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Branson coy over Honda F1 link
Sir Richard Branson has revealed for the first time he would be interested in becoming involved in Formula One. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone confirmed earlier this week Branson's Virgin Group "would love" to take on the up-for-sale Honda Racing
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RUGBY UNION: The numbers game
Chinnor were soundly beaten by faster, stronger opponents. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: National 3 South Score: Chinnor 19, Canterbury 53 Chinnor player ratings: 15. Ben Hewitt 6 (fairly quiet)
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Oxford Utd 1, Mansfield Town 0 (21/02)
Craig Nelthorpe hit his first goal for the club as Oxford United chalked up their seventh successive home win in the league. It was another impressive U's performance, even if they didn't quite match their attacking play of last week against
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Fairport play cancer fundraiser
THE folk rock legends behind an annual Oxfordshire music festival have been picked to headline a cancer charity concert at London’s Albert Hall next month. Fairport Convention, who set up the three day Cropredy Folk Festival in a field near Banbury
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Job timebomb
Once again Oxford made the national headlines – for all the wrong reasons. BMW has axed 850 jobs at its Cowley plant. Let us not forget that each one of those job losses affects a whole family – plunging spouses, children and, in the case of many workers
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Craig set for starting role
Craig Farrell looks set to return to Oxford United’s starting line-up against Mansfield today after his impressive second-half performance as a sub last week. The on-loan York City striker could come in as a straight swap for the suspended Lewis Haldane
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Job club offers support
Following Wednesday’s Oxford Mail editorial titled Action, not just words, I would like to put the record straight. Oxfordshire County Council and its partners have acted swiftly to assist those who have lost their jobs at BMW in Cowley by providing
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Unpalatable truths
It is pretty clear that the unprecedented spate of redundancies at the Cowley car plant reveals unpalatable truths about British employment laws. Most of those who have lost their jobs at such short notice are left without redundancy pay. These are
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Union boss calls sackings 'brutal'
I have dealt with some bad employers in my time. But the behaviour of BMW over the past week takes some beating for sheer industrial brutality. Without a word of advance notice to the union nationally, BMW announced the sacking of 850
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Get credit flowing
This week’s news that BMW Mini has cut 850 jobs, alongside making changes to shift patterns at the Cowley Plant, is devastating for those workers who have lost their jobs, and for their families. It comes at what is already a tough time for many people
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Union workers faced threats
I am sure that the BMW workplace union leadership did all that they could to try and negotiate a more humane way of handling the sacking of the long-term agency/BMW workers. But why the secrecy? Convenor Bernard Moss summed it up with his statement
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Mini: German story 'very different'
Jamie Macfarlane was told he was no longer wanted at BMW’s Cowley plant just two days before he finished. Technically, the weekend worker was given a week’s notice that Friday in January when he was “demanned”, as it was called, but when he
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BMW CULL: A world of difference between us and the Germans
JAMIE Macfarlane was told he was no longer wanted at BMW’s Cowley plant just two days before he finished. Technically, the weekend worker was given a week’s notice that Friday in January when he was “demanned”, as it was called, but when he
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Man About Town
So, you’re over 60 and you want to get frisky? Well fair enough, but spare a thought please for the rest of us. I have nothing but admiration for older people, and especially those in their 70s and beyond, but if they insist on getting fresh with each
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Put region first
The Wessex car industry has taken another blow with workers being laid off at BMW in Cowley. This comes on top of reduced production at the Honda factory in Swindon and Ford in Southampton. Rather than laying off Wessex workers and leaving machinery
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There must be parity for all EU workers
IT is the end of a week of turmoil for workers at BMW in Cowley. Hundreds are on Monday expected to learn of their fate when they arrive at the plant. Many will have already be fearing the worse. Union leaders have come under fire for, in the view
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Missed trick
It appears that BMW may have missed a trick in respect of its recently announced job layoffs. It has long been a source of pride to BMW, and to car owners, that the Mini held its price so well. Given that it is priced some 10-15 per cent higher than
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County's roads have gone to pot
ENGINEERS have admitted they are battling to cope with a spike in the number of potholes reported in the wake of the recent snow and freezing temperatures. Motorists have been called upon to be the county council’s “eyes and ears” as it works
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Potholes plague county roads
Engineers have admitted they are battling to cope with a rise in the number of potholes reported in the wake of the recent snow and freezing temperatures. Motorists have been called upon to be the county council’s “eyes and ears” as it works
