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Boys League Presentation
THE Oxford Mail Boys League presentation nights proved a massive success, with more than 2,000 people attending the two evenings at the Kassam Stadium. Oxford United players Dannie Bulman and Billy Turley were on hand to present the awards.
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Cyclists set off for French twin town
A D-DAY veteran wished cyclists a safe ‘bon voyage’ as they set off from Abingdon on a challenge to mark the 65th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. Maurice Armstrong stood in the town’s Market Place as 18 riders saddled up and pedalled
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Scores caught out in booze sting
ALMOST a third of pubs and off-licences have been caught selling alcohol to children – some as young as 13. Police tested 226 licensed premises in the past year and 70 failed, including Westgate Stores in Oxford, One Stop in Abingdon, Cotswold
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Goodenough court fight fails
An attempt by the mother of Robin Goodenough – who died of heart failure after police used force to extricate him from a car in Alma Place, East Oxford, in 2003 – has lost her legal fight to overturn a verdict by the Independent Police Complaints Commission
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Mourners praise kidney cancer drug campaigner
Mourners for Stephen Dallison were told yesterday there had to be gratitude for what he had achieved for fellow kidney cancer sufferers. Mr Dallison, 35, fought for sufferers to be given the life-extending kidney cancer drug Sunitinib after
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Faiths join walk of friendship
HUNDREDS of people cast aside their differences and celebrated what they shared for Oxford’s sixth annual interfaith walk. The event saw about 500 Christians, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus and those of other faiths walk from the Oxford Synagogue in Jericho
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Girl attacked in Cowley alleyway
A teenage girl was attacked from behind by a man in Oxford this morning. The 16-year-old was tonight in hospital with a head wound after she was grabbed in an alleyway connecting Van Dieman’s Lane and Bartholomew Road, Cowley, shortly before 11am. She
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Four charged over series of street robberies
Four people have been charged with a series of street robberies in East Oxford. They were arrested after five people were robbed in the Iffley Road area between 12.45am and 1.10am on Wednesday. Jack Ulett-Titcombe, 20, of Herschel Crescent, Littlemore
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Tories tighten grip on county
The Conservatives have strengthened their hold on County Hall by taking their total of seats to 52. Counting has finished and overall the Green and Liberal Democrat parties have been the biggest losers. The Conservatives saw their 44
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Ticket mania at Oxford United
Oxford United’s ticket office was inundated on Friday as fans made a last-minute rush to buy season tickets at the earlybird discount rate, which finished at 5pm. Hundreds of supporters have become new season-ticket holders for the first time, and the
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COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION: Tories strengthen grip
THE Conservatives have strengthened their hold on County Hall by taking their total of seats to 52. LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS IN FULL Counting has now finished and overall the Green and Liberal Democrat parties have been the biggest losers
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Girl, 16, assaulted in Littlemore
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 16-year-old girl was assaulted while walking along an alleyway in Littlemore today. The girl was walking along the alleyway that connects Van Diemans Lane to Bartholomew Road at 10.57am, when she was grabbed
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YOUTH CRICKET: Terrific Taylor takes hat-trick as Tew cruise
Matt Taylor took a hat-trick in figures of 4-3 as Great & Little Tew beat Hook Norton by 59 runs in Group A of the Oxfordshire Under 15 Club Championship. Batting first, Tew posted 113-4, with useful contributions from Jamie Morton (33)
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YOUTH CRICKET: Mannering's haul proves all in vain
Cumnor fell to a one-run defeat at home to Freeland in the Under 13 Ron Maudsley Trophy third round. Freeland posted 111-8, despite Mannering’s 5-17. Cumnor’s reply was led by Archie Wimborne (32no) and Rhodri Lewis (30no), but they finished short on
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SCHOOLS CRICKET: Warriner edge to thrilling victory
Warriner School (Bloxham) just squeezed past Cokethorpe in the Under 15 Daily Telegraph Twenty20. Warriner, who were missing two key players to county duty, rattled up 132-6, with Justin Lambden hitting 44 not out and Chris Williams 29. Cokethorpe got
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YOUTH CRICKET: West Oxon in record triumph
West Oxfordshire Under 13s crushed their Vale counterparts by 257 runs in the half-term District Festival at Cokethorpe School. West Oxon rattled up a huge 307-7 from their 40 overs, Harry Stevens and Sam Cross both hitting 82. In reply, Vale crashed
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CRICKET: Oxon slide to defeat
A poor batting display saw Oxfordshire Under 15s crash to a 124-run defeat against Gloucestershire in their ECB County Cup Group 6 match at Banbury. Their superb performance in the field had given cause for optimism as Oxfordshire produced a tidy display
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YOUTH CRICKET: Century stand seals easy win
A superb unbroken century partnership between openers Juliet Gardner and Laura Marshall saw Oxfordshire Under 13 girls to a brilliant ten-wicket victory over Buckinghamshire in their ECB County Championship clash at Winchmore Hill. Oxfordshire won the
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CYCLE SPEEDWAY: Horspath knocked off top after loss
Horspath Hammers slipped to their second defeat of the British Premier League season, going down 91-88 at Birmingham – and were knocked off the top of the table in the process. Just like their previous defeat at Sheffield, they found a strong line up
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BOXING: Kaluza sets standard
Oxford Boxing Academy’s Ben Kaluza collected his eighth win of an impressive season after seeing off the challenge of experienced rival John McDonagh at the Boston Dome nightclub in London. The 15-year-old Bicester lightweight was quicker into his stride
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ANGLING: Shellard sets Linch Hill best
ANDY Shellard, from Oxford, set a new carp record at Linch Hill, near Standlake, when he ban-ked the huge carp known as ‘The ‘Hamster’ weighing 47.2.0. But that wasn’t all. In a remarkable session, he also caught mirror carp of 33.4.0, 32.4.0, 29.8.0
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MOTORSPORT: Lay surges into big lead
PATRICK Lay, from Bampton, opened up a 14-point lead in the Easykart UK Championships after a successful third round at the Clay Pigeon Kart Club in Dorset. The racing was very close, with only three tenths of a second separating the top 12 qualifiers
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Rail fans to relive old line’s last day
Train lovers are to recreate the moment regular passenger services stopped on the old branch line linking Wallingford to the national railway network, 50 years ago to the day and minute. Members of Wallingford Town Council will don their traditional
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GREYHOUNDS: Oxford trainers fine the going tough
Too many dogs, too many trainers and the loss of Tuesday racing – it all adds up to tough financial times for the Oxford trainers. Reports suggest that the handlers’ turnover is down between 25 and 33 per cent, with the current racing strength struggling
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GREYHOUNDS: Ferdinand on fire
THE Paddy Curtin-trained Farloe Ferdinand reached the final of the Scurry Gold Cup at Belle Vue on Thursday. He now goes in the £6,000 decider at the Manchester track on Tuesday. MIXED fortunes for Oxford trainers on the open race scene. Paddy
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Four charged after Oxford robberies
Four people have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery following a series of incidents in the Iffley Road area in the early hours of yesterday. Jack Ulett-Titcombe, 20, of Herschel Crescent, Littlemore, and Michael Collins, 20, of Iffley Road
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Kovalainen gives McLaren hope
Heikki Kovalainen finished quickest in practice for the first time this season to suggest McLaren might avoid being also-rans during Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso finished a mere six thousandths of a second behind Kovalainen in his Enstone-built
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COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS: Tories retain power
THE Conservatives have now gained enough seats to retain overall control of Oxfordshire County Council. Forty seats of the county’s 74 have so far been taken by the Conservative Party. LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS IN FULL The count is continuing
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Jayne hopes a prize is in the basket
KEEN gardener Jayne Payne likes hanging baskets so much that she has collected about 40 outside her home on Oxford’s Barton estate. The 53-year-old mother-of-one has covered the outside of her home in Burchester Avenue with flower-filled baskets and
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Abingdon students go the distance to help heroes
STUDENTS went the distance for charity – running, rowing and cycling the equivalent of 100 miles. Elliott Walsh and 19 friends used gym facilities to do the equivalent distance from Abingdon to Bournemouth and raised £500 for the military charity Help
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Have a beer, dig the blues at Wallingford's festival
One of the biggest music events in the town’s calendar kicks off tonight. The annual Blues and Beer Festival runs until midnight tomorrow evening at the Regal Centre, off St Martin’s Street, featuring live blues music, real ales, cider, wine
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Con couple pose as builders
A couple posing as builders conned their way into a house in Church View, Bampton, and stole cash and credit cards. The man and a woman entered the property at 3pm yesterday by claiming to be carrying out building work nearby and needing to look out
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ISLE OF WIGHT: Enchanted island
I LOVE an early start when I’m off on holiday. Normally, I can't stay in bed long enough, but there's something special about setting off bright and early for a week away. Especially when you've got a ferry to catch. And then there's the traffic – or
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Oxford taxi driver jailed for sex assaults
Baber Khan, 30, of Dashwood Road, Rose Hill, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment and nine months, to run concurrently, and to sign the sex offenders 'register for the rest of his life, after he was found guilty of two counts
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Good Ofsted marks for Didcot school
DIDCOT’S St Birinus School is celebrating after Ofsted inspectors rated the boys’ school good — a grade better than the town’s girls’ school. An Ofsted report found the school provided outstanding pastoral care, good teaching with outstanding practice
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Oxford Castle hosts knights' training day
YOUNGSTERS can dress up in armour and train for battles during a medieval fair at Oxford Castle. Thousands of people are expected to descend on the castle next weekend to get a taste of life in the Middle Ages. It will be its third medieval fair, and
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Oxford pair walk 100km in 24 hours
TWO Oxford friends are nursing dozens of blisters after walking 100km through the Yorkshire Dales in under 24 hours. Duncan Rourke, 38, from Jericho, and Sam Barratt, 34, pictured in blue, from Wolvercote, were taking part in Trailtrekker,
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Murder hunt: Police raid draws blank
Police raided a house in London last night searching for a man wanted for questioning over a murder in Oxford. Devon McPherson, 42, known locally as Jay, was stabbed in the neck after an argument with a man in Ridgefield Road, East Oxford,
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Skunk steals show at Abingdon school fun day
FARM animals kept youngsters entertained at a school in Abingdon. Pupils at The Manor Prep School enjoyed meeting the various animals, including donkeys, lambs, chickens, ducks, piglets, goats, rabbits and guinea pigs. However, there was one visitor
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Funding thwarts plans to mark Viking anniversary
PLANS to stage a re-enactment of the day Oxford was burned by Vikings look to have been extinguished after council chiefs poured cold water on the idea. In April, historian Roger Jenking addressed a full city council meeting to ask for £5,000 to help
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County results coming in
Results for the Oxfordshire County Council elections are now coming in. Please click on the front page picture or the related link on this story.
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Sushi bar closed after food poisoning outbreak
A sushi bar in East Oxford has been closed by environmental health officers after two people became ill after eating there, it emerged today. The Oisi Master Sushi Bar in St Clement’s Street was closed on May 22 after the Health Protection
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Local share prices (AM)
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Health officers close East Oxford sushi bar
A sushi bar in East Oxford has been closed by environmental health officers after two people became ill after eating there, it emerged today. The Oisi Master Sushi Bar in St Clement’s Street was closed on May 22 after the Health Protection Agency notified
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Election counts under way
Counting has started in the Oxfordshire County Council elections. About 140 counters are at the White Horse leisure centre in Audlett Drive in Abingdon. The first indication is that there was a healthy turn-out of voters in West Oxfordshire
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Elections 'no rules broken'
Oxfordshire County Council today said it had not broken election law by linking sitting councillors’ profiles to the candidates page on its website – but not providing similar information about non-sitting candidates. Council spokesman Paul
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County denies breaking election law
Oxfordshire County Council today denied it broke election law by linking sitting councillors’ profiles to the candidates page on its website but not providing similar information about non-sitting candidates. Council spokesman Paul Smith
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Vaizey claimed £74,000 on house
Wantage MP Ed Vaizey has spent more than £74,000 of taxpayers’ money to pay for a second home in Oxfordshire since becoming an MP in 2005. But last night the Tory MP said he had no intention of profiting from the expenditure in the long-term
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Lorry breakdown causes M40 delays
A broken-down lorry today caused delays for drivers on the M40 in north Oxfordshire. Queueing traffic was reported for one mile and the exit slip road was partially blocked by the lorry on the M40 southbound, at the junction with the A34 at Junction
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Election counts start
The votes are in. Now for the count. Thousands of residents in Oxfordshire voted yesterday to have their say in the county council and European elections. Pollsters are predicting a bad result for Labour – raising the pressure on Gordon Brown
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He made the ultimate sacrifice
Another day, another funeral for a British serviceman killed in Afghanistan. Yesterday, 21-year-old Royal Marine Commando Jason Mackie was laid to rest in Bampton. The soldier was killed when the armoured vehicle in which he was travelling
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Strange logic
One wonders what logic dictates the decisions made by large organisations sometimes. A sizeable number of individuals have been mobilised in Culham and Appleford. They don’t think First Great Western is on the right track with one it has made recently
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Oxford United future looks good
CHAIRMAN Kelvin Tho-mas believes increasing Oxford United’s revenue can make significant inroads into the club’s annual losses. The club recorded a loss of around £800,000 in the year ending June 30 2008, as shareholders were told at yesterday’s annual
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Children have narrow escape as car hits house
A BABY was just inches away from being crushed to death when a car smashed into the wall of his room. The red Fiat Stilo smashed through a fence and into the wall of the flat in Hundred Acres Close, in Cowley, Oxford, knocking lumps of plaster
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Cabbages and Kings
ONCE upon a time, the General Post Office boasted some of the most frightening female counter staff in Christendom, comparable to Boudica on a bad hair day or Catherine the Great when served vodka without ice. They needed no protective screen to deter
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Heavy Metal
TERMINATOR SALVATION (12A). Sci-fi/Action. Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jadagrace Berry, Common, Michael Ironside, Jane Alexander, Helena Bonham Carter. Man battles the machines
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King of The Blue
PAUL STAMMERS talks to stand-up legend and king of blue humour Roy Chubby Brown as he prepares to unleash his latest observations on the audience at Oxford’s New Theatre next week. THE idea of decency’s gone out the window,” laments Roy ‘Chubby
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Living The Legend
Elvis will be in the building at the New Theatre on Sunday thanks to Lee Memphis King, who is doing his bit to keep the legend alive. Katherine MacAlister talks to the top Elvis impersonator about keeping it real. Aged five years old, little
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Pixie Popster
Dynamic singing sensation Pixie Lott is a pop star in the making. But, as TIM HUGHES discovers, to those who know her, that’s no surprise at all... FOR all her youth, and easy, laid-back style, Pixie Lott is a driven young woman. She may be
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Sixties Night Sparks Lots of Flare
TIM HUGHES dons his flares, bandana and open-toed sandals to get down with ‘flower child’ Nelly B Page for a night of 60s excess. IF you’re going to Cowley Road, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair… Yep, this weekend we turn on, tune
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MP EXPENSES: Vaizey claimed £74,000 on house
WANTAGE MP Ed Vaizey has spent more than £74,000 of taxpayers’ money to pay for a second home in Oxfordshire since becoming an MP in 2005. But last night the Tory MP said he had no intention of profiting from the expenditure in the long-term, as he opened
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Re-Boot Needed
THE BOOT, BARNARD GATE, NR EYNSHAM 01865 881231. Famous footwear there may be, but PAUL STAMMERS was less than impressed with the fare at this well-known Oxfordshire pub. WHAT have the Bee Gees, Ronnie Barker and Stanley Matthews got in
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Sinister Science
Top children’s author Matthew Skelton tells ANDREW FFRENCH of the trials and tribulations of writing that tricky second novel. IN 2006, Matthew Skelton’s debut novel, Endymion Spring, was a big hit with children and adults. The magical tale
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Love Blossoms In Last Chance
LAST CHANCE HARVEY (12A). Romance/Drama/Comedy. Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Liane Balaban, Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Eileen Atkins, Patrick Baladi, Robert Jezek. Love blossoms when two lonely people least expect it in writer-director
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Dazzled And Delighted
An amazing light show and staggering acts courtesy of Beatdown at the Regal leave RICHARD BELL begging for more. Onward we travel dear readers through the twists and turns of clubbing in Oxford, pausing only slightly to take in the brilliant
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Trio sold eBay military parts to Iran
THREE men who ran a business exporting military equipment for Iranian fighter jets from an Oxfordshire business park were jailed for 10 years. HM Revenue & Customs investigators uncovered the plot when they found a consignment of oxygen cylinders at
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It's all over bar the counting in the elections
THE votes are in. Now for the count. Thousands of residents in Oxfordshire hit the ballot box yesterday to have their say in the county council and European elections. Pollsters are predicting a bad result for Labour – raising the pressure on Gordon
