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FOOTBALL: Win compares to Vase joy
Didcot Town skipper Jamie Heapy, who led the club to glory in the FA Vase in 2005, said fan power had help them find the energy to keep going during their victory over AFC Totton. More than 300 Didcot supporters made the trip to Testwood Park. "I thought
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FOOTBALL: Didcot are on the up!
Philip John scored the extra-time winner as Didcot Town clinched promotion to the Premier Division with 2-1 victory against AFC Totton in Saturday's Division 1 South & West play-off final at Testwood Park. It completed a remarkable week
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Comic superheroes score knockout in Oxford
SPIDERMAN and Superman caused a stir when they got together to give away thousands of pounds worth of collectable comics to attract new fans. Videosyncratic, in Cowley Road, Oxford, gave away more than 2,000 comics, including DC and Marvel brands, which
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IVF campaigners want MPs' help
A GROUP of campaigners who have called on Oxford health officials to review its fertility funding, are now lobbying the county’s MPs for help. Last month, the group handed its petition, which demanded Oxfordshire NHS Primary Care Trust abandoned
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Top marks
Twelve schools rated as outstanding by Ofsted schools inspectors will attend a special ceremony this week. The county council’s Excellence in Oxfordshire Awards will be held at Yarnton Manor on Thursday to celebrate the achievements of the eight primary
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Agenda cuts under fire
A community group has reacted angrily to the city council’s decision to reduce the amount of committee agendas it prints. The council hopes to save £40,000 a year if it reduces the amount of agendas it prints and gets people to view them online instead
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Pair get blanket ban at city pubs
TWO people have been barred from city pubs and bars for a year as part of the ‘banned from one, banned from them all’ initiative launched a six months ago. About 30 city centre venues signed up to the Pubwatch scheme when it was launched as
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Scales of justice
A LIST OF THE PEOPLE CONVICTED OF OFFENCES AT MAGISTRATES’ COURTS AROUND THE COUNTY: Oxford: Paul Appleton, 49, of Faulkner Street, Oxford, admitted possession of heroin at Oxford on March 15. Fined £65, ordered to pay £60 costs and
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'Crime will not rise by centre'
CRIME will not increase around a proposed new probation centre in Oxford, a senior officer has pledged. Graham McCartney, assistant chief probation officer for Oxfordshire, said there was no evidence to suggest offending would increase around the proposed
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Pitch invasion was a fiasco
I watched with disbelief the fiasco of the pitch invasion on April 26, at Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium. For a moment I thought I had been transported back in time to a Boys’ League match on a village pitch – in which a long shot had sailed over the
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Predictable gloom
Predictably the Shadow Chancellor’s response to the Budget was a dreary monologue. It was small wonder he was feeling morose since the budget’s taxation of the super rich was going to hit his wealthy Old Etonian friends in the Conservative Party. George
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20 limit won't help
I would suggest that quite a percentage of accidents are caused through frustration, often caused by congestion and hold-ups. A 20mph speed limit would undoubtedly add to the already high level of congestion in the city. Maybe the new limit will help
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'Event drives me up the wall-again!'
A PENSIONER is using his head for heights in a charity abseil which will raise about £50,000 for equipment at Oxford’s new £109m cancer centre. Michael Hamlet, who lives in Kennington, will take part in his third abseil on Sunday, May 17, despite having
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£25k for memory charity
A CHARITY which helps people in Oxfordshire suffering with dementia has been awarded £25,000. The Clive Project, set up in 1998, is one of 10 charities chosen out of 350 entrants from across the country to win a GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Award. Run in
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A bicycle made for seven
A FESTIVAL for lovers of all things bicycle-related will take place in Oxford this month. It will be the first Cycle Oxford Festival and will include everything from bike polo tournaments, to a bicycle treasure hunt and even an orchestra made
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Stars travel to Blenheim for Gulliver
THE all-star cast of the new film of Jonathan Swift’s classic story Gulliver’s Travels have started their first week of filming at Blenheim Palace. Gavin and Stacey actor James Corden. left, Doctor Who star Catherine Tate, with her back to
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Knock-out fun spreads cheer
INFLATABLE obstacles and people in oversized costumes will descend on an Oxford park as the game show It’s a Knockout is revived for charity. Teams are being urged to enter the event, which will take place in South Park this summer in aid of Viva, an
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Scales of justice
A LIST OF THE PEOPLE CONVICTED OF OFFENCES AT MAGISTRATES’ COURTS AROUND THE COUNTY RECENTLY: Oxford: Paul Appleton, 49, of Faulkner Street, Oxford, admitted possession of heroin at Oxford on March 15. Fined £65, ordered to pay £60 costs
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Air show leads to traffic hold-ups
Long queues of traffic built up today in the Abingdon area as traffic headed to the air show at Dalton Barracks. Delays were reported on the B4017 Drayton Road and A415 Ock Street / Spring Road.
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BREAKING NEWS: Oxon star Smith storms to first MotoGP victory
Bradley Smith raced to a debut Grand Prix win in the 125cc race at Jerez in southern Spain today. Starting from second on the grid, the 18-year-old from Forest Hill, was left out in front as two of his rivals crashed out in the opening laps.
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UPDATE: Swine flu victim makes full recovery
A six-year-old girl from Oxfordshire, who contracted swine flu, has now made a full recovery. Health officials announced this morning the girl - who has not been named - responded well to anti-viral drugs after being treated at home.
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Rose Hill family angered at removal of memorial
A HEADTEACHER has apologised after a memorial to a dead pupil was removed without the family’s knowledge. The mother and step-father of nine-year-old Kim Huby, who died in October 1994, have been left distraught and claim the move was a form of “desecration
