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RESULTS: April 15-16
FOOTBALL COCA-COLA LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 2, Barnet 0. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: King's Lynn 2, Banbury Utd 0. Div 1 West: Brackley Tn 5, Thame 0. FOOTBALL LEAGUE YOUTH ALLIANCE SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE Under 18: Oxford Utd 0, Cirencester Tn
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FOOTBALL: Thame sunk by old boy Cort's treble
Former Thame United striker Wayne Cort was the scourge of his old club when he scored a hat-trick for Brackley in one-sided Southern League Division 1 West game on Saturday, which finished 5-0. Brackley's first came on 16 minutes when another ex-Thame
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FOOTBALL: Banbury are well beaten
Banbury were unable to hold third-placed King's Lynn who returned to form with a 2-0 win in Saturday's Southern League Premier Division contest. Wayne Blossom had an early chance for the visitors, following good work by John Hicks, but it was the hosts
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FOOTBALL: City stay eight points clear
Oxford City maintained their challenge for the Spartan South Midlands League championship with a comfortable 3-1 win over Biggleswade United at Court Place Farm on Saturday. City, who are still eight points clear in the Premier Division, created little
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FOOTBALL: Bicester bid dealt a bow
Bicester Town's GLS Football Hellenic League Division 1 East title hope were dented as they were beaten 3-1 at Badshot Lea on Saturday Steve Miles headed home a Paul Spittle corner five minutes before the break to put Ardley ahead. But Blake equalised
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FOOTBALL: Abingdon United step up promotion push
Abingdon United kept up their push for third place in the Premier Division and possible promotion by hammering Highworth Town 5-1 at Northcourt Road on Saturday Mark Simms set Abingdon on their way by scoring with a shot from an acute angle in the 11th
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FOOTBALL: Ardley reach final
Ardley United are through to the GLS Football Hellenic League Challenge League Cup final after drawing at Tytherington on Saturday. Defending a 2-0 lead from the first leg, Ardley were always in control, with both goals coming in the closing minutes
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FOOTBALL: Didcot celebrate league title
Didcot Town claimed the GLS Football Hellenic League Premier Division title for the first time for 52 years with a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Bishops Cleeve on Saturday. Some excellent defending by Didcot, with centre back Danny Campbell in outstanding
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RUGBY: We were terrible says Quins boss
Oxford Harlequins director of rugby Matt Maudsley struggled to look on the bright side despite his side's victory. Maudsley said: "We played terribly, but fair play to them, they did really well. "I thought Anthony Cope was our best player, but their
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RUGBY: Quins edge to cup final triumph
Oxford Harlequins rode their luck on Sunday to defeat a spirited Witney side who came close to causing a major upset in the Oxfordshire Cup final. Despite being two divisions below Quins, Witney, who lost 19-12, had more than enough chances to win an
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Ambiguous words
House prices in Oxford have escalated to heights which are now beyond the reach of the young, unless they are in lucrative jobs or are fortunate to have received inherited wealth. Many are saddled with huge debts, largely incurred during their final
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Society is back to front
Tony Blair has been in office for 10 years. When he came to power, he said he would turn the country around, but look what a state we're in now. He and Gordon Brown tell us we are the third richest country in the world, yet our health service is bankrupt
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The politics of parking
Parking charges for residents in Oxford continue to be the subject of some baffling political games. The Conservative-controlled county council made much at the last election of being the motorist's friend and has made it easier for visitors to park
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Beer festival opens
Banbury's annual three-day beer festival opens on Thursday and volunteer bar staff will be pulling pints until 11pm on Saturday. The festival, at the Territorial Army Centre on Oxford Road, will feature 68 beers, four ciders, and two perries, of varying
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Radio station requests bands' demos
Musicians are being asked to send demos for a new radio station's first broadcast. Just Oxfordshire, a radio station being set up for the Witney and Carterton area, is appealing for bands of any musical style to get involved with their debut, on Sunday
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In the pulpit for 50 years
He was ordained 52 years ago and yesterdayEaster Sun marked his 49th Easter Day service at one Oxford church. With his 80th birthday less than three weeks away, Rev James Cocke is one of England's oldest working priests and the oldest in the Diocese
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Man hurt in fire
A man suffered serious injuries after a fire broke out at the mobile home he was staying in near Chinnor. He was taken by ambulance to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital for treatment. The man was rescued by firefighters from the blazing mobile home
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Guns charge man in cour
A man charged by police after three illegal guns and ammunition were discovered at his home has been remanded in custody. Eskerhan Moutalibov, 24, of Grays Road, Oxford, appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court on April 15 charged with possession of firearms
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Radio times
Distress messages from the sinking Titanic are among items going on display at a radio and television exhibition in Oxford. The messages will be on show alongside the receiver used by radio pioneer Marconi in 1901 to receive the first ever transatlantic
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Clown and out
Funfairs and circuses could be banned from setting up on football pitches in Bicester after more than £4,000 of damage was caused to a sports field. Trucks and other vehicles from a travelling circus churned up wet ground at Sunderland Drive, in Southwold
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Plan is 'over due and overbudget'
The refurbishment of an Oxford children's home is many months behind schedule and will cost £127,000 more than first thought.o Last April, Oxfordshire County Council agreed to refurbish Maltfield House, a children's home in Marston, as part of its '
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March will be 'biggest yet'
Campaigners promise massed Animal rights campaigners say Saturday's protest march against the building of a medical research centre in the city will be the biggest of its kind staged in the city. More than a dozen coaches carrying demonstrators from
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Pathway to a better future
In some ways, the people who work for Pathway are like 'black hole people', the project's general manager Jenny O'Loughlin said. "They are not disabled 'enough' to qualify for therapeutic earnings, but they are not able to work in the big, bad world
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Zone rebels
Plans to charge car-owning householders in Oxford to park outside their own homes have been given a big thumbs-down by the people who represent them. The scheme, a policy of Conservative-run Oxford- shire County Council, has angered Labour-run Oxford
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Top riders line up for grasstrack bonanza
Top grasstrack riders from all over the country will descend on Oxfordshire on Monday, May 1, for the annual Berks Bonanza. The event, organised by the North Berks Motorcycle Club, which includes 500cc solos and 1000cc sidecars, will be held at Grove
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Touring cars head for Ireland
The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship is preparing to make its only trip of the year outside of the UK to the Mondello Park circuit in Ireland on Sunday. After the opening rounds at Brands Hatch, James Thompson leads the standings in his new
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Food of love
Christians are to unite for Love Oxford a series of major events, starting with the city's answer to the feeding of the 5,000.o The burgers and hotdogs have been ordered for the fifth annual 5,000 Plus barbecue, in Bonn Square, from May 3 to 6. Churches
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Cash kicks off football fun
Rose Hill Youth Centre, in The Oval, has been awarded £50,000 from the Football Foundation, as well as £20,000 from Oxford City Council and £17,000 from the Oxford Safer Communities Partnership. It plans to use the money, in partnership with Rose Hill
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Killer clues
Former drug addicts could be the key to solving a brutal murder in Oxford which has remained unsolved for four years. Brian Francis, 51, was found beaten to death, with multiple injuries, at his ground-floor flat in Knights Road, Blackbird Leys. Four
