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SQUASH: Nash looks set for Wales call-up
Garsington's Mick Nash will be heading for Ireland next weekend when he plays for Wales at the Home International Masters Championships at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin. It is the third time in three years that Nash, 55, has been called up
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GREYHOUNDS: Rock rules in cracker
With just a neck between kennelmates Seomra Rock and Greenlough Power, it made for a cracking William Hill Pall Mall final at Oxford Stadium. The pair had been the leading fancies all through the competition. But it couldn't have been scripted better
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CYCLE SPEEDWAY: Sidelined duo back for leaders
Leaders Horspath Hammers are set to welcome back Mark Boaler and Mateusz Szymczak as they look to get back to winning ways away to in-form Poole in the British League Premier Division today (2pm). It follows their 91-84 defeat their first reverse
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ANGLING: Marathon man Kevin's too late
It was a match of mixed emotions for champion baits man Kevin Green on a remarkable day's angling at Panshill Fishery, on Monday. Although Green won the day with 42.7.0 of carp on pellet hookbait, he hooked into one of the fishery monster carp and played
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Drought blaze risks warning
There are fears that grassland across Oxfordshire could become a tinderbox if the drought continues this summer. Firefighters fear dry weather could see ground drying out and a discarded cigarette, or even abandoned glass, could create a fire that spread
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GYMNASTICS: Flying high!
Youngsters from the Oxford School of Gymnastics have returned to the county in triumph after striking gold, silver and bronze in the Flanders International Acro Cup age group competition in Belgium. The county team, who were up against 500 other gymnasts
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FOOTBALL: Richard set for bright future
Richard Norris from Marston is the recipient of this year's Kevin Durham Memorial Trophy. Richard has been with Oxford United's Centre of Excellence since he was nine and is a goalscoring centre forward with a bright future. The trophy is in memory
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CRICKET: Students handed tough lesson
Oxford University face an uphill task to save the match against Middlesex in The Parks after the visitors took control on the second day. Resuming on an overnight total of 309-5, Middlesex moved on to 395-6 declared, James Dalrymple falling four short
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The party’s not for burning
The Green Party in Oxford has criticised claims that an incinerator burning rubbish could make a significant contribution to Oxfordshire's energy needs. County council leaders say an incinerator will only be built if it is safe and able to produce electricity
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‘Prove U’s land deal was legal’
The Audit Commission, the public spending watchdog, has told Oxford City Council it has so far failed to prove it got the highest price for land on which the Kassam Stadium was built. The Oxford Mail has obtained a letter showing a war of words has
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Choir on song
It took only 12 weeks and four days but a choir of amateur singers made it all the way from Blackbird Leys to hit the right notes at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Although it was back to the day job yesterday for the 40 singers who enjoyed the high
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Pubs pass teen test bar none
Staff at seven Oxford bars have been praised for refusing to serve schoolgirls during an undercover drinking sting. Two 15-year-old girls were sent out on Wednesday (April 19) night under the joint police and city council's Operation Breezer, which
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Tiny X-ray wins royal approval
A long-established management college and a fast-growing company founded just five years ago were among the Oxfordshire winners of this year's Queen's Awards for Enterprise. Oxford Diffraction, which employs 18 people at its Milton Park office and another
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Text for taxis and stay safe
Text messages are the latest weapon in the fight to keep Oxford women safe from rogue cab drivers. Private hire company 001 Taxis has launched a new booking reservation system called Text-a-Taxi as part of a major safety drive to cut sexual assaults
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Gulshat takes her first steps
These are some of the first heart-warming and hard-earned steps of little Gulshat Kadyprova that show she is on the road to recovery. Oxford Mail readers helped raise almost half of the £15,000 needed for Gulshat, who was born without any hip sockets
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Injured athlete springs a surprise
When Peter Snell broke his ankle his plans for tomorrow's London marathon were in ruins. But, rather like the Bionic Man from the 1970s television show, Mr Snell a namesake of one of the greatest middle-distance runners of all time aims to complete
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Truant's mum in uniform row
A mother who has battled to improve her truant daughter's attendance has hit out at an Oxford school for sending pupils home during a crackdown on uniform. Lisa Smith said her 13-year-old daughter Sophie was turned away from Peers Technology College
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A cycle to the '2nd' university
Get on your bike and get pedalling for a good cause that's the message from the British Heart Foundation, which has launched its Oxford to Cambridge bike ride The charity is staging the event for the second year running after last year's 85-mile ride
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Oxford ban for taking lab pic
A 63-year-old man who breached a High Court injunction by taking photographs of workers at Oxford University's animal research laboratory site has been let off with a caution. Adrian Appley, from Bromley, Kent, was charged with breaching a civil injunction
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Volunteer visitor honoured by Queen
Pensioner Bessie Thorne will be honoured by the Queen next month for her years of service to the community. Mrs Thorne, 84, devotes many hours each week to visiting people in Didcot Hospital and the Meadows Nursing Home. She is also chairman of Didcot
