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Water world to explore
Dionisio Garcia has the contented air of a man in love with his job. And it's not hard to see why. As a representative of the Estacion Nautica Mar Menor he has made it his life's work to sell the obvious attractions of one of the loveliest corners
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A fete led to dates
Queenie Cooper, the wife of the late Percy Cooper, one of the first directors of Oxford United Football Club, has died aged 101. Mrs Cooper was born and raised in Oxford and after leaving school went to work with her father, an Oxford tailor. However
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Ring masters
A group of promising young boxers have returned to the county after leaving their mark on a top gym in Tenerife. A total of 21 members from Berinsfield Amateur Boxing Club descended on the TKO Gym in Los Cristianos and showed off their ability in luxury
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Show focuses on the past
These historic images of Oxford are just some of the fascinating photos on display at a city centre rare prints and maps shop. Sanders of Oxford, in High Street, is displaying 300 old photos of the city and the surrounding area in the biggest exhibition
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Hostel closure alarms ex-cons
Ex-offenders are worried they could be left to fend for themselves when an Oxford halfway house closes next year. Roken House, in Lake Street, South Oxford, provides accommodation for 11 ex-offenders, but has been told its £121,000-a-year Oxfordshire
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It'll give you the creeps
It's enough to make you scream... The Oxford Mail is putting on a horror-themed late-night Halloween film festival, which is free for students (so long as you have a valid student card and a copy of that day's Oxford Mail — and don't worry
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GCSE outcomes fifth worst in UK
Children living on Oxford's Blackbird Leys estate got the fifth worst GCSE results in the country, new statistics show. Only 8.7 per cent of children there managed to get five A* to C grades, including English and maths, in 2007, compared with a 36.1
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Never forget
Ask your average youngster what they think about the annual Poppy Appeal and they would probably say something about pensioners rattling collection tins outside supermarkets. Nothing could be further from the truth. This year's appeal, which is launched
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Mini plugs in
This is the first picture of the new Oxford-built electric Mini. Full details of the ground-breaking car have been unveiled by BMW, with the models already in production at Cowley. A test run of 500 vehicles — known as the Mini E — will take to the
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Rock school
Aspiring rockers of all ages are being invited to go back to school. St Gregory the Great Catholic School, in Cricket Road, Oxford, has set up a Rock School, which it will be opening to the public next month. Like the film School of Rock, starring
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Dig deep for our heroes
Please dig deep and remember our war heroes. That is the impassioned plea from Oxfordshire Royal British Legion (RBL), which tomorrow launches its 2008 Poppy Appeal. And Oxford Mail readers are being urged to help beat last year's countywide fundraising
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Top marks
I recently underwent surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre at Headington, Oxford, and wanted to write to highlight what a wonderful hospital this is. I felt safe and was reassured all along the way. All of the staff were friendly
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Trainer's turning 'em on
Oxford United midfielder Phil Trainer is showing such quality whenever he plays that manager Darren Patterson is sure clubs will come after him. But the U's boss is warning: "If someone did come in, they'd better have a big fat chequebook
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Matty at the double
Matty Taylor scored twice as an Oxford United XI beat Woking 5-1 in a behind-closed-doors friendly. Taylor headed home a cross from Yemi Odubade, who made it 2-0 from the spot after being brought down. The teenager then scored with a poacher's goal
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Dusty ward
Since Tuesday last week, I have been visiting my grandfather in the medical short stay ward in the John Radcliffe Hospital and I have noticed that since he was admitted to the ward, there has been a collection of dust round the radiator at his bedside
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Our hospitals are excellent
Your article, Our excellent hospital staff (Oxford Mail, October 17), about the John Radcliffe, Churchill and Horton Hospitals all receiving an "excellent" rating from the Health Commission, endorses what I and a lot of people have known for a
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Cancer patient reassurances
Cancer patients have been reassured their treatment will continue as normal in Oxford despite a delay in the opening of a new £109m cancer centre. The Oxford Cancer Centre at the Churchill Hospital, in Headington, was due to open before the end of the
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1899 post office is under threat
A campaign has been started to try to save an Oxford post office open since 1899. The post office, based in Lloyds Pharmacy in Woodstock Road, will close when the chemist moves to a new base in Walton Street. A lack of space in the new
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Pensioners protest against poverty
Pensioners from Oxford visited Parliament today as part of a national campaign to stop them being "left in poverty". About 40 members of the Oxford branch of the Transport and General Workers Retired Members Association travelled to London to lobby
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Drug fears over dead husband
The recently married widow of a Didcot scaffolder found slumped in a pub toilet suspects he died from a drugs overdose. Recovering heroin addict Aaron Field, who worked at the town's power station, was found slumped in a toilet cubicle at Broadways
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Jerry Lee Lewis to rock the Forum
Towering legend of rock & roll, Jerry Lee Lewis, is back on the road – a full five decades since kicking off his career. Lewis, a founding father of rock & roll (and, consequently, everything that followed) headlines the opening night
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RUGBY UNION: Maudsley cites 'lack of drive'
Matt Maudsley says he left Oxford Harlequins due to lack of ambition and drive from key members of their committee. Maudsley, who stepped down as Quins' director of rugby to be replaced by John Brodley last week, revealed he also refused to
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RUGBY UNION: Best is yet to come
Wallingford coach Chris Norrington says his side are far from the finished article despite their meteoric rise. Norrington's men have now won five out of six matches at South West 2 level after clinching back-to-back promotions. Saturday's EDF Energy
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RUGBY UNION: New Varsity sponsor
Asian-based investment bank Nomura has signed an exclusive four-year deal to sponsor the Varsity Match. The Twickenham clash, at 2pm on Thursday, December 11, will be known as The Nomura Varsity Match, and the bank will also sponsor the women's
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RUGBY UNION: Bicester banned
Bicester have been banned from next season's EDF Energy Senior Vase after they pulled out of their second-round trip to Cirencester. Instead Saturday's tie was awarded to the Gloucestershire side who now meet Milton Keynes in the next round. Bicester's
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BAR BILLIARDS: Masons march on
Masons A eased through to the second round of the Johnsons Buildbase Oxford & District League's Scotland Cup with a 4-1 win against Gladiators A, writes PETE EWINS. Lloyd Wells (5,540) won the opener and was well- supported with wins from Alan Lowe
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GOLF: Nash is UK champ
Chris Nash, a Frilford Heath member, has won through to the Volvo Masters Amateur Tour World Final at Valderrama in Spain. Nash, a farmer, won the UK Final at Celtic Manor by three points with a two-round stableford total of 69.
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GOLF: City's play-off woe
Oxford City suffered play-off heartbreak as they lost the BB&O Hillman Trophy final to Richings Park at Ellesborough. The match finished 3.5-3.5 in regulation play, so City's Chris Keeley and Richings' Vikas Varma, who recorded the only
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Nurse lied about criminal past
A fraudster who cheated a mobile phone company out of nearly £8,000 lied about her criminal past when she became a dental nurse, a hearing was told today. Sophie Kay, 25, was convicted in 2005 at Oxford Crown Court for being involved in a conspiracy
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GOLF: Results round-up
FRILFORD HEATH Ladies October Stableford – Div 1: 1 M Glennie 36pts, 2 S Russell 35 points (cb). Div 2: 1 U Price 37 (cb). OXFORD CITY Medal No. 9 – Div 1: 1 I Barber 75-11=64, 2 D Warne 70-4=66, 3 M Walker 81-12=69. Div 2: 1 P Craft 81-16=65, 2 D
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ATHLETICS: Fernandez lifts county crown
Paul Fernandez, of Abingdon Amblers, won the senior men's Oxfordshire County Championship when finishing seventh in the Abingdon Marathon. Fernandez completed the course in 2hrs 38mins 58secs, more than six minutes behind the winner, Steven
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ATHLETICS: Other results
CARDIFF HALF MARATHON Eynsham RR: D Andrews (LV35) 2.03.26. AMSTERDAM MARATHON Didcot: A Tilley 3.47.07. MAJORCA MARATHON Didcot: W Miah 4.28.31. FRIETH HILLY 10K Eynsham RR: S Gascoigne (LV45) 57.11, J Ryan (LV60) 1.09.47, R Gascoigne (V50) 1.12.00
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ATHLETICS: It's tough going for juniors
Six young athletes from Abingdon Amblers had their first taste of top level competition when they competed in the National Road Relay Championships at Sutton Park in Birmingham. With each athlete covering a testing 3.8km circuit, the under 15 girls
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UPDATE:Power returns to homes
Electricity has been restored to almost 7,000 homes in south Oxfordshire hit by a power cut earlier today. Homes and businesses in the Sutton Courtenay, Didcot and Milton areas, plus surrounding villages, lost their electricity when workmen pulled down
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Power restored to homes
Electricity has been restored to almost 7,000 homes in South Oxfordshire hit by a power cut earlier today. Homes and businesses in the Sutton Courtenay, Didcot and Milton areas plus surrounding villages lost their electricity when workmen pulled down
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Proof: OFS Studio, Oxrod
Maple Giant Theatre’s last production in Oxford was the New York musical The Last Five Years, an emotionally aching tale of a relationship told through a wonderfully fractured narrative. Their new production is also highly emotive, and at times
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Rider seriously injured in crash
Police this afternoon appealed for witnesses to a crash near Witney today that left a teenager seriously injured. Between 6am and 6.30am, a black Honda motorcycle travelling in the direction of Abingdon, was involved in a collision with a heavy
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 38 BMW 1572 Electrocomponents 139.25 Nationwide Accident Repair 111.5 Oxford Biomedica 5.8 Oxford Catalyst 171.5 Oxford Instruments 198.5 Reed Elsevier 512.25 RM 168.75 RPS Group 182.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Widow tells of anguish
A well-known scaffolder from Didcot, whose body was found slumped in a pub toilet, could have died from a drugs overdose, his widow believes. Former heroin addict Aron Field, who worked at Didcot Power Station, was found dead at Broadways pub
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UPDATE: Biker in serious condition
A teenage motorcyclist is in a serious condition in hospital after a accident near Witney. The 17-year-old boy suffered multiple injuries when his black Honda motorcycle and a heavy goods vehicle collided on the A415 south of Ducklington, near the Ducklington
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The Burial at Thebes, Oxford Playhouse
What do you get if you cross a Sophocles tragedy, two Nobel Laureates and a Trinidadian composer? No, not a good joke. Humour couldn’t be further from the result — The Burial at Thebes, a new operatic collaboration between Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott
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AUNT SALLY: Goodgame stars for Gin'll Fix It
Alan Goodgame hit a six in his 15 dolls as Gin'll Fix It recorded a 4-2 victory over Unknowns in the Kidlington Indoor League. Goodgame scored 5-6-4 in an impressive individual display. Allan Prince hit a six in his 12 dolls – but it couldn't save
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Susan Bickley, Oxford Lieder Festival, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
The theme of this year’s festival is ‘folksong’, and Saturday night’s recital by mezzo Susan Bickley and pianist Julius Drake interpreted and reinterpreted this idea in a host of musical ways. The beautifully crafted programme of English and French 20th-century
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BOWLS: County suffer heavy defeat
County suffer heavy defeat OXFORDSHIRE were on the end of a thumping 33-7 defeat at the hands of Warwickshire in their third English Short Mat Association Inter County Competition clash. The writing was on the wall from an early stage for an under-strength
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Sir Thomas Allen, Oxford Lieder Festival, University Church
'I’ve never heard of him,” exclaimed the lady sitting behind me. I hasten to add that she was referring to composer Henri Duparc, not the distinguished baritone Sir Thomas Allen, who gave the Patron’s Recital to a packed University Church at this year
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Abingdon Marathon club results
Abingdon Amblers: 7 P Fernandez 2hrs 38 mins 56secs, 37 D Hancox 2.56.16, 98 S Convers-Reignier 3.08.18, 110 T Garrod (V40) 3.10.39,136 A Watts 3.14.37, 259 Sarah Matthews (LV 35) 3.33.55, 265 J Bones 3.35.08, 382 D Berger (V50) 3.54.34, 478 E Bedford
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Police trial new uniform
Thames Valley Police will be piloting a new uniform for three months from November and people will be asked for their views on the proposed changes. Officers in the Aylesbury Local Police Area, Aylesbury Roads Policing, and part of the Tactical
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House of Books, Modern Art, Oxford
When you open the door to the Lower Gallery at Modern Art Oxford and enter The Dark Pool instillation that encompasses the entire room, you feel you are intruding on someone’s private space. It seems indecent to go further — yet something compels
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East Oxford Orchestra: Prom at the Regal
The EOO made history as the first ensemble to play classical music at the Regal in Cowley Road. This former cinema has been reinvented as a nightclub and venue for live music. Its programme suggests the venue is aimed primarily at students, but Sunday
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Fumes cause PO closure
Witney's main post office in Market Square had to be closed for the day after a member of staff fell ill from an allergic reaction. Carpets in the building were cleaned after close of business last night and, according to Post Office spokesman Richard
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Fumes close post office
Witney's main post office in Market Square had to be closed for the day after a member of staff fell ill from an allergic reaction. Carpets in the building were cleaned after close of business last night and, according to Post Office spokesman Richard
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Police alert on phone scam
Police are warning people about a telephone scam which has been reported across Northamptonshire. At this time of year local councils send out electoral renewal registration forms to every household the country. Fraudsters have picked up on this
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7,000 homes hit by power cut
Almost 7,000 homes in south Oxfordshire are currently without power after workmen pulled down a high-voltage electricity cable. A spokesman for Southern Electric said no-one was hurt in the incident at a building site in the Milton area at about 10.10am
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Power cut hits 7,000 homes
Almost 7,000 homes in south Oxfordshire are without power after workmen pulled down a high-voltage electricity cable. A spokesman for Southern Electric said no one was hurt in the incident at a building site in the Milton area about 10.10am, but it
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MFI to close Oxford store
Shoppers visiting furniture superstore MFI in Botley Road, Oxford, were greeted with closing down banners. The Oxford store was one of 81 put into administration following a management buy-out of the troubled retailer earlier this month. Until the
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MFI store to close
Shoppers visiting furniture superstore MFI in Botley Road, Oxford, were greeted with closing down banners this morning. The Oxford store was one of 81 put into administration following a management buy-out of the troubled retailer earlier this month
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PC wins top award
A Thames Valley Police officer has won a top national award for his work in tackling youth crime in West Oxfordshire. PC Simon Collins has been awarded the National Justice Award for his work in dealing with underage drinking and anti-social
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Series of burglaries linked
Police believe three separate break-ins in Wantage were committed by the same gang of burglars. The first happened in Littleworth Hill when burglars got in through a ground floor rear window and stole £50 cash. Burglars then stole jewellery from a
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Police appeal over serial flasher
Police have appealed for help in catching a flasher who has been waiting at a bus stop exposing himself to passers-by. Four incidents have been logged in the past two weeks where a man has exposed himself at a bus stop on the Berinsfield side of the
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Police link jewellery raids
Police are appealing for information after three burglaries overnight in Wantage. Thieves broke into a property in Littleworth Hill through a ground floor rear window and stole £50 in cash and another property in Denchworth Road was burgled and jewellery
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Police hunt bus stop flasher
Police are appealing for information after a man has been exposing himself in Berinsfield over the past two weeks. There have been four incidents that have all happened at the bus stop on the Berinsfield side of the A4074, near to the wooded area.
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A drama involving Alan Bennett
It's not every day you get to speak to a national treasure but I was fortunate enough to enjoy a brief phone conversation with the author of Writing Home the other day. I had just introduced myself when disaster struck ‹ a pile of reporter's notebooks
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UPDATE: Biker dies after crash
A motorcyclist has died following a collision with a lorry outside Didcot this morning. The accident happened shortly after 2am, on the A4130 between the Southmead Industrial Estate and the Milton Road turning. The motorcyclist was riding a red Honda
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Today's local share prices (AM)
AEA Technology 38.25 BMW 1657 Electrocomponents 143 Nationwide Accident Repair 111.5 Oxford Biomedica 5.8 Oxford Catalyst 171.5 Oxford Instruments 198.5 Reed Elsevier 522.75 RM 168.5 RPS Group 184.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Update: Rider killed in crash
A motorcyclist has died following a collision with a lorry outside Didcot during the early hours today. The accident happened shortly after 2am, on the A4130 between the Southmead Industrial Estate and the Milton Road turning. The motorcyclist
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Cancer centre opening delayed
The opening of Oxford's new £109m cancer centre has been delayed until January because building tests have not yet been completed. The Oxford Cancer Centre at the Churchill Hospital, in Headington, was due to open before the end of the year, but the
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Police crack down on hare coursing
Police in Oxfordshire are joining forces with officers in Hungerford to run Operation Oust – designed to prevent hare coursing across the area. Neighbourhood Sgt for Hungerford, Andy Bone, said: “All hare coursing is illegal in this country and yet
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Cancer centre opening delayed
The opening of Oxford's new £109 cancer centre has been delayed until January because building tests have not yet been completed. The Oxford Cancer Centre, at the Churchill Hospital, in Headington, was due to open before the end of the year, but the
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Riders injured in crashes
Police and paramedics dealt with two crashes this morning, each involving a lorry and a motorcycle. The first happened on the A4130 link road between the power station and the Southmead industrial estate in Didcot, shortly after 2am. Paramedics took
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Two accidents on county roads
Police and paramedics dealt with two crashes this morning, each involving a lorry and a motorbike. The first happened on the A4130 link road between the power station and the Southmead industrial estate in Didcot, shortly after 2am. Paramedics took
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Ban on traffic ‘is going ahead'
The county council has vowed to force through wide-ranging plans to pedestrianise the centre of Oxford if opponents try to derail the idea. On Monday, the council announced multi-million-pound proposals to transform the city centre — including
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Pensioners call for extra cash
Pensioners from Oxford were joining a protest at Parliament today as part of a national campaign against OAPs being "left in poverty". About 40 members of the Oxford branch of the Transport and General Workers Union Retired Members Association were
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Let battle commence
We admire Keith Mitchell's bold vision to pedestrianise Oxford city centre — and the forthright manner in which he has warned opponents he will force through wholesale changes. It is something Oxford City Council has talked about for many years. Mr
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Farm farce
The way Cogges Farm Museum in Witney has been left to rot is nothing short of a scandal. Just when it looked like it was turning a corner — with 30 per cent more visitors through the gates this year — Oxfordshire County Council is embarking on cuts.
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Four decades on, goodbye Mr Chipp
Staff at the Oxford Mail said a fond farewell to one of Oxfordshire's best-known journalists, John Chipperfield, who retired after 44 years with the paper yesterday. A celebration took place at Newspaper House, in Osney Mead, Oxford, to wish Mr Chipperfield
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Shoppers targeted in anti-crime campaign
Thames Valley Police are targeting shoppers in a new force-wide campaign today to beat burglars. From today to Friday, crime reduction advisors, police community support officers and volunteers will be at major shopping centres to warn the public
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Hare coursing patrols ‘a waste of time’
Police have been accused of wasting their time targeting hare coursing when they should be attending burglaries instead. Wantage Pcs Darren James and Marc Lester were singled out by the Self Help for Farmers Group in an attack against police spending