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'NHS cuts put lives at risk'
Patients and NHS staff are set to suffer the consequences of a looming cash crisis in Oxfordshire's health service, according to a union representative. A local Unison leader predicts that plans to save £50m in the county's hospitals, community services
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Cricket: Hewitt keeps reisn for cup
Jamie Hewitt will be hoping for better fortune when he gets a second chance to captain Oxfordshire in cup action on Sunday. The player-coach and former Middlesex and Kent seamer skippered the side on his debut in their Twenty20 thrashing against Oxford
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Revew: Mr and Mrs Smith (15)
OK, it's got as many plot holes as bullet holes. But summer's here, and nobody really wants to see Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attempting some turgid arthouse materal, so what's the problem? This is an action flick about a pair of married assassins who
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June 10: Grieving together
The crash on Oxford's Eastern Bypass which left four people dead and five critically injured, caused deep shock to scores of relatives and friends. In such tragic circumstances, it is sensible that everything should be done to allow them to come to terms
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'Rise in child cancer around Harwell'
An increased number of some types of childhood cancers exist around the former Harwell nuclear research site in Didcot, according to a report published today but the site has not been blamed. The findings came in the 10th report on the risk of cancer
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Heroes all
Three squadrons from RAF Brize Norton have been awarded battle honours for the roles they played in the Iraq War. But mystery surrounds the failure to honour a fourth squadron, which is also based at Brize. The Battle Honour Iraq 2003 was yesterday given
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No word on Bocelli refunds
The organisers of the doomed Andrea Bocelli concert in Oxford have said hundreds of people who bought tickets will have to wait more than a week to find out if they will get refunds. Promoter Vipco, which is facing a police probe into the organisation
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Drain channel plans continue
A 25m-wide overflow channel -- rivalling the size of the River Thames -- is one of two schemes being considered to prevent flooding in Oxford. The £100m channel, which would skirt the west of the city from Binsey to Kennington, was one of more than 50
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Tennis: Henman gears up for Swede
Oxfordshire Tim Henman admitted he faces a tough battle today against Thomas Johansson after coming from behind to beat third-round opponent Chris Guccione at Queen's yesterday. The British No 1, who has never played sixth-seed Johansson on grass, was
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Speedway: Hancock seals it for machine
Oxford Silver Machine made it four successive home wins, but it was heart-stoppingly close, with victory only sealed with a last-heat decider against Ipswich in last night's Elite League thriller at the Stadium. Machine sealed the win when in-form skipper
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Make the most of democracy
So at last the French say no to the EU, the Dutch, always a sensible country, say no, the Germans even want the Mark back. But Commissar Blair renegades on his promise to let us have a referendum, not that anything he does or says surprises us any more
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Schools plan a pilgrimage
Part of the Oxford bypass where three teenagers and a motorist lost their lives will be sealed off to allow school friends and relatives to visit the crash scene together. Oxford Community School and Peers Technology College, where all seven of the schoolboys
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Our pavements are a disgrace
I read with interest the letter from Richard Dix, Oxfordshire County Council's interim head of transport, on the condition of pavements in the county (Oxford Mail, June 6). I wonder when he was last in Risinghurst, Oxford, because there are certainly
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Tennis: Duo get off mark in style
Thame recorded their first win of the season in Ladies' Division 1 of the 2-Pair League. Lying at the foot of the table having lost all three of their matches, Thame had managed just one rubber all season, yet turned the formbook on its head with a 3
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Cricket: Krol to soldier on for Thame
Adam Krol will be back at the crease for Thame Town tomorrow just a week after being hospitalised by a vicious bouncer. The committed batsman was left bloodied and bruised by a rising ball that came through his helmet and hit him above the left eye. But
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Football: Kidlington joyat promotion
Kidlington are celebrating after having their promotion to the GLS Football Hellenic League Premier Division confirmed at the league's annual meeting at Carterton. But the news was not so good for Bicester Town, whose relegation from the top flight was
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Tennis: League will clamp down on pairings
Cholsey's third pair of Geoffrey Deeley and Patrick Clayman fought back from a set behind to give their side a narrow 5-4 victory over Banbury in Division 1 of the Men's 3-Pair League. But the inaccurate order of pairings looks to have proved crucial
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Cricket: Nambiar back to boost Oxford
Oxford will welcome back Middlesex-contracted all-rounder Johnny Nambiar for tomorrow's CCS Home Counties Premier League fixture with high-flying Slough at Roman Way. Nambiar replaces John Williams in the side and captain Pat Jobson believes he will give
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Fixtures: The week's sporting calender
SATURDAY CRICKET CCS HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Div 1: Banbury v High Wycombe, Henley v Basingstoke, Oxford v Slough. Div 2 West: Aston Rowant v Bicester & North Oxford, North Maidenhead v Thame. THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL LEAGUE Div 1: Bourton Vale
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Friends reunited
Old friends were reunited at Blenheim Palace yesterday when more than 70 former schoolboy evacuees gathered to remember their time there during the war. More than 400 boys and 100 staff were evacuated from Malvern College at the start of the Second World
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Kids' screen debut
A film about teenagers from Oxford's troubled Wood Farm is being screened in public at a city centre art gallery. The Wood Farm Audit features young people from the estate who paint a brighter picture of what life is really like there. The area hit the
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Left in limbo
To all those who witnessed the Lord Mayor's Parade in Oxford, think yourselves lucky. On May Bank Holiday Monday, the day we have watched the parade for countless years, I took my two grandsons on the long walk from Botley in great expectation of floats
