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Study shows oil's not lost
A good diet could improve behaviour and learning in disruptive children, according to scientists at Oxford University. Gordon Smith, who gives his two-year-old son only milk and juice to drink since being warned about E numbers and additives at a dad's
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Sterling work on May morning
As the legal "patients' watchdog" monitoring the work of the Oxfordshire Ambulance Service, I would like to congratulate all the staff of the service on the wonderfully professional care and assistance they gave to the 50 or so ill-advised people who
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Lessons to learn on links
Britain could take a leaf out of Germany's book when it comes to links between schools and businesses, according to the mayor of Abingdon, Keith Hasnip. The mayor was speaking at the opening of the new headquarters of the Oxfordshire Education Business
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Cricket: Coach Hewitt on mend mend after back injury
Oxfordshire's new player-coach, Jamie Hewitt, hopes to be fit for the start of the Minor Counties Championship campaign at the end of the month after having hospital treatment for his back injury. The 28-year-old former Middlesex and Kent seamer suffered
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Rugby: Wanderers up - at last
Henley Wanderers can finally uncork the champagne after an RFU disciplinary panel confirmed their promotion to South West 2. Wanderers finished second in South West Counties North, which saw them face Somerset side Frome in a promotion play-off. But despite
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Banish 'dark cloud' candidates urged
Election candidates have been called on to lend their support to the cause of elderly people fighting to keep their homes. Janet Carr, who is spearheading the campaign to stop South Oxfordshire Housing Association (Soha) closing Windows Court in Wheatley
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Boris is back
Flamboyant Boris Johnson was returned as Tory MP for Henley with a greatly increased majority of 12,793 compared with 8,458 four years ago. The MP, who has a home in the constituency near Thame, said: "I am truly delighted to be part of the revived and
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Smith hangs on by thread
Andrew Smith has been returned as Oxford East MP, but only by the skin of his teeth. His constituency, which has been Labour since 1987, is now truly a marginal seat with his 10,344 majority slashed to just 963 in the face of disillusionment with the
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FOOTBALL: Town chief's anger at play-off postponement
DIDCOT Town face an anxious wait to learn if they will get the opportunity to play-off for a place in the Southern League next season. Following final ground inspections at the weekend, it was announced in an FA press release that Didcot, who finished
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SPEEDWAY: Spluttering Machine stung by Bees
OXFORD Silver Machine served up their worst display of the season fas they lost 54-40 to Elite League rivals Coventry Bees at Oxford Stadium last night. Never in the hunt after being caught out early, they won only four races, and finished last eight
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Speedway: Gustafsson ready for baptism of fire
Henka Gustafsson, Oxford Silver Machine's new signing, faces the toughest of debuts against Coventry Bees in the Elite League at Oxford Stadium tonight (7.30). A win is a must for the home side as they face the Bees - one of their oldest enemies - away
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Cash boost for dogs charity
A Banbury-based charity has received one of BBC Children in Need's largest grants to help a new project involving disabled children. Dogs for the Disabled, with its HQ on Blacklocks Hill, trains dogs to help people with disabilities. Last year the charity
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Athletics: Taylor jumps to it for debut victory
Radley's B team finished second in their opening Southern Women's League Division 2 meeting at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. Plymouth stole the show by running out convincing winners, but Radley could be well satisfied with their result. In the junior age groups
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Football: Rebels resist Hendred's late bid
Autotype UTV League: Alfredian Rebels lifted the Alan Alder Trophy with a 2-1 win over ten-man East Hendred at Wantage Town. Ross Tyler headed Rebels in front, before Hendred's substitute Craig Fisher was sent off for retaliation, just five minutes after
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Golf: Ace O'Connor gives the boys a lesson
Frilford Heath member Katherine O'Connor produced some sizzling golf to lift the Oxfordshire Schools' Championship, beating more than 50 boys in the process. The 15-year-old shot a gross 71 at North Oxford to take the title ahead of 52 boys and one girl
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Golf: Chippy teenagers steal show
Oxford City lost their unbeaten record to The Oxfordshire in the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League, but it was 14-year-old Chipping Norton player Matthew Johnson who stole the headlines. Victories for John Groschek and Jeff Archer and Paul Spence
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Countering the animal rights lobby
In your report of Joan Court's hunger strike (Oxford Mail, April 21), you stated that I am 'Diane Gracey, of the Research Defence Society'. I am not. The only societies to which I belong are SIMR (Seriously Ill For Medical Research, a patients' group)
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One grand idea
Grand adj & n. 1 splendid, magnificent, imposing, dignified. Those four words neatly sum up all the best aspects of Mitsubishi's majestic people mover, the aptly-named Grandis. The Mitsubishi Grandis For this is one strikingly impressive way of whisking
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Machines mean easier travel
New ticket machines which promise to make railway travel easier are due to be unveiled at Bicester railway station on May 9. The touch-screen ticket machine is part of a £1.7m project by Chiltern Railways to upgrade its ticket sales system along its route
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After mordor off to barton
Andy Serkis, star of the Lord of the Rings, has signed up to direct a film on the life of a Barton down and out. Andy Serkis, who plays Gollum in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy Former tramp and drug addict Stephen Smith first announced plans to turn
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Mother hits back at harassment claims
Two youths who were threatened by a man with an imitation gun did not run a campaign of harassment and intimidation against him, says their mother. Annette Powell, 39, of Greater Leys, Oxford, said her two sons, who were alleged to have provoked Richard
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FOOTBALL: Argentine coaches accuse Kassam
OXFORD United's Argentine coaching team accused chairman Firoz Kassam of lacking ambition for the football club after they resigned yesterday. Head coach Horacio Rodriguez and fitness coach Pablo Fernandez delivered a parting shot to the club's owner,
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FOOTBALL: Horacio thanks fans
HORACIO Rodriguez thanked the players and the fans for the support they have given him and his coaching team, to thank everyone - the players, the staff, the supporters for the way they have received us, the people who have worked with us. We were people
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Folly of bridge jumpers
The folly of the bridge jumpers has certainly hit the headlines in both national and local newspapers (Oxford Mail, May 3). And the 'ban 'em and flog 'em' brigade, especially within the council, will be having a field day. I can hear their pious cries
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Nature walk
A guided walk around the nature reserve at Little Wittenham is being held on Sunday May 8. The Northmoor Trust's education manager, Tom Butterworth, will lead the walk, starting at 2pm from the education centre behind the Manor House.
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Family day
A Banbury church is hosting a free family fun day in Spiceball Park on Saturday May 7. Jubilee Church will run the event from 1pm to 3.30pm, and attractions will include graffiti art, bouncy castles, bungee run, face painting, BBQ, five-a-side, football
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Cheery sight at village fete
Cheerleaders will bring some American-style glamour to a village fete in Leafield, near Witney, on Saturday, May 14. Two teams -- the Silver Star Squad and the Piper's Pearls -- from Shipton-under-Wychwood will perform at the fete, which starts on the
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Hospital staff gaps cost millions to plug
Staff shortages at Oxfordshire's major hospitals cost managers £6m in the last three months of 2004. Although bosses at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals have pledged to end the need for agency staff by the autumn, the bill for temporary workers between
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College to invest £25m in facelift
Up to £25m will be invested to modernise Witney's main college campus -- on top of £1.5m that is being spent to create a new rural skills centre. Abingdon and Witney College is closer to realising its dream of turning the Witney campus into a state-of-the-art
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Rebel with a claws
Beverley Lear If her party was a serious political movement, campaigner Beverley Lear reckons she would sweep to power by a whisker. The 46-year-old academic from East Street, Osney, Oxford, is angry at the impact of cats on wildlife in her neighbourhood
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Allow vote at age of 16
A campaign to lower the voting age to 16 has been backed by some teenagers at Wheatley Park School -- provided pupils are taught more about politics at school. A coalition of youth groups and electoral reformers is calling for Britain's 1.5m 16- and 17
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Harris wins
Evan Harris is on his way back to the House of Commons for the Liberal Democrats in Oxford West and Abingdon -- but with a reduced majority. Dr Harris's majority from the previous election of 9,185, was trimmed by Conservative Amanda McLean to 7,683,
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Baldry makes it six in a row
Tony Baldry (Conservative) scored his sixth election victory in Banbury when he was re-elected as MP for the north Oxfordshire constituency. He more than doubled his majority -- up from 5,219 in 2001 to 10,797 this year. Mr Baldry polled 26,382 votes
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Conservatives control council
Blue is the colour of Oxfordshire County Council after the Tories won a landslide victory to seize control of the authority in yesterday's elections, writes Local Government Reporter Giles Sheldrick. The party won 43 of a possible 74 seats and now have
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TENNIS: Oxfordshire youngsters seal another promotion
OXFORDSHIRE'S 14 & under County Cup team has secured promotion for the second year in a row. Benedict Calnan, Harry Brown, Michael Watkins and Niklas Schmauch made up the triumphant team, winning all three matches in this year's competition. Oxon
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TENNIS: Sisters star for Sports
CRESSIDA Henderson and Karey Coltart showed they had lost none of their old sparkle as Oxford Sports beat North Oxford B 7-2 in Ladies' Division 1 of the 3-Pair League. The sisters dropped just six games in six sets to steer their side to a comfortable
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Shop centre hosts party
Everyone in Bicester is being invited to a massive party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bicester Village. The designer outlet is hosting a free carnival celebration on May 6, from 7.30pm, when the shopping mall will be closed. The whole event is
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Athletics: Radley share spoils in seasonal opener
Radley's A team got their Southern Women's League Division 1 campaign off to a flying start by finishing joint winners at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. They shared first place with Portsmouth with 207 points. There were sparkling performances across all the
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Football: Cold Arbour set sights on landing the treble
Morrells of Oxford Sunday League: Cold Arbour stayed on track for the treble as they lifted the League Cup with a 3-1 victory over fellow title-challengers Highfield. Arbour, who are level on points, but have an inferior goal difference with leaders Highfield
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Help wanted for brook clean-up
Volunteers are needed to help give a spring clean to part of the Letcombe Brook in Wantage. The clean-up of the Willow Walk stretch is being held from 10am until 2pm on Saturday May 7. Volunteers, who can stay either for the whole event or for as long
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May 4: The silence of Kassam
Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam has many talents -- but public relations is definitely not one of them. The man who saved the club, got the new stadium finished and transformed the site around it doesn't always get the respect he deserves. One of
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Wish granted
Seven-year-old brain tumour victim Ben Webber had always wanted a Star Wars arcade game -- but he got an intergalactic shock when the delivery men turned up. Ben with his unusual visitors Ben's special wish was granted by the Make-a-Wish Foundation. But
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Manager scares off would-be robbers
Betting shop manager Stella Edwards said she was "just doing her job" when she foiled an attempted robbery at the branch she runs in Abingdon. Mrs Edwards, 46, of John Morris Road, Abingdon, was on her own inside the Ladbrokes betting shop, in Ock Street
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Hosepipe ban threat hangs over county
A hosepipe ban for Oxfordshire residents could still be on the cards after water bosses warned that April yielded 92 per cent of expected rainfall. In March, Thames Water managers said they could not rule out restrictions this summer after the Thames
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Village store toasts success
A village in Oxfordshire has bucked the "doom and gloom" trend of village store closures and is toasting five years of success today. The shop and post office in Eaton Road, Appleton, near Cumnor, was taken over by villagers in 2000 and has been a success
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Three years jail for Tesco lorry driver
A woman wept as her lorry-driver husband was jailed for three years after his HGV toppled on to a car, killing the motorist inside. At Oxford Crown Court on May 6, Shaun Lawrence's barrister Tony McGeorge pleaded with Judge Bruce McIntyre to be lenient
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Trade activist wins EU battle
An Oxford 'Make Trade Fair' campaigner has seen his efforts rewarded by the World Trade Organisation. Benny Littlejohn, who lives and works in Oxford, has been campaigning with Oxfam for two years against the level of subsidised sugar exported by the
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vWho's to blame for no facilities?
I have lived at Wood Farm in Oxford for 50 years and have always found people friendly and helpful, and the families mix with each other. It was then known as the best estate in Oxford, but not now. When we first moved in, my house was next to an open
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Floods threat must be lifted
City councillor Dee Sinclair is correct in saying that water is 'streaming from Shotover across the ring road' (Oxford Mail, April 27). This happens regularly after rain and maybe does need to be addressed, but I'm not sure that this had anything to do
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Church service heads VE Day events
A service to commemorate the 6Oth anniversary of VE Day in Oxford is being held in July. The service, organised by the Royal British Legion in Oxfordshire and Hugo Brunner, Oxfordshire's Lord Lieutenant is being staged at Christ Church Cathedral at 3pm
