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Family says farewell to Liam
Five hundred people paid their last respects to Liam Hastings, the fourth victim of the Eastern Bypass crash, at his funeral this morning. Three hundred friends and family of 13-year-old Liam squeezed into Oxford Crematorium, in Bayswater Road, Barton
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Childcare degrees offered
People working in childcare are being invited to consider a degree at Abingdon and Witney College. From September, the college will be offering 18 extra places on a part-time Foundation Degree, in partnership with Oxford Brookes University. The move came
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50mph limit a waste of time
I think everybody's deepest sympathy goes to all the families caught up in the tragic accident on Oxford's Eastern Bypass. But I think what Mary Stiff, of Cowley, said about imposing a 50mph speed limit on the ring road (Oxford Mail, June 9) would be
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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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Man held over festival disturbance
A 29-year-old man was questioned by police after trouble at an Oxfordshire festival over the weekend. The Charlbury Riverside Festival, which attracted thousands of music fans, was disrupted on Saturday night by a group of about 30 people who stole from
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Cricket: Terrible Thame are knocked off the top
CCS Home Counties League Division 2 West: Thame Town's unbeaten season came to a grinding halt when they were soundly beaten at home by Farnham Royal on Saturday, losing top spot to Tring Park. Missing bowler Luke Merry, Thame opened their attack with
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Cricket: Shipton march on in run fest
SHIPTON-under-Wychwood were crowned Oxfordshire champions in the nPower Village Cup yesterday, but this was no stroll in the summer sun. The home side triumphed by 30 runs against a determined Tiddington side who refused to lie down despite chasing a
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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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Results: The weekend's sporting roundup
CRICKET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP Western Division Oxfordshire 325-9 (A Cook 118, S Laudat 71, C Haupt 50, A Jones 4-82, A Procter 4-113), Devon 82-2. UCCE CHAMPIONSHIP Oxford UCCE 334 (J Knappett 146, D Fox 58, S Clark 5-54), Loughborough UCCE 340-
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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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I won the jackpot!
Hazel Kaye celebrates her win A teacher has become the first person to win the weekly top £1,000 prize in the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign lottery. Hazel Kaye, 60, is set to retire from the school she works at in Abingdon this year, and was delighted
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Top marks for art
Eleven Oxfordshire schools have received the national Artsmark award this year for their commitment to the arts. The Arts Council award recognises the schools' efforts in various art-forms, including drama, music, design, literature, dance and sculpture
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Chinese go on buying frenzy
Chinese visitors clear out Bicester Village shopping outlet centre Two thousand Chinese tourists went on a shopping spree in Oxfordshire and swept 1,800 shoes and handbags off the shelves of a shoe shop in a day, spending around £20,000. Bicester Village
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Police focus on hate crime
Oxford pub landlord Spike Greenwood says he has never encountered problems Police are urging victims of homophobic hate crimes to report any incidents, including verbal abuse, as a new report finds gay people are suffering high levels of harassment and
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Man's body discovered
The body of a man has been discovered by a member of the public at Oxford's Shotover Park. The body was discovered on the Horspath side of the park at 11.30am yesterday, Thames Valley Police have confirmed. The man's body has not yet been identified,
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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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Schoolboy hit by cyclist
A nine-year-old boy was knocked down by a cyclist while walking to school in Abingdon this morning. The boy was making his way to the Thomas Reade Primary School, in Radley Road, when he was hit by a woman cyclist as he crossed the road by parked cars
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Cricket: Cook hits maiden Oxfordshire ton
Oxfordshire opener Adam Cook hit his maiden Minor Counties Championship century on the opening day of the Western Division clash against Devon at Challow & Childrey yesterday. The Oxford batsman, left stranded on 99 not out in the county's opening
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Cricket: Heads! Lee hits 154 for Minster
Lee Keyes smashed an unbeaten 154 as Minster Lovell 2nd thrashed Risinghurst by 114 runs in Division 6 on Saturday. Keyes's tremendous knock came in just 25 overs, including seven sixes and 20 fours as Minster rattled up 268-5 in their 45 overs. Risinghurst
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Cricket: Stafford canes Rowant
CCS Home Counties League Division 2 West: Aston Rowant went down by five wickets at Beaconsfield as the home side made light work of their 223 target on a perfect batting track. Winning the toss, Rowant reached 99-3 off 43 overs at lunch and Chris Watling
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Cricket: Jewell cracks another century
CCS Home Counties League Division 2 West: Alex Jewell struck his second successive league century, but Bicester were unable to force victory over Burnham at Akeman Steet on Saturday. Jewell followed up last week's 111 against Aston Rowant with a knock
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Cricket: Cook hits ton as Oxford are foiled
CCS Home Counties League: Opener Adam Cook hit a century as Oxford were held to a draw in Division 1 at North Mymms on Saturday. The toss again proved crucial as North Mymms inserted Oxford on a boiling hot day and a flat track. Captain Pat Jobson set
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Cricket: Banbury aces are riding high
CCS Home Counties League Division 1: Craig Haupt cracked 112 and spinner Jimmy Phillips claimed 6-72 as Banbury beat Basingstoke & North Hants by 79 runs in a tense last-over finish on Saturday to stay top of the table. Simon Launder took the last
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Bands help battle cancer
SIX bands will be hoping to raise the roof and lots of money for Cancer Research with a two-day music extravaganza at Cooper School in Bicester. The event takes place for the second year running at the school, in Churchill Road, on Friday, July 1, from
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Athletics: Douglas and GB go down
Oxford triple jumper Nathan Douglas was below his best as Great Britain's men were relegated from athletics' European Cup elite group for the first time in 35 years in Florence, Italy. Douglas (right) could finish only fifth in his final, with a distance
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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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Vision for city
No more concrete, pubs open til 2am and annual Pooh Stick races from Oxford to Thamesmead... They were just a few of Oxford residents' thoughts on how to improve the city on display at the Museum of Modern Art, in Pembroke Street. The mass brainstorm
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Sam's eviction hits the bookies
Sam walks out of the Big Brother House Oxford student Sam Heuston will have to find something else to do for the next couple of months after her turbulent three-week stint on reality TV show Big Brother ended upbruptly with her eviction on Friday night
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Tennis: Tim waiting in wings
Oxfordshire's Tim Henman begins his 12th bid for the title he covets the most against Finland's Jarkko Nieminen at Wimbledon tomorrow. The 30-year-old sixth seed has reached the semi-finals at the All England Club four times and is confident as he carries
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Prisons are too soft
Your report, Sex pest wanted to go back to jail (Oxford Mail, June 14), should be required reading for the judiciary and all the 'bleeding heart' do-gooders that this country is burdened with. They are always banging the drum and shouting the odds about
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Read first, then sign
I write in response to Lisa Leighton's letter, Expensive phones (Oxford Mail, June 13). Perhaps, next time, she may consider reading the terms and conditions of 'Orange Care' before buying such insurance. Orange clearly states (in chapter 9, point 6,
