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RUGBY UNION: The numbers game
Oxford Harlequins marched into their fourth successive final with a ten-try demolition job. Here is the numbers' game. See Tuesday’s paper for full report. Competition: Oxfordshire Cup semi-final Score: Oxford Harlequins 62, Chipping
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Police target jobless youth at risk of knife crime
UNEMPLOYED young adults will be targeted by police as the latest figures show knife crime in Oxfordshire has increased. Police in Oxfordshire are extending a campaign, which previously targeted school children, in a bid to cut down on the number
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A Taste of Provence . . .
In a celebration of longer days and spring around the corner, I opened a bottle that had been a gift. The label is attractive, not too fancy and high brow, but comfortable and a bit rugged, like a walk on a country path. It has a deep ruby colour with
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Boathouse rises from ashes to scoop top award
University College boathouse in Oxford has received a top Civic Trust award for being among the best new buildings and rennovations in then country. The £2.7m structure on the riverbank in South Oxford, which opened in 2007, replaced a listed boathouse
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New F1 system delayed
The FIA have averted a potential row with the Formula One Teams' Association by agreeing to defer their controversial new 'winner-takes-all' system until 2010. Just two hours after FOTA voiced an official protest to the plan, whereby the driver with
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Alert over Botley break-ins
Pople are being urged to be vigilant after an increase in the number of burglaries in the Botley area. The first raid happened at 9.05pm on February 25. A man was in his house in Eynsham Road when he saw in the mirror a reflection of a young
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Environmentalist to fight sacking at tribunal
An Oxford environmentalist, sacked from one of the country’s largest property companies, is to claim he was unfairly dismissed because of his views on climate change. Tim Nicholson, 41, told a pre-hearing review his views on the environment put him at
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United set up thrilling finale
Chris Willmott hailed the spirit that is taking Oxford United through to what looks set to be a thrilling climax to the season. The 31-year-old defender, who has been in great form lately, was a key figure in the U’s 2-1 victory at Kettering
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Bogus MI5 agent jailed for conning ex-girlfriend
A FRAUDSTER who tricked his girlfriend into believing he was an MI5 agent before stealing £13,800 claimed it was only done to impress her. Wayne Gouveia, who had previously been convicted of tricking another ex-girlfriend, was yesterday told
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First aid could have saved my son
A GRIEVING mother last night said the ambulance service could have done more to save her teenage son who suffocated after his motorcycle crashed into a ditch. Guy Evans, 17, died after riding with three friends in Featherbed Lane, a hazardous country
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My name's not Earl!
A LIFETIME of “bad karma” has prompted an Oxford man to atone for a sin he committed half a century ago in the style of hit TV show My Name is Earl. Arthur Edmond-Jones was living in Bracegirdle Road, Wood Farm, Oxford, in 1958 when he took
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An unusual confession
IT has taken half a century of bad luck for Arthur Edmonds-Jones to confess to a crime he committed in Oxford way back in 1958. In fact his trail of bad luck, which has followed him around the world, has been so dire he thinks the theft of a neighbour
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Man About Town: Making plans for the afterlife
ODD week this... In London, Wednesday, taking the tube, and standing, between Kings Cross Station and Piccadilly Circus, an elderly man, at least in his late 70s, stood up and said: “Please, take my seat”. Surprised, I pointed out to him