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Rent increase forces shop to close
Another of Oxford's independent shops is being forced to close this week after a huge rent increase. Laurie Leigh and her son David outside the High Street shop they are being forced to leave because of a 40 per cent rent rise Laurie Leigh, who has run
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Now Zoe's CD is ditched from classical sales
Oxfordshire schoolgirl Zoe Mace wants to meet the officials who threw her hit album out of the classical chart. Zoe Mace's CD is not 'classical' enough for the chart, say its organisers The CD Songs for My Sister, featuring Zoe, 10, reached number two
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Warm welcome to 'Conmarket'
What a sense of relief it must be for both the county and city engineering departments that at last the final top surface has been laid in Cornmarket Street. But considering how much it cost, I am not impressed. The contractors could work only to the
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Daniel powers in for bronze
A Bicester teenager is well on his way to the Beijing Paralympics after winning a bronze medal in a UK weightlifting championship. Daniel Steward had entered the British Championships, at The Gutman Centre, in Stoke Mandeville, for practice, but clinched
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Hollow win for estate
Congratulations to Oxford City Council, uniting to back tenants in retaining council housing. Rose Hill tenants, however, might feel it a hollow victory. Come crunchtime, when big money needs to be spent, they know few options exist, but to "outsource
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Study reveals homophobic abuse
Gay people in Oxfordshire are being urged to report homophobic crimes to police after figures show almost 90 per cent have suffered abuse but most do not report it. The figures form part of a report into homophobic crime which reveals gay, lesbian, bisexual
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Vandal break-in means no toys
Toddlers will miss out on new toys as a Bicester playgroup will be forced to spend funds on vandal-proofing its premises to stop youths who repeatedly break in to drink and smoke. Manager Mandy Andrews and James Smith, four Staff at Rainbow Playgroup,
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Rent subsidies unfair on city
Oxford council tenants are subsidising local authority housing in other areas of the country to the tune of £17 a week per household. The disclosure comes today (June 22) in an Audit Commission report branding the subsidy system unfair and urging the
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DIY dad is declared the worst in country
If you get into trouble with your DIY then the man NOT to ask for advice is David Hill from Abingdon because he's been declared Britain's worst DIY Disaster Dad. BBC's Changing Room's 'Handy' Andy Kane with Catharine and David Hill But help was at hand
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Oxfordshire fall to classy devon
Devon's class told in the end yesterday as they beat Oxfordshire by six wickets in the Minor Counties Championship Western Division at Challow & Childrey. But even at lunch the game looked in the balance with Devon 28-1 and chasing 254 for victory
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Monday, June 20: A special pilgrimage
On any other weekend, the men, women and children in the buses bedecked with England flags might have been mistaken for football fans on their way to a match. The gaggles of mums and dads, sons and daughters, walking along the roadside would have looked
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Tuesday, June 21: Stories we rarely hear
The issue of refugees and asylum seekers in this country is obscured by prejudice, lazy reporting and ignorance. Too often, cases of crime, antisocial behaviour or benefit fraud are seized upon as typical of everyone who comes here seeking a new life.
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Kuester proves he's a master
Bicester's Dave Kuester won the bronze medal in the British Masters Weights Pentathlon Championships at Milton Keynes. Competing in the 60-65 age group, Kuester finished up on 3,022 points. He threw 28.18m in the hammer, 10.00m in the shot, 28.26m in
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City sign Henley goal ace Spence
Oxford City have continued their summer signing spree by snapping up striker Ray Spence from county rivals Henley Town. The Reading-based forward hit 15 goals for the Hellenic League Premier Division side last season. Spence, who was previously with Southern
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kirtlington lads are national champs
Football-mad youngsters from Kirtlington Church of England Primary School defied the odds to be crowned national champions in the Sainsbury's English Schools' FA Under 11s Cup. Despite being the smallest school in the mixed small schools' six-a-side finals
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Evergreen Norman is on song
Norman Green showed age is no barrier as the 78-year-old clanged off 13 dolls, including a sixer, in the Fairview's 3-0 victory over Section 4 rivals Golden Ball B. Glyn Millard bagged a six in his dozen-doll haul. It proved to be unlucky 13 for Black
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Physios need jobs
I read Victoria Owen's article on the Footsteps Clinic run by Polish physiotherapists with great interest (Oxford Mail, June 16). It quoted Jo Greenfields, whose son attends the clinic, as saying that NHS physiotherapy was in short supply, and that the
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Wednesday, June 22: End this injustice
The revelation that Oxford council tenants are subsidising those in other parts of the country to the tune of £17 a week is nothing short of a scandal. The Audit Commission is right to highlight the system as unfair and urge the Government to scrap it
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Deaf mum has op so she can hear her son
A mother who went deaf when her baby was just three months old has undergone surgery in a bid to hear his voice for the first time. Louise Sherlock, 24, from Oxford, is recovering well after surgeons at the Radcliffe Infirmary performed a two-and-a-half-hour
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School to get new crossing
Only days after a nine-year old Abingdon boy was knocked down and injured outside his school, plans have been announced for a new pedestrian crossing. Josh Boreham, nine with mum Sharon Josh Boreham, from Bowgrave Copse, was knocked down by a cyclist
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Henman comes back from the dead
Tim Henman brought Wimbledon to life by coming back from the dead last night. The British No 1 was heading for a first-round exit at SW19 for the first time since he made his debut at The Championships in 1995 when he trailed Finland's Jarkko Nieminen
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Just keep it simple
I tried to buy a simple mobile phone to replace the one I keep in the glove compartment of my car and use for emergencies. It is the size of a modest brick and weighs a ton. Give me a small one with no camera, no space invader games -- just a basic mobile
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Delightful 'ride around'
I am an infrequent visitor to Banbury. Not that I have an aversion to the place, but living where I do makes journeys there inpractical. However, a young relative took me for 'a ride around'. When you reach my age, they think it will do one good and cheer
