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Soldier defeats golf vandals
An ex-soldier who served in Iraq has put the skills he learned in the Army to good use by repairing a vandalised £10,000 mini-golf course for mental health patients. Mark Harrap at the restored Fulbrook Centre golf course Mark Harrap spent his day off
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Bicycle bobbies secure award
A team of bobbies on bikes who have helped reduce drug-dealing, burglary and car crime will pick up Thames Valley Police's top award at a ceremony next month. The east Oxford beat team will receive 2003's Shrievalty Merit Team Award for units which bring
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Our hands are tied by licensing laws
Contrary to your comment (Oxford Mail, February 10), Oxford has never expressed a desire to become a 24-hour city. Like any council, we have to consider applications for extensions to licences, just as we must decide planning applications. The Government
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Police step up patrols
Police will be stepping up patrols in Abingdon this week. Officers will be on the town's streets from 10am to 10pm until Friday, February 20. Area beat officer Pc Phil Hampton said: "The operation is a further part of our commitment to the people of south
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February 9: The root problem
Embarassment is nothing new to Oxford City Council. The fact that artists' impressions of a re-vamped Bonn Square were released by mistake merely confirms the belief that all too often the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. But this
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Football: Joey's strike proves in vain
Abingdon Tn 2, Hertford Tn 3: Abingdon Town went down to Ryman Division 2 leaders Hertford, but deserved a point after twice taking the lead. In an explosive start, Joey Beauchamp opened the scoring in the second minute, running on to a pass from Danny
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Football: Abingdon's aces go storming on
North Leigh 1, Abingdon Utd 2: In-form Abingdon inflicted another Hellenic League Premier Division defeat on unconvincing champions North Leigh on Saturday. Hesitation in the North Leigh defence let in striker Anaclet Odhiambo to give the visitors an
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Football: Stewart's late cracker sees Thame to draw
Great Wakering 1, Thame Utd 1: Alex Stewart scored a late equaliser as Thame United recovered from their 5-0 midweek mauling by Ryman League Division 1 North form side Berkhamsted with a solid performance in Essex on Saturday. With both defences in control
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Veterans return to share emories
War veterans who fought at Dunkirk will share their military memories on Saturday. Former soldiers who served in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry will talk about the battle and evacuation during a one-day conference at The Slade Barracks
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Search on to find university poetry don
Oxford University is looking for a new professor of poetry to follow in the footsteps of such luminaries as Matthew Arnold, WH Auden and Seamus Heaney. Nominations have now opened for a successor to Paul Muldoon, who will step down in September after
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Rich lives as children
I would like to tell Alan Page (Oxford Mail, February 4) a little about my upbringing on the urban estate in north Oxford. I lived with my parents and two brothers from 1934 (before the Cutteslowe wall) to 1953, when I married and left home. Rent was
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February 7: Hero by a mile
Fifty years ago, he was every schoolboy's hero. The tall, long-legged Oxford student with the floppy hair thrilled the world when he broke the athlete's version of the sound barrier at the Iffley Road ground in Oxford. Roger Bannister's name and those
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Football: Simms is on the mark for Banbury
Banbury Utd 1, Hastings 0: A spectacular strike from Mark Simms was enough as Banbury United got back to winning ways in the Dr Martens League Eastern Division against their Sussex visitors on Saturday. The ex-Abingdon Town forward, who was returning
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Football: Class gap tells as City cruise home
Ardley Utd 0, Oxford C 3: City comfortably reached the Oxfordshire Senior Cup semi-final as their class told away to Hellenic Division 1 side Ardley on Saturday. The home side were forced to defend for most of the game and when they did go forward, they
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Football: Two-goal Nelson is Wantage's derby hero
Wantage Tn 2, Letcombe 0: Chris Nelson was Wantage's match-winner in Saturday's Division 1 East local derby which puts the leaders ten points clear. In front of a crowd of 150, the football was not out of the top drawer but the commitment and enthusiasm
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February 16: Focus on the issue
There is no question that Operation Brigand was confrontational and robust. The Oxford Mail saw it - invited by the police to witness the manoeuvre from start to finish. Doors were pounded down, men were arrested in their beds by helmeted, body-armour
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Nursery voices fears over work on offices
Plans for an office block in Oxford have run into opposition from staff at a nearby nursery who are concerned about children's safety during construction work. Proposals to remove a condition on the original application - which meant work could not begin
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Top riders get boost
An international horse-riding championship - to be held in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock-- has received £275,000 in Lottery funding. The award, from UK Sport, represents about 25 per cent of the budget for the European Eventing Championships
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Lodger took credit cards
A lodger who ran up debts of almost £12,000 on his landlord's credit cards in three months has been jailed. Thomas Robins, 25, was evicted after his landlord, Scott Weston, discovered he had withdrawn £9,999 from his credit card, leaving him liable for
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Football: Atkins diet is on
Ian Atkins is set to crack down from today on Oxford United's overweight players. He says there are two or three in his squad who are heavier than they should be - and they know it. And while he has kept his concern about it under wraps until now, a third
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Bonn Square: let us look to the future
It was most unfair of you in your editorial comment and article to criticise Oxford City Council for a minor error over the release of the photographs of Bonn Square, Oxford (Oxford Mail, February 9). The term 'gaffe' was more appropriate for a morning
