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A-hunting we will go while we still can
Large crowds turned out to watch hunts across Oxfordshire at what could be the controversial field sport's last Christmas gatherings. A large crowd turns out in Chipping Norton to watch the Heythrop Hunt set off Up to 2,000 spectators - some in designer
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School head looks to positive future
An Oxford secondary school headteacher said he was looking to the future with optimism after completing the first "normal year" for several years. Alan Lane, head of Cheney School in Headington, said the school had come through challenging times after
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Ghostly goings-on give regulars fright
Visitors to an Oxfordshire pub have been taking fright at one customer who could have been a regular for more than 500 years - the ghostly figure of a soldier in red. The White Hart at Fyfield, near Abingdon, was built in the reign of Henry VI and is
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Oxford publicans' relief as daughter phones home
An Oxford couple are celebrating after hearing that their daughter, who was staying at a Thai beach resort hit by the devastating Asian tidal wave, is safe. Charlie McDermott, 24, was in Phuket when it was struck by five-metre high waves shortly after
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Samaritans invite ideas to spread word about service
Samaritans have set Oxford Mail readers a challenge to come up with a way to make the emotional support charity more accessible. The Oxford branch, based in Magdalen Road, receives about 36,500 phone calls and 100,000 e-mails a year. But Samaritans spokesman
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Legion wins battle for new clubhouse
War veterans have won a year-long battle to win planning permission for a new £3m clubhouse and housing development in Marston, Oxford. Members of the city council's north east area committee granted permission for the Royal British Legion club scheme
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Crash victim spends Christmas with family
Stephen Adams, who nearly died in a quad-biking accident during a summer holiday in Greece, said this Christmas turned out to be one of his best. Stephen, 23, of St Peter's Road, Wolvercote, Oxford, suffered extensive injuries to his head, face, ribs
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Fire casts doubt on road closure hopes
Long-term plans to pedestrianise Queen Street in Oxford have suffered a setback. City and county council leaders are committed to pedestrianising the street by the time the expanded Westgate shopping centre is open in 2011. Capital Shopping Centres has
