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Legal wrangle hits Donington
The future of the British Grand Prix has been thrown into fresh doubt after legal proceedings were issued against Donington Park CEO Simon Gillett's company on Thursday. Wheatcroft & Son Limited, the owners of the circuit due to stage the race from
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Fritwell wind farm plans thrown out
Councillors tonight threw out a proposal to build a controversial £10m wind farm in Fritwell near Bicester. Villagers were opposed to the plans for four 125m tall wind turbines on farmland between Fritwell and Fewcott, claiming they would be too noisy
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Thousands more tickets for United's big match
THOUSANDS more seats were made available to Oxford United fans tonight as the club readies itself for a bumper crowd at its final game of the season. United’s play-off hopes are still alive as they prepare for the visit of already-relegated Northwich
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Ray of light for college revamp
AN Oxfordshire college rebuilding scheme that is hanging in the balance has been given a glimmer of hope with the announcement of an extra £300m in Government funding for capital schemes over the next two years. Abingdon & Witney College’s £30m plan
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'Longest pull' honours fallen hero
COLLEAGUES of a bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan today pulled a 13-tonne truck from Abingdon to Didcot in his memory. Ten members of the 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, took part in the nine-mile “Longest
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Witness appeal over Barton doorstep shooting
DETECTIVES tonight urged witnesses to come forward and help in their hunt for the gunmen behind a doorstep shooting on an Oxford estate. Detectives remained at Brampton Road, Barton, yesterday where forensic teams discovered the shot had been
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Pig ignorant
I READ with some disbelief, but much merriment at the waste of time, about Pc John Ablett who had his neighbour Robin Demczak arrested for having a pig ornament in his garden and graffiti on his shed (Oxford Mail, April 15). I read it twice to make sure
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Pig arrest was over-reaction
WHEN I read about the arrest of Robin Demczak (Oxford Mail, April 15) for having an ornamental pig, I checked the date in case it was April 1. This is another example of Thames Valley Police making a pig’s ear of a case. I am totally disgusted at Pc
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Bins decision smacks of Big Brother
MAY I suggest that more research should have been carried out before the present cumbersome refuse bins were delivered to every household? As a senior resident living alone, I physically cannot cope with them. My cottage has no suitable rear access
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Pray, or keep your fingers crossed
MORE than once in your coverage this week of Oxford United’s battle to get into the play-offs you have referred to fans “getting their prayer mats out”. Given that this appears to be an Islamic-inspired metaphor, I’m surprised you were prepared to be
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City bus ban plans approved
THE first phase of a scheme to pedestrianise Oxford’s busiest shopping area was given the go-ahead today. Despite Oxfordshire County Council facing calls to delay its plans to remove bus stops in Queen Street, approval was given to the £985,000
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Guides offer tours for all
I WRITE regarding your story Guides Offer New City Tours (Oxford Mail, April 15). Since 1980 The Oxford Guild of Tourist Guides, together with the Oxford Tourist Information Centre, has offered daily tours throughout the year. This is still the case
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Campaigners welcome 20mph limits
OXFORD will become only the second city in Britain to introduce 20mph speed limits on almost all of its residential roads after a “historic” decision for the city. Oxfordshire County Council’s transport supremo Ian Hudspeth today approved a £300,000
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Strange coincidence in pictures
I FELT I had to write to you, as I was amazed to see in a recent issue of the Oxford Mail a picture of my late mother, Mrs Gwyneth Brockless, at Oxford Sorting Office in 1962. Then, turning a couple of pages, my late father, Les Brockless,
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Brookes University plan upsets Oxford neighbours
OXFORD Brookes University has come under fire from neighbours over its plans for a £150m modernisation of its Headington campus. People living near the university say the size of the new buildings will blight the area. And rather than provide a new
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Chapman's a class act
If Oxford United do beat Northwich, and other results go their way, it will be the greatest comeback since Lazarus. They were 14 points off the top five places in January. And although the top teams have kept on winning, United’s own form has been simply
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FOOTBALL: Crocked Brown is out of the run-in
Didcot Town have suffered a huge setback after defender Martin Brown was ruled out of the Division 1 South & West run-in with a fractured eye socket. Brown had just returned after suffering concussion against Andover last month. He played in their
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Ceremony welcomes new citizens
ICE-SKATING fan Georgia Artene got an extra-special 11th birthday present yesterday – British citizenship. The 11-year-old, who was born in Romania, was joined by 39 other people from 18 countries in a special citizenship ceremony, held to
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My name's Connery, Sean Connery!
IT was a telephone call that Jamie Cole will be dining out on for years. At 4pm one afternoon he answered the phone at Coles Bookstore, in Bicester and immediately recognised the caller’s voice. But it wasn’t a friend or relative – it was the distinctive
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FOOTBALL: We can escape drop says Jeffrey
Banbury United boss Billy Jeffrey says his side need to play the game of their lives when they travel to Premier Division leaders Corby Town for Saturday's must-win game. The relegation-threatened Puritans not only have to win in Northamptonshire, but
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Constable tipped for top award
THE players who have stood out this season are certain to get a raputurous ovation when they receive the player-of-the-year awards before kick-off at the Kassam Stadium on Sunday. There are the Andrew Knapton Supporters’ Player of the Year Trophy, the
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Smith's signing in!
Former Oxford United boss Denis Smith will be signing copies of his acclaimed autobiography Just One Of Seven at the club shop from 1-3.30pm on Sunday, before the Northwich game. The signing comes by popular demand after Denis’s previous visit, just
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Season's best gate on Sunday
Oxford United are looking to smash this season’s best Conference attendance figure on Sunday. It is currently held by Cambridge United, who attracted 6,488 for Histon’s visit on Boxing Day. Oxford themselves had 6,231 for the Histon game on April 4,
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Indignation drives us forward, says Wilder
The fury and indignation at Oxford United’s five-points deduction will not go away. Manager Chris Wilder said: “Speaking with other managers, they all find it incredible. Rules are there to stop cheating, not to penalise clubs when it involves a player
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Posties rally round to finish therapy garden
A TEAM of Royal Mail staff have helped put the finishing touches to a new sensory garden for disabled young people in Headington. Twelve postal workers from Berkshire and Chesterfield travelled to Oxford and pitched in to help out at the new garden at
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Catholic anger over morning-after pill plan
PARENTS whose children go to St Gregory the Great Catholic School have criticised plans to give pupils access to the morning-after pill by text message. Despite the Catholic Church’s staunch anti-contraception and anti-abortion stance, St Gregory’s in
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Local share prices (PM)
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RUGBY UNION: Bulls 'have nothing to lose'
Oxfordshire Cup final Kick-off 3.30pm Sunday, April 26 Banbury Bulls player-coach Grant Holmes says they will revel in their underdogs tag against defending champions Oxford Harlequins. Bulls are two divisions below Quins in the league structure
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RUGBY UNION: Abingdon up for big day
Oxfordshire Shield final Kick-off 12noon Sunday, April 26 Abingdon captain Ronnie Booth says they will make the most of their big day against holders Blue Boar. Boar, who are based in Longworth will start as slight favourites, with nearby Abingdon
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CRICKET: Brooks boosts county
Seamer Jack Brooks will boost Oxfordshire’s attack in their MCCA Trophy Group 1 opener against Bedfordshire at Ampthill on Sunday. Northamptonshire-contracted Brooks comes into the side, but batsman Chris Sandbach has opted to play rugby for
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CRICKET: Hawtin targets final appearance
Oxfordshire captain Ian Hawtin has targeted a final appearance ahead of Sunday’s first competitive match of the season. Hawtin’s side face Bedfordshire on Sunday with the final at Durham’s Riverside ground on July 22 in their sights. Hawtin said: “In
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ROWING: City scullers race to double
There was a double success for City of Oxford’s junior scullers Cloudy Carnegie and and Sian Morgan last weekend. On Saturday, the City duo won the J16 double sculls at the junior inter-regional regatta at Nottingham. Another City rower Shannen King
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BADMINTON: Smith is star
Despite a brilliant dispay from Banbury’s Jack Smith, Oxfordshire under 17s had to settle for 24th place out of 40 in the inter-county tournament at Nottingham. Smith won seven of nine singles and eight of ten mixed ties, partnering Natalie Nag
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Covered Market to get £100,000 revamp
OXFORD’S Covered Market is to get a £100,000 revamp following a deal to pay for repairs. Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council have announced that they will each spend £50,000 on improvements to the historic market. It
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40 become British citizens
Forty people took part in a ceremony at Oxford Town Hall today to become British citizens. They included Dana Artene, 11, from Wallingford, who was the 5,000th person to become a British citizen since the ceremonies started in the county five years
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Hollywood star Jack Black to film at Blenheim Palace
HOLLYWOOD funny man Jack Black is one of the stars coming to Oxfordshire later this month to shoot scenes for a new movie. The School of Rock, King Kong and Nacho Libre star will be at Blenheim Palace Woodstock, which has been chosen as one
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The Joneses of Jesus
Oxford was founded in 1009 BC, in the fifth year of the reign of Memphric, King of the Britons, in the 2,954th year of the world. This is the intriguingly precise date on which many early historians agreed, taking their lead from a 15th-century chronicler
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Insurance costs bar donkeys from Easter processions
INSURANCE regulations meant donkeys were stopped from leading Palm Sunday processions in south Oxfordshire for the first time in five years. Donkeys from the Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell traditionally lead congregations through
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FIXTURES April 23
SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. BRITISH GAS BUSINESS SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Premier Div: Clevedon v Oxford C, Corby Tn v Banbury Utd. Div 1 South & West: Abingdon Utd v AFC Totton, Andover Tn v North Leigh, Truro City v Didcot Tn.
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School play has serious message
THOUSANDS of Oxfordshire teenagers are seeing a play in a bid to raise road safety awareness. The play, called The Decision, was commissioned by Oxfordshire County Council’s road safety team following the release of statistics showing 12- to 15-year-olds
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The quintessential English village?
Wytham village, to the north-west of Oxford, is as pretty as a picture. It is remarkable that a village just four miles from Oxford should retain so much character and such a sense of tranquillity, while being so close to the roar of the traffic
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Solar activity is hot stuff for Oxford scientists
A 'QUIET' period for sunspots and solar flares is providing high excitement for Oxfordshire scientists studying the sun. But Prof Richard Harrison, of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near Didcot, said the latest pictures from space telescopes were
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Burning response
l CLEARLY W Taylor (Oxford Mail, letters) hasn’t read any of our anti-incinerator letters. Far from being concerned about our house prices we are concerned about the health of residents, which he would fall into as he lives only a few miles away in Oxford
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Burford is a real gem
IT IS great to see Burford getting the recognition it deserves by being named the sixth most idyllic place to live in Europe, according to the heavyweight American business magazine Forbes (Oxford Mail, April 16). Burford’s an obvious jewel in the Cotswold
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Polishing the jewel
Its name is forever linked with Handel and Haydn, and it enjoys an international reputation as the best concert hall outside London. But, sadly, Oxford’s Holywell Music Room is struggling to keep pace with the 21st century. Its lack of space and modern
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Friendship led to lifelong love for golden Bicester couple
A COUPLE who were friends for years before love blossomed have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. Alice Badland and Bob Lang met at a fair in Pingle Field, Bicester, in 1939, just before the Second World War was declared.
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Lady Justice
The chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, Shami Chakrabarti, is probably better known for her role as director of Liberty, also known as The National Council for Civil Liberties, which was set up 75 years ago to champion the rights of ordinary people
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Cabbages and Kings
THE sun was at its most brilliant, while the bells of Oxford did their best to join in the birthday celebrations of the Queen. Tuesday was a day on which you felt sure to find a fairy nestling in every bluebell you felt inclined to inspect
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Not an easy ride
At first glance, a farm set in the sleepy Cotswold countryside seems unlikely to have any connection with troubled inner-city teenagers. But the 50-acre estate near Milton-under-Wychwood that is home to international dressage champion Emile
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SHOOTING UPDATE: Police consider motives
A shooting on an Oxford estate may have been a bungled robbery or mistaken identity, police revealed today. Police remain at the house in Brampton Road, Barton, where a shot was fired at the front door at about 10.40pm on Tuesday. Two
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UPDATE: City agrees 20mph limits
Oxford will become the UK’s second 20mph city, it was decided today. Oxfordshire County Council has approved a plan to introduce 20mph speed limits on almost all residential streets in the city. The limits will apply to almost all residential minor
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Go-ahead for 20mph limit in Oxford
Oxford will become the UK’s second 20mph city, it was decided this morning. Oxfordshire County Council has approved a plan to introduce 20mph speed limits on almost all residential streets in the city. The limits will apply to almost
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Not an easy ride
At first glance, a farm set in the sleepy Cotswold countryside seems unlikely to have any connection with troubled inner-city teenagers. But the 50-acre estate near Milton-under-Wychwood that is home to international dressage champion Emile Faurie
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An orchard paradise
FOR centuries travellers have visited Little Wiittenham to enjoy the River Thames and its age-old hills – the Wittenham Clumps. But few would have realised that this South Oxfordshire hamlet is also home to one of England’s finest ancient orchards.
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County businesses' budget reaction
Terry Sweeney, of schools computer company RM, which employs 1,000 people at Milton Park, near Didcot, said: "I'm please that the Government is committed to maintaining spending on schools and colleges." He said the company was still examining the detail
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Joining the Beaujolais Cru
If I told you I had recently spent five days in a single wine region — visiting cellars, meeting winemakers and tasting wines, and that I hadn’t come across a single bad wine, would you be impressed? I suspect you would not only be impressed
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Local share prices (AM)
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Jobless numbers rise
UNEMPLOYMENT in Oxfordshire is now at its highest level since before the Labour Government came to power. Latest figures for March show 9,174 people claiming Jobseekers Allowance, a rise of 730 or 8.6 per cent on the previous month and the highest since
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The fourth way?
Car-parts suppliers were hit hard when Japanese company Honda announced it was closing its Swindon factory for four months. Oxford exhaust maker UYS, for example, laid off about half its 180 workers, and those who remain face huge pay cuts. Unipart,
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Face that launched 1,000 ships
Helen of Troy — the face that launched a thousand ships — is one of the most famously beautiful women in history. Wife and Queen of King Menelaus of Sparta, her alleged abduction by Paris of Troy led to the ten-year Trojan War. But did she really
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Boost for training
JOBSEEKERS and businesses have been given a boost after Oxford Brookes University won a £473,680 grant. It will be used to offer up to 2,000 unemployed people in the county the chance to improve their skills and qualifications. The money will also fund
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Local author
Steve Haywood told his work he “wouldn’t be in for a bit” and set off on a canal boat from Oxford. One Man and a Narrowboat (Summersdale, £7.99) tells the story of how he got to Bristol several months later, inspired by Tom Rolt, who kick-started Britain
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GO WILD!
GO WILD! Jo Schofield & Fiona Danks (Frances Lincoln, £16.99) Here’s a thought. What will your children’s memories of their childhood be? The time they sat indoors and played a computer game or watched a film on TV, or the day they went into the woods
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Summertown and Cutteslowe
Time never stands still in Summertown, and Ann Spokes Symonds follows the story in The Changing Faces of Summertown and Cutteslowe (Robert Boyd, £9.95). She has written five other books in this series, and this one was written with Chris Nichols, of
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JACK TAR: LIFE IN NELSON’S NAVY
JACK TAR: LIFE IN NELSON’S NAVY Roy & Lesley Adkins (Little Brown, £20) The command of the seas, it may be argued, was the greatest triumph of the Napoleonic Wars. True, the victories in Spain and at Waterloo could not go unchallenged in terms of the
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Oxford set to become a 20mph city
Oxford is today set to become only the second city in the UK to enforce 20mph speed limits on its residential roads. A plan will be agreed by Oxfordshire County Council's transport supremo Ian Hudspeth at a meeting at County Hall this morning that makes
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Best of South Africa mixed case, £117
outh Africa is very much on the way up. In the last ten years a handful of very top estates have emerged and driven quality upwards dramatically. Although the country produces good wines at many different price points these estates remain in a
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Firefighters cut woman from car
One person was taken to hospital with minor injuries yesterday following a two-car crash. Paramedics were called to the A417, just past the Lord Nelson pub, at about 4.28pm. A woman in her 20s was cut free from the vehicle by fire crews and taken to
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C-Crosser does the business
CITROEN is a company that certainly means business. Its growing range of commercial vehicles has been joined by a remarkably upmarket load lugger. The new C-Crosser Commercial is aimed squarely at business people who rate image as important
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Plans for a fast rail route to London take shape
Plans for a new Oxford-Bicester-London rail service have taken a step forward, with Chiltern Railways advertising for firms to design and build the £200m project. The rail company is on the look-out for firms to register their interest in the
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Turley: They all fear us
Billy Turley says the other promotion-chasing clubs in the Blue Square Premier are dreading the possibility of Oxford United reaching the play-offs. The U’s goalkeeper said after the memorable win at Burton that Oxford are the best team in the league
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Listen out for distinctive cuckoo
The arrival of the cuckoos at this time of the year is always welcomed as a symbol of spring. Their distinctive and easily recognisable calls will be heard in parts of Oxfordshire as they move around preparing for the nesting period
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Fans flock for U's big match tickets
OXFORD United fans have helped propel their team to the brink of a play-off place and can push them over the finishing line by filling the stadium on Sunday, club legend Jim Smith said. As many as 10,000 supporters could be cheering on the U’s as nine
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Fans flock for U's big match tickets
OXFORD United fans have helped propel their team to the brink of a play-off place and can push them over the finishing line by filling the stadium on Sunday, club legend Jim Smith said. As many as 10,000 supporters could be cheering on the U’s as nine
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Popeye was right about spinach
which were killed off by the extreme weather this year, still rise up from the allotment as savagely as the burnt trees in a Paul Nash war painting. So not a buttered kale leaf or a piece of purple sprouting has passed my lips this year and I may even
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Pub celebrates St George's Day
Damian Cawood celebrates St George’s Day at Dragon Hill, near Uffington, where, according to legend, St George is supposed to have slain the dragon. Mr Cawood is the landlord of The Fox & Hounds pub, Uffington, the nearest inn to Dragon
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Notes revive taste of delicious wines and great times
I spent much of the recent Bank Holiday filing. By filing, what I really mean is recycling. That is until I got to the pile labelled ‘wine tasting notes’. I am quite ashamed to admit that this chaotic heap of paperwork includes reflections on everything
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Definitive conclusion
Sir – Catherine Edwards (Letters, April 16) illustrates bizarre aspects of this incinerator proposal. Here’s another. One gets the impression that our cabinet has decided it is the right choice. Yet there are real and increasingly well understood dangers
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Flooding bottleneck
Sir – Reg Little (Report, April 16) quotes as follows from a report to the county council about the proposed flood relief channel to the west of Oxford: “The corridor also includes the Redbridge park-and-ride site and it will be important that the new
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Reorganising society
Sir – Are we ready for the twin challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil? Most people will know about climate change, but peak oil may be a new idea for some. Oil companies agree that oil will eventually run out, the only question is when.
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Bins blocking pavements
Sir – Has rubbish collection in Thame ever been looked into carefully? For instance, at the beginning of Southern Road, there are townhouses without front gardens and very narrow pavements as well as precious little back ones. The narrow pavements
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Support the channel
Sir – The Environment Agency has been consulting the public about their proposals for a new, medium-sized watercourse that would link parts of the existing river system between Botley and Sandford. In their view this option, together with some additional
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Great social asset
Sir – We would like the opportunity to respond to comments made by Chris Gray in his column Gray Matter (March 26). In his column, he refers to pub operator Wetherspoon and the manner in which it runs it pubs and concludes with the comment: ‘Please
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Brookes out of control
Sir – Brookes has applied for planning permission for a new student centre on the western side of its Gipsy Lane site (No. 09/00695/FUL, public comments by May 1), a major departure from the original 2007 Masterplan which showed nothing on this monolithic
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Wasted drugs cost Oxfordshire NHS £7m a year
CANCER drugs campaigner Clive Stone said last night it was a “crying shame” unused prescription drugs are costing the NHS in Oxfordshire more than £7m a year. When drugs are returned to pharmacies by patients, they have to be destroyed, regardless of
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Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, Playhouse
In the next seats at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, an impassioned discussion begins. “Is Oxford a real place?” a young lad asks his mother. She replies that Oxford does, indeed, exist. He remains unconvinced — after all, we are watching the stage
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Chicago, New Theatre, starring Jimmy Osmond
The youngest in a famous family, Jimmy Osmond is no runt of the litter. He has his share in the clan’s collective haul of 51 gold and platinum records, as well as his own set of solo gongs. He remains, rather astonishingly, the youngest UK singles
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MPs call for rethink on incineration
Oxfordshire MPs have called on County Hall to rethink the plan to build a £100m incinerator as the answer to the county’s waste problems. The MPs made their concerns about burning waste known as new fears emerged that Oxfordshire could end
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Family in hiding after Oxford shooting
A family was in hiding today after an Oxford man survived an attempted doorstep execution. Two men knocked on the door of a home in Brampton Road, Barton, at about 10.40pm on Tuesday and asked the 59-year-old man, who answered to confirm his
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'Objectionable plan'
OXFORD Brookes University has come under fire from residents over its plans to build a £150m new Headington campus. People living near the university say the size of the scheme will blight an already cramped area. And rather than provide a
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Doubts on trams
Sir – As Hugh Jaeger reminds us (Letters, April 16), cyclists are advised not to overtake on the left; but with trams the only space on the right is the inches allowed for clearance of trams coming in the opposite directions. Even getting to this involves
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Removing bus stops
Sir – It seems strange to set up a Quality Bus Contract with the sole aim of making the service worse — reducing frequency, pushing the bus stops to unsuitable locations with narrow pavements. Instead of joint-ticketing — which will take years to set
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Restrictions on breathing?
Sir – I have recently spent a fortnight in Oxford caring for my elderly parents. My mother was in the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre for 11 days. My parents live in a controlled parking area and my sister lives in a different controlled parking area.
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High fliers deliver 140mph help
Established in 1999, the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance helicopter and its medical staff help to save lives across the three counties of the region: Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The first air ambulance charity was
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Chance of enlightenment
Sir – In 1918, Warneford Meadow became part of Warneford Mental Hospital so that patients would have a calm and peaceful outlook to aid their recovery. In 2009, the Churchill Cancer Hospital, overlooking the meadow, opened and the architect noted that
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Inappropriate conclusion
Sir – In your editorial of April 9 you say that if local council executives were leading private businesses of a similar scale they would be more highly rewarded particularly with bonuses. I would like to point out that such a comparison is totally
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Bus agreements needed
Sir – Some contributors to the debate about Transform Oxford have expressed concern about cross-city bus services between the north and east of the city. The Oxford Civic Society (OCS) has analysed how buses connect across Oxford. Whilst Oxford has
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Too small for trams
Sir –One could scarcely fail to notice on these pages in recent weeks that there is a passionate voice for the introduction of trams in Oxford, the latest being the letter from Dr Roger Higgs (Letters, April 16). Dr Higgs asserts that Calgary, Salt
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Barton shooting: Family under police protection after failed doorstep execution
A FAMILY was in hiding last night after an Oxford man survived an attempted doorstep execution. Two men knocked on the door of a home in Brampton Road, Barton, at about 10.40pm on Tuesday and asked the 59-year-old man, who answered to confirm
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Hot issue
In the week that the Oxfordshire Tories launched their county council election campaign, one imagines they could have done without the intervention of some of the local Tory MPs over the increasingly controversial plans to incinerate all of our waste.
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Momentum
Momentum is building behind new blanket 20mph limits for Britain’s roads. In the week when Oxfordshire County Council is expected to confirm its plan for a 20mph limit in all residential streets in Oxford, the Government announced that it wanted others
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City's treasure trove reopens
Seeing the three seated figures again after such a long break is somehow reassuring. The two bears, one eating a frog, the other sitting with two cubs at its feet, look well. A raven with a human between its wings makes up the impressive trio of
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'We could get two waste incinerators'
MOST Oxfordshire MPs have called on County Hall to rethink a plan to build a £100m incinerator as the answer to the county’s waste problems. The MPs made their concerns about burning waste known as new fears emerged Oxfordshire could end up
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Patriots fume at 'Welsh' school meals on St George's Day
PATRIOTS have criticised a decision to serve ‘Welsh dragon meatballs’ to Oxfordshire schoolchildren on St George’s Day. Pupils at up to 80 per cent of county primary schools can have the meatballs at lunchtime today. Andrew Rosindell MP, chairman of
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Pressure on police over 20mph limits
POLICE are under mounting pressure to enforce the proposed new 20mph limits on Oxford’s roads. Oxfordshire County Council is today set to resolve to make Oxford only the second city in Britain to introduce a 20mph limit on most of its residential roads
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Village slays dragon for St George's Day
MOTORISTS passing by West Hagbourne’s village pond were surprised to find the ducks had been replaced by a dragon. Residents have built dragons of all colours and shapes, which have appeared across the village near Didcot, for St George’s Day today.
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Encouraging Oxfordshire's brown hares
Farmer John Wheeler takes pleasure in seeing the hares that thrive on his land. “I was out one evening recently and I saw six hares on the skyline and there may have been more that I didn’t see,” he is pleased to report. “This is the time of year when
