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GREYHOUNDS: All Wright on the night?
Owners J Wright, J Wright and J Wright have a double chance in the £8,000 William Hill Pall Mall final at Oxford Stadium on Tuesday. The trio have a powerful pair in Seomra Rock and Greenlough Power, both trained by Ernie Gaskin, with Power the 2-1
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TRIATHLON: Holly's GB call-up
Oxford athlete Holly Cooper has made an enviable start to her season. At her first race of the year the punishing Ashbourne Duathlon in the Peak District the 22-year-old student qualified for the Great Britain team for the World Age Group Duathlon
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SNOOKER: Title race goes down to the wire
Riley C can snatch the Buildbase Oxford League Division 1 crown from under the noses of leaders Witney A in the season finale. Although the west Oxfordshire side lead by 12 points, Riley still have three matches in hand. Witney ended their season
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SPEEDWAY: Rickardsson slammed in return clash
World champion Tony Rickardsson's popularity took a nose dive last night after he was branded a disgrace by Oxford Cheetahs promoter Aaron Lanney, writes John Gaisford. Rickardsson, the hero earlier in the day, refused to ride in heat 15 of the meeting
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SPEEDWAY: Rickardsson stars in Cheetahs' first win
World champion Tony Rickardsson bade farewell to Oxford fans in sensational style with a stunning maximum as Cheetahs ended their miserable start to the season with a stunning 50-44 victory over leaders Reading at Cowley Stadium yesterday morning. More
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FOOTBALL: City duo are back
Premier Division leaders Oxford City welcome back Chris Potter and John Mitchell when they host Biggleswade United in the Spartan South Midlands League tomorrow. The duo missed Tuesday's 1-0 win against Broxbourne. Oxford C: from Wilkins, Pilling,
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FOOTBALL: Jackson hit by injury blow
Banbury United defender Chris Jackson has been ruled out of the rest of the season with a groin injury. The youngster has been troubled by the injury all season. As well as missing the end of their Premier Division campaign, which continues with tomorrow's
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RUGBY: Merriman double?
There will be a double celebration in the Merriman family if Witney RFC and Carterton FC win their respective county cup finals. Witney hooker Andy Merriman, 36, goes for glory the oval ball against Oxford Harlequins on Sunday. Carterton, who are
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RUGBY: Quins bid to go out with bang
Oxford Harlequins director of rugby Matt Maudsley is urging his players to finish the season on a high, starting with Sunday's final. Quins secured their South West 1 status with an encouraging 34-15 home victory over Penryn on Saturday. And Maudsley
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POINT-TO-POINT: Hill has strong hand at Kimble
Aston Rowant trainer Alan Hill holds a strong hand in the members' race at the Vale of Aylesbury with Garth and South Berks Hunt meeting at Kimble, near Aylesbury, tomorrow. Hill has Bering Gifts, Mr Snowman, To The Top and Topol entered in the three-mile
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POINT-TO-POINT: Geos in record Lockinge entry
Geos, the dual Tote Gold Trophy winner, heads a record entry at the popular Old Berkshire Hunt meeting at Lockinge, near Wantage, on Easter Mon- day. The 11-year-old gelding will be ridden by 18-year-old Camilla Henderson, daughter of Lambourn trainer
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FOOTBALL: Didcot close in on title
It's Didcot Town's weekend of destiny, and they will wrap up the GLS Football League Premier Division title tomorrow, if they can avoid defeat at Bishops Cleeve. The Railwaymen have been clear at the top for months and a point tomorrow will secure the
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TENNIS: Woodstock off to flier
Woodstock got off to a winning start in Ladies Division 1 of the 3-Pair League, easing to a 7-2 victory at newly-promoted Bicester. Although Bicester's top pair of Becki Garrett and Katy Kelly collected one-and-a-half rubbers for the hosts, Woodstock
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BADMINTON: North Abingdon net double
North Abingdon have claimed Mixed Division 2 of the Oxford & District League. Martin Kibble, Stephanie Elliott, Joel Duthrie, Becky Lees, Martin Stacey and Dominique Newman served up a 7-2 win over Gosford Hill B to make certain of the title. They
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SPORT: Weekend fixtures
SATURDAY FOOTBALL COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd v Barnet. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: King's Lynn v Banbury Utd. Div 1 West: Brackley Tn v Thame. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE Under 18: Oxford Utd v Cirencester Tn
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Oxford will not bid for casino
THERE is to be no 'super casino' in Oxford after the city council said there was no support for a gaming venue. Less than a month after former Oxford United Football Club chairman Firoz Kassam declared an interest in a casino licence, the authority
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Oxbridge essays go on sale to students
AN ENTREPRENEUR who set up a company selling essays written by Oxford University students has denied his business encourages plagiarism. Geography student Philip Malamatinas, 21, said his company, Oxbridge Essays, had been in Oxford over the past few
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School facility could be used as cinema
A THEATRE, cinema and conference venue are among the potential uses of a £1m multi-purpose school building being created at The Marlborough School, Woodstock. The centre, which will be available for community use, is being created with funding from
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Specialist schools are above average
MILLIONS of pounds invested in Oxfordshire schools which have achieved specialist status is paying off in the shape of GCSE success, according to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. A report shows that 59 per cent of pupils in Oxfordshire's
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No end for us
Julie and Graham Hillsdon watched as Angela Dublin was jailed for killing their son in the Eastern Bypass crash, but they are still tormented by many unanswered questions. The circumstances surrounding the death of their 21-year-old son in last May's
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Cameron left red-faced over local women
DAVID Cameron has made an appeal for the Conservative Party to elect more women candidates locally and nationally. But it has emerged that the Tories in Oxfordshire are fielding just 12 women in the forthcoming district elections the joint lowest number
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Kids take dip at last
Seeing smiling youngsters splashing around for the first time in Barton's brand new swimming pool was a very special moment for one woman. Local newsagent Sue Holden, who spearheaded a decade-long campaign to get a facility on the estate, shed tears
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Challenging operation
A hospital relocation team is counting down to its 'D-Day' with military precision. More than 100 patients are expected to be moved in just two days when the John Radcliffe Hospital's west wing and the Oxford Children's Hospital open next year. Today
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County NHS to face a merger
Government plans to reorganise the health service in Oxfordshire threaten months of upheaval as it grapples with massive debts. The Thames Valley Health Authority, now faced with presiding over job cuts as the size of its deficit grows, is to be abolished
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Accountants win running challenge
The OX5 Run added up to a great result for a team of Oxford tax accountants who managed to calculate their assault on the five-mile course to perfection. The Tax Tornados team, made up of staff at accountants Grant Thornton, beat all comers in the course
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Iraqi to speak about the war
A former Iraqi political prisoner will speak in Oxford to mark the third anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. Haifa Zangana, 55, a Kurdish Iraqi author, was thrown into prison and tortured under Saddam Hussein's regime in 1974-5 for being a
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Professor sets challenge over sundial
Oxford librarian Prof John Simmons did not forget his old college in his will. But he has set All Souls a monumental challenge before it can hope to receive a share of his £888,000 estate Prof Simmons had always maintained that the college had made
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'RIP down fence or be sued'
Neighbours living in a Bicester cul-de-sac could face court action after defying a deadline to knock down their garden fences. Four households in Herald Way, Bicester, were sent enforcement notices by Cherwell District Council because they have built
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Strong medicine
A university department responsible for training nurses and midwives for local hospitals is to be a victim of NHS cutbacks. Oxford Brookes School of Health and Social Care, which has trained hundreds of nurses, midwives and occupational therapists
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How to . . . create a wildlife pond
JO CROFT offers some advice on ways to attract amphibians and other pond creatures Garden ponds are homes to a huge range of wildlife as well as being a vital source of drinking and bathing water. Creating a pond in your garden can really make a difference
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Book in memory of 'true countryman'
A tribute in book form is being made to farmer Paul Warburton tragically killed in a farming accident nearly two years ago. Profits from the sale of a book of walks will go to the Thames Valley and Chilterns Air Ambulance which airlifted him to hospital
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Country of converts
Barn conversions may be commonplace, but when Eynsham resident Tim Jordan began converting a barn into a house 30 years ago everyone thought he was mad. But his love for the soft Cotswold stone and ancient timbers and a deep respect for the rural history
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Running up grand total for Children's Hospital
RUNNERS in this year's OX5 Run at Blenheim Palace are on course to raise a massive £50,000 for the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign. On Sunday, more than 1,300 runners completed the five-mile course in bright sunshine to raise money for the charity
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20,000 Leagues under the Sea: Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
While the centenary of the death of French novelist Jules Verne last year passed largely unnoticed in this country, Newbury's Watermill Theatre is staging a tribute to that author's tremendous imaginative skills. Ade Morris, the Watermill's director
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The Best of Friends: Milton Keynes Theatre
'Get thee to a nunnery," Hamlet famously said to Ophelia. But, nowadays, you must have a very real vocation if you are to live out your life in a religious order. And those vocations are falling: according to a recent survey, only 18 men and 13 women
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Nurse jailed for Eastern Bypass crash
A NURSE has been jailed for two years after killing four people in Oxford's Eastern Bypass crash ten months ago. There were angry scenes from relatives of some of the victims as 45-year-old Angela Dublin was handed her sentence at Oxford Crown Court
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Government funding for school partnerships
SCHOOLS are to receive thousands of pounds to set up partnerships between struggling and excelling schools. Oxfordshire schools are to receive an extra £377,000 under plans announced this week by Education Secretary Ruth Kelly. The money will be available
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Health authority abolished — and more changes planned
GOVERNMENT plans for a major reorganisation of the health service in Oxfordshire threaten months of upheaval as it grapples with massive debts. The Thames Valley Health Authority, now faced with presiding over job cuts as the size of its deficit grows
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From coppice to wattle and daub
Jane Marriott talks to Alex and Nicola Marson, who are restoring their timber-framed cottage in East Hagbourne using traditional building methods Traditional skills are being combined to produce a modern-day sustainable form of building material. Alex
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Caught between rock and a hard place
Mary Zacaroli talks to children's writer Ruth Dowley, who is not afraid to tackle tricky subjects in her books for teenagers The poet Philip Larkin had rather a pessimistic view of families "Man hands on misery to man" says it all rather succinctly.
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History
Constantinople: The Last Great Siege 1453, Roger Crowley (Faber and Faber, £16.99) The exotic city of Constantinople, with its decadent court life, was a 1,000-year dream for invaders and is best known for its sacking by the Crusaders in 1204. Two hundred
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Local author
Julie Summers's previous book was about her great uncle, the Everest explorer Sandy Irvine. Her latest biography, The Colonel of Tamarkan (Simon and Schuster, £8.99), is about her grandfather Philip Toosey, who was in charge of the building of the infamous
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Enlightened scheme
Sir, I was heartened to read in your pages of a renewed plan to upgrade the currently drab Worcester Street area of the city. A tastefully designed new development with a re-opened and active canal basin as a central feature, would do wonders for an
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Crowded city
Sir, I feel sorry for the people of Jericho. They are going to have extra traffic from the Berkeley Homes development near the canal. How did they get permission for all the cars, the development just the other side of the railway from them, I think it
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Imaginative facilities
Sir, Your headlines claim anger at new health centre in Jericho because extra cars may come into the area. In truth this is a matter of very little concern as compared to the pleasure of welcoming such excellent health services into the area and gratitude
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Welcome reminder
Sir, Irritating though it may be for Christopher Gray to see disabled parking spaces standing empty (Gray Matter, April 7), I can assure him it is nowhere near as irritating as it is for disabled drivers to see their designated spaces being used by lazy
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Breaking law
Sir, As a self-employed gardener, I often have to go into Oxford and work on private gardens. However the council is dramatically affecting my workload on the grounds that gardeners and others are being warned that by using a visitor's parking permit
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Uncomfortable read
Sir, You deserve your readers' gratitude for the excellent full account in Friday's paper of the district auditor's full-term report on Oxford City Council's financial activites, and the council's reaction. Your report did not make comfortable reading
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Private monopoly
Sir, With reference to recent articles in The Oxford Times regarding Thames Water's failure to repair its leaking water pipes. What is obvious is that due to an ill-advised privatisation they were handed what must be every businessman's dream i.e. a private
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Most useful fruit
Sir, Thank you for the article on walnut trees (Country Matters, April 7). It reminds me of the time when living deeper in the countryside than now. There were several omissions from the uses of the walnut. It has several culinary uses including walnut
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Housing to pay for conservation
Sir, North Oxfordshire Consortium complain about the proposal, made at this stage in the planning process, to designate the Cold War air base at Upper Heyford a conservation area (Report, March 31) and suggest that this could jeopardise the building of
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Street clutter
With the weather hopefully improving soon, the attractions of sitting outside a caf and watching the world go by, grow stronger by the day. However, we were not surprised that plans for an outdoor seating area in Broad Street has proved instantly controversial
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Racing ahead
Everyone who played a part in Sunday's OX5 Run can feel proud of their contribution. The record figure raised £50,000 by 1,300 runners in just a few hours was a great performance, which will be a major boost to the Oxford Children's Hospital Campaign
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Cadillac cruises into Europe
The new Cadillac BLS range of executive saloons offers a choice of 12 models featuring one diesel and three petrol engines, each with manual or automatic transmission, and three trim levels. The right-hand drive BLS extends the American luxury brand's
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Peugeot adds punch
Peugeot has just added weight to the argument for ultra-green big diesel engines to replace powerful petrol units by adding potent oil-burning newcomers to the 407 saloon and estate range. There's no doubt about it punchy diesels and their environmentally-friendly
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Suzuki's new weather-beater crosses over in style
Sudden climate change here is one of the reasons why more and more motorists are turning to cars with decent all-weather capability, as opposed to buying big, overly expensive, off-roaders. Two vehicles announced at the Geneva Motor Show will see owners
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Test scores help decide on car safety
How much protection does your car provide? You may have checked its safety score on the European New Car Assessment Programme's convenient and quite enjoyable website (www.euroncap.com). Within each class of car Euro NCAP finds huge safety differences
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Roadtest: Sporting hero of range
A Range Rover designed specifically with on-road use in mind? Surely some mistake. Whatever view you might have about 4x4s, one incontrovertible fact is that for all its bulk, the Range Rover is a mighty performer off-road. So enthusiasts held their
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Mr Ken Coggins, Ran pub in St Clement's
A PUBLICAN who spent 26 years pulling pints and providing a listening ear for customers has died, aged 84. Father-of-two Ken Coggins passed away on April 2 in the house he was born in, The Croft, Headington. He and his late wife, Ruby, ran the Coach
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Bike thieves target city
Cyclists in Oxford are more likely to have their bike stolen than almost anyone else in the country. The city has one of the highest rates of claims according to Halifax General Insurance, which has Oxford fifth in a national league table. Bike crime
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Now or never
Polar bears can be forgiven for rubbing their eyes and doing a double take as three Elvis impersonators ski past them at the North Pole. The barren part of the world may be the place you would least expect to bump into The King', but three pals will
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Audit argument
Taxpayers in Oxford get high-cost services, offering poor value for money, from the city council, according to a report obtained by the Oxford Mail. A draft copy of district auditor Andy Burns' annual inspection of the Town Hall criticises the council
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Council urged to build hospital
A hospital campaigner has urged Cherwell District Council to build a new community hospital in Bicester and rent it to the local primary care trust. Local councillor Les Sibley has vowed to go on a fact-finding mission to Worcestershire, where Wychavon
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What’s on in Jazz
There are two chances to hear master keyboard player Phil Peskett this week, writes Paul Medley. Firstly, tonight he is with his own trio of Tim Dawes on bass and Simon Lea on drums at the Old Parsonage Hotel on the Banbury Road, Oxford, and then on
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Death And The Maiden: Burton Taylor Studio
Death and the Maiden is not an easy play. Its central theme of torture as a tool of political repression serves as a backdrop to a multi-layered debate on the subjects of memory and truth, retribution and forgiveness, culture and barbarity and moral courage
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'Beautiful festival'
Peter Cann applauds yet another triumph at this year's Oxford Folk Festival From the moment the Old Swan Band kicked off proceedings at the Friday night ceilidh, through to haunting traditional chants from Iceland which drew the event to a close on the
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DVDs: Bizarre film that simply fails to cast a spell
From the moment the documentary Spellbound became an unexpected commercial success, it was only a matter of time before somebody cashed in on its popularity. Bee Season derives from an ante-dating Myla Goldberg bestseller, but it plays on the audience's
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Series goes out with a bang
The fourth, and thankfully final, instalment of the Scary Movie series is the best yet. Unfortunately, given the dubious quality of the first three films, this is hardly a ringing endorsement for a franchise. Fittingly enough, Scary Movie 4 goes out
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From a new star to an old master
The movie business lives and dies by hype. So it's always pleasing to stumble across a picture that has not been ballyhoo'd to the nines and which contains a star-in-the-making whom the media has yet to tarnish with cheap celebrity. Amy Adams lights
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A dance with a cutting edge
Our dance critic David Bellan talked to the hugely successful creator Matthew Bourne about his version of Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands is the story of a young man doomed to be eternally an outsider, because his scientist creator has left
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Lady Windermere’s Fan: Oxford Playhouse
What a shame the scriptwriters for Frasier weren't around in Oscar Wilde's day how they could have upped the comic ante in Lady Windermere's Fan, as well as all that social commentary and satire for which Wilde is so constantly celebrated. But as they
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Looking for Lyra in Oxford
THOUSANDS of girls came hoping for stardom but there can only be one Lyra. Auditions were held on Tuesday for the lead role of Lyra Belacqua in The Golden Compass, the film adaptation of Northern Lights, the best-selling novel by Oxford author Philip
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The Burford Singers
Brahms' German Requiem Performing a Requiem rather than a Passion on the Sunday before Easter might seem, initially, rather inappropriate. But when that Requiem is Brahms's German Requiem, with its focus on hope and comfort for the living, and its strong
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A notable success
Forty inexperienced singers from the Blackbird Leys estate are heading for the Royal Albert Hall and they are going to be TV stars, writes Nicola Lisle The conductor was poised, arms aloft, seemingly unconscious of the camera just centimetres away.
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Leaked report damns city council
OXFORD City Council is poor value for money, according to public spending watchdog the Audit Commission. The Oxford Times has obtained a copy of district auditor Andy Burn's annual assessment on the state of the Town Hall. The draft report, which
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College must move Wren's sundial to get bequest
OXFORD librarian John Simmons did not forget his old college in his will. But he has certainly set All Souls a monumental challenge before it can hope to receive a share of his £888,000 estate. Prof Simmons had always maintained that the college had
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Receipe: Beef with peppers
The recently published Fresh Thai, written by Oi Cheepchaiissara (Hamlyn £16.99), really does help us to get into the spirit of Thai cooking and achieve an authentic Thai flavour. Oi explains that Thai cooks tend to rely on tasting rather than measurement
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How I came to love the tastes of the East
As Thai New Year approaches Helen Peacocke recalls her introduction to Thai cuisine and discusses its various delights The Thai New Year and Easter share the same dates this year, which means that while some of us are munching hot cross buns and hunting
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Bookings
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 Talk: Andre Makine's translator, Geoffrey Strachan, gives a talk with readings (in French and English) from Makine's novels, 5.15 for 5.30 pm. Taylor Institution, University of Oxford, St Giles', Oxford, www.taylib.ox.ac.uk. Free, but
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Mystery and psychology in the stables
The Inheritance, Jenny Pitman, (Pan Macmillan, £16.99) Eat your heart out, Dick Francis. But not quite, for although Jenny Pitman writes about horses, and there's always a mystery in there somewhere, there's more of the psychology behind those who love
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Books for teenagers
Ann Turnbull's eagerly awaited sequel to No Shame, No Fear, Forged in the Fire (Walker £6.99), follows Susanna and Will to London. Apprenticed to a stationer, he is saving for their marriage. Their voices alternate with love and anxiety as he is caught
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Shy man who took England to victory
England fans departing for the World Cup in Germany this summer might want to put this major reappraisal of the country's greatest football manager in their flight bags. On the 40th anniversary of England's 1966 World Cup victory, award-winning author
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Wildlife haven must be protected
Sir, The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust acquired the CS Lewis Nature Reserve in 1969 from Henry Stephens with the express wish that the site be managed for its wildlife interest. The Trust has since managed the area for the enjoyment of local people
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No excuse
Sir, I read with great interest the article about Narnia Under Threat (Report, March 31). A personal visit to the CS Lewis Nature Reserve confirmed the scene as described by Ronald Brind. The destruction I witnessed was breathtaking an entire row of
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Enlightened scheme
Sir, I was heartened to read in your pages of a renewed plan to upgrade the currently drab Worcester Street area of the city. A tastefully designed new development with a re-opened and active canal basin as a central feature, would do wonders for an
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Barbaric practice
Sir, I read with interest Sarah Brown's comments (Letters, April 7) about the creation of "virtual" humans in the pursuit of drug testing and experimentation. Such an idea, were it to become universal, might put an end to the abominations of vivisection
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Footway fears
Sir, Perhaps cyclists in Warrington can have a dig at Wantage (Town where cyclists are unwelcome, April 7) because they are all exemplars of good cycling practice and do not realise that there are many places where cyclists would not be bothered, even
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Bus complaints
Sir, I read with interest your report (April 7) on the response that Stagecoach gave Mr McManners regarding his complaint that one of their employees had been using a mobile phone while driving a bus. This is familiar territory. I am a safe and responsible
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Welcoming space
Sir, I must disagree with Helen Burlingham's comments (Letters, April 7) about the new plans for Bonn Square. The city should be commended for commissioning world-class designs which will transform the whole area. The square will become, once again, a
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Better chance of success
Sir, Adrian Percival is right not to apologise for his analysis of the school he took over in 1999. Matthew Arnold School was indeed a depressing place. The four former teachers you quote in your article are at best viewing their time there through
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Students are guests
Sir, The arrogance of Barney Williams (Boat race hero's night in cells, April 7) is typical of what residents in this city have become used to from some members of the University. Nowhere in your report does Mr Williams offer an apology for the damage
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Promoting fun
Sir, Like, I'm sure, many Oxford residents, I have been puzzled by the Thames Water hosepipe ban as I watch the rain come down and observe the River Thames at a very high level. Yes, I know, it's the wrong kind of rain and they don't know how to catch
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Cathedral to horror
Sir, Cherwell District Council has taken a bold decision in awarding conservation status to the former Cold War air base at Upper Heyford. There are many that wish to wipe the ugly memory of the Cold War from our memories and the landscape. Greenham
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Wrong direction
Sir, It is very disappointing that Patricia Hewitt has refused to come to the help of the cash-strapped NHS in Oxfordshire. For all concerned, the future looks grim, but particularly for the mentally ill who are facing savage cuts to services. We are
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Moved to tears
Sir, I would like to bring to your attention a wonderful poetry book that I have recently read. It is called Poems from Grace Cottage, and is written by a local poet called Patricia Huth Ellis (Charlbury). This is the first poetry book that I have read
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Mr Kenneth Kilbee, Former publican and sportsman
A LEADING sportsman and former publican in Abingdon, Kenneth Kilbee, has died after a short illness. He was 77. Mr Kilbee, of Baker Road, played football for Oxford City and captained Abingdon Town. Mr Kilbee was a keen angler and pigeon fancier and
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Super flagship
The Range Rover Sport, the most dynamic Land Rover ever, has a new flagship, the Supercharged 'HST' specification. Having received its UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed press launch for 2006, the HST adds a host of additional equipment along
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Crash pilot missed weather alert
A pilot was unlikely to have received an updated weather forecast which might have prevented her from crashing her light aircraft in a snow storm. Lynne Cook, 53, from Bicester, was returning from Shobdon airfield in Herefordshire, to Enstone airfield
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Housing site set to stay in plan
Councillors have endorsed a controversial proposed site for 100 new homes on the edge of Eynsham. West Oxfordshire District Council's development control committee has voted to recommend that the site, between the eastern edge of the town and the B4449
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Chocolate makers put on the Ritz
Well-heeled guests at one of London's top hotels will soon be greeted by a mouth-watering piece of architecture every time they step into the lobby thanks to the artistry of an Oxfordshire chocolate producer. Elliotts of Oxford, which employs seven
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Dossier on lake goes to council
Dr Pulverash aka Save Radley Lakes supporter Michael Bloom yesterday handed over documents detailing the importance of the site to Oxfordshire County Council. They were received by Tony Crabbe, the vice-chairman of the council's planning and regulation
