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Search launched for missing man
Police are tonight appealing for help to find a man who has been reported missing. Kevin Trethowan, 51, was last seen at his home in Queen’s Road, Careterton, just after midnight on Saturday. Mr Trethowan is white, 5ft 10ins and stocky
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Police praise boy for saving mum's life
Jaden Ashton has completed a hat-trick of awards after he was presented with a police bravery commendation for saving his mother’s life. The six-year-old stayed calm when he found his mother Brina, 40, shaking and unconscious after she fell into a diabetic
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Man sexually assaulted in city nightclub
Detectives were tonight appealing for witnesses following reports of a serious sexual assault at an Oxford nightclub. An 18-year-old man told police he was sexually assaulted in a toilet at The Coven nightspot in Oxpens Road. The incident is thought
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RUGBY UNION: The numbers game
Henley confirmed their status as Oxfordshire’s leading club. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: National 3 South Score: Henley 19, Chinnor 7 Henley Hawks player ratings 15. Pete
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East Oxford pub landlord wants to quit the trade
A LANDLORD hit by the recession and smoking ban has described his fruitless search for someone to take over his pub. Ben Scholes has been advertising for a new landlord to take his place at the Magdalen Arms in Iffley Road, East Oxford, for six months
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Oxford Utd 4, Grays Ath 1 (14/03)
James Constable fired a double to boost Oxford United's play-off hopes in a match that saw Grays goalkeeper Rob Beckwith taken to hospital with a suspected depressed cheekbone. Kevin Sandwith and Adam Chapman both scored their first goals
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Sandwith nets on full home debut
Kevin Sandwith scored just seven minutes into his Kassam Stadium full debut to put Oxford United ahead against Grays. And James Constable added a second on 26 minutes to put the U's in control of their must-win Blue Square Premier game.
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Hindus celebrate Holi festival
Oxfordshire's Hindu community has organised a Holi Festival celebration in the county for the first time. Up to 100 people are expected at the Lake Street Community Centre in South Oxford for the festival — one of the main events in the religion’s calendar
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Walkers invited to step out to help Helen House
PEOPLE from Oxfordshire are being asked to pull on their walking shoes and get out in the fresh air as part of a new fundraising initiative for Helen & Douglas House hospice. For the first time, the East Oxford hospice has set up a series of organised
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Pioneering cancer centre set to welcome patients
The new £109m cancer centre at Oxford’s Churchill Hospital is set to open for its first patients next week. Last month, building contractors gave health managers the keys to the new centre in Headington, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown was shown the
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Asylum D-day looms for planners
A planning application to build an 800 person asylum detention centre on the outskirts of Bicester is to be heard next month. The proposal, at former MOD land between Piddington and Arncott in north Oxfordshire, is said to be the biggest centre in Europe
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Father to embark on extreme fundraising adventure
An Oxfordshire father-of-six is about set to begin a 1,180-mile journey, walking, biking and kayaking, to raise money for disabled children in Uganda. Andrew Fairbairn, from Overthorp near Banbury, hopes to raise £25,000 for Leonard Cheshire Disability
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United given triple boost
Chris Wilder is hoping the return of three key players will see Oxford United back to their best when they take on relegation-threatened Grays at the Kassam Stadium today. Luke Foster, Damian Batt and Simon Clist all look set to go straight back into
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Weighty worries for firefighters
OUR firefighters have attended 56 “emergencies” over the past five years coming to the aid of fat people – including some where obese people have become stuck in their own homes. Chief fire officer John Parry is concerned at the potential impact these
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Right idea, but wrong solution?
THE sentiments of Lucy Baxter, the adoptive mother of 21-year-old Otto who has Down’s syndrome, are entirely correct. She wants him to have as normal a life as possible and be like everyone else in everything he does. However, Otto has reached the stage
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I want sex, says Down's Syndrome man
LIKE many young men Otto Baxter likes chatting up women and going on dates. But unlike most, Mr Baxter, who has Down’s syndrome, has persuaded his mother to help him lose his virginity – even if it means paying for a prostitute. Mr Baxter, of The Causeway
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Pay-out after shelf stacker shoves woman into chiller
Sainsbury's has paid out almost £4,000 in compensation to a woman who complained she was attacked by a member of staff in a busy supermarket aisle. Louisa Cotterill, 32, was shopping in the store in Witan Way, Witney, in July last year when the incident
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'School will forfeit my legacy for going co-ed'
A FORMER teacher and chaplain at Oxford’s historic Magdalen College School will be withholding his legacy after it was announced the establishment was to admit girls. On Wednesday, it was announced that the governors had decided to admit girls