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'We've had no post for month'
People living in a block of flats in Oxford say they have not received their post for almost a month - and 10 days since the end of the city's postal strike. Residents of South Bridge Row, St Aldate's, are demanding an explanation from Royal Mail over
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Valuable head gets new role
A headteacher who turned around the fortunes of a struggling Oxford school has been head-hunted to run Britain's worst comprehensive. Ian Johnson, 44, joined Oxford School in Glanville Road, east Oxford, in 1998 and helped transform it into the thriving
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Play area opened
The new Abbey Meadows play area in Abingdon, has been officially opened. The chairman of the Vale of White Horse District Council Briony Newport and eight-year-old Anna McMahon, from St Edmunds School, cut the ribbons. The area is the second part of the
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Abbey Meadows play area opened
The new Abbey Meadows play area in Abingdon, was officially opened on April 23 by the chairman of the Vale of White Horse District Council Briony Newport and eight-year-old Anna McMahon from St Edmunds School. Vale of White Horse District Council Briony
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GP 'unable to face discipline hearing'
A GP facing a disciplinary hearing which could lead to him being struck off is suffering from a phobia making it impossible for him to instruct the lawyers defending him. Dr David Jarman, a former partner at Wallingford Medical Centre, Reading Road, Wallingford
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MP joins station battle
MP David Cameron is backing the campaign by town and county councillors in Carterton for a fire station. Councillors have been trying to get a station for the town for 20 years. Cover is provided from Burford and Bampton, while firefighters from RAF Brize
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Auction aids Jenny's school
Staff and pub regulars helped a family raise more than £5,000 in memory of their daughter who was killed in a hit-and-run incident on her way home from school. Jenny Koester died after she was struck by two vehicles on the A417 Wantage to Faringdon road
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Football: Letcombe secure second spot
Letcombe 4, Englefied Green 0: Letcombe overcame a nervous start to secure the runners-up spot in Division 1 East. After keeper Liam Breen came to their rescure early on, Letcombe took a first-half lead through Richard Claydon. Letcombe dominated after
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Results: All the weekend's results
NATIONWIDE LEAGUE Div 3: Oxford Utd 2, Cambridge Utd 2. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 1 North: Dunstable Tn 2, Thame Utd 1; Tilbury 2, Oxford City 1. Div 2: Abingdon Tn 4, Witham Tn 1. DR MARTENS LEAGUE Eastern Div: Banbury Utd 4, Folkestone Tn 3. UMBRO ISOTONIC CONFERENCE
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Transport event 'must not expand'
Organisers of a popular transport event have had their wings clipped by councillors. Turweston Airfield, near Banbury, has played host to the Vintage Aircraft Club for seven years. Every year the club has organised 'fly-ins'. More than 1,000 people attended
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Network supports carers
Carers looking after young people with arthritis can access specialist advice and support from a new network group launched by an Oxford hospital. The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, in Headington, already offers expert care for children and adolescents
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Raiders threaten women for cash
Two M40 service station workers were threatened with a metal chain and forced to hand over a large sum of cash. Police officers were called to the incident at the Welcome Break Services, at junction 8A near Wheatley, at 7.47am on Saturday, April 24. Police
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Drug alley 'must be shut at night'
A city councillor is calling for an alley in Oxford to be sealed off to stop drug dealing. Paul Sargent, who represents Carfax, said drug activity in the passage next to and behind houses in The Hamel, off St Thomas Street, must be stopped. He said blue
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Laptop thefts leave student devastated
An Oxford student has been left devastated after two laptop computers containing her life's work were stolen from her college bedroom. Oxford University student Minji Kim has appealed for the laptops to be returned to her at Worcester College. Thieves
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Palace hopes to offer wedding ceremonies
Couples tying the knot may soon be able to hold their ceremony and reception at Blenheim Palace. The palace in Woodstock has applied to Oxfordshire County Council for a civil ceremony licence to allow the venue to stage marriage ceremonies as well as
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Charity sounds the alarm
An Oxford charity which is having to leave rent-free premises after seven years is appealing for another organisation to share a new venue and help foot the bill. Soundabout has used music therapy to help hundreds of severely disabled children communicate
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Age fair offers sole solution
People over the age of 50 can treat themselves to a foot massage when they drop in at an 'information fair' being held in Oxford. The second of five such events being staged in Oxford by the charity Age Concern takes place at the Rose Hill community centre
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Pub revamped
A pub near Thame, has undergone a £250,000 refurbishment. The 10-week renovation means the Old Fisherman, at Shabbington, has a larger dining area and riverside garden, as well as a surfaced car park. The extension has led to the creation of 15 more jobs
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Football: Beavon seals win
Westfield 0, AFC Wallingford 3: Wallingford virtually secured second place in the Seagrave Haulage Premier Division after Saturday's comfortable win. Bradley Ward gave Walingford the lead on five minutes when he fastened on to Alex Darke's through ball
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Football: Thame fail to recover from Goffe injury blow
Dunstable Town 2, Thame Utd 1: A below-strength Thame gave a battling second-half performance and were perhaps a little unfortune not to earn a point against their high-flying Ryman League Division 1 North rivals. Thame's already decimated squad was further
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Football: Supersub Simms is the hero for Banbury
Banbury Utd 4, Folkestone Tn 3: A last-minute winner from substitute Mark Simms kept up Banbury United's hopes of automatic promotion from Dr Martens League Eastern Division as they fought back to beat already-promoted Folkestone at Spencer Stadium on
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Football: Town shine in first-half blitz
Abingdon Tn 4, Witham Tn 1: Abingdon completed their home programme in Ryman League Division 2 with a convincing victory against fifth-placed Witham at Culham Road. Town opened the scoring after 24 minutes, when Danny Clarke cut the ball back for Mark
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Football: City fall away after a bright start
Tilbury 2, Oxford City 1: Oxford City gifted the home side all three points in a disappointing Ryman League Division 1 North game played on a hard surface on Saturday. But this was no excuse for City's lacklustre performance. An early cross from Chris
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Football: Didcot title hopes are ended by stalemate
Didcot Tn 0, Highworth Tn 0: Didcot's hopes of finishing as Hellenic League Premier Division champions came to an end after a frustrating goalless draw with Highworth on Saturday. Didcot created most chances, the best falling to Paul Bedwell, who missed
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'Use centre or lose it' warning
A community centre has been given a one-year reprieve by Bicester town councillors. But they have warned local people must make use of it or they will lose it. Bicester Community Church has run the centre in a portable building in Keble Road for the past
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Transport event 'must not expand'
Organisers of a popular transport event have had their wings clipped by councillors. Turweston Airfield, near Banbury, has played host to the Vintage Aircraft Club for seven years. Every year the club has organised 'fly-ins'. More than 1,000 people attended
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Patients ignore bid to survey NHS opinion
NHS managers have spent almost £6,000 on a patient survey which was ignored by more than two thirds of the people who received it. Only 250 out of 850 patients - 29 per cent - responded when Oxford City Primary Care Trust randomly sent them copies of
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Pay to party this year
Fox FM's annual Party in the Park concert is to charge an entrance fee and restrict the number of revellers for the first time in its seven-year history. Tickets for this year's music festival, which will be held at Oxford's South Park on August 1, will
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Football: We blew it!
New boss Graham Rix said he could not defend his players after Oxford United pressed the self-destruct button again on Saturday. The U's blew a glorious chance to register their first victory under Rix, and greatly boost their play-off chances. They battled
