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RESULTS: May 31/June 1
CRICKET MCCA TROPHY Bedfordshire 194-9 (50 ovs, D Bandon 45, D Willey 32, K Arnold 3-19), Oxfordshire 198-1 (33.5 ovs, J Hewitt 74no, C Sandbach 59, C Haupt 30no). HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Radlett 149 (54.3 ovs, P Taylor 7-18),
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Who thought of this?
England playing at 10.30 on a Sunday night in a meaningless friendly in the Caribbean - unbelievable. Friendly matches are hardly worth watching at the best of times, but at this hour, who would bother tuning in? Only a handful of England's best players
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Death-crash teenagers named
FOUR teenagers who died in a crash today have been named. They are: James Bowyer, 18, of Marsh Gibbon; Lee Grimshaw, 18, of Brackley; Edward Manders-Naden, 18, of Calvert Green, Buckinghamshire and Kirk Nokes, 18, of Buckingham. A 17-year-old remains
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CRICKET: County cruise in for last eight
Oxfordshire coasted into the last eight of the MCCA Trophy with a crushing nine-wicket win over Bedfordshire in their final Group 1 game at Challow & Childrey. With Oxon knocking off their victory target of 195 well inside the 38-overs mark required
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U's boss in talks with targets
Darren Patterson said that although he would have liked to sign striker Matt Green, he still has plenty of other irons in the fire. Green snubbed Oxford for Torquay at the weekend. "Fortunately we have other targets, and have continued to talk to
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MOTORSPORT: Bradley battles for 5th
Bradley Smith rode through the pain barrier to finish an excellent fifth in the Alice Grand Prix of Italy in Mugello yesterday. Smith, 17, riding with a broken bone in his left foot and a badly sprained right wrist following a crash in qualifying, led
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CRICKET: Kidlington wash-out
Kidlington, looking to get back to playing cricket after the Shahbaz Ali 'cheating' storm, were foiled when their Division 2 West game against Gerrards Cross was abandoned with the Stratfield Brake ground waterlogged. Umpires Don Brooks and Steve Harris
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CRICKET: Bhatti's magnificent seven
Jaydeep Bhatti took 7-22 with an incredible display of left-arm spin bowling to set Thame Town on the way to a three-wicket win at Buckingham Town in Division 2 West. Buckingham had taken on the Thame seam attack with some very positive strokeplay to
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CRICKET: Taylor's heroics are all in vain
Paul Taylor's one-man show was unable to stop Banbury slipping to a 49-run defeat against Radlett in Division 1. The former England left-arm seamer produced terrific figures of 7-18 to reduce Radlett to 149 all out, Felix Walker top-scoring with 44.
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CRICKET: Evans back in the groove
Veteran off-spinner Rupert Evans put the controversy of his clash with Banbury's Craig Haupt behind him to bowl Oxford to a 22-run victory at Welwyn Garden City in Division 1. Evans, who had hit the headlines following the flare-up in last week's Oxfordshire
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CRICKET: Rae's super ton lifts Westbury
Ben Rae hit his third century of the season as Westbury edged a thrilling Airey Cup second-round clash against Marsh Gibbon by five runs. Rae scored 102 of Westbury's 223-7, Grant Cross taking 3-47 for Marsh Gibbon. Wayne Platts (66) and Stuart Leonard
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CRICKET: Williams flying high for Swifts
Veteran Alan Williams took 7-33 as Witney Swifts beat Westcott by 47 runs in the Telegraph Cup second round. Williams's spell sent Westcott crashing to 106 all out. He had earlier hit 32 in Swifts 163 all out, Rob Pratley scoring 46. With the ball
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CRICKET: OCA results
AIREY CUP 2nd round Horley 119 (D Taylor 30, R Taylor 4-40, Farouq Khan 3-31), Letcombe 85 (N Tarrant 5-27). Faringdon 137-9 (P Wilson 4-27, M Howe 3-24), Great Horwood 138-9 (L Norris 37, D Clarke 5-31, M Hume 3-25). Freeland 112 (Khurram Shaheen
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Flowers get the brush-off
Regarding 'No Britain in Bloom' (Oxford Mail, May 24), it didn't have to be like this. Oxford Town Hall cut the budget for Cowley, Summertown and Headington, without looking for alternative ways of funding. It continues to take sponsorship for the
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Council cannot solve lack of rail space
Councillor Chris Robins (Oxford Mail, May 28) seems to be labouring under various misapprehensions. Oxfordshire County Council has done a lot of work exploring the case for a railway station at Kidlington, developing plans, seeking planning permission
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Nothing but memories
I thank David Youd who responded to my letter about medals (Oxford Mail, May 21). Although the boys who served in Malaya had their 'flash' (ribbon) after that campaign, they did not have their medals until several years later when their regiments changed
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Perhaps we should stay in bed
Health and safety and the PC brigade seem to be doing all in their power to stop us having fun these days. Would they prefer we stayed in bed all day and night? SIMON STONE, Warwick Road, Banbury
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Troops return from Iraq
Wives and girlfriends shed tears of joy as their loved ones returned home from a six month tour of duty in Iraq. More than 70 soldiers from Six Close Support Squadron, of the Abingdon-based 12 Logistic Support Regiment, arrived back at their home base
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Drivers flout parking rules
Drivers in East Oxford are leaving their cars in dangerous places, blocking corners, pavements and entrances and parking on double yellow lines, say residents. Justin Walden, 33, of Hurst Street, was so angered by inconsiderate parking in the area he
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Skate park 'open by 2009'
A new skate park in Oxford's Cowley Marsh park could be open within 18 months. The Oxford Wheels Project fought for 10 years to get permission to put up a permanent facility for skateboarders and BMX-ers, and was finally given the go-ahead by councillors
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Man admits £4k benefit fraud
A man with £188,000 in the bank illegally claimed more than £4,000 in benefits, a court heard. Mark Powell, of Winterbourne Road, Abingdon, admitted benefit fraud when he appeared before Didcot magistrates. They heard that Powell, 47, failed to declare
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Students urged to volunteer
A week of activities is being held to encourage students to become community volunteers. The Oxford Hub - Oxford University's student volunteering project - was launched at the beginning of the year. Among the activities on offer during the week,
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Run raises £50,000
Runners of all ages, shapes and sizes helped raise a bumper amount of cash to help the county's sick and injured children. Among the hundreds of people who joined this morning's OX5 run at Blenheim Palace were a family running in memory of their father
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Knife attack
A MAN was slashed across his stomach with a blade in a street attack in Oxford. Police were called to Bailey Road, in Cowley, at 1.20am on Saturday31/05 morning. Dc Paul Gration said police found a 38-year-old man with "lacerations" to his side and
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Husband on murder charge
THE husband of a woman who died after her throat was cut has been charged with murder. Deborah Smith, 47, died last Bank Holiday Monday after suffering neck wounds while at her home in Bell Lane, Wheatley. Detectives last night31/05 charged Russell
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Four dead in road crash
FOUR young people have died in a car crash on the Oxfordshire border. The crash happened at around 12.50am today on the A422 in Westbury, near Brackley. The four people - all in their late teens and early 20s - were all from the same vehicle and declared
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Free internet zone takes off
Balloons were released in Abingdon town centre to mark the official launch of free Internet. Routers have been installed at the old County Hall in Market Place, and close to the Abbey Meadows swimming pool, meaning visitors to the town centre and boaters
