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Chimney fire extinguished
Firefighters were called to a chimney fire at a house in Priestend, Thame, at around 8pm tonight. Two fire engines were called to the incident and firefighters took around half an hour to extinguish the blaze. No-one was harmed in the incident.
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'Tis the season to be racing...
Been to see my sponsors at Wiggle HQ in Portsmouth today to pick up my new race bike, the Focus Izalco Chrono, plus some other race kit ahead of the triathlon season. A great day and I now have a great bike to get well acquainted with before the Euro
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FOOTBALL: FOOTBALL: All to play for, says chairman King
North Leigh chairman Pete King says his players have a double incentive when they travel to Pegasus Juniors on Saturday. As well as chasing a tenth successive away win, they can cement their places in the line-up for next Tuesday's Oxfordshire Senior
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FOOTBALL: Didcot set for Williams boost
Didcot Town defender Andy Williams is set to end his injury nightmare after making a quicker than expected recovery from a hamstring tear. It was feared that the vastly-experienced former Oxford City and Thame centre back would miss the remainder of
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Pensioner 'stepped out in front of car'
AN off-duty policewoman told a coroner today she was driving within the speed limit when a man accidentally stepped in front of her Renault Clio. Alan Constable, 67, of Taphouse Avenue, Witney, died at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, in February
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Pensioner stepped out into path of car
An off-duty policewoman told a coroner today she was driving within the speed limit when a man accidentally stepped in front of her Renault Clio. Alan Constable, 67, of Taphouse Avenue, Witney, died at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital in February last
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Bikers say farewell to friend
A CAVALCADE of bikers honoured one of their friends today when they accompanied his funeral cortege to Oxford Crematorium. About 30 members of the Oxford chapter of the Harley-Davidson Club gathered outside the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady and
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Bikers say farewell to friend
A cavalcade of bikers honoured one of their friends today when they accompanied his funeral cortege to Oxford Crematorium. Around 30 members of the Oxford chapter of the Harley Davidson Club gathered outside the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady and
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Banned Foster can face Farsley
Luke Foster has been given a two-game ban for reaching ten yellow cards after he was booked during Oxford United's 3-2 defeat at Torquay on Tuesday night. But the central defender will be avalable for United's home game against Farsley Celtic on Saturday
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Chance for girls to shine
Oxford United's Girls Centre of Excellence is on the look-out for new players. The Centre will be holding a series of training assessment evenings for all age groups over the summer. They will be in the form of a technical session and small-sided
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Shoe repair shop shuts after 50 years
Stepping inside A Foster and Sons in Kidlington is just like walking back into the past. The shoe repair shop has remained relatively untouched for more than half-a-century and the homely smells of shoe leather, glue and polish seem familiar - even
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Family marks win’s 100th birthday
Family members said a great big thank-you to a "brilliant mum", as she celebrated her 100th birthday. As Beatrice Win' Brown toasted her health today she was joined by four generations of her family plus staff and residents of Townsend House residential
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Patto's praise for Rhodes
Oxford United boss Darren Patterson admits he tried to sign Jordan Rhodes, the outstanding young striker who came off the bench to score Ipswich Town's equaliser in their 1-1 draw against FA Cup finalists Cardiff City on Wednesday. It was the 18-year-old's
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Young players survive test
Mickey Lewis believes Oxford United are now seeing the benefit of giving some of their young players invaluable experience in more testing environments. It was evident in the 2-0 win over table-topping Plymouth Argyle that United's Under 18s chalked
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Architects appointed for Academy project
Oxfordshire County Council has appointed London-based HKR Architects to work on the controversial Academy at Peers School in Littlemore. The building of the Christian school, which is sponsored by Oxford Brookes University and the Diocese of Oxford,
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Supporters teams take on Belgians
An Oxford United supporters team are doing their bit for fostering links between clubs in different countries by playing against fans team in Belgium this weekend. The United team, managed by one of their players, John Matthews, are taking on the fans
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Teenager died from overdose
A MOTHER has spoken of her grief after her teenage daughter died of a drugs overdose in an Oxford flat - while living with a former policeman more than twice her age. An inquest heard today Jodie Simpson, 17, who grew up in Eynsham, died of a heroin
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Summertown set for summer of delays
Preparatory work on a project to improve road safety and ease traffic congestion in Summertown is set to start on Monday. In a bid to reduce accidents, a new pedestrian crossing is to be built near the Dew Drop Inn, in Banbury Road, and a 20mph speed
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TENNIS: Thame storm to one-sided victory
Thame got off to a flying start in the Wilson OLTA Division 2 of the Ladies 3-Pair League, whitewashing Banbury B 9-0 in the opening match of the season. And the victory was all the more remarkable as Thame dropped just 13 games in 18 sets on their
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RUGBY: Any win will do says Chinnor coach
"Win two games and we're promoted" - that's the message from Chinnor coach Jason Bowers ahead of of their trip to play the South West 1 basement club St Ives tomorrow. Victories over the struggling Cornish side and deadly local rivals Oxford Harlequins
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Teenager died from overdose
A mother has spoken of her grief after her teenage daughter died of a drugs overdose in an Oxford flat - while living with a former policeman twice her age. An inquest heard today Jodie Simpson, 17, who grew up in Eynsham, in west Oxfordshire, died
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College call for end to High 'vandalism'
OXFORD colleges have called for an end to the "vandalism" of the city's historic High Street by transport planners. All Souls and University colleges say one of Europe's most beautiful streets is being ruined by pollution, noise and clutter resulting
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Plan for homes on A34 bridge
A BRIDGE bearing homes and shops could be built over the A34 as the centrepiece of a new eco-town near Weston-on-the-Green. The developer says the high street of the new town would "float over" the busy trunk road to link the two halves of the proposed
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'Florence plan' for A34
THE developer behind the proposed Weston Otmoor eco-town says it expects the first homes to be occupied by 2012. The ambition of the scheme for settlement of 35,000 people on the A34 has already persuaded Housing Minister Caroline Flint to include it
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 69.75 BMW 2828 Electrocomponents 190 Nationwide Accident Repair 127 Oxford Biomedica 22 Oxford Catalyst 162 Oxford Instruments 200 Reed Elsevier 652.25 RM 203 RPS Group 303 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Appeal after sex assault
A man aged 42 has been arrested in connection with a sexual assault on a 20-year-old woman today. The woman was walking along Cowley Road, Oxford, at about 2am when a man came up behind her, threatened her and forced her into an alleyway, off Southfield
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Backstage gossip on the set of BLACKBIRD
I won’t lie, sometimes my job has some great perks to it! This week I got to take a trip down to the Rose Theatre in Kingston to attend the press day of BLACKBIRD – a show we have coming to us at the Playhouse later this month. This new venue was fairly
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Bright move for Oxford Instruments
Oxford Instruments has bought out a hi-tech firm in a deal worth more than £3m. TDI, based in the United States, produces the technology and processes which will allow Oxford Instruments based in Tubney Woods, near Abingdon to produce tools for the
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Man held after sex attack
A MAN has been arrested after a 20-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in an alleyway off Southfield Road, Oxford, at about 2am today. The woman was walking along the Cowley Road when a man came up to her from behind, threatened her and forced her
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Cabbages and Kings
To the casual observer, Woodstock was closed. In its defence, the clock had still to record 30 minutes past nine; the morning was misty and cold, and there were few people about anxious to browse around the array of interesting shops. Even the county
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Elderly woman assaulted
POLICE today appealed for witnesses after a group of men broke into an elderly woman's home, knocked her to the ground and stole her purse. Police said at about 4pm last Friday, a middle-aged man called at an address in Kingsclere Road, Bicester, posing
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No warning
It is all very well for Tim Sadler, Oxford City Council's executive director for city services, to say that 96 per cent of pensioners received their national bus passes in time (Oxford Mail, April 5). The fact remains that four per cent (several hundred
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ROWING: Appications flood in for Wallingford Regatta
Organisers of the Wallingford Regatta to be held on May 4, are delighted at receiving 500 entries within the first week after applications opened, writes Mike Rosewell Rachael Haycock, the regatta's entries' secretary admits to being amazed at the
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Peasants face rocky future
Is it any wonder that this once great nation of ours has gone to the dogs? In the situations vacant section of the Oxford Mail, 90 per cent of the jobs on offer are mainly for office and support workers, with very few for the manufacturing industry.
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Sat-nav battle steps up a gear
Damage to a 200-year-old bridge in Oxfordshire is being highlighted as part of a national campaign to stop drivers blindly following satellite navigation directions. The dashboard technology is diverting growing numbers of heavy lorries on to country
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RACING: Fitzgerald facing second op
Oxford's Nuffield Hospital had a bed ready for jockey Mick Fitzgerald as he continued to recover from a neck injury sustained in the Grand National at Aintree. The 37-year-old rider from Childrey, near Wantage, was unshipped from L'Ami at the second
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BADMINTON: Bradbury's a national champ again
Seventeen years after her unexpected singles win at the national championships, Julie Bradbury landed the National Veterans' Over 40 mixed doubles title. Bradbury (pictured right), now a married mother of two from Steventon, teamed up with former playing
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FIXTURES: April 11
SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. BLUE SQUARE PREMIER. Oxford Utd v Farsley Celtic. BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Premier Div: Banbury Utd v Hemel Hempstead. Div 1 South & West: Didcot Tn v AFC Hayes, Oxford C v Bridgwater, Windsor & Eton v Abingdon
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It's simple — it's yum or yuk
I KNOW nothing at all about cars. I expect them to have four wheels and get me from A to B. Despite that, I feel perfectly at liberty to comment on the cars I see on the road. I think the Aston Martin is a truly sexy car and I can see that there's
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Classic regions of France mixed case, £95
There is no doubt that France, in overall terms, and especially at the top end, produces the best wine in the world. This is the country that most of the new world producers look towards for inspiration. France produces an amazing array of wines from
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More runners set for marathon
Today, in the second of our three-part series, we meet more amateur runners from across Oxfordshire who are taking part in Sunday's Flora London Marathon... Chloe Russell's boyfriend James Cowan, who had Type 1 diabetes, died of severe hypoglycaemia
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Traders fear effects of development
Traders in Bicester claim they are already facing financial hardship because of the plans to redevelop the town. Parking has emerged as a big issue for traders and shoppers ahead of the start of work later this year on the £70m town centre redevelopment
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Gardener makes cut for show
Bright flowers will catch the eye of the crowds after an Oxford woman won a place at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in July. Headington gardener Caroline Duffy is hoping to impress the judges with her small garden design. Working with her
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Merv just won't listen
It is - just - conceivably possible that when Ben Bernanke, head of the US Federal Reserve, and Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, are considering altering monetary policy, that when they need expert advice my name is not the first that they
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Lewis star talks about love of city
After playing Inspector Morse's sidekick Sgt Lewis for so long, you would think actor Kevin Whately would know Oxford like the back of his hand. Having first appeared in Inspector Morse in 1987, the 57-year-old Geordie actor has been coming back to
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Festival mixes music and science
Music, science and literature are set to come together for Oxford's newest festival. Oxford May Music will be a six-day festival of concerts and lectures, running from Wednesday, April 30, to Bank Holiday Monday, May 5. It is the brainchild of violinist
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Who do you think you are kidding Dirty Den?
I had assumed Leslie Grantham would be monosyllabic, eyeballing me with that calm, menacing stare that the nation grew to love during his long stint in EastEnders as Dirty Den. I also assumed he would be hard work to interview, especially with so much
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Uncertainty over toy jobs
OXFORDSHIRE-based 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 that the headquarters would be moving
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Nuclear takeover
NUCLEAR safety firm RM Consultants has been taken over by French energy giant Areva for an undisclosed sum. RMC employs 45 people in Abingdon and 80 in total across four UK sites. A further 20 jobs are expected to be created this year. Spokesman Helen
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Wychwood brewery sold
THE former owner of the Wychwood Brewery in Witney says it has a rosy future following its sale to Midlands pub and brewing group Marston's. Chief executive Rupert Thompson said the deal was good news for staff because Wychwood could now sell more of
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Man arrested over fatal crash
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal collision in Arncott, near Bicester, last month. The 42-year-old man has been bailed until May 9. The collision happened at about 6.50am on Friday,
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Diploma will put pupils in fast lane
SCHOOL students in north Oxfordshire will soon have the chance to leave their classrooms for one day a week and train in the motorsport industry. A new college building in Bicester will offer a new engineering diploma from September to students aged
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Unipart for ever
At 60, John Neill shows no sign of slowing down. He eats, sleeps and dreams Unipart. He has worked for the company since he was 27, having become British Leyland's youngest managing director a couple of years later, when he took charge of the parts and
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I'm against Bullying if it's Friday
When I walked through the door into the Bully's backroom last Friday night, I felt myself slipping away from reality - and it wasn't because I'd had too much to drink. I began to regress rapidly towards a primordial state of mental awareness, and when
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History choice
Lucia in the Age of Napoleon Andrea di Robilant (Faber, £20) Two themes dominate this spendid book: the swathe of Napoleon that crushed Europe and the twilight years of Venice under the heel of France. There is a third, however, rising above the others
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Irish eyes
No-one seems to know the origin of the phrase "the luck of the Irish", or agree on its meaning. Is it really about good luck: shamrocks and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; or a bitterly ironic reference to the tragic events of Irish history
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Realism for teenagers
Crossover novels - what a good description for those items of fiction whose intended audience falls between adulthood and young teenagers. Leave the headache of deciding where to place them on the library shelves to the librarians; the reading of them
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Medieval marvels
MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS Roger Rosewell (Boydell Press, £39.95)When Henry VIII declared himself "Supreme Head of the English Church" in 1534, churches were destroyed and with them hundreds of wall paintings which, unlike stained glass or carvings, were
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Meteoric rise of Sia
Everyone is talking about Sia right now. But the only one who seems surprised is the woman herself. With her emotive vocal performances and captivating song writing, the Australian born former Londoner, has seen her reputation explode in her adoptive
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Growing ambitions
It's a bright April afternoon and one of Oxford's best-loved musicians is hard at work. Not in the studio, or even sound checking for a gig, but tending trees in a west Oxfordshire nursery. Olly Wills, frontman of country-rock band The Epstein, is
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Oxford Mail to hold Spielberg film festival
Voted the world's greatest film director by both critics and cinema-goers alike, his films have made nearly $8 billion (about £4bn) worldwide. Named by both Premiere and Empire - the world's two most popular film magazines - as the most influential
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Wine with the boss
DEAR JESSICA: My boss has invited me around for dinner. I want to be playful, but not give him the wrong idea. What wine do you suggest? A. There's nothing wrong going out for a meal with your boss as long as both of you understand what is expected
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It's Carnage
If there was a circle of hell reserved for vegetarians, Cowley Road's newest addition to world cuisine, Carne, would be it. While the name - which means meat in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and probably a few other languages I'm less familiar with
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Villagers first to view new rescue copter
More than 50 people in Weston -on-the-Green were among the first to see a new emergency helicopter to benefit Oxfordshire. The EC135 Eurocopter - which is more advanced than the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance's existing helicopter - landed
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Oxford features in Liverpool '08 festival
An amazing opportunity for young people aged 14 - 22 to take part in the European Capital of Culture Finale in Liverpool in December this year. Portrait of a Nation is a dramatic conclusion to the year in which young people from Oxford and other Capitals
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Yoga inspires estate
Middle aged people in Oxford are enhancing their physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing by taking yoga lessons. People aged over 50 are descending on The Clockhouse, in Long Ground, Greater Leys, for subsidised two-hour sessions in meditation and
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Peugeot steps up a gear
PEUGEOT has expanded the 308 hatchback range with the introduction of eight new models. Peugeot's 308 range benefits from the introduction of a new six-speed manual gearbox, available on the S, Sport and SE HDi 110 models. This new gearbox has been
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Honda hatch proves hot
Honda's latest, more refined Civic Type R is the biggest-selling three-door hot hatch in the UK. From its launch in March last year to the end of February, a total of 5,192 customers got hold of the keys to a Type R, making it Britain's most popular
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Newcomer scores world-class win
THE Mazda2 has been voted the 2008 World Car of the Year. From an initial entry list of 39 new vehicles from all over the world, the 2008 WCOTY title was announced at the New York International Auto Show. The Mazda2 edged out the Ford Mondeo and Mercedes-Benz
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The force is with you
WHEN it comes to a real sales coup for a car maker . . . may the force be with you. With 53 police forces throughout the UK, and each one investing heavily in vehicles of all shapes and sizes to fight crime, it all represents a sizeable amount of showroom
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Who was F1's best driver?
New titles from Haynes give detailed background on everything from Formula One to one of the world's most popular vehicles. In Analysing Formula 1, Haynes, £30, lifelong F1 enthusiast Roger Smith gives innovative insights into winners and winning
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On the move
In VW Transporter, Haynes, £19.99, Jonathan Harvey explores the phenomenal rise of Volkswagen's Transporter, which has surpassed even the Beetle in popularity. This is in no small part due to its rare combination of longevity and versatility that
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Roadtest: Bravo with brio
If Fiat had been looking for a neat little word to sum up the personality of its dashing five-door hatchback, brio would have done very nicely. As it turned out, the badge on the rear is Bravo, but perhaps that captures the vigour, vivacity and verve
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Fatal crash: man arrested
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal collision in Arncott, near Bicester, last month. The 42-year-old man has been arrested and bailed until May 9. The collision happened at about 6.50am on Friday
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Young man found collapsed
SCENES of crime officers are in Market Street Oxford, after a man was discovered collapsed in a public toilet today. Police officers were called to the toilets, near the Covered Market, Oxford, at 7.45am after a man was found. The man, in his mid
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Man found collapsed in toilet
Scenes-of-crime officers are currently in Market Street in the city centre, after a man was discovered collapsed in a public toilet this morning. Police officers were called to the toilets, near Oxford's Covered Market, at 7.45am after a man was found
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Village's memory to 'underrated novelist'
CHRIS KOENIG returns to Finstock where a blue plaque honours a famous author who lived in the village Last week I wrote about Finstock's Friendly Society, set up in the 19th century to help villagers through hard times. This week I was intrigued
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A charity counselling service to keep faith with
"I am really depressed." "I feel terribly guilty." "I'm just so angry. I am so hurt and I can't forgive." "I suffer from panic attacks." "My marriage is in difficulties." "I have recently lost my friend." "I can't find meaning to life anymore. I have
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Potty over agapanthus
VAL BOURNE offers some useful tips on a popular South African plant We recently held a Gardeners' Question Time for Bridewell Organic Gardens, an Oxfordshire charity that helps to "improve the emotional well being of adults who have suffered from
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Growing problem no longer
A partnership between the county council and the Oxfordshire Woodland Group aims to meet the need for more woodland, writes ELIZABETH EDWARDS A simple solution has been found to the problem of how to increase the planting of much needed trees
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Renowned pianist with 'interesting' reputation
NICOLA LISLE talks to leading concert performer David Owen Norris ahead of his recital in Oxford with Orchestra Europa It was the Toronto Globe and Mail that called David Owen Norris "quite possibly the most interesting pianist in the world". Throughout
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Bowling over the theatre audience
NICK UTECHIN talks to cricket commentator Henry Blofeld prior to his Evening with Blowers at the Oxford Playhouse next week It is a vexing question: what and who exactly constitutes celebrity culture' these days? There are the obvious fools who live
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I value my safety more than the law
A pleasing feature of a column such as this is the debate it stimulates with readers, both in the letters column of the newspaper and in my own mailbag (what, haven't you got one?). In respect of those writing directly to me, I would be happier if more
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MONKEYING WITH THE LANGUAGE
No journalist on a so-called quality newspaper would ever write 'shapeing', 'tapeing', 'gapeing' or 'rapeing'. And yet twice in recent months I have seen the use of the non-word apeing'. The first time was in a feature in the Independent by Robert Fisk
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US TOURISTS GO KILLING FOR KICKS
Some human instincts linger on for rather too long. In the days when people needed to hunt (or gather) to survive, it was probably natural to hunt animals. Nowadays hunting seems to be merely a bloodsport for the rich and the foolish. Louis Theroux's
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THE KINGHAM PLOUGH
In January of last year, Kingham was named favourite village in England by the discerning readers of Country Life. At the time, the Plough pub did not contribute significantly to its reputation, at least as far as foodies were concerned. In the edition
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RECIPE FOR BAY LEEKS WITH PASTA (SERVES TWO)
During my visit to the Old Farm Shop, near Steventon, I was shown all the fresh vegetables that had been harvested early that morning. They included a box of baby leeks. Caroline asked how she could encourage more people to cook with fresh leeks. I explained
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SELLING THE FINEST FARE FROM THE FAMILY FARM
There was a pot of hulled strawberries sitting on the counter of The Old Farm Shop, in Milton Hill, when I called last week. "What are they for?" I asked with genuine curiosity, as I didn't think the Tyler family sold things out of season. On discovering
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THE LAST MISTRESS, THE BANQUET, THE 39 STEPS
Catherine Breillat is one of France's most consistently controversial film-makers. However, she reins in her genius for provocation in The Last Mistress, a handsome adaptation of a novel by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly that ventured into the Dangerous Liaison
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SHINE A LIGHT
While many rock bands have snatched their 15 minutes of fame then wilted into obscurity - or, worse still, attempted to recapture past glories by leaping on the reunion bandwagon - The Rolling Stones have defiantly refused to gather moss for more than
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THAT'S LOVE: MILL AT SONNING
I assumed That's Love, the new production at The Mill at Sonning, would be a frothy piece of rom-com', a pleasant enough way to while away the evening. But, in fact, it turned out to be so much more. It is indeed a delightful blend of romance and comedy
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SINATRA: NEW THEATRE, OXFORD
Like the great performer whose life and career it celebrates, Sinatra is pure class. This remarkable musical, which delighted audiences two years ago at the London Palladium, visited Oxford on a four-day run last week. It will surely have brought huge
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ZORRO: MILTON KEYNES THEATRE
In the weird world of the stage musical, the fact of a show's being an utter stinker is no guarantee of failure. Often it is the very opposite. The Queen tribute We Will Rock You opened to uniformly terrible reviews in 2002 and is still breaking box office
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Ansel Adams, Modern Art Oxford
The celebrated American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams took his first photographs on a Kodak Brownie camera, but it wasn't long before he outgrew it. Within a year he had upgraded his camera, learned basic darkroom techniques and gained
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Preview of Plaza Suite, Oxford Playhouse
Members of the Oxford Theatre Guild promise their audiences a wonderfully happy and gratifying evening of sheer entertainment when they come to the Oxford Playhouse to see the award-winning Neil Simon play Plaza Suite, which they are staging next week
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Falstaff and Eugene Onegin, Welsh National Opera, Milton Keynes Theatre
It was a front-of-curtain apology any opera company manager would have been delighted to make: "Roberto de Candia has had to withdraw due to a knee injury. The title role will be sung by Bryn Terfel." Most of us in the jam-packed Milton Keynes Theatre
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Oxford Art Society: Oxfordshire Museum
How apt that an exhibition of the works of J.A.Shuffrey, the Oxford artist who specialised in painting ancient buildings, cottages and townscapes, should be taking place at the Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, at the same time as the Oxford Art Society's
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The ImProfessors: Burton Taylor Theatre
A curmudgeon I feel for saying so, but my visit to the Burton Taylor Theatre was quite spoilt by a less than adequate audience. Whooping and shrieking at the merest whiff of humour this youthful and utterly partisan group certainly propelled the hour-long
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Thoroughly Modern Millie: Oxford Playhouse
Like so much else she's ever been involved with, Thoroughly Modern Millie has become forever associated with Julie Andrews. Her presence in the original 1967 film doubtless meant that sniping critical comments like "Initially most agreeable, but subsequently
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Safe haven
A COMMUNITY initiative to keep young people and students safe in the city is being launched today. Borders bookshop in Magdalen Street, Oxford, has teamed up with Thames Valley Police and the Oxford Community Safety Partnership to provide a safe haven
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Procession for biker
ABOUT 30 bikers are today expected to accompany the funeral cortege of Matthew Melly from Witney along the A40 to Oxford crematorium. Mr Melly, 33, of The Old Coach Yard, Witney, died on March 29 when his car hit a tree near Minster Lovell. He was
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Fresh idea
With green issues dominating much of the political agenda, it was inevitable that events like the Lord Mayor's Parade in Oxford would follow suit. It will be a blow to traditionalists not to have the Lord Mayor travelling in the Lord Mayor's car or
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Joy for some, but not for all
The story of Nizarali Kanji illustrates how desperate patients with kidney failure can become. Living in Oxford, he was on dialysis and very ill, had been on the waiting list for two years and knew there was little chance of finding a suitable match
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'I paid a farmer for his kidney'
A SOLICITOR from Oxford paid a stranger £7,000 for a kidney rather than facing years on the transplant waiting list. Nizarali Kanji, 66, from Sadler Walk, in Oxford, travelled to Pakistan in search of a new kidney after learning he faced an uncertain
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Firefighters tackle bedroom blaze
Firefighters were called to a bedroom fire at Cotswold Crescent, Chipping Norton, yesterday afternoon. Two crews attended the incident at 4.54pm and firefighters took half-an-hour to extinguish the blaze. No-one was in the property at the time.
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Fresh idea
With green issues dominating much of the political agenda, it was inevitable that events like the Lord Mayor's Parade in Oxford would follow suit. It will be a blow to traditionalists not to have the Lord Mayor travelling in the mayoral car or on an
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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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It's joy for some, but not for all
The story of Nizarali Kanji illustrates how desperate patients with kidney failure can become. Living in Oxford, he was on dialysis and very ill, had been on the waiting list for two years and knew there was little chance of finding a suitable match
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Golf plans
A GOLF course will be built to championship standard at Heythrop Park, the luxury hotel owned by former Oxford United chairman Firoz Kassam. The 7,000-yard golf course is part of a £50m redevelopment, which will include a 300-room hotel and see the
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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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Motors banned from Lord Mayor's parade
SUSANNA Pressel is ditching tradition for this year's Lord Mayor's Parade around the streets of Oxford. The incoming Lord Mayor - the city's 46th - has opted for a more humble and greener occasion than her predecessors. Instead of waving to the
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Sportsman comes to terms with paralysis
AFTER dislocating his neck in a snowboarding accident and 'dying' three times, you could be forgiven for thinking Tom Nabarro should be worrying about more than his looks. But the North Oxford man believes checking his hair is a sure sign he is still
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Nurses call
NURSES who trained at The Horton Hospital, Banbury, between 1946 and 1965 are organising a reunion. The get-together will take place on Sunday, June 1, from 10.30am to 5.30pm at the Banbury House Hotel, in Oxford Road. Nurses, or anyone who knows
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Hospital staff 'get job satisfaction'
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
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A united front
LAST June, as Tracy Dixon's husband Paul lay in the John Radcliffe Hospital undergoing gruelling cancer treatment, she joined 8,000 other women in running five kilometres for the Cancer Research UK Race for Life. This year, Tracy, her sister-in-law
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I paid a farmer for his kidney
A solicitor from Oxford paid a stranger £7,000 for a kidney rather than facing years on the transplant waiting list. Nizarali Kanji, 66, from Sadler Walk, in Oxford, travelled to Pakistan in search of a new kidney after learning he faced an uncertain
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Andrew the CHOX champ
A TEENAGER who raised more than £15,000 for Oxford Children's Hospital is in the running for a national award. Andrew Baker was nominated for Britain's Most Inspiring Fundraiser Award organised by charity website everyclick.com. The 19-year-old started
