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Sex and the City
Few days ago Kim Cattrall came in for dinner, she is a really hot potato, as sexy in person as she is in the film, minus the American accent. She had a starter and a mixed salad for main, so she looks after her figure. And what a figure, that of a real
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Will I vom?
I'm thinking of having a sweepstake. After chundering at the OX5 run at Blenheim Palace last year - in sight of the finish line no less - I am seriously concerned about a recurrence of said act. The Oxford Mail is the reigning team champ and, as a a part
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County restaurants in TV contest
Two Oxfordshire eateries have been secretly taken over for the next series of Raymond Blanc's reality TV series The Restaurant, the Oxford Mail can reveal. Sahara in Blue Boar Street in Oxford city centre and the Ben Johnson pub in Northampton Road,
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Murder-case police quiz man
THE husband of murdered Debbie Smith has been released from hospital and is today in police custody. Russell Yeates, 49, was taken to hospital with neck wounds after his wife was found with her throat cut at her home in Bell Lane, Wheatley, on Bank
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Husband released
THE husband of murdered Debbie Smith has been released from hospital and is today in police custody. Russell Yeates, 49, was taken to hospital with neck wounds after his wife was found with her throat cut at her home in Bell Lane, Wheatley, on Bank
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Child sex abuser jailed
The victim of a paedophile revealed how the abuser forced her to keep quiet by threatening to kill her mother. Yesterday, the woman watched as former Cowley BMW worker David Millard, 50, was jailed for seven years for molesting her over a 14-year period
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Post service '4th worst in country'
Oxfordshire's beleaguered postal service is yet again failing to deliver after being named the fourth worst in the country. Just 80.6 per cent of first-class mail in the county was delivered the next day in the last financial year, against Royal Mail's
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Jamie Oliver: 'My staff are creme-de-la-creme'
NAKED Chef Jamie Oliver has said he has found the 'creme-de-la-creme' while recruiting staff for his new restaurant in Oxford. The television star is due to open Jamie's Italian in George Street next week and was on hand this week to personally supervise
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County councillor will fight Henley for Tories
Oxfordshire county councillor John Howell has been selected by the Tories to fight the Henley by-election when Boris Johnson resigns as an MP. Mr Howell, a former partner in City accountants Ernst & Young, was chosen from a shortlist of three. The
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Howell selected as Tories' Henley choice
Oxfordshire County councillor John Howell was last night chosen as the man the Tories want to replace Boris Johnson as Henley MP. Mr Howell was selected as the Conservatives' candidate ahead of Ann Ducker and John Cotton to stand once Mr Johnson completes
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Army captain returns from Basra
ROYAL Artillery Captain Karen Noonan is set to return to her Bicester family after seeing action on the front line in Iraq - and her mother is ready to welcome her with open arms. The former student of Hertford College, Oxford, has been fighting rebel
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CHILD SEX BEAST JAILED: Mum's 'guilt'
The mother of David Millard's victim has described the guilt she felt for not being able to protect her daughter. She said: "Millard has ruined my daughter's life. "He abused all her trust in men. I do hate him. "Even when she went to the police
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CHILD SEX BEAST JAILED: Victim speaks out
The victim of a paedophile last night revealed how the abuser forced her to keep quiet by threatening to kill her mother. Yesterday, the woman watched as former Cowley BMW worker David Millard, 50, was jailed for seven years for molesting her over a
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Boy, 14, admits rape
A 14-year-old boy has admitted raping a woman in an Oxford park. The teenager, from the city, appeared at Oxford Crown Court and admitted two counts of rape. The 19-year-old woman was attacked in a park near the John Allen Centre, Cowley, on February
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Addict stole £35k from employer
A drug addict who stole more than £35,000 from her employers has walked free from court. Book-keeper Carole Yolland stole £35,704 from the former Morris Photographic Centre in High Street, Oxford, to fund her £500-a-day heroin and crack cocaine habit
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Body found in submerged car
A man's body was found in a car submerged in the River Thames at a beauty spot yesterday. A walker on the towpath saw the car - a silver Vauxhall Corsa - in the river near the Cholsey Marsh nature reserve, in south Oxfordshire, just after 10am and
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Author wins posthumous award
Siobhan Dowd, the Oxford children's writer who died of cancer last year at the age of 47, has won a posthumous award. Her second novel, The London Eye Mystery - a spine-tingling thriller in which two children search for their cousin who vanished while
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Bottleneck
What on earth was the Highways Agency thinking about when it decided to send traffic diverted from the A34 through Marcham? The village is well known as a bottleneck, where lorries have difficulty manoeuvering through the main street, particularly if
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Didcot urged to choose name for square
THE people of Didcot have been asked to help shape the town's future by choosing a new name for its central square. Mayor Tony Harbour took to the square - which is next to the Cornerstone Arts Centre - in a bid to encourage residents to pick their
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No end in sight to post blues
So yet again our postal service in Oxfordshire is failing. Latest figures show that we are the fourth worst in the country for delivering first-class mail, with just 80 per cent arriving next day. It makes you wonder whether it is worth spending the
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Castle tower remains on display
The foundations of a historic tower rediscovered at Oxford Castle, in New Street, are to go on display to the public today. The remains of the 13th-century building, a 10-sided stone tower, were found while Oxfordshire County Council was carrying out
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Runners primed for Ox5
STAFF from a garage are limbering up to take part in the OX5 Run this weekend to raise money for the Oxford Children's Hospital. Employees at the Motorworld garage in Botley Road have been training hard for the big race and are looking to lead the pack
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Restaurants feature in Blanc's BBC show
TWO Oxfordshire restaurants have been secretly taken over for the next series of Raymond Blanc's reality TV series The Restaurant. Sahara in Blue Boar Street in Oxford city centre and the Ben Johnson pub in Northampton Road, Weston-on-the-Green, near
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Dead man 'had been staying at shelter'
A MAN discovered dead outside a well-known bar in Oxford yesterday morning is believed to be someone who had been staying in the city's night shelter. Thames Valley Police were called to the Ha Ha Bar and Canteen in Castle Street at 7.30am. Officers
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FOOTBALL: Pettefer vows to bounce back
Midfielder Carl Pettefer says he has no bad feelings towards Oxford United boss Darren Patterson, despite being released by the U's at the end of last season. Pettefer, 27, joined United from Southend in the summer of 2006 and his hard-working displays
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Aspiring models make catwalk debut
MORE than a dozen aspiring models from Oxford will make their catwalk debut in front of an audience of 500 tonight. The 15 young women have been training for the fashion runway for three months under the tuition of professional model Eufrasia Vieira
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Postal service 'fails to deliver'
OXFORDSHIRE'S beleaguered postal service is yet again failing to deliver after being named the fourth-worst in the country. Just 80.6 per cent of first-class mail in the county was delivered the next day in the last financial year, against Royal Mail's
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DINNER PARTY
Cynthia was having a dinner party at the restaurant, six people, lovely bubbly people, her daughter got married at the Randolph, typical me, there I am cooking banana flambé for lovely Cynthia, I asked her to finish the dish with me, how can she refuse
