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Constable gets England call-up
Oxford United striker James Constable has flown out to Italy with the England C party for Wednesday's International Challenge Trophy Group A fixture at the Stadio Santa Columba in Benevento, near Naples.His U’s teammate, Luke Foster, who was on standby
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FOOTBALL: City hit by keeper injury blow
OXFORD City could be without their first-choice goalkeeper Ryan Harrison for several weeks with a groin injury. The keeper has been struggling with the problem for a number of weeks, but last Tuesday during their FA Trophy game against Dartford, the
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Power cut in Banbury
MORE than 1,000 homes in Banbury were left without power earlier today. Residents in North Street, West Street, East Street and Stroud Close were all affected, although not for long. Engineers restored electricity within an hour of the
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Crash closes A34
A serious accident involving two cars tonight closed the A34 north of Oxford. Reports say the crash happened between the Peartree interchange and junction nine of the M40. The A34 northbound has been closed.
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Doorstep conmen target elderly
Police tonight appealed for witnesses after distraction burglars targeted two elderly people in Banbury. At 10am on Saturday, two men called at the home of a man in his 80s who lives in Caernarvon Way, claiming to be from a water company.
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The right response
Boys will be boys, particularly when they’re part of a rugby team on a pub crawl. The behaviour of the students from Oxford Brookes’ rugby squad at the Hobgoblin pub in Cowley Road last week was immature and boorish. It isn’t the first time a bunch
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Don't let them off
It is nice to see the Police ‘blitzing’ unlit cyclists, in Oxford High Street, with 83 fines in 2.5 hrs (Oxford Mail, October 27). However, why are the fines rescinded on proof of lights purchase within one week of the offence? Why not fine them £60
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Show us the detail
The plans to "Transform Oxford" propose that buses be removed from Magdalen Street. Instead, there would be a turning circle for buses in St Giles. Of course the street would be much pleasanter without buses, and if the buses returning northwards
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Police must tackle cabs
The article in last Thursday’s Oxford Mail entitled “Car drag, mother left for dead” left me wondering whether Oxford's police officers actually live in the same world as the rest of us. The article informed readers that "the police said that they
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Who is The Insider?
Every Thursday I scan the Insider colum hoping to find mention of Keith Mitchell. And there it always is. Does the Insider have a 'thing' for Keith Mitchell, or is there a more sinister relationship between these two? Then it occurred to me (horror
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Spectacular show
Explosions of colour filled the skies over Abingdon as thousands of people descended on Dalton Barracks for the annual fireworks display. Almost 4,000 people turned out to watch £3,000 of fireworks shoot into the sky. There were also fairground rides
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Drunk students land in trouble
Student rugby players last night apologised for “inappropriate and offensive” behaviour which led to police ejecting more than 30 of them from an Oxford pub. A spokesman for Oxford Brookes University Rugby Club, said team-mates had taken part in
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Knifeman jailed for attack
A man who chased his partner down a Didcot street with a knife before stabbing her inside a neighbour’s house was yesterday jailed indefinitely. Zabi Tahery flew into a violent rage after arguing with his mother-in-law, before threatening his partner
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Bus fare won't drop
Oxford's major bus companies will not reduce their fares despite the price of oil nearly halving in the last four months. Oxford Bus Company announced a 6.5 per cent price rise during the summer and attributed the increases to the high cost of fuel.
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It's Cop Trumps
Police are hoping youngsters in West Oxfordshire will go crazy for a new Cop Trumps-style card game. Faces and tips from 20 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), neighbourhood area officers and schools liaison officers have been emblazoned
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GREYHOUNDS: Monday's Oxford BAGS results
11.03: 1 SENEHAL DANNY 3-1, 2 Murphys Gem 5-2 fav. (3x2x6). Trainer: Wills. Time: 28.13. N/R Mahon Canyon (1), reserve ran. 11.19: 1 ELEGANT MIST 5-2 fav, 2 Sorrell Star 3-1. (2x3x6). Trainer: Hepden. Time: 27.90. 11.34: 1 LISKEE DIRECT
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DARTS: Krabben eyes a double
Preben Krabben, the reigning winter league singles champion, bids to complete a notable double in the Greene King Oxford & District Darts Association Summer League finals at Rover Sports & Social Club, Roman Way, on Friday (7.30pm).
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RUGBY: Hawks scare Ealing
Henley Hawks gave high-flying Ealing a scare before going down 15-10 at Dry Leas. The visitors were 15 points up after eight minutes with two tries by flying winger David Howells, but they failed to score again. Howells’s first try after just two
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RUGBY: Smith's drop goal seals derby
A drop goal five minutes from time by Adam Smith was enough to give Chipping Norton a 20-17 local derby victory over Witney in Southern Counties North at Greystones. The turning point was the loss of two Witney players to the sin-bin which gave the
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Singers head for 02 Arena
Didcot Girls’ School will be joining choirs nationwide in The Big Sing, linking up with celebrities in London’s O2 Arena — formerly the Millennium Dome — on Thursday, November 27, in an attempt to break the world record for the largest choir. The school
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HORSE RACING: Bradstock on weather watch
Mark Bradstock, who trains at Letcombe Bassett, near Wantage, is praying for dry weather to get King Harald back on the course at Cheltenham this weekend. The ten-year-old, who is jointly-owned by Oxford-based Peter Bennett-Jones, holds entries
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Twin towns learn from Oxford's flood problems
Visitors from Oxford’s twin towns believe lessons can be learned from the city’s experience of last July’s devastating floods. About 30 representatives from the city’s twin towns, Leiden in Holland, Bonn in Germany, Grenoble in France, and Perm in Russia
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RUGBY: Gosford rally is in vain
Gosford All blacks went down 50-42 to Swindon College Old Boys in a pulsating Berks, Bucks & Oxon Premier Division encounter at Stratfield Brake. Swindon pulverised the home side in the first half with seven tries caused by direct running
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Quins pipped at the post
RUGBY: Missed chances in the closing stages cost Oxford Harlequins victory as they were pipped 25-22 by Exmouth on their first visit to the Imperial Recreation ground. Playing into a strong wind which Exmouth used well, Quins went behind in the second
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Wallingford back on song
Wallingford got back to form after three league defeats with a 33-15 victory over Reading Abbey. The home side went ahead with a Jackson Sayce penalty and increased the lead when Nick Rist was pushed as he raced onto a kick ahead and a penalty try was
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RUGBY: More agony for Chinnor
Chinnor suffered another kick in the teeth with this stoppage-time 20-14 defeat at home to Dings Crusaders in National 3 South on Saturday. Having come so close to victories in recent weeks, they must have thought they were about to shade a 14-13 win
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Watch out, there's bike theft about
As I was cycling to Amit and Ajay’s on Sunday morning to get some eggs and milk, I passed a scene of considerable consternation outside a large student house on Cowley Road. They were remonstrating and pointing at the wall beneath the front bay window
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Speaking up to help Max
“As his parents we find it hard when people ask: ‘Why does Max talk differently?’" Amanda and Luca Letizia’s son Max is like many other seven year olds – he loves swimming, playing outside and being a Beaver Scout. But Max suffers severe speech and language
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Today's local share prices (PM)
AEA Technology 33.75 BMW 1835 Electrocomponents 149.75 Nationwide Accident Repair 117.5 Oxford Biomedica 6.75 Oxford Catalyst 162.5 Oxford Instruments 190 Reed Elsevier 534.5 RM 158 RPS Group 176 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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Raiders steal haul of digital cameras
Police today appealed for information after a large quantity of digital cameras was stolen in a burglary at an industrial unit in Station Yard, Thame. Burglars broke into the unit and stole the cameras sometime between 9.30pm on Friday and 2.30am
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Stolen Lexus burned out
Police are appealing for information after two cars were stolen from Wantage and Milton. A silver Lexus, registration GV05 VFP, was stolen from a car park in Ormond Road, Wantage sometime between Tuesday and Friday. It was later found on fire in Bracknell
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TV taken in burglary
Police are appealing for information after a house in Church Street in Appleford was burgled between 9am and 8.40pm on Friday. The burglars broke into the house by smashing the rear conservatory door and stole a 26-inch flat screen television and some
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Burglars break into Shrivenham home
Police are appealing for information after a burglary at a house in Vicarage Lane in Shrivenham. Thieves broke into the house through the rear bedroom window between 8pm on Friday and 2pm on Saturday, but do not appear to have stolen anything.
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HOCKEY: Hawks Ladies show their intent
Oxford Hawks Ladies showed their promotion intentions by forcing a 2-2 draw at fellow title hopefuls Southampton in South Clubs’ League Division 1. The game started at a high tempo, and remained so for the full 70 minutes. Hawks broke through against
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HOCKEY: Pilbeam brace sparks Rover
Rover Oxford recorded back-to-back wins with a hard-fought 4-2 victory over Ramgarhia at Oxford Brookes in the South League's regional division. Rover tested out a new formation and it seemed to pay off as they enjoyed plenty of early possession. Against
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Who is the Insider?
Every Thursday I scan the Insider colum hoping to find mention of Keith Mitchell. And there it always is. Does the Insider have a 'thing' for Keith Mitchell, or is there a more sinister relationship between these two? Then it occurred to me (horror
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Fine those cyclists!
It is nice to see the Police ‘blitzing’ unlit cyclists, in Oxford High Street, with 83 fines in 2.5 hrs (Oxford Mail, October 27). However, why are the fines rescinded on proof of lights purchase within one week of the offence? Why not fine them £60
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Spell out the details
The plans to "Transform Oxford" propose that buses be removed from Magdalen Street. Instead, there would be a turning circle for buses in St Giles. Of course the street would be much pleasanter without buses, and if the buses returning northwards
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Police must tackle hire cars
The article in last Thursday’s Oxford Mail entitled “Car drag, mother left for dead” left me wondering whether Oxford's police officers actually live in the same world as the rest of us. The article informed readers that "the police said that they
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Grant saves rape crisis centre
THE future of Oxfordshire’s only service for victims of rape and sexual abuse is secure, thanks to a Government grant. The Oxford Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre has been given a £20,000 boost to carry on with its work. Liz Hulme
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Muslim music shows off its appeal
Sounds from around the Islamic world rang out to the delight of the audience at an Oxford theatre over the weekend. The Muslim Music Festival, organised by the Muslim Education Centre of Oxford (Meco) for the fourth year running, drew crowds of more
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Gang Show hopefuls queue up
Gang Show hopefuls battled it out in front of judges at the weekend to win a place at next year’s all singing, all dancing extravaganza. Talented Brownies, Beavers, Scouts, Cubs and Guides, aged between eight and 12, gathered at the Scout Hut
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Now it's the O2 Academy
Oxford's biggest dedicated rock music venue is to be renamed as part of a multi-million-pound sponsorship deal, which its owners have said will boost the profile of live music in the city. The Carling Academy Oxford, in Cowley Road, is set to become
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TV raiders strike in South Oxford
Police are appealing for information following a burglary in South Oxford. Between 8am and 4pm on Friday, a house was broken into in Marlborough Road. Offenders got in through the front door and the whole house was searched and a television
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TV stolen in Cowley break-in
Police this afternoon appealed for information following a burglary in Cowley. Between 3.45pm and 7.45pm on Friday, an address was broken into in Hollow Way, Cowley, and electrical items were stolen, including a television. Anyone with
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More rivers on Flood Watch
Four rivers in Oxfordshire have now been placed on Flood Watch alerts by the Environment Agency, following heavy rain. This morning only the River Evenlode, from Morton-in-Marsh to Cassington, near Witney, was on Flood Watch, but now the rivers Ray,
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'Utter relief' as the guns fell silent
THE 1st Battalion had spent the war fighting in what is now Iraq, but was then known as Mesopotamia, part of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and at the start of November 1918, its men were at the town of Hit, west of Baghdad, on the River Euphrates
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Car park crash driver drove off
A motorist crashed into a parked car in a supermarket car park then drove away. Police want to trace the owner of a silver Mercedes E-Class which hit a blue Nissan X-Trail outside Tesco Express in Edington Square, Deep Park, in Witney, last Tuesday.
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Teenagers charged over stabbing
Two teenagers have been charged with causing grievous bodily harm following a stabbing in Oxford. The boys, aged 14 and 16, were charged after an 18-year-old man was taken to the city's John Radcliffe Hospital with stab wounds following an incident
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Hussars in action to last moment
The mounted troops of the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars – or Oxfordshire Yeomanry – were in the vanguard of the British Army as it advanced through Belgium, returning to the ground where British and German forces had first exchanged fire in August
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RUGBY: Dark Blues match called off
Oxford University's match against Bristol tonight has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Iffley Road. The match will now be played tomorrow night.
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Boys charged following stabbing
Two boys from Oxford have been charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm following an incident in Oxford. Police were called at about 8.45pm on Friday to an incident in Saunders Road. An 18-year-old man was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital
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Police plea after crash
Police are appealing for witnesses after a driver failed to stop at the scene of a crash in Witney. At 7.20pm last Tuesday, outside Tesco Express in Edington Square, Deer Park, a blue Nissan X-Trail, which was parked, was hit by a silver Mercedes E-Class
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Bug-hit hospital ward reopens
New patients are being admitted to a ward at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford after it was hit by a winter vomiting bug. On Friday, staff at the hospital in Headington decided not to admit new patients to the surgical emergency ward because a number
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Police chief 'out of running for Met'
Thames Valley Police Chief Constable Sara Thornton has ruled herself out of the running to replace outgoing Sir Ian Blair as Britain’s most senior officer. Ms Thornton, 45, was tipped by a Sunday newspaper to become the first female Metropolitan Police
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Today's local share prices (AM)
AEA Technology 33.75 BMW 1812 Electrocomponents 151.5 Nationwide Accident Repair 117.5 Oxford Biomedica 6.6 Oxford Catalyst 162.5 Oxford Instruments 193 Reed Elsevier 540 RM 157.75 RPS Group 169.25 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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River Evenlode on Floodwatch
A West Oxfordshire river was placed on Floodwatch by the Environment Agency this morning as heavy rain hit the county. The River Evenlode, between Moreton-in-Marsh and Cassington, was placed on the flood alert, which means flooding of low-lying land
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River Evenlode on floodwatch
A West Oxfordshire river was placed on Floodwatch by the Environment Agency this morning as heavy rain hit the county. The river Evenlode, between Morton-in-Marsh and Cassington, was placed on the flood alert, which means flooding of low-lying land and
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U's must do it the hard way
IF Oxford United are to reach the money-spinning third round of the FA Cup this season, they will have to do it the hard way. Following United's 0-0 stalemate against Dorchester Town at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday, yesterday's second-round draw pitted
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Nice display, shame about cheapskates
Praise to Oxford Round Table for organising a spectacular evening of fireworks at South Park on Saturday night. The burning wicker man provided a stunning finale with most of us managing to make it home, or into the pub, before the heavens opened. Hopefully
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Time for us to think and be thankful
Tomorrow at 11am we urge all Oxford Mail readers to be silent and remember. The arguments for and against Britain’s involvement in global conflicts are beside the point. The two-minute silence serves as a reminder about the brutality and lives it squanders
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Please fall silent to remember their sacrifice
We want you to take two minutes tomorrow to remember everyone who has given their lives in the service of their country. Tomorrow is the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War and a national two-minute silence will be observed from