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Student 'murdered for being in love'
A university student was murdered to "vindicate a family's honour" after he fell in love with their daughter and made her pregnant, a court heard yesterday. Chomir Ali, from Oxford, ordered his son Mohammed Mujibar Rahman to kill Arash Ghorbani-Zarin
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Football buses did lose money
I can assure Mark Beachey (Oxford Mail, October 4) that the football buses to the Kassam Stadium in Oxford did make a sizeable loss. Why else would we have stopped them? I'm certainly not a masochist and we don't enjoy upsetting loyal passengers. It is
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Lake ash dumping on hold
Controversial plans to dump millions of tons of power station ash into two lakes near Radley have been suspended after the Environment Agency raised fears about flooding. The owner of the coal-fired Didcot A station, RWE npower, has asked Oxfordshire
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Football: Rose Hill break their duck at last
Morrells of Oxford Sunday League: Rose Hill picked up their first Premier Division victory of the season as they crushed Star Wanderers 5-0,. New signing Jay Morris netted the first, with Tyrone Brackett, Gary Trinder, Colin Ryan and 16-year-old debutant
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Ice hockey: LIGHTNING STRIKE TO THRASH STARS
Oxford City Stars crashed to a 13-3 defeat at home to Milton Keynes Lightning in the English Premier League Cup. This was was always going to be a tough game for Oxford against the reigning Premier League champions, and after hanging on for the first
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Squash: Carr motors in for title
Sam Carr, from Henley, was crowned under 19 boys' champion at the Oxfordshire junior closed tournament at Abingdon. Carr saw off Bicester's Sam Dallaway to lift the under 19 title, with Thame's Josh Rose beating Radley College's Ivan Yim 3-0 in the under
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Golf: Groszek bags dramatic win
John Groszek was crowned club champion at The Oxfordshire after a dramatic play-off victory. The one-handicapper held his nerve to beat Patrick Knightley on their third extra hole after earlier blowing a great chance of victory. Groszek fired a 73 in
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Football: Hartley treble sinks Oxford
Autotype UTV League: Garry Hartley hammered a hat-trick as leaders Saxton Rovers kept up their Division 1 title charge with a 6-0 drubbing of AFC Oxford. Michael Beale and James Clark were their other marksmen. Basement boys AFC Kidlington picked up their
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Council robs thrifty folk
Your comments on the county council's plan to raise the charges for home care are again very much to the point (Oxford Mail, September 27). I find it utterly disgusting that the council is trying to get an extra £350,000+ per annum from thrifty families
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Thursday, October 6: One law for them...
THE first week of October is well known for turmoil as thousands of Oxford University students arrive to start the new term. But it appears that some of them, and their parents, have abused the privilege they are granted to unload their luggage outside
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Call to support traders' march
Cowley Road traders are finishing their preparations for a protest march through Oxford on Saturday. The shopkeepers, who are opposing huge rent rises and fighting for compensation following months of roadworks, are due to meet at 11am outside Bead Games
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Ribbons raise memorial cash
Family and friends of Eastern Bypass crash victims Liam Hastings and Josh Bartlett are selling gold ribbons to raise money for a memorial garden in the boys' names. The woman behind the initiative, Liam's aunt, Emma Webb-Hale, said the garden would be
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Cameron tells of vision for UK
David Cameron says the people of Witney and Oxfordshire will always come first -- even if he becomes Prime Minister. After a rip-roaring Conservative Party conference in Blackpool that has seen his stock within the party soar, the Witney MP today paid
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My support for speed cameras
There have been a number of recent complaints regarding speed cameras. I don't see a problem with them, as they are regulating the speed of vehicles, therefore releasing police manpower to concentrate on more serious crimes. To say that speed cameras
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Crack cocaine hidden in nutshells
An Oxfordshire man has been jailed for drug offences after he received a parcel of nutmeg shells which were hiding a delivery of crack cocaine. Dc Jill Morton with some of the nuts in which the drugs were foundJames Gilbert, 30, of Herald Way, Bicester
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Golf: Groszek bags dramatic win
John Groszek was crowned club champion at The Oxfordshire after a dramatic play-off victory. The one-handicapper held his nerve to beat Patrick Knightley on their third extra hole after earlier blowing a great chance of victory. Groszek fired a 73 in
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Football: Lethal Leggett hammers glorious hat-trick
OFA Sam Waters Cup: Daniel Leggett smashed a hat-trick as Wolvercote cruised into the second round with an 8-1 victory over Enstone Sports. Steve McMahon added a brace, with Matthew Spooner, David Harper and Steven Doyle also on target. Banbury Spurs
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Hunt for new health site
Plans for a new multi-million pound health centre in Didcot have collapsed. Now GPs at the surgery in Britwell Road have just six months to find a new home before their funding window expires next April. Plans for an alternative site are being drawn up
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Small shops get rent rise help
Independent retailers facing closure because of council demands for thousands of pounds in back-dated rent have been offered a lifeline by Oxford City Council. Shopkeepers say sudden demands for rent after council review delays of up to three and a half
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Cars clog up college road
Shopkeepers in Turl Street say their businesses are suffering because Oxford University students are blocking the road with parked cars. Students moving into rooms at Lincoln College park their cars on both sides of the road, making it impossible for
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Bali bomb victim sons comforted
The brother of Colin Zwolinski, a Briton believed to have died with his wife Fiona in the Bali bomb blasts, has flown out from his home in Edgehill, near Banbury, to be with the couple's sons. Mr Zwolinski, the manager of a mining company in Newcastle
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Football: That's just the ticket!
Oxford United's supporters are showing their appreciation at the side's recent revival, with tickets for next week's away trip to Northampton selling like hot cakes. The U's were given 850 tickets by the Cobblers, but have already asked for a further
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Football: Ardley upheaval as bosses go
Ardley United have been left in turmoil after joint bosses Ian Feaver and Paul Berry left the GLS Football League Premier Division club by mutual consent. Feaver, who took over with Berry two seasons ago after the sacking of Paul Spittle, handed his resignation
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Hospital to stay open
I would like to reassure your readers in the wake of press reports that the War Memorial Hospital at Chipping Norton is closing. The War Memorial building will remain open until its facilities have been transferred to the new hospital to be built alongside
