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United held after controversial late penalty
OXFORD United set a new Conference record, and new club record, by making it 16 games unbeaten at the start of the season, when they were held 1-1 at home by Altrincham. After Matt Day had given them the lead with a long-range drive nine minutes into
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Death of a slug
Hi, and welcome to my new blog. I make no apologies for my first blog being about the dreaded slug. Is it just me, or are the slugs even bigger this year? It must be the wet weather and the lush growth fattening them up. I planted my broccoli in a fleece
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Rammed for Ramsey
Hundreds of people queued up to meet the swearing king of the kitchen Gordon Ramsay at a book signing in Oxford yesterday. An estimated 600 people stood in a line which snaked around the basement floor and the ground floor of Borders bookshop, in Magdalen
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Prison escapee caught pink handed
Prison escapee Liam Phipps was yesterday recaptured by police - wearing a short pink dressing-gown. A public tip-off led police to Weldon Road, in New Marston, Oxford, where they discovered 28-year-old Phipps. He tried to flee wearing the dressing
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Ramp demo halts bus
A wheelchair user held up a bus in a one-woman protest after a row about getting on. Mandy Cook, of Pennywell Drive in Cutteslowe, Oxford, wheeled her chair into the path of the Oxford Bus Company vehicle in Barns Road on Thursday, stopping it moving
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Town’s farewell to its regiment
Sid Moody was quite clear as he watched the Royal Berkshire regiment march through Wallingford for the last time in its present guise - he doesn't want it to lose its local links. The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry exercised
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Accuser speaks out about sex attacker
A woman who once accused sex attacker Daniel Williams of raping her last night spoke of her relief that he was back behind bars. Williams, 19, from Didcot, was cleared of raping the woman in her home but last week was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence
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Family anger at Barrymore panto role
The father of a man who died on Michael Barrymore's Essex estate is trying to stop the star performing at Oxford's New Theatre next year. The troubled television celebrity, best known for Strike it Lucky and My Kind of People , is set to star in the
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Judge says Pc must wear tag
An Oxfordshire policeman who beat a man while on duty and hit another when off duty has escaped a jail sentence. Jonathan Herbert, 34, was yesterday ordered to carry out 100 hours' community service, wear an electronic tag and go on an anger management
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Campaign hit by demo demand
Campaigners planning a march against health cuts claim they were asked to find £5m insurance cover before they could use an Oxford park as their meeting place. Today, supporters of the city's Keep Our NHS Public campaign will gather in Hinksey Park,
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Tree may get the chop
Council planners want to cut down a tree in Oxford - because they fear it could fall and kill someone. The owner has applied to have the ash tree in his Worcester Street garden removed, and a new sapling planted in its place. But the application was
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Hospital to hideaway for man shot at party
The man shot at a party in Barton has left hospital and is living at a secret location. Niall Sterry, 40, was shot twice in the leg following violent clashes three weeks ago outside his home in Ilsley Road, Barton, Oxford. Yesterday Det Insp Simon
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Victim waits to speak to police
A Stonesfield man is disgusted he has still not heard from a police officer 10 days after he reported his £13,000 caravan stolen. The caravan was taken from a barn in a farmer's field next to Stephen Davies' house overnight between Wednesday, October
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Thermometer push to cut down illness
Health managers are advising residents to buy thermometers to help the fight against flu this winter. Oxford pharmacist Paul Jenner, based in Cowley Road, is one of a number of pharmacists promoting the message "How Hot Are You?" to encourage people
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Did Subway go under the law?
Planning chiefs at Oxford City Council will investigate the legality of two Subway restaurants in east Oxford. They will look into claims that the popular sandwich chain is flouting the area's tough planning laws. A decision will have to be made on
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Horton waits to learn fate
The consultation period on the future of The Horton Hospital in Banbury finished yesterday, with campaigners submitting a critical response on the proposed cuts in services. More than 20,000 people have signed a petition against the Oxford Radcliffe
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Bullying project expands
A project to combat bullying at an Oxfordshire college has won an award allowing it to be used across the country. Abingdon and Witney College has won first prize in the National Association of Managers of Student Services' Award for Innovation. Prize
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Ale and hearty
Real ale fans are drinking the town dry at the ninth annual Oxford City Camra beer festival. The festival has been taking place at the Town Hall, St Aldates, since 5pm on Thursday and will end when the beer runs out late this evening. Organiser Tony
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United manager sets runners on their way
OXFORD United manager Jim Smith will set more than 800 runners on their way at Blenheim Palace tomorrow to raise money for Oxfordshire hospices. Mr Smith, who lives in Woodstock, where Blenheim Palace is situated, will start the run at 10.30am. Runners
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Drivers warned of ring-road disruption
DRIVERS have been warned to expect disruption on Oxford's ring road at the end of this month. Oxfordshire Highways will be putting up new signs directing visitors to the hospitals in Headington from Monday, October 23. The work is expected to take
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Mother criticises death-crash sentence
A MOTHER has criticised a decision not to fight the four-year jail sentence of the teenage driver who killed her daughter. Elizabeth Davidson has spoken out after the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said he would not refer 19-year-old Nolan Haworth's
