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Put your questions to United chairman
OXFORD United chairman Kelvin Thomas will answer your questions this week. The Oxford Mail will meet Thomas on Wednesday – after the U’s chief agreed to respond to a number of questions put to him by the supporters. Simply email sportsdesk
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Lucky seven get £900k boost
Almost 2,000 school children are set to benefit from a £900,000 boost to raise standards in primary schools in the most deprived areas of Oxfordshire. Seven primary schools, including four in Oxford, will be able to bid for the new pot of cash by submitting
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FOOTBALL: Murrell saves the day again
Banbury Utd 3 (Travers 25, Groves 33, Gordon 72) Clevedon Tn 1 (Easter 2) Keeper Joe Murrell saved his second penalty in a week as Banbury came from behind to beat Premier Div-ision basement boys Clevedon at Spencer Stadium on Saturday. Murrell,
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FOOTBALL:Clinical City eye play-off assault
Oxford City 4 (Fisher 31, Pond pen 33, Gunn 53, Faulkner 65) Yate Tn 0 Oxford City moved up to tenth in the British Gas Business Southern League Premier Division after completing the double against ten-man Yate. The victory, City
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FOOTBALL: McCabe hits super double
AFC Hayes 0 North Leigh 4 (Allen 11, McCabe 22, 58, Hope 90) A brace from Andy McCabe helped North Leigh end their ten game win-less run with a convincing victory at AFC Hayes. After early home pressure, North Leigh took the lead when Joe Burnell’
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FOOTBALL: Sloppy Didcot throw it away
Bishops Cleeve 2 (Vercasi 53, Mansell 70) Didcot Tn 2 (Osbourne-Ricketts 42, 44) Didcot Town’s Division 1 South & West play-off hopes suffered a knock after they threw away a two goal to draw with Bishops Cleeve. Stuart Peace’s side strolled into
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FOOTBALL: Warrell sees red in Abingdon loss
Abingdon Utd 1 (Herbert 34) Uxbridge 2 (Tunnell pen 70, pen 80 ) Abingdon had keeper Sam Warrell sent off as they went down to their second home defeat in a week. Billy Beechers fired over after being found by Julian McCalmon. At the other end,
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FOOTBALL: Launton finally break league duck
Launton Sports 3 (Eason 24, Woodfine pen 20, Keeble 35) Thame Utd 2 (Jones 22, Hocking 66) Launton recorded their first win of their Division 1 East campaign after coming from behind to see off their Oxfordshire rivals. Rob Eason
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FOOTBALL: Simms doubles up on debut to lift Abingdon survival bid
Abingdon Tn 4 (Simms 23,49, Larman 45+2, Beauchamp 53) Chalfont Wasps 2 (Paget 40, Smith 73) Mark Simms scored a double on his return debut as Abingdon Town boosted their hopes of beating the drop from the Premier Division with a much-needed
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Rallying call for ambulance
An ageing Oxford ambulance is set to answer a special call by travelling 10,000 miles to Mongolia. Two friends from the city will join two others to drive the vehicle across 15 countries in a month to raise £10,000 for Oxford’s Douglas House hospice.
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Artists open their doors
Hundreds of homes, studios, workshops and galleries across Oxfordshire will be throwing open their doors for this year’s Artweeks festival. Throughout May, 400 exhibition spaces ranging from people’s front rooms to schools, churches and charities
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Pub launches man creche
“HE’S safe in here while you go shopping.” That’s one landlord’s reassuring message to wives eager to off-load the other half while shopping in Wantage. Frank Mahon, boss at the King’s Arms, has turned his pub into a creche. . . but
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Larks say goodbye to swimming pool
Swimmers have said goodbye after three decades of using an Oxford pool. Peers Sports Centre and swimming pool will close its doors to the public next weekend as part of Oxford City Council’s £5.7m cost-cutting drive. The Littlemore Larks bid farewell
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Bench will help remember flood victim Max
A memorial has been unveiled for a teenager who drowned during flooding last summer. Max Weeden, 17, of Judds Close, Witney, died after getting trapped in five feet of flood water in a culvert, off Eastfield Road, in June. Kate, 40,
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Kidney op pair back at home
A husband who donated one of his kidneys to his wife on the eve of Valentine’s Day has said they are both recovering well. Chris and Tracy Barrett spent February 14 in the Churchill Hospital in Headington, Oxford, following an operation that will give
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Kidney op pair back at home
A husband who donated one of his kidneys to his wife on the eve of Valentine’s Day has said they are both recovering well. Chris and Tracy Barrett spent February 14 in the Churchill Hospital in Headington, Oxford, following an operation that will give
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Caravan used to grow drug
A welder who was caught with 73 cannabis plants in his caravan told a court it was for his own personal use. However, Judge Anthony King told him he would have to be smoking it “day and night” if the drug was just for him. Nigel Robson
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£75 fines for dog dirt on Oxford's estates
STREET wardens on Oxford’s estates are to be told to start issuing £75 fines to litter louts and dog owners whose pets foul city streets. Despite having the powers to issue fixed penalty notices since 2006, Oxford’s 15 street wardens have so
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ARTWEEKS: Dates announced for Oxfordshire arts festival
HUNDREDS of homes, studios, workshops and galleries across Oxfordshire will be throwing open their doors for this year’s Artweeks festival. Throughout May, 400 exhibition spaces ranging from people’s front rooms to schools, churches and charities
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Stroke can hit at any time
INCREDIBLE as it sounds, more than 10,000 people in Oxfordshire are currently living with the effects of a stroke. But the number of people directly affected is many times greater, with family members and carers all caught up in the devastation
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Thieves target two makes of car
Thieves are targeting two specific models of car in Oxford, police said. Det Sgt Matt Jarman said there had been a notable rise in thefts of older Vauxhall Corsas and Ford Fiestas since the start of the year. Mr Jarman said the stolen
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Fiestas and Corsas: Thieves target cars of choice
THIEVES are targetting two specific models of car in Oxford, police said last night. Det Sgt Matt Jarman said there had been a notable rise in thefts of older Vauxhall Corsas and Ford Fiestas since the start of the year. Mr Jarman said the stolen cars
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Doves spread their wings
YET more good news for fans of sublime indie-rockers Doves. Following last month's announcement of a new album and tour, Manchester's finest have unveiled a full series of dates across the UK. And while Oxfordshire fans may be disappointed
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Unions plan meeting over axed BMW workers
Unions will hold a meeting in the Town Hall to discuss the cull of BMW workers at Cowley. Hundreds more agency staff will arrive at the Cowley Plant tomorrow morning to learn if they were among the 850 set to lose their jobs. Staff were
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Motorists escape after M40 smash
Two cars ended up in a ditch after a collision on the M40. Firefighters were called to the northbound carriageway at around 9.40pm yesterday between junction 11 at Banbury and 12 at Gaydon. Both cars left the carriageway but no one was seriously hurt
