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Another bad air day
Oxford city centre has been labelled one of the most polluted in the country for the third time in less than a year. In January, a study by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy revealed 25 nitrogen dioxide hot spots across the UK, with Oxford city centre
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Football: Witney takeover looks off
The proposed takeover of Hellenic League club Witney United by self-made millionaire Andrew West appears to have fallen through, after the deadline for a proposal passed without further contact. West was given 14-days to submit a written proposal to the
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Rugby: Lambden in charge at Henley
Jon Lambden, a former member of the Saracens coaching staff, has been appointed Henley's new director of rugby. Lambden takes over this role this month from Rob Heginbotham and will succeed Nigel Dudding as head coach in May. Doug Ash, president of the
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Darts: Brilliant Pape keeps county on title track
County ladies team manager Denise Pape lifted her third lady-of-the-match award as Oxfordshire beat Kaliber Inter-Counties League Division 4 rivals Isle of Wight 24-12 at the Cowley Community Centre - the county's seventh successive victory. Pape, with
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Rugby: Holders crushed as Chinnor reach final
Chinnor stormed into the Oxfordshire Cup final with a resounding 44-17 victory over holders Oxford Harlequins at Kingsey Road. And in the final at Iffley Road on Sunday, April 16, they will meet Henley Alliance - the National League 1 club's second team
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Football: Karam set for U's bow
Oxford United include winger Amine Karam in their team for tonight's Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter-final against Carterton at Court Place Farm (7.30). Karam, 21, has been training with the U's for a more than a month, but had to wait for international
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Facts are obscured
There is a major pollution problem in Oxford. Or is there? The answer is it depends who you believe; the authors of three separate studies into air quality in the city, or our county council. In January, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy told us
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'Firms must pay for chewing gum blight'
A city councillor has declared war on the scourge of chewing gum in Oxford. David Rundle, a Headington Liberal Democrat councillor, has called for the city council to lobby for a national levy of at least 1p on each packet of gum. Money raised by the
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Smith determined to hang on to his seat
Labour MP Andrew Smith is refusing to give up his Oxford East seat without a fight as rival candidates step up their pre-General Election campaigns. On Friday night Virginia Morris, 35, met constituents with the assistance of former Oxford East MP Steve
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'Divisive' idea put forward to improve GCSEs
Segregating black boys from their white peers at school would be impractical and divisive, according to education leaders in Oxfordshire. Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, has been criticised for suggesting that schools
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Costs of devolution
I am at a loss to understand why the English complain vehemently about having to pay council tax (Oxford Mail, March 5) when they are happy to pay for the Scots to enjoy free care for the elderly, free medical prescriptions and not pay university top-up
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We have already said 'no' to parking fees
The letter from three Liberal Democrat county councillors defending on-street parking charges for Oxford's residents (Oxford Mail, March 2) states that "the environment committee asked the executive to consider such a charge. None of us raised the issue
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Back from the dead
An Oxford student who needed six operations after nearly dying in the tsunami now wants to raise money for the Thai island she watched being devastated. Naomi Bowman, 21, a final year maths student at Pembroke College, was lying on the beach on the island
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Eye hospital is among the best
We refer to your article, Speedier treatment for cataract patients (Oxford Mail, January 8). You wrongly implied that hospital waiting times in Oxfordshire had fallen partly as a result of the introduction of a new mobile cataract treatment centre. Waiting
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Eye hospital is among the best
We refer to your article, Speedier treatment for cataract patients (Oxford Mail, January 8). You wrongly implied that hospital waiting times in Oxfordshire had fallen partly as a result of the introduction of a new mobile cataract treatment centre. Waiting
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Hockey: Clubs' relegation fears are eased
Trysports 3 Counties League: With the English Hockey League and South Clubs' League restructuring, there is a significant knock-on effect for the Trysports 3 Counties League next season. Four teams will be lost from the Trysports League and a new divisional
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Rugby: Brooker's hat-trick sinks Grove
Flanker Tom Brooker secured his second hat-trick of the season as Henley Alliance cruised in to the Oxfordshire Cup final with a comfortable 55-3 victory over Grove at Cane Lane. Without reaching their best form, the National League side's second-string
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Hockey: Ace Kelly's a hero as Hawks clinch derby
Women's South Clubs' League: Oxford Hawks ran out 2-0 winners in their eagerly-awaited Division 2 derby against West Witney. Kelly Fogden scored the goals in a scrappy affair in which both sides had early chances. Hawks' defence held out strongly, Wendy
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Swimming: Double joy for City's top duo
City of Oxford's Joe Canlan-Shaw and Matthew Corbett were in superb form as they won two titles each at the Oxfordshire & North Buckinghamshire ASA County Championships and age group comp- etitions in Aylesbury. Canlan-Shaw scorched to victory in
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Speedway: Oxford plans are hit by Coventry dispute
Oxford Silver Machine's plans for the new speedway season have been thrown into disarray with a dispute over their American signings Greg Hancock and Billy Hamill. Promoter Nigel Wagstaff confirmed last week that Hancock and Hamill would be riding at
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Football: Didcot given 'perfect draw'
Didcot Town got the perfect result as they avoided the two big guns in the semi-final draw for the FA Vase, made at White Hart Lane yesterday. Town were paired with the winners of the Jarrow/Frome Town game, with the first leg to be at their Loop Meadow
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Hole-in-the-wall gang makes another 'withdrawal' at bank
A ram raid involving an earth digger is believed to be the work of a gang who have been attacking cash machines across south Oxfordshire. The digger was used to steal a substantial amount of cash from an ATM machine at HSBC, High Street, Goring, at about
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Pledge over fees as scheme is delayed again
Bad weather is the latest set back in the ongoing saga of getting residents parking up and running in central Headington. The zones, which were supposed to be implemented last September, were delayed when a member of the Oxfordshire County Council team
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Cyclists' group happy, but others are apathetic
A proposed major new cycle route linking Botley with Oxford city centre has met a mixed response -- although a cycle campaign group says it welcomes it. Public reaction to the first phase of the scheme was distinctly muted, with only five per cent of
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Too much secrecy
Over the last two years, I have been told I don't know what I'm talking about in my letters to you. The issues included BMW building in the Green Belt on the Roman Way sports ground and the closing of Queen Street to traffic and repaving it. Now it is
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They broke the law
I could not believe it when I read your article about cars parked outside the Hawkwell House Hotel at Iffley, Oxford (Oxford Mail, March 3). How could the police possibly say they were not breaking the law? The Highway Code says, as you quoted, that it
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Too many 'initiatives'
How many more times will we see New Labour announce headline-grabbing initiatives to deal with antisocial behaviour in the run-up to forthcoming elections? Your article, Now it's time to shop the yobs (Oxford Mail, February 28) features Labour city councillor
