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Driver dead in road carnage
A driver died and two others were seriously injured in a five-lorry pile-up on the A34 last night which brought Oxford traffic to a standstill. Queues on the A34 after last night's crashThe A34 was closed in both directions as emergency services worked
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Big plans for club
Ambitious plans for a combined football, cricket and croquet club centre are being considered by the new owners of Abingdon Town Football Club. Oracle Leisure, which bought the lease of the Culham Road ground from the football club for £205,000, wants
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Traders say town is back in business
Traders and town councillors in Wallingford are pulling together to give the town a major boost to attract customers and tourists - and to make sure it stays a thriving market town in the future. Traders set out their ideas at a special breakfast meeting
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Bowls: Rampant Oxon roar on at top
OXFORDSHIRE marched on at the top of Middleton Cup Group 3A by completing a hat-trick of wins with a convincing victory over Isle of Wight at Banbury Central. Following their triumphs over Berkshire and Hampshire, it means Oxon will be crowned group winners
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Speedway: Machine seek to sting Bees
Oxford Silver Machine will be looking for revenge when they take on Coventry Bees in their Skybet Elite League clash at Oxford Stadium tonight (7.30). Promoter Nigel Wagstaff has a settled side at last - and now it's time to make the opposition pay. Billy
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Swimming: Yates bids for glory in the States
Teenager David Yates is preparing to represent England in the biggest event of his career so far. On July 2, the 16-year-old from Upton, near Didcot, will travel to Connecticutt, USA, for the Cerebral Palsy World Championships. And having completed his
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Golf: Buggies will know their way round
SATELLITE technology will soon be helping buggies navigate round the course at Hinksey Heights. The Oxford club is currently kitting out eight electric buggies with GPS equipment, which will also add a touch of luxury. David Heads, the club's director
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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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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
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Thursday, June 23: Extra work to be done
We don't hesitate to criticise our councillors when things go wrong, so it is only fair that we should praise them when things go right. A year ago, Oxford City Council was rated weak by the Audit Commission. Now, inspectors say, there has been a significant
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Kitten killer sent to prison
A father-of-three who strangled his pet kitten, threw it against a wall and stamped on its head after it scratched his daughter's face, has been sent to jail. Francis Thomson, of Danesmoor, Banbury, pleaded guilty at Bicester Magistrates' Court yesterday
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Sunshine prompts pool plea
Soaring weekend temperatures attracted hundreds of people to the riverside at Abbey Meadow in Abingdon. But with the swimming pool closed, toddlers and youngsters crowded into the the water feature while some older children and youths swam in the Thames
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Tennis: Henman tries new approach
Oxfordshire ace Tim Henman is set to change his game as he attempts to keep his Wimbledon dream alive. Henman feels he can no longer rely on serving and volleying due to the slower balls and courts now in use at the All England Club. The British No 1,
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Football: Grim opener for United
Oxford United will renew old acquaintances with Tommy Mooney at one of the earliest opportunities possible next season. They face derby rivals Wycombe Wanderers - whom Mooney joined on a free transfer this month - in the first Saturday match at the Kassam
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Fall in cases of killer bug
Cases of the killer MRSA superbug at Oxfordshire's main hospitals have fallen by more than a quarter in the last year, according to new Government figures. Figures published yesterday reveal there were 94 cases of MRSA at Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital Trust
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Sunshien prompts pool plea
Soaring weekend temperatures attracted hundreds of people to the riverside at Abbey Meadow in Abingdon. But with the swimming pool closed, toddlers and youngsters crowded into the the water feature while some older children and youths swam in the Thames
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We're deprived, not Wood Farm
You report that Wood Farm estate in Oxford is deprived (Oxford Mail, June 6). That should read Northway Estate. A lot of older people live at Northway. There is not a lot for them to do. Come to think about it, there's not a lot for young people either
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Cricket: Hewitt's century sets up surprise success
A brilliant century by Richard Hewitt gave Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts a surprise 40-run victory over Bicester & North Oxford in the second round. Hewitt hit an unbeaten 104 as Nondies rattled up 181-7 from their 20 overs. Bicester replied
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Care centre plan gets green light
Plans to build a new £3m nursing home and care centre for the elderly in Wantage have been given the seal of approval by councillors. The Vale of White Horse District Council's development control committee agreed that the council's chief executive in
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Gym backs Dexter
A gym is supporting a family's bid to build a sensory room to give a disabled 12-year-old boy a place to play. Dexter Asiedu, who is severely mentally and physically disabled and also suffers from a rare blood condition, needs a specially adapted safe
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Bowls: Blackbird back on song
Blackbird Leys recorded the Oxford & District League's biggest margin of victory for four years as they romped home by 70 shots against Chadlington in Division 3. After a disappointing season last year, the Leys are now showing their potential again
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Allleyway is 'running sewer'
Rats, rubbish and urine are just some of the things soiling this East Oxford alleyway, which nearby residents say has become a "running sewer" and a "hellish place". The alleyway, off Marston Street, is a favourite haunt for drunken revellers after they
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Toy gun dad wins appeal
An Oxford father jailed for six months for waving his son's toy gun at youths he said were harassing him has been freed. Richard Bottley, 37, of Buttercup Square, Greater Leys, won his appeal against the length of the prison sentence imposed on April
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New staff Polish off vacancies
Polish workers are being recruited to work at Tesco stores in Oxford and Abingdon because the company can't get enough local people to fill vacancies. Supermarket chiefs say absenteeism is another factor behind the recruitment drive in eastern Europe.
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First blind bowling team set up in city
A partially-sighted Oxfordshire sportsman has been hailed as a "community champion" by defying the odds and setting up Oxford's first blind bowling team. Kevin Pamphilon, of St John's Road, Tackley, set up the Dreaming Spires 10-pin bowling team and led
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More of our money is wasted
Could someone from Oxfordshire County Council tell me why several thousand pounds have been spent putting chicanes in Cuddesdon Road, Horspath, when far from slowing traffic, they have made matters worse? At peak times, it is a game of chicken to see
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Below standard
Fair play to Vim Rodrigo (Oxford Mail, June 18) for fighting Rose Hill's corner when he suggests money put aside for the asylum seekers' accommodation centre at Bicester should be used for Rose Hill. I think the residents of Bicester would have something
