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CRICKET: Oxon bid is over
OXFORDSHIRE missed out on a place in the quarter-finals of the MCCA Trophy after a six-wicket defeat at the hands of Dorset in Weymouth yesterday. Ian Hawtin’s side went into the game knowing that nothing less than victory against the table-toppers would
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RESULTS: May 22/23
CRICKET MCCA TROPHY Oxfordshire 115-9 (35.4 ovs, C Watling 34, Banham 5-19, Morgan 3-29), Dorset 118-4 (22 ovs, D Cowley 52, A Williams 38no, D Rowe 3-33). SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 1 Aston Rowant 97 (43.2 ovs, C Watling
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CRICKET: Banbury crush sorry Rowant
Banbury stormed to a convincing seven-wicket victory against Home Counties Premier Division 1 strugglers Aston Rowant in the Oxfordshire derby at White Post Road on Saturday. Batting first, Rowant, who have yet to register a victory this season were
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CRICKET: Oxford aces put Wycombe to the sword
A fantastic unbeaten partnership of 118 in 15.3 overs between Nick Ferraby and Ian Crosby steered Oxford to a seven-wicket victory at High Wycombe in Home Counties Premier Division 1. Electing to bat, the home side were reduced to 15-3. However, Matt
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FOOTBALL: Bourne is new Abingdon boss
Abingdon United have appointed former Wantage Town boss Richie Bourne as their new manager. Bourne, 37, takes over with immediate effect at the Zamaretto Southern League Division 1 South & West club, and replaces Andy Slater who stepped down after seven
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MOTOR SPORT: Unlucky Bradley pushed down to fifth
Oxfordshire's Bradley Smith had to settle for fifth place at the Monster Energy French Grand Prix at Le Mans yesterday. Smith looked set for his first podium finish of the season, but on the very last bend of the 125cc race was knocked back to fifth
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Taking part
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who took part in the annual Ribbon Walk through the grounds of Blenheim Palace. More than 1,000 people dressed up in pink on a scorchingly hot day to raise awareness of breast cancer. It’s great for the county to host such
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Lunch club takes on TV’s Eggheads
BRAINBOXES from an Oxford holiday company pitted their wits against some of the cleverest people on television. Six colleagues from Holiday Lettings, in Banbury Road, appeared on BBC2’s show Eggheads, taking on a team of quiz experts who pride themselves
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Boxers hit out to support soldiers
AN ACCOUNTANT, a teacher, and a psychotherapist will all take to the boxing ring to raise money for soldiers wounded in Afghanistan. Casualties from the Rifles are being given ringside seats for South Moreton Boxing Club’s Rumble at the Regal
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Walkers blaze a pink trail for breast cancer care
Olympian Denise Lewis and model Penny Lancaster were among a record-breaking turn-out of walkers who blazed a trail of pink across the Oxfordshire countryside to raise money for breast cancer care. The famous pair were joined by 1,100 other fundraisers
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Sextuplet survivors all ‘doing well’
THE surviving five babies of the Oxfordshire sextuplets were in a stable condition and “doing well” last night, according to a spokesman for the family. Andy and Vicky Lamb, both 31, and from Abingdon, have been mourning the loss of one of the two boys
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Christians unite for day of celebration
MORE than 4,000 Christians put denominational differences aside and united as one for a special event to praise God and the city of Oxford today. Christians from dozens of different nationalities cancelled their usual Sunday worship to join together
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Owners join the pack for walk in the park
IT WAS a sight more associated with a freezing arctic wasteland than a scorching summer’s day in Oxford. Twenty husky dogs met up at Shotover Country Park for a mass-walkabout yesterday, gaining plenty of surprised looks from other dog-walkers. Husky
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Mental illness funding cuts 'will bite'
MENTAL health charities warned their services will be badly affected by a 20 per cent cut in their budgets. NHS Oxfordshire, the county’s primary care trust, has carried out a review of mental health day services and is planning to reduce the budget
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Man avoids jail for GBH pub attack
A 39-YEAR-OLD fractured a man’s jaw in three places because he failed to shake his hand in a pub. Michael Doran, of Cowley Road, East Oxford, hit John Hennigan at the Prince of Wales in Horspath Road, Cowley. The father-of-two was given a suspended
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Robot pharmacist lightens the load
MEET the newest member of staff to join the pharmacy at Oxford’s Churchill Hospital... and it’s not likely to need a coffee break. A £140,000 robot is helping the team of 15 pharmacists by preparing and dispensing drugs – even when there’s no one around
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City Lib Dems leader shrugs off coalition 'backlash'
LIBERAL Democrats in Oxford say they are confident they will weather any backlash after the parliamentary party joined forces with the Conservatives and made David Cameron PM. The Greens are actively targeting Lib Dem supporters left cold by
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Motorcyclist killed in Burford
A 63-year-old motorcyclist from Swindon was killed in a crash at the Burford Caravan Club crossroads on the A361 yesterday. Police spokesman Laura Deane said following the crash, at 12.30pm, the man's Kawasaki 600 motorbike was trapped under a Ford
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Complaints Rose Hill is overcrowded
OXFORD’S Rose Hill estate is becoming “claustrophobic and over-developed” and is missing out on new facilities, a community leader has claimed. Peter Wilkinson, chairman of the Rose Hill Tenants and Residents’ Association, said part of the problem was
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Homes vote to go ahead
COUNCILLORS are to press ahead with deciding where 750 new homes will be built in Wallingford, despite the town’s MP urging them to delay. Ed Vaizey, now Culture Minister in the new Government, has called on Conservative-run South Oxfordshire District
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Ramblers to set off on walk of life for green spaces
NATURE lovers are being asked to pull on their walking boots next month to help protect Oxford’s green spaces. A sponsored walk, organised by the Oxfordshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, will follow a specially designed nine-mile
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Scales of Justice
OXFORD Mark Brownlee, 28, of Troy Close, Oxford, admitted drink driving in Howard Street, Oxford, on April 11. Namely having 87 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35 microgrammes. Fined £350, £85 costs and
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Doctors vie to raise money for heart centre
THREE doctors at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital are embarking on a little healthy competition for charity. The researchers from the British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence, based at the hospital, are competing against each other to
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POSTCODE LOTTERY: Fight for cancer drugs goes on
TODAY marks the first anniversary since campaigner Stephen Dallison lost his fight against kidney cancer. Mr Dallison passed away on Saturday May 23, 2009, just hours after marrying his fiancee, Olivia Glover. The 35-year-old, from Iffley Road, Oxford
