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Oxford Association could fold
BAR BILLIARDS: The Oxford Association is on the brink of folding after 72 years. The shock news comes after Bar Billiards Ltd - the company that provides all of the sport's tables throughout Britain - informed the league that they are to cease trading
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Murder charge man 'made threat'
JURORS heard today how a man who denies murdering two fellow squatters said he would "get his own back" on them just days before they were killed in a house fire. James Cox, 63, of no fixed abode, stands accused of killing Sian Sanchez, 36, and Howard
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Accused man 'made threat'
Jurors have heard how a man who denies murdering two fellow squatters said he would "get his own back" on them just days before they were killed in a house fire. James Cox, 63, of no fixed abode, stands accused of killing Sian Sanchez, 36, and Howard
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Parents want a slice of £1m
PRESSURE was mounting tonight for Oxford City Council to demand part of a £1m windfall to spruce up scores of its rundown play areas. Oxford is one of five district councils in the county vying for a slice of cash from the Government. The grant is
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Nightclub to close for six weeks
OXFORD City Council suspended The Imperial nightclub's licence following a hearing last month. A deadline passed at midnight on Tuesday for the club's managers to appeal. The club, in Park End Street, has not appealed and must close until Wednesday
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Staff uncertain as toy firm sold
Toy seller Toyzone has been sold just days after going into receivership - but headquarters staff are still uncertain about their future. New owner, toy distributor J. A. Magson, immediately announced the HQ would be moving from Wallingford to York.
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Motors banned from Mayor's parade
Susanna Pressel is ditching tradition for this year's Lord Mayor's Parade around the streets of Oxford. The incoming mayor - the city's 46th - has opted for a more humble and greener occasion than her predecessors. Instead of waving to the crowds
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Five charged over street fight
Five teenagers have been charged with violent disorder following a street fight in James Street, East Oxford, on Monday. Haroon Mohammed, 19, of Golden Road, Oxford, and four teenage boys, three aged 17 and one aged 16, who cannot be named for legal
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GOLF: Garner is new skipper
The Wychwood's new skipper Phil Garner will not be lacking captaincy experience after driving in at the west Oxfordshire club. Garner, 62, was a highly successful Oxfordshire cricket captain in the 1980s, leading them to win the Minor Counties Championship
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Imperial to shut for six weeks
Oxford City Council suspended The Imperial nightclub's licence following a hearing last month. A deadline passed at midnight on Tuesday for the club's managers to appeal. The club, in Park End Street, has not appealed and must now close until Wednesday
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GOLF: Results round-up
SHAW GIBBS OXFORDSHIRE FOURSOMES LEAGUE Section 1 Tadmarton Heath 2 (3pts), Burford 1 (1) (Tadmarton Heath first): I Manning & G Sambrook lost to S Hopkins & I Liddle 3 & 1, A Mason & S Hallam bt D Summers & J Lally 6 & 4, O King & M Hughes bt J Wilkes
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BOWLS: Results round-up
OXFORD & DISTRICT IBA Monday Morning League The Joes 16, Pebbles 14; Insmoor 11, Pirates 15; Beech Boys 9, CWG 19; Hardnuts 14, Maestro's 19; Angels 30, Nomads 15. Monday Evening Men's League Abingdon 10, Oh Eck 18; Dark Horses 15, Picklers 25; Brookside
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BOWLS: Sykes secures brace
Mark Sykes was crowned a double champion at the Oxfordshire Indoor finals. The Banbury Cross bowler took the singles crown with a 21-11 win over Brian Slatter, of Oxford City & County, in a contest that never reached the heights expected. And he then
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AUNT SALLY: Con Club at the double
North Oxford Con Club were celebrating a double after winning the Kidlington Indoor League Division 1 title and the Len Hill Cup. They pipped Gin'll Fix It to the title and beat the same opponents 16-2 to win the cup. John Brown hit a six to keep
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Must try harder
I have been feeling good recently - running well despite a lengthy lay-off for injury and cycling every day. Yesterday I had a cracking run up the muddy hill to Youlebury Scout Camp. One of the better runners I sometimes trail round it the wake of decided
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Concern for missing woman
POLICE today appealed for help in tracing a missing woman from Oxford. Police said there had been no contact with Georgina Lee, 23, of Witson Place, Cowley, since Monday and they said they were extremely concerned for her safety. Sgt Katie Barrow-Grint
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 69.75 BMW 2896 Electrocomponents 192 Nationwide Accident Repair 126.5 Oxford Biomedica 22 Oxford Catalyst 162 Oxford Instruments 191.25 Reed Elsevier 652.5 RM 202 RPS Group 301.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Concern for missing woman
Police have appealed for information on the whereabouts of a 23-year-old woman from Oxford who is missing. Georgina Lee, of Witson Place in Cowley, has not been since since Monday and officers said they were extremely concerned about her safety and
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RUGBY UNION: Chinnor close academy
Chinnor chairman Jeff Deighton says they remain committed to youth development - despite axing their academy. Academy coaches were left bemused by the surprise decision announced halfway through a training session, but Deighton said Chinnor will be
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Five charged over street fight
Five teenagers have been charged with violent disorder following a street fight in James Street, in East Oxford, on Monday. Haroon Mohammed, 19, of Golden Road, Oxford, and four teenage boys, three aged 17 and one aged 16 - who cannot be named for legal
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RUGBY UNION: Quins still building
Oxford Harlequins' director of rugby Matt Maudsley knows they must not get too carried away by their Oxfordshire Cup victory. The 30-21 defeat of Chinnor showed the levels Quins are capable of. But the relative gulf between the sides is illustrated
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Runners gear up for marathon
Runners from across Oxfordshire are gearing up for one of the most challenging and rewarding sporting events on earth - the Flora London Marathon, which takes place on Sunday. Completing the gruelling 26.2-mile course, which winds its way through the
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Five face disorder charge
FIVE teenagers have been charged with violent disorder following a street fight in James Street, East Oxford, on Monday. Haroon Mohammed, 19, of Golden Road, Oxford, and four teenage boys, three aged 17 and one aged 16, who cannot be named for legal
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CRICKET: Shahbaz is new skipper
Shahbaz Ali has been made Kidlington's captain for the forthcoming Home Counties Premier League season. The Oxfordshire batsman, who is also a part-time bowler, was appointed by director of cricket Dave Taylor. "Shahbaz has been at the club a long
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No sympathy
I agree with Peter Challis's letter about the withdrawal of the No 10 bus from Littlehay Road and Rymers Lane at Cowley, Oxford, with almost no publicity (Oxford Mail, March 31). My husband needs to attend the John Radcliffe Hospital regularly and I
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Death prompts safety appeals
Motorcyclists and villagers are pushing for greater safety on a notorious stretch of road after the death of a rider. Mark d'Ardenne, 22, was killed in a head-on crash on the A4074 Dorchester bypass on Saturday afternoon after visiting Fox's Diner at
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ATHLETICS: Home comforts as Owain enjoys White Horse win
Owain Bristow proved a popular winner of the 26th White Horse Half-Marathon at Grove as he carried the colours of the home club. In the chilly and very wet conditions of thawing snow, Bristow led for most of the race to see off his fellow competitors
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Two-faced ministers
It appears that several Cabinet ministers are two faced - they are pretending to side with local campaigns against the closure of local post offices and, at the same time, voting in Parliament for the closures. How many other MPs have done the same?
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BAR BILLIARDS: Gladiators shine
Johnsons Buildbase Oxford & District League Section 3 side Gladiators Club B pulled off a remarkable aggregate victory over Section 2 champions Berinsfield Club in the Team Knockout quarter-final, writes PETE EWINS. Trailing 3-2 and 800 points down
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ATHLETICS: Kuester storms to second
Bicester's David Kuester came second in the South East Counties Throwers Association second pre-season Weights Pentathlon Competition at Ewell Court, Epsom. Kuester, who also competes for Oxford City Veterans, was in the 60-65 age group where he put
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Back to front
The late comedian, Bob Monkhouse, summed up the political situation in Zimbabwe very well. I cannot remember the exact quotation, but the gist of it was - how can you trust a politician whose name spelt backwards is E BA GUM? I think he was right
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Be counted
I am glad that there has been more publicity recently about this extremely offensive Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. The Government has tried to get it through Parliament and on to the statute books, without really publicising its true aims
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Don't belittle the rank and file
If the words of Caroline Flint, the Government Housing Minister, were correctly reported, one would believe that Tony Henman is a house owner because of luck. Nothing to do with years of studying, then practising law in a busy Oxford office. The way
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ATHLETICS: Silver glee for Phelps
Headington's Andy Phelps was the second Vet 45 home in the Chedworth Roman Trail 10-mile race. CHEDWORTH ROMAN TRAIL 10 Headington Roadrunners: 15 A Phelps 1.06.08 (2nd V45), 220 H Turley 1.30.45. OTHER RESULTS PARIS MARATHON Witney Roadrunners:
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ATHLETICS: England call-up for Lily
Burford School high-jumper Lily Cartwright has been selected by England for an Under 15 indoor competition in Birmingham on Saturday. Cartwright, 14, qualified by winning a preliminary round in Portsmouth and has already jumped 1.5m.
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New chapter for PCSOs at Bodleian
PART of one of the world's most famous libraries is to be turned into a police office. The Bodleian Library will house Oxford University's four new dedicated police community support officers. The university is helping to pay for the Pcsos
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ATHLETICS: Ashton gets off to a flier
Witney Roadrunner Mathew Ashton is finally reaping the reward of his Stateside move after shattering his personal best by 32 seconds in his first outdoor track race of the American season at Stanford University. Ashton (pictured), who is on a two-year
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The Insider
You might have read Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate Steve Goddard's latest propaganda sheet. But do so with caution, because you might get the wrong end of the stick. The pamphlet - titled SOS for the NHS - shows the Oxford East candidate,
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ATHLETICS: Plateau ready to scale heights
Oxford's Carolyn Plateau insists she is ready to translate her promising junior form into senior success after being handpicked to attend Dame Kelly Holmes' athletics training camp. The 19-year-old, from Headington, was one of 40 youngsters invited
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Hip hop to it!
London's calling for 27 young Oxford dancers who are set to perform in front of thousands of people at one of the country's most prestigious entertainment venues. A team of street dancers from KC's School of Dance have been training at the Blackbird
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My flood hit home is falling apart
A pensioner is still waiting for repairs to start on her home which was devastated by last summer's floods. Lesley Lovell's house in The Causeway, Steventon, was submerged under 4ins of water on July 20 last year following torrential downpours. However
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An Important Journey
Last month saw full houses and an amazing experience in which young people from age 6 to adult demonstrated what can be achieved with hard work and co-operation. Journeys To Freedom was both unique and stimulating. If only those readers who have commented
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New chapter for PCSOs at Bodleian
Part of one of the world's most famous libraries is to be turned into a police office. The Bodleian Library will house Oxford University's four new dedicated police community support officers. The university is helping to pay for the Pcsos to patrol
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New train link on line
New rail operator Wrexham & Shropshire has confirmed it will launch its services linking Oxfordshire with Shropshire and North Wales later this month. The firm, which is part-owned by Chiltern Railways' parent company Deutsche Bahn, will start running
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Half the woman I used to be
Janet Ball is half the woman she was after losing more than 10 stones in a life-changing trans- formation. Miss Ball, 39, from Rawthey Avenue, Didcot, was forced to ask for a seatbelt extension on a flight to Amsterdam five years ago, because it would
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Blackie the lap hunter
Blackie is a beautiful 4 year old semi-long haired cat that was brought into The Blue Cross as her owners were no longer able to care for her. She is a very affectionate cat who loves to curl up on a nice warm lap. She can be a little wary at first
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47 drivers stopped in roadside check
ALMOST 50 drivers were stopped for traffic offences in a two-hour roadside speed check in Steventon today. Officers from the Roads Policing Department, alongside Road Safety Constables and Road Safety Officers (RSOs) from Oxfordshire County Council
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Drivers fined in speed checks
Police caught 37 speeding drivers in two hours during stop-checks in an Oxfordshire village. The operation was held in B4017 High Street, in Steventon, between 8am and 10am today. They stopped 37 speeding drivers. Ten were fined £60 and given three
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Strays safe in council hands
Councils across Oxfordshire have hit back at animal welfare groups who claimed they might not be able to deal with 24-hour care for stray dogs. District councils took over responsibility for dealing with lost dogs from the police on Monday. Oxford
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Daughter 'didn't mean to kill herself'
The parents of a woman found hanged believe their daughter had not meant to kill herself, an inquest heard. Emily Jane Mander, 31, was found hanging from the bannister at her parents' house in Stansfield Close, Headington, at about 2am on February 22
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Heat on over sunbeds
Tanning salons in Oxfordshire have defended their safety measures saying fears about the danger of youngsters using sunbeds were exaggerated. The Tanning Shop in Blue Boar Street, Oxford, and The Brown Experience in Wootton Road, Abingdon, support a
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Fire crews prevent thatch blaze
FIREFIGHTERS managed to stop a small fire destroying the thatched roof of a home in Uffington today. Fire crews said the fire at a two-storey house in Woolstone Road was caused by a faulty light fitting in the bathroom. They were called at 7.40am
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Thatched roof caught fire
Firefighters managed to stop a small fire destroying the thatched roof of a home in Uffington this morning. The fire at a two storey house in Woolstone Road was caused by a faulty lightfitting in the bathroom. Fire crews were called at 7.40am and
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Police continue kidnap inquiry
POLICE investigating the abduction of a 15-year-old girl in Oxford by a gang of men will carry out house-to-house inquiries in Cowley today. The teenager, who escaped unharmed, was grabbed outside the Spar Shop, Dunnock, Way, Blackbird Leys, on Sunday
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Kidnap enquiries continue
Police investigating the abduction of a 15-year-old girl in Blackbird Leys by a gang of men will carry out house to house enquiries in Cowley today. The teenager, who escaped unharmed, was grabbed outside the Spar Shop, Dunnock, Way, on Sunday evening
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Ski death boy hit tree
A SCHOOLBOY who died when he smashed into a tree on a family holiday was skiing too fast and wearing the wrong kind of head protection, an inquest heard yesterday. Benjamin Trichler, of Uffington, had been wearing a helmet designed for skateboarding
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Sex for sale next to school
POLICE swooped to close down a brothel operating yards from an Oxford primary school as part of a clampdown on the city's sex trade. About 20 officers raided the house in Marston Road, near News Marston Pre-School and St Michael's CofE Primary School
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Fruitful life
Young mum Jasmine Parker couldn't have had a better 18th birthday present. After an anxious six-month wait, she has had a kidney transplant operation and hopefully, can now look forward to a more fruitful life. We wish her well.
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Lessons to be learned
Our hearts go out to the family of schoolboy skier Benjamin Trichler, who died after crashing into a tree in America's Rocky Mountains. An inquest heard that he was skiing too fast on the piste, and was wearing a skateboarding helmet, which was not
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Home with a tale of pirates
Margaret and Ray Young will have lots to tell their family and friends now that they are home from their round-the-world cruise. The sudden impounding of their ship off the coast of Madeira will add plenty of spice to the story of their three-month
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Ski death boy wore wrong helmet
A schoolboy who died when he smashed into a tree on a family holiday was skiing too fast and wearing the wrong kind of head protection, an inquest heard yesterday. Benjamin Trichler, from Uffington, near Wantage, had been wearing a helmet designed for
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'I was victim of identity fraud'
MOTHER-of- two Lorna Rivers always thought she was careful when it came to protecting her identity. She shredded old bills and correspondence and guarded her Internet shopping passwords closely. But one day last year, a harmless looking piece of
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Dentist allowed to return to work
A DENTIST who lied about his surgical experience before giving a lecture to a room packed with Oxford graduates and surgeons can now return to work. Vishwadev Anand embellished his CV and boasted of having published articles in a magazine that did
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Venus gets a surprise visit from cops
Police swooped to close down a brothel operating yards from an Oxford primary school yesterday as part of a clampdown on the city's sex trade. About 20 officers raided the house in Marston Road, near News Marston Pre-School and St Michael's CofE Primary
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Kidney donor found for young mother
YOUNG mother Jasmine Parker is celebrating being given "the best 18th birthday present ever" after undergoing a life-changing kidney transplant. Miss Parker received the call she had been praying for in the early hours of Friday morning. A kidney
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Career puzzle was easy to solve
KIM Abrey has never pulled a pint in her life - but that will not stop her taking charge of an Oxford pub this week. Mrs Abrey, 47, and her family are moving into the Red Lion, in Oxford Road, Old Marston, and the former crossword compiler is promising
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Kidney donor found for young mum
Young mum Jasmine Parker is celebrating being given "the best 18th birthday present ever" after undergoing a life-changing kidney transplant. Miss Parker, who was first featured in the Oxford Mail last month, received the call she had been praying for
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BMW to close staff nursery
PARENTS have said they face paying out thousands of pounds in extra childcare costs after BMW Mini decided to close a nursery for children of staff. About 30 families use the nursery, which has been running on land adjoining the BMW site, in Cowley
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Hospitals' staff are a happy lot
Hospital staff in Oxfordshire are among the happiest in the NHS according to a new survey. The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals in Oxford and The Horton, in Banbury, is in the top 20 per cent
