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FOOTBALL: City handed home draw
Oxford City have been drawn at home to Chesham United in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup on Saturday, October 11. City, who beat Tiverton 2-1 in Saturday's second qualifying round tie, will fancy their chances of progression into the final
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ARCHERY: Simpson pipped to gold medal
Oxford archer Nichola Simpson, 52, claimed silver at the FITA World Cup Grand Final in Lausanne, France. She missed out on the women’s compound gold to Jamie Van Natta of the United States by just two points.
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Shelter CD aids charity
Users of the Oxford Night Shelter are raising money for charity with an album of songs dedicated to a friend who died earlier this year. Sounds Unseen is the debut effort from users of the shelter, at O'Hanlon House, in Luther Street. The 18-track
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Ideas sought on vision for future
People in Wallingford, Thame and Henley are being given the chance to have their say about the future of their communities. South Oxfordshire District Council wants local residents to help it shape the future of the market towns over the next three
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City land grab bid 'unjustified'
The leader of South Oxfordshire District Council has vowed to oppose any move to redraw part of Oxford's boundary. Oxford City Council has asked the Boundary Commission to review the boundary south of Grenoble Road in Greater Leys. Transferring
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Ex-pupils mark school's 50 years
Hundreds of former pupils and staff stepped back in time to celebrate their old school's 50th anniversary. Matthew Arnold School, in Arnold's Way, Cumnor Hill, near Oxford, opened its doors in 1958. And alumni from all over the globe returned
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Off-roader charity weekend raises £16,000
The sun shone for a charity 4x4 event as motoring enthusiasts picked their way through an off-road course. The Abingdon 4x4 Festival, held at Dalton Barracks, welcomed about 1,000 people to the site over the course of the weekend, as organisers tried
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Guest ransacked home and stole £1,000
A thief conned a helping hand into putting him up for the night — then ransacked his home and stole £1,000 in cash. A man spent Saturday evening drinking with the burglar in The White Hart and The Crispin pub in Harwell. He said he had been camping
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Chippy celebrates Emma's Day
The centre of Chipping Norton was ablaze with colour, music, noise, dancing, games and laughter as the town celebrated the life of teenager Emma Curtis-Smith on Sunday. Emma died three years ago after collapsing while watching her boyfriend on parade
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Timmy the Parrott returns home
A parrot called Timmy who went missing in Didcot at the weekend has been found at a nearby school. The African Grey parrot, who is able to whistle the Colonel Bogey March — the theme tune from the film The Bridge on the River Kwai — was found in the
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RUGBY UNION: Campbell frustrated
Witney coach John Campbell was understandably frustrated after his side's second successive home defeat. Campbell said: "We gave them two soft tries and wasted four kicks and three tries. "We played enough rugby to win, and I felt we were the only
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Post thief escapes jail
A postman who stole DVDs today said he had fully expected to be jailed. Stephen Dossett, 35, of Portway, Didcot, admitted delaying 887 parcels and stealing 14 packets and their contents while working at the town's delivery office between March and
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Spate of burglaries in Oxford
Jewellery, a television and bicycles were among items stolen in a spate of burglaries in Oxford over the weekend. Police are appealing for information on the incidents which took place yesterday and on Saturday. A large Orion television was taken
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RUGBY UNION: Witney pay penalty
Witney 17, Slough 20 Poor decision-making cost Witney dearly as they slipped to a narrow home defeat in Southern Counties North. Having already missed five very kickable penalties, the hosts were presented with a 15-metre three-pointer in front of
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Teenager attacked disabled woman
A disabled woman was attacked by a teenage girl as she walked her dog. She was pushed to the ground by a girl, believed to be a 14- or 15-year-old, near a playground in Chaffinch Road, Langford Village, in Bicester, some time between 8pm and midnight
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Dads go wild with children
A day of activities for dads and their children could become an annual event after hundreds of families enjoyed fun in the sun in South Oxford at the weekend. The organisers of the first Dads go Wild event, held on Saturday at South Oxford adventure
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RUGBY UNION: Baggett is Henley hero
Neil Baggett's 80th-minute try earned Henley Hawks a heart-stopping 10-6 victory at Worthing in National 3 South. But their sloppy performance left coach Jason Forster demanding never to see a repeat display. Henley were trailing 6-3 before Baggett's
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Two treated after Cowley crash
Two people were treated for minor injuries after a car crash in Cowley, Oxford, this afternoon. The two-vehicle collision happened on the corner of Hollow Way and Oxford Road at about 4.35pm. A fire crew and ambulance attended and two casualties
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Author inspired by street children
An Oxford author who has retold the life stories of eight Tanzanian street children now wants the book to educate pupils across the UK about poverty in the developing world. Kasia Parham, 47, a theology graduate at St Hugh's College, is the wife of
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Fire causes M40 lane closure
A van fire on the M40 closed one lane of the motorway this afternoon. Firefighters were called to deal with an engine fire in a Ford Transit van on the northbound carriageway between junction six at Lewknor and junction seven at Milton Common at about
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RUGBY UNION: Smith saves Chippy
Adam Smith's late, late penalty gave Chipping Norton a thrilling 28-26 victory at home to Windsor in Southern Counties North. A high tackle on Chippy's replacement full back Jamie Lakin gave Smith the chance and he slotted the kick with the final action
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Street wise
An Oxford author who has retold the life stories of eight Tanzanian street children now wants the book to educate pupils across the UK about poverty in the developing world. Kasia Parham, 47, a theology graduate at St Hugh's College, is the wife of
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M40 lane closure after fire
A van fire on the M40 closed one lane of the motorway this afternoon. Firefighters were called to deal with an engine fire in a Ford Transit van on the northbound carriageway between junction six at Lewknor and junction seven at Milton Common at about
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RUGBY UNION: Gosford thrash Wheatley
Gosford All Blacks finally got their season up and running with a 54-0 thrashing of neighbours Wheatley in the BB&O Premier Division. Wing Elliott Newell sprinted in from 30 metres for Gosford's first try then helped Eugene Griffin set up Dan Hughes
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RUGBY UNION: Quins crushed by leaders
A much-changed Oxford Harlequins side were beaten 55-7 at South West 1 leaders Redingensians. Quins' sprit remained good despite the score, although both teams returned from the field to find their changing rooms had been burgled. The visitors repelled
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RUGBY UNION: Wallingford march on
Wallingford made it three wins from three in South West 2 East with a 30-15 success at Olney as Jackson Sayce continued his fine kicking form. Wing Sayce slotted five first-half penalties, including two from the halfway line, as Wallingford's pack gained
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Cowley crash
Two people were treated for minor injuries after a car crash in Cowley, Oxford, this afternoon. The two-vehicle collision happened on the corner of Hollow Way and Oxford Road at about 4.35pm. A fire crew and ambulance attended and two
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Dads go wild with their children
A day of activities for dads and their children could become an annual event after hundreds of families enjoyed fun in the sun in South Oxford at the weekend. The organisers of the first Dads go Wild event, held on Saturday at South Oxford adventure
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RUGBY UNION: Swanson shines
Ross Swanson led the way as Oxford University beat a British Columbia XV 30-23 in the second and final match of their Canadian tour. The fly half bagged two tries, two penalties and two conversions for a 20-point haul, while wing Tim Catling and full
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Girl attacked disabled woman
A disabled woman was attacked by a teenage girl as she walked her dog. She was pushed to the ground by a girl, believed to be 14 or 15-year-old, near a playground in Chaffinch Road, Langford Village, in Bicester, some time between 8pm and midnight on
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Postman thief avoids prison
A postman who stole DVDs today said he had fully expected to be jailed. Stephen Dossett, 35, of Portway, Didcot, admitted delaying 887 parcels and stealing 14 packets and their contents while working at the town's delivery office between March
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300 women pampered for £1
A good pampering makes everyone feel good — and so it proved for the women of Oxford's Barton estate at the weekend. More than 300 women turned up for treatments at £1-a-go. Sue Holden, who started off the therapy days six years ago, said: "We usually
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HOCKEY: City boosted by hat-tricks
AnnetteCooper and Claire Guyett both hit hat-tricks as City of Oxford 3rd won 6-0 at Newbury in Division 2 of the Trysports 3-Counties League Oxford Hawks 3rd were too strong for Bicester in Division 1, chalking up a 4-0 away win thanks to braces
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HOCKEY: Keeper Evelyn shines in shoot-out
Oxford Hawks came through a first-round thriller in the EH Cup, as they beat Basingstoke on penalty flicks after a 1-1 draw. Basingstoke's centre forward slotted home easily from close range in the first few minutes. Henri Coles flicked the ball low
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Language day pulls a crowd
Children had a chance to visit different countries — all within the four walls of Abingdon's Guildhall. On Friday, secondary and primary school pupils gathered to celebrate the European Day of Languages. The event was organised by language
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HOCKEY: Rover routed
Rover Oxford slumped to a 7-1 defeat at Firebrands in their first match in the Slazenger England League Women's West Conference. The visitors were bombarded by four goals in the first half, all from clinically taken short corners Rover came out more
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HOCKEY: Hawks off to a flying start
Oxford Hawks got their Women's South Clubs League Division 1 campaign up and running with an excellent 3-2 win at Wimbledon. Hawks took the lead after only five minutes, when a clever early free hit found Ali Omell at the top of the D. She turned and
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HOCKEY: New formation pays off for Witney
Witney's management came up with a new South American-style formation of 3-4-2-1 for their friendly match against Banbury 2nd. And it seemed to work, with a fine blend of youth and experience helping Witney to emerge 3-2 winners. Graham Matthews capped
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CRICKET: Twyford go for Shallow
Hyron Shallow has agreed to play for ambitious Cherwell League club Twyford next season. The West Indian first-class batsman joins Twford from OCA side Tetsworth for whom he has been amassing runs at a spectacular rate. Shallow, 26, who plays for
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DARTS: College thwarted in runner-up bid
College Oak missed a chance to secure runners-up spot in Men's Section 1 of the Greene King ODDA when they lost 6-3 at home to Shelley Arms C. Needing four points to take second spot, Oak started well when Michael Wilkes defeated Karl Smith, who threw
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DARTS: Oxon stick with A team
Oxfordshire have stuck by their Men's A team for their Premier Division match away to Surrey this weekend. In their opening match of the campaign, Oxon earned a highly creditable 18-18 draw with Kent. However, it looked like being a victory until
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House guest stole from good Samaritan
A thief conned a good samaritan into putting him up for the night — then ransacked his home and stole £1,000 in cash. A man spent Saturday evening drinking with the burglar in The White Hart and The Crispin pub in Harwell. He said he had been camping
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Appeal after spate of burglaries
Jewellery, a television and bicycles were among items stolen in a spate of burglaries in Oxford over the weekend. Police are appealing for information on the incidents which took place yesterday and on Saturday. A large Orion television was taken
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Parrot found
A parrot called Timmy who went missing in Didcot at the weekend has been found at a nearby school yesterday. The African Grey parrot, who is able to whistle the Colonel Bogey March — the theme tune from the film The Bridge on the River Kwai — was found
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Council wants weather watchers
Weather watchers are wanted to help understand the impact of extreme weather conditions. The Vale of White Horse District Council wants amateur meteorologists to help it with a climate profiling project to understand severe weather events
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4X4 fans rally round
The sun shone for a charity 4x4 event as motoring enthusiasts picked their way through an off-road course. The Abingdon 4x4 Festival, held at Dalton Barracks, welcomed about 1,000 people to the site over the course of the weekend, as organisers
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Young boxers fund trip abroad
Twenty-four hours of showcasing their skills will help 21 youngsters from Berinsfield Boxing Club fund a training trip of a lifetime to Tenerife next month. For a whole week they will train at the island's specialised gymnasium, which is used
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A party for 100 years of our school (we think)
No-one was quite sure whether it was the school's centenary, but villagers celebrated just the same. A week of activities was organised in September, 1958 to mark 100 years of education at Bladon, near Woodstock. However, the villagers had little
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Have a say on regeneration
People in Wallingford, Thame and Henley are being given the chance to have their say about the future of their communities. South Oxfordshire District Council wants local residents to help it shape the future of the market towns over the next three
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Cinema was popular with children
The Electra cinema in Queen Street, Oxford, was popular with children living in nearby St Ebbe’s. Former resident Rosemary Russell-Vines, who lived in Chaundy’s Place, off Paradise Square, remembers the cinema, on the site of what is now Marks & Spencer
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Emma's fund brings town alive
The centre of Chipping Norton was ablaze with colour, music, noise, dancing, games and laughter as the town celebrated the life of teenager Emma Curtis-Smith on Sunday. Emma died three years ago after collapsing while watching her boyfriend on parade
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A pair of show-offs
The cancellation of the 2008 Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural Society show, because of the waterlogged Florence Park at Cowley, was a bitter disappointment to many exhibitors as well as the public. But the show has enjoyed great success in the past,
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Past pupils mark school's 50th
Hundreds of former pupils and staff stepped back in time to celebrate their old school's 50th anniversary. Matthew Arnold School, in Arnold's Way, Cumnor Hill, near Oxford, opened its doors in 1958. And alumni from all over the globe returned there
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Unique chance for film makers
Budding artists are getting a chance to express themselves on film and canvas as part of a new project aimed at people with learning dis- abilities. Arts Council England has pledged £55,000 to Flash Frame — a two-year digital arts project.
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Oneness of life
William Cowan (Oxford Mail, September 20) asserts that I do not envisage God as a Creator who is 'above all things'. This is true, for I find the concept of an omnipotent and benevolent, supreme person incompatible with the terrible, senseless suffering
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Scandalous behaviour
The scandalous and irresponsible behaviour of our banks is clear for all to see. SIMON STONE Warwick Road Banbury
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Sex stamina? A definite no
Jeremy Smith certainly enlivened my breakfast toast this morning, Pity the sad sporty types (Man About Town, Oxford Mail, September 27). As a serving teacher knocking on the door of 60 and driving a Jaguar E-Type (not bought with inherited money), I
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Cycling in a fashion style of their own
I've really gone and done it this time. Last month, when I rolled the trailer, it was on soft grass. The dog bounced out wagging its tail and I brushed the grass off the buggy. I've been taking it easy with the trailer since that first incident, and this
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No consultation
Democracy seems to have disappeared from the Vale of White Horse District Council. In terms of the new Vale waste contract and the seemingly inevitable introduction of alternate weekly or fortnightly collections, we have yet to hear from councillor
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Waste of money
Sir David King, chief scientific adviser to the Government, criticised the Large Hadron Collider initiative (Oxford Mail, September 11). He felt that the billions of pounds spent could have been invested in a more worthy project. I agree with him
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Risky goings-on
Well done to the management of the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford! I bet letting abseilers dangle from ropes on the outside of the building really cheers up all those patients trying to recover on the wards inside. Isn't it bad enough that these
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Six-year term was pathetic
So a judge thinks sentencing thug Gary Johnson to six years in jail and banning him from working with children for life was an acceptable punishment (Oxford Mail, September 25). Does he not realise that Johnson's attack on his own eight-week old daughter
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M40 delays caused by accident and breakdown
Drivers on the M40 were delayed this morning by a multi-vehicle accident and a broken-down lorry. Both incidents took place on the southbound carriageway and affected rush-hour traffic. The multi-vehicle accident took place shortly before 7am between
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Uncertainty for building society workers
STAFF, borrowers and savers of the Bradford & Bingley in Oxfordshire were today trying to work out how nationalisation of the bank would affect them. Bradford & Bingley branches in Oxford reported there were no queues of people trying to remove their
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Today's local share prices (AM)
AEA Technology 38.25 BMW 2209 Electrocomponents 168.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 124.5 Oxford Biomedica 8.1 Oxford Catalyst 171 Oxford Instruments 234.25 Reed Elsevier 563.5 RM 169 RPS Group 245.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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'Business as usual' after bank nationalised
Staff, borrowers and savers of the Bradford & Bingley in Oxfordshire were today trying to work out how the nationalisation of the bank would affect them. Bradford & Bingley branches in Oxford reported there were no queues of people trying to remove their
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M40 crash: Two injured
Two people were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford after an accident on the M40 this morning. Motorists experienced severe delays following a multi-vehicle accident between junction nine, at Wendlebury, and junction eight, near Wheatley,
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Young delight at harvest festival
Children at the Elms Road nursery school at Botley, Oxford, brought produce galore to their harvest festival in 1965. At Blackbird Leys, Oxford, in 1982, a giant pumpkin was among the hundreds of harvest gifts at the Church of the Holy Family
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Ducker hits back in Green Belt row
The leader of South Oxfordshire District Council has refused to agree to a shift in local authority boundaries in a bid to protect Oxford's Green Belt from housing development. Mrs Ducker has responded to claims by Oxford City Council that the Boundary
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M40 incidents cause rush hour delays
Drivers on the M40 were delayed this morning by a multi-vehicle accident and a broken-down lorry. Both incidents took place on the southbound carriageway and affected rush hour traffic. The multi-vehicle accident took place shortly before 7am between
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Patto on the brink
Darren Patterson was back on the brink of losing his job after Oxford United's embarrassing loss to Lewes. Saturday's 2-1 defeat by the Blue Square's bottom club, who hadn't previously won a game this season, put the manager's position back
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Shopper found confidential health files
An investigation has been launched into how a file loaded with confidential information on vulnerable mental health patients was picked up by a shopper in Oxford. A member of the public found the folder — lost by Bromford Housing Group — at Templars
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Crackdown nets £1.5m from benefit cheats
Almost £1.5m is to be collected from benefit cheats across Oxfordshire thanks to a clampdown by fraud investigators. In the past financial year, teams working for Cherwell, Oxford, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse and West Oxfordshire district
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Inquiry after patient records found dumped
An investigation has been launched into how a file loaded with confidential information on vulnerable mental health patients was picked up by a shopper in Oxford. A member of the public found the folder — lost by Bromford Housing Group — at Templars
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Don't let the cheats get away
Today we publish a roll call of shame listing the 58 people who have attempted to cheat the benefits system in Oxfordshire, but failed to get away with it. Thanks to the investigations of fraud teams, a staggering £1.5m is to be paid back.
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Why are they so careless?
We have lost count of the number of security blunders in recent months. CDs go missing in the post, computer hard drives containing banking information are bought on Internet auction sites and laptops are left on trains. It seems never ending
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Benefits cheat to repay £1.5m
Almost £1.5m is to be collected from benefit cheats across Oxfordshire thanks to a clampdown by fraud investigators. In the past financial year, teams working for Cherwell, Oxford, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse and West Oxfordshire
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Subaru set for high-speed test
Banbury's Subaru World Rally Team will travel to Spain with three works entries as the World Rally Championship returns to tarmac. The Rally RACC Catalunya Costa Daurada (October 2-5) is the penultimate tarmac event of the year and the first
