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You'll live on forever
The coffin of crash victim Josh Bartlett being carried into church Members of the Blackbird Leys community gathered at the Church of the Holy Family yesterday for the funeral of teenager Josh Bartlett, who died in the Eastern Bypass crash. Inside the
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Church launches appeal for £90k
A church in Abingdon is calling on parishioners to dig deep and help raise £90,000. St Helen's Church needs the money to help pay for the restoration of its organ and for the final phase of its renewal programme. It cost £250,000 to overhaul the organ
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Cricket: Oxon through on a bowl-out
Craig Haupt was Oxfordshire's unlikely bowling hero as they won through to the quarter-finals of the Minor Counties KO Cup on a bowl-out yesterday. The big Banbury batsman was called into action after heavy rain had forced the abandonment of Oxon's second-round
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Cricket: Henley pay for dropped catches
CCS Home Counties League Division 1: Henley paid for dropped catches in their 55-run dedfeat away to Basingstoke and North Hants on Saturday. The defending Division 1 champions put down eight chances to let Basingstoke get away and reach 275-7 off their
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Cricket: Ton-up Woods and Jewell rout Rowant
CCS Home Counties League Division 2 West: Darryl Woods and Alex Jewell both scored centuries as Bicester and North Oxford routed hosts Aston Rowant by 140 runs in a one-sided contest on Sarturday. Bicester's combination of experience and youth paid dividends
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Cricket: Shipton bid for hat-trick
nPower Village Cup: The two most successful Oxfordshire sides in the competition's history go head-to-head in the county final on Sunday (2pm). Shipton-under-Wychwood, who won the cup in 2002 and 2003, take on Tiddington, finalists in 1995. A big crowd
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Tennis: Champs hand out lesson to North
Oxford City took a giant stride towards maintaining their Ladies' Division 1 3-Pair title with a convincing 7-2 win over North Oxford. Both sides went into the match with a 100 per cent record, but the reigning champions proved too strong in all departments
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Party time for asylum victors
Villagers are hosting a party in Arncott on June 17 to celebrate victory after the Government scrapped plans to build an asylum accommodation centre on their doorstep. Earlier this week, Immigration Minister Tony McNulty announced the move in Parliament
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CRICKET CCS HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Div 1: Basingstoke & NH v Banbury, Finchampstead v Henley, North Mymms v Oxford. Div 2 West: Beaconsfield v Aston Rowant, Bicester & N Oxford v Burnham, Thame v Farnham Royal. THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL
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Batman Begins (12A)
Director Joel Schumacher earned the wrath of Batman fans by turning the Caped Crusader into the Camp Crusader with Batman And Robin and Batman Forever. Those pantomimes were a far cry from the Gothic stylings of Tim Burton, who understood perfectly the
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Calling for the big time
Things have changed so much for Stephen Daldry since he bounded into Richard Eyre's office at the National Theatre 12 years ago, stating that he simply must direct An Inspector Calls. With the success of Oscar-nominated Billy Elliot and The Hours now
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June 17: Make up your minds
Will we ever see the long-awaited redevelopment of the Westgate Centre in Oxford? While other cities have moved into the 21st century and are enjoying the benefits of increased trade and tourism, our plans are stuck firmly on the drawing board. And still
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Award-winner's price named
THE new Peugeot 1007 which has already won two awards will be priced from £10,850. The range -- available in two trim levels -- goes on sale this summer. Available in Dolce and Sport trim levels, the range starts at £10,850 for the 1.4-litre Dolce and
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Big price to pay for your pint
The latest survey of pub prices released last week by CAMRA shows the average cost of real ale across the UK has risen to £2.15 a pint, while the cost of a pint of lager has risen to £2.36. This represents a rise of about 5 per cent since last year. London
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Small shops fight back
Independent shops in Oxford are fighting back over claims the city is turning into a clone town. They want to put Oxford back on the map as a unique shopping destination that offers more than high street chain stores. City centre management company OX1
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Father's Day tribute to a very special dad
Alistair Morris with his children Bethan, 11, and Calum, nine Last month Alistair Morris hit the headlines when he was nominated in a national Mum of the Year competition. A bit of fun instigated by his daughter Bethan, he modestly laughed off his chances
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Ploughman's gets new bite
Author JRR Tolkien's favourite watering hole in Oxford is one of 26 pubs in the UK hand-picked to offer the "Perfect Pub Ploughman's". Richard Goodchild, barman at the Eagle and Child, in St Giles, is pictured tucking into some cheese from a ploughman's
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Morris club hit by share disputes
Members of the troubled Morris Motors Athletic and Social Club claim that its executive committee is about to deprive them of ownership of the club. Now they have called a meeting for 8pm on June 17 at the Cowley Workers' Club, in Between Towns Road,
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Speedway: Slick machine firing again!
Oxford Silver Machine 49, Arena Essex 41: The Oxford Silver Machine Elite League revival is on after another nail-biter last night, this time against Arena Essex at Oxford Stadium. The battle of speedway's basement boys was always close, but skipper Greg
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A year of celebrations
Your article (Oxford Mail, June 13) captured the vibrant atmosphere of Sunday's Cowley Road Carnival in Oxford. Congratulations to coordinator Henrietta Gill and her team for making this year's event bigger and better than ever. This was in no small way
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Review: Gardener's Arms, Oxford
I felt like Charles and Camilla's publicist in the run up to their wedding when writing this review -- championing a vegetarian restaurant means you have to work twice as hard to convince the public it's worthwhile, let alone worth a look. But chef Andy
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United in grief
Football shirts were worn by the many mourners in tribute to Marshall Football shirts emblazoned with the words 'Marsh 4 Ever' were worn by many of the hundreds of mourners at the funeral of Eastern Bypass crash victim Marshall Haynes, 13, of Headington
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We could use asylum money
Now that the Government has abandoned its plans for an accommodation centre for asylum seekers near Bicester, I wonder whether it would be possible for the health centre, clinic, gym, swimming pool, library and other amenities due to be built there, to
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Cricket: Birthday boy Luke is the star
CCS Home Counties League Division 2 West: Seven days after his dad, Steve, turned in a match-winning bowling display for Thame Town, it was birthday boy Luke Merry's turn on Saturday. After Merry senior had taken 6-61 in the win over Burnham last week
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Cricket: Oxford owe it to ace Angove
CCS Home Counties League Division 1: The spin of Shami Mendis and the pace of Dave Angove gave Oxford a resounding 60-run victory over early pacesetters Slough at Roman Way on Saturday. Both Mendis and Angove, fully fit again after various spells out
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Cricket: Top clash peters out into boring draw
CCS Home Counties League Division 1: The top-of-the-table clash between Banbury and High Wycombe petered out into a tame draw at White Post Road on Saturday. With both teams potentially being up for the title, neither wanted to lose - and the tone was
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Cricket: Ton-up Prosper lifts caribbean
Dave Prosper hammered a brilliant undefeated 131 as Oxford Caribbean saw off Witney Swifts by four wickets in Division 1 on Saturday. Caribbean made a shaky start in reply to Swifts' 226-2, being reduced to 34-3, before Prosper saw his side to 227-6 with
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Injured boy on the mend
The parents of Ben Allen, the 14-year-old Wallingford boy injured in a road accident just yards from his home, have kept a vigil at his bedside in the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The Wallingford School pupil has serious head injuries following
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Battling against the odds
After losing his leg in an accident and battling cancer, Kevin Hickman, pictured, has beaten the odds to train for a 1,000-mile charity bike ride. Mr Hickman, 42, of Farmers Close, Witney, had his leg amputated after an accident on a railway line in Portsmouth
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Football: City boss Lyne snaps up Dore
Oxford City boss Andy Lyne has made his sixth signing of the summer after snapping up experienced defender Craig Dore from Brackley Town. Dore, 31, who has worked with Lyne at Witney Town and Burnham, started his career as a trainee at Cardiff City, before
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Cricket: Ryan relishing international chance
Banbury spinner Luke Ryan will tomorrow swap a Division 1 clash with Basingstoke for Bristol and England versus Australia. The 16-year-old Gloucestershire academy player will be warming up the likes of Andrew Flintoff and Ricky Ponting ahead of Sunday's
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Not any old boy band
Ben Thapa has just finished a gruelling hour and a half with his personal trainer when I speak to him and he's exhausted. But as G4 is about to embark on a huge national tour, fitness is the key, so the boys are all knuckling under. "After a month with
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Threat of extinction
I wholeheartedly endorse the outrage of Bea Bradley and Penny Little at the senseless mowing of grass verges (Oxford Mail, June 11). This destroys many habitats for small creatures and annihilates wild flowers renowned for their beauty. It symbolises
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Trauma to get licence
It was no surprise to read in your article about the new licensing laws (Oxford Mail, June 11) that only a handful of publicans had applied or were granted the new licence. Barry Greenhough, landlord of the Dew Drop Inn, in Summertown, Oxford, is a lucky
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What a trauma to get licence
It was no surprise to read in your article about the new licensing laws (Oxford Mail, June 11) that only a handful of publicans had applied or were granted the new licence. Barry Greenhough, landlord of the Dew Drop Inn, in Summertown, Oxford, is a lucky
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Rail link cuts fear
Didcot Parkway and neighbouring railway stations could face severe cuts in services from next year, a passenger pressure group has warned. Reductions in services are outlined in a Strategic Rail Authority consultation document, inviting tenders to operate
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Save our road
Residents in East Oxford are celebrating after winning a David and Goliath-style battle with developers to stop Cowley Road becoming another George Street. Agents for the Blackwells site in Cowley Road had been hoping to transform the offices into a shop
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Boy, 17, 'stable' after stabbing
A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a 17-year-old boy in Oxford. The victim was taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital after the assault, believed to be a stabbing, in Blackbird Leys on Thursday night. The teenager
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Bocelli fiasco man goes bust
Darren Ward -- one of the men responsible for the Andrea Bocelli concert fiasco -- has been declared bankrupt. Mr Ward appeared at Oxford County Court to be made personally bankrupt by a district judge this week. And, as a double blow for the former publican
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Criticism leads to suspension
A top manager at Oxford City Council, whose work has been criticised by councillors, has been suspended for a "disciplinary matter". An investigation about leisure and parks business manager Tony Stephens has now been launched. The exact reasons for the
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Cricket: Porter wants runs this time
Joe Porter says he must contribute more for Oxfordshire - despite finishing his debut with a record-breaking ten wickets. The 25-year-old is looking for a better performance in the middle against Devon in his second Minor Counties Championship game, which
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Cayman looks a 295-bhp cracker
The new Porsche Cayman S will go on sale in the UK on November 26. This 295 horsepower two-seater boasts a newly developed 3.4-litre, six-cylinder, mid-mounted power unit, that delivers impressive performance, with particular emphasis on a generous power
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Workers warned of £146m pension 'hole'
Workers at struggling engineering firm AEA Technology are to be hit in the pocket after the company unveiled a gaping hole in its pension fund. Bosses at the company's Harwell headquarters have revealed they need to cut contributions to the company's
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Playing with fire
Thames Valley Police have welcomed proposed new laws to outlaw imitation guns but until they come into force they are warning even a harmless plastic toy gun can look like a real weapon in the wrong situation. Officers are calling on parents and teachers
