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Patto's praise for Cole
OXFORD United have said good-bye officially to goalkeeper Jake Cole. And Darren Patterson thanked his club, QPR, for agreeing to cancel the loan agreement because the player is injured. Cole had six weeks left at Oxford, but will probably be sidelined
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Blooming marvels
Communities across Oxfordshire have come up trumps in the regional finals of this year's Britain in Bloom competition. The village of East Hagbourne, near Didcot, will go forward to the national finals after winning a gold award for the second year
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Restaurant pontoon plea fails
An Oxford restaurant has lost the latest round in a mammoth legal battle over the use of its riverside pontoon. Oxford city councillors have rejected an application for the Aziz Pandesia restaurant at Folly Bridge to extend its opening hours until
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Boss's pay hits £2m as 78 lose jobs
THE chief executive of a timber-frame housebuilding company has received a 29 per cent pay rise, just weeks after it was revealed almost a third of the workforce at his Witney factory was being axed. Stewart Milne, chairman and chief executive of the
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Rain washes away flower show
Heavy rain has led to the cancellation of this weekend's Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural Society show. More than 1,500 people were expected to turn up to the show at Florence Park, Cowley, on Saturday, but organisers pulled the plug because the park
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Grandparents so proud of Theo
A proud grandfather is beaming with joy after his soccer sensation grandson Theo Walcott became the toast of England. But former Carterton mayor Joe Walcott then admitted he had been forced to miss his grandson's finest footballing moment.
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Eco-town job plan 'flawed'
The proposed eco-town near Weston-on-the-Green could create up to 15,000 new jobs, the Government will be told. Developer Parkridge aims to show how jobs would be created at the planned settlement near the A34, in its final bid presentation published
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Rare wheels
A rare1930s Lagonda sports car bought for just £200 by Oxford peer Lord Berkeley is expected to fetch up to £50,000 at an auction on Saturday. That's the good news. The bad news is that Lord Berkeley — Oxford-based chairman of the Rail Freight Group
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Chewing the Fat
Tim Hughes talks to a plucky band who went into the notorious Dragon's Den, and came out smiling. It was an audacious plan by anyone's standards. Get on a prime time telly programme, attempt to blag a shed load of dosh, and use it to record an album
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Eco-community up for £1m prize
A West Oxford community group is in the running for a £1m prize in a national climate change competition. Local residents have come up with a scheme to generate their own renewable electricity using the River Thames for hydro- electricity. They also
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Tackling the issue
It's been 10 years since audiences were first wowed by the 'genital origami' extravaganza that is PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS. Since then it has played to over 10 million people, been performed in five different languages, 28 countries and in temperatures
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Children move into their new house
IT IS hoped the imagination of school children will be fuelled thanks to a new playground toy. Pupils at St James Primary School, in East Hanney, near Wantage, bought a role play house with a £500 grant from The Midcounties Co-op. Charlie Weeks,
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They're freakin' great
Tim Hughes gets a sweaty run-around courtesy of the high-kicking, eclectic Gym Class Heroes. Believe it. Knockabout baseball cap sporting freaks Gym Class Heroes look like a bunch of freaks — and they are as nuts as they seem. Punchy, bombastic
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No justice in ban end
A mother whose son died in Oxford's eastern bypass crash has described her shock at learning the driver who caused the death can return to work. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) ended an 18-month suspension banning Angela Dublin, 48,
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Dodos crank up the power
THE most surprising thing about seeing psychedelic folk-pop act Dodos live is that there are only two of them. Quite frankly, their music is so powerful it sounds like there are many more members. The San Franciscan duo create beautifully orchestrated
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THE WOMEN (12A)
Comedy/Drama/Romance. Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Debi Mazar, Eva Mendes, Candice Bergen, Cloris Leachman, India Ennenga, Bette Midler, Carrie Smith. Director: Diane English. AN ALL-STAR cast adds lustre to writer-director
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EDEN LAKE (18)
Thriller/Horror/Action. Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O’Connell, James Burrows, Jumayn Hunter, Finn Atkins, Thomas Gill, Thomas Turgoose. Director: James Watkins. WITH sensationalist newspaper headlines fanning flames of public concern about
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Cabbages & Kings
There was no-one else to blame. Abandoning a lifetime habit and not checking the detail, I turned up for a fundraising event, at which I had offered to help, at the wrong location. In mitigation, it doesn’t help when Marston is home to two prominent
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THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS (12A)
Drama. Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie, Jack Scanlon, Rupert Friend, David Heyman, Richard Johnson, Sheila Hancock. Director: Mark Herman. SUFFER the little children... Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The
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A public truce for two faiths
A Muslim group which criticised a Christian organisation for arranging a "grossly insulting" prayer day are preparing to bury the hatchet over a holy meal. The Muslim Education Centre of Oxford (Meco) accused Witney-based Open Doors UK of preaching
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PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (15)
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (15) Comedy/Thriller/Action/Romance. Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Amber Heard, Evan Goldberg. Director: David Gor Comedy/Thriller/Action/Romance. Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Gary Cole
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In the pinks
Communities across Oxfordshire have come up trumps in the regional finals of this year's Britain in Bloom competition. The village of East Hagbourne, near Didcot, will go forward to the national finals after winning a gold award for the second
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Disabled African dancers visit
Eight disabled Tanzanian dancers will return home tomorrow after nearly a month in Oxford. The dancers have spent more than three weeks in the city demonstrating the work of their fellow townsfolk from Iringa in the East African country. The visit
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£20k marathon goal to help theatre
When an Oxford theatre fan heard the city's Creation Theatre Company faced closure if cash was not raised to save it, he wanted to go the extra mile to help. Now 60-year-old Steve Rayson will run 26.2 miles in a marathon fundraising effort which he
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Restaurant pontoon plea fails
An Oxford restaurant has lost the latest round in a mammoth legal battle over the use of its riverside pontoon. Oxford city councillors have rejected an application for the Aziz Pandesia restaurant at Folly Bridge to extend its opening hours until 11pm
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Candle power
Four Candles, George Street, Oxford, 01865 263110 This is the age of the gourmet burger, or so the meat industry would have us believe. Just as mashed potato was transformed from canteen nosh to snooty fare in the late 90s with a lot of marketing
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TENNIS: Bicester title blow
Table-topping Bicester suffered a big blow to their hopes of winning Mixed Division 1 in the 2-Pair League with an emphatic 3.5-0.5 defeat at Cholsey. Pat Cayphan and Pauline Loilier won both their matches for Cholsey, fighting back from
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Gone bananas
As a team captain on hit TV show 8 out of 10 Cats, Jason Manford has become, if not a household name, then at least a household face. His witty banter with host Jimmy Carr and rival captain Sean Lock make the show one of the funniest on the box. A hard-working
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CYCLING: Cox storms home
Didcot Phoenix's Mark Cox demolished the opposition on the Stanton Harcourt course. He stormed to victory in 22mins 35secs, with Oxford City youngster Jamie Scanlon riding a blinder to finish second in 23.20. Oxonian Neil Johnson was third in 23.41.
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Futuristic building given go-ahead
Oxford University has been given the go-ahead to build a futuristic building in a Victorian area of North Oxford. The university's decision to ask the world's most famous woman architect to produce a design for its Middle East Centre extension
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Eco group bids for £1m prize
A West Oxford community group is in the running for a £1m prize in a national climate change competition. Local residents have come up with a scheme to generate their own renewable electricity using the River Thames for hydro electricity.
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Wilde thoughts
Thomas Wright's magnum opus, Oscar's Books, grew out of a strange obsession. When the Oxford author was 16, he picked up a copy of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and liked it so much he read it again — and again — until he had read it about
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Can you resist?
Vicki Michelle is on top form when we speak. Yet despite her enthusiasm for the touring production of Allo Allo, she initially turned down the revived role, thinking she'd been there and done that. "Well I had hadn't I?" she laughs, "and I've got the
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Surviving as a single parent
Looking at Sarah Edwards sat amid the hustle and bustle of her colourful family home in Lower Heyford, you'd never guess that nine years ago she was crying herself to sleep. But then neither would you suspect that her two chatty, confident sons, 12-
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Georgian heroine with guts
STAR OF THE MORNING Kirsten Ellis (Harper Press, £25) Star of the Morning takes us back to the drawing rooms of Georgian London and the souks of Syria as Kirsten Ellis gives an account of the life of Lady Hester Stanhope. Hester quit London society
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Saturday Night @ The Duke of Cambridge
The Duke of Cambridge sounds like a pub, but don’t let that fool you. If you do, then you’ll end up feeling like my friend did last Saturday night. And that is like a prize plum. I was sitting near the back of this rather special bar with two amigos
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Mixed views on crime secrecy
I am writing to congratulate the Oxford Mail for exposing the way police now hold back huge numbers of crimes from the media — and thus the public. I am a freelance journalist based in the North East and I have spent most of my 23 years covering
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Straits crossing goes swimmingly
Four students from Oxford were spurred on by an inquisitive pod of dolphins as they swam from Europe to Africa. The quartet became the second group of students from the city to cross the Gibraltar Strait between Spain and Morocco this summer when they
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Park move may hit jobs
THE boss of a car firm believes a district council is trying to squeeze his company off its site — throwing a question mark over more than 500 jobs. As part of plans to overhaul the use of the former USAF airbase at Upper Heyford, Cherwell District
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RUGBY UNION: Intense derby expected
Chinnor coach Jason Bowers is expecting real intensity when they host Henley Hawks in tomorrow's National 3 South derby (3). Bowers has kept faith with the entire squad that lost 45-3 to a star-studded London Scottish side last week after commending
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Fleet firm fears site move
The boss of a car firm believes a district council is trying to squeeze his company off its site — throwing a question mark over more than 500 jobs. As part of plans to overhaul the use of the former USAF airbase at Upper Heyford, Cherwell District
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Army museum is marching ahead
A £3m museum to tell the story of Oxfordshire's military history looks set to be built in Woodstock. It will be created on a site behind the Oxfordshire Museum in the centre of the town, ending months of anxiety about where valuable military collections
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Ride and stride to new record
Hundreds of cyclists — including Tory leader and Witney MP David Cameron — are gearing up to ride the length and breadth of Oxfordshire to raise thousands of pounds for the county's historic churches. More than 900 cyclists and walkers took
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U's eye up repeat show
Darren Patterson takes his Oxford United team back to the place where it all began on Saturday. It was at Kidderminster's Aggborough Stadium last November that, in his first away game in charge after taking over from Jim Smith, the U's chalked up an
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Flood-hit shops reopen at last
Two shops finally recovered from last summer's floods when they opened their doors for the first time in more than year. We Three Kings and Relics, in Bridge Street, Witney, reopened on Monday, following a mammoth programme of repair work. The owners
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 45.5 BMW 2229 Electrocomponents 169.25 Nationwide Accident Repair 135 Oxford Biomedica 9.6 Oxford Catalyst 171 Oxford Instruments 237.5 Reed Elsevier 595.25 RM 171.25 RPS Group 272 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Foster off to Bosnia
Oxford United boss Darren Patterson says he will not stand in the way of Luke Foster playing for England next week – even though the defender's four-match ban is stopping him from appearing for the U's. Foster was named by Paul Fairclough in a 16-man
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Martin and Likita sign up as United scholars
Two youngsters who have played a big part in Oxford United Under 18s' unbeaten start to the season have been taken on by the club as scholars. Marvin Martin, 17, comes from Headington and is the first product of the successful Sports Apprenticeship
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Fitting tribute to Nigel Cassidy
Family, friends and former football colleagues of the late Nigel Cassidy will gather for an evening of football and fun at Bicester Town FC on the evening of Saturday, September 20. Cassidy, who died in May, aged 62, was a fans' favourite during his
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Bromley line up benefit game for injured Hughes
Bromley FC are holding a benefit match on Sunday, September 21 to raise money for former Oxford United midfielder Rob Hughes, who was left fighting for his life after being brutally attacked by a group of youths in Crete. The game will be
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Bring back the slope – Big Ron
Big Ron knows what he'd do to get Oxford United back in the Football League – he'd put a slope on the Kassam Stadium pitch! Ron Atkinson, who played with great distinction for Oxford United and then left the Manor to take charge of Kettering
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Two rivers still on flood alert
Two rivers in Oxfordshire this afternoon remained on flood watch. A flood watch, the lowest level of alert issued by the Environment Agency, which warns people to expect flooding around low-lying land and roads, is still in place on the catchment
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FOOTBALL: Merritt eyes a Cup tonic!
FA Cup Oxford City manager Justin Merritt is hoping for a change in fortune as he takes his struggling side to Southern League Division 1 South & West outfit Bracknell Town in the first qualifying round tomorrow. City have struggled
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FOOTBALL: It's time to perform, says boss Fowler
FTL Futbol Hellenic League Bicester Town manager Tim Fowler is backing his team to get back on track, despite a disappointing start to the season. Fowler, who takes his team to Harrow Hill tomorrow, admitted: "We couldn't beat an egg at the moment,
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RACING: Candy hopes Corrybrough will step up
Wantage trainer Henry Candy is hoping for a big run from Corrybrough as he steps up to Group 1 company for the first time in the rerouted Sprint Cup at Doncaster tomorrow, writes Russell Smith. The Kingston Warren handler's three-year-old was denied
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ROWING: Wallingford regatta washed out
This weekend's Wallingford Regatta has been cancelled due to poor river conditions. The Environment Agency told organisers the level and flow of the Thames at Wallingford were unsafe for competitors to race. It is the first time in its
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FIXTURES September 12
SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. BLUE SQUARE PREMIER. Kidderminster v Oxford Utd. FA CUP. 1st qual round: Bracknell Tn v Oxford C, Chippenham v Banbury Utd, North Leigh v Chesham Utd, Shortwood Utd v Didcot Tn. PUMA YOUTH ALLIANCE LEAGUE. Cup: Oxford Utd
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SEAT pulls out of touring cars
SEAT UK has decided that it will not participate in the British Touring Car Championship in 2009. This year will also mark the end of the SEAT Cupra Championship, the popular one-make series that has nurtured talented drivers on their way to a place
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This is my kind of pub
CHRISTOPHER GRAY finds first-class food and a very warm welcome at the Green Dragon in Haddenham Villagers in Haddenham recently saw their local pub, the Green Dragon, briefly masquerading as the Welsh Wok for the filming of a popular TV reality
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Concern for missing man
Police are searching for a 24-year-old man missing from Warneford Hospital in Headington, Oxford. Calvin Holmes was reported missing on September 3 and has not been seen since. He is described as of mixed race, medium build, 6ft tall
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Man missing from hospital
Police are appealing for help from the public to trace a 24-year-old man missing from the Warneford Hopital in Littlemore. Calvin Holmes was reported missing on September 3, but police only released details this afternoon. Police said he was mixed
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When time began in the county
CHRIS KOENIG looks at the some of the more interesting sundials and clocks dotted around Oxfordshire The business of telling the time was a very haphazard affair until well into the 19th century. Then the introduction of trains, and the necessity
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Phillips on 2012 trail at Blenheim
Zara Phillips will have one eye on the 2012 Olympics when she competes in the Blenheim International Horse Trials, which get under way today. The 27-year-old daughter of the Princess Royal, who won individual gold for Great Britain at the 2006 World
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Could you step in to relieve overworked carers?
The South and Vale Carers Centre offers valuable support, advice and information for those looking after frail and vulnerable people but there is a new service, a volunteer scheme, being set up at the centre, which is housed in a charming old house
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Writing of great food . . . and great aunts
Many families have an eccentric aunt who is remembered with great fondness. I had an Auntie Dorothy, who, during her youth, spent her holidays travelling the world on banana boats and in her later years became a dab hand at making very potent home-made
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A hot bed of fruit
VAL BOURNE offers some valuable tips on how best to grow aubergines I have large hands on the end of rather long arms. But I have always told myself that I am related to a famous England cricketer — the inventor of the googly, no less. But
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Rohmer is master of psychological truth
Is this the end for the quiet man of French cinema? asks DAVID PARKINSON about director Eric Rohmer With centenarian Manoel de Oliveira still going strong, 87-year-old Eric Rohmer may not be the oldest living film-maker. But he remains among the very
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Town's very own green lung
Just a short walk from Thame town centre is a nature reserve cared for by local volunteers, writes ELIZABETH EDWARDS Although it is only a few minutes walk from Thame town centre, the Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve provides the town with its own
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Premium brands have pulling power
Premium car brands have pulling power, especially on Britain’s used market. New research by BMW ’s Financial Services reveals that one in four adults (26 per cent) — that is 12 million people — would rather own a used prestige brand car than buy a new
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Timber-frame factory boss nets 29% pay rise
The chief executive of a timber-frame housebuilding company has received a whopping 29 per cent pay rise, just weeks after it was revealed almost a third of the workforce at his Witney factory was being axed. Stewart Milne, chairman and chief executive
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Dances full of energetic steps and scores
The acclaimed young Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter is bringing his company to the region. He discussed his career and work with our dance critic DAVID BELLAN In his publicity shots Shechter looks suitably moody and intense, but in the flesh,
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Optician claims victory over industry giant
An independent eye specialist has claimed a victory against the big boys after her complaint against an industry giant was upheld by the advertising watchdog. Lisa Morgan wrote to the Advertising Standards Authority after spotting an advertisement for
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Chief executive leaves Blackwell
Oxford's best known bookseller, Blackwell UK, has announced the sudden departure of its chief executive. Vince Gunn declined to reveal what he intended to do next, but said he was seeking new challenges and his plans might include activities
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Magical musical journey among the street cats
The Opera Group’s latest offering at the Oxford Playhouse enters a feline world that should enchant young and old alike. NICOLA LISLE talks to composer Julian Philips Domestic cat meets street cats and learns a magical martial art to survive . . .
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Chief executive leaves Blackwell
Oxford's best known bookseller, Blackwell UK, has announced the sudden departure of its chief executive. Vince Gunn declined to reveal what he intended to do next, but said he was seeking new challenges and his plans might include activities in Oxfordshire
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Bell tolls for pubs
Most of us have got used to churches and chapels (along with vicarages) being sold, victims of Britain's changing social scene. And in the present climate, no one seems to care much about estate agents closing down branches either. But disappearing
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Rain stops flower show
The rain has led to the cancellation of this weekend's Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural Society show. More than 1,500 people had been expected to turn up to the show at Florence Park, Cowley on Saturday but organisers had to pull the plug because
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A musical for a new generation
GILES WOODFORDE talks to the director of a 50th anniversary production of the classic West Side Story Experts on BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow have been known to reprimand people who present cleaned-up pieces of antique jewellery for appraisal
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Skoda offers free upgrade
Skoda is giving away a free trim upgrade on its family-friendly Roomster, putting £1,000 back in its customers’ pockets. Until the end of the month, people can take home the Roomster 2 for the price of the Roomster 1 or the Roomster 3 for the
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Today's local share prices (AM)
AEA Technology 45.5 BMW 2266 Electrocomponents 167 Nationwide Accident Repair 135 Oxford Biomedica 9.75 Oxford Catalyst 171 Oxford Instruments 228.25 REED 594.25 RM 175.25 RPS Group 266 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Driver injured in crash
A woman driver suffered head injuries this morning after her car was involved in a crash with a van on the A415 outside Witney. The accident happened at 7.35am between the traffic lights at Ducklington and the A40 flyover. A spokesman for Thames Valley
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Rain puts stop to flower show
The rain has led to the cancellation of this weekend's Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural Society show. More than 1,500 people had been expected to turn up to the show at Florence Park, Cowley on Saturday but organisers had to pull the plug because the
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RUGBY UNION: Quins face struggle
Oxford Harlequins face arguably their toughest season in South West 1 when the league kicks off on Saturday. Quins showed plenty of promise last year and were the only side to defeat champions Chinnor, but they still finished just two points above the
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RUGBY UNION: New boys sign nine
South West 2 East Wallingford have bolstered their squad with nine new signings as they prepare for their debut season in South West 2 East. They are expecting a hard-fought campaign, and have promoted Martin Moran to their senior coaching staff
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Driver injured in crash
A woman driver suffered head injuries this morning after her car was involved in a crash with a van in Witney. The accident happened at 7.35am between the traffic lights at Ducklington Lane and the A40 flyover. A spokesman for Thames Valley Police
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RUGBY UNION: Banbury's belief
Midlands 3 East South Banbury Bulls believe they can bounce straight back to Midlands 2 after last season's disappointment. That is the view of coach Grant Holmes, whose side won just three league games last season. Holmes said: "The side are determined
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RUGBY UNION: Dawson hails strength
Southern Counties North Chipping Norton have more competition for places than ever as they target mid-table respectability. Andy Dawson's side won the BB&O Premier Division at a canter last season and have only lost one player – centre Aaron Tustin
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RUGBY UNION: All change at Gosford
BB&O Premier Division Gosford All Blacks have a new coach and a team's worth of new players as they seek a big improvement. Alec Smith has taken over as coach from Nathan Brooks, who is now in charge at Aylesbury. Smith said their aims were a top-five
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RUGBY UNION: Coaching boost
Littlemore, of BB&O Division 1 South, have bolstered their coaching staff as they hunt another promotion. Having withdrawn from league rugby in 2006-07 and started at the bottom, Littlemore now look on an even keel. They have a new captain in Dean
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Former publican dies aged 62
Former publican Noel Reilly, who ran the Jude the Obscure, in Jericho, and The Bullingdon Arms, in Cowley Road, has died aged 62. Mr Reilly, passed away at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington on Friday, September 5, from pneumonia.
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Fish team take first place
Fishmongers from the Covered Market, Oxford, are celebrating after they won several top awards in a national competition. Eight staff from Haymans Fisheries took part in the British Fish Craft Championship in London — and reeled in the prizes
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Eco-homes open their doors
If you would like to make your house green, but are worried it will put you in the red, you can now visit a whole host of ‘ordinary’ people who have created their own eco-homes and stayed in the black. Oxfordshire’s second Eco-homes Open Days event
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Two arrested in Marston drugs raid
Police raided a house in Oxford at dawn today and arrested two people for drugs offences. About 20 police officers and dogs trained to search out drugs burst into a house in Cavendish Drive, Marston, shortly after 6am. A 27-year-old
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Drink alert for mothers-to-be
Youngsters damaged by their mothers drinking alcohol while pregnant were among guests at a conference in Oxford. The conference, Moving Ahead, was held at the King's Centre Osney Mead, and coincided with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD
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Quinn predicts a dogfight!
Barry Quinn reckons this year's Blue Square Premier is the most open top flight of non-League football for years – and it's going to be a real dogfight to claim a promotion place. In the previous two years that Oxford United have been in the
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Two arrested in Marston house raid
Police raided a house in Oxford at dawn today and arrested two people for drugs offences. Around 20 police officers and dogs trained to search out drugs burst into a house in Cavendish Drive, Marston, shortly after 6am. A 27-year-old man and a 15-year-old
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You've done us all proud
The response to our organ donation appeal has been staggering. We knew Oxford Mail readers were kind-hearted, but to have 245 of you sign up every week for the past six months was truly unexpected. There is a real need out there for organs. People
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Thousands join donor register
An incredible 245 of you have signed the Organ Donor Register every week since the Oxford Mail launched its transplant campaign. But we want more. In the past six months, 6,380 people in Oxfordshire have pledged the ultimate gift — to
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See inside some eco-homes
If you would like to make your house green, but are worried it will put you in the red, you can now visit a whole host of ‘ordinary’ people who have created their own eco-homes and stayed in the black. Oxfordshire’s second Eco-homes Open Days event
