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POINT-TO-POINT: Redman happy to see Midnight strike
Home By Midnight, from Lynn Redman's Tetsworth stables, timed it just right to score at the Vale of Aylesbury with Garth & South Berks Hunt meeting at a wintery Kimble on Saturday. The nine-year-old was a length and a half down on Five Seven Live at
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Richards relieved to break duck
JUSTIN Richards was a relieved man after finally breaking his duck with his first Oxford United goal - at the ninth time of asking. He got the second goal in United's 3-0 win at Halifax, with a delightful finish from Matt Green's cross, and also made
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Easter comes in all shapes and guises
Easter has been celebrated over the years in Oxfordshire with bonnets and eggs of all shapes and sizes, writes Eva Emendoerfer. It may not take long to eat them, but decorating them can be a long and painstaking process, as the picture (1) shows.
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Children off for fun in the sun
Bags packed, these children were heading off for a day of fun. They and their mothers were from the Sunday Schools at East and West Challow. They were taking a break from their Bible studies to enjoy a few hours at Hinksey Park in Oxford in August
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Youngsters were eager
The Sunday School at Summertown, Oxford, was clearly a popular one. Thirty-five children, aged from three to 11, are in this picture taken in 1943. It was brought to Newspaper House by reader Margaret Chaundy. She was the 18-year-old teacher at
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Eggcitement
How many bites can we get out of this? No wonder these little girls look puzzled, writes Eva Emendoerfer. This Easter egg must have been 50 times larger than any they had seen in their short lives. Four-year-old twins Myfanwy, left, and Johanna
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FOOTBALL: City boost promotion bid
Oxford City 5 (Lyon 5, 17, Pond 11, Gunn 25, Bell 90) AFC Hayes 1 (James 65) OXFORD City boosted their promotion challenge in Division 1 South & West with a scintillating first-half show to blow away AFC Hayes at Court Place Farm. City stormed into
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FOOTBALL: Controversy surrounds Powell equaliser
Didcot Tn 2 (Rusher 17, Powell 90) Paulton Rov 2 (Shepherd 12, Hulbert 14) PAUL Powell headed a controversial last-gasp equaliser as promotion-chasing Didcot Town salvaged a point in Division 1 South & West at the npower Loop Meadow Stadium. With
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FOOTBALL: Abingdon's late show seals win
Abingdon Utd 3 (Holden 11, Herbert 87, Meade 89) Thatcham Tn 0 ABINGDON United were flattered by the scoreline as they netted twice in the last three minutes to claim victory over Thatcham Town in Division 1 South & West. It was becoming a nervy
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FOOTBALL: Blossom blooms to boost Banbury
Banbury Utd 2 (Murphy 37, Blossom 88) Cheshunt 1 (Farrell 71) SUBSTITUTE Wayne Blossom returned after a five-match ban to snatch a dramatic winner for Banbury United in the Premier Division - and send Cheshunt down. Blossom came on in the 84th minute
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FOOTBALL: Letcombe bid dented
Cricklade1 (Cater 85) Letcombe1 (Brind) LETCOMBE'S promotion push in Division 1 West was dented as a late equaliser denied them victory at Cricklade Town. The Oxfordshire side held a one-goal lead with five minutes left only for Ben Carter to cut
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FOOTBALL: Reardon on cue for North Leigh
Almondsbury Tn0 North Leigh1 (Reardon 68) YOUNG Ben Reardon's second-half strike gave North Leigh victory in their Premier Division top-of-the-table battle at Almondsbury Town. Chris Allen's introduction after the break gave North Leigh the impetus
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FOOTBALL: Wantage cruise
Wantage Tn4 (Day 15, Keen 48, 67, Hall 83) Thame Utd1 (Hocking 88) DANNY Keen struck twice as Wantage Town coasted to victory against Thame United in the Soccer Kits Plus Supplementary Cup second round. Paul Day opened the scoring when he turned
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Rescued museum bursts to life
The first day of the new season at Cogges Farm Museum in Witney had an Easter theme - with children watching cakes being baked and hunting for hidden eggs. Yesterday, the museum, saved from the threat of closure, came back to life as it opened its gates
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Sudden death shocks family
The family of a man found dead in a Witney garden say they have been left devastated.o Daniel Mills, 23, was discovered half-naked in the back garden of a maisonette in Wadard's Meadow on Saturday morning. The owner of the property came across his
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Bus scheme unfair, says OAP
A pensioner has said a new national concessionary bus pass scheme was unfair, as the times the pass allows people to travel varies between districts. The new pass, which comes into force on April 1, entitles anyone over 60 or disabled to free travel
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Gallery scoops Diana pictures
A small art gallery has produced another scoop with previously unpublished pictures of Princess Diana. The Meller Gallery, in Witney, is hoping for the same sensation it aroused 15 months ago when it unveiled unseen photograhs of screen icon Marilyn
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Windy walk
Walkers braved the windy weather to keep a 45-year-old village tradition alive on Good Friday. Dozens of people in Radley turned out to take part in the village's annual hike from the Bowyer Arms to Carfax, in Oxford, and back. The tradition started
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Bikers deliver Easter surprise
Bikers had a special delivery for sick children who spent Easter in hospital. Members of Fox's Motorcycle Club, based in Dorchester, rode to Asda, in Wheatley, on Saturday to pick up 10 Easter eggs donated by the store. Armed with the chocolate eggs
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Lion king falls for a queen
A new king of the beasts has arrived in west Oxfordshire this Easter. Raja the lion has come to provide company for lioness Akela, and they're getting on like a house on fire. The bonding programme is part of the plan by keepers at the Cotswold Wildlife
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Eggs reveal their secret
With snow flurries and icy gusts over the weekend, it seems hard to believe spring has officially arrived. But these ducklings - part of an environmental project at Marsh Baldon Primary School - decided to make an appearance just in time for Easter.
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Helping hand for hospitals
THE Oxford Hospital Services Charity has made grants of more than £11,000 towards improving patient care at the city's hospitals. It has bought pulse oximeters for the John Radcliffe Hospital cardiac department, to diagnose sleep disorders, and a hand-held
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Helping hand for hospitals
The Oxford Hospital Services Charity has made grants of more than £11,000 towards improving patient care at the city's hospitals. It has bought pulse oximeters for the John Radcliffe Hospital cardiac department, to diagnose sleep disorders, and a hand-held
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Pooh Sticks marks 25th anniversary
Hundreds of people from around the world are expected to descend on an Oxfordshire village next weekend for the annual World Pooh Sticks Championships. This year's championship, on the River Thames at Day's Lock, in Little Wittenham, will be held on
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Charity attacks judge's rulings
A children's charity has condemned the sentencing policy of an Oxford judge as "disturbing", after a second sentence in a child sex case he heard was referred to the Appeal Court. In January, Judge Julian Hall, sitting at Oxford Crown Court, imposed
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Nurse continues fight over injury
A NURSE who suffered a knee injury on a British Airways flight has vowed to continue her battle for compensation. Beverley Barclay, of The Chestnuts, Abingdon, lost her fight at the High Court last month when Judge Laurence West-Knights accepted BA's
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Ex-MP to speak at festival
Journalist and former MP Martin Bell has spoken about his new book as preparations for this year's Oxford Literary Festival get under way. Mr Bell's new book, The Truth That Sticks: New Labour's Breach of Trust, draws on his experience of politics and
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Villager celebrates 100th birthday
More than 50 friends have been toasting the health of a popular villager who has celebrated her 100th birthday. Shops in the village of Chadlington, near Chipping Norton, put up signs to wish popular pensioner Vera Webb many happy returns. The centenarian
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Sisters give up chocolate for Lent
Sisters Marica and Lauren Breakspear-Reading were able to gorge themselves on chocolate after giving up the sweet stuff for Lent, for the third year running. For 40 days and 40 nights, Marica, 10, and Lauren, eight, from Berinsfield, have resisted the
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Nurse takes injury battle to appeal
A nurse who suffered a severe knee injury on a British Airways flight has vowed to continue her battle for compensation. Beverley Barclay, of The Chestnuts, Abingdon, lost her fight at the High Court last month when Judge Laurence West-Knights accepted
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Teenagers give views on estate
Teenagers have voiced their opinions about life on an Oxford estate in a Big Brother-style documentary. A group of 12- to 16-year-olds have spent three months filming and editing a film about living in Barton. The 30 teenagers created a BB-style diary
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Author's visit thrills schoolchildren
Schoolchildren were delighted when a best-selling author dropped in. Pupils at Headington Preparatory School, in Headington Road, Oxford, thought they were attending an assembly about their favourite author, Jacqueline Wilson. But they were "gob smacked
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Villager celebrates centenary
MORE than 50 friends have been toasting the health of a popular villager who has celebrated her 100th birthday. Shops in the village of Chadlington put up signs to wish popular pensioner, Vera Webb, many happy returns. The centenarian was joined
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Concern voiced at park plan
Families in a tiny south Oxfordshire village fear plans for a 1,500-acre country park will turn the landmark Wittenham Clumps into a theme park. People living in Little Wittenham near Didcot say the proposals - published in a report by South Oxfordshire
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Plan to expand CCTV network
A SCHEME has been drawn up for a network of CCTV cameras to keep a close eye on crime and disorder in two west Oxfordshire towns. Both Carterton and Chipping Norton would be linked in to the existing control room at Witney police station, which already
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Plans for park sparks alarm
Families in a tiny south Oxfordshire village fear plans for a 1,500-acre country park will turn the landmark Wittenham Clumps into a theme park. People living in Little Wittenham near Didcot say the proposals - published in a report by South Oxfordshire
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Villager celebrates her centenary
More than 50 friends have been toasting the health of a popular villager who has celebrated her 100th birthday. Shops in the village of Chadlington, near Charlbury, put up signs to wish popular pensioner, Vera Webb, many happy returns. The centenarian
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Raikkonen returns to winning ways
KIMI Raikkonen banished the memory of last Sunday's disastrous start to the season by claiming a comfortable victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver cruised home 19.5 seconds ahead of Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber with Heikki Kovalainen
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Witney body identified
POLICE today named the young man found dead yesterday in Witney. A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said the body had been identified as Daniel Mills, 23, from Witney. The spokesman said : "The next of kin have been informed. "The death is still
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Towns look into CCTV
A scheme has been drawn up for a network of CCTV cameras to keep a close eye on crime and disorder in two west Oxfordshire towns. Both Carterton and Chipping Norton would be linked in to the existing control room at Witney police station, which already
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UPDATE: Body identified in Witney
Police today named the young man found dead yesterday in Witney. A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said the body had been identified as Daniel Mills, 23, from Witney. The spokesman said: "The next of kin have been informed. "Officers do not
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Teens video opinions about their estate
Teenagers have voiced their opinions about life on an Oxford estate in a Big Brother-style documentary. A group of 12- to 16-year-olds have spent three months filming and editing a film about living in Barton. The 30 teenagers created a BB-style diary
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Dreaming of a White Easter?
Snow is continuing to fall across Oxfordshire on Easter Sunday for the first time in 10 years. The Met Office has renewed warnings for motorists to drive carefully as temperatures drop and icy patches form in places. Scattered showers and sunny
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Travel fears as snow arrives
OXFORDSHIRE woke to a covering of snow today as motoring organisations warned of problems ahead on the road. With snow settling in parts of the country, many motorists could face difficult driving conditions. The RAC said many families face a miserable
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Chef on mission to Bangladesh
OXFORD'S Bangladeshi community has got behind a bid to support long-term victims of last year's devastating cyclone. Chef Muhammad Ali, who works at Karma Restaurant in Oxford Road, Cowley, is planning to go to the country at the end of the month,
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Pupils spellbound by author
SCHOOLCHILDREN were delighted when a best-selling author dropped in. Pupils at the Headington Preparatory School, in London Road, Headington, Oxford, thought they were attending an assembly about their favourite author, Jacqueline Wilson. But they
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Mother gives a thousand thanks
A YOUNG mother whose baby son suffers from haemophilia has helped raise more than £1,000 for the hospital unit where he receives his treatment. Nikki Munn, 21, joined forces with mother Deirdre, 47, and partner Danny, 22, to raise £1,313 for the Churchill
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Gallery scores Di scoop
A SMALL art gallery has produced another scoop with previously unpublished pictures of Princess Diana. The Meller Gallery, in Witney, is hoping for the same sensation it aroused 15 months ago when it unveiled unseen photos of screen icon Marilyn Monroe
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Green gym celebrates birthday
THE country's first 'green gym' club, which combines keep-fit with doing practical conservation work, celebrated its tenth birthday with work at a nature reserve. Sonning Common Green Gym joined members of other green gyms for a work party cutting
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Hunt chocs
WATERPERRY Gardens, near Wheatley, is holding an Easter egg hunt today. The gardens are open from 10am until 5pm and the egg hunt costs £2.50 per child.
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Parking blitz in village
POLICE are writing warning letters to drivers spotted parking illegally in Berinsfield. Dozens of letters are being sent to residents where police have taken down registration numbers of vehicles seen blocking paths, disabled spots or parked too close
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Bikers arrive bearing gifts
CHILDREN across the county received a treat when an Oxford-based motorcycle club delivered them some goodies. Caldarium Motorcycle Club held its annual charity Egg Run donating 940 Easter eggs and 520 cuddly toys to children in Bicester, Abingdon and
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Mothers pledge to save play area
MOTHERS and children gathered at an Oxford play area to protest against plans to use the site to build affordable housing. Sermon Close, in Risinghurst, was one of 14 play areas recommended for closure by Oxford City Council last year. The council
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Update: Man's death 'not suspicious'
POLICE said that they were not treating the death of a man found in Witney as suspicious. They said a post-mortem examination held as part of an investigation into the man's death was inconclusive. The body of the man, in his late 20s or early 30s,
