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Button ready for 'crazy' first corner
Jenson Button fears the prospect of first-corner "mayhem" should Felipe Massa get a flyer in his Ferrari at the start of tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix. Button produced a stunning one-lap performance in qualifying today to claim the sixth pole of his
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Campaigners could take green belt fight to the courts
AN ENVIRONMENT campaign group could take legal action in a bid to stop 4,000 new homes being built on farmland south of Oxford. The Campaign to Protect Rural England issued the warning in the wake of last week’s Government blueprint for development in
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Puppies found dead in box
Six dead puppies have found in a park near Oxford. A man walking his own dog in Shotover Country Park discovered the young dogs - believed to be weimaraners - in a box on Friday afternoon. A spokesman for the Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary
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Third Oxford Film Festival opens its doors
Tonight marks the start of the annual Oxford Film Festival, now in its third successful year, and to celebrate the Phoenix Picturehouse cinema in Walton Street will be screening a series that salutes the genius of the Coen Brothers. Sponsored
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Wilder pledges future to U's
Oxford United fans yesterday got the news they were praying for when it was announced that manager Chris Wilder has signed a new three-year contract. The 41-year-old former Halifax Town boss, who attracted strong interest from Burton Albion
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Rosberg reigns in Spain
Formula One's practice king this season again ruled the roost ahead of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. For the eighth time in 14 sessions over the course of the year, it was Nico Rosberg driving a Grove-built AT&T Williams who topped the timesheets.
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Regal hit and run victim fights back from coma
THE family of a man who spent seven weeks in a coma after being mowed down outside a nightlcub has launched a fundraising campaign for the hospital unit which saved his life. Richard Waters, suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit
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Chelsea Flower Show honour for homeless gardeners
HOMELESS gardeners are set to show their skills at one of the world’s most prestigious horticultural shows. The team can usually be found plugging away on an allotment in Cowley, but have now been asked to transfer their skills to displays at the Chelsea
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Richard's a champion to us
THE continuing recovery of Richard Waters — the man left in a coma after being run down outside the Regal nightclub — is inspiring. Following fantastic care at the John Radcliffe Hospital intensive care unit he is making progress and is back at home.
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Abhorrent negligence
IT IS surely inconceivable for any parent to understand how a mother and her partner could accept gifts from a known paedophile and allow a young boy to be raped by him. This ‘mother’ — and that term can only be applied in the loosest possible terms
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Oxford mother allowed son to be raped and abused by paedophile Cullen
A mother let her son be repeatedly raped by an infamous paedophile who showered her and her partner with gifts. The 35-year-old and her partner also ignored police and social services warnings about David Cullen’s history of abusing children
