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Heroic return
Veteran ex-soldiers gathered in Oxford and marched into the past to remember one of the most famous chapters in British military history - Dunkirk. More than 100 campaigners from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry who fought on the French
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Here come the brides...
THE hundreds of people who visited the Oxford Mail Wedding Fayre showed how popular marriage still is. Three suites at the Four Pillars Hotel in Sandford-on-Thames were packed with exhibitions and displays showing everything a couple needed for the big
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Robbers hold up shop staff
Masked robbers held staff at knifepoint while stealing cash from two shops in separate raids. Thames Valley Police are investigating links between the robberies, which took place only a few miles apart in south-east Oxfordshire. On the night of February
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Hospital's friends get cash support
Supporters of a community hospital threatened with closure as part of a health services shake-up have revealed thousands of pounds of public money have been donated to keep it running. At least £190,000 has been raised in legacies and donations in the
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Football: Lightning Luke fires six-minute hat-trick
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Division 1 Witney Utd 2, Kidlington 4 Kidlington brought Division 1 West high-fliers Witney down to earth after dominating the majority of the game. All Kidlington's goals came in the first 35 minutes, the highlight
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Results: All the weekend's sporting results
FOOTBALL NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Oxford Utd 1, Bury 1. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1 North: Aveley Tn 0, Oxford C 0; Thame Utd 2, Wivenhoe Tn 1. Div 2: Abingdon Tn 3, Flackwell Heath 1. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Banbury Utd 1, Bashley 0. FRIENDLY Portsmouth
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'Cream' of art on show
The work of 27 Oxfordshire artists has gone on display at an Oxford gallery in the first exhibition of its kind in the city for more than 20 years. A visitor has her photo taken in front of an artwork entitled Volumatic at Modern Art Oxford Modern Art
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Historic boat race runs again
Thousands of spectators are expected next weekend for the 60th anniversary of a historic boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities. The race, on February 28, 1944, at the height of the Second World War, was the only one ever held away from the
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Library displays hi-tech services
Abingdon Library will be open on Saturday, February 28, to show off new technology, including broadband computers that bring faster Internet access. A new computerised library system has also been introduced which means a catalogue of more than a million
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Baby appeal
Witney National Childbirth Group is appealing for more mothers and babies to join. Clockwise from front are Rachel Brenni with seven-month-old Alice, Beckey Nicholson and 15-month-old Freddie, and Holly Brading with Callum, eight months The branch holds
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Speedway: Machine set to dazzle!
Oxford Silver Machine promoter Nigel Wagstaff will launch the 2004 campaign in dazzling style at the Park End Club in Oxford on Tuesday, March 9 (noon). After a razzmatazz press launch, the public are invited to the Park End Club in the evening (7.30)
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Football: Fuller strike fires Banbury hopes
Banbury Utd 1, Bashley 0: Ady Fuller grabbed the winner as Banbury United recorded their first back-to-back Dr Martens Eastern Division victories since December in Saturday's clash at the Spencer Stadium. In a tight game, it wasn't until the 26th minute
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Football: Lee back as City draw a blank
Aveley 0, Oxford City 0: Oxford City had to settle for a point in an uninspiring Ryman Division 1 North game at mid-table Aveley on Saturday. A strong wind and a bumpy surface did little to improve the game which saw the return of former favourite Justin
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Tennis: Henman makes sad exit
Oxfordshire star Tim Henman admitted he was disappointed by his performance after his impressive run at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was halted at the semi-final stage in Rotterdam by a 6-3, 6-3 defeat to Lleyton Hewitt. Henman has now lost in
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Football: Didcot's title push halted by Carterton
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League Premier Division Carterton Tn 2, Didcot Tn 1 A fine strike in stoppage time by Carterton's James Mortimer-Jones halted Didcot's Premier Division title charge at Kilkenney Lane on Saturday. Mortimer-Jones broke clear
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Football: Smith's heroics prove so vital
Thame Utd 2, Wivenhoe Tn 1: A superb save from Thame keeper Steve Smith helped his side to make it three games without defeat in Ryman League Division 1 North with a deserved victory over their more experienced visitors at Windmill Stadium on Saturday
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Football: Joey's hat-trick just the tonic for Town
Abingdon Tn 3, Flackwell Heath 1: A hat-trick from former Oxford United winger Joey Beauchamp earned Abingdon three important Ryman Division 2 points at Culham Road on Saturday. The visitors, who had won the two previous meetings between the sides this
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Bogus official foiled by OAP
Detectives are appealing for help in tracing a bogus caller and a suspicious car seen at a distraction burglary hotspot. A man believed to be a bogus official called at an elderly woman's home in Copse Lane, Marston, Oxford, between 6pm and 6.15pm. He
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'Clean up our brook'
Confusion over land ownership is delaying the clean-up of an Oxford stream, residents claim. Dumped trolleys at Boundary Brook It is believed part of land surrounding Headington's Boundary Brook - a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a wildlife corridor
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Home Zone will offer better quality of life
Pedestrians will start to formally take priority over vehicles in an Abingdon neighbourhood later this year. Public notices have been published to turn Saxton Road, in south Abingdon, into a Home Zone area. Work - including the implementation of traffic
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Society will auction new Tolkien stamps
The first special editions of the Royal Mail's Lord of the Rings stamps have been presented to Oxford Philatelic Society at the Oxford pub where JRR Tolkien drank. Oxford Philatelic Society members Dana Shaw and Bill Jackson, right, with the special Tolkien
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Appeal for 'key' witness to crash
A man who helped police direct traffic after a fatal accident may hold vital information about the incident, officers said. Motorcyclist Jonathan Gaye, 34, of Fitzcount Way, Wallingford, died after a crash on the A4130 at Gangsdown Hill, near Nettlebed
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Widen MMR inquiry, says MP
Oxford West and Abingdon MP Evan Harris is calling for a wide-ranging, independent investigation into a new row over the MMR vaccine. He said the inquiry by the General Medical Council into alleged links between Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who highlighted
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Children's fundfaces cutbacks
Projects helping vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Oxfordshire will be hard hit by Government cuts to a group that helps fund them. Last year, the Oxfordshire Children's Fund was set up with the promise of £3.3m of Government money over three years
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Football: U's fury at cheat claim
Oxford United manager Ian Atkins backed his skipper, Andy Crosby, after a 'cheat storm' overshadowed Saturday's 1-1 draw with Bury at the Kassam Stadium. Bury striker Jon Daly was sent off for a second yellow card after 61 minutes of the Division 3 game
