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New law may end inquiry secrecy
An Oxford couple are hoping that a new freedom of information law coming into force in the new year will finally help them piece together the mystery of how their son died in a horrific rail accident. Godfrey and Sissel Fowler Godfrey and Sissel Fowler
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Strategies to learning pay off
Wallingford School has been classified as good and improving in its latest Ofsted report. But inspectors said more must be done to stop some lessons being interrupted by a tiny minority of unruly pupils. It also stresses there must be more religious and
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Passing the buck?
When a finger is pointed in your direction and you are put under scrutiny, it's undignified to deflect it into someone else's direction. Sadly, and rather astonishingly, that appears to be exactly what's happening at the John Radcliffe Hospital. What
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Mum-to-be's pictures stolen
A pregnant woman was left devastated after her handbag -- containing baby scan photographs -- was stolen from her car in Minster Lovell. Lisa Ridway, 35, who is six-and-a-half months pregnant, had parked her gold Honda Civic Coupe outside the Mill and
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Nick moves on after award-winning reign
Nick Young said farewell to staff and students at Wheatley Park School after almost 12 years as headteacher. He will take up his new headship at King Alfred's Sports and Community College in Wantage from January. Mr Young, who has lived in Wantage since
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Residents win spaces
Householders in three Bicester roads have won a campaign to get residents' parking outside their homes. For years, people in Priory Road and Woodfield Road have complained of office workers and rail commuters leaving their cars all day in the streets,
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Woman's injuries 'too many to count'
A woman was stabbed so many times by her former live-in-lover doctors could not count the number of wounds she received, a court heard. Michelle Storer woke up during the night in her Banbury home thinking she was having a violent dream, but found ex-boyfriend
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Club donates landmine cash
Banbury Rotary Club has donated £100 to help clear landmines and to support landmine survivors. John Hansford, chairman of the club's international committee, said: "Our £100 will be allocated to one of Adopt-A-Minefield's programme countries." Adopt-A-Minefield
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120 jobs under threat at Kraft
Up to 120 jobs are under threat at the Kraft Foods plant in Banbury after it sold off its Bird's Custard and Angel Delight brands. Premier Foods has agreed a £70m deal with Kraft which will see production switched to Premier's plant at Knighton in Staffordshire
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Town heralds move on CCTV cameras
Didcot traders and town councillors have welcomed confirmation that plans to install anti-crime cameras in the town are now well under way. South Oxfordshire District Council, which has agreed to foot the £220,000 bill and pay for most of the running
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Gift of flag keeps US links alive
A former US serviceman has donated a Star Spangled Banner to Oxford's Churchill Hospital as a thank-you to staff who saved his life and to honour his father. Jim Webb, 46, of Collett Way, Grove, presented the flag to the Headingto hospital after noticing
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Dad loads up for trek in memory of Max, 2
When Steven Smith's two-year-old son Max collapsed and died from a heart condition that he had no idea existed he vowed to do more to raise awareness of children's heart problems. Now the 28-year-old hod carrier is living up to his word and will singlehandedly
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Teenagers get free condoms from NHS
Teenagers in Oxfordshire receive 230,000 free condoms every year in a bid to stamp out sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies. The £16,000 scheme, run by Oxford City NHS Primary Care Trust, supplies enough condoms for each of the 54,500
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Peace plaque aims to make statement
A peace plaque could be laid in an Oxford street in the new year -- providing funding can be secured from private donations. David Partridge, project co-ordinator of the International Interfaith centre, in Market Street, the University Church of St Mary
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Reducing crime the Monty Python way
On a scholarly level, I would be interested to learn what evidence Jock Coats has to support his claims that the likes of Wordsworth, Wilberforce and Dodgson took recreational drugs (Oxford Mail, December 14). Coleridge was certainly a user. The effects
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Christmas rush yet to start, say traders
The Christmas rush in Oxford failed to take off on Saturday but trading picked up yesterday and traders said they were "quietly confident" of a good Christmas. Many shoppers in Queen Street and Cornmarket Street on Saturday morning told the Oxford Mail
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Shoppers divided on toll call to cut congestion in city
Motorists and shoppers in Oxford were divided over suggestions that congestion charges for the privilege of driving into the city were "almost inevitable". As thousands of shoppers poured into the city centre on Saturday -- on one of the busiest shopping
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Roads: We need more planning
The accidents on the A34 in recent weeks have caused serious injuries. In addition, the economic cost has been high. These incidents give us a taste of what will happen when the A34 reaches capacity in a few years. At the Local Plan Inquiry into Didcot
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Development goes under the microscope
Plans for a major housing and office development at the entrance to Wallingford are to go under the microscope. The plan for the land in Castle Street behind the Lamb Arcade was rejected by South Oxfordshire District Council planners. But now it is going
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Arts project is a winner
A £200,000 arts programme is helping unemployed young people across Oxfordshire gain new qualifications and skills. The multi-arts programme (Map) is open to people with an interest in arts who are over 16 and not in employment or education. It is funded
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December 20: Something to hide?
Godfrey and Sissel Fowler could have been forgiven for thinking there had been a cover-up when an investigation into the death of their son Adrian was concluded. An inquiry was held after the 29-year-old ecologist suffered fatal head injuries when he
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Dedicated staff honoured for service
Six workers with learning disabilities have been honoured for long service at an Oxford firm. The staff have all worked for at least 10 years at Oxford Wholefoods, set up 15 years ago to employ people with learning disabilities. Managing director Gay
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Police hand out £80 penalties to rowdies
Police handed out 13 on the spot £80 penalties to revellers during their Operation Santa patrol in Oxford city centre at the weekend. The patrols are being staged throughout the Thames Valley Police's three counties, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire
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Christmas rush yet to start, say traders
The Christmas rush in Oxford failed to take off on Saturday but trading picked up yesterday and traders said they were "quietly confident" of a good Christmas. Many shoppers in Queen Street and Cornmarket Street on Saturday morning told the Oxford Mail
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33,000 meals -- and still going strong
We have at Collinwood Road United Reformed Church at Headington, Oxford, a thriving luncheon club which was started in February 1988. It was originally formed to serve the elderly of Risinghurst, but has been extended to take in members from Barton and
