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Campaigners in road deaths plea
With the death toll on Oxfordshire's roads for this year already exceeding the total for last year, victims, relatives and road safety campaigners are appealing for motorists to drive more carefully. So far 47 people have died in crashes and campaigners
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Marathon ends in controversy
The Abingdon Marathon ended in controversy today when organisers disqualified the winner because he failed to officially enter the race. Colin Paton, 33, from the British Army's Athletic Association, was first home in two hours, 34 minutes and 41 seconds
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Renault on top of the world
THE Enstone-based Renault F1 team retained both the drivers' and constructors' world championships after today's Brazilian Grand Prix. Oxford-based Fernando Alonso finished second at Interlagos behind Ferrari's Felipe Massa, to become only the eighth
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Schumacher suffers qualifying misery
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa starts today's Brazilian Grand Prix from pole position after Michael Schumacher's car suffered a problem, leaving him tenth on the grid. World champion Fernando Alonso, driving his last race for the Enstone-based Renault F1
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Trolleys blight city streets
HUNDREDS of shopping trolleys are being dumped in city streets, blighting the landscape, an investigation has shown. In the space of just an hour and a half, a drive around East Oxford found 11 shopping trollies dumped on pavements and in gardens.
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Plaudits for university library
OXFORD University's Library Service has been recognised as a collection of outstanding national and international importance. The Government's Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) has named the service as one of four in the country which have
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Reader spots mystery beast
ANOTHER reader has contacted The Oxford Times with a story of seeing a cat-like creature near her home. When health care assistant Sue Porter saw other readers' tales of big cat sightings near Faringdon, Yarnton and Charlbury, it triggered memories
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Graffiti artists get their own 'canvas'
GRAFFITI artists will get their own "canvas" in the form of a wall in Eynsham next week. The village's Neighbourhood Action Group has joined forces with police to provide the wall at the skateboard park in Oxford Road from next Thursday. The wall is
