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Review: St Giles Cafe, St Giles, Oxford

Green is supposed to be a soothing colour, which is why theatres traditionally have a green room where luvvies attempt to lift the tension before treading the boards. Maybe whoever was responsible for the partly green decor of the St Giles Cafe also had

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Pregnant woman shoved into glass

A man shoved his pregnant ex-girlfriend - who was holding their 18-month-old son - so hard against a shop window that the glass cracked. Oxford Crown Court heard on February 27 that Emma Partlett cut her head when she was pushed in St Clement's, Oxford

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Rugby: Chadbone's keen to sign off with win

Promising front row forward Simon Chadbone plays his last game of the season for Oxford Harlequins when they travel to face Truro in South West 1 tomorrow (2.30). Chadbone departs next week for a two-month trip to Australia and New Zealand, where he hopes

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Making punctuation into a bestseller

Author and broadcaster Lynne Truss is as amazed as the rest of us at the phenomenal success of her book -- the rank outsider in the pre-Christmas rush which romped home as a bestseller, selling half a million copies to date. And what is its subject? Punctuation

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Thoughts focus on CCTV

Shopkeepers and residents are being urged to have their say on the use of surveillance cameras to deter trouble in a village square. Posters and leaflets are going out around Grove inviting views and opinions to be e-mailed or posted to the parish council

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Jamie Cook, the former Oxford United and Boston United winger, has joined Bath City on a month's loa

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Delight as St Birinus boys reign in Spain

Five young weightlifters from the St Birinus School Club at Didcot helped England to victory in an international in Spain. Peter Dutton, 13, led the way with a British record in the event at Almeria. Competing in the under 17 section, he posted a snatch

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Oxfordshire pair get their England break

Thame's Lee Richardson and James Tatton, from County Club, Bicester, have been selected to play for England A at the inaugural European Team Snooker Cup in Riga, Latvia from March 22 to 27. Both players have won an English National Senior Tour event this

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Davis backs battle over asylum centre

Shadow Home Secretary David Davies pledged to abandon the Government's controversial asylum seeker accommodation centre policy if the Conservatives won the next General Election. David Davies with Tony Baldry The MP was in Bicester last night for a Question

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Fixtures: All the weekend's sporting fixtures

SATURDAY FOOTBALL NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Bristol Rov v Oxford Utd. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1 North: Barking v Thame Utd, Oxford C v Leyton. Div 2: Abingdon Tn v Dorking. UMBRO ISOTONIC YOUTH ALLIANCE Merit Div 2: Oxford Utd 19 v Gillingham. UMBRO ISOTONIC

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Athletics: Jackie lands golden treble for Amblers

Abingdon Amblers had good cause for celebration as they came back from the British Masters Indoor Championships in Cardiff with a clutch of medals. Jackie Charles took pride of place as she claimed three golds and two silvers in the over 60 category.

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Football: Morrisey hits back

Terry Morrisey has dismissed claims that he was sacked by Premier Division leaders Didcot Town. Morrisey, 29, left his home-town club under a cloud three weeks ago, with boss Pete Foley saying he had been booted out for "continued breaches of club discipline

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Football: City boss Sinnott's fired up for Leyton

Oxford City boss Andy Sinnott says his side face the biggest test of his managerial reign when they take on Ryman League Division 1 high- fliers Leyton at Court Place Farm tomorrow. But they will have to do it without defender Andy Ballard, who has been

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Football: Didcot boss warns team of 'chokers'

Didcot Town manager Pete Foley has warned his team not to become a bunch of 'chokers' as his outfit continue their push for the Premier Division title. Foley spoke out after Didcot slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Carterton last week. He said: "It's frustrating

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It's the one that I want

Nikki Chapman, the 'nice' Pop Idol judge, memorably told hopeful Suzanne Carley at her audition last year that she was "a ray of sunshine". Suzanne didn't make it through to the final, but her sunny rays are shining onstage in Grease, the musical. The

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Mondeo Man is happy

Mondeo Man has real reason to smile. Despite tough opposition from the likes of the Vauxhall Vectra, Citroen C5, and Renault Laguna, to say nothing of Peugeot's new offering, the fearsome 407, the Mondeo is in the best shape ever to face 2004. New engines

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Teen back in jail for assault

A teenager has been sent back to prison because he attacked a policeman just eight days after being released part-way through an 18-month sentence. On February 26, at Bicester Magistrates' Court, James Keane admitted assaulting Pc Ricky Smith on February

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Arsonists destroy 3k slide

A Slide in a south Oxford park has been destroyed by arsonists -- just two weeks after the £3,500 play equipment was installed. A swing seat was also damaged in the attack, which took place on the night of February 25. Earlier this month, Oxford City

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Club rethinks its housing plans

War veterans are rethinking their £3m clubhouse and flats scheme after householders complained it would ruin their view of Oxford's dreaming spires. The Marston Royal British Legion Club is redrawing its plans to build the state-of-the-art new clubhouse

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Moving up with XS

Nissan is launching a special version of the new Micra to mark its first birthday. The XS, which is priced from £8,795 including free insurance, is based on the S grade, with 15-inch alloy wheels, a rear roof spoiler, body coloured electric door mirrors

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Stunning concept

Subaru is set to surprise performance fans with the unveiling of a concept version of the new Legacy 3.0R saloon. Displayed purely as a prototype, the all-wheel drive teaser, being shown at the Geneva Motor Show will have the same six-speed manual gearbox

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Your car hates Mondays too

It's not only motorists who don't like Mondays, their cars are reluctant to start the week as well. Cars are more likely to break down on a Monday than any other day , the AA said. It added that battery failures continue to be the top cause of breakdown

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Bus helps to recruit new carers

Organisations across Oxfordshire have joined forces to launch a campaign aimed at persuading people to take up new careers as carers. The move, led by social and health care staff at Oxfordshire County Council, has been set up to work in tandem with a

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Mosque users 'park illegally'

An east Oxford resident is threatening to block traffic coming into her street in protest at weekly worshippers who park illegally without being fined. Control Plus staff say they will patrol the area only in pairs Tyndale Road residents say worshippers

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New man on the beat

A new beat officer assigned to a troubled estate at Abingdon said that police intelligence had identified a gang of troublemakers. PC Ian Leese, a former RAF officer involved in military intelligence, is the new officer for the Peachcroft estate in north

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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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Children plan memorial for caretaker

A memorial is being planned by children and staff for a caretaker at an Oxford primary school who died from Legionnaire's disease. Jim Perry, 61, who had worked at St Andrew's School, Headington, right, for eight years, died from the deadly pneumonia

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Point-to-point: Martin holds a strong hand

Hook Norton's Andy Martin is set for a busy time at the Farmers Bloodhounds meeting at Dunthrop, near Chipping Norton, on Sunday. The trainer-rider has several horses entered under his own name as well as a number of rides booked for other trainers. He

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Kramer floats in for Oxford

The Oxford Silver Machine have called on their own asset Emil Kramer to fill one of the floating reserve positions in this year's Elite League speedway squad. Kramer is already an Oxford asset as he rode for the Silver Machine at King's Lynn. He spent

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Twiglish Dude fuels Morgan's classic dreams

JIM Morgan, one of the few Oxford greyhound trainers to have won a classic race, could have another candidate to challenge for top honours in Twiglish Dude. The wily veteran, who captured the Oaks way back in 1970 with Perth Pat, is keeping his fingers

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Speedway: Fisher faces mates in debut

New signing Ryan Fisher's first ride for Oxford Silver Machine will be against his former Coventry teammates. Oxford open their campaign with an attractive challenge match at home to the Bees on March 12. One of the criticisms of recent years has been

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Hood-wearers warned

Gangs of youths will be thrown out of Banbury's Castle Quay shopping centre if they wear hoods. The centre's commercial director Paul Jackson said that in the past few months there had been complaints that groups of teenagers -- some wearing hoods --

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Athletics: Hirst leads home Oxon in nationals

Headington Roadrunner Allison Hirst led home the Oxfordshire contingent in the women's race at the English Cross Country Championships in Leeds on Saturday. Hirst finished in 34th place, crossing the line in 35mins 23secs. In the men's race, Kevin Murphy

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Football: FA chiefs win fight

The chances of Oxfordshire's top five non-league clubs - Oxford City, Thame United, Banbury United, Didcot Town and AFC Wallingford meeting in a newly-formed Southern League next season have moved a step nearer. An arbitration tribunal yesterday unanimously

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Top of the pops

Marty Wilde is more than a musical legend. The man is a pop icon. Back in the fifties, when a dour and drab Britain was still picking itself up off its post-war feet, Wilde and his fellow rock 'n' rollers were laying down the soundtrack to this country's

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11-year mission delayed

The hopes of Oxfordshire scientists and engineers were dashed when Europe's space mission to chase and land on a comet was postponed again on February 27. UK science teams, including staff at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near Didcot, designed and developed

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Police: robber planned car crash

A robbery in which a man rammed the back of a woman's car before getting out and punching her in the face was premeditated, detectives believe. The 53-year-old victim was robbed on February 26 at about 3.45pm, after she had withdrawn a substantial amount

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Care service helped by new volunteers

A charity for elderly people has received a fantastic response for new recruits after the Oxford Mail highlighted its struggle to find people to help with its care service. Age Concern Oxfordshire has received 11 calls from people offering to work as

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Thugs banned from games

Thugs caught up in mass disruption at an Oxford United football match have been banned from games for three years. Mark Hardingham, 31, Ben Wall, 26, and Chris Williams, 29, admitted public order offences during the United v Reading match at the Kassam

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Villagers angry over bus cuts

RESIDENTS have launched a campaign against bus service cuts in Kidlington. Oxford Bus Company is withdrawing part of its daily 2A Kidlington to Oxford service from April 4. The service will no longer serve parts of Banbury Road, Oxford Spires Business

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One win will do for U's!

Oxford United defender Matt Bound, who looks set to return at Bristol Rovers today (February 28), believes the team are just one good win from getting back on track. The U's have picked up only nine points from their last eight games, but Bound, who was

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Running with the wind

Renault will unveil its new concept car, called Wind, at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show in March. The objective of the roadster is to test public reaction to a compact, soft top, perhaps to be made by Renaultsport, who produce the high performance versions

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Unwanted hotel rejected again

A lapdance bar owner has failed again in his bid to turn a disused Oxford shop into a hotel. Residents are delighted that Bar Baby owner Martin Forde's plans for a 19-room hotel, with bar and terrace, opposite his Cowley Road bar were turned down again