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Fisher released by U's
OXFORD United have offered professional contracts to right back Ian Sampson and midfielder Richard Groves, but Alex Fisher has been released. Striker Fisher, who has scored two goals for the first team, has been told he will not be offered a pro deal
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Firefighters in child rescues
Firefighters rescued two small children in separate incidents in west Oxfordshire today. They were called to The Gassons, Filkins, near Carterton, shortly after 2.20pm to a two-year-old child with their head trapped in a table. Firefighters released
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Loan star Killock on way back after injury
Shane Killock is back in full training. The left-sided defender, on loan from Huddersfield town, has been out for six weeks after pulling a hamstring in Oxford United’s 1-0 win at Crawley. But he has stepped up his rehab work over the last week and
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Community team make a cracking Easter offer
Oxford United’s community team are helping out the community – by offering reduced prices for their popular soccer courses over the Easter holidays. Instead of the normal £40, the four-day courses can be booked for just £30, and there are courses all
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It's do or die for U's
Right back Damian Batt says Oxford United’s clash on Saturday with his old club Grays is “a must-win game”. And Batt’s rally-cry comes on the day that manager Chris Wilder revealed the club have offered Batt a two-and-a-bit year deal to stay at the club
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Would-be robbers left footprints on victim
ROBBERS stamped on a Tesco delivery driver so hard their footprint marks were left behind on his bruised torso. The father-of-four, who asked not to be named, was set upon by two men while on his delivery round in Meadow Lane, off Donnington Bridge Road
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Careless cyclist in dock over Cowley Road accident
A CYCLIST who knocked down a child said it was “unfair” that he had become the first person in living memory to have been prosecuted for a careless cycling offence in Oxford. Daniel Rosier was cycling at about 15mph when he hit the youngster at traffic
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Kidlington's Dorothy becomes Chelsea Pensioner today
KIDLINGTON pensioner Dorothy Hughes yesterday ruled out romance as she officially joined the ranks of the Chelsea Pensioners. The 85-year-old, formerly of Mead Way, and Winifred Phillips, 82, from Kent, were welcomed to the Royal Hospital,
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Fresh calls to replace Oxford community hospital
HEALTH camapigners demanded immediate action yesterday after Oxfordshire NHS Primary Care Trust admitted it had failed to cope with the impacty of the closure of Oxford Community Hospital. The 24-bed hospital, at the Churchill Hospital complex in Headington
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Council: Bus firms 'likely to be too slow'
OXFORDSHIRE County Council says it doubts bus companies’ proposals to cut vehicle numbers in the city centre by a quarter and deliver the early pedestrianisation of Queen Street. Oxford’s two main bus companies yesterday set out how they hoped to take
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FOOTBALL: Banbury playing waiting game
Banbury United have still not yet decided who will succeed Kieran Sullivan following his decision to resign as manager. Sullivan quit following last weekend’s 5-0 home drubbing by Chippenham in the BGB Southern League Premier Division. There has been
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FOOTBALL: Alexis set to face misconduct charge
Kidlington are still awaiting the referees’ match report as the fall-out to last weekend’s abandoned Premier Division game with Chalfont Wasps continues. Kidlington assistant manager Kelvin Alexis was sent from the technical area five minutes from the
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Headington schoolgirls set to Race for Life
TWENTY inspirational pupils will be in a class of their own when they join Oxford’s Race for Life this summer. The group of eight 11-year-old girls, from St Joseph’s Primary School in Headington, Oxford, calls itself St Jo’s Joggers. They are the first
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Bicester church helps feed Zimbabwe village
CHURCH-GOERS have been helping starving villagers in Zimbabwe by sending a pallet of food every month. The congregation at Orchard Baptist Fellowship, which meets at Cooper School, off Churchill Road, Bicester, were moved to help farmers in the impoversished
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Motorist hospitalised after cow crash
A 32-year-old driver suffered a fractured skull after his car was struck by a cow, it has been revealed. James Shayler, of Witney, was injured in the crash while driving his partner Donna Saunders, 27, along the B4044 in Farmoor, at around 8pm on Monday
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Wines for Mothers' Day £73
This week we are offering a mixed case with Mothers’ Day in mind. These are good value French wines that can be enjoyed on their own or with a variety of foods. They are light, fresh and refreshing — ideal for Spring in fact and to celebrate Mothers’
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Dinner celebrates wines of Portugal
The inaugural Oxford Times Wine Club Dinner took place last Thursday and what a success it was. I was — if I am honest — a little worried the day before. The event was a sell-out, I knew that Sophia from Quinta de la Rosa would make an excellent speaker
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Man arrested over arson attack on OAP's home
A 46-year-old man is in police custody after an arson attack on a pensioner’s home. Shiela Smith, 81, was woken by a passing motorist who spotted a fire outside her home in Wood Street, Wallingford, at 6.15am on February 26. The porch
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THIS WEEK'S FIXTURES
SATURDAY FOOTBALL BLUE SQUARE PREMIER Oxford Utd v Grays Ath. BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Mangotsfield v Banbury Utd, Swindon Supermarine v Oxford City. Div 1 South & West: Didcot Tn v Bridgwater
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Long delays expected as accident closes A40
The A40 between Burford and Northleach has been closed in both directions following an accident. Motorists are being warned to expect severe delays, although diversions are in place. A VW Golf and a white van were involved in a head-on collision at about
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Cheaper cars can save BMW
BMW in Oxford is now laying off workers due to a fall in sales, and is blaming it on the credit crunch. But if it wants to sell more cars it should drop its prices considerably. Fleet buyers typically pay about one third less than the full retail price
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Was was attraction on TV news
ONE of the meanings of ‘meridian’ is ‘culmination’ – and it certainly appears that ITV’s Meridian is a culmination of Oxfordshire news as a local programme. In fact, it seems to have gone beyond the immediate galaxy. Smiths are known to break things
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Status Quo drummer teaches music to Didot pupils
HUNDREDS of youngsters were feeling the beat when Status Quo’s former drummer walked into their school. Jeff Rich visited All Saints Primary School in Didcot to teach pupils how to play like a rock star. He joined the band in 1985 and spent 15 years
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Job change was devastating
LAST month I retired. I didn’t really want to leave. I had intended to work on past 60, but last summer I was told my job was to become full-time. When the job was advertised it said ‘job share considered’, so I applied, along with many others. None
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£20k to make care homes more gay-friendly
MORE than £20,000 is being spent to make care homes more ‘gay-friendly’ for people with dementia. The Mental Health Foundation has handed Age Concern Oxfordshire £21,757 to work at five care homes in the county to make sure lesbians, gays, bisexuals
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Derelict chance to expand car park
A RECENT letter to the Oxford Mail said that residents had warned councillors that Headington car park was too small for the new Waitrose supermarket. Some months ago I wrote to a councillor pointing out that a house in Old High Street had been a derelict
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Oxford dance skaters stay chilled for final
A GROUP of break-dancing, hip-hop inspired ice skaters have won a place in the final of a national competition. The Ice Star competition is part of hit ITV1 show Dancing On Ice, and the Oxford Freestylers, above, who train at Oxford Ice Rink, have beaten
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County snowfall bill may top £600,000
THE final bill for the major snow clearing and road salting operation earlier in the year could top £600,000. It has emerged that Oxfordshire County Council is faced with taking £470,000 from its reserves to help cover the cost of combating the heavy
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I was a skinhead, says film-maker
FORMER skinhead Sharon Woodward is putting the final touches to a film about the heyday of two-tone, reggae and ska music in Oxford in the late 1970s and early 80s. The Headington film-maker, 43, showed a rough cut of the film, Thank You Skinhead Girl
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Botley school tunes up for £200k facelift
A PRIMARY school is making a song and dance about its plans to raise £100,000 for school improvements. North Hinksey Primary School wants to modernise classrooms in its 1970s building as the first part of a five-phase redevelopment. And the school is
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Cabbages & Kings
THERE comes a time when finding a New Year resolution to survive beyond Epiphany becomes impossible. But I had every hope that Philip and Jean’s scheme would be the exception. On December 30 the young-at-heart grandparents (both reach their three score-years-and
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Lemon Tree homes plan delayed again
OXFORD restaurateur Clinton Pugh says he is puzzled by the latest delay over his plan to build homes on the site of one of his restaurants, which was costing him “a fortune”. The Lemon Tree, in Woodstock Road, North Oxford, closed last August, and for
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Visitors 'blown away' by science fair
PHOBIAS, the properties of chocolate, lightning and an anatomically correct man made out of cake were among the exhibits on show at The Cherwell School’s second science fair. A total of 28 different projects put together by 80 pupils aged between 11
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Didcot and Wallingford set to grow
THOUSANDS more new homes are being earmarked for Didcot and Wallingford under plans to expand the towns. South Oxfordshire District Council this week revealed the sites where it would prefer to build more than 3,300 new homes before 2026. It has narrowed
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School turns clock back to 1960s
SCHOOLCHILDREN stepped back in time to the Swinging Sixties when they tucked into shortbread and pink custard to mark a milestone anniversary. Pupils at Fir Tree School in Wallingford marked 40 years of lessons on Tuesday and invited back old
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Traders wary over precinct facelift moves
ABINGDON’S ageing Bury Street shopping precinct is to get its long-promised revamp – but traders are calling for guarantees from the new operator it will be a substantial improvement. This week, the Vale of White Horse District Council, which owns the
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Former Lord Mayor dies
Joe Blewitt, a former Lord Mayor of Oxford and a councillor for 32 years has died, aged 89. Mr Blewitt, of Minchery Road, Littlemore, Oxford, was a Labour councillor representing the Littlemore ward, and was first elected to the city council in May 1991
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Get cycles security marked
Cyclists can get their bikes security marked free of charge at Oxford railway station this afternoon. Crime prevention officers will be at the cycle racks in the station forecourt between 5pm and 6.30pm to log serial numbers and mark bikes with the owners
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Artistic talk from a quintet of wardens
It is a well-known phenomenon in the 21st century that you only ever see police officers in pairs, just occasionally in threes. I dare say the poor darlings are fearful of being mugged out on their own. Parking wardens, on the other hand, tend to operate
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Bertie on the button over fish and intelligence
So Bertram Wooster was right about something — and I am not just referring to the titbits of blblical information that earned him the religious knowledge prize from the hands of the Rev Aubrey Upjohn M.A. at Malvern House Preparatory School. No, I mean
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What made budgies bounce with health?
As actress Jenny Seagrove tucked away the box of detergent in the cupboard beneath the sink of her character’s suburban semi, a frisson of excitement passed through the crowd seated around me at Milton Keynes Theatre on Monday. “OMO!” they chorused
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Moving bus stops will cause chaos
Sir – It appears that city and county are now in full flight from the idea of reducing bus numbers along the High Street, frightened by the understandable public reaction against even larger buses operating from hubs near the centre. It will not be long
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Arrogant review
Sir – Phil Bloomfield's review of Cleaning Up was somewhat arrogant in tone. In my experience most recovering addicts, and those suffering depression, face their demons with courage and make huge efforts to get better. To describe someone’s
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Best-kept secret
Sir – Free parking for chemotherapy patients at the Churchill Hospital, as claimed by an ORH spokesman (Report, March 5), must up until now have been among the world’s best-kept secrets. I have been attending for chemo every three weeks for about six
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Lamb cutlets with green peas recipe
This recipe, which can be found in Madhur Jaffrey’s Quick & Easy Indian Cookery (BBC Books), is a splendid example of how Madhur Jaffrey fuses a simple grilled cutlet with spiced vegetables. It’s a recipe where frozen peas can be used to great advantage
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Daft old ideas
Sir – A. Watson (Letter, February 26) tries admirably to reconcile the idea of a relief road across Christ Church Meadow with the environmental objections that so far have prevented it being built. A. Watson’s cut-and-cover tunnel would be 1,000 metres
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Self-indulgent greed
Sir – The Humanist fervour prevalent in your letters page provides a fascinating insight on two fronts. Firstly, it is met by a deathly silence from the church, a sure indication that its own lack of faith and self-indulgent greed throughout history,
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progressive thinking
Sir – It was good to read that Dr Tariq Ramadan (Feature, February 26) is ‘interested in the evolution of Muslim mentalities’, and, despite his detractors, seems to be part of the growing movement of liberal Muslims who are trying to counter the jihadi
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Signal Elm
Sir – I read with great interest Reg Little's piece on Boars Hill and the ‘Signal Elm’ (March 5), and I can’t help wondering whether the tree illustrating the article really was the Signal Elm. The tree pictured is an oak, certainly of some age, although
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Saving money
Sir – “None of us got involved in local politics to save money”. So you report councillor Ed Turner as telling the city council budget meeting (Report, February 19). This is sadly all too true of the current city councillors and the parties they represent
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Cathedral myth
Sir – I am sorry that Helen Peacocke perpetuates the myth that Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, is the smallest cathedral in England. This may once have been true. But since the extension of the west end of the cathedral in the 19th century and the
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Oxford Brookes University Restaurant, Gipsy Lane, Oxford
Reckless in the face of the deepening recession, I lunched on consecutive days last weekend at Quod (superb pollack with winter vegetables each time, since you ask). On both occasions, the place was full to busting. Sunday’s lunch rendezvous with
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Give your views
Sir – Few people will realise the county council is undertaking another three-week consultation on the proposal to build a massive incinerator between Didcot and Abingdon. This ends on March 27. The renewed public consultation was marked on Sunday by
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So out of date
Sir – Your correspondent, Nuala Young, is astonishingly out of date with the situation regarding nuclear waste. She says that it is vulnerable to leakage and overheating as well as sabotage. The UK’s legacy waste, i.e. waste that is as much as 60 years
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Do the sums
Sir – The controversy over nuclear power rumbles on. To what extent, in practice, we could keep our industry, lighting, and domestic equipment running without energy from nuclear and fossil fuel is ultimately a matter of arithmetic. The arithmetic
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User-hostile
Sir – The county council’s proposals for moving the bus stops from Queen Street are strange and user-hostile. Service 15, to Wood Farm, which currently does not use Queen Street, in future will. The routes to Headington are the only ones which get a
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Removing barriers
Sir – The Greens have rejected the medical model of disability, where an individual’s impairment is considered. They would rely entirely on the social model of disability, where the aim is to remove society’s barriers to disabled people. However, there
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Theologically confused
Sir – The Bishop of Oxford is theologically confused, methinks. The purpose of Lent is to fast, denying the flesh, which allows one’s spirit to come closer to God, preparing us to celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ; the Bishop’s suggestion
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Inspiring talk by a pioneer of spice
The collection of recipe books that stand close to my worktop in my kitchen are worn and tattered. Many are splashed with oil, egg stains and spices. This is because they are my old favourites, containing much-loved tried and tested recipes I have
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Country lover's novel
Ann Lingard is that all too rare breed of person today; a polymath. A zoologist by education, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster. Her name may be familiar to some as during the mid-1990s, she wrote the column ‘Walking the Dog’ for The Oxford
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Life and times of romantic Lucius
Talk about Romantic Decay. Some of us remember Great Tew, possibly the prettiest village in Oxfordshire, some 30 years ago when many of the cottages had 17th-century timbers (some still covered in bark) poking through their rotting thatch, and parishioners
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Flooding concern
Sir – Over the last few weeks there have been a number of articles about proposals for a flood defence scheme to protect Oxford. One concern in Kidlington, Gosford and Water Eaton is that the Environment Agency is concentrating on the Oxford
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Wesley campaign nears 300
The Oxford Mail campaign to bring back ITV Thames Valley Tonight, and popular presenter Wesley Smith, has been joined by almost 300 readers in just over 24 hours. Petition I wish to show my support
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Less haste . . .
The joint statement by Oxford’s bus companies that they are prepared to work in a ‘quality partnership’ to achieve a 25 per cent cut in buses in High Street, joint ticketing arrangements and, effectively, a jointly planned timetable is a momentous one
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Marley & Me and Bronson
Animal lovers will go bow wow wow for Marley & Me, David Frankel's comedy-drama about one man’s journey of self-discovery with a mischievous labrador, based on the memoir by John Grogan. Adapted for the screen by Scott Frank and Don Roos, the film collars
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Detention centre decision might be postponed
A decision over building an 800-person asylum detention centre near Bicester may not be made today after all. Councillors on Cherwell District Council are meeting this afternoon to decide on planning permission for the proposal on former MOD land, known
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Dave O'Higgins and Quentin Collins
Miles Davis’s album A Kind of Blue has probably brought more people into the jazz fold than any other. Its open and accessible melodies were recorded in just two days with Coltrane and Adderley. The music’s lack of complexity also means that it has been
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ANCESTRAL ROOTS
ANCESTRAL ROOTS Timothy Clack (Macmillan, £15.99) Oxford archaeology and anthropology lecturer Timothy Clack is definitely a glass half-full person. Dripping wet after a downpour and packed like a sardine on the London Underground, he poses the question
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Disappearing cycles
Sir – I read the story of Oxford entering the cycle hire business to the possible tune of £130,000 for a pilot scheme. As there are a large number of cycle businesses in and around Oxford, I wonder if the initial purchase of 90 cycles was put out for
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Wartime love story
At 75, Joan Bakewell’s long and successful career as a journalist has culminated in the publication of her first novel, which she stresses is “grounded in fact”. It all began when she uncovered an old school magazine that described the Ship Adoption
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Future of Cogges
Sir – For six months, articles have encouraged the local community to believe that Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) has entrusted the future of Cogges Manor Farm Museum to a ‘Cogges Community Enterprise (CCE) group’ that will take over the running of
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Charity struggles for funds
Oxfam, which earlier this year cut its Cowley workforce by 71, is not the only charity to tighten its belt as the recession bites. Spare a thought, too, for smaller charities in Oxford, some of which fund university research, which are finding that the
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Car electronics firm sold for £9m
AN OXFORDSHIRE software engineering firm has been bought by its management in a £9m deal. Diagnos, which employs 50 people in London Road, Wheatley, provides sophisticated electronics and technical support to independent workshops. It was founded in
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Coppelia: New Theatre, Oxford
Coppelia is a light-hearted comedy ballet, but it’s also the tale of a cruel trick played on Dr Coppelius, the enigmatic dollmaker. His masterpiece, Coppelia, sits in the window, apparently reading. Frantz, Swanilda’s fiancé, falls for her. A jealous
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Choros and Oxford Sinfonia: University Church
Berlioz meets Mahler: that’s a description you could apply to Bruckner’s Mass No 2 in E minor. Scored for wind, brass, and eight-voice choir, the blasts from trombones, and the sudden changes from very loud to whisper-quiet dynamics, distinctly recall
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Die Fledermaus: Cornerstone, Didcot
Strauss’s much-loved tale of decadent Viennese society has been given a makeover in this raunchy and mischievous new production — and it works a treat. The new English translation by director Jeff Clarke sails close to the wind but never offends, and
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Burnt By the Sun: The National Theatre
Tanks rumble through farmland, the people complain, a local General gives the tank commanders a bollocking, then, chuckling, sends them on their way. The human face of Soviet Russia, in the days before everything went wrong. Well, almost. Peter Flannery
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Oxfordshire Gang Show: New Theatre, Oxford
Oxfordshire’s most famous gang are serving up a refreshing tonic of music, song and dance to beat those credit crunch blues. The sheer enthusiasm of the 190 or so Brownies, Cubs, Scouts and Guides from units around the county shines through from the moment
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River's Up: Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company
There's nothing like going to a play in your own community — where neighbours can come together to enjoy a good evening out. And that’s what the good people of Dorchester experienced at the opening night of the new OTTC play River’s Up. They are
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Overcoming brain injury
Every half an hour in the UK, a child will acquire a brain injury. At least one child every week will be admitted into the Oxford Children’s Hospital with a serious head injury. This could be the result of an accident, illness such as meningitis; poisoning
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Oxfordshire super trust rejected
A BID by Oxford’s main hospitals to form a ground-breaking academic super trust with Oxford University has been rejected by the Government. Oxford’s health chiefs had been expecting to launch a new era in local health care by becoming one of Britain’
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Coatings firm in management buyout
A SPECIALIST high-tech engineering firm producing super-strong coatings for motor-racing has completed a management buy-out. Harwell-based Zircotec, which produces high-performance coatings used in motorsport and the car industry, is now owned by four
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History of Bramley cooking apple
Apple blossom time is one of the sweetest moments in the gardening year, and planting an apple tree or two will sustain bees, attract all manner of insects, give the birds somewhere to perch and supply some food as well. Cooking apples can be a kitchen
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The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Propeller, Watermill Theatre and touring
Director Edward Hall or designer Michael Pavelka must have visited the Duke of York’s Cinema, Brighton. Out of that cinema’s roof sprouts a pair of sculptured legs, upside down and encased in stripy red tights — those legs, incidentally, originally adorned
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Twelfth Floor: Oxford Playhouse
Tanja Liedtke, “a dancer of sinuous grace and elegant line” and a gifted choreographer, had just been selected from 54 candidates to be the new artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company, when she was hit by a truck outside her home in August 2007.
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People in the City, Oxford Town Hall Gallery
An exhibition designed to highlight the beauty of the city we live in has come together, thanks to the Lord Mayor of Oxford, Susanna Pressel. People in the City is a collection of works (most photographs) created by artists local to Oxford. The exhibition
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Giselle, Milton Keynes Theatre
Behind its tuneful music and sunlit village, Giselle is the tragic story of the struggle of two obsessed men for the hand of the girl they love, and the struggle of Giselle’s spirit to save the life of the man she still loves, despite the fact that he
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Das Rheingold. Oxford Town Hall
The Orchestra of Oxford’s concert version of Das Rheingold at the Town Hall last Saturday was a very rare local performance of this preliminary stage of The Ring Cycle, 140 years since the opera’s first night in Munich. So it was a shame that more people
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Pack of Lies, Milton Keynes Theatre and touring
Hugh Whitemore’s Pack of Lies is playing to full houses at Milton Keynes Theatre this week, its popularity no doubt explained by the presence in the cast of telly favourites Simon (Peak Practice) Shepherd and Jenny Seagrove, not to mention a star turn
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Britten Sinfonia: Sheldonian Theatre
The Britten Sinfonia is one of the UK’s best regarded chamber ensembles — renowned both for the quality of its playing and for its innovative programmes. Its performance last Friday was characteristically polished. Britten’s arrangement of Purcell’
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Life and Beth: Oxford Playhouse
“HE WRITES about human life, human emotion, right down to the core. But, of course, he does it with great humour.” Thus actress Liza Goddard, briskly summing up the style of playwright Alan Ayckbourn, whose 71st play she brings to the Oxford Playhouse
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The Recruting Officer: Oxford Playhouse
Famous as the first play staged in Australia, a reflection of its enormous popularity at the time, George Farquhar’s comedy The Recruiting Officer is something of a rarity in performance these days. Oxford’s first production of the 21st century, last
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Sakoba Dance Theatre, Pegasus Theatre
Sakoba Dance Theatre has always been an exciting company to watch, with its blend of African and contemporary styles. This is mainly down to their founder, Bode Lawal, but he has six very good dancers to interpret his imaginings, and, although they fit
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Detention centre decision due
District councillors will decide tonight whether to give planning permission to an 800 person detention centre at former MOD land, known as A-site, between Piddington and Arncott, near Bicester. If the centre gets the go ahead it will be the biggest
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Andromaque: the Oxford Playhouse
The fate of Jean Racine’s plays in Britain has been to be studied rather than performed. It therefore seems ironic that in translating his most famous early tragedy Andromaque from page to stage director Declan Donnellan makes central to his production
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Bus numbers could be cut by 25% in Oxford
PROPOSALS to cut buses in Oxford city centre by a quarter and pedestrianise Queen Street earlier than expected are being put forward by Oxford’s two main bus companies. The companies are also looking to introduce joint ticketing and joint timetabling
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ATHLETICS: England gets Kelly's vote
Dame Kelly Holmes says Oxford City ace Hannah England should take some positives from her disappointing Great Britain debut at the European Indoor Championships. The double Olympic gold medallist, who mentors England on her ‘On Camp with Kelly
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Country cottage provides perfect retreat
A charming 17th-century property in a desirable Cotswold village has proved to be a perfect home for entertaining family and friends. Rectory Cottage at Alvescot in West Oxfordshire is a deceptively spacious Cotswold stone cottage which is covered in
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Ex-U's player hopes visit will jog lost memory
A FORMER Oxford United player who was beaten into a coma while on holiday is to watch the U’s play in a bid to beat memory loss that has robbed him of the last 15 years of his life. Rob Hughes, who played for the Yellows in 2005, was attacked by a group
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Irish pub theme? It's so O'ver!
AN IRISH man walks into a pub ... and decides he wants to turn it into a traditional English boozer! County Down-born James Knox has taken over the city’s Rosie O’Grady’s, in Park End Street, but has plans to revamp the drinking hole, which
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Fake policeman pulled over motorists, court told
A MAN who admitted posing as a police officer and driving with a flashing blue light fitted in his car was yesterday told he could be jailed. Didcot Magistrates’ Court heard 30-year-old Anthony James, of Laburnum Road, Botley, Oxford, used a blue light
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A lot of hot air
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agreed with your editorial comment The end for the Greens (February 25). I remember countless angry anti-nuclear power demonstrations organised by the Greens. But it is now apparent that a lot of the energy policies promoted by the Greens
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Foul fines
SO CCTV cameras have done a great job catching wrong-doers in Didcot and Wallingford. How about installing CCTV cameras in Slade Road, Didcot, and surrounding areas in order to catch disgusting dog owners who do not clean up dog mess on the streets and
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Unfair Royal Mail competition
REGARDING the part-privatisation of Royal Mail. One of the reasons given for this action is that the pension fund of Royal Mail is in deficit. But this must be partly due to the Government insisting that Royal Mail delivers post at below what private
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Good work
I READ in the Spring issue of Marston News, that councillors Mary Clarkson and Beverley Hazell had successfully pressed county council officers to widen and upgrade the path across Croft Road recreation ground. The officers have agreed to make the improvements
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Police should have assisted this victim of crime
I WRITE regarding C Tarrant’s letter in Friday’s Oxford Mail, about the person calling at Thames Valley Police HQ to report a burglary and being turned away. Most people would complain to a head office if something is not right or if they have received
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Here's hoping Utd jog Rob's memory
A SIMPLE act of thuggery has denied tragic Rob Hughes the memories of a career in professional football. The former Oxford United player was attacked outside a club in the lively resort of Malia in Crete last year – and lost his long-term memory as a
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Feeling the pinch
IT must be Spring, because another whopping council tax bill is about to drop on to our doormats. And, like last year, the year before, and the year before that, residents living in Oxford face the prospect of some of the largest council tax increases
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Bring back Wesley campaign gathers pace
THE Oxford Mail campaign to bring back ITV Thames Valley Tonight, and popular presenter Wesley Smith, is picking up pace, with more than 170 readers joining on the first day. Petition I wish to
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Wines for spring £85
With the daffodils now well and truly out it is safe to proclaim the coming of spring and all things new and fresh — perhaps something much-needed in the current economic climate. All we need now is that elusive long hot summer to warm the toes and perk
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Age is not everything in a wine
I am not yet 40 but this week I have felt positively old. It all kicked off with my new hairdresser who suggested that it was time to start dying my hair. She is particularly keen to do this before I take on the supporting role of matron of honour
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FOOTBALL: I'd had enough, says Sullivan
Kieran Sullivan says he plans to take a break from football after he resigned as Banbury United manager. Sullivan, who was appointed at the start of last season, resigned as boss of the British Gas Business Southern League Premier Division strugglers