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County prepares to remember the fallen
People across Oxfordshire are preparing to attend Remembrance Day services to pay tribute to the fallen of two world wars — and servicemen in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Oxford on Sunday, hundreds will gather for the traditional service at the war memorial
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New owners reopen city rock pub
Rock lovers will have a place to call their own once again as the city’s only pub dedicated to heavy metal music reopened tonight. The Gloucester Arms pub in Friars Entry, off Gloucester Green, opened its doors to drinkers for the first time
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Firm sweetens bee study with £100k
Oxfordshire firm Rowse Honey has put up £100,000 for research into why there is a worldwide shortage of honey bees and into the diseases which are killing them. English honey bees have been so badly hit by both weather and disease that there will be
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Police record burglary rise
Burglaries and thefts of motor vehicles have increased in South East Oxford. Recently-released police figures for the three months between July and September show the number of domestic burglaries in Blackbird Leys, Littlemore and Rose Hill
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Interest rate cut surprise
Homeowners in Oxfordshire were taken by surprise by the Bank of England’s shock decision to cut interest rates by 1.5 per cent yesterday. Interest rates were slashed to a 50-year low in a dramatic Bank of England bid to rescue the UK from deep recession
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Victory in cancer drug fight
Cancer patient Andy Crabb is looking forward to a brighter future tonight after his third appeal to be given the life-extending drug Sunitinib on the NHS was successful. Mr Crabb, 50, is among 25 county kidney cancer sufferers denied funding
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Time is of the essence for them
The news that Andy Crabb received on Wednesday night could literally be a matter of life or death. After more than a year of setbacks in which he twice failed to convince health chiefs he was worthy of receiving the cancer-fighting drug Sunitinib, an
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Shoppers' paradise
Oxford traders may take some comfort amid the economic gloom. I recently met a Spanish friend who had come to our city to do her Christmas shopping, because she says Oxford is now much cheaper than Barcelona. So the days of Brits going abroad for
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Cops search three 'brothels'
Detectives from Thames Valley Police’s organised crime unit have raided three homes in Oxfordshire in an investigation targeting suspected brothels. Police yesterday said warrants were used to search homes in Pheasant Walk and Mandlebrote Drive, in Littlemore
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U's star to launch festivities
Traders and residents are gearing up for a three-day Christmas celebration later this month to mark the start of the festive season. Headington shopping precinct will hold its Christmas Experience between Thursday, November 27, and Saturday
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BMW shutdown to last longer
BMW will shut down its Cowley Mini plant for almost a month, in a move blamed on the credit crunch. Production lines at the BMW-owned factory, which employs more than 4,500 people, will shut down on Sunday, December 7, until Monday, January 5. This
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Food waste bid cut back
Plans to bring in a new food waste recycling scheme in Oxford are being scaled back from weekly to fortnightly collections — because the city council cannot afford the running costs. The Labour-run council wants to introduce a new three-bin
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Hundreds see £1,400 go up in smoke
Families turned out to see Steeple Aston fireworks go off with a bang on Guy Fawkes night. More than 500 people wrapped up warm as they gathered to see the fireworks shoot into the dark sky last night. The impressive display has been an annual event
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David who?
DEAR Insider: I have no idea who David Brent is but he is definitely not on our payroll. We don’t do “politically correct” in the County Council. If you ever hold down a job in the real world – making something more material than mischief – you would
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Target Concern
On reading Oliver Francis’s (Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals) criticism of Michael Hugh-Jones’s comments on questionable reporting of MRSA reductions, I thought Michael’s response was as well mannered as always. However, one comment from the full annual report
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City will be cut in two
So the Conservatives are planning to 'Transform Oxford', but at what cost environmentally and financially? The plans look as if they were worked out on the back of an envelope! Yes to the long planned and awaited pedestrianisation and removal of buses
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Officer up for third award
A police officer is set for a hat-trick of awards after just two-and-a-half years in the force. This year Pc Matt Sulley, 26, based in Oxford, has already been chosen as Thames Valley Police’s student officer of the year and picked up a Chief Superintendent
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Authors to hold a novel event
Readers are being given the chance to come face-to-face with more than 20 Oxford authors at a special writers event this month. Writers In Oxford, a society of about 200 authors from across the city, is holding a Christmas Book Fair at the Corner Club
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School opens £100k rooms
Pupils at a school for children with learning disabilities are celebrating a £100,000 cash grant to build new facilities. Chilworth House in Thame Road, Wheatley, has used the money to convert a 200-year-old coach house on the site into a multi-purpose
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Two-step to 50
A love of dancing brought them together and the ability to “give and take” has kept them happily married for 50 years. Ron and Shirley Bradbury, both 71, of Lockheart Crescent, Cowley, shared their golden wedding anniversary with their eight grandchildren
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Pupil's design goes to West End
An Oxford schoolgirl has been plucked from thousands of hopefuls and named a finalist in an anti-bullying competition. Harriet Ball’s colourful redesign of Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is one of seven entries picked nationally to be worn in
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Cowley Road to get Christmas market
Christmas will be celebrated in style in Oxford’s Cowley Road this winter with what is thought to be the street’s first Christmas market. The event, on Saturday, December 20, will see stalls set up off Manzil Way and shops opening late. It is the brainchild
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Museum revamp is moving on
Work is progressing well on the latest phase of the £8m redevelopment of Oxford University’s world-famous Pitt Rivers Museum. New cast-iron pillars, matching the originals, are now being installed at the Parks Road museum, which is behind the
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Flooding talk will pool ideas
A flooding conference featuring delegates from Oxford’s European twin towns was due to start today. Representatives from Bonn in Germany, Grenoble in France, Leiden in the Netherlands and Perm in Russia are meeting with Environment Agency director Lord
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Golf club take-over is 'positive' move
A golf club on the outskirts of Oxford with more than 600 members has been taken over — just three weeks after the company leased to run the club’s membership accounts officially went into liquidation. Hinksey Heights Golf Club, west of the city, is
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Cabbages & Kings
Thecamera crew seemed bent on self-destruction, standing as it did in the middle of High Street, while buses, vans and cars passed inches from the tripod. Following the line of focus I saw the reason for this apparent devil-may-care behaviour. Approaching
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Village to gather for dunking fun
The position may not have as much prestige as the Lord Mayor of Oxford, but hundreds of villagers will gather to witness the “mayoral” elections in Cumnor village on Monday. About 400 people are expected to congregate at the Bear and Ragged
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Singing legend to walk on in
International singing legend Dionne Warwick is appearing later this month at Oxford’s New Theatre. The American singer, whose hits include Heartbreaker, Walk On By, and Anyone Who Had A Heart, will be performing at the George Street venue on Tuesday,
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Mills ban hits Witney promotion challenge
JP Mills begins a three-match ban as Witney United travel to Fairford in the Premier Division on Saturday. Jamie Mills returns from illness, while Dean Moss (hamstring) is doubtful. Kidlington host Almonds-bury Town at Yarnton Road. Danny Warne, Chris
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We're ready for Totton - Peace
Didcot Town boss Stuart Peace says his side faces the toughest test of the season on Saturday when they take on Division 1 South & West new boys AFC Totton. The Railwaymen went top of the league on Tuesday after a 5-0 thrashing of Burnham,
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 33.5 BMW 1737 Electrocomponents 144.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 116.5 Oxford Biomedica 6.3 Oxford Catalyst 162.5 Oxford Instruments 190 Reed Elsevier 530.75 RM 155 RPS Group 166 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Obituary: Stalwart Rodney dies aged 65
Former football league linesman and local cricket player and umpire Rodney Harris has died aged 65, after a long illness. Rod, as he was always known, from Fordwells near Witney, was well-known in local football and cricket circles, playing cricket for
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Carruthers happy to knuckle down
Oxford United left back Chris Carruthers admitted this week that he was as shocked as many fans were when he was placed on the transfer list earlier in the season. But he acknowledged boss Darren Patterson did it to try to get a reaction, and he has
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Keeper Gareth itching to face United
Dorchester Town, who visit Oxford United tomorrow, have one player in particular who will be itching to do well - goalkeeper Gareth Stewart, who was with the U's for a brief spell on trial in pre-season. The experienced ex-Bournemouth keeper thought
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Man charged with stealing lead
A 31-year-old man arrested in Park Street, Thame yesterday has been charged with stealing metal. Peter Saville, of Van Diemans Road, Thame, was charged with theft, after lead was stolen from a property in Watlington in June. He has been released
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Alert issued after series of raids
Police are warning people to make sure their property is secure after a series of burglaries in Vale of White Horse and South Oxon that detectives believe may be linked. Overnight on Monday to Tuesday, thieves targeted a farm near Whitchurch-on-Thames
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FIXTURES November 6
SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. FA CUP. 1st round Oxford Utd v Dorchester Tn. BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Premier Div: Chippenham Tn v Banbury Utd. Div 1 South & West: Didcot Tn v AFC Totton, North Leigh v Bridgwater.
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Missing man found safe
A man who went missing from his home in Chalgrove this week has been found safe. Police said David Hartley, 61, who was reported missing from his home in Chalgrove on Monday has been found safe and well today.
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BADMINTON: Headington edge it
Headington A, without their doubles specialist Dave Soanes, edged to a 5-4 victory against Park A in Mixed Division 1 of the Oxford & District League. Park’s Jon Ponsford and Amy Gilder picked up three wins, but Headington hit back to seal
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RUGBY UNION: Chinnor out to reel in rivals
Chinnor will get within touching distance of safety, for now at least, if they can defeat Dings Crusaders in National 3 South tomorrow (2.30). Having come close to victory in each of their last three league games, Chinnor are hopeful of making
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Knife carrier walks free from court
A 39-year-old man who admitted carrying a knife walked free from court today. David Reid, of Green Hill Greater Leys, Oxford, was stopped by police in Blackbird Leys Road, Blackbird Leys, in June, and was found with a kitchen knife in his back pocket
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RACING: Trainer Curran recives big injury blow
Sean Curran’s Hatford stables, near Stanford-in-the-Vale, have suffered a major blow with Scottish Grand National hero Iris De Balme facing at least a year on the sidelines after suffering a tendon injury, writes Russell Smith. The eight-year-old spr
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ROWING: Katie shines in sculls
Former Headington School rower and Beijing Olympian Katie Greves finished second in the historic Wingfield Sculls from Putney to Mortlake, writes Mike Rosewell. Greves made a slow start which left her trailing in third, but her rhythm improved as she
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CRICKET: Kidlington still face league vote after chairman quits
The Oxford Times Cherwell League will still ask Kidlington to apply for re- election despite the resignation of their chairman Nick Duval, writes Ed Mezzetti. Members clubs will vote on Kidlington’s future at the annual meeting on November 27. The
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Rich wines for game, £111
With the game season now fully under way, we are being asked for suitable wines to go with this excellent source of low-fat, organic free-range food. Grouse is, as usual, expensive this year but the ever-popular pheasant and partridge are great value
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Game for some wine
In these challenging times I’m all for a bit of bartering. In the last few weeks I have been paid in eggs for lifts to the railway station and received horse care in return for grooming services. It was all going swimmingly until my chum from
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A Few Good Men: The Oxford Playhouse
The timing could not have been bettered - deliberately so, one assumes. On the very day that Barack Obama was elected to the US presidency, with his promise of a bright new dawn for his country, an Oxford Playhouse first-night audience saw a revival
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The Oxford Times crossword grids
Production difficulties with The Oxford Times meant the crossword grids in this week's newspaper were not published correctly. Apologies for that. The relevant grids are available by clicking on the link below.
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Cancer patient wins drug appeal
Cancer patient Andy Crabb said today he was "relieved” that his third appeal for the life-extending drug Sunitinib had been successful. Mr Crabb, 50, is among 25 kidney cancer sufferers in Oxfordshire who have been denied funding for the drug by Oxfordshire
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U-turn over eco-town
A NEW eco-settlement could be built in Oxfordshire without adding many thousands of homes to the number the Government wants built in the county. A proposed eco-extension to Bicester mooted as an alternative to the controversial Weston Otmoor
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New jobs at Screwfix
Hardware supplier Screwfix has opened a new outlet in Witney creating 20 new jobs. The company has chosen the Horspath Industrial Estate after extensive market research into the best location. It follows the establishment of branches in Witney and Banbury
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mONEY WASTED ON UNFUNNY DUO
Everybody seems to have something to say about the latest controversy to engulf the BBC, so I may as well contribute my twopenn'orth. Jonathan Ross deserves to be sacked, not just suspended from the BBC. Indeed, the BBC should never have employed him
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Double honour for two-pubs Archie
Each year The Good Pub Guide (Ebury Press, £15.99 paperback) presents awards to pubs that have reached the pinnacle of achievement and The Swan Inn, Swinbrook is included in that list. Archie and Nicola Orr-Ewing, who also run the award-winning
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Recipe for blade of beef with wild mushroom garnish
This is the dish I selected when taking lunch at the Swan Inn, Swinbrook – it was absolutely delicious. The meat fell away at the touch of the knife and the sauce was scrumptious. On speaking to Giles Lee, the head chef at The Swan, who created
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Oliver Stone's W
Oliver Stone has cultivated a reputation as the bruiser of modern cinema. He highlighted the moralcomplexities of Vietnam (Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven & Earth), savaged his fellow Americans's relentless pursuit of wealth (Wall Street)
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Of Time and the City, OSS 17 Cairo, Nest of Spies. L:et's Talk About the Rain and IN Prison My Whole Life
Occasionally, a film makes such an impression that it's impossible to view it objectively. For a Liverpudlian who will have been in Oxford for 30 years next October, Terence Davies's Of Time and the City is such a film. Having looked forward to this hometown
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The Cripple of Inishmaan Previewed: The Oxford Playhouse
The Druid Theatre Company have been invited to stage Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan at The Oxford Playhouse for the first of what will become a series of regular visits by this talented company. Founded in Galway in 1975, the Druid
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Record recruitment drive for finance firm
Accountancy firm Wellers has recruited a record number of trainees. Ten young number crunchers have joined the company, 60 per cent more than last year which bosses say is down to the growth of the company and promotion of previous trainees. Eight will
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Oxford Chamber Orchestra: Town Hall
It is hard not to bounce up and down, Proms-style, during the famous gallop of the William Tell overture, but Saturday’s audience managed to restrain itself. It’s a shame that this section is so often taken out of context because there is a sense, in
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Fat Pig, Comedy Theatre, London
I have a question. Who wants to play ‘the fat girl’? Even in a comedy. Who reads the script and then auditions for that role? Does she not know? I always wonder. Or genuinely not care? Or did her agent persuade her with the immortal words, “This
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Jan Crombie: Ovada Gallery
A new body of work by Oxford artist Jan Crombie on show at the OVADA Gallery, Gloucester Green, is the latest in an exciting series of one person exhibitions, featuring the work of emerging artists who are now being taken seriously. This show, which is
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Hysteria: North Wall Arts Centre
If you’re going to put on an absurdist play about pandemonium, the apocalypse and table manners, why not use a converted swimming pool as the auditorium? It’s Dada-esque. This deftly-executed exercise in miming and timing, encased in a soundscape of
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Serious house blaze in Headington
Firefighters tackled a severe fire in the ground floor of a house in Headington during the early hours. The blaze broke out in the rear lounge of the two-storey detached three-bedroom house in Lime Walk, at 12.25am. No one from Oxfordshire Fire Service
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Richard III: OFS Studio
RichardIII is arguably Shakespeare’s top villain. Unlike Macbeth and Iago, he’s deformed as well as evil – offering unrivalled opportunity for hams to limp about the stage, hunched and clutching a withered arm as they leer at the audience. And with
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Man in court on firearms charge
A 30-year-old man is due in court today accused of money possessing firearms. Jamie-Lee Rowland, of Mandlebrote Drive, Littlemore, Oxford, was arrested yesterday morning by officers from the Organised Crime Group as part of an investigation
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A40 crash causes delays
Traffic is flowing freely again after an accident this morning off the M40 in Oxfordshire. The crash happened during the rush hour on the A40 spur, off the motorway heading southbound just outside Oxford. Traffic was forced to queue while the vehicles
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Mahhew Sharpe: North Wall Arts Centre
atthew Sharp is nothing if not versatile. He plays the cello, sings, and acts, and his interests cross many genres. Saturday’s double bill demonstrated his extraordinary resourcefulness: first a recital of works for solo cello by Patterson, Yarde
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Man faces brothel charge
A 30-year-old man is due in court accused of managing brothels, money laundering and possessing firearms. Jamie-Lee Rowland, of Mandlebrote Drive, Littlemore, Oxford, was arrested yesterday morning by officers from the Organised Crime Group
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Mini Christmas shutdown extended
Production of the Mini is to be cut back in the latest sign of problems facing carmakers in the wake of the economic slowdown. Workers at the firm's factories in Cowley and Swindon have been told the two-week Christmas shutdown is to be extended to four
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Haydn's Creation CD release: Oxford Philomusica and New College Choir
Haydn’s Creation is like a really good, long-standing friend: however many times you meet up, you learn something new. This new recording (OP008/9) is the result of a collaboration between the Oxford Philomusica and New College Choir, and it renews another
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Robin Rhode: Hayward Gallery
Robin Rhode chalks things on to walls then plays with them. He draws a bicycle and rides it, heaves a boat up a ramp, tries to blow out a chalk candle, juggles with charcoal balls. The young South African artist, now living in Berlin and a rising talent
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Jasmin Vardimon: Corn Exchange, Newbury
The Israeli choreographer Jasmin Vardimon came to the UK in 1997. Ten years of work have produced eight hours of stage material plus many hours of rehearsal material, and in Yesterday, premiered in September, she visits her memories of these past
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Schola Cantorum of Oxford: Exeter College Chapel
At risk of courting cerebral stereotypes, it is a sad reality that Oxford’s choral scene is consistently characterised by elegant, accomplished, and emotionally unengaged singing. Schola Cantorum and their conductor James Burton proved once again that
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Romeo and Juliet, the Royal Shakespeare Company: Milton Keynes Theatre and Courtyard Theatre, Stratford
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Romeo and Juliet, which is out on a brief provincial tour before settling into Stratford’s Courtyard Theatre from November 28, offers a more than usually gloomy take on literature’s classic study
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Mini factory Christmas shut down extended
The annual Christmas shutdown at the Cowley Mini plant will be extended as the firm battles the economic slowdown, it emerged last night. Workers at the firm's factory in Cowley been told the two-week Christmas shutdown is to be extended to
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Roadtest: Quantum leap for Mondeo
A minute or two behind the wheel of the Ford Mondeo is enough to convince you that our new James Bond made no mistake when he made his Casino Royale debut briefly at the wheel of one. Sixteen buttons on the steering wheel, excluding the horn
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Fire destroys ground floor flat
Firefighters tackled a severe fire in the ground floor of a house in Headington during the early hours today. The blaze broke out in the rear lounge of the two-storey detached three-bedroom house in Lime Walk, at 12.25am. No-one from
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Crash causes rush-hour misery
Traffic is flowing freely again after an accident this morning off the M40 in Oxfordshire. The crash happened during the rush hour on the A40 spur, off the motorway heading southbound just outside Oxford. Traffic was forced to queue while the vehicles
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FOOTBALL: Brown hat-trick puts Didcot top
Didcot Town went top of the BGB Southern League Division 1 South & West with a resounding 6-2 triumph over Burnham at the Loop Meadow Stadium as Martin Brown bagged a first-half hat-trick. He netted twice in the first 12 minutes before
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FOOTBALL: Banbury suffer injury blow
Banbury United defender Kameron Abassi was stretchered off in injury time in a 1-1 draw at BGB Southern League Premier Division fellow strugglers Clevedon Town. Abassi was hurt after getting in a block tackle, but the extent of the injury wasn
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McDonald's closes for massive re-fit
McDonald’s restaurant in Headington will be closed for two weeks for refurbishment. The work is part of a £1.1m refit of McDonald’s across the county over the next 12 months. The Headington McDonald’s, opposite the ironically-named ‘Hamburger’ Green
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FOOTBALL: City's Trophy hopes dashed
OXFORD City crashed out of the FA Trophy with a 4-2 defeat by Dartford in their second qualifying round replay at Court Place Farm last night. Dartford had already hit the bar before City went ahead in the 13th minute through James Faulkner. But
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Hutch may face new Cup role
Darren Patterson may have to play Eddie Hutchinson as a make-shift centre-back again in Saturday’s FA Cup first-round tie against Dorch-ester because of the club’s injury crisis. The midfielder played at the back alongside Chris Willmott in Tuesday’s
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Car drag mother 'left for dead'
A mother-of-two is recovering after she was dragged 200 yards while hanging out of a taxi window before being left lying in an East Oxford street. Becky Sugden claimed she was grabbed through the passenger window after flagging down a private
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Time to remember
Sir – Remembrance Sunday this year falls on November 9. I hope many people will come to the moving ceremony in St Giles, but even if they can’t, I hope they will still support the Poppy Appeal. At the Service of Remembrance during the two minutes
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Proper service needed
Sir – It is heartening to see that some councils want to serve their taxpayers (Letters, October 30). The Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire District Council are joining forces to give their taxpayers a better deal in waste collection, including
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Politically impossible
Sir – The argument at national and local levels about the merits of slower speeds in urban areas seems to tipping in favour of 20mph in order to reduce the number and severity of accidents. However, we should not lose sight of the other critical impact
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Impartial judgement
Sir – From the tone of councillor Dhall's letter (Letters, October 17), I am led to deduce that she has already decided that councillor Pressel should be exonerated by the Standards Board. If this is the case, is it proper that she takes part in further
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A most singular Yank in Oxford
There has never been anyone in broadcasting like Bill Heine and we can be pretty damn certain there will never be again. For if you think about it, there is not much chance of anyone else shattering the roof tiles of their home with a giant
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Backtracking
Government planning policy on housing — you could not make it up. At least, that is, unless you are the Government, for whom making up housing policy as they go along has become something of a habit. We have leapt from a position where a 15,000-home
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Threatening deluge
Sir – It is welcome news (if true) that Thames Water proposes to spend £500,000 on making Oxford's sewer system work properly. It would be even better to hear that the city council would postpone approval on any planning applications that would add
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Clean sweep
Sir – Great news that some councils are going to switch off lights at night to save energy and help combat climate change. Let's hope Oxford soon follows in their footsteps. We could replace essential lights with movement-activated lights that switch
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Ideological whim
Sir – May I comment further on the letter from Jean Fooks and Dermot Roaf (October 30). I cannot understand the need for any increase in pavement width, what purpose does this serve? Surely, trees or bicycle racks could have been more economically
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Inhumane detention
Sir – Your report on the proposed detention centre near Bicester (October 31) arguing that the centre will bring jobs, hence economic benefit to the area, failed to highlight the enormous public and human costs likely to be incurred. Estimates show
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Luminous jackets
Sir – I am not surprised that a majority of citizens have supported a 20mph speed limit. Indeed, it would be a treat to be able to get up to 20mph whilst trying to avoid crazy cyclists and school-run 4x4s. What is not clear is whether the citizens
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Chainsaw massacre
Sir – We vote for city councillors to represent our interests. Susanna Pressel, the Lord Mayor, was doing just that when she fought to defend Osney’s willow trees against the chainsaw massacre decreed by the council’s staff. That she should now be
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Longer journey times
Sir – The plans to make an improved pedestrian zone in the city centre to some extent look attractive and exciting, but I can’t help wondering if any thought has been given to bus passengers. At present people are able to travel into the city
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Exercise compassion
Sir –– As a disabled person I was rather alarmed to see the proposals for extensive pedestrianisation in Oxford city centre. The proposals map made it look as though people like myself would not be able to drive and park anywhere in the city
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Beeching of the buses?
Sir – The images in the Transform Oxford press release look attractive enough, but there is very little detail. Streets crowded with pedestrians are shown, with no mention of how they might have arrived at the city centre. Currently around 50 per cent
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Tories bearing gifts
Sir – There seems to be a flurry of promises from the Tory county council for Oxford residents. The latest is this plan for so-called pedestrianisation of central Oxford (Report, October 24). Why has it taken so long? We've also been promised a much-needed
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Citing evidence
Sir – I do not doubt that Hugh Jaeger (Letters, October 24) realises that 27.351 per cent of readers are convinced by statistics and percentages. I hope he also realises that the percentage could be increased to around 70.561 per cent by his citing
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Badgers cause main road closure
Badgers have left a major road into Oxford close to collapse with their tunnelling on Cumnor Hill. The road between Botley and Cumnor will have to be closed for five weeks in January because of the damage done. With parts of the road
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Novel excuse
Motorists beware: A new menace has hit the roads. Badgers, believe it or not, have forced the closure of a section of road between Botley and Cumnor. Badger tunnelling has forced the carriageway to become unstable. You couldn’t make it up. Well, at
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A watershed in US politics
Yesterday's historic events in America sent shockwaves across the world, and like many cities, they were felt in Oxford. It is true that this US election has been a watershed in world politics. Barack Obama hasn’t even been inaugurated yet, let alone
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Bookbinders leaves city centre after 125 years
A world-famous book binding company – founded three years before Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 – has quit Oxford city centre as it battles problems including spiralling rents. Maltby’s the Bookbinders has left its home in St Michael’s Street
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Rock venue to change name
Oxford's biggest dedicated rock music venue is to change its name. The Oxford Carling Academy, on the city's Cowley Road, is set to become the O2 Academy. The announcement came this morning from the venue's owners Academy Music Group
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Rock venue to change name
Oxford's biggest dedicated rock music venue is to change its name. The Oxford Carling Academy, on the city's Cowley Road, is set to become the O2 Academy. The announcement came this morning from the venue's owners Academy Music Group (AMG). Although