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FOOTBALL: Improved City hold leaders
Oxford City 2 (Brooks 4, Faulconbridge 88) Farnborough 2 (Rumbold 50, Woozley 62) Oxford City maintained their improved form when Craig Faulconbridge's late header earned them a point at home to the Premier Division leaders Farnborough on Saturday
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FOOTBALL: Set-piece defeat
North Leigh 0 Windsor & Eton 1 (Butler 45) North Leigh were undone by a header from a set-piece on the stroke of half-time as Windsor & Eton edged a close Division 1 South & West game at Eynsham Park. A minute's applause was held before kick-off
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FOOTBALL: Banbury pay for missed chances
Yate Tn 3 (Beadle 16, Reid 55, Whittingham 59) Banbury Utd 1 (Bridges 75) Banbury's skeletal squad squandered lots of chances as they slumped to another Premier Division defeat. The visitors included Ben Milner up front, to replace Matty Taylor
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FOOTBALL: Holden grabs late point
Gosport Boro 2 (Culliford 19, McCormick 37) Abingdon Utd 2 (Odhiambo 61, Holden 85)) Abingdon United stormed back from two goals down to earn a point thanks to a late goal from Luke Holden in a Division 1 South & West game dominated by the wind.
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FOOTBALL: Abingdon survive shoot-out drama
Abingdon Tn 4 (Bloomfield 4, 116, Larman 31 Thomas 70) Cirencester Utd 4 (Miles 51, 73, 90, 112) (aet, Abingdon Tn won 3-2 on pens) Abingdon Town had to pull out all the stops before overcoming Division 1 West side Cirencester in a penalty shoot-out
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FOOTBALL: Faltering Didcot stumble out
Didcot Tn 1 (Bartley 58) Andover 2 (Turvey 7, Swayne 62) Didcot's stuttering home form continued with a disappointing defeat to fellow Southern League side Andover on Saturday in the FA Trophy. The hosts played with the wind at their backs in
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FOOTBALL: Johnson's hat-trick takes Hooky into the unknown!
Flackwell Heath 1 (Mason 8) Hook Norton 6
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Old films a reel success
In the 1950s Jericho building boss Wally Peedell bought a cine-camera and stood on a street corner filming daily life. Every year, he would organise a grand parade of floats and marching bands for St Barnabas Day and capture the happy scenes
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Big crowd hails fresh start for U's
Oxford United's new regime was ushered in with a season's-high attendance, a morale-boosting win and a sense of quiet optimism. Yesterday 4,645 noisy fans arrived at the Kassam Stadium to witness the start of new chairman Kelvin Thomas's reign at the
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FOOTBALL: Letcombe suffer a shock cup defeat
Letcombe 1 (Horswell) Saxton Rov 2 (D Parry 2, B Parry) Letcombe suffered a shock first-round exit at the hands of North Berks League side Saxton Rovers on Saturday. Saxton took the lead after two minutes when a clearance fell to Danny Parry, whose
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Hill bemused by red card
Rushden & Diamonds manager Garry Hill said he had no qualms about the final result at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday, but he was unhappy, and perplexed, with the red card shown to left back Gareth Jelleyman, writes JON MURRAY. "Oxford deserved to win
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Trainer happy to put boot in
Oxford United match-winner Phil Trainer was thrilled to open his account for the season with a superb left-footed strike, but he insisted the main reason to be cheerful was a victory for the team. The former Moor Green midfielder's 55th-minute goal,
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Wait adds extra spice for fans
Pop star Geri Halliwell kept her fans waiting for a book signing but for the young crowd who gathered eagerly to meet their heroine it was well worth it. The former Spice Girl, and now published children's book author, was at Borders in Magdalen Street
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Paralysed man's thanks to girlfriend's inspiration
Paralysed from the shoulders down, Tom Nabarrohas paid tribute to his girlfriend as he rebuilds his life this week. The former pupil of Oxford's Cherwell School dislocated his neck in a snowboarding accident in April last year and has been paralysed
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Starry night for children's hospital
Actors Edward Fox and Hannah Gordon will take part in a fundraising carol concert for Oxford's Children's Hospital. Two years ago a similar concert at Dorchester Abbey featured readings from singer Jason Donovan, impressionist Rory Bremner,
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The heat is on
The head of city centre management company OX1 has issued a Ready Steady Cook-style challenge to Oxford's chefs. Oliver O'Dell is inviting those based in the city centre to demonstrate their cooking skills under pressure during an OX1 event
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Subaru take top ten places
Banbury’s Subaru World Rally team drivers all finished the Rally Catalunya in the top ten. Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson were locked in tooth-and-nail battles for position, making for a tense finish to the Impreza WRC2008’s second asphalt rally.
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Cyclist killed on charity ride
A company boss has been killed on a charity cycle ride from John O'Groats to Lands End. Cyclist Graham Lees, 48, died in a collision with two cars on the A38 Bridgewater Road, near Taunton, about 150 miles short of his goal, police said today. Mr Lees
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Air quality test for street
Witney's most congested street is to be tested again for its air quality. West Oxfordshire District Council has commissioned monitoring of Bridge Street following a recent survey of Horsefair, in Chipping Norton. Previous tests have shown that the two
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Putting a stop to hare hunts
A crackdown on an illegal blood sport plaguing the Oxfordshire countryside has been launched. The hare coursing season began last month and police have reported a rise in the activity in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse. Hunters travel from
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Search for missing man
Police mounted a major search last night and today after a man was reported missing from Headington. Search teams and a police helicopter worked thoughout Saturday night and this morning trying to trace the man. It included a substantial
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Skaters take fight to council
Campaigners battling for a new skatepark in Oxford are taking the fight to the Town Hall tomorrow. Skateboarders want city councillors to back plans to install jumps and ramps in Cowley Marsh Park. Three members of the Oxford Wheels Project — which
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Subaru hold steady in Spain
Banbury's Subaru World Rally Team entry of Petter Solberg and Phil Mills remained fifth overall after the second day of intense mid-field competition in Spain. Team-mates Chris Atkinson/Stéphane Prévot pushed hard to climb one position on the morning
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Delays on A34 after crash
A collision has been causing long tailbacks for traffic using the A34 over lunchtime. Fire crews and police were at the scene of the crash, on the northbound stretch between Hinksey and Botley junctions, shortly after midday.
