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Ice falls from sky to give couple a shock
A chunk of ice the size of a melon fell from the sky and smashed through the roof of a couple's summerhouse on April 30. Doreen House with the block of ice that fell from the sky, crashing into her summerhouse Arthur House, 80, of Watlington, was astonished
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Pupils sow seeds for a bright future
Children from St Michael's School in Steventon, near Abingdon, rolled up their sleeves to sow seeds and put in plants for the school's new eco-garden. Clare Norris, eight, is pictured with seven-year-old Shaye Pakes The school received a grant of £250
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Cricket: Spinner Peddy calls it a day for county
Off-spinner Giles Peddy looks to have played his last game for Oxfordshire. The former St Edward's School pupil, who plays for Hamstead, has been struck down by a mystery shoulder injury which has badly affected his bowling. Skipper Keith Arnold said:
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GP quits over death
A GP has won his fight to allow his name to be erased from the medical register without facing a full disciplinary hearing over the death of a five-year-old boy. Dr David Jarman, of Wallingford Road, Cholsey, became the first doctor to duck allegations
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Tennis: Officials deciding on best way to honour Parsons
The Oxfordshire Lawn Tennis Association are already discussing how to honour John Parsons after his death earlier this week. The Oxford-based journalist was a vice-president of the county, and moves are afoot to recognise his services. Chairman Andrew
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Review: Tears and smiles in two fine memoirs
Stories about pets are a source of delight, along with stories about parents, in two gripping family memoirs - each touching and funny in roughly equal measure - published in the past few weeks. In The Smoking Diaries (Granta Books, £12.99) playwright
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Tennis: Woodstock held by City
Champions Woodstock were held to a 4 -4 draw by Oxford City in their opening Division 1 match in the Wilson Inter-Club 3-Pair Mixed League. Despite taking a narrow one rubber lead into the final round of matches, City's second and third pairs battled
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Kill Bill 2 (136 mins, 18)
The second half of Quentin Tarantino's eagerly anticipated martial arts epic begins with a whimper and ends with a bang. Caption goes here Unlike the frenetic and relentlessly violent first instalment, Volume 2 bides its time with entire sequences devoted
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Football: Wallingford land £136,700 windfall
Seagrave Haulage League: AFC Wallingford are celebrating after being awarded £136,700 in grant funding to improve their ground at the Hithercroft. The Football Stadia Improvement Fund, supporters of the Football Foundation, will be handing £100,000 over
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Football: Redknap looks set to return
Banbury United are set to welcome back striker George Redknap as they aim to reach the play-offs by avoiding defeat at Dr Martens Eastern Division rivals Erith & Belvedere tomorrow. The top-scorer missed their Oxfordshire Senior Cup victory with a
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Review: Insignificance (Royal, Northampton)
Insignificance is famously the play in which Marilyn Monroe gets to explain the Special Theory of Relativity to Albert Einstein. Shortly after, the great scientist imitates the screen goddess by showing his legs - why, he's even wearing suspenders. Terry
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Quicker diagnosis is a lifesaver
Lives are being saved by a fast-track service in Oxford that has reduced suspected cancer patients' wait for diagnosis from six months to a few days. Dr Nigel Cowan is using CT scans to rapidly diagnose urological cancers The one-stop clinic at the Churchill
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School needs £60k authority can't give
Parents at a north Oxford primary school are raising £60,000 to buy new play equipment - because the education authority cannot provide the cash. As part of the reorganisation of schools in Oxford, completed last September, St Philip and St James School
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Bookies can set up shop
Ladbrokes has won an appeal to open a betting shop in Kidlington - after a court heard about a gambling culture in the village. The bookmaker has promised to open the shop in the village High Street within six-months - 100 yards away from their rivals
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Football: United can still do it - Oldfield
Player-coach David Oldfield says Oxford United go into their must-win match at Macclesfield still believing they can do it. The U's need to win their last two games and hope that Yeovil and Northampton don't, to stand a chance of reaching the Division
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Football: Super Simms does it again for Banbury
Banbury Utd 1, Oxford Utd 0: Striker Mark Simms was the hero for Banbury United for the second time in a week as he headed the winner in last night's victory over a youthful Oxford United side at the Kassam Stadium. On Saturday, the former Oxford City
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Charity cleared of impropriety
An official investigation into an Oxford charity sparked by complaints from sacked members of staff has concluded that there was no financial impropriety. However, the year-long inquiry by the Charity Commission into the beleaguered Oxfordshire Council
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Rugby: Chinnor troops head into battle for Oxon
Despite attempts by coach John Brodley to spread the net wide, Chinnor will provide 16 members of Oxfordshire's squad for their Tetley's Bitter County Championship match against Devon at Plymouth tomorrow (3pm). When Oxon reached the County Shield final
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Cricket: Charlbury expect tough season
OCA League: Charlbury will face a baptism of fire as they enter the top flight for the first time, following two successive promotions, writes KIEREN BUSHNELL. Skipper Glen McCallum will be hoping for a season of consolidation, but his cause has not been
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Football: Boss Fowler fires up troops for title crunch
Cherry Red Records Hellenic League: Brackley Town will be going all-out for victory as they bid to lift the Premier Division crown at Fairford Town tomorrow. A 1-1 draw at Highworth last night put Brackley back on top of the table, but with Southall travelling
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Franz club
What a difference a year makes. After being "spotted" last summer, a little-known bunch of Glaswegians called Franz Ferdinand were booked for a low-key gig downstairs at the Zodiac. Twelve months on, the band who share their name with an Austro-Hungarian
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Minister impressed by scheme
Children's Minister Margaret Hodge learned something about the tough realities of growing up when she met pupils at a Blackbird Leys school. The minister visited Oxford's Pegasus Primary School to witness the operation of a ground-breaking scheme which
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Bookies can set up shop
Ladbrokes has won an appeal to open a betting shop in Kidlington - after a court heard about a gambling culture in the village. The bookmaker has promised to open the shop in the village High Street within six months, 100 yards from rivals Tote Bookmakers
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Council told to pay £2,500 after watchdog criticises noisy park
The Local Government Ombudsman has found Oxford City Council guilty of maladministration over the building of a skatepark in Jericho. The council has agreed to pay £2,500 to a couple who complained about the park in Aristotle Lane, which closed a month
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Woman with baby fought off attacker
A woman fought off an attacker who lunged at a baby she was caring for. The woman was looking after the 20-month-old in White House Road, Oxford, when a boy started to hit her on the head and body, and demanded her bag. She offered him the bag, but he
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Spy camera hidden in showers
Police have been informed about the discovery of a camera hidden in a shower room in a house used by Oxford University students. St John's College ordered an immediate investigation when the device, concealed in a black bag, was found in a house used
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Noisy skatepark payout
The Local Government Ombudsman has found Oxford City Council guilty of maladministration over the building of a skatepark in Jericho. The council has agreed to pay £2,500 to a couple who complained about the park in Aristotle Lane, which closed a month
