a life peer and councillor in memory of his late wife will be officially blessed next month. Lord Bradshaw's late wife Jill was a keen bellringer and one of her last wishes before she died in 2002 was for
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Cricket: Oxfordshire look to the future
The Oxfordshire Cricket Board's winter coaching programme is in full swing. More than 400 youngsters have been assessed, with 160 taking part in county squad coaching and a further 120 in the district squad. The Oxfordshire Cricket Academy, now in its
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Identity scheme aims to beat the conmen
New guidelines to protect vulnerable residents from conmen have been drawn up by Cherwell District Council. A 'cold-calling' protocol was adopted by the executive at its meeting on Monday, and the four-point plan will apply to all council staff who visit
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Football: In-form Curtin just too hot for Motors
Morrells of Oxford Sunday League: Ryan Curtin fired a hat-trick as Six Bells Kidlington fought back to close the gap on Premier Division leaders Rose Hill with a 5-2 win over Morris Motors. In one of only six league games to survive the weekend's atrocious
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Accidents prompt push to cut speed of traffic
A busy main road with a bad accident record could have its speed limit cut from 60mph to 50mph in an attempt to reduce crashes. At least eleven people have been killed or seriously injured in crashes on a 12-mile stretch of the A4421 Bicester to Buckingham
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Golf: Dier drives in as captain
Pete Dier smiled with relief after driving into office as the new captain of Frilford Heath. "That's a weight of my mind," said the nine-handicapper after sending his drive well over 200 yards. "I didn't want to be remembered for a bad drive, as a previous
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Golf: Frilford juniors give students a lesson
Excellent displays from several of Frilford Heath's promising juniors were the highlight of the club's convincing victory over Oxford University. Playing on their own Red Course, Frilford won the annual contest 13 -4 , despite being without two of their
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Shop stocks star's saxes
Mr Pine, who was headlining at the Zodiac to promote his Devotion album walked into jazz specialists Allegro-Oxford in Marston on Saturday, January 31, to put two of his saxophones up for sale. One was snapped up on Tuesday, February 3, for £2,500. Roger
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Wardens tackle rowdies
Abingdon's two Neighbourhood Wardens are to be drafted in to help in the fight against antisocial behaviour on the town's Peachcroft estate. councillor Laurel Symons at the new youth shelter The wardens will support a new community beat policeman and
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Boy, 15, waged hate campaign
A 15-year-old Oxford thug waged a six-month hate campaign against a dental nurse and her family. Kim Harris, 24, told Oxford Youth Court how the Blackbird Leys teenager harassed and threatened her, her father Melvin and her brother James. The youth, who
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Hi-tech scheme faces the axe
A computer scheme which attracts more than 800 users a month on an Oxford estate is facing closure when funding runs out later this year. Blitz - the Blackbird Leys Information Technology Zone -- was set up with cash from the Government's Office of the
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Tributes have been paid to a former Formula 1 mechanic who died in a fire at his Oxford flat this we
Barry Newell, 68, was trapped in a blaze at his ground-floor flat in George Moore Close, off Iffley Road, on the morning of Monday, February 2. He died later that evening at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. Neighbours said Mr Newell had become increasingly
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Football: Foran's on the way home
Ian Atkins admits that Saturday's trip to Leyton Orient is likely to be Richie Foran's last game for Oxford United - for the time being at least. The Carlisle striker was signed on a month's loan by the U's boss in January to cover the five-match suspension
