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CRICKET: Oxford lift Maudsley Trophy
Oxford lifted the Under 13 Ron Maudsley Trophy after a thrilling last-ball three-run victory over Combe in Sunday's final at Bicester & North Oxford. Batting first, Oxford worked their way to an impressive total of 111-5 in their 20 overs, Joe Jenkins
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CRICKET: Summer Fields School given a lesson
Oxfordshire under 12s gave Summer Fields School a cricketing lesson as they cruised to an innings and 79-run victory. In a timed game, Summerfield won the toss and batted first, but they proved no match for Oxfordshire, as they stumbled to 38 all out
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CRICKET: Under 15s owe it to Gillies
Jordan Gillies led Oxfordshire under 15s to a 67-run victory over Wiltshire as they continued their excellent season in the ECB Under 15 Cup at Great Tew. oAfter winning the toss, Oxon skipper Jack Taylor had no hesitation in batting first on a belter
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CRICKET: Wychwood take Kwik cricket crown
Wychwood (Shipton-under- Wychwood) retained their Oxfordshire title with a convincing victory in the final of the Asda Under 11 Kwik Cricket tournament at Rover Cowley. They made 265 in the final and then restricted Aston Cote (Witney) to 225 to triumph
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CYCLE SPEEDWAY: Hammers win crunch clash
Horspath Hammers won the British Premier League South West region top-of-the-table clash 93-85 against Newport Stars at the village track. The combination of Steve Harris and Ryan Taylor did most of the damage with two 7-3s and a 6-4. Taylor also
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GREYHOUND RACING: What a week for Hepden
T'S been quite a week for Alan Hepden, husband of Oxford trainer Gilly, whose kennels are at Chipping Norton. The self-employed plumber, who won £1,505,443.20 Britain's biggest-ever pools win in 1990, scooped £10,000 for winning the Totesport Ten to
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FOOTBALL: Gilchrist glad to be back
Phil Gilchrist says that Oxford United must get rid of any negative vibes over the club's relegation and go into next season on a high. Gilchrist became Jim Smith's first summer signing this week, and says he is determined to do everything he can to
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FOOTBALL: Striking duo come on trial
Oxford United are giving a month's trial to two non-League strikers to see if they've got what it takes for next season. Joining the squad when they report back on Tuesday will be Blyth Spartans hotshot Robbie Dale, who smashed 37 goals last season
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CRICKET: Under 10s settle for draw
Oxfordshire under 10s had to settle for a draw against Herefordshire at Stonesfield. After losing the toss on a great batting track, Oxfordshire were surprisingly asked to bat, and openers Jack Belmont and Ben Hebbert got the home side off to a flying
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CRICKET: Watkins puts Abingdon into county final
Nat Watkins hit an unbeaten 65 to steer Abingdon to a dramatic two-wicket win over Chipping Norton in the Oxfordshire semi-final of the Lord's Taverners Cricket Colts Trophy. Abingdon were reeling at 89-8 chasing Chippy's 134-8, which included a spell
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FOOTBALL: Keown presents awards
Former England footballer Martin Keown was on hand to present awards to youngsters at Wheatley Park s Top Link Primary Sports Festival. Around 240 11-year-olds from primary schools at Garsington, Wheatley, Great Milton, Little Milton, Horspath, Oakley
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ATHLETICS: Brave Beth battles to bronze
Beth Hampson overcame a sore ankle to win bronze for Oxfordshire at the Midlands regional final of the English Schools Combined Events Champion- ships. Competing in her first senior girls' heptathlon at Derby's Moorways, the teenager from Matthew Arnold
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ANGLING: Canve wins battle of the giants
The battle of the top matchmen in the Maggots End/Mosella final at Lower Court Farm produced four weights over the ton, writes Andy Webber. The 12 finalists were the monthly winners of the competition throughout the year and in the grand fish-off, it
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ANGLING: Farmoor is fabulous
Anglers at the Farmoor II reservoir, near Oxford, are enjoying some of the best top-of-the-water fishing they have had for three years. The warm, overcast days have seen fish rising continuously from first light till dark. Even when the sun breaks through
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CRICKET: Over 50s beaten on tie-break
Oxfordshire were beaten on run countback after their ECB 50+ Championship clash against unbeaten Wales at Banbury Twenty finished in a thrilling tie. The two sides made 160-9 from their 45 overs, but with both counties having lost the same number of
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CRICKET: League officials suspend themselves
Executive members of The Oxford Times Cherwell League have taken the unprecedented action of suspending themselves. The move, decided at an emergency meeting, is the latest instalment in the deepening crisis triggered by the shock resignation of secretary
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FOOTBALL: United keepers to vie for top spot
Jim Smith believes Oxford United will have the two best goalkeepers in the Conference after Billy Turley and Chris Tardif signed new deals to stay at the club. Turley yesterday put pen to paper on his new contract and Tardif is expected to sign in the
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Today's closing local share prices
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Super Aguri to unveil new F1 car
Leafield's Super Aguri F1 team has announced it will unveil its new car at the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim on July 28. The team's new car was originally planned to debut at the French Grand Prix, however a series of events have delayed the launch
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Book-related events
Book launch: Irene Gill reads from her triple memoir Oma Mu and Me, written by herself, her grandmother and mother. Friends' Meeting House, St Giles, Oxford, 6-8pm. Entrance £2.50 with wine and strawberries. Tel 01865 242919. Details of book-related
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THE THINKING FANS GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP
This is an unusual and comprehensive guide to the World Cup and the countries that are taking part in it. The editors have commissioned 32 leading writers and journalists to write original pieces of reportage, travelogue, personal memoir and essays about
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Historian with poster-boy looks
by Jack Doyle Of the historians who flaunt their wares on television, there is little doubt who is the natural poster boy. David Starkey may be more cutting, but for aesthetic appeal look no further than Oxford don Niall Ferguson. A writer who is
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Don't be tempted to cool off
Last night's drowning in the River Cherwell is undoubtedly a tragedy but should sound a warning as temperatures are set to rise at the weekend. While the police and coroner's officers have still to fully investigate the circumstances behind this tragic
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Big thanks
I would like thank John Angus and all his team for the way they organised and ran the Elton John concert on Saturday night. It was a fantastic event, which was well organised and managed with much better than expected facilities on the night, from the
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What did the Romans ever do for us?
History books have tended to concentrate on the leading lights of the time, with lesser players having walk-on parts. Modern historians, on the other hand, are starting to shift the spotlight. Simon Schama, for example, is the champion of the common man
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Unfair to fine Elton drivers
What a penny-pinching, miserable, inhospitable place Oxford has become, thanks to Oxfordshire County Council and parking company Control Plus. People came from miles around to enjoy themselves and to see Elton John. They parked very reasonably on
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Roots of rock 'n' roll
With millionaires Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry and Mike Rutherford performing at Highclere Castle, near Newbury, in aid of the Countryside Alliance, and Ferry's son prepared to break the law to defend fox hunting, old-fashioned rock 'n' roll fans have started
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CRICKET: Trio in for cup clash
Veteran off-spinner Rupert Evans comes into the Oxford side at home to Ealing in the Cockspur Cup on Sunday. Evans, last year's leading wicket-taker in Home Counties Premier League Division 1, has played sparingly this season. Having conceded only
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Cabbages and Kings: June 30
THEY could have been at home knitting cardigans for great-grandchildren, but I wouldn't have dared suggest it. The dozen women, pink T-shirted, all of riper years and known collectively as Older and Bolder, were shaming the less energetic with their
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CRICKET: Lee urges supporters to gee up Downs
Oxford Downs captain Danny Lee is urging supporters to help them make the most of home advantage against Bronwydd on Sunday (2). Downs entertain the Carmarthen-based side at Standlake in the competition's first national round (last 32) after defeating
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Local author
Oxford tour guide Rob Walters spends his days taking tourists on a 'ghost tour' of the city. Now he has collected some of the spookiest stories in Haunted Oxford (Tempus, £8.99). As well as famous ghosts like Wolvercote's Fair Rosamund, he includes more
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History books choice
Wavell: Soldier And Statesman Victoria Schofield (John Murray, £30) Wavell was the gentleman general of the Second World War, a lover of poetry and a leader who commanded loyalty without possessing the fire of command. With his refined manner, he was
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CRICKET: Strong targets old pal Woods
Home Counties Premier League: Kidlington captain Mark Strong is looking to out do an old friend when they host Bicester & North Oxford in Division 2 West tomorrow. Strong used to play alongside Bicester batsman Daryll Woods at North Oxford before the
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CRICKET: Oxford to face Test star
Home Counties Premier League: Oxford face South African Test bowler Nantie Hayward as they bid to break their duck at High Wycombe in Division 1 tomorrow. Hayward, once hailed as the successor to Allan Donald, took seven wickets on his debut against
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CYCLING: Tuckett steers University to victory
Oxford University CC romped to victory in the Ben Owen Memorial Race finishing almost four minutes ahead of nearest rivals Oxford City CC. Led by John Tuckett, the fastest rider on the night, the University team proved a class above in the ten-mile
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Tracking down five brothers killed at war
Tomorrow is the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, where on the first day of fighting July 1, 1916 40,000 were injured and 20,000 died. One of those injured in the ensuing days was Harold Beechey. The seventh of eight brothers who were called
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TENNIS: Andreski and Jones star
Second pair Adam And- reski and Dee Jones held their nerve to steer Wantage to a 2.5-1.5 victory over Blewbury in Mixed Division 1 of the 2-Pair League. After halving with Blewbury's first pair of Peter Buck and Ruth Bamantyne, Andreski and Jones won
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TENNIS: North's A team call the tune
North Oxford A ensured there were no embarrassing slip-ups in Mixed Division 1 of the 3-Pair League with an 8-1 victory over their B side. In a one-sided encounter, Jonathan Maskens and Emma Tolson had little trouble in winning all three rubbers at
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Innovation company in Cambridge merger
THE 'Oxford phenomenon' could be exported to the rest of Britain, if ambitious expansion plans by Oxford Innovation come to fruit.o The company, which provides premises for hi-tech start-ups, is to merge with Cambridge-based consultants SQW, which in
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Cavaliers truants return to the fray
Oxford Cavaliers are confident they will be able to field a side for the South West and Midlands Division of the Totalrl.com Conference clash against Coventry Bears at Marston Ferry Road tomorrow (1pm). It comes after Cavaliers suffered the embarrassment
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Schoolchildren learn about work
YOUNGSTERS from an Oxford school visited four local businesses in a bid to bridge the gap between schools and the world of work. The group of 20 Year-10 pupils from Peers Technology College were given tours of The Oxford Times offices at Osney Mead,
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Nominet's 5m web addresses
Internet domain name registry Nominet, based in Oxford, is celebrating its five millionth .uk website address. It reached the landmark when Hertfordshire irrigation firm Watermatics registered Hosepipebanbuster. co.uk. Lesley Cowley, chief executive
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Life is on the up for Adam
Adam Starling has been in and out of hospitals all his life. Adam, who is 12, and lives near Watlington, has Lowe Syndrome, which has left him with kidney problems. But his mother Pauline is hoping that the opening of the new children's hospital next
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FOOTBALL: Brock homes in on ace Hayward
Banbury United boss Kevin Brock hopes to make former Oxford City defender Matty Hayward his second summer capture. Brock said Hayward, who is at Aylesbury United, but trained with Banbury last night, would be a great acquisition. "He's keen to come
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FIXTURES: The week's sporting calender
SATURDAY CRICKET ONE-DAY VARSITY MATCH Oxford Univ v Cambridge Univ (Lord's). HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Div 1: Banbury v Reading, High Wycombe v Oxford, West Herts v Henley. Div 2 West: Kidlington v Bicester & North Oxford, Wokingham v Thame
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The dirty Don
Eat, drink and be ... murdered. Such appears to be the pattern for villainy, to judge from two great works brought to Oxford this week by Welsh National Opera. First, we had the odious Baron Scarpia - bumper of wine in one hand, carving knife in the
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Chemistry test for drugs
Whatever your views on legalising cannabis, any half-way reasonable person would surely agree that when the stuff endangers others it should be controlled. In other words, as with drink-drivers, drug-drivers should be pushed off the road. Now a team
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Cave of the yellow dog (U)
This charming docudrama from the makers of The Story Of The Weeping Camel, features spirited six-year-old Mongolian girl Nansal (Nansal Batchuluun), who discovers a stray dog in a cave, and brings the animal home to her parents. Mother and father fear
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Putting it bluntly
Chart-topping former soldier James Blunt has led an interesting life, but unfortunately he's rather coy about it, Debbie Waite discovers. You've got to feel a bit sorry for James Blunt. Not only has been shot at more times than Bruce Willis, he's been
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Cameron calls for global progress
Tory leader David Cameron was in Oxford yesterday urging "faster and further" progress in international development and stamping out global poverty. During a speech to Oxfam staff and volunteers at Oxford Town Hall he paid tribute to the commitment
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Inquest helps family deal with grief
Last night Arthur and Linda Allen turned out the light in their son's bedroom for the first time since he was killed in a motorcycle accident 19 months ago. David, 16, left the light on in his room when he went out on his moped, before he crashed into
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Legal fight looms on fee
City councillors are prepared to mount a legal challenge to prevent controversial parking charges being implemented in Oxford. Oxfordshire County Council wants to charge thousands of car-driving homeowners in the city for the privilege of parking outside
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New scheme celebrated
Animals and children can sometimes be a disastrous pairing but yesterday the two enjoyed a fun-packed day at a special party for under-fives. Snakes, donkeys and rabbits were among the attractions at Cutteslowe Park, North Oxford, to mark national Sure
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MP want big fines for leaks
Oxford MP Andrew Smith says Thames Water should be fined for failing to meet targets for stemming leaks. The Labour MP for Oxford East, wants water regulator Ofwat to take on the water giant over its record on fixing leaks and the hosepipe ban when
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School payouts total £20k
Being struck on the head by a football, knocked down by a falling bookcase, overworked and exposed to asbestos are among the hazards school staff in Oxfordshire have claimed compensation for The Oxford Mail has obtained a list of compensation claims
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Star's kindness aids church appeal
A church restoration appeal has nearly reached its target thanks to a little help from a Hollywood starlet and other kind-hearted donors. Pride and Prejudice star Kiera Knightley will sign a copy of the novel after offering her signature to an Auction
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Bus use in city is on the slide
Transport chiefs say they are struggling to reverse a decline in bus use in Oxford. With the entire transport strategy geared to getting more people to use buses in Oxford, Oxfordshire County Council has admitted it is running out of ideas. Dick
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Land designs
A health trust is ready to submit five separate planning applications to develop land at Warneford Meadow and Park Hospital in Headington. Oxfordshire Mental Health Trust says the development of two sensitive sites will raise funds towards improving
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Plater college sells for £5.6m
Plater College in Oxford has been bought by the international language teaching firm EF Language Schools for £5.6m. Adult foreign students will be taught at the 267-acre campus in Pullens Lane, one of Headington's most exclusive residential areas.
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Residents' parking bid faces legal challenge
PROPOSALS to charge thousands of Oxford residents for parking in their own street could face a legal challenge from Oxford City Council. City councillors believe Oxfordshire County Council may have over stepped the mark in its determination to make
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The road ahead
Public transport officer Dick Helling's report to the Transport Select Committee tells us only what we have known for a while, that bus use in Oxfordshire has peaked and something needs to change if it is to rise any further. Some will argue that bus
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Measured response
We warmly welcome Oxfordshire County Council's latest effort to measure what our schools are achieving for our children. Teachers and heads have been distinctly lukewarm towards the plan to adopt the Fischer Family Trust (FFT) measure of how schools are
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Open new markets
Sir, Your front page picture of a redeveloped Westgate Centre (June 16) offered a tantalising glimpse of the future for this benighted part of the city centre. Not just through the removal or renovation of the current buildings opposite Bonn Square but
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Constraining car ownership is illegal
Sir, Along with the many other people living within areas of Oxford where residents' parking zones apply, we recently received a consultation questionnaire from the county council regarding the proposed introduction of fees for residents' parking and
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Tory stealth tax
Sir, I have just received my questionnaire from the county council about plans for a Tory stealth tax to be imposed on the residents of Oxford by charging us to park in our own streets. The questionnaire that accompanies the stealth tax proposals is
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History repeats itself
Sir, I thought you might be interested to reprint my letter of 1997 on this subject. History repeats itself . . . Public consultation my foot! There are now masses of parking spaces in the Norham Gardens area of Oxford because people do not like to
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Possible health risks
Sir, If there are risks and we think that maybe there are then the people who are going to be most affected are children, and the younger the children, the greater the danger. (Sir William Stewart, who chaired the panel report of Independent Experts
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Tax on learning
Sir, I am very pleased that the Conservative county cabinet has decided not to follow the recommendation of the Conservative-dominated scrutiny committee about ending concessionary schools transport to faith schools. I had argued that it was grossly unfair
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Sporting future?
Sir, Catherine Robinson (Letters, June 23) misses the point of my letter (June 16). The minor impact on the wildlife of the Trap Grounds of a road adjacent to the railway would be balanced by the positive benefits of an improved access to Aristotle
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Widespread alienation
Sir, I've no wish to bore your readers by protracting this correspondence with British Waterways but I would simply like to correct Mr Whyatt (Letters, June 23) on one matter. It's not a question of my "feeling" that BW's actions have alienated the community
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Better response?
Sir, We were interested to read the report of Thames Water's response to the failure of the water supply to Chinnor in your paper (June 23), compared with our own village's experience when our supply was cut on May 4. Using Thames Water's own figures
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Historic highlight
Sir, How does Didcot Power Station get the privilege of boasting that Oxfordshire has existed for 1,000 years when it has only been part of it for 32 years? Mary Pickles, Oxford
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Pitfalls of potholes
Sir, I'm right trumpets Mr Gray (Gray Matter, June 2). Well, of course he is. However the issue is whether everyone else is, therefore, wrong. Let's (or let us) go back to the original point. Mr Gray aggressively defends Alas the path continues only
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Author turns detective
A THRILLER writer has turned into a real-life detective to track down burglars who broke into her Oxford home. Burglars raided award-winning author Joan Brady's house in Walton Well Road, Oxford, and escaped with hundreds of pounds worth of electrical
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Final farewell paid to Iraq attack victims
FAMILY, friends and colleagues in their hundreds paid their final respects to Flight Lieutenant Sarah Mulvihill, the first British servicewoman to be killed on duty in Iraq. Flt Lt Mulvihill, who was based at RAF Benson, died when the helicopter she
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New figures target 'coasting' schools
THE latest drive to improve Oxfordshire schools is to be targeted at "coasting" schools that appear to be performing well, rather than those at the bottom of league tables. Using sophisticated data produced by the independent education organisation
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Dummy latest weapon in war on speed
RESIDENTS in a North Oxford street have set up a dummy speeding camera as their latest weapon in an ongoing battle with speeding motorists. Ted Dewan, 45, of Beech Croft Road, Summertown, and his neighbour Ed Pentz, made the fake speed camera from
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Museum buzzes
The Oxford Museum of Natural History was 'Creating a Buzz About Insects' on Saturday to mark National Insects Week. Pictured is insect expert Chris Jarvis with a Giant African Millipede
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Minister launches bicycle initiative
PARENTS were told to ditch their people carriers and get their children to cycle to school at the launch of a multi-million pound initiative this week. Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander laid out plans for a new cycle to school initiative as parents
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Boatyard owner to put art on fence
A RAZOR wire-topped fence beside the Oxford Canal could be adorned with artwork in a bid to appease residents. The controversial 11ft fence surrounding Castle Mill Boatyard, in Jericho, could be "brightened up" by art, according to British Waterways
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Radio presenter in fresh cancer battle
BBC RADIO Oxford presenter Alison Booker, who underwent a double mastectomy three years ago, has revealed she is suffering from inoperable cancer. The mother-of-two, from Wantage, has been told she could have as little as three years to live after a
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Rocket Man jets into town
HE was one of the biggest stars ever to perform in Oxford. Since the concert date was announced last October, Sir Elton John fans from across Oxfordshire and beyond had been eagerly waiting for the big day to arrive. And about 16,500 people took their
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Museum entry made free to wipe out debt
CITY councillors have come up with a plan to erase the Museum of Oxford's £127,000 deficit they want to get rid of entry charges. From mid-September, visitors to the museum in Blue Boar Street, Oxford, will not be charged the current £2, £1.50 and
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County is coming together on NHS
FIFTY thousand Oxfordshire people have now joined forces in a bid to prevent cuts to the county's health service. In a two-pronged attack, 30,000 people signed a petition to save the county's community hospitals, while a further 17,000 signed a petition
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Stars turn out for festival of speed
Former F1 world champion, Damon Hill, has confirmed his attendance at the Festival of Speed, which is to be held on July 7, 8 and 9 in the grounds of Goodwood House. Six other F1 world champions are already confirmed: Mika Hakkinen, Nigel Mansell, Sir
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Roadtest: Coupe de grace
Any car maker which produces a vehicle with smooth flowing lines, a beautifully-crafted interior and a fantastically powerful and economical engine must be on to a winner. Er, well, maybe. Peugeot's 407 Coupe has all the fundamental components of a
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£1,000 prize offered to young writer
A new award that sets out to find young people with a love of cars, travel and words has been set up in memory of one of Britain's most respected award-winning motoring writers, the late Phil Llewellin. Phil, who died suddenly last year while on holiday
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Regiment marches into history books
OXFORD city centre came to an abrupt halt on Tuesday as officers and men from The First Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (1RGJ), performed their last Freedom of Entry to the City. Marching at their customary 'double' time 144 paces to the minute
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Risky charge
Sir, Apart from the common objections to the proposed charge for parking permits, the council has not considered the issue of residents being encouraged to convert their front gardens to parking spaces to avoid the charge. In flood areas this is deemed
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Reinstate hospital bus
Sir, Further to Sally Servian's comments (Letters, June 23) about the discontinuing of the number 14 bus service, I work at the Churchill Hospital as a nurse starting at 8am for which the No. 14 bus served admirably as I live on Headley Way below the
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Ban photographers
Sir, The argument concerning students jumping off Magdalen Bridge seems to continue. Surely there is a positive, and I believe, a reasonable solution to this. It should be possible to get all Oxford colleges to agree that any undergraduate or graduate
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Planning context
Sir, Under your headline Fears over 75,000 homes (June 23) there are a number of attempts to place this level of growth in context and make the implications more readily understood. Then under Muddy Waters the leader raises questions about the involvement
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Unfailing kindness
Sir, At the moment one hears and reads of nothing but complaints about the National Health Service. There is however a positive side to it which I have experienced. I was recently hospitalized for several weeks in the Fulbrook Centre which is attached
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Recycling energy
Sir, As I pounded away on a treadmill at the Ferry Centre gym this morning I pondered on the furious pedalling and rowing, lifting and pulling, stretching and bending going on around me and thought, not for the first time, that surely there is a boffin
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Act locally
Sir, T. King and others (Letters, June 16) still fail to understand the ecological linkage between what they believe to be the "superb" wildlife habitat of the Trap Grounds reedbed, and the adjacent Trap Grounds scrubland which is being promoted for development
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Diverse entertainment
Sir, In response to a letter (June 23) from Margaret Maden, The New Theatre Oxford, like all Live Nation venues, is totally dedicated to presenting a rich and diverse mix of entertainment throughout the course of any given year. We regularly review
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One man's seat . . .
Sir, Do please tell me. Do your lead motoring correspondent and Mr Jeremy Clarkson have an arrangement either with each other, or their respective newspapers? While Jeremy slags off pretty well everything he reviews, Mr David Duffy never has a bad one
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Precise business
Sir, The theatre at the Said Business School (Report, June 23) does not complete the circle, and is, therefore, not an amphitheatre. As I wrote to you in an earlier letter on this subject (March 23, 2001), if you can't be pedantic about these matters
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High praise for schoolgirl entrepreneurs
A GROUP of teenage entrepreneurs have won a top award. Jinx, a company run by girls from Oxford High School, claimed the overall title at the South East regional final of the Young Enterprise Awards. Now they will go on to the national final next
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Changes could be made to 'old-fashioned' Lord Mayor's parade
A VOLUNTARY organisation may end its involvement with the Lord Mayor's parade in Oxford after playing a part in the event for 30 years. Oxford Isis Lions collected just £240 for charities at this year's Gala Day, which traditionally ends the parade,
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Herceptin could cost county's NHS £3m
FINANCIALLY-troubled NHS primary care trusts in Oxfordshire could have to find another £3m to fund the breast cancer drug Herceptin. Draft guidance on the use of the drug for the treatment of early stage breast cancer was issued earlier this month after
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Audi fizzes with power
The latest Audi V8 engine with advanced FSI direct petrol injection technology transfers from the acclaimed Q7 quattro SUV to four A6 and A8 models. Priced from £44,475, the new A6 4.2 FSI quattro Saloon and Avant variants are available to order, as are
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Day trips are a shore thing
Families living on Oxford's Barton estate who struggle to afford a holiday have the chance to see the seaside this summer. Thanks to the hard work of resident Sue Holden, families on the estate will be able to feel the sand under their feet at Bournemouth
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OAP in power prices battle
An eagle-eyed Harwell pensioner has won a price battle with Southern Electric. When Reg White's electricity bill landed on his door mat last week he gave it his full attention - and his scrutiny paid off. During the period of the bill the price per
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Boy drowned in river swim
A schoolboy drowned in the River Cherwell in the centre of Oxford last night despite valiant attempts by friends to save him. The teenager, a girl and other friends are believed to have gone into the river at a spot known as 'the Rollers' at University
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Jungle drums beat for Hugh
City worker Hugh Sawyer, whose six-week camping trip turned into a year-long stay in an Oxfordshire wood, is at last quitting his camp - for the Ecuadorian jungle. Oxford law graduate Mr Sawyer, 33, has been living in a wood at Lewknor, near Thame,
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Club drums up support with fun day
When Nick Merry bought Oxford United from Firoz Kassam three months ago he vowed to give the club back to the community. And he'll be doing just that on Saturday, July 8, when United throw open their doors for a family fun day. Fans old and new will
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Pitch invasion
Market traders in Bicester are upset after a stallholder was asked to move from outside Marks & Spencer's new store. Raz Harji, whose stall has been on the same pitch in Sheep Street for nearly two years, said he was asked to move on Friday after being
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Alive with a taste of the world
Cowley Road will come alive on Sunday as it hosts the Eat the World festival. The festival, which is replacing the Cowley Road Carnival, will see the Oxford street buzzing with international food stalls, music, street theatre, dance workshops, cookery
