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Husband beat wife for disobedience
A woman who defied her husband by learning English was beaten with a stick and cut with a bread knife when he found out. Kamran Khan Kamran Khan, 23, of Kersington Crescent, Oxford, was yesterday sentenced to one year in prison following a hearing at
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Dog fight venue case adjourned
A west Oxfordshire man has pleaded not guilty to keeping a place for dog fights and causing suffering to animals. Ian Draper, 40, of Walker's Close, Asthall, near Burford, appeared before Witney Magistrates' Court yesterday where he denied offences including
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Cottage gutted in mystery blaze
Thirty-five firefighters tackled a fire at a cottage in Wantage thought to have been started by arsonists. Police officers from Wantage police station were first on the scene after fire broke out in Belmont Cottage, Belmont, at 2.45am today. They forced
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Direct hit earns win
IC3 Home Counties: A direct hit from Adam Cook gave Oxford a thrilling three-run victory at Potters Bar - and completed a Houdini escape act for Rupert Evans's team. Oxford seemed doomed to defeat when Division 1 relegation candidates Potters Bar, needing
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Teenager gets Asbo after incident in town
A teenager from Banbury has been given a two-year antisocial behaviour order for his involvement in causing disorder in the town centre. Under the court order, Andre Parker, 16, is banned from acting in a way which causes or is likely to cause alarm,
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Football results
Results from the weekend, August 14-15, 2004 COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 1, Scunthorpe Utd 1. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Bath City 2, Banbury Utd 1. Div 1 West: Brackley Tn 2, Cinderford Tn 0; Bromsgrove 1, Oxford City 1; Thame Utd 2, Sutton Coldfield
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We'll find target
Midfielder Rob Wolleaston has urged Oxford United's fans not to worry . . . the goals will come. Rob WolleastonGraham Rix's side were expected to find the target with much more frequency this season, but the U's have hit the net just twice in three matches
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August 18: Open up on day one
The saga of Cornmarket Street reopens this week and, like everything associated with Oxford's jinxed shopping thoroughfare, there is already a problem. The promise of a transparent inquiry appears to have been broken on day one since the launch of it
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Officers favour old oil power plant
Controversial plans for a third power station at Didcot -- fuelled by cooking oil from food factories and fish and chip shops -- were expected to be approved today. This is despite objections from Didcot Town Council, and West Hagbourne, Sutton Courtenay
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Wall of silence
Thames Valley Police has warned it may have to take officers off the beat if it is forced to police a second asylum centre in Oxfordshire. In a letter to north Oxfordshire MP Tony Baldry, executive director of Thames Valley Police Authority Jim Booth
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Thugs in parks pick on foreign students
Yobs are singling out foreign language students to bully and rob on Oxford's Blackbird and Greater Leys estates. Police said there had been three incidents at Gillians Park and one in Spindleberry Nature Park in the past few days. In the most recent incident
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The easier way home
Sir - If Andrew Beal (Oxford Mail, August 11) is going home to a 'ruined meal' after a hard day's work, what's his hurry? Why not stop off on the Cowley Road and grab a takeaway from one of the 20-plus fast food outlets offering a choice from all points
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Lock out
An inquiry into the financial problems surrounding the repaving of Oxford's Cornmarket Street will begin behind closed doors. The decision to launch the official inquiry tomorrow in private has led to accusations of a "cover-up". The investigation was
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Nature takes over
Sir -- We have a nice nature park in Rivermead Road, but it seems that it is being extended to include the rest of Rose Hill estate. There are weeds growing down both sides of the roads and covering vast amounts of the pavements as well. It makes a nice
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Cricket results
Results from the weekend of August 14-15, 2004 IC3 HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Banbury 197 (60.4 ovs, C Haupt 74, J Morris 6-35), Basingstoke & NH 179 (51 ovs). Banbury 25pts, Basingstoke 7. High Wycombe 202-7 (66 ovs, J Harrison 61, M
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Firm scents sales boost
A second-hand car dealership is to spray the inside of its vehicles to make them smell brand new in a ploy to win-over potential buyers. The fragrance was created for Network Q by the Wallingford-based Aroma Company, which designs scents for "marketing
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Wall of silence
Thames Valley Police has warned it may have to take officers off the beat if it is forced to police a second asylum centre in Oxfordshire. In a letter to north Oxfordshire MP Tony Baldry, executive director of Thames Valley Police Authority Jim Booth
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Nathan feels like a Lottery winner
Oxford City's Olympic star Nathan Douglas feels like he has won the Lottery as he approaches his big day this Friday. Nathan Douglas And the 21-year-old triple-jumper effectively has - because it was Lottery funding which got him to Athens. It helped
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We must win these, warns United ace
Barry Quinn says that Oxford United's players must take heart from their second-half performance against Scunthorpe on Saturday. But the former Coventry midfielder admits it was the type of match United need to win if they are to have ambitions of promotion
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Soft top stunner
Britain's baffling soft-spot for soft-top cars endures as one of the mysteries of modern motoring. While the rain lashes down during an average summer, convertibles continue to fly off garage forecourts at a record rate. Elegant, but is it practical for
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Cheap beer? Not at Brookes
Oxford Brookes University students are paying the highest drink prices in the UK, according to a university guide. The Push Guide to Which University 2005, published today, puts the average price Brookes students pay for a pint at £2.42, while Oxford
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Lights switch eases road delays
Delays to rush-hour traffic in Oxford due to a series of roadworks have been eased by the introduction of manually controlled temporary traffic lights. Last week, it took bus commuters an hour and 20 minutes to travel five miles across the city during
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Jailed cashpoint robbers were too drunk to escape
Two men who robbed a supermarket manager were caught by police because they were too drunk to escape, a court heard. Kamran Khan and Kamran Nawaz were yesterday given prison sentences for robbing Nicholas Soames as he withdrew £500 from an Oxford cashpoint
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Officers favour old oil power plant
Controversial plans for a third power station at Didcot -- fuelled by cooking oil from food factories and fish and chip shops -- were expected to be approved today. This is despite objections from Didcot Town Council, and West Hagbourne, Sutton Courtenay
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Bill for bus subsidies doubles in five years
The cost to taxpayers of providing bus services in Oxfordshire has soared by almost 100 per cent in five years, new figures have revealed. According to the Department for Transport, the county council paid £3.6m to bus firms in 2002-03. The previous year
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Horse society must tackle weed
Sir -- Every year we are subjected to hysterical warnings on the dangers of ragwort to farm animals and, indirectly, to humans. Now we learn from Dinah Harris (August 12) that even our dogs are at risk -- enough surely to get us all out there, with rubber
