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Village evacuees
A group of Abingdon pupils were evacuated to a village primary school to give children an insight into life in the Second World War. Dressed in war-time clothing, more than 60 pupils from St Thomas Reade Primary School were taken to Wootton St Peter CoE
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Plans for town alarm residents
Plans to build more than 500 homes and develop land for business have been unveiled in Abingdon. But two of the three schemes must overcome major obstacles -- one falls within protected Green Belt land and the other is a greenfield site earmarked as a
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Roger Caddick
A steam engine fan who would wait for hours to catch a two-second glimpse of one puffing past has died, aged 62. Roger Caddick Former Oxford Mail worker Roger Caddick, of Old Road, Wheatley, Oxford, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease more than a
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Outdoor pool to reopen after facelift
The open air paddling and swimming pools in Wallingford's Riverside Park will reopen on May 30 after a £395,000 facelift. The work has been done by South Oxfordshire District Council and is the climax of a campaign by Wallingford people. They rallied
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Step forward for bid to relocate school
Plans that will allow St Mary's School to relocate to a new site on the outskirts of Wantage have moved a major step forward. The independent girls' school suffered a blow last week when it emerged that planning officers at the Vale of White Horse District
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Bowls: Oxon four beat jinx
Oxfordshire overcame their National Inter-County Top 4 competition hoodoo by progressing through the first round for the first time in many years with a 26-16 win over Hampshire at Banbury Borough. Oxon's Top 4 were Nick Welsh (lead), Mark Sykes (two)
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Bowls: Campion's England call
Banbury's Caroline Campion has achieved a rare feat in the world of international bowls. She has been selected to play for England and goes straight into the side as a skip - an honour earned by only a handful of players in the sport's history. Campion
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Two die as plane crashes into field
Two people died when a light aircraft crashed into a farm field near Towcester. One person is thought to be from the south Northamptonshire area. The plane, a two-seater Slingsby Firefly, had taken off minutes earlier from Turweston Airfield at Brackley
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Golf: Davis has a bag full of tricks
Dean Davis is quietly confident his trick shot routine can land him the inaugural world title at Celtic Manor next month. The Hinksey Heights professional is one of 12 competitors vying to win the World Golf Trick Shot Championship on June 6. And with
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Nan Dunbar
An Oxford academic who devoted 40 years of her career as a classical scholar and don in perfecting the definitive edition of Aristophanes's The Birds, has died. Nan Dunbar, whose version of the play was finally published in 1995, the year she retired,
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Teenagers queue up
Teenagers in Banbury are queuing up to become junior street wardens. More than 50 children applied to become wardens, and 100 entered a competition to design a logo and slogan for the scheme. The competition was won by Shannon Ansell, 10, of Orchard Fields
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Centre hit by delays
Didcot's new £50m Orchard Centre shopping complex has been hit by more delays. It was planned to open in April but now it could be September before most of the shops are open. The launch event, Didcot Enjoy, due to feature Chitty Chitty Bang Bang flying
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Voting on treaty
Students and academics at Oxford University are voting on the European Constitution today. Balloting is taking place at more than 30 colleges at Oxford University up to 5pm. The referendum is being organised by the Oxford University European Affairs Society
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Hi-tech camera spots stolen BMW
A stolen BMW worth £10,000 was seized by police in Oxford's latest operation using hi-tech cameras which check vehicle number plates. Officers used automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras to scan 4,007 cars on the A40 London Road in Forest Hill
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Boy's injuries spark inquiry
An investigation is under way into how a disabled pupil received injuries to his back while attending a special school in Oxfordshire. Nigel and Belinda Isle, of Evenlode Drive, Berinsfield, claim their 11-year-old son Aiden came home from the Kingfisher
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Police praise chase victim
A rowing coach was left unconscious with facial injuries after he tried to stop a thief escaping from police. Rob Offord, 20, was left lying at Osney Lock, drifting in and out of consciousness with a broken nose. Rob Offord and his girlfriend Rachel Dryer
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Garden recyling to grow
A scheme to encourage thousands of Oxford householders to recycle garden waste is to expand. In March, 8,000 homes in Headington, Marston and Wolvercote, were given special sacks, emptied fortnightly, for their garden waste and cardboard. A further 5,000
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Alternative ways to remember loved ones
From your article (Oxford Mail, May 21), there appears to be strong concern about burial room in the imminent future. Would it not be more sensible to cremate corpses so that precious land is saved for more important things? There is also no need to waste
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'At least we got to say goodbye'
The parents of 15-year-old car crash victim Sarah Ertl have told how they said goodbye to their daughter at the scene of the accident. A picture of the family on holiday Just minutes after the crash, Toni and Christine Ertl, from Somerton, were called
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Rapist abused clients' trust
A judge told an unlicensed minicab driver who raped a passenger and assaulted another he had abused their trust, and had "absolutely no idea how to behave with women". Sam Rahmouni, of Danes Road, Bicester, was convicted at Oxford Crown Court, and sentenced
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Street raid
Two youths mugged a woman on Abingdon's Peachcroft estate and stole her jewellery. Police are appealing for witnesses to the robbery which took place on May 20. At 6.30pm, the 25-year-old woman was robbed as she walked between Peachcroft Park and Norris
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'Old' members ignored rules
I read with interest the letter (Oxford Mail, May 19) about Woodstock Town Council, referred to by your correspondent as the 'Woodstock mafia' and comparing it to a 'banana republic'. Presumably the writer is not aware that the term applies to authoritarian
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Rees Davies
A former professor of Medieval History at Oxford University, Sir Rees Davies, has died aged 66. Previously a medieval historian at Aberystwyth, where he helped to alter the understanding of his native Wales, he was appointed CBE in 1995, and knighted
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Road named
A 14-home development in Thame Park Road, Thame, has been named Limmings Lane in memory of Sister Mary Limmings who worked at the town's community hospital between 1945 and 1973. The nameplate was unveiled by her daughter Bride and retiring mayor David
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Golf: Porter claims belated victory
The IZZO National Club Champions Cup proved worth the wait for Chipping Norton junior Giverny Porter as she added another title to her impressive collection. Porter, 16, claimed the 2004 nett trophy at the Forest of Arden last week, but the event should
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Boxing: Ace Cobb makes history as she lands new trophy
Oxford University student Caroline Cobb won the inaugural Robert Nairac Memorial Trophy after beating RAF rival Deborah MacDonald at the Oxford Union in her first victory. Nairac helped revive the fortunes of the University's Amateur Boxing Club during
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Bowls: County rack up treble in trials
Oxfordshire completed a hat-trick of wins in their Middleton Cup trial matches with a 117-88 victory over Gloucestershire at Banbury Central. With wins over Wiltshire and Northants already under their belts, it was just what Oxon required ahead of their
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Court told of stabbing
A South African was stabbed in a Bicester street during a confrontation caused by a comment about "foreigners". Gary Coffee and Paul Carter, both 20 and from Banbury, are accused of wounding Daniel Vanderwatt on October 23 last year. The prosecution claims
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Table tennis: Red-hot Bushell cruises to title
Karl Bushell was back to his best form as he stormed to victory in the Oxford & District Invitation tournament at The Forum, Kidlington, with victory over Andrew Flint. After beating Glen Freeman 11-4, 11-8, 11-4, in the semi-finals, he went on to
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Don't pillory truant family
I found your report on the 14-year-old boy who would not go to school quite disturbing (Oxford Mail, May 18). We are given a little of the parents' background, but nothing at all about how the boy feels or why he is so reluctant to attend school. If he
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May 26: Weed out the 'fakes'
Sam Rahmouni has done a grave disservice to the taxi industry. The unlicensed cab driver, found guilty of raping one passenger and indecently assaulting another, fully deserves his eight-year jail sentence. Women put their trust in drivers when they step
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Families fall out
Two wealthy families have entered into a costly court battle -- over a 'worthless' strip of land between their homes. The trustees of the Nettlebed estate, owned by the descendants of James Bond author Ian Fleming, have fallen out with their 40-year-old
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Primary is told to do better
A primary school is providing satisfactory education but needs to tackle serious leadership weaknesses, according to Ofsted. Inspectors who visited William Fletcher Primary School, in Yarnton, in February, found it lacked clear direction with unsatisfactory
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'We just could not walk away'
A couple who gave up their holiday to rescue an African girl and her unborn twins from a life on the streets have pledged to continue supporting her. Linda Buchwald and her partner Peter Blackwell, were on holiday in The Gambia in January when they met
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Tennis: Tim suffers Paris defeat
Tim Henman turned his attention to Wimbledon after his second-round exit from the French Open. Henman, a shock semi-finalist at Roland Garros last year, was beaten 7-5 6-7 6-3 6-4 by Peru's Luis Horna in Paris. The 30- year-old from Oxfordshire squandered
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Football: Mooney's off
Striker Tommy Mooney has rejected a new deal at Oxford United. The former Swindon and Birmingham forward had been given a deadline of the end of the week to decide on his future, by new U's manager Brian Talbot. And last night Mooney informed Talbot and
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Spectacular wedding
I was irritated but not surprised by the article on the travellers who stayed a weekend at South Park in Oxford (Oxford Mail, May 16). I am pleased that traveller friends and family were able to celebrate a wedding in Oxford. The poor provision for these
