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Fundraising record broken by race's best turnout ever
Runners in this year's OX5 Run at Blenheim Palace are on course to raise a record £50,000 for the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign. Sunday saw more than 1,300 runners completed the five-mile course in bright sunshine to raise money for the charity
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DUBLIN CASE: Sentencing Angela Dublin, Mr Justice Crane made these remarks
"You have pleaded guilty to causing the death of four people by dangerous driving. "The accident in which these deaths occurred was devastating. The car you were driving crossed the central reservation of the dual carriageway and collided with a car
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DUBLIN CASE: Friend of Howard Hillsdon, and passenger in his car when Howard was killed, Daniel Orme, made this statement
"While I cannot begin to comprehend the pain that Graham, Julie and Anna continue to feel, the huge impact that losing Howard has had on my life serves only to illustrate what an incredible person he was. "His presence and warmth uplifted people. Sadly
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DUBLIN CASE: Howard Hillsdon's mother Julie's victim impact statement
"To my mother's disappointment I failed my eleven-plus and started at the local secondary modern school in Oxford. During my first year there at twelve years of age, I met Graham, my first and only boyfriend. "Eight years later we married and bought
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DUBLIN CASE: Howard Hillsdon's father Graham's victim impact statement
"My Son, my Son my only Son "I go to bed at night I sleep a little, get up. Throughout the day there is no excitement, no fun no future. "I met my wife at the age of 14 at school in 1968. We married in 1976 and our first child Anna was born in 1981
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DUBLIN CASE: Howard Hillsdon's sister Anna's victim impact statement, made to the court in February, 2006
"Imagine the perfect' family ... a mum and dad, a daughter and a son. This was the life that I grew up in and was what I had always planned would be the basis of my future. "With only three years between us, Howard and I were very close. We had similar
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DUBLIN CASE: Jake Proper's family statement
"Jake has shown incredible courage and strength and has amazed us with his ongoing recovery. "He is an inspiring young man who we are extremely proud of. "The past year has been horrific for him and us as a family. Our lives have been changed forever
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DUBLIN CASE: Police statement
Following the sentencing of Angela Dublin, Inspector Steve Bridges said: "This hearing has concluded a cataclysmic year of the worst possible kind for all those involved in this tragedy. "The devastation following this crash has touched the lives of
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Bratt bags impressive brace at Brands
Adderbury's Will Bratt continued to prove his worth as a genuine Formula Renault UK front-runner at Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, leaving the Kent venue seventh overall in the 2006 driver standings after a brace of impressive race results. The 17-year-old
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HOCKEY: Abingdon hit ’em for six
Abingdon completed their Trysports Premier two programme in style with a 6-2 win at Banbury. Ellen King led the way with a hat-trick, while the other goals came from Olivia King (2) and Judith Ross. Other results Div 5: Oxford Hawks Harriers 2 (R
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SEAT score triple triumph
SEAT won all three races at the opening round of the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch as the event came to a early climax when reigning champion Matt Neal crashed out. James Thompson took the first two race wins in the SEAT Leon
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RUGBY: Risbridger fires revenge mission
BICESTER gained revenge over Wallingford with an eventful 33-27 home win in the BB&O Premier Division. Wallingford's 9-5 victory at the Hithercroft in December will probably dent Bicester's promotion hopes, but they could not seal the double. Both
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RUGBY: Lamb starts Witney rout
WITNEY warmed up for the Oxfordshire Cup final with an impressive 37-13 victory at Beaconsfield in Southern Counties North. Outside centre James Lamb gave Witney the lead with a barmstorming try, which Tom Harper converted. Harper's penalty made it
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RUGBY: Bannister bags treble in try-fest
BANBURY Bulls kept on course for the Midlands 3 East South title with a 49-0 home victory over Stockwood Park. Stockwood dominated the opening ten minutes before Banbury got going. Crucially, they scored 17 points in three minutes around the half-hour
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RUGBY: Wanderers romp home
HENLEY Wanderers ran riot with a 72-0 home victory over Oakmedians in South West 2 East. Jon Stebbings, Sam Taylor and Gareth Williamson all bagged braces, while further tries came from Chris Darke, Robert Dudding, Simon Durnford, Alex Dupee, Nick Dudding
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RUGBY: Sorry Hawks slump again
HENLEY Hawks slipped to 12th in the National Division 2 table after a dour 15-8 defeat at Stourbridge. All they had to show from the first half was a penalty by full back Mitch Burton as Stourbridge led 15-3. Winger Ali Bressington notched their first
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RUGBY: Quins stay up after second-half salvo
OXFORD Harlequins produced a fine second-half display to defeat Penryn 34-15 and ensure their status in the South West 1. Leading only 17-15 after a disjointed opening period, they clicked into top gear after the break. Fly half Ben Cottenden gave
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RUGBY: Nervy Chinnor clinch title
A PULSATING 30-13 home victory gave Chinnor the South West 1 title, but this was nowhere near as comfortable as the scoreline suggests. Maidenhead had already beaten Chinnor once this season and looked a good bet to complete the double when leading
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Police raid houses and bar
Police carried out three early morning raids in Oxford today in a clampdown on firearms and illegal immigrants. Officers from the tactical firearms unit, dog teams, and the economic crime unit raided two houses in Headington and the Atlantic Bar in
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£1m home care savings anger
County councillors have been criticised for holding back home care to save money while Oxfordshire's cash-strapped hospitals are forced to pay for patients blocking beds. Labour members are angry there was a £1m underspend in Oxfordshire County Council's
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CRICKET: Strauss is frustrated
Former Oxfordshire batsman Andrew Strauss will always remember the day he almost captained England for the first time. Middlesex skipper Strauss, 29, was due to lead his country in Sunday's aborted fifth match of the one-day international series against
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GREYHOUNDS: Get set for a poopa scoop
The William Hill Pall Mall enters the semi-final stage at Oxford tonight and the £8,000-to-the-winner contest looks wide open. The sponsors make the Brian Clemenson-trained Shelbourne Poopa the 4-1 favourite, and he will have his backers after the Hove
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CRICKET: Clarke to score at England Test
Oxfordshire scorer Rod Clarke is set for the greatest honour in his profession after being chosen to officiate at England's Test match against Pakistan at Lord's from July 13-17. The 63-year-old retired British Rail worker, who lives at Bicester, was
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MOTORSPORT: Ace plato saves best until last
Oxford driver Jason Plato and Seat teammate James Thompson (Harrogate) took the glory in the opening three rounds of the 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch. The day was a disaster for champion Matt Neal (Droitwich), who
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Poorly nephew inspires winner
A Children's Hospital Lottery winner says she will spend some of her winnings on her ill four-year-old nephew after he inspired her to start playing the game. Linda Maher, of Cowley, Oxford, won the £1,000 jackpot in last week's draw in aid of the Oxford
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Council 'makes profit on bins"
Bicester Town Council has been accused of trying to make a profit by agreeing to sell blue recycling bins to residents for commission. Under the new parish recycling programme, people from across the Bicester area will be able to order blue bins from
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My bike will now be in tip-top order
Last week I finished my four-week course in bike maintenance, a free perk for members of the Oxford Cycle Workshop based in Magdalen Road. I now know all there is to know about changing a puncture, lots about bike bearings and what to do when my gears
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Stupidity that cost many lives
Angela Dublin can count herself lucky that she received only a two-year jail term. Her guilty plea to causing the deaths of four people in the horrific crash on the Oxford Eastern Bypass last May probably saved her from a much longer sentence. We
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Another threat to Post Offices
The BBC has decreed that from next year, no-one will be able to obtain a TV licence from a post office. This franchise is being handed to a foreign-owned company, Power Point. The BBC alleges that this will save, over six years, £100m, a fraction of
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Why there is a lack of water
Here we are in the grip of a hosepipe ban which must surely be music to the ears of Thames Water and its investors, who can see huge profits of untold billions on the horizon, as we all follow the road to the inevitable water meter. We are surrounded
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Cup date for happy campers
Camper vans are most often associated with retired holidaymakers enjoying a cup of hot chocolate or Australians touring Britain. But a new type of enthusiast is taking the caravaning industry in Oxfordshire by storm the football fan. One company
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Harry Potter star plays in twinning event
Harry Potter star Emma Watson swapped her broomstick for a hockey stick to take part in Oxford's first International Young Women's Hockey Festival at the weekend. The 15-year-old plays Hermione Granger in the series of movies based on JK Rowling's bestselling
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Kassam urged to act over car park problems
Former Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam has come under fire again from a pensioner who claims her garden is being dest- royed by mud flooding in from a car park at the Kassam Stadium. Maureen Ballard, of Minchery Farm Cottages, says that mounds
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Saturday youth club plan wins support
Plans to launch Saturday evening sessions at Abingdon's main youth centre have moved closer thanks to council cash. The Vale of White Horse District Council and Abingdon Town Council have promised financial backing for the £15,000 project at the Net
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Essays for sale for up to £5,400
An entrepreneur who set up a company selling essays written by Oxford University students has denied that his business encourages plagiarism. Geography student Philip Malamatinas, 21, said his company, Oxbridge Essays, had been in Oxford over the past
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'Oxford fairest of them all'
Women who live in Oxford are more confident about their looks than women elsewhere in the country, and they think their men are very tasty too. A national survey of body shapes, carried out for women's magazine Grazia, found that 24 per cent of the
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Judge to visit lab over noise injunction
A High Court judge will visit Oxford's controversial animal testing lab before he decides if campaigners' protests should be curbed. The fight over Oxford University's bid to stop protesters using megaphones, other noise amplifiers and cameras started
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DUBLIN CASE: Nurse jailed for two years for car smash that killed four
A nurse has been jailed for two years after causing the deaths of four people in Oxford's Eastern Bypass crash last year. There were angry scenes among some victims' relatives as 45-year-old Angela Dublin was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court. She could
