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Women mark day of prayer
Women's World Day of Prayer services are being held on March 4, at the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, in The Causeway, Bicester, at 2pm; at St Edburg's Church, in Church Street, Bicester, at 7.30pm; at St John Vianney RC Church, in
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Undertaker guilty of giving out wrong ashes
A family given the wrong ashes said they were "pleased justice had been done" after undertaker Roger Barker was found guilty of deceiving them. Paul and Sheila Kent, of Grove, spoke after Barker, 57, of R & H Barker funeral directors, was found guilty
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Schoolboy to appear in court
An 11-year-old boy charged with stabbing a pupil in the leg on a school bus will appear before Didcot youth court on March 9. He is charged with causing grievous bodily harm to another 11-year-old schoolboy on board a bus taking children home from school
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Two injured in crash
Police are looking for witnesses to a car crash in Wallingford which left two men seriously injured. Both are in the John Radcliffe Hospital at Oxford and one is in a critical condition. The incident happened on the Wallingford bypass at 7.35am yesterday
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Rugby: Wounded Quins are on a revenge mission
Oxford Harlequins have a chance for swift revenge following last weekend's 52-6 drubbing in South West 1, when they face Chinnor at Kingsey Road tomorrow in the first semi-final. Lock Louis Eggar, back row Paddy Soper, a 'flu victim last week, are both
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Hockey: It's seven up as Hawks go on the rampage
Oxford Hawks produced a superb performance in London to beat Teddington 7-1 in Division 2 of the South Clubs League. Hawks started strongly, with Emma Batten opening the scoring with less than a minute gone after a good through ball from Henri Coles.
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Hockey: Dominant City take a big step to safety
South League: City of Oxford all but guaranteed their survival in the Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Regional League with a 2-0 victory over South Bucks. After a tight first half, City took control of the midfield, thanks to Chris Letts and Steve
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Badminton: Wilkinson sisters put rivals to the sword!
The Wilkinson sisters - Hannah, Imogen and Phoebe - stole the show at the Oxfordshire Junior Championships. The trio, from Boars Hill, won ten titles, with Hannah leading the way with an incredible six crowns. The 16-year-old, who has broken into the
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Fixtures: The week's sporting calender
FOOTBALL COCA COLA LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd v Grimsby. FA VASE Quarter-final: Didcot Tn v Bury Tn. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Cirencester Tn v Banbury Utd. Div 1 West: Bromsgrove v Brackley Tn, Thame Utd v Stourport Swifts. RYMAN LEAGUE Div 2: Kingsbury
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Review: Boogeyman (15)
Ever since he was eight years old, Tim Jensen (Watson) has been afraid of the dark. In particular, he's petrified of closets -- his psychiatrist must have a field day -- having watched his father (Mesure) fall victim to the bloodthirsty Boogeyman, who
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Doctor dies
A north Oxfordshire doctor died during a dive on a sunken warship in Western Australia. Dr Richard Mann, 53, a GP from Horley, near Banbury, was diving near the wreck of HMAS Swan on Tuesday when he began experiencing problems. He was helped to the surface
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Football: West tips Keen to end drought
Thame United boss Mark West has backed young striker Danny Keen to end his goal drought. Keen, who has only just returned to finess after being out of action for more than a year with a cruciate knee ligament, last scored against Chesham in December 2003
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Football: Brain rejects Bicester bid
Chipping Norton Town's talented young keeper Chris Brain has rejected a move to Premier Division basement boys Bicester Town. The former Abingdon Town player has earned rave reviews for his displays this season. Brain returns from a knee injury for tomorrow's
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Comedians aid appeal
BBC Radio Oxford is hosting an afternoon of laughs for Comic Relief. Strictly Stand Up will take place on March 5 at Jongleurs comedy club, in Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford. The radio station has been running a competition over the past few weeks appealing
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Colourful coffins add splash of colour
The expression "pushing up the daisies" could take on a new meaning after the launch of a new range of decorated coffins. A daisy motif is among the designs offered by new Cowley-based company, Oxford Coffins, which has been set up by Sandra Homewood,
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Friday, March 4: Motoring to prosperity
BMW'S plans to expand into the Green Belt at Cowley have met little opposition. That may be a surprise in a city like Oxford when green space is under threat, but there are good reasons why this breach should be supported. The Mini car plant must be allowed
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Clicking with the cooking
It was the comedy gloves that struck me first. What were people supposed to think as I crept into a neighbour's back garden, holding a smoking polystyrene box, my hands in surgeons rubber gloves, only to reappear empty-handed? But they can rest assured
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Fate of council staff trio 'still a mystery'
The new Freedom of Information Act has failed to shed any light on the fate of three members of Oxfordshire County Council's social services staff suspended during a probe into alleged "missing millions". Last year the staff, who work in the social and
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Dispute escalates after vote at club
The legality of votes cast at a special meeting of troubled Morris Motors Athletics and Social Club is to be challenged by dozens of members. A group of members describing themselves as the steering committee of the club say the meeting last Friday endorsed
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COTSWOLDS CONTENDER
Australian-born Gina G, who has lived just outside Burford for the past two years, last carried Britain's standard in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing seventh with Ooh Aah, Just a Little Bit. Now she is hoping viewers will give her another
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Granite paving still an option
Key areas in the centre of Oxford, including Bonn Square, Broad Street and Queen Street, could all be resurfaced using granite -- the material that caused so much trouble during the repaving of Cornmarket Street. Oxford City Council has signalled its
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Council refuses bid for full carnival grant
Organisers of one of Oxford's most popular events have been told to ask businesses for cash after the city council refused to hand over their full grant request. The community-run Cowley Road Carnival has become one of the most colourful and multi-cultural
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BMW can expand on Green Belt land
A decision to allow BMW to build a factory extension in the Green Belt has been hailed as "great news for Oxford". Government inspector Andrew Freeman ruled that land at Horspath currently used by Rover Sports and Social Club could be developed -- but
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Bring in the TV experts
Does anybody know why it will take four weeks to refurbish such a small section of road and pavements at Folly Bridge in Oxford (Oxford Mail, February 25)? On the BBC's Ground Force programme, Tommy Walsh and Charlie Dimmock can create a new landscaped
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Parent power is the way forward
Oxfordshire parents are the key to raising attainment in the county's schools, according to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly. Speaking to the Oxford Mail yesterday, Ms Kelly questioned whether the high number of pupils educated independently was a factor
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Funds feast
A supper concert is being held in aid of the Wantage Counselling Service on March5. The concert will be held at the Methodist Church Hall and will feature the White Horse Harmony and Ridgeway Harmony. It starts at 7pm. Tickets can be bought at the tourist
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'Identify the Asbo youths'
Tearways given antisocial behaviour orders face being fully "named and shamed" in Oxfordshire for the first time. The Home Office has issued guidelines which say it should be the norm to identify under-18s who are given Asbos -- including publication
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Unjust pay rises in chamber of horrors
We learn that senior officials who have presided over repeated fiascos and financial mismanagement in Oxfordshire County Council are to be rewarded for making our council the laughing-stock of local authorities (Oxford Mail, March 1). Their disproportionate
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Monday, February 14: A bad example
What irony that as the war on truancy gathers pace, it is revealed that a parent removed his two children from primary school for SIX months to go on a 'life-enhancing' trip. And not just any parent, a HEAD of school governors. You just couldn't make
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February 25: Protecting our schools
Our hearts go out to everyone connected with Marsh Baldon Primary School after yesterday's fire. It was devastating for pupils, staff, parents and governors to see one of the hubs of their community in ruins. But as they salvage what they can from the
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Children at play in a post-war paradise
Candida Lycett-Green is best known for books that celebrate her love for the English countryside, including the best-selling The Garden at Highgrove, written with Prince Charles. In her latest book, The Dangerous Edge of Things, she uses real-life events
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Badminton: Redefield closer to retaining top title
Redefield A moved a step closer to the Division 1 Five Discipline League title with a crushing 148-61 victory over Radley and Oxford. The defending champions now lead Gosford Hill A by 46 points at the top, with just two rounds remaining. Chris Gibbins
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Villagers campaign to save shop
A group of Bletchingdon residents are working to save a shop that has served their needs for more than 50 years. Residents of the village near Bicester were dismayed when a notice went up at the Shop on the Green -- where there is also a sub-post office
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Council considers hospital payout
Cherwell District Council will not hand over £1m towards the building of a new community hospital in Bicester until they have looked at the ramifications of giving cash to the NHS. But Labour district, town and county councillor Les Sibley believes he
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Football: Didcot boss Peace has sights on glory
The Twin Towers of Wembley may be consigned to the history books, but Stuart Peace is determined not to see Didcot Town's FA Vase dreams end up on the scrapheap. The Railwaymen, who are anticipating a record crowd for their quarter-final clash with Eastern
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Rave on to the Raveonettes
Danish act The Raveonettes head up the Jim Beam Tour at the Zodiac tonight with a sound darker, bleaker and louder than you thought possible from the clean-cut homeland of Lego. Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner visit Oxford for the first time, promoting
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Review: A Streetcar Named Desire
Like Britain, but a decade earlier, American theatre received an explosion of new talent and a major change of direction in the years following the Second World War. In 19146 appeared All my Sons by Arthur Miller; in 1947 came A Streetcar named Desire
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Jailed for sex with pensioner
A Didcot railway worker has been jailed after having sex with an 81-year-old woman who suffers severe senile dementia. Philip Noamesi, 45, a car park attendant at Didcot Parkway station, befriended the vulnerable woman over several weeks and had sex with
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Foster mother has no shortage of love
There will be no shortage of Mother's Day cards at Julie Bedford's home tomorrow. The 46-year-old and husband Paul, 45, have been fostering for eight years and during that time they have cared for 25 children. Their house in Kidlington is presently home
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Topping-off event marks hospital work
The sun peeked through the rain clouds yesterday for the topping-off ceremony at the John Radcliffe Hospital's new £105m west wing. NHS managers and staff climbed to the roof of the 142-bed building for a ceremony marking the halfway stage of work on
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Roadworks 'to cost bus firm thousands'
Roadworks on Oxford's busy Abingdon Road look set to cost Oxford Bus Company £150,000 over the next eight months. Repairs at Folly Bridge started this week and are already causing major problems for bus passengers. Some services are being delayed by more
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Open-top tourist bus firm takes over rival
Only one open-top bus company will continue to run in Oxford following a takeover deal. Guide Friday City Sightseeing Oxford (GFCSO) has bought out Full Circle Tours for an undisclosed sum, leaving it as the sole operator for trips around the city. The
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Patients shiver due to missing shelter
Frail and elderly patients are being forced to brave severe weather conditions outside an Oxford hospital because of a missing bus shelter. NHS watchdogs who oversee the city centre's Radcliffe Infirmary are now urging Oxfordshire County Council to replace
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Football: I'm here to stay says boss Diaz
Ramon Diaz says he wants to stay at Oxford United next season - and the season after that. The U's boss (above) has responded to speculation that he and his Argentine management team may not remain at the Kassam Stadium if the club fail to reach the play-offs
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Digging makes us all healthy
You report that workers at Oxford City Primary Care Trust are discussing ways to entice people to rent allotments as a way to stay healthy, indeed being in talks with GPs to prescribe the renting of plots to their patients (Oxford Mail, February 28).
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Council tax last straw
City councillor Claire Palmer has bravely admitted to her financial predicament, illustrating the problems so many people face (Oxford Mail, March 2). She makes a telling point about how much easier it is for the well-off to be councillors. That is not
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Our council is mushrooming
We are all familiar with Parkinson's Law which states that work expands to fill available time and subordinates multiply regardless of the amount of work produced. It appears that Oxford City Council is pursuing this principle since the appointment of
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Very taxing times ahead
First the good news. After much hype, speculation and rummaging through reams of accounts, this year's Oxfordshire County Council tax rise has been set at 4.5 per cent -- less than the six per cent originally feared. Now for the bad news. Next month -
