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Vandals ransack school classrooms
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after vandals broke into Banbury School and caused extensive damage. They entered the Banbury School Site, Ruskin Road, sometime between 10pm on Friday and 8am Saturday and caused damage to the Lower School, Broughton
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 96.25 BMW 2732 Electrocomponents 247.75 Isoft Group 45.5 Oxford Bio 29.5 Oxford Instruments 203.25 Oxonica 148.5 Reed Elsevier 576.25 RM 177.75 RPS 235.5 Torex Retail 41.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 96.25 BMW 2732 Electrocomponents 247.75 Isoft Group 45.5 Oxford Bio 29.5 Oxford Instruments 203.25 Oxonica 148.5 Reed Elsevier 576.25 RM 177.75 RPS 235.5 Torex Retail 41.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Parking charge decision to be reviewed
THE decision by Oxfordshire County Council to charge Oxford residents for parking outside their own homes is to be scrutinised by a key council committee. A special meeting of the council's environment and economy scrutiny committee is being convened
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American Graffiti: We must stop this slavery to fashion trends
International fashion is a funny thing. Coming to Oxford last year, I prepared myself for a different way of dressing. My imagination conjured up images of Harry Potter, of smoking jackets and cravats, and of Donegal sweaters and thick woolly scarves.
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Turn eyesore into a showpiece
I have just come back from walking around the south of Christ Church Meadow in Oxford and was so disappointed to see how it is apparently being allowed to almost literally run to seed. The field immediately below the Broad Walk is a mass of thistles
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FOOTBALL: Patched-up Thame go down
Thame United gave their worst performance this season as boss Richard Searl was forced to name both chairman Jake Collinge and himself as substitutes for their Sport Italia Hellenic League Premier Division fixture at Bicester whch they lost 4-0. Their
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Shooting down gun crime fear
Our readers today will no doubt be shocked by the shotgun attack we've reported on. The incident at a birthday party on Oxford's Barton estate has left a man needing hospital treatment but his injuries could have been a lot worse. It comes not long
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Resign now over parking charges
Oxfordshire County Council has ignored the majority of people (68 per cent) who said they were opposed to parking charges being introduced for residents' permits (Oxford Mail, September 20). So much for democracy! This is the latest in a long series
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FOOTBALL: Wise hits treble in Witney feast
Witney Unitedwent goal crazy at Ford Meadow on Saturday as they crushed Buckingham Town with a magnificent 7-1 win in the first qualifying round of the FA Vase to book trip to Wantage Town in the next round. United powered forward from the off, going
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Abbey plans near finale
A £826,000 project to restore an important part of Abingdon's heritage has entered its final phase. The Abbey Grounds project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, will be completed with the restoration of the formal gardens, Abbey Close and Abbey Gateway
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Dropping in for a spell in cells
Yelling can be heard as two police officers bundle a drunken yob, kicking and screaming into a cell. Elsewhere in the custody suite a terrified student or professional who has never been arrested before sits wondering if they are about to get a criminal
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FOOTBALL: City run ended by Taunton
Oxford City's unbeaten run in Division 1 South & West of the British Gas Business Southern League came to a grinding halt against impressive Taunton at Court Place Farm on Saturday. There were early signs that City would have their work cut out as
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FOOTBALL: Didcot denied by own goal
Didcot had to settle for a share of the points in Southern League Division 1 South & West with a pulsating game 2-2 draw with Windsor & Eton at the Loop Meadow Stadium on Saturday. Windsor attacked almost at will for much of the first half as Didcot
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FOOTBALL: Abingdon fall in last minute
Abingdon United were deprived of a Southern League Division 1 South & West point when Brook House clinched a 3-2 victory in the last minute United put the visitors under the cosh at the start, but were under severe pressure themselves by the end of
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FOOTBALL: Banbury battle to a point
BANBURY had to battle hard for a share of the British Gas Business Southern League Premier Division points in aphysical goalless draw against unbeaten Merthyr at Penydarren Park on Saturday. The referee was kept busy throughout, with Merthyr winning
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Use our cash back facility, urges shop
A shop in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, is urging customers to use its cash back service to avoid being stung by cash machine fees. Deltey's Supermarket in Blackbird Leys Road is the only hole-in-the-wall cash machine available for more than 12,000 residents
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FOOTBALL: Rock-solid United
Jim Smith's focus on a rock-solid defence, and his capture of Welsh striker Rob Duffy, both seem masterstrokes after Oxford United stretched their unbeaten start to 11 games with a comfortable 1-0 win at Stafford on Saturday. The hosts never looked
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Bike thief strikes at crash site
Motorcyclist James Freeman-Gray survived a nasty crash after his accelerator jammed - but was gutted when thieves stole his bike three hours later. Mr Freeman-Gray, 25, was commuting from his home in Cowley, Oxford, to his office in Witney when he found
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We hunt down Oxford's good - and bad - souvenirs
Oxford is a city that holds many attractions for visitors - the beautiful college buildings, the world-renowned museums and art galleries, its bars and restaurants. And anyone who visits the city will want to take a little something back to remember
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Fostering service looks for pact
A new fostering service is set to be launched to help vulnerable children in Oxfordshire. Families are needed for the new service, which is being launched by Parents and Children Together (Pact) at the charity's annual lecture at Oxford Brookes University
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Vandals wreck play equipment
Children arrived at school to find their play area vandalised and equipment stolen. Youngsters attending Shepherds Hill Pre-school, based at Windale First School, in Windale Avenue, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, were upset to find their play garden ruined
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Subaru pair take top ten places
Banbury's Subaru World Rally team drivers Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson finished in the top ten of the Cyprus Rally. Solberg came in eighth, ahead of his Australian team-mate, but out in front Frenchman Sebastien Loeb continued to rewrite the history
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Fennymore does the double
Weston-on-the-Green racer Graham Fennymore was crowned Autosport Caterham Superlight Challenge Champion for 2006, winning one of the day's Silverstone races and finishing second in the other to clinch the title for the Hyperion Motorsport/Ambitions Racing
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Row from rave angers residents
Residents living in a village north of Kidlington called police after more than 200 revellers gathered at an open-air rave. Estimates of around 200 people attended an all-night open-air session in the disused quarry at the bottom of Mill Lane, Kirtlington
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'Curb drivers to end deaths'
More calls have been made for action to improve safety on a road which has claimed 10 lives in six years. As reported in the Oxford Mail on Saturday, a man died and another was seriously injured when a car hit a tree alongside the A4260 south of Deddington
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RUGBY: Palm injury worry for beaten Dark Blues
Oxford University were sunk by a last-minute penalty as they went down 19-17 to the Portugal national side. And to make matters worse for the Dark Blues, Danny Palm was taken to hospital with a suspected fractured cheekbone as tempers flared in the
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Parking permit fees face fresh scrutiny at council
The decision by Oxfordshire County Council to charge Oxford residents to park outside their homes is to be scrutinised by a key council committee. A special meeting of the council's environment and economy scrutiny committee is being convened, following
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RESULTS September 23-24
FOOTBALL NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE Stafford Rgrs 0, Oxford United 1. BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Merthyr Tydfil 0, Banbury Utd 0. Div 1 South & West: Abingdon Utd 2, Brook House 3; Didcot Tn 2, Windsor & Eton 2; Oxford City 1,
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Team effort to support Tracy
Young footballers touched by the plight of a cancer victim from their Oxford estate organised a sponsored run yesterday to pay for her to have a weekend away with her husband. Tracy Smith, from Blackbird Leys, was surprised when she heard that the Leys
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Man arrested after shooting at house party
Police investigating a shooting on Oxford's Barton estate have arrested a 34-year-old local man on suspicion of attempted murder. Armed officers were called to a house in Ilsley Road shortly after 11.20pm on Saturday after reports of a disturbance at
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Sailor vows to complete voyage
WHEN yachtsman Adrian Flanagan was swept overboard just days into his round-the-world voyage, he thought he might never make it home. But after 11 months battling fierce storms, monstrous waves and loneliness, Mr Flanagan, from Ludgershall, has finally
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Pair face court over stabbing
TWO teenagers are due to appear before magistrates charged with the stabbing of a 21-year-old man on Oxford's Blackbird Leys estate. A 16-year-old boy has been charged with wounding and a 17-year-old has been charged with wounding and actual bodily
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Police called after complaints over all-night quarry party
RESIDENTS living in Kirtlington called police after more than 200 revellers gathered for an open-air rave in a quarry. Estimates of about 200 people attended an all-night open-air session in the former Portland Cement Quarry at the bottom of Mill Lane
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Plea issued after fatal crash
MORE calls have been made for action over a notorious stretch of road which has claimed ten lives in six years. A man died and another was seriously injured when a car hit a tree alongside the A4260 south of Deddington on Friday afternoon. The accident
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Police launch new website
A NEW service which provides a link between the public and their local police officer is off the ground in West Oxfordshire. Whosmybobby.co.uk is a Thames Valley Police website specifically for the district, which provides up-to-date information about
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BTCC battle goes to Silverstone decider
THE battle to become 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Champion will come down to a three-way showdown between Matt Neal, Jason Plato and Colin Turkington on BTCC Finals Day at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire on October 15 following Sunday's
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Five boys robbed by horror movie mask gang
ROBBERS dressed in horror movie masks are being hunted after stealing from five boys in an alleyway. The two men stopped their victims in an alleyway between Oxford Road and Morton Avenue in Kidlington at 9.45pm on Sunday, September 17, and demanded
