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Loner cleared of arson intent
A LONER who set fire to his family’s house while they were asleep inside was today cleared of intending to endanger their lives. Jonathan Hide started a blaze at the house in Chiltern Gardens, Watlington, while his mother, sister and three-year-old
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Ground concerns could hit Kettering play-off bid
Serious doubts have been raised over whether Kettering would be allowed into the play-offs, even if they qualified for them. The lease of their Rockingham Road ground expires in 2013, with reportedly no prospect of it being extended, and league rules
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FOOTBALL: Former Oxon FA chairman Mills dies at 78
Former Oxfordshire FA chairman Ray Mills died on Thursday night, aged 78. A former referee, Mr Mills (pictured right) was appointed as an OFA vice-president on standing down. He still organised the Oxfordshire Senior Cup, a job he had been doing for
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Woman jailed for pushing stranger into road
A JEALOUS homeless woman who pushed a stranger into the path of a bus was today jailed for two years. Jennifer Ford shoved Emma Whisker in front of the bus in High Street, Oxford, in a random attack because she harboured resentment towards
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Council offers to pay for Witney college revamp
WEST Oxfordshire District Council has said it is willing to help pay for the shelved £30m redevelopment of the Witney and Abingdon College campus in Holloway Road, Witney. Council leader Barry Norton said while he still remained hopeful
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Suspects charged after Blackbird Leys' drug raids
TWO men have been charged with drugs offences following a series of raids on an Oxford estate. Police stepped up patrols in Blackbird Leys today, with a car crime crackdown and a drugs raid in Sorrell Road. Fourteen people were arrested following 10
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Oxford kids record mother's day messages
YOUNGSTERS jumped at an invitation by the Oxford Mail, to record special Mother’s Day messages. Video reporter Tom Shepherd visited North Kidlington Primary School, Windmill Primary School in Headington, and the Tesco supermarket at the Oxford
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Back the right horse
READING The Insider (Oxford Mail, March 9), I had to agree that the Headington Hill and Northway by-election is indeed a two horse race. This will be a hard-fought contest between Marc Borja, the local Conservative candidate, and the Labour Party candidate
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Bring back Wes
BRING back Wesley and the friendly girls to Central News. He was popular, a gentleman, articulate and was a friendly well-known face. I used to be able to ring the news desk directly in Abingdon and speak to an affable local person. But now the phone
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Television news is such a fright
WHAT has happened to our local television news channel? When I switched on to what is now Meridian, thought I had switched on the Rocky Horror Show, fronted by the Munsters! Compared to the visually pleasing Wesley, Mary and Hannah, these two would
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HORSE RACING: King's off the mark on Bear
Rachel King, from Waterperry, near Thame, recorded her first winner under National Hunt Rules with victory aboard Brer Bear for Cholsey trainer Emma Insley at Newbury on Friday. King, who works for top National Hunt trainer Alan King (no relation
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Custard hazard
AM I alone in feeling revulsion at the sight of green custard being thrown over Peter Mandelson? Similar childish episodes have occurred in Oxford. In 2005 Jeremy Clarkson had a meringue pie splattered in his face by the Green party. Mark Lynas also
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Pistols at dawn
WHAT a strange man John Tanner is. Some years ago, as Lord Mayor, he enjoyed all the perks and trappings of the Queen’s representative in the city. Now he advocates abolition of the monarchy (Tuesday’s Oxford Mail). Do we really want all the mass
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BASKETBALL: Eagles swoop for glory
Oxford Brookes Eagles Under 18s clinched top spot in the South 1 Conference with a high-tempo 98-63 victory at Essex side Baddow Eagles. They have to turn up for this weekend's last match at Cambridge to finish top, but they can’t relax with the play-offs
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SCHOOL SPORTS: Achike hops in to Gosford Hill
British triple jumper Larry Achike paid a visit to Kidlington’s Gosford Hill School on an around Britain tour. The ‘Team Superschools Challenge’ was set up by Darren Campbell and Todd Bennet to raise funds for athletes who are training for the Olympics
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CYCLE SPEEDWAY: Hammers get off to a flier
Horspath Hammers got their British Premier League season off to a flier with a 97-81 win at Poole. The Comets may not have been at full strength, but were tracking four riders that raced a month in Australia and led by British Champion Gavin Wheeler
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BOXING: Cuddy is back to his best
Oxford's Jason Cuddy overcame fellow Coventry University student Jabran Khan to defend his 64kg crown at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships. After a balanced start, light welterweight Cuddy picked up the pace in round two
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CRICKET: Banbury are top dogs
Banbury lifted the Banbury Indoor League Division 1 crown with a thrilling victory against defending champions Charlbury. Banbury made 129-2 from their ten overs, with Craig Haupt (26), Ian Hawtin (25) and Lloyd Sabin (23) all unbeaten. Charlbury finished
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ANGLING: Happy ending to season
The curtain came down on another river season last Saturday, and for a couple of anglers at least, it ended on a high note. Geoff Ring, chairman of Cuddesdon Mill VAA, caught a cracking 19.12.0 common carp from the Thame at Cuddesdon using two red maggots
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ANGLING: Predator Andy off the mark in style
Predator’s Spring League kicked off at the Dog Lane Fishery where 18 matchmen enjoyed the glorious weather and the fishing wasn’t bad either. It was Predator’s own Andy Benwell who came in first with a net of carp weighing 57.6.0 on the pole at 16 metres
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Three-car crash on northbound A34
One person was cut from a car following a three-vehicle crash on the A34 today. The incident happened at about 3.30pm on the northbound carriageway between Weston-on-the-Green and junction nine of the M40. Emergency services are still at the scene.
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SNOOKER: Duo ready for final rematch
This year’s Gentworks Oxford & District Snooker League's Simonds Cup final will be a repeat of last year’s after Fieldside A and Riley A both eased to semi-final victories. Fieldside beat Woodstock A 4-0, with each winning player recording respectable
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BILLIARDS: Riley crowned champions
Newcomers Riley A have won the Division 1 title. And a sensational run from CCC B, who won eight of their final ten matches, gave them the Division 2 crown by the narrowest of margins at the expense of Ashton. Riley ended their season with a 2-1 victory
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TABLE TENNIS: Bushell battles to claim crown
Karl Bushell showed just why he is regarded as one of the best players Oxfordshire has seen with a tremendous victory in the final of the Oxford & District League’s Divisional Championship. The Forum player, who had beaten Jeremy Flint in the semi-finals
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MOTORSPORT: Alice up to the test
Chipping Norton’s Alice Powell produced excellent performances during two official test sessions for the 2009 Formula Renault UK pre-season at Oulton Park . Powell came ninth and 12th overall respectively in the two sessions. The 16-year-old, the
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FENCING: Mallett lifts third national crown
Neal Mallett won the epee national veterans’ championship for the third time in four years in Gloucester. The 51-year-old Oxford fencer qualified as No 2 seed from the group stages of the event for competitors aged 40 and above, which had 43 entries.
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SWIMMING: Sam stars on debut
City of Oxford’s Sam van de Schootbrugge excelled with two victories on his debut for England in the Four Nations Schools Championships in Swansea. Representing the European School in Culham, van de Schootbrugge won the 200m individual medley and formed
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SWIMMING: Alex is king of the pool
Didcot Barramundi swimmer Alex Murphy proved the top star with a stunning five gold medals in the Oxon and North Bucks County Championships at Aylesbury. All five of the 13-year-old's victories came in county meet record times, while he also secured
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SWIMMING: Glory for Abingdon
Abingdon Vale picked up six more golds on the second weekend of the championships. Harry Basterfield, 11, added to his tally from the previous week with gold in the 50m backstroke and 100m free-style, while Nienke Lijzenga completed a clean sweep of
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Today's local share prices (PM)
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Van fire causes M40 delays
A vehicle fire on the M40 caused delays for drivers this afternoon. One lane of the northbound carriageway was closed between junction ten at Ardley and junction 11 at Banbury. Smoke is reported as billowing across the road following
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Gronholm tests Prodrive Impreza
The Banbury-built Prodrive Impreza WRC2008, which Marcus Gronholm will drive at the Rally of Portugal, has successfully completed its first shakedown. Gronholm will drive the test car in Wales this week, before undertaking a full two-day pre-event
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Constellation shareholders reject hostile approach
Bosses at software firm Gladstone are celebrating after winning the latest round in their battle against a hostile rival. Shareholders of the company which employs 80 people at its Wallingford base, have rejected a bid by Canadian company Constellation
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Families angered by backlog in court cases
Victims of crime have reacted with anger after it was revealed Oxford Crown Court’s backlog of cases waiting to be heard had almost doubled in less than a year. The backlog has spiralled because the court was forced to take dozens of cases
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Students go into Oxford's Dragon's Den
SCHOOLCHILDREN in Oxford have been putting forward business ideas before a panel of “Business Angels” in the city’s own version of hit television programme Dragon’s Den. Pupils from three city schools gave pitches to a panel of Angels under
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Arrest after raiders flee jewellery store
One man has been arrested at allotments off Abingdon Road after a robbery at Oxford city centre jewellers Goldsmiths. Witnesses said two men, described as black with one wearing a hoodie and the other a baseball cap, used a mallet to smash a counter
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Van on fire on M40
Firefighters are still at the scene of a van fire on the M40. A white Mercedes-Benz van was severely damaged by fire, which spread to the grass verge on the exit slip road of Junction 10 at Ardley. The incident happened at about 12.10pm and no-one
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Fast-track at Chancerygate
A fast-track letting has seen a unit at the new Chancerygate Business Centre, Kidlington, let to a vehicle servicing and repair firm, Oxford Vehicle Servicing. The transaction on the 3,014 sq ft industrial unit took just five days from viewing. This
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Land prices set to rise
Farmers looking for a shelter from the storm of recession are increasingly buying more land, according to experts. Over the last five years, the average value of agricultural land has risen 135 per cent, according to Richard Binning of Savills rural agency
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Making it work
Richard White of Withy King looks at flexible working New rules are set to be introduced in April that will give parents with children up to the age of 16 years the right to request flexible working. In today’s challenging economic climate, some businesses
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Thrifty workhorse
Motor manufacturers are enduring their toughest period in a generation with the main problem being that customers are frightened of making a commitment to buying a car and, even if they wanted to, then they cannot get the money to do so. Had this been
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Stopping data hackers
Last time In Business visited Paul Davie and Dr Steve Moyle they had just moved into a small office at the Oxford Innovation Centre. Wide-eyed and enthusiastic, they were the latest spin-out from Oxford University to enter the cut and thrust of commercial
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Ma Larkins
With all the fuss surrounding Heston Blumenthal's TV makeover programme, it is easy to overlook the former Little Chef properties that have been rejuvenated by local entrepreneurs, without the help of the famous scientist-cum-chef. One successful
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Pooh sticks fans ready for the water
THOUSANDS of Winnie the Pooh fans will descend on a tiny Oxfordshire village next weekend to try their hand at an unusual English tradition. The 26th annual Pooh Sticks Championships, on the River Thames at Day’s Lock, Little Wittenham, will
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Seeking gems
Investors attempting to unearth even a modicum of cheerful news have had their work cut out recently. Yet last month, the Halifax reported that house prices rose by an average of 1.9 per cent in January. One wonders whether this is a false dawn likely
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Specialists in the field
Developing a new drug from scratch is a long and expensive process fraught with risk. For every medicine that reaches the pharmacist’s shelves, there are hundreds that never make it. Large pharmaceutical companies plough significant amounts of their
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Civic send off for Oxfordshire troops off to Afghanistan
TROOPS were bid a fond farewell at a civic reception before they leaving to fight in Afghanistan. About 30 representatives from Dalton Barracks, along with friends and family, attended the reception at the Guildhall, in Abbey Close, Abingdon. The event
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Ticks all the boxes
Walking through Oxford the other day I was predictably hungry but in a quandary about exactly what it was I wanted to eat. I required something uncomplicated, filling, served quickly and at a reasonable price — not an easy combination on the best of
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Rising from the ashes
Anthony Harris of Critchleys on 'phoenix' companies It is a common misconception that, following the introduction of the Company Directors’ Disqualification Act 1986, when a limited company goes into liquidation its directors will not be able to set
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Cleaner and greener
Fluids are vital in any industry that requires the precision cutting of metal. They are essentially cooling lubricants, sprayed in the machining process to ensure a clean cut, and which contain a number of toxic and dangerous chemicals and compounds that
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Electric Mini bid to spark sales
A NEW generation of Minis designed to be family city cars could soon be in the production pipeline. Reports have revealed a “bold plan” to introduce a highly efficient model line-up headed up by a car powered by an environmentally friendly electric engine
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Burning need
We may have endured the coldest winter for 15 years. but Simon Attfield is not complaining. Having just opened his new business, Iron and Wood, in January, he has been busy selling wood-burning stoves, putting a warm glow into homes across Oxfordshire
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Long Wittenham motorcyclist's death ruled as accidental
A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death at the inquest into Guy Evans, a 17-year-old killed in a motorcycle crash in August last year. The motorcyclist, from Long Wittenham, was killed in Featherbed Lane, East Hendred. Earlier
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Something fishy
In recent years, koi carp have become increasingly popular in large garden ponds. Their beautiful colours make them a highly-attractive feature and they are hardy and relatively easy to look after, making them within the reach of most people. Koi have
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Send positive thoughts to young Oxford cancer sufferer
BIG-hearted bikers have set up a positive thinking website to wish a boy suffering from cancer well again. Jake Spicer, 15, from Shepherd’s Hill, Greater Leys, was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2004. Since then he has undergone treatment
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Crisis call
It is everyone’s nightmare. One day you get to the office and discover that it has been flooded — with all manner of electrical equipment damaged and seemingly beyond repair. Or another, perhaps even more disastrous scenario, is a fire — with not just
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Flexibility pays
Marina Bowler was determined to become an accountant — and determined that her career would not interfere with bringing up her baby daughter Hannah. In fact, she was so determined that, when she failed to find a job with the flexibility she
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Everyone's a winner
A sabbatical proved life-changing for Katharine Moss — not because she travelled the world, but because it allowed her to stay at home. She was in mid-career as a high-flying accountant, working in Mazars’ corporate assurance in London, before
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Lewis actor finds it's 'take your dad to work day'!
THE stars of detective drama Lewis are back in Oxford — facing the possibility of being killed off by TV bosses. Earlier this month, Kevin Whately, the star of the series, cast doubt over the future of the Inspector Morse spin-off in the wake
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Donor goes for big ideas
How pleasant to meet Dr James Martin. Dressed in a Burberry raincoat, and accompanied by his wife Lillian, he looked like an affable, well-heeled academic in his 70s as he entered the Victorian splendour of the former Indian Institute — now the The James
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Database targets teens
A GROUP of sixth formers from Abingdon School are offering companies relief from the recession — by tapping into the teenage market. They have formed their own company, Virtuous Media, which boasts a database of 80,000 young people aged between 13 and
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Portraits of artists' mothers
In her introduction to Mother – Portraits by 40 Great Artists, Juliet Heslewood from Charlbury begins by asking why an artist should portray his or her mother. Is it because she has an interesting face, or was the portrait simply a result of filial
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Bright sparks
By Michael Oliver The finest engineering brains in Oxford have been called on to help develop a revolutionary ‘green’ racing car which is taking to the tracks next year — the BRM Bee Four. What is more, the electric motor technology it uses
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Gene therapy losses reduced
GENE therapy firm Oxford BioMedica has cut its losses despite problems with one of its key treatments. The company, based at Oxford Science Park, has posted a pre-tax loss before exceptional items of £5,480,000 for the year ended December 31 2008, 63
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Memories of fighter pilot
One of the many strengths of the aviation publisher Grub Street is the focus on the exploits of individual airmen. None had a more intensive wartime career than Wing Commander Bob Foster whose colourful memoirs are brought to life by the renowned historian
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BODY SHOPPING
BODY SHOPPING Donna Dickenson (Oneworld, £9.99) Dickenson takes extreme cases such as China’s murder of Falun Gong believers for their organs, and the trafficking of Eastern European women for their eggs and makes a case for stricter regulation of
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GROOVY OLD MEN
GROOVY OLD MEN Nick Baker (Icon Books, £12.99)This backlash to grumpy old men purports to define an impressive new species of older men, more hip hop than hip op. The men in this invented category move with the times, still work, still enjoy sex, rock
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In training for the OX5 with ex-soldier
FORMER Army officer Nicola Brazier is urging people to sign up for her “boot camps” to get in shape for this year’s Oxford Mail OX5 Run. Ms Brazier, 28, spent nine years serving all over the world with the Royal Military Police – and had to stay fit
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Witney old folk take up belly dancing
OLDER people in a west Oxfordshire care home have been shimmying their way to good health, with the help of some buxom friends. The Middletown Grange Care Home, in Hailey, near Witney, west Oxfordshire, has organised special activities to keep
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Last call for Oxfordshire charities to apply for grants
THE deadline is looming for community projects across Oxfordshire to apply for a slice of thousands of pounds. Twice a year, the Oxford Mail’s parent company, Gannett, dishes out grants to hundreds of charities and causes across the country through
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Missing man found 'safe and well'
Norman Gourley, 56, who was reported missing from his home in Oxford on March 12, has been found safe and well, the police have said.
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Meet the buyer
Small businesses wishing to bid for potentially lucrative public sector contracts are being urged to attend a Meet the Buyer event. Held at Oxford Town Hall in Oxford city centre, 24 buyers from public sector organisations ranging from the councils to
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In The Pink At Grays
Grays’ Restaurant, Bicester Golf & Country Club, Chesterton 01869 241204. KATHERINE MACALISTER heads out into the county to put a new restaurant to the test. BICESTER’S residents can venture out again to eat somewhere decent now that Grays
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Unlocking Potential
SARAH MAYHEW finds a new exhibition of art for Bullingdon Prison inspiring. UNITING and inspiring people through creativity, Modern Art Oxford is currently playing host to a new, inspirational, community focused exhibition in their café. Joining
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Ghosts of The 80s
ANDREW FFRENCH harks back to an era of dyed fringes and black eyeliner in the debut novel of Oxford writer Dan Gothard. IN THE early 1980s, David Sylvian’s band Japan was one of the most stylish groups around. And if you were a real fan, you dyed
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Lacking Bite
LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS (15) Comedy/Horror/Romance. James Corden, Mathew Horne, Paul McGann, MyAnna Buring, Ashley Mulheron, Tiffany Mulheron, Louise Dylan, Lucy Gaskell, Silvia Colloca, Vera Filatova. Director: Phil Claydon. EVERY couple
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Double Crossing Froth
DUPLICITY (12A) Drama/Comedy/Thriller/Romance. Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti, Thomas McCarthy, Denis O’Hare, Ulrich Thomsen. Director: Tony Gilroy. JULIA Roberts and Clive Owen reunite in the highly anticipated
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Welsh Rare Bit
KATHERINE MACALISTER meets the man behind the mask as actor and comedian Rob Brydon embarks on his new stand-up tour. ROB Brydon doesn’t like talking about himself, which is strange considering how much he likes chatting about everything and anything
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Barrel Of Laughs
THE Pub Landlord is undoubtedly one of our best-loved comedy characters. He’s become so big, he can sell out arenas up and down the land, including the New Theatre in Oxford on a Sunday night. But his creator, comedian Al Murray, remains appealingly
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Band of Brothers
TIM HUGHES catches up with The Score and finds out why they can boast to be pop to the core. DISILLUSIONED with pop? Think the charts are populated by hordes of talentless posturing exhibitionists and over-hyped TV talent show rejects? Yes? Then
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Really Wild
RICHARD BELL is floored by the great tunes and good times at Baby Love’s Narcissists. SO IT’S the last week of term for Oxford students, it’s a Wednesday night and they quite rightly want to let off some steam, and boy are they letting off steam
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Leys drug raids: update
Two men have been charged with drugs offences following a series of raids on an Oxford estate. Around 70 police officers raided 10 homes across Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys in a dawn operation yesterday morning and made 14 arrests. Jermaine Mason
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Two charged after drugs raids
Two men have been charged with drugs offences following a series of raids on an Oxford estate. About 70 police officers raided ten homes across Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys in a dawn operation yesterday morning and made 14 arrests. Jermaine Mason
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VV Talented
BEAUTY, brains and an ear for a great song, VV Brown has got it all. But she is also a mass of contradictions. Her feel-good indie-pop has a retro ‘60s edge, but is rooted in the here and now. Her music is unashamedly joyful,
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Local share prices (AM)
AEA Technology 15.5 BMW 2045 Electrocomponents 122.25 Nationwide Accident Repair 99.5 Oxford Biomedica 6.25 Oxford Catalyst 56.5 Oxford Instruments 116.75 Reed Elsevier 500.25 RM 161.75 RPS Group 138.75 Courtesy of Redmayne Bentley, Abingdon
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End fuel poverty says MP
Oxford West and Abingdon MP Dr Evan Harris will today support a new parliamentary bill aimed at ending fuel poverty. The bill is scheduled for a second reading debate in the House of Commons. Dr Harris said: “This is real action from the Liberal
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Do you believe?
They can't. Can they? Thursday's 2-1 win at Kettering means Oxford United are just three points of the play-offs. They may have played more games than nearly all their rivals, but with the fixtures comign thick and fast, it is only a
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Celebrations as school wing opens
PUPILS and staff have been celebrating after the new £6.5m wing of their school was officially opened. The 11-month project at Banbury School, Ruskin Road, marked the biggest investment in school buildings by Oxfordshire County Council. Work to replace
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Silence over pay-out
BICESTER’S former town clerk has been given a £30,000 golden handshake – using taxpayer’s money. Anne Wilson left the council earlier this year and councillors would only say she had gone “to pursue other challenges”. Last week details of a cheque
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Cowley Road Carnival cancelled
THIS year’s Cowley Road Carnival has been cancelled, we can reveal today. Last year Oxfordshire’s biggest free public event attracted about 35,000 people, but organisers East Oxford Action Charity said there will be no event in Oxford’s Cowley
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U's can sniff play-offs!
MANAGER Chris Wilder said Oxford United's players can now sense how close they are to the end-of-season play-offs after their crucial 2-1 win at Kettering last night. “It's getting closer and closer, and the players can smell it,” Wilder said after Oxford
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Chic chicks keep warm with fancy knitwear
AN ANIMAL-lover has come up with an egg-cellent business idea – knitting jumpers for cold ex-battery chickens. Jane Blain, from Eynsham, has launched her own ‘haute couture’ range of chicken jumpers, which are on sale for £7.50. Mrs
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Boy, 13, arrested in Oxford drugs raids
A 13-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of dealing in cannabis as police raided 10 homes on an Oxford estate. The teen was one of 14 people arrested yesterday in Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys as 70 police seized drugs and weapons during
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Wantage backpacker still missing five years on
FIVE years ago Gill and David Koch were waiting for their son Gareth to return home from his Himalayan holiday. And today they still wait, with a last desperate hope Gareth — who they call their “invisible son” — may just come walking through
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ROWING: Dark Blues are heaviest ever
The Oxford crew for this year's University Boat Race is the heaviest in the event's 180-year history. The crew – containing five Olympians – weighed 15st 9lb and 13 ounces on average, beating the previous record of 15st 6lb set in 2005, again
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ROWING: Boat Race back on the BBC in 2010
Live coverage of the University Boat Race will return to the BBC in 2010 after a six-year absence. A new five-year-deal means that the BBC will broadcast the event on television and radio as well as the BBC Sport website, BBC iPlayer and BBC World.