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SNOW: Police warning about canal
POLICE have urged people not to try walking on the frozen Oxford Canal by the Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury. Children have been seen up to 20 feet out into the middle of the canal, and officers have been called out several times over the past
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Snow: Police warn people to keep off canal
Police are urging people not to walk on the frozen Oxford Canal. Officers have been called to a number of incidents over the past few days in Banbury where people have been attempting to walk across or along the frozen water. Banbury
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ICE HOCKEY: Stars' clash falls to the freeze!
Oxford City Stars' English National League clash with Invicta Dynamos tomorrow at Oxpens Road has been postponed - because of the freezing weather conditions! Invicta, who are based in East Kent, say they are unable to travel because of the snow and
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SNOW: Latest weather forecast
More snow is predicted to begin falling in Oxfordshire over the next 24 hours. The Met Office has warned there will be further outbreaks of snow, some heavy and prolonged, with between 2 to 5cm settling generally and locally around 5cm to 10cm over
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SNOW: Travel update - Roads
The A40 northern by pass road westbound in Oxford has been reopened following a crash. The road was shut between the Bayswater Road, from Headington Roundabout and the A4165, Banbury Road, at the Cutteslowe Roundabout. One woman has been
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SNOW: Travel update - Stagecoach buses
Oxford Tube - running normally. Route 11 - suspended. Route 16 - Not serving Herschel Crescent. Route 17 - Not serving Canal Street & Wren Road. Route 59 - running along the main road only. Route B2-Bankside. (Not Chatsworth drive) Then
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SNOW: Travel update - Oxford Bus Company and trains
Oxford Bus Company is running a similar service to Friday. A spokesman said: "We are now running along Wayneflete Road in Barton which means the City8 is running along the whole of its normal route in Barton. The Brookesbus U1 is now serving
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SNOW: Perfect weather for skiing to work
TALK about irony. Skier Colin May was due to fly out to France today for a weekend on the piste, but has spent much of the past week using his cross country skis to get to and from work. Mr May, 59, of Barracks Lane, East Oxford, works
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SNOW: Staff must make up lost time
EMPLOYEES who could not attend work because of the snow will find themselves having to make the time up. Workers at the Cowley Mini Plant will have to work the hours they missed at a later date. The plant uses a working time account
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Legion condemns poppy thieves
A COUPLE who between them stole three Poppy Appeal collection tins and attempted to steal another were tonight condemned by the Royal British Legion. Drug addicts Sabrina Burton and Michael Bailey admitted their two-week spree at Oxford Crown
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Oxford United skipper says 'Don't panic'
OXFORD United skipper Adam Murray has urged supporters not to panic just because the U’s have lost top spot in the Blue Square Premier for the first time since August. Chris Wilder’s men have led the division for 95 per cent of the campaign, but were
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Snow: Icy winds blow in
The big freeze felt even colder after bitter winds from northern Europe sent temperatures plummeting even further and heralded more big snowfalls. Conditions are expected to be freezing virtually everywhere during the day, but forecasters said
