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Button ready for tough US test
Jenson Button will be inspired by baseball's most successful team, the New York Yankees, when he attempts to rescue his season in this weekend's United States Grand Prix. The Englishman put another trying weekend at the track behind him by taking time
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ANGLING: Farmoor sport on top form
Trout 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
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Escaped prisoner feared jail drugs
Robber Andy Ivison fled Spring Hill open prison because he was worried he would get hooked on the drugs easily available there. Former addict Ivison - who once beat a shop assistant with an iron bar - added he would have given himself up to police after
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Pals prepare for homelands clash
Today England will face their oldest allies, Portugal, in the quarter finals of the World Cup, and for 90 minutes all old friendships will be cast aside as they battle it out for a place in the last four. The two nations have been allies since 1373,
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Proud father pays tribute to Hassan
The heartbroken father of 15-year-old Hassan Hussain who drowned in the River Cherwell said his "special" son was a star, who lit up everything he touched. Grief-stricken Bashir Hussain said his life would never be the same again after the tragic death
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City bids for olympic honour
The Olympic Torch could be carried through the streets of Blackbird Leys, Rose Hill and Barton on route to London after Oxford positioned itself at the forefront of preparations for 2012 Games. Oxford was first off the starting blocks yesterday when
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Jail for death smash driver
A disqualified driver killed his girlfriend when the stolen car he was driving hit a wall at high speed. Lee Bayliss, 28, of Banbury Road, Oxford, pictured, smashed the car into a wall in the village of Wytham, near Oxford, at 2pm on April 22, killing
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Gardener off to Asia to build school
A landscape gardener has set himself a Groundforce style challenge to rebuild a school in an earthquake-ravaged region of Pakistan in just six days. Brian McCawley, who runs Cotswold Garden and Design in Carterton, is flying to the scorchingly hot Jhelum
