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Hunt to defy ban by 'exercising hounds'
One of Oxfordshire's biggest hunt's has plans to continue riding with packs of hounds even when the new law to ban hunting with dogs comes into force. The Bicester Hunt meets at Launton on Boxing Day in 2001 Members of Bicester Hunt with Whaddon Chase
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Calls unit cash may mean cuts
A million-pound cash injection to Thames Valley Police's telephone-handling system could mean that almost everybody who calls will get through within 20 seconds. But cuts to the force's clampdown on street robbery are on the cards as the police authority
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Robbery victims aim for a quiet Christmas
An elderly couple who were the victims of a brutal robbery are looking forward to a quiet Christmas. Gwen and Bert Silvester, who have run Silvester Stores, in Magdalen Road, Oxford, for 54 years, were attacked by three masked intruders in October. Mr
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Stores report steady trade
'Full' signs have been appearing outside Seacourt park-and-ride for the first time, while Oxford's other park-and-rides have been operating close to capacity. But traders were steadfastly refusing to get over excited about any last-minute Christmas rush
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More sign up to go soft
The White Horse pub in Abingdon is the latest hostelry to join the fight against drink driving by becoming an Oxford Mail Big Softie. The popular pub in Ox Street will be running a promotion where designated drivers can buy three soft drinks and get a
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There's so much kindness in life
As someone who has, in my time, used your letters page to give publicity to civic matters which seemed to me to need correction, I should like to use the festive season to commend others. As I get older and more disabled, I am greatly impressed by the
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Authority issues ultimatum to quarry's owners
Action could be taken to stop waste material being recycled without permission in a disused limestone quarry near Kidlington. Oxfordshire County Council is planning to serve a notice on Bride Parks (Oxford) Ltd demanding to know what is happening at the
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'New London link needed'
A new railway link between Oxford and London is being considered, which could provide relief for the county's road network. The scheme proposed by Chiltern Railways will see new track installed at Bicester, linking its north-south route between Banbiry
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Card spoof angers mayor
THE Green Party in Oxford has issued a spoof Christmas card sending up the Lord Mayor's official greeting. The card, created by Green group leader Craig Simmons, mimics Bryan Keen's card, and shows him and wife Elise Benjamin in the Mayoral robes, instead
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My best present
On Thursday last week, I was in Woodstock Road, Oxford, returning home having just visited Summertown shops. Just enough time to get home, get to the car and pick my daughters up from school -- or so I thought. What happened next was unclear, but I do
