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GREYHOUNDS: Oxford BAGS results
2.21: 1 GROOVY TIMES 5-2 fav, 2 Nats Charmer 4-1. Trio: (4x6x3). Trainer: Mayo. Time: 28.42. 2.38: 1 BALLYMAC FIELD 3-1, 2 Elm Heartache 5-2 jt fav. Trio: (6x4x5). Trainer: Massey. Sahara Shrike (2) 5-2 jt fav. Time: 28.28. 2.52: 1 GOLDFINCH LADY 3-
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U's game on Tuesday already in doubt
OXFORD United’s trip to Kettering, originally scheduled for Saturday, but then rearranged for Tuesday night, is in serious danger of being postponed again. The Poppies’ pitch is still covered in snow, and if more forecasted snow arrives
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Thanks for sanctuary support
I would like to thank all your generous readers who have so kindly sent donations of food and money to help our homeless cats. Although due to the recent death of my husband I am not able to take in any more cats, I still have more than 30 cats here
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Council grants will stay
The financial situation that the city council finds itself in should come as no surprise to readers of the Oxford Mail. This year coming, we have to find more than £5m in savings, because of the financial mess the previous administration left us in,
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Vegan diet is way ahead
How refreshing it was to read the letter about the relationship between the meat and the dairy industry and the destruction of the environment (Oxford Mail, January 16). If carnivores cut down on their consumption of animal-based foods, their health,
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Mixed messages on buses
Could the bosses from the Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach please tell me why they bother to put advisory notices in their buses warning passengers to ‘remain in their seats until the bus comes completely to a standstill for their own safety’, when most
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Ambulance aid on way to Gaza
Muslim worshippers at three mosques in Oxford have collected £9,000 to buy an ambulance to help people in Gaza. Over the past fortnight, about 2,500 people attending the city’s three main mosques have given donations to pay for the £4,000 ambulance.
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Turl tales help cancer centres
Stories created by a group of writers have helped to take Val Watk- ins’s mind off her cancer. Mrs Watkins, from Little Milton, was diagnosed with the ovarian cancer four years ago, and has been undergoing treatment ever since. But she has still managed
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County ‘short of social workers’
Oxfordshire is facing a social worker “crisis”, according to the Conservative Party, which claims one in 12 such posts at the county council are vacant. The Tories said the figures showed more than eight per cent of social worker posts in Oxfordshire
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Recycling centre gets facelift
South Oxfordshire’s main waste recycling centre will be closed in the spring while improvement work is carried out. Oxfordshire County Council will shut the Oakley Wood site, near Wallingford, for three months, from March 23. The council plans to improve
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Protect green spaces, says MP
Greater protection should be given to green spaces to halt the concreting over of the city’s ‘lungs’, Oxford East MP Andrew Smith said. The Labour MP warned the combination of a steady flow of people into the city for work, the tight green belt boundary
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Nurses get their re-ward
Former nurses are set to get back into Oxfordshire hospitals after completing an intensive three-month return to practice course. Oxford Brookes University has run the course, which is aimed at nurses who have been away from the profession for three
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Happy hounds in their element
The snow may have caused chaos to Oxfordshire’s schools, roads and public transport systems at the end of last week, but two of the county’s furriest residents were in their element. Trained Alaskan malamute sled-dogs Fenn and Goose live in Kingston
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Amber is a poster girl
Schoolgirl Amber Hayler’s artwork is to take pride of place in the centre of Witney. The Aston and Cote Primary School pupil won a competition to design the artwork for hoardings surrounding the town’s Marriotts Close development. Amber’s painting was
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Robber leaves clues in the snow
A gunman who stole £200 from an Oxford petrol station may have slipped up by leaving a trail of footprints in the snow. The robber went into the BP garage, in Cherwell Drive, Marston, at 7.50pm on Friday and threatened a member of staff with what was
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Baseball helps to beat cancer
A saleswoman hopes to score a home run in the fight against cancer by learning to play baseball. Laura Porter has been picked to become the face of a new Cancer Research UK campaign which encourages people to donate their skills to raise money. The
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Amateur singers raise voices to help
Singers of all ages and abilities found a common voice to help some of the city’s troubled youngsters. More than 200 amateur choristers performed in a choral concert at the Sheldonian Theatre, in Broad Street, Oxford,yesterday in aid of The Art Room.
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Theatre design will go on show
Detailed designs and models of how an East Oxford theatre will look after a multi-million pound revamp are to go on show to the public. Preliminary demolition work at the Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, began last month with the major work due to begin
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Mixed hospital wards must go
Hospitals will be fined if they continue to treat patients in mixed-sex wards. The threat from Health Secretary Alan Johnson forms part of a tough package of measures aimed at eliminating mixed-sex accommodation in the NHS. Mr Johnson said these wards
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Hoodie gang in robbery bid
A GANG of men wearing hoodies tried to rob a student as he walked across a bridge. The student was walking along Waterperry Road towards Oxford University’s Wheatley Campus when he was surrounded by a gang of up to seven people on the bridge which runs
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Before the magistrates
A list of the people convicted of offences at magistrates' courts around the county recently: OXFORD: Leslie Belcher, 48, of Stanway Road, Headington, admitted possessing amphetamine at Oxford on October 10. Fined £140, ordered to pay £60 costs
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Appalling, simply appalling
Jeremy Clarkson's comments about Gordon Brown really were disgusting. Was it really appropriate, after all, to call him "one-eyed" and make fun of his disability in that he lost the sight in one eye when a youngster? No wonder disability campaigners
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Man fights for life after city centre accident
A 60-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was involved in an collision with a car in Oxford city centre. A silver Peugeot 306 collided with the man in St Aldates, outside Christ Church, at around 7pm yesterday. He was taken
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All ice and no spirit.......
Rehearsals started in earnest this week for The Memory of Water, our May production remember? They had a very successful read-through on Monday at the Church Hall, and off they go into full blown rehearsals that will result no doubt into another
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Man injured in street brawl
A 20-year-old man suffered a fractured cheekbone during a late night attack in Witney. Police are appealing for information about a fight involving three men in Witney High Street near to Izi’s wine bar at 3am on Friday. The man suffered a broken
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Update: More snow on its way
The heaviest snowfall of the winter and gale-force winds are forecast to hit Oxfordshire tomorrow. More snow is set to fall over the county later today before up to 20cms arrives on Monday evening. A Met Office spokesman said: “There
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UPDATE: Bus services still restricted
Oxford Bus Company is still not able to offer a complete service due to icy roads. The City 4 route is now serving Rose Hill but cannot reach Elms Rise or Dean Court. Buses are turning around at Elms Parade. The same service can continue through to
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Green theme for charity ride
Dozens of cyclists dressed in green outfits will take to the streets of Oxford on Friday to raise money for student campaigning charity People and Planet. The event is the latest in a series of ‘alleycat’ cycle rides, a bicycle treasure hunt where cyclists
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UPDATE: More snow on its way
The heaviest snowfall of the winter and gale-force winds are forecast to hit Oxfordshire tomorrow. More snow is set to fall over the county later today before up to 20cms arrives on Monday evening. A Met Office spokesman said: “There
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Police appeal for missing man
A man has gone missing from a hospital in Oxford. Christopher Harris, 27, of Headington, was last seen at the John Radcliffe Hospital at 2pm yesterday. He is white, about 5ft 10in tall, stocky and has shoulder-length hair. He
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Battle for hospital heating up
A battle to get Bicester its promised 30-bed hospital is gathering pace. On Monday, district and town councillor Les Sibley plans to lobby Cherwell District Council to get backing for his fight. He will also launch a petition in the next few weeks and
