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Film director’s wife killed
The woman killed by a train at Wolvercote was last night identified as the wife of a famous Polish film director. Officials formally identified the woman as 53-year-old Irina Pawlikowska,corr who lived in Lincombe Lane in Boar's Hill, Oxford. She
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Teenager denies sex attack
A teenager yesterday admitted to a jury he was a burglar but denied being the man who sexually attacked a student at her college. Sead Mirvic, 18, of Ingle Close, Northway, Oxford, stands accused of burglary, sexual assault and causing grievous bodily
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Murder accused ‘caused problems for ex-wife’
A jury was told today how murder accused Allan Kimber caused problems for his ex-wife and her new husband. Kimber, 41, denies shooting Gary Morgan, 37, in the neck near the victim's home at Danesbrook Farm, Stanton St John, on October 17 last year.
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City pubs to get star rating
Every pub and bar in Oxford city centre is to be ranked in a league table, showing how responsible they are. Every one of the 70-odd premises in the city will be given a grading of three to five stars for the way they manage their premises, in a football
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 97.5 BMW 2850 Electrocomponents 279.75 Isoft Group 56.25 Oxford Bio 29.25 Oxford Instruments 203 Oxonica 143.5 Reed Elsevier 594.5 RM 176 RPS 232.5 Torex Retail 39.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 97.5 BMW 2850 Electrocomponents 279.75 Isoft Group 56.25 Oxford Bio 29.25 Oxford Instruments 203 Oxonica 143.5 Reed Elsevier 594.5 RM 176 RPS 232.5 Torex Retail 39.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Uni climbs world rankings
Oxford University is the third best university in the world, new rankings have revealed. The QS World University Rankings by the Times Higher Educational Supplement (THES) put American university Harvard in first place, followed by Cambridge and Oxford
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Jobs loss fear at hospital
Hospital staff say hundreds of local jobs could be threatened by the outsourcing of secretarial work to foreign workers in India or the United States. Fears that the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust might transfer a hefty slice of clerical and
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Bonjour, me hearties...
After several happy visits to the Western edge of France, Reg Little and his family were pleasantly surprised to find a town with more than a passing likeness to the set of a certain swashbuckling film... On the narrow bridge that separates the historic
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Vicious show
A gripping revival of Edward's Bond's 1981 Royal Court success Restoration by Headlong Theatre Company - previously known as the Oxford Stage Company - is packing in audiences at the Playhouse this week. Rupert Goold's lucid and extremely well-acted
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Drivers stuck in 15-mile jams
Thousands of drivers have been caught in M40 tailbacks up to 15 miles long for three mornings running - but highways officials cannot agree on the cause. The queues on the southbound carriageway have stretched from junction 9, where the A34 meets the
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Student victim of sex assault
A burglar sexually assaulted and "savagely beat" a student at an Oxford college, a jury heard yesterday. Sead Mirvic, 18, of Ingle Close, Northway, Oxford, denies attacking the student, who cannot be identified for legal reasons. He is accused of
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Social workers are assaulted
Social care workers have been subjected to a catalogue of assaults and abuse in the course of their duties across Oxfordshire. Files obtained by the Oxford Mail using the Freedom of Information Act show that frontline staff - including occupational
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Permit bid may cost city dear
Oxford City Council's chances of winning a High Court battle to stop controversial parking permit charges are only 50-50, the Oxford Mail has been told. As Town Hall chiefs prepare to decide whether to take on Oxfordshire County Council over the issue
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Builders vanished
A village pre-school spent £13,500 on renovations - only for the builders to vanish without finishing the job. Sticky Fingers, in Dark Lane, Sunningwell, near Abingdon, was left with a leaking roof and double-glazed windows with pools of water and condensation
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Swimming and getting nowhere
So Oxford won't be getting an Olympic-style swimming pool after all. What a surprise. We thought when the idea was first mooted that it was pie-in-the-sky. And so it has proved. The city council has realised that it can't possibly find the money for
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Pathetic lives
Not content with reporting people for smoking, I see we now have a website where people can be reported for driving misdemeanours allegedly perpetrated by the public (Oxford Mail, September 28). Forgive my mistake, but I thought that it was the job
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PCSOs fulfill a valuable role
In reply to Derek Smith, Use the money on real police, (Oxford Mail, September 29), it is not my place to comment politically on the funding for these new and valuable Police Community Support Officers. But cost must be a consideration because, as he
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The Insider: October 5, 2006
GREEN Party city and county councillor Sushila Dhall probably came up with the best and most plausible reason for missing this week's city council meeting at Oxford Town Hall: she has potentially-fatal viral meningitis. Ms Dhall had been complaining
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Van and trailer crash
The driver of a Ford Transit van carrying a VW caravan on a trailer escaped injury when the van overturned on the A40 near Witney. The accident happened on the A40's eastbound carriageway between the Witney and Ducklington turns at 12.34pm today.
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Big rise in bus use
A BIG rise in passenger numbers has been recorded by the Oxford Bus Company, reversing a decline reported to MPs only three months ago. The company says passengers travelling on its buses shot up by almost eight per cent over the last six months, with
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Oxford is third best university in world
OXFORD University is the third best university in the world, new rankings have revealed. The QS World University Rankings by the Times Higher Educational Supplement (THES) put American university Harvard in first place, followed by Cambridge and Oxford
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A cellar could be your best seller
A couple of years ago, I wrote a piece for the Financial Times on the growing fashion for building new wine cellars in your home or installing trendy, new wine fridges. The reasons why people are doing this, of course, are pretty obvious. Wine is becoming
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Today's local share prices (AM)
AEA Technology 97.5 BMW 2862 Electrocomponents 280.75 Isoft Group 56.5 Oxford Bio 29.5 Oxford Instruments 202.5 Oxonica 144 Reed Elsevier 599.25 RM 176 RPS 232.25 Torex Retail 41 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Today's local share prices (AM)
AEA Technology 97.5 BMW 2862 Electrocomponents 280.75 Isoft Group 56.5 Oxford Bio 29.5 Oxford Instruments 202.5 Oxonica 144 Reed Elsevier 599.25 RM 176 RPS 232.25 Torex Retail 41 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Fine wine £99
2005 Pinot Gris Villa Wolf: If you only drink one German wine this year, make sure it's this one! Why? Because of its gorgeous white peach and grapefruit freshness. And with richness, structure and balance to boot, I can assure you it's a million miles
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Boris - in words and video
It was a typical day in the life of Boris Johnson. Within minutes of telling me he would never ditch his eccentric image, he sparked yet another storm after apparently denouncing Jamie Oliver's healthy eating crusade. Even for the Henley MP it was impeccable
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Dead man in woods identified
The rough sleeper found dead in an Oxford wood on Tuesday was a Polish man who died of alcohol related natural causes, police have revealed. Woods near Jackdaw Lane, off Iffley Road, were cordoned off yesterday and late on Tuesday as police looked for
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Toddler snatch: man arrested
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a Range Rover in Headington which contained a two-year-old girl. The £25,000 vehicle was stolen from outside a family's home in Headington on Tuesday and dumped half an hour later in
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Dead man died of drink-related causes
THE rough sleeper found dead in an Oxford wood on Tuesday was a Polish man who died of alcohol-related natural causes, police have revealed. Woods near Jackdaw Lane, off Iffley Road, were cordoned off yesterday and late on Tuesday as police looked for
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Man arrested over toddler car theft
A 29-YEAR-OLD MAN has been arrested over the theft of a car that had a young girl asleep on the back seat. The man, who has not been charged, was arrested on suspicion of theft, burglary and false imprisonment. He is now in police custody. The incident
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Passing a decade of growth
North Oxfordshire's organic gardeners mark ten years of growing popularity, writes PETER BARRINGTON For Molly Gatling going organic was a natural step from the time of the Second World War when people had to make the best of scarce resources and
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Kentissimo in the heart of Oxfordshire
The landscape gardens of Rousham House are regarded among the finest of William Kent, writes CHRIS KOENIG One veteran of the Battle of Blenheim, whose family had been Oxfordshire residents long before the former Royal Park upon which Blenheim Palace
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Taste of the season
This autumn's Apple Days boosted by huge crops, writes VAL BOURNE I'm weighed down with a glut of apples and pears, kindly provided by neighbours in my village. The plums on their trees are so laden that several branches have snapped under the sheer
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An empire built on furniture
Self-assembly furniture began in the days of the British Empire as a series of antique exhibitions show, writes SYLVIA VETTA I wonder what British officers take with them to Afghanistan and Iraq? Thanks to Christopher Clarke Antiques, I know what
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Sting in the tale
NICOLA LISLE talks to Oxford's Stile Antico With a prestigious award to its credit, a CD release in the offing, and an invitation to collaborate with rock legend Sting, the 12-strong vocal ensemble Stile Antico is flying high. And now, five years
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Sailing the ocean blue with Gilbert and Sullivan
NICOLA LISLE talks to the director and cast of Opera della Luna's HMS Pinafore as they prepare for the Oxford Playhouse A ship that is assembled in front of the audience. An exceptionally seasick Sir Joseph. Principals doubling as chorus. It could
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Schools are failing citizenship test
Government 'British values' agenda is meeting resistance, writes TIM ROSS A quarter of schools are failing to teach children about the workings of British democracy and their rights and responsibilities as citizens, inspectors have warned. Ofsted
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Literary giant discusses his work at the QI Club
'My name is Frank Bascombe. I am a sportswriter." Already these few words - the first two sentences, the first paragraph, of Richard Ford's 1985 novel The Sportswriter - are among the most familiar lines in 20th-century American literature. Their down-to-earth
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Misfires still have much to interest
A crushing sense of despondancy is made all the more unbearable by a fleeting moment of hope in Man Push Cart, a poignant slice of sidewalk life from Iranian-American director, Ramin Bahrani. Having lost his wife and been separated from his son, Pakistani
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The Departed and The Devil Wears Prada
Based on the 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, Martin Scorsese's latest tale of betrayal and deception in the underworld melds stellar performances with earthy dialogue, punctuated with explosions of violence. The Departed bears all of the veteran
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Thames Consort: St Peter's Church, Wallingford
This year's Music at St Peter's season came to a close on Saturday with its customary finale by the Thames Consort. A joyous, celebratory mood pervaded the evening in a programme dominated by Bach, with a little Vivaldi sandwiched in between. First
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Cathy Marston: Wycombe Town Hall
Cathy Marston has an interesting track record as a dancer, and also now as a choreographer, and at Wycombe Town Hall on Tuesday we saw three works performed by the seven dancers she calls the Cathy Marston Project. In the middle of this trio, and at
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Restoration: The Oxford Playhouse
Edward Bond's 1981 play Restoration is at the Oxford Playhouse until tomorrow in a new production by the Headlong Theatre Company, which was previously known as the Oxford Stage Company. Like much of Bond's work, it is a dark piece of writing. It ridicules
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FOOTBALL: U's will learn from reprieve
Jim Smith believes his Oxford United players have learned their lesson from Tuesday night's 2-2 draw at home to lowly Southport. And it's come at just the right time ahead of another tricky match, and another potential banana skin, when the U's make
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Oxford Chamber Music Festival: Sheldonian
Contemporary composers can sometimes take themselves just a little too seriously. Not Thomas Larcher, however. His Mumien for cello and piano was played at the opening concert of this year's Oxford Chamber Music Festival. As the piece was about to start
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SPEEDWAY: Lanney's year of torment
Aaron Lanney's first season at the helm of Oxford speedway certainly was a baptism of fire. He couldn't have had a worse start, even though he acquired the services of six-times world champion Tony Rickardsson. But while the Swede could wipe the floor
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Oxford Chamber Music Festival
Three composers, each with a different anniversary to celebrate, were the focus of this year's Oxford Chamber Music Festival. By Friday evening, Shostakovich appeared to have been given the boot, leaving us with Schumann and a double dose of Mozart. I
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SPEEDWAY: Aussie ace Wiltshire facing up to dilemma over his future
Todd Wiltshire admits that his future with Oxford - and speedway itself - is in limbo. The 38-year-old Australian has retired twice before, once because of a serious back injury and supposedly for good a couple of years ago. However, a breakdown of
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Mark Ramsden: The Spin
The autumn season at the Spin kicked off with a guest soloist who was back in Oxford having played here to very appreciative audiences several times over the past few years. Saxophonist Mark Ramsden approaches his music with a very individual mix of reverence
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FOOTBALL: Latimer hat-trick caps dream debut
Autotype UTV League: Martin Latimer smashed a hat-trick on his Robin Hood debut as Division 3A underdogs thrashed ten-man Division 1 outfit East Hendred 7-3 in the first round of the Devenney Cup. Lee Beer (2), Ian Park and Craig Mays got the others
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Collutorium: Keble College Chapel
Collutorium . . . strange name. It denotes an a capella group of singers, founded in 1996 by doctors from the Radcliffe Infirmary to raise money for local charities. Perhaps the medical connection explains that name - actually the Latin for mouthwash
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FOOTBALL: Ace Jacobs sinks Saxon
Morrells of Oxford Sunday League: Oxford United Supporters kept up their recent form as they twice fought back to beat Saxon Warriors 3-2 in Division 1. Stewart Parsons fired Saxon into a 15th-minute lead. Ten minutes later, Shaun Jacobs levelled,
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FOOTBALL: Duo are on song
OFA Sam Waters Cup: Aaron Armstrong and Colin Ryan bagged braces as Barton United marched into the second round with a 4-2 victory against visitors Star Wanderers. Barton cruised into a 2-0 lead before Lee Keyes converted a Jon Crump cross to reduce
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BAR BILLIARDS: Didcot storm in
Didcot Conservative Club crushed newly promoted Gladiators Club B 5-0 in the Premier Division of the Oxford & District League. Dave Tooke (7,880), with a lost break of over 7,000, Mark Trafford (4,890), Jenny Abbott (5,010), Stuart Florey (7,930) and
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ICE HOCKEY: Easy does it for depleted Stars
Easy Chalmers played a leading role as depleted Oxford City Stars cruised to a 5-1 victory in their second English League South match of the season against Romford Spitfires. Stars went into the game missing Andrew Cox and Alan Green, but had the crowd
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CRICKET: Now Rowant 3rd miss out
Aston Rowant and Milton Keynes Park are the latest clubs to fall foul of The Oxford Times Cherwell League's tough stance on administrative irregularities. Rowant's 3rd XI, who finished runners-up in Division 9A, have been denied promotion for fielding
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BOWLS: OIBA open with victory
The Oxford Indoor BowIs Association kicked off their new season with a 20-shot victory over Oxford City & County. Mick Major, the OIBA, president, led the team but suffered a defeat in his rink.
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TABLE TENNIS: Walker brothers on song for Upton
The Walker brothers starred as newcomers Upton moved up to third place in Division 2 of the Didcot & District League, Skipper Stuart Walker completed a treble as Upton beat Abingdon D 6-4, while his brother Gareth won twice. RAL B went top of the
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Cost sinks an olympic dream
There are choppy waters ahead for swimmers in Oxford after it was revealed there is no cash to build an Olympic-size pool for the city. The revelation has seriously dented Oxford's chances of hosting international swimmers staying in the UK ahead of
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Shot man tried to drive home
A man shot in the neck got into his car and attempted to drive home after the shooting, a jury heard. But Gary Morgan, who was killed near his home at Danesbrook Farm, Stanton St John, made it less than 40 metres back up the country lane before losing
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Idea refloated
Plans to modernise the Abingdon Boat Centre with a restaurant with views over the Thames have been revived. The scheme was dropped four years ago by centre owner Len Baker, following a disagreement over the length of the lease that the owners of Nag's
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Park will stay open
A Didcot park that has been a site of vandalism and teenage binge drinking will not be locked at night, despite calls from residents. Ladygrove Park has also suffered from graffiti and boy racers over the summer months - but Didcot Town Council says
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No police call after dog theft
A family who had their dog stolen from their family home claim police are not doing enough to reunite their terminally ill son with his pet. A man stole the dog from the Richardson family, who live in Abbot Road, Didcot - after dad Adrian left him alone
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GOLF: Results round-up
OXFORD LADIES Par Competition - Silver Div: 1 T Holder +1, 2 A Clarke -4. Bronze Div: 1 M Peddie level, 2 M Butcher -3, 3 P Dudding -6. OXFORD CITY Mixed Open: 1 S Townsend & T Arnold (Caversham Heath) 39pts, 2 S Arnold & S Webb (Henley & Caversham
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GOLF: Duo dominate meeting
CHIPPING Norton and Frilford Heath shared the top prizes during the Oxfordshire Ladies County County Golf Association's Autumn Meeting at Carswell. The Chippy trio of Sheila Jones, Ann Johnson and Jenny Reynolds scored the most points of those starting
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GOLF: Favourites crash
NORTH Oxford and Studley Wood pulled off upsets to reach the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League knockout final. The pair will battle it out at Burford on November 4 after overcoming last year's Section 1 champions Oxford City and trophy holders
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Poison tragedy hits city’s twin
Up to 70 people are feared dead and more than 800 have been hospitalised after bars mistakenly sold methanol in Leon, Oxford's twin city in Nicaragua. Rogue traders have been blamed for the crisis, which has left many young people badly injured - some
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GOLF: Chippy on brink of top title
CHIPPING Norton look a good bet for the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League Section 1 title after defeating leaders Tadmarton Heath 2-. They now trail Tadmarton by just one point with two games in hand thanks to victories for Mark Stanton and Tom
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Murder trial jury told killer was 'lying in wait'
A MAN shot in the neck by a killer who had "laid in wait for him" got into his car and attempted to drive home after the shooting, a jury heard. But Gary Morgan, who was killed near his home on Danesbrook Farm, Stanton St John, made it less than 40
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Brewery backs Botham
HOOK Norton Brewery is backing cricket legend Ian Botham's latest charity walk in aid of leukaemia research. The village brewers have produced a special beer - Beefy's Bitter - as the former top sportsman starts his "Beefy Bowls Out Teenage Cancer"
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Plea for mercy copter
THE director of an air ambulance service, which covers North Oxfordshire, has appealed for public donations to keep the service running. Andy Williamson, of the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, which is used in emergencies in the Banbury
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Dancing returns to historic town hall
FOR the first time since it was built, Banbury town hall will open on a Sunday for music and dancing - for the town's annual folk festival Ceilidh sessions. The festival, which begins on Friday, October 13, and runs for three days, will occupy three
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Electoral forms are sent out
RESIDENTS are being asked to save money by returning their Electoral Registration forms. The forms lists everyone who will be living in the area on October 15, 2006, and who will be eligible to vote. Cherwell District Council is urging residents to
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Youth project grants on offer
GRANTS of up to £5,000 are available for youth projects in Northamptonshire. Anyone wanting to set up facilities for ten- to 19-year-olds in their area can apply for a slice of at least £200,000 worth of funding from Northamptonshire County Council.
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Digging for wildlife
SEVEN Oxfordshire farmers have joined forces with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to boost the county's wildlife wetlands. A unique rotary digger, owned by the RSPB, has been in the county helping the farmers create wet pools and ditches
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More deaths on the road
DEATHS on Oxfordshire's roads went up last year but fewer people were seriously injured. New figures released last week showed a significant drop of 14 per cent in the number of people badly hurt in road crashes - but 40 victims lost their lives, compared
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Police issue warning on bogus water men
TWO men posing as water engineers tricked their way into a house in Chipping Norton and stole property from a bedroom. At 2.45pm on Tuesday two men went to the door of a property just off Cornish Road and told the elderly owners they were checking for
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Pool plea floated again
THE campaign to save Banbury's open-air swimming pool took a cautious step forward on Monday when Cherwell District Council's executive agreed to look again at the controversial issue. The executive could now include the Woodgreen pool in its overall
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Car-free plan gets go-ahead
A £2.2m plan to pedestrianise Parsons Street and part of Market Place in Banbury was given the go-ahead by Cherwell District Council's executive on Monday. The work could start in 2008, five years after the scheme was first suggested. The original
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Experts dispute trust's claims
CONSULTANTS advising local authorities on health issues have disputed claims by the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust that treatment in Oxford would be cheaper and safer than at the Horton Hospital in Banbury. The ORH Trust is making cutbacks to wipe
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Pool hopes dashed
A LACK of cash to build an Olympic-size pool for Oxford has seriously dented the city's chances of hosting international swimmers staying in the UK ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. The plug was effectively pulled on the 50m pool plan after the cost
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Phillips scores top-ten finish
ABINGDON racer Nick Phillips enjoyed his most competitive outing to date in the Cosworth Caterham Masters at the Monza circuit in Italy. The 50-year-old motorsport journalist, who was sharing his 260 horsepower Cosworth CSR with his friend Nigel Bent
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County's new fire chief
A NEW chief fire officer has been appointed by Northamptonshire County Council. Martyn Emberson, aged 47, will take up the post in December, moving from his current role as deputy chief fire officer for Nottinghamshire. He said: "It is an honour to
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Youth project grants on offer
GRANTS of up to £5,000 are available for youth projects in Northamptonshire. Anyone wanting to set up facilities for ten- to 19-year-olds in their area can apply for a slice of at least £200,000 worth of funding from Northamptonshire County Council.
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Councils: Are you happy?
RESIDENTS are to be quizzed on what they think about council services. A comprehensive survey on public satisfaction with local authorities will soon be delivered to homes across Oxfordshire. The county's six councils have joined forces to commission
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Householders to get recycling tips
RESIDENTS in Brackley are to get tips on recycling as part of a "go greener" campaign by Northamptonshire County Council. Householders are being encouraged use their kerbside collections to recycle more of their household waste. Leaflets, being distributed
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Vandal-hit park to stay open
A DIDCOT park blighted by vandalism and anti-social behaviour will not be locked at night despite calls from local residents. Ladygrove Park has suffered from vandalism, graffiti, teenage binge drinking and boy racers over the summer months. But Didcot
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Peers academy plan passes first hurdle
A PLAN to replace Peers Techonology College in Littlemore with an Academy has passed its first major hurdle. Oxfordshire County Council has agreed that the scheme should be examined in detail and it is to back an approach to Government, which could
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Scout group celebrates diamond date
BANBURY'S oldest Scout group will celebrate its 60th anniversary next month. The 2nd Banbury Methodist Group was originally formed in the 1920s. Members are planning a special weekend of events. On Friday, November 24, there will be a reunion of
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Doctors tell of fears over cut-backs
FAMILY doctors have branded cutbacks to children's and maternity services at Banbury's Horton Hospital as unsafe and inhumane. In a report, the doctors have questioned whether Oxford-based clinicians have a genuine commitment to children's health in
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Chickens dumped in village
THE RSPCA is appealing for witnesses who saw 15 chickens being dumped on a bridle path in Sunningwell . The animal welfare charity was called last Sunday lunchtime after a white Transit-style van was seen with a crate near Dark Lane. When the vehicle
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Police warn over snatch thief
POLICE are urging people in Banbury to keep their doors and windows secure after two similar thefts in recent weeks. In the first a thief reached in through an open window to steal steal eight rings lying on the window sill while the homeowner did some
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'Pavement parkers' cause misery
SELFISH "pavement parkers" are causing misery for pedestrians who are forced to either squeeze past cars or walk in the road, endangering their lives. Cheryl Symons, who is disabled, is exasperated with motorists who block access by parking on kerbs
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Death-blaze man named
A 47-YEAR-OLD man, who died after fire swept through his Woodcote bungalow, has been named as Hugh Morton. His 77-year-old father escaped the blaze in Behoes Lane after being woken by the fire at 2am on Saturday. Thirty-seven firefighters from Goring
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Riverside restaurant plans revived
PLANS to upgrade the Abingdon Boat Centre with a restaurant with views over the Thames have been refloated. The ambitious scheme appeared to be dead in the water four years ago following a row over the terms of a new lease but now the idea has resurfaced
