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CRICKET: Rowant's thrilling triumph
Aston Rowant ended a 23-year wait to be crowned Oxfordshire champions in the npower Village Cup as Horspath’s final hoodoo struck again in a last-over thriller at the Recreation Ground yesterday. Rowant, who only reached the county decider
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RESULTS June 15
CRICKET. MINOR COUNTIES TROPHY. Quarter-final: Wiltshire 175 (46.5 ovs, M Coles 45, J Golding 36, S Hole 3-43), Oxfordshire 177-3 (D Shirazi 69, C Haupt 40no, C Sandbach 39). NPOWER VILLAGE CUP. Oxfordshire final: Horspath 182-8 (40 ovs, P Chanel
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CRICKET: Oxfordshire bowlers too hot for Wiltshire
Oxfordshire's bowlers took centre stage to cruise into the last four with a seven-wicket victory over Wiltshire at Corsham. A superb team effort ensured Wilts were restricted to 175 and even allowed Oxon a laboured chase. They will now
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CRICKET: Bowlers put Oxon into semis
Oxfordshire captain Ian Hawtin hailed his bowlers as they cruised into the MCCA Trophy semi-finals last night. Hawtin’s men secured a seven-wicket victory over Wiltshire at Corsham after dismissing their hosts for just 175. Oxon cruised
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UPDATE: Air cadet and RAF instructor killed
A TEENAGE air cadet and an RAF instructor were killed when their plane hit a glider in a mid-air collision near Abingdon. The pair were in a Tutor training aircraft from RAF Benson when it was involved in a crash with a glider in the air above
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OAP picked for Trafalgar plinth - at 3am
A PENSIONER from Oxford has been picked to take pride of a place on a plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square as part of a living work of art. Retired teacher Gwynneth Pedler, 83, will sit on the square’s fourth plinth in the early hours, armed with semaphore
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Barton Bash bursts with energy
CLOWNS, face-painting and an inflatable bungee run drew almost 1,000 people to an Oxford estate for a spectacular community celebration. Even the sun made an appearance at the Barton Bash at Barton’s Neighbourhood Centre, in Underhill Circus
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UPDATE: Two in hospital after rally accident
TWO people were tonight recovering in hospital after a rally car crashed off a racing track in Abingdon. The incident happened as the car veered off the circuit, onto a grass verge and hit a number of people at Abingdon Motorsports CAR-nival this morning
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ATHLETICS: Hannah sets a personal best
Oxford City athlete Hannah England set a personal best as she won the 800m title at the British Milers Club at Watford on Saturday. England, 22, crossed the line in 2mins 1.50secs. It was the perfect boost for the Oxfordshire star who on Friday was
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SPPEDWAY: Crump brings home bacon!
Former Oxford Cheetah Jason Crump stayed firmly on course to win his third Speedway World Championship, after winning the Danish Grand Prix in Copenhagen on Saturday. The 33-year-old extended his lead over his nearest rival, Russian Emil Sayfutdinov.
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Festival bridges divided community
A COMMUNITY is gearing up for its biggest and best festival – which organisers hope will give the neighbourhood “a heart”. Organisers of Oxford’s North Hinksey Festival –- which involves householders in Botley – are currently putting the finishing touches
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MOTORSPORTS: Smith loses place at top
Julian Simon replaced Oxfordshire’s Bradley Smith at the top of the 125cc world championship standings after an unforgettable Catalan Grand Prix in Barcelona. Smith was eighth, but Simon came fourth after throwing away victory after blunder with one
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CRICKET: Oxford triumph in derby cliffhanger
Oxford edged out Banbury by two wickets in a remarkable Division 1 derby clash at White Post Road on Saturday. In a match of amazing fluctuations, Banbury recovered from a dreadful start to reach 207-9 thanks to a brilliant century from Craig Haupt
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CRICKET: Marvel Morrick routs battered Thame
Aston Rowant captain Wesley Morrick produced a devastating spell of bowling to reduce Thame to 11-4 and set up a comfortable eight-wicket win in Saturday's Division 2 West derby clash. Thame never had a chance to settle, losing their first two wickets
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Drunk man jailed after pulling gun on teens
A DRUNK man who pulled a gun on a group of teenagers and threatened to shoot them was jailed on Friday. Anthony James, 20, was just four days out of jail when he threatened the group with a semi-automatic air pistol and demanded money. He had been
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Community turns out for Jericho Street Fair
CROWDS packed into a tiny Oxford street this weekend for a traditional street fair. Yesterday afternoon, bright sunshine drew hundreds of Jericho residents out of their homes to Canal Street, where live music, dancing, market stalls, food stalls
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Listeners welcome back Wesley
NEWS presenter Wesley Smith officially swapped the TV screen for Oxfordshire’s airwaves on Saturday thanks to help from Oxford Mail readers. The former ITV Thames Valley Tonight anchorman was forced to leave the show in February after becoming a casualty
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Financial disparity
The IWCA’s Leys Independent newsletter revealed the details of Oxfoprd East MP Andrew Smith’s expenses a year and a half ago, but he would not, at the time, comment on the matter. He has now been forced to come clean, due to media attention on MPs’
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Action stations
In reply to the letter by Angela Jones (Oxford Mail, June 10), I have to say that if I was an Appleford villager I would be just as frustrated by the reduction in train services that they have recently experienced. I do sympathise with them. That said
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Take a punt on punting
NOW maybe I’m naive, but I’d have assumed that everyone who lives here in Oxford would, at least once at any rate, have tried punting or rowing on the river. But chatting with friends, it appears my own regular jaunts out on the water are actually considered
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Results of election don’t reflect votes
USING THE RAW election results which you published on Saturday, June 6, I have attempted some arithmetical analysis. As you said, on Page 7, the Tories have indeed “tightened their grip on the county”. However, it is not correct to say “majority increases
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Another job club opens in county
UNEMPLOYED people looking for work were given a boost when Bicester’s first job club opened its doors. Scores of people took advantage of the event, which Cherwell District Council pledged will take place every fortnight. Bicester Job Club, the idea
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Golden date for Morris Men
THE streets of Wantage will come alive with music and dance next month when Icknield Way Morris Men celebrate their golden anniversary. About 150 dancers will make the Market Place their stage when they perform traditional English dances for shoppers
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Farmer 'almost lost business' after advice
QUESTIONS have been raised in Parliament about the treatment of an Oxfordshire farmer whose poultry business was almost made bankrupt after he sought help from a bank. Justin Riggs, 50, who runs Mill Farm in Stanford in the Vale, lost a quarter
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Before the magistrates
WITNEY Darcy De Lima, 41, of Hurst Street, Oxford, convicted of using a vehicle without insurance in Botley Road, Oxford, on August 20 last year. Proved in absence. Fined £525 and ordered to pay £80 costs and a £15 victims’ surcharge. Also
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Town set to welcome its Polish twin
A NEW twinning charter is due to be signed between Bicester and Czernichov, Poland, on Saturday. Chairmen of the twinning associations and mayors from both towns will sign on the dotted line to seal the new friendship. There will be a celebration cake
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Three hurt in rally crash
A rally car crashed off an Oxfordshire racing track and hit three people — leaving two seriously injured. The car crashed off the road and on to a grass verge at Abingdon Motorsports Carnival this morning. Two people — a 60-year-old
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Two die after mid-air crash
Two people have died after a plane and a glider crashed following a mid-air collision in Oxfordshire this afternoon. Emergency crews are at the scene in Church Lane, Drayton, near Abingdon. Two people in a light aircraft have died, but the
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BREAKING NEWS: Three people injured at motor racing event
A rally car crashed off an Oxfordshire racing track and hit three people — leaving two seriously injured. The car crashed off the road and onto a grass verge at Abingdon Motorsports Carnival this morning. Two people — a 60-year-old man from Hampshire
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BREAKING NEWS: Two people killed in plane crash
Two people have died after a plane and a glider crashed following a mid-air collision in Oxfordshire this afternoon. Emergency crews are at the scene in Church Lane, Drayton, near Abingdon. Two people in a light aircraft have died, but the pilot of
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UPDATE: Two people killed in plane crash
Two people have died after a plane and a glider crashed following a mid-air collision in Oxfordshire this afternoon. Emergency crews are at the scene in Church Lane, Drayton, near Abingdon. Two people in a light aircraft have died, but the
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BREAKING NEWS: Emergency crews deal with plane crash
Two aircraft have crashed in a field in Oxfordshire, ambulance staff said this afternoon. The two aircraft, believed to be a plane and a glider, came down in a field near Church Lane in Drayton, near Abingdon, about 2.20pm. Police, fire
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Man killed in glider accident
A man has died after the glider he was in crashed in a field near Banbury yesterday. Paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to a field in Ratley, Warwickshire, near the B4086, at 5.40pm. They were helped by ambulance
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UPDATE: Man charged with East Oxford murder
A 48-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Devon McPherson in Oxford. Headley Michael Thompson, of west London, will appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court tomorrow morning. He was also charged with possession of class A drugs with intent
