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Workers will lose £120
More than 1,200 workers forced to down tools this weekend at the Cowley Mini plant due to the Spanish fuel crisis could each be £120 out of pocket, the Oxford Mail can reveal. While bosses have confirmed production line staff will be paid their basic
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Campsfield: no escapes but one person hurt
Police have confirmed tonight that no detainees have escaped from Campsfield immigration removal centre but one has been hurt. About 50 police and another 100 prison staff in riot gear are positioned outside the controversial centre on the outskirts
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More troubles at Campsfield
Fires have apparently broken out in another disturbance today at the controversial Campsfield detention centre. Two plumes of smoke can be seen coming from different parts of the centre on the outskirts of Kidlington and there is a heavy police presence
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Crash update: road re-opening
One woman was taken to hospital after a crash involving two cars in West Oxfordshire this morning. Emergency services closed the B4477 near its junction with the A40 after receiving calls to the scene just before midday. Police spokesman Rachel McQuilliam
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Crash closes West Oxon road
Emergency services are currently at the scene of a crash involving two cars in West Oxfordshire. The accident happened about midday on the between Carterton and Minster Lovell on the B4477. Reports are that a car is on its roof. The southbound carriageway
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Radio station shuts over lack of licence
An Oxford radio station has been temporarily shut down after operating illegally for the past two years. Oxide, an Internet-based station run by Oxford University Student Union (OUSU), shut down two weeks ago as it was not licensed to play music.
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Four injured in M-way crash
Emergency services were called to the M40 last night after a crash involving three cars and a lorry. Firefighters and ambulance crews were called to the scene on the southbound carriageway between junction 10 at Ardley and junction nine at Bicester at
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Murderer faces life behind bars
A man is facing life in prison after yesterday admitting murdering a former soldier outside a pub. Christopher Philp pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court to cutting the throat of father-of-two Stephen Pinker outside the Corner House pub in Hollow Way
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'Ludicrous' fine for scooter
A father-of-four is willing to do battle in court to fight a parking fine he received because his environmentally friendly scooter was too small for an on-street parking bay. Robin Swailes, who fell foul of wardens when he was ticketed for putting
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Plea issued on tennis court sale
Tennis players who regularly use council-run courts in Oxford have issued the latest rallying cry for the facilities to be kept open for the public. Solicitor Graham Willis and wife Linda are the latest tennis enthusiasts to voice their concern about
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Busy night for firefighters
Firefighters tackled three separate car fires in Oxfordshire during the early hours of this morning. Crews were called to the A420 near Buckland at 3am after a car caught fire and spilt 25 litres of fuel. Shortly after 5am another crew from Wallingford
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Rape Update: Man still held
An Oxford man arrested yesterday in connection with an alleged rape was still being questioned by detectives this morning. The man, aged 30, was arrested after police were called to West Way, Botley, shortly after 10.30am yesterday. Forensic officers
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Salute our boys
People in Oxford are being urged to line the roadside to symbolically pay their respects to the 102 soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Thames Valley Police will be providing an escort to five servicemen killed in Afghanistan in the past few days - as a
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United chasing striker Taylor
Oxford United are understood to be chasing former Blackpool, Plymouth and MK Dons striker Scott Taylor. The 32-year-old, who has played at Championship level in the past, is believed to be weighing up whether to stay as a full-time player by joining
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Remember what they sacrificed
Most soldiers returning home from active service overseas do so incognito. For all we know, as we walk around the supermarket today we could pass one, two or several brave servicemen who are back home on leave. But while we go about our busy lives
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Pupils win place in school Olympiad
TWO schoolboys from Abingdon are set to represent the country in the science equivalent of the Olympic games. John Morgan and Harry Desmond, who both attend Abingdon School, have won places to represent the country at the Chemistry and Physics Olympiads
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Phone mast can be built
MOBILE phone firm O2 has been granted permission to build a phone mast behind the Sainsbury's Local shop, in London Road, Headington. Planners gave permission for panel antennae, radio equipment and associated cabling. It is thought this is partly
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Schools ‘to hit targets’
TWO Oxfordshire schools spotlighted by the Government have said they will hit targets this year. This week, Schools Secretary Ed Balls said 638 schools failing to reach a minimum standard would have to show signs of progress by the end of the year -
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Show comes back to city
THE Antiques Roadshow comes to Hertford College, Oxford, on Saturday, June 28. Entry is free and doors open at 9.30am. Last time the roadshow came to the city was to Christ Church in 1997 when a collection of Lewis Carroll photographs worth £4,000
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New craze swishes in
IF YOU have ever looked in a wardrobe full of clothes and found nothing to wear, a new craze called "swishing" may be the answer. The phenomenon, set to hit Oxford this weekend, sees people bringing in good quality clothes that they no longer wear,
