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Big Bang is a real sizzler
Recently I was looking for a new house to live in Jericho. One place really took my fancy -- a flat in Walton Street above a vacant shop - which was going to become a sausage and mash restaurant. Now for some this might not sound exactly like heaven on
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Has fire school learned lesson?
A village primary school destroyed last month by a fire is having smoke alarms fitted in temporary buildings, but a senior fire officer has said more could be done. Vice-chairman of governors Geraldine Burke, left, and chairman Alison Barne outside Marsh
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Housing could go on city golf course
John Collinson asks if we really want Oxford to become the Butlin's holiday camp of social housing, and to hell with its history (Oxford Mail, March 5). If people like him and me don't fight, it could well come to that. I agree we need housing, but in
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Minister details spending on relief
A Sri Lankan Methodist Minister who trained in Wallingford has detailed how money raised by local people is being spent to help the victims of the Boxing Day tsunami which devastated their villages. He is helping Christian, Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist
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BOXING
Wolvercote ace Mullins targets ABA triumph BOXING WOLVERCOTE'S Steve Mullins carries the hopes of the entire Home Counties as the region's lone finalist on amateur boxing's night of the year at London's ExCel Centre tonight. The 24 year-old Witney-based
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FOOTBALL
Is it no-go for City hotshot Joe? OXFORD City striker Ronnie Joe could be on his way out of Court Place Farm, unless he can sort out his availability problems with boss Andy Sinnott. Several weeks ago, Aylesbury-based Joe, an electrician by trade, had
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Homestart branch could close
An organisation that provides a spare mother or best friend to vulnerable families across Bicester could be forced to shut. Homestart opened three years ago in Bicester with a £274,000 Lottery grant and during that period it has helped more than 100 families
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Ga ga for the Ga Gas
Disturbed and itchy after a year of turmoil, traveling and writing, singer/guitarist/ songwriter Tommy Gleeson decided he needed to find three like-minded and equally troubled individuals to share his dream of creating an awesome new rock band. A demo
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Diana joins Rod for big Blenheim bash
Diana Ross will be appearing at the Blenheim Palace Music Festival in July. American soul diva Diana Ross is booked for Blenheim this July The legendary American soul diva is the third superstar to be signed up for one of the most glittering musical events
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Rat-run problems prompt tax refusal
An angry resident living in an Oxford conservation area is refusing to pay council tax because of increasing traffic problems in her narrow lane. She has told Oxford city and Oxfordshire county council officers that pollution and congestion in the street
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Get on with fire HQ change, says officer
Oxfordshire's deputy chief fire officer has admitted the county will have to go along with new regional fire control rooms -- but said he wished the Government would just get on and announce where the South East call centre will be. John Hurren said his
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'Cycle lanes are a mess'
Dilapidated cycle lanes must be included in road maintenance programmes if people are to continue to get on their bikes, according to an Oxford church minister. The Rev James Bloice-Smith, minister of Headington Baptist Church, urged city councillors
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Machine's
SPEEDWAY H-bombs blitz rivals OXFORD Silver Machine's two H-bombs, Greg Hancock and Billy Hamill, savaged the Wolverhampton Wolves 47-41 in their Airtek Challenge at Oxford Stadium. The American aces promised a lot, and they didn't let the fans down.
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Man of war
Jon Lee Anderson denies that he's a 'war junkie' despite having hung out in Afghanistan, Liberia, Panama and now Iraq, preferring to describe his calling as "reporting on places that are engulfed in conflict, where history is being made". Either way,
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Primark back in Allders deal
Retailers in the Westgate Centre say they are already seeing a fall in custom in the wake of Allders' collapse. The department store ceases to trade on Sunday (March 20) and the future of the 30,000 sq ft property and its 140 staff is uncertain after
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Students prepare to put MP in spotlight
Media students at Abingdon and Witney College will turn the spotlight on Oxford West and Abingdon MP Dr Evan Harris as the country prepares itself for a likely General Election in May. A group of students have already visited the House of Commons and
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Colin shows his passion
The big guns will be out in force for Oxford's Monday Blues this coming week, when the gig plays host to some greats of modern blues -- the Colin John Band. Singer, songwriter and skilled guitarist Colin John has a reputation as an artist of passion -
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A treasure-trove of enduring characters
It is not often that you enter the name of an author you're about to interview into an Internet search engine and come up with her name and the promise of nude pictures. I delicately broached the topic with Claire Harman when we met at her house in Jericho
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FOOTBALL
McClaren upbeat despite Boro exit FORMER Oxford United coach and now Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren refused to be disappointed by his side's UEFA Cup exit last night. Boro lost 1-0 against Sporting Lisbon in the second leg of their second knockout
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FOOTBALL
Didcot are seeking to gun down Jarrow DIDCOT Town manager Stuart Peace has vowed to go all-out for victory as the Railwaymen look to take a decisive lead in the first leg of their semi-final tie against Jarrow Roofing Boldon CA tomorrow. Although Didcot
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Review: Constantine (15)
Keanu Reeves stars as John Constantine, a haunted supernatural detective, who can see the eternal battle between Good and Evil that plagues humanity. Keanu Reeves as Constantine Based on the Hellblazer comic series, the film is laden with impressive special
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Review: Insignificance (Oxford Playhouse)
Terry Johnson's Insignificance (at the Playhouse until 19 March) glitters with every kind of commendation, bestowed since its appearance in 1982. The current staging by Sheffield Theatres is the last under the artistic directorship of Michael Grandage
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March 18: A farce but no laughs
THE saga of department store Allders is beginning to resemble a pantomime. Are jobs safe? "Oh yes they are," the audience screams as Primark announces its takeover in February. "Oh no they ain't," comes the villainous reply, as the deal collapses on Tuesday
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Review: Hitch (12A)
"I'M Michaelangelo and you're my Sistine Chapel," says Dr Alex 'Hitch' Hitchins (Will Smith) to pudgy Albert (Kevin James), insisting he can teach men how to capture the woman of their dreams. Will Smith and Eva Mendes But, while Albert is smitten by
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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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Traffic warden firm earns penalty cash
Control Plus, the parking enforcement company, is receiving an extra payment for every parking ticket given to motorists in Oxford. The company has always insisted it has no financial incentive to be overzealous. But after using the Freedom of Information
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Council rejects calls to join Fairtrade fight
Calls to follow the lead of Oxford and make West Oxfordshire a Fairtrade district have been rejected by councillors. Liberal Democrats on West Oxfordshire District Council put forward a motion asking the council to use fairly-traded goods and encourage
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Sleeping mate flung from lorry in crash
A lorry driver's mate died after being flung from a sleeping 'pod' above the cab during a roadside crash in Spain, an inquest in Oxford heard yesterday (March 17). Nicholas Jamieson, of Oxford Road, Cowley, was probably asleep when the Headington-based
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New private hospital holds MRSA at bay
A scrupulous screening system has helped keep Oxford's new private hospital MRSA-free since it opened six months ago. Staff at the Manor Hospital, Headington, treat patients with a special shower gel before admission and wash curtains in rooms contaminated
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FOOTBALL
Mooney set to return OXFORD United look set to return to the norm against Boston United at the Kassam Stadium tomorrow - despite Chris Hackett's stunning two-goal show at Mansfield. Head coach Horacio Rodriguez says that, well though Hackett played through
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Praise from cyclists
I wish to express the sincere thanks of Cyclox, on behalf of all Oxford cyclists, to Ashley Prior, the county council officer who managed the implementation of a flush kerb from the Botley Road cycle lane to the Thames Path, north of the newly-painted
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My daily battle to be 'normal'
I have recently read the news about the 61-year-old man who has been cured of type 1 diabetes, thanks to the groundbreaking cell transplant technique. I was diagnosed at the age of 10 with type 1 diabetes, 20 years ago. The doctors told me that there
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Primark back in Allders deal
Retailers in the Westgate Centre say they are already seeing a fall in custom in the wake of Allders' collapse. The department store ceases to trade on Sunday (March 20) and the future of the 30,000 sq ft property and its 140 staff is uncertain after
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Dog-Fight by Norman Franks
(Greenhill, £18.99) Franks explores the evolution of flight and the ramifications for front-line First World War pilots. However, he is too good an historian to rely on just aviation technology. In Dog-Fight -- as in another book co-authored with Hal
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Showing Hollywood the true Arthur
You can tell that John Matthews loves books. They crowd the living room, dominate the study and are piled up by the stairs of his house in Headington. He has written around 50 of them himself, although he's not sure of the exact number. "I've lost count
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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
