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FOOTBALL: Boss Fowler quits Bicester
Bicester Town after looking for a new manager after Tim Fowler decided to call it a day after four years at the helm. Fowler, 49, took over in February 2005 and led them to promotion to the FTL Futbol Hellenic League Premier Division. This season they
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Vandals attack ten cars in Witney
Police are appealing for witnesses after ten cars were damaged in Witney. Sometime overnight on Sunday, May 24, into Monday, May 25, ten cars were damaged in Oxford Hill, Stanton Harcourt Road and Judds Close. Police only released details
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Flagging motorists
With the 20mph speed limit in and around Oxford, cars in second gear, doing their best to stay under the 20mph limit, will we have to bring back a walker in front of each car as they did years ago? Dave Bond, Windrush Way, Abingdon
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Take up reading
Janet Caldwell’s letter about retirement and boredom was very welcome: but why does she not mention reading books? I suggest she visit her local library and see what she can find. You don’t praise onions until you have tasted them! Ralph Leavis, Jourdain
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Be prepared
Lea Lukk (Oxford Mail May 19) was spot-on in reminding us that we need to be prepared for difficult situations, should they arrive. Oxfordshire County Council is working with district, town and parish councils to promote resilience in the community,
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Reform is needed
I find myself smiling with pleasure at the beautiful picture of Leafield Church (Oxford Mail, May 20), taken by our clever young relative David Tinson of Witney. This is what overseas visitors come to see — brings balm to the soul. Such a contrast to
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Empty rhetoric
A constant theme in modern British politics is hypocrisy. In the current crisis the political classes are thrashing about to shift blame from themselves. In that process the hypocrisy reaches new heights. David Cameron’s convolutions are part of that
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Not your business
Mr West (Oxford Mail, May 20) wants to know whether or not I stayed in a hotel on the night before the County Council budget meeting this year. This is absolutely none of his business. It does become his business if I charged such a stay to
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A national disgrace
You reported that Oxfordshire teenagers from ethnic minorities scored much worse GCSE figures than their peers across the country. Over 20 years ago in 1984, I was working at one of the London boroughs on a project looking at how a poor basic education
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Volunteer thanks
It is National Volunteer Week and I wanted to take this opportunity to show my appreciation for the hard work and dedication shown by the volunteers at the Independent Advice Centre in Wantage. Much publicity has been given to the many people suffering
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Answer in court
The Oxford English Dictionary describes fraud as 'criminal deception; dishonest trick; disappointing person etc. I and I'm sure many people would say this is a very accurate description of some our gallant, public spirited MPs. I think claiming expenses
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Put MPs’ money in the NHS melting pot
It is with great sadness that I read of the passing of Stephen Dallinson the kidney cancer sufferer, three hours after marrying his fiancee Olivia Glover. Stephen fought for drugs to save his life and others that were too expensive for the NHS to provide
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Call in the police
How much longer is the fiddling fraud and embezzlement by our MPs going to go on? It’s about time the police and the Fraud Squad got involved on our behalf. I know if I had tried fiddling the income tax or community charge, or if I had
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Runners flock to 10km race
HUNDREDS of runners turned out in glorious sunshine for a scenic race by the banks of the Thames. Organisers of the Wallingford Thames 10km Run hailed Sunday’s event as the biggest in the race’s history and said they hoped to raise more than £5,000
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'Don't take aspirin to prevent heart attacks'
Research carried out in Oxford has suggested aspirin should not be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes - contrary to official guidance. Aspirin is often recommended for people at risk of heart attack or stroke. But research by the University
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Drivers urged to get on their bikes instead
Motorists in Bicester are being urged to leave their cars at home, and get on their bikes — just for a day. Bicester Town Council is taking part in Bike Week by making Friday, June 19, its Cycle Day. The council is challenging schools, companies and
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Pullman: I think Archbishop has been seeing things
OXFORD author Philip Pullman believes the Archbishop of Canterbury must have “very good eyesight” to see traces of God in his work. Mr Pullman, author of the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy and an avowed atheist, was speaking in response to
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95 cyclists fined in city centre
CYCLISTS have been fined a record amount after being caught riding in Oxford’s city centre pedestrianised areas. Police stopped 95 cyclists – the equivalent of one every two minutes – riding illegally in Cornmarket Street and Queen Street. It was the
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Prepared to be bamboozled at Headington Festival
A BICYCLE made of bamboo, a hybrid car and circus walkers on stilts will be part of the entertainment for this year’s Headington Festival. The annual event, which takes place in Bury Knowle Park, London Road, on Sunday, usually attracts 3,000
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House prices set to rise, agents claim
PROPERTY experts are confident Oxfordshire house prices will start to rise again in the near future. While the latest official figures show values at their lowest for more than three years, agents are upbeat – with high levels of demand coupled with
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Indian music to aid Sri Lanka relief work
A GROUP of Tamil speaking doctors are organising an evening of Indian classical music for charity. Kannaiyan Rabindranath, a Tamil doctor who works as a specialist registrar in the renal unit at the Churchill Hospital has organised the evening, Shruthi
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CRICKET: Horspath break duck
Will Eason's hard-hit 62 and older brother Robbie's patient 45 set Horspath on their way to their first victory of the season in Division 1. Visitors Banbury Twenty had been heavily indebted to Ashley Pearson (90), who held his side's innings
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CRICKET: Sheppard's super spell
Harry Sheppard delivered a devastating 16-over spell that produced figures of 6-58 as Aston Rowant 2nd cruised to a nine-wicket win at local rivals Stokenchurch in Division 4. Only Arshad Latif (61) had an answer to Sheppard as the hosts were dismissed
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Young cyclist 'lucky to be alive'
AN 11-YEAR-OLD cyclist who fractured his skull in two places in a crash with a car is lucky to be alive, his mother said. Connor Cox also suffered a broken leg in the collision with a people carrier at the junction of Abingdon Road and Weirs Lane, in
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CRICKET: Sabin slams century
Fourteen-year-old Lloyd Sabin hit a sumptuous 128 that belied his tender years as Banbury 2nd enjoyed a nine-wicket success at home to morning leaders Bourton Vale in Division 2. Put in to bat, Vale had posted a highly competitive 245-8, thanks in the
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CRICKET: Oxford hang on
Oxford 3rd secured one of the most one-sided draws in recent seasons in Division 3. Asked to bat, Wolverton Town racked up 275-7 in 53 overs. Mike Baker (63) and Tony Baker (61) added 137 for the second wicket before Kabir Arif made 59 not out. Zia
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Milkman takes plunge for noble cause
A MILKMAN fulfilled a lifetime ambition to jump 10,000ft out of an aeroplane, thanks to money raised by his customers on his daily round. For the past few weeks, Tony Noble, 38, has been asking customers on his milk round to dig deep into their pockets
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CRICKET: Hill hits terrific ton
Challow & Childrey recovered from 87-6 after 25 overs to reach 251-9 in Division 5 thanks to a terrific ton by Nigel Hill (113no), who added 131 for the seventh wicket with Neil Phillips (31). Joe White took 5-68 in an impressive 22-over spell for Banbury
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CRICKET: Didcot owe it to duo
An outstanding unbroken partnership for the fifth wicket between Simon Pritchard (85no) and Richard Cook (81no) swept Didcot to victory over Tiddington 2nd in Division 6. Didcot had been floundering on 36-4 when the pair came together chasing the visitors
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Childish Things brings in £38,000 for Helen and Douglas House
AN EVENING of entertainment from some of the UK’s finest comedians raised £38,000 for an Oxford charity. Jo Brand, Patrick Kielty and Sean Lock, plus a cappella singers Out of the Blue, were among the performers helping to raise cash for East
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Airmen cycle to swell Hero fund
SERVICEMEN who cycled 120 miles from their Benson airbase to a top military rehabilitation centre and back without leaving Oxford have thanked shoppers for their generousity. The six personnel from RAF Benson took it in turns to pedal a static bike
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Bikers kick off village fun day
DOZENS of motorbikes roared into Ambrosden in convoy to kick start a family fun day. About 200 people turned out to enjoy the sunshine and a host of activities at the village’s community centre. Families also got the opportunity to make a splash as
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Awards dinner sold out
Tickets for the Oxfordshire Business Awards have now sold out, more than two weeks before the event is due to be staged. All 500 tickets have been snapped up with organisers now arranging a waiting list of eager firms and individuals wanting a place
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Rescued lake set for wildlife zone
CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed a new wildlife organisation which will transform a former gravel pit into a nature reserve following a three-year battle to save it. In December, Didcot Power Station owner RWE npower announced it no longer planned
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£150,000 porch gets Bishop's blessing
A CHURCH porch which has had £150,000 spent on it has had the holy seal of approval. The Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Reverend John Pritchard, held a rededication ceremony at St Leonard’s Church, in Sunningwell yesterday, to mark the finish of
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Bloom judges give out advice
The judges of this year’s Oxford in Bloom have offered up their topical tips to show that anyone can get involved in making the city blossom. Experienced gardeners John Alcock, Trish Stevens and Harry Robinson say you don’t need an extensive
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CRICKET: Deadly Dunn is Minster's star
OCA League Left-arm spinner Eddie Dunn took 5-45 as Division 2 side Minster Lovell shocked Division 1 leaders Horley with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory in the second round of the Airey Cup on Saturday. Batting first, Horley were bowled out for
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Rare books aid Oxfam's work
RARE books found in dusty boxes by Oxfam volunteers in Oxford are expected to net the charity more than £2,000. Six collectable titles, which were dropped off at three different shops in the city, will go up for sale at auction later this month
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CRICKET: Terrific Tyler hammers ton as Britwell edge in
OCA League Bernard Tyler scored a magnificent century to help Division 4 side Britwell Salome to a three-wicket win against Division 3 outfit Oxenford in the Telegraph Cup. In a high-scoring encounter, Oxenford rattled up 279-7, Neeraj Kumar scoring
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CRICKET: Holders cruise through
OCA League Holders East Oxford 2nd reached the last eight of the Osberton Radiators Cup with a 42-run win over Freeland 2nd. Javeed Faruq hit 73 and Khalid Mahmood 62 in East Oxford’s 217 all out, Jack Buckingham taking 4-9. In reply, Freeland fell
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CRICKET: Prpa's hat-trick in vain
OCA League Centenary Cup Lee Prpa took a hat-trick in figures of 4-43, but still finished on the losing side as Combe 2nd edged to an eight-run victory over Chesterton 2nd. Combe posted 208-9, Mark Francis hitting 70 and Dominic Gooder 56. Jason Prpa
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CRICKET: Macdonald's at it again for Kilkenny
OCA League Duncan Macdonald scored his second century of the season to help Kilkenny to a 112-run victory over Stanton Harcourt in the Steve Dixon Memorial Cup. Macdonald’s knock saw Kilkenny to 268-5, before Stanton Harcourt were bowled out for 156
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Local shares (PM)
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Goring woman found safe
A 31-year-old who had been missing from her south Oxfordshire home for three days has been found safe and well. Police appealed for information after Jennifer Fay went missing from her home in Goring last Thursday. She was found by police on Saturday
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Burglar steals chinaware
Police are appealing for information after a number of items of Clarice Cliff chinaware were stolen during a burglary in Stonesfield. Sometime between noon and 3pm on May 27, a property in Church Street was broken into and several items, including vases
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DARTS: Original Swan off to a flier
Defending Premier Section champions Original Swan made a great start to the Summer League with a 7-2 win at home to Section 1 Bicester Football Club. Jon Jukes (2x180) gave Swan a good start when he defeated Dave Buckingham 3-1. The visitors hit back
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DARTS: Oxon youth bounce back
Oxfordshire bounced back from their defeat to Essex in the BDO Youth Championship to win 13-4 away to London. The Under 18s had their best victory of the season with an 8-1 success. Victories came from Jack Lucas, Steven Wright, Tom Baughan, Ashley
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Police search for missing student
Police are appealing for help in tracing a missing woman from Oxford. Dorcas Adjej, 22, of Outram Road, Cowley, was reported missing to police on Friday. She is black, originally from Ghana, about5ft 2ins, small build with black weave hair with
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Fertilize @ Oxford O2 Academy
POLAND is rarely deemed cool, at least by those too lazy to investigate what lies between the funky decadence of Berlin and the stag night havens of the Baltic. All too easily dismissed as a land of beetroot and mullet-sporting plumbers, the
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House prices at lowest since 2005
House prices in Oxfordshire have fallen to their lowest level for more than three years, figures released today show. Statistics produced for April by the Government’s Land Registry show the average property in the county now costs £214,614, a fall of
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Missing Goring woman found safe and well
A 31-year-old who had been missing from her south Oxfordshire home for three days has been found safe and well. Police appealed for information after Jennifer Fay went missing from her home in Goring last Thursday. She was found by police on Saturday
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CABs receive big cry for help
FAMILIES struggling during the recession are turning to Citizens’ Advice Bureaux and close to overwhelming the county’s services. Figures obtained by the Oxford Mail show that thousands more people came to their local citizens advice bureau in the 2008
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Still no sign of missing man
A 32-year-old man last seen at an Oxford medical centre remains missing this morning. Ahmed Deria was last seen at in Manzil Way Health Centre, in East Oxford, at about 2.55pm on Thursday. He needs regular medication and police said this morning they
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Eynsham girl parades with FA Cup
TRINITY Davis will return to school today with a bulging autograph book and tales of an amazing weekend that will be hard for her classmates to match. The nine-year-old Eynsham Primary School pupil accompanied the FA Cup on to the Wembley turf before
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Residents celebrate neighbours day
It was a case of love thy neighbour in a West Oxford street when 40 residents came together to celebrate European Neighbours Day. Osney Court resembled Ramsay Street from TV soap Neighbours as parents and children living in Home housing association properties
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Case to consider
THE revelation that David Cameron paid off one private mortgage while he was billing the taxpayer for his constituency home in Witney could become the case that defines the principle over MPs’ expenses. What has angered people during this whole scandal
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Fewer children turn to crime
The amount of crime committed by children and teenagers in Oxfordshire has fallen by 20 per cent in two years. Youth workers have hailed the success of schemes such as restorative justice where young tearaways meet their victims to see the consequences
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Time for the NHS to step in and help
SURELY the NHS will have to step into the breach being threatened by a funding crisis for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign? Currently the charity funds a regional care adviser and a part-time adult specialist physiotherapist at the John Radcliffe Hospital
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Cameron defends mortgage
Witney MP and Conservative leader David Cameron has been urged to explain why he paid off a mortgage on his London house rather than his taxpayer-funded constituency home. Mr Cameron paid off the £75,000 he owed on his Kensington property from his own
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See who's been in magistrates' courts lately
OXFORD: Luann Brain, 22, of Buckler Road, Oxford, admitted damaging a till, counter and display at a BP service station in Oxford on February 22. Also admitted damaging the bonnet of a blue Peugeot in Oxford, causing racially aggravated fear of violence
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Green Goddess sends walkers on the way
Her Hot Legs were a little late, but Penny Lancaster joined 850 others as they made a stream of pink around one of Oxfordshire’s most beautiful country estates for a fundraising walk. Rod Stewart’s wife was meant to have started the fifth Ribbon
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More grot spots revealed
YET more of Oxford’s grot spots are being investigated by the city council after Oxford Mail readers highlighted the filthy areas in their neighbourhoods. In Blackbird Leys, land which used to be occupied by garages in Balfour Road has become a magnet
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Muscle charity to halt hospital cash
A YOUNG man with Muscular Dystrophy has backed a campaign to get better services for sufferers in Oxfordshire. Specialist clinical posts at the Oxford Muscle and Nerve Centre based at the John Radcliffe Hospital are not funded by the the NHS. Instead
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Pupils bake to help charities
Children in Witney mixed, baked and decorated cakes to raise more than £2,000 for charity. Cokethorpe Junior School pupils held their annual charity day at the school in Witney on Thursday, May 21. They sold homemade cakes and manned activity stalls
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Beatboxer to launch show
AN OXFORD ‘beatboxer’ will be performing at one of England’s most prestigious venues after being spotted in a competition. Scott Latham, known as ‘Layth’, from Headington, will be performing at the Royal Albert Hall to launch a one-day Urban Arts exhibition
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Local share prices (AM)
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Police launch drink-drive campaign
Thames Valley Police launches its month-long annual summer crack down on drink-driving today. The month-long campaign is part of a national campaign by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Department for Transport (DfT), aimed at reducing
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Child crime falls 20% in Oxfordshire
THE number of crimes committed by children and teenagers in Oxfordshire has fallen by 20 per cent in two years. Youth workers have hailed schemes that try to turn youngsters away from crime, such as restorative justice where tearaways meet their victims
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850 join Blenheim cancer walk
HER Hot Legs were a little late but Penny Lancaster joined 850 others as they made a stream of pink around one of Oxfordshire’s most beautiful country estates for a fundraising walk. Rod Stewart’s wife was meant to have started the fifth Ribbon
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'Swings were not vandalised - they just broke'
Vandals were wrongly blamed for damaging a children’s playground on an Oxford estate, according to a mother-of-two who said the equipment was “unsafe” and collapsed. Police began investigating after swings in a playground owned and maintained by Risinghurst
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Visiting US family had swine flu
AN AMERICAN family of five were diagnosed with swine flu during a visit to Oxfordshire, it has been revealed. Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust confirmed that the couple, aged 37 and 35, and their children, aged two, four and six, tested positive for the
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Abandoned cycles will be scrapped
CYCLISTS who have abandoned bicycles at Oxford train station face having them scrapped as by First Great Western. The rail company has tagged 600 cycles parked in racks outside the station with people given one month to claim them before they
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RESULTS: June 1
CRICKET. MINOR COUNTIES TROPHY. Group 1: Shropshire 211-9 (50 ovs, J Whitney 54, R Foster 33, L Ryan 4-26), Oxfordshire 212-3 (49.2 ovs, D Shirazi 100, N Hawkes 34no, R Kaufman 32, C Haupt 31). NPOWER VILLAGE CUP. Oxfordshire semi-finals. Horspath
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MOTOR CYCLING: Bradley happy to be top dog
OXFORDSHIRE star Bradley Smith stormed to the top of the MotoGP 125cc championship standings after a sensational victory in yesterday’s Italian Grand Prix of Alice in Mugello. The 18-year-old, from Forest Hill, near Wheatley, had a dream weekend, claiming
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RESULTS May 29
THE OXFORD TIMES CHERWELL LEAGUE. Division 1. Shipton 240-8 (P Hemming 61, T Senior 57, A Hemming 39), Buckingham Town 216-7 (B Hatwell 63, J Cater 52, B Stafford 38no, S Miller 5-49). Bicester & NO 180-9 (D Woods 71, N Moorman
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CRICKET: Oxford destroy leaders in derby
Oxford knocked League Division 1 table with a convincing eight-wicket destruction at The Brakspear ground on Saturday. And Oxford’s victory would have been even more convincing but for a brave recovery by the home side after they had been asked to bat
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CRICKET: Bullick takes Banbury top
Another brilliant bowling display by New Zealander Anthony Bullick took Banbury top of the Home Counties Premier League Division 1 table on Saturday. With Oxford seeing off leaders Henley, Ian Hawtin’s side look down on the rest after their
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CRICKET: Thame collapse to one-man show
Thame Town suffered at the hands of a terrific individual display as they slumped to a 145-run defeat at Beaconsfield in Home Counties League Division 2 West on Saturday. The home side's Australian player Matthew Gregory hit 120 and then proceeded to
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CRICKET: Shirazi ton puts Oxon through
Damian Shirazi's second century of the competition helped Oxfordshire reach the quarter-finals with a seven-wicket victory over Shropshire at Challow & Childrey yesterday. But they made hard work of chasing a meagre 212 to win their third Group 1 match
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CRICKET: Rowant stunner as Tim hits leaders for Miles
Aston Rowant turned the Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West table upside down in spectacular fashion at home to leaders Gerrards Cross, thanks to a remarkable innings by their teenage Australian Tim Miles on Saturday. Before the game, Rowant
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Hay: don't push in!
Apologies for my absence but at this time of year I like to take my family to the Hay Festival, on the English-Welsh border. The sun shone brightly as we set the tent up at Hay Outdoor Training, just a tome's throw from the festival site. Before
