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Perjury priest walks free
A clergyman who admitted lying on oath has avoided a prison sentence. The Rev Christopher Walker, after his appearance at Oxford Magistrates' Court last month The Rev Christopher Walker was sentenced to 180 hours' community service at Reading Crown Court
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NHS trusts halt bed closure plans
NHS managers have scrapped controversial plans to close beds at hospitals in the county. Two primary care trusts have withdrawn their decision to close 37 community hospital beds and will not make any further decision until public consultation has been
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Architect killed wife, court told
A millionaire architect murdered his violinist wife seven years ago after she walked out on their 'violent' and unhappy marriage, a court heard yesterday (Fri June 24). Michael Morton, 66, was driven to despair when Gracia Morton, 41, filed for divorce
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Detainees fight deportation
Detainees at Campsfield House Detention Centre, in Kidlington, are on hunger strike in protest at the proposed deportation of a Zimbabwean opposition leader. Hundreds of Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the UK have joined the protest after the Government's
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Tsunami survivor returns to live on island
An Oxford student who survived the South East Asia tsunami disaster is starting a new life on the Thai island where she almost died. Naomi Bowman Six months on from the disaster, which claimed 225,000 lives and left hundreds of thousands more injured
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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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Grant cut meeting 'positive'
A team lobbying the Government over a possible £13m cut in housing support grant for vulnerable people in Oxfordshire said they had a positive meeting yesterday with civil servants. Under a revised funding formula proposed by the Government, the county
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Casualties in police car crashes on the increase
Casualties from crashes involving Thames Valley police cars - such as the one in which Oxford student Emily Higson was killed - have risen in the last year. Home Office figures show there were 135 casualties between April 2003 and March 2004. The accident
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Dozens join Bocelli concert refund campaign
More than 80 ticketholders for the failed Andrea Bocelli opera concert in Oxford have joined forces in their fight to get a refund from promoters Vipco. Despite promising fans that they would be given updates on refunds by this week, Vipco's Mike Dandridge
