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Speedway: Ailing machine exposed again
Oxford Silver Machine 42, Coventry Bees 52: Hopes that the Silver Machine had turned the corner with the return of Billy Hamill were swatted away by the Coventry Bees at Oxford Stadium last night. The home team were weakened, but so were the Bees, and
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Tennis: Woodstock so close to shock
North Oxford maintained their unbeaten run in Men's Division 1 of the OLTA Wilson Inter-Club 3-Pair League - but were given a scare by Wood- stock. The defending champions needed to win two of the final round of matches in order to ensure victory, and
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Cricket: Mendes out for the season
CCS Home Counties League: Oxford have suffered a severe blow ahead of tomorrow's Division 1 home clash with High Wycombe after all-rounder Shamilal Mendis was ruled out for the season. Mendis broke his thumb when fielding against North Mymms and captain
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CRICKET CCS HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Div 1: Falkland v Banbury, Henley v Slough, Oxford High Wycombe. Div 2 West: Burnham v Aston Rowant, North Maidenhead v Bicester & N Oxford, Tring Park v Thame. THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL LEAGUE Div 1: Dinton
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Mum takes rap for son's drugs
A former senior Oxford radiographer and university researcher admitted possessing drugs found at her Witney home -- but said they belonged to her son. Catherine Westbrook, 44, former deputy superintendent radiographer at Oxford MRI Centre, based at the
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Work begins on new £2.8m pool
Work has finally started building an Oxford swimming pool, nearly half a century after residents first began campaigning for it. From May next year, the community of Barton will be able to go for a dip in a new £2.8m pool. The four-lane, 25-metre pool
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Council vetoes plan for solar home
A shadow has been cast over two Green city councillors' hopes of turning their home into a revolutionary solar-powered centre, after fellow councillors rejected the plans for a second time. Craig Simmons and wife Elise Benjamin had been hoping to promote
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Tennis: I'm not quitting insists Henman
Tim Henman insists he has no intention of packing in tennis despite yesterday's devastating second-round exit at Wimbledon. He said after his five-set defeat to unseeded Russian Dmitry Tursunov on Centre Court that he fully intends to be back next year
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Fit mirrors
to bikes SIR -- The article, Bike Peril of Women (Oxford Mail, June 21), astonished me. When I was in my teens, I had a bicycle equipped with a rear view mirror. As that was several decades ago, I cannot remember if it came as part of the bike, or whether
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Why not 'armchair pumpkin'?
What a waste of time and effort the anti-'couch potato' protest and demonstration was (Oxford Mail, June 21). I always thought that the term 'couch potato', which originated in America, was applied to the non-active, overweight, feet-up, lager-swilling
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Head speaks of crash boys' recovery
Two survivors of Oxford's Eastern Bypass crash are said to be making a remarkable recovery in hospital four weeks after the accident. Oxford Community School headteacher Steve Lunt and two teachers visited Anton Dublin and Jake Proper, both 13, at Oxford's
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'Tony and Cherie have let us down'
The woman spearheading the campaign to get Oxford surgeon Henk Giele reinstated says she is disgusted with responses she has received from Tony Blair, Cherie Blair and the Department of Health. Claire Binns with her husband Lee, 10-year-old Liam and Chloe
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Give up smoking - it's worth it
I used to be a member of the British American Tobacco Company and later I had a farm of my own in Tanzania, where I grew about 80 acres of tobacco a year. That represented millions and millions of cigarettes. When I came back to England, I was a heavy
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Cricket: Teenagers get Oxon chance
Youth will have the chance to shine for Oxfordshire on Sunday when Ian Hawtin's men take part in a four-county Twenty20 tournament. Alex Jewell (Bicester & North Oxford) and Shipton-under-Wychwood's Dickon Morris, both 18, have been included in the
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'Make this road safe'
People living near the A34 crash site where one man lost his life and two others were seriously injured on Wednesday are calling for changes to be made to the road. Residents in Water Eaton Lane, Gosford, near Kidlington, who live just yards away from
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Council suspends two more staff
Two more Oxford City Council employees have been suspended for a disciplinary matter. An investigation into events officers Anna Dolan and Mike Williams has now been launched but the exact reasons for the city council's actions are not known. Miss Dolan
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Bullies target gay students
Police, local authorities and a charity are joining forces to stamp out homophobic bullying at Oxfordshire schools. They want to help gay youngsters in the region after a study revealed pupils are more likely to be the victim of homophobic attacks at
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Football: U's get early reunion with Mooney By Jon Murray
Oxford United have a "juicy" start and an encouraging finish next season, according to secretary Mick Brown following the release of the Football League fixtures yesterday. As reported in yesterday's later editions, United's first Saturday home game is
