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Mini bikes 'will kill' on estate
Terrorised residents living on an estate plagued by youths riding through streets on go-ped mini motorbikes fear it is just a matter of time someone dies. A Mini Moto craze has hooked youngsters living on Oxford's Blackbird Leys estate, and residents
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Jail is the best place
You would have thought that Paul Coombes was in enough trouble without asking for it. He was evicted from his flat in Foresters Tower at Wood Farm, Oxford, given a temporary Asbo and banned from the estate for making his neighbours' lives a misery. Yet
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Cricket: Rowant beat the weather and NPL
CCS Home Counties Premier League: Aston Rowant stole a march on all their rivals by recording a six-wicket victory in their Division 2 West clash at home to NPL Teddington on Saturday. While the rest of the league programme was a complete wash-out, Rowant
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Tennis: Henman to tackle Argentine in switch
Tim Henman faces Argentina's Juan Pablo Brzezicki in the French Open first round today after Italy's Potito Starace withdrew with an ankle injury. Henman, who lives at Aston Tirrold, near Didcot, now begins his campaign against the world No 147 at Roland
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Palace sees more history
Congratulations to the thousands who completed the inaugural Blenheim Triathlon - and the thousands more who braved mixed May weather to witness the remarkable spectacle. Can the first Duke of Marlborough ever have imagined his glorious home and its grounds
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Prince comes to concert
The Prince of Wales will be giving his royal approval to a charity concert in Bampton next weekend during a rare visit to the county. Prince Charles, pictured left with the Duchess of Cornwall, is patron of Music in Country Churches, which organised the
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Robber stole cars from jr - and wore wife's pink gloves for armed raid
A robber who stole cars from the John Radcliffe Hospital car park and used them in armed robberies around Oxford has been jailed for six years. Andrew Ivison, 31, of Hunter Close, Oxford, was caught on CCTV attempting to carry out two armed robberies
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Thieves snatch donated palms
A west Oxford businessman who offered to help a local youngsters' football club has found himself several hundred pounds out of pocket. Richard Moy, of Pots Direct, loaned the palms to Botley Boys and Girls Football Club Robert Moy, who has run the Pots
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Football: Deano's delight
When next season's fixtures are released on June 23, nobody will be wearing a bigger smile than Dean Whitehead. Having grown up supporting Oxford United, and then becoming one of their finest home-grown players, Whitehead has been used to the likes of
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Make jumping illegal
Erecting railings at Magdalen Bridge, Oxford, on May Morning will merely exacerbate the problem of people jumping into the river. There is no need to close the bridge. What is needed is a bylaw forbidding jumping and an insistence that the forces of law
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Report boosts muslim school's fight to survive
An independent Muslim school created following the closure of Oxford's only single-sex girls' state school has been judged "very successful" in its first Ofsted report. Teacher Shabnam Sabir-Abbasi takes a class But the Iqra School, which is campaigning
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ID cards give us best hope
Thankfully the question of ID cards is to be revisited. Obviously the libertarians and liberal do-gooders will attempt to alarm the hordes of red-top readers. It is these activists who have helped reduce British society to the most disgraceful level of
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Results: Scores from around the county.
CCS HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 2 West NPL Teddington (36.5 ovs, C Churchman 67, I Brody 57), Aston Rowant 196-4 (31.5 ovs, T Morgan 59 no). NPL Teddington 6pts, Aston Rowant 25. Rest of league programme abandoned. THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL
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Dispute 'imprisons' caravan residents
A civil dispute about redevelopment plans at a mobile home park in Blewbury, near Didcot, has left some residents feeling like "prisoners" in their properties. About 30 members of the Ladycroft Park Residents Association brought the civil action against
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Woman rescued in candle blaze
Fire experts have repeated warnings that candles can kill after firefighters had to rescue an unconscious woman from a blaze in Garsington. The fire in the house at Southend was caused by a candle that set fire to a curtain in a bedroom, said station
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Teenager killed as car hits tree
A 15-year-old girl died and her friend suffered critical injuries after the car they were in left the road and smashed into a tree. The black Toyota Yaris was being driven by a 17-year-old man when the crash happened at about 7.35pm on Saturday (May 21
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Rugby: Ace Charlie is Sale's darling
Sale Sharks lifted the European Challenge Cup at Oxford's Kassam Stadium on Saturday without ever getting out of third gear. Marshalled with increasing authority by man-of-the-match Charlie Hodgson, they ensured their French opponents never posed a concerted
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Council hasn't ignored Botley
Alec Russell gives a predictable reply to my letter, accusing me of continuing to spin the facts (Oxford Mail, May 19). In fact, my letter was sent in before the election because of his political spin against the Liberal Democrats. The new housing, on
