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Normal service has NOT been resumed
Royal Mail insists Oxford's backlog of undelivered mail should be cleared by next week after admitting the aftermath of an unofficial strike was taking "slightly longer" to clear than first thought. An inquiry into the circumstances of the 16-day dispute
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Order helps with eviction
An Oxford housing association has become one of the first in the country to use an anti-social behaviour order to evict an unruly tenant. Housing association officer Andrew Smith enters the squalid flat of Andrew West Oxford Citizens Housing Association
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Cricket: Chalgrove axe a Cherwell side
A shortage of players has forced Chalgrove CC to scrap one of their teams in The Oxford Times Cherwell League, which gets under way on Saturday week. Chalgrove made a plea to the league to withdraw their team from Division 4 and run just one team in Division
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Bowls: Philpott hits form to lift Oxon title
Oxfordshire County Indoor Finals: Oxford & District's John Philpott produced a superb display to beat reigning champion Calvin Carpenter in the Oxfordshire Indoor men's singles final at Oxford City & County. Philpott and his Banbury Cross opponent
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Table tennis: Sutton's season to remember
It was all Sutton this season in Division 1 of the Didcot League. The Sutton A team of Karl Bushell, Richard Knight, Ray Powell and Sam Marling were champions, pipping their own B team. Drayton A and Rutherford Laboratory B, hit by early-season availability
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Hospital 'superbug' led to widow's death
A grandmother died from pneumonia after being struck by the MRSA "superbug" following a hip operation at an Oxford hospital, an inquest heard. Widow Evelyn Coppock, 83, fractured her left hip after falling over at Townsend House Residential Care Home,
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Dixons closure brings job woe
High-street electrical chain Dixons is to close its Banbury store with the loss of 10 jobs. The move comes as it was revealed the group is to shut down 106 of its underperforming stores across the UK and Ireland following disappointing sales since Christmas
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Football: Beal blasts hat-trick for double winners
Autotype UTV League: Michael Beal hit a treble as Saxton Rovers completed the double with a 5-0 victory over Research Machines in the Devenney Cup final at Wantage Town. Beal fired Division 1 champions Saxton ahead, with Wayne Harbert unleashing an unstoppable
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Golf: Champions suffer rare home defeat
Defending Section 1 champions Frilford Heath suffered a rare home setback when they went down 2-1 to Ellesborough in an epic Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League clash. Two of the ties went to last hole. Both resulted in wins for the visitors as
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Firemen tackle flat blaze
Part of Didcot town centre was sealed off for more than two hours as firefighters tackled a fire above a fast-food takeaway. The blaze, which broke out early on April 28, was confined to the first-floor kitchen, in the living quarters above Delight 2
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This little piggy
Piglets small enough to fit into the palm of a hand are among the cute new arrivals at the Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford. One of the new arrivals is with farmyard keeper Mark Walker The exotic 16 Kune pigs have been bred in captivity, but with a
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Abuse went on for months, court told
A woman told a jury how she was raped in woodland in Oxford when she was as young as seven by a man who subjected her to months of sexual abuse. James Boyce, 51, of Cowley, Oxford, went on trial at Oxford Crown Court on April 28, accused of a string of
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Villagers rejoice as 'crime school' axed
A controversial secure unit for boys once branded a 'School for Crime' by local residents is earmarked for closure by Oxfordshire County Council. The county council's ruling executive is expected to recommend on Tuesday the closure of Thornbury House,
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Police's poor safety record in spotlight
More civilians are killed or seriously injured in accidents involving Thames Valley Police cars than almost any other force, official figures have revealed. According to the Home Office, six people have died as a result of smashes over the last five years
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Football: Morgan eyes up U's deal
Hat-trick hero Danny Morgan is hoping that his scintillating Oxford United Reserves debut will end with a permanent deal. The 19-year-old was released from Wimbledon earlier this month, and donned an Oxford shirt for the first time in the reserves' 5-
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Fast Net link for most in a year, says BT
Almost all of Oxfordshire will have access to high-speed Internet links through normal phone lines by next summer, according to BT. The company is scrapping the controversial 'trigger scheme', under which 13 of Oxfordshire's rural exchanges had to sign
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Why we need police complaints website
I notice that the Thames Valley Chief Constable thinks that the man who opened a website for people to air their grievances against the police acted in an "irresponsible" manner (Oxford Mail, April 15). Two years ago, my daughter was alone with three
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Man acquitted of child cruelty charges
A man accused of hitting a young girl in the face and on her leg with a weightlifting belt has been acquitted. Brian Johnson, 37, of Gainsborough Green, Abingdon, was accused of child cruelty towards a girl between October 30, 2001, and September 29,
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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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Golf: Craik's ace at Burford
Derek Craik, the Frilford Heath head professional, holed in one at the 15th hole during Burford's Pro-Am. The 36-hole event, which was sponsored by the Blade Motor Group and attracted a field 63 pros and amateur partners was won by Stephen Robertson (
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Football: Supermac smashes treble as Rose Hill keep on track
Morrells of Oxford Sunday League: Former Oxford City striker John McMahon helped Rose Hill stay on track for the treble as they made the final of the President's Cup with a 6-0 drubbing of Barton United. Already in contention for the Premier Division
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Speedway: Boss Wagstaff speaks out over 'Joker' rule
Oxford boss Nigel Wagstaff believes it is getting harder to win at home, despite the Silver Machine notching up six straight wins at Sandy Lane this season. And he has a point when you take into account the tactical joker rule when a team is eight points
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Football: Banbury sweating on fitness of injured duo
Banbury United could be without two key players for tonight's Oxfordshire Senior Cup final against Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium. Top-scorer George Redknap faces a late fitness test on a calf pull after he was clattered to the ground just before
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Tributes flow in for victim of stabbing
Tributes have been paid to Yvonne Heap who died a year ago after being found with multiple stab wounds outside an Oxford police station. Ms Heap, 38, was found in a blue Citroen car outside Cowley police station on the afternoon of Saturday, April 26,
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132 homes for ex-NHS site
A former Oxford NHS site is to be used to provide 132 new homes. Oxford City Council's Strategic Development Control committee has approved plans for 112 flats and 20 houses on the five acres once occupied by the Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre. The prime
