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Pupils speak out after thieves ruin garden
Pupils were so upset when vandals stole benches from their special garden that they wrote letters to the Oxford Mail's sister paper the Bicester Advertiser to express their views. The children had painted the benches as part of their work to keep the
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Right royal visitors
Even the wet weather could not dampen high spirits as the Earl and Countess of Wessex officially opened John Henry Newman School in Littlemore on May 4. The royal couple arrived in the rain for their first public engagement since the birth of their daughter
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My son's not the only offender
SIR -- I am writing a letter concerning your news item regarding Daniel Rumley (Oxford Mail, April 27). I am Daniel Rumley's mother and feel quite upset at the remark made that parents have a vital role to play, that they should exercise more control
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Work on college theatre to start soon
Work is due to start in late summer on a new £3.2m theatre and visual arts complex at Radley College, near Abingdon. The design by Oxford architects Gray Baynes and Shew, of Beaumont Street, includes a 350-seat theatre, full scenery-handling facilities
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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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Cricket: Cherwell back ban on Adnam
The Oxford Times Cherwell League have supported the Oxfordshire Cricket Association over the suspension handed out to East Oxford CC'S Adnam Hamid. Adnam is serving a six-week OCA ban - which started last Saturday - following a punch-up on the field in
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Brackley aces wrap up league and cup double
BRACKLEY Town finished their season in triumphant style as they added the Supplementary Cup to their Hellenic League Premier Division title with a 4-3 extra-time victory over Highworth Town at Fairford yesterday. Brackley raced into a 2-0 lead by half-time
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Rugby: Oxon outclassed by the cream of Devon
Devon 53, Oxfordshire 17: Oxfordshire matched neither Devon's higher league experience, nor their superior power, as they were well beaten in their Tetley's County Championship match at Plymouth on Saturday. On a fine day in front of a meagre crowd, Devon
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Breast best, says store
Morrison's supermarket in Banbury will be offering breastfeeding advice on May 11, between 10am and 4pm as part of National Breastfeeding Awareness Week, Health visitors, midwives and National Childbirth Trust staff will also be giving out advice and
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Geared up for bright future
Much loved cycle shop and repair business in north Oxford is set to continue trading despite being forced to leave its original home. Walton Street Cycles, which operates from premises rented from W Lucy and Co, learned last year that it would be required
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Man robbed at knifepoint
A man was robbed at knifepoint near the centre of Didcot on May 1. The victim, in his 30s, was walking towards the town's railway station when he was confronted by two men wearing hooded tops, one of them brandishing a six-inch knife. The armed man pointed
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Councillors unveil revised plans
Oxfordshire County Council is publishing proposed changes to its draft Structure Plan. Comments from the public must be made by June 11, so the document can be discussed in October. More than 2,600 people and organisations responded to the original plan
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New wardens may go on beat
Uniformed wardens with tough police powers to clamp down on antisocial behaviour could soon be pounding the beat in Oxford. Oxford police and Oxford City Council are applying to the Home Office for the money to employ Police Community Support Officers
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Willing to take the oath
SIR -- Reflecting on nearly seven years of this Labour Government, I found it difficult to think of anything really useful that they have achieved. With one happy exception -- the introduction of citizenship ceremonies. It seems self-evident that only
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Bar will go ahead
Plans for an Australian theme bar in Oxford's George Street are still on track, despite the financial difficulties of the company behind it. Regent Inns said the Oxford plans were still going ahead, although it told investors that no new Walkabout bars
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Lollipop crisis
Parents say children are at risk because Oxfordshire County Council cannot recruit lollipop men and women for dangerous crossings. Despite major advertising campaigns, only one third of school crossing posts in Oxford have been filled. The problem has
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School boosts security
Extra security measures are being taken by both Witney secondary schools to protect their pupils and premises. Henry Box School has just installed a CCTV camera system at a cost of £17,000 to monitor the buildings and grounds round the clock. Over this
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Young publican gets spot on council
Thame's youngest pub landlord is now the town council's youngest member. Conservative Richard Walker, 27, landlord of the Six Bells pub, beat Mary Stiles, Labour, for the seat left vacant when Diana Ludlow left the area. Mr Walker's family has been involved
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Campaigners in frame to save cinema
Opposition is mounting to plans to close the only cinema in Wantage and turn the building into a block of flats. Helen Aldridge, James Andrews, Lesley Ford and Roger Diamond, pictured from left Petitions have been launched by film fans, including Helen
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International project partners visit
An Abingdon primary school played host to 24 teachers from Norway, Finland and Austria as part of an international project. The visit to Rush Common Primary, in Hendred Way, over the Bank Holiday weekend, was the culmination of a three-year project involving
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Hockey: West claim title in style
West Witney were crowned Oxfordshire Under 16 Girls League champions - and they did it in style by crushing City of Oxford 7-0. They got off to a flying start with Sandy Anderson, Sabina Shortland and Takara Haines putting them 3-0 up inside the first
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Ice hockey: Stars given chop by sparkling Scimitars
Oxford City Stars' hopes of lifting the English National League Cup were dashed as they went down 9-4 to Sheffield Scimitars in the second leg of the final. Trailing 8-3 from the first leg, Stars were always up against it in Sunday's return at Oxford
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'2005' pledge on noisy A34
Work to resurface the noisy section of the A34 could start within the next two years. The Highways Agency confirmed work between Pear Tree, Oxford, and Weston-on-the-Green could start in 2005/06 subject to funding. The work would be carried out in two
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Rugby: Young guns out of luck
Devon Under 20s 21, Oxfordshire Under 20s 9: For the second successive year, Oxfordshire fell at the semi-final stage of the Tetley's Under 20 Championship when they went down to Devon at Plymouth on Saturday. In fine conditions, a large and vociferous
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Football: Blossom's late strike takes Banbury up
Banbury Utd 2, Sutton Coldfield Tn 1 (aet): Defender Wayne Blossom headed the late extra-time winner as Banbury United secured promotion to the Dr Martens Premier Division with a thrilling play-off victory against ten-man Sutton at Spencer Stadium yesterday
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May 4: Swallowing the pill
ONE does not need a degree in advanced mathematics to understand that when 43 per cent of the county council's performance claims are inaccurate, there is something wrong in the state of County Hall affairs. When the Audit Commission furrows its brow
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Unions stage May march
Scores of Oxford trade unionists and political campaigners braved the bank holiday rain to stage their traditional May Day march and rally in Bonn Square. The Oxford District Trades Union Council declared 'our world is not for sale' in welcoming such
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County audit claims 'largely wrong'
County council chief executive Richard Shaw has admitted that almost half of his authority's claims about its performance in one year were inaccurate. In a written report to Oxfordshire County Council's ruling executive, Dr Shaw writes that there were
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Welcoming the Royals
Royal family watchers were on high alert in Oxford on May 4 as Sophie and Edward Wessex prepared to visit the city. It was to be the first time the Countess had appeared in public since her daughter was born. The Earl and Countess of Wessex were due to
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New head vows to carry on good work
Russian Revolution expert Steve Lunt has promised a smooth takeover of Oxford Community School. Steve Lunt, who welcomes the challenge Mr Lunt, 44, deputy headteacher at Cheney School, Headington, Oxford, has been appointed to replace Ian Johnson at Oxford
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The haven I had been looking for
SIR - You have never met me but I felt I wanted to write to your paper. I am Cora Hyde, aged 85 years and am living in Old Station House, Abingdon. For 32 years, my husband, Stanley, worked in The Maltings in the Vineyard, where we raised our four daughters
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Engineer's relief
A civil engineer is celebrating after the collapse of a prosecution for breach of health and safety regulations following the death of a building worker. Andrew AllanAndrew Allan, a consultant civil and structural engineer from Upper Heyford, said: "It
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Web site complaints are simply frivolous
I have never used the Internet nor sent an e-mail, but consider www.thamesvalleypolice-sucks.co.uk an excellent idea. Unlike the chief constable, I deem the only arguably irresponsible aspect of it to be the rather frivolous and slightly vulgar name which
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Rail passengers quizzed
Commuters at Oxford Railway Station will be invited to join a huge drive to improve the UK's health and wellbeing. Department of Health workers will be asking members of the public to take part in an on-the-spot survey as part of the Government's Choosing
