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Schools all set to cheer on England
SCHOOLS across Oxfordshire are opening up their gyms and sports halls to make sure football-mad pupils don’t miss England’s World Cup matches. Two of England’s group matches are in the evening, but the game against Slovenia is set to kick off
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Labour leadership contenders to speak at Oxford hustings
LABOUR’S leadership hopefuls will meet face-to-face in Oxford to debate the future of the party. Three of the five candidates – David Miliband, Ed Balls and Andy Burnham – have already confirmed they will be at the Town Hall in St Aldate’s on Tuesday
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Head warns of crisis in higher education
A HEADTEACHER has warned a generation of young people could be unable to fulfil their potential unless significant investment is made in higher education. Chris Bryan, headteacher at St Birinus School in Didcot, said high quality sixth formers were being
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Person injured in bus collision
ONE person suffered minor injuries in a crash involving a Stagecoach bus and a Volkswagen Golf in Botley Road, at about 3.25pm today, outside the Holly Bush Inn, Osney Island.
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RACING: Candy thrilled by gallant runner-up Markab
Wantage trainer Henry Candy was thrilled after Markab showed he was worthy of his place among the world’s top sprinters by finishing a gallant second to Equiano in the King’s Stand Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot. Tackling five
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Thousands enjoy Banbury Show
THOUSANDS of people took advantage of the sunshine and spent the day at Banbury Show. Now in its second year, there was entertainment for the whole family at the event held in Spiceball Park, including a dog show. Children had their faces painted and
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Conman targets woman, 88
Police are appealing for witnesses after an attempted distraction burglary in Sutton Courtenay today. A man claiming to be from the electricity board knocked on the door of an 88-year-old woman in Milton Road at noon today and said he was there
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Thieves steal Oxford crematorium gates
Police are appealing for witnesses after a set of wrought iron gates were stolen from the Oxford Crematorium in Bayswater Road. Thieves removed the gates by cutting the padlock and pulling them off their hinges. The theft happened some time on the
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Record orders at Oxford Instruments
Bosses at hi-tech firm Oxford Instruments are upbeat after seeing its finances take a major hike. Chief executive Jonathan Flint believes the company’s markets in Asia are the reason for the company seeing a 7.2 per cent rise in its pre-tax profits to
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Sports college pupils inspired by London Olympics
POTENTIAL sporting stars of the future from an Oxfordshire school have been getting into the Olympic spirit by visiting the site of the 2012 games in London. Eight pupils at King Alfred’s Specialist Sports College who have made significant progress on
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School gets gym into tip-top shape
PUPILS at an Oxford primary school are getting physical after the completion of a £250,000 facelift of their gym. The work at Windmill Primary School in Headington has seen the building get a thorough overhaul, inisde and out The building has been reclad
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Oxford art project spreads its wings
A PROJECT to help troubled or vulnerable schoolchildren has opened a third art centre in Oxford. The Art Room was set up at Oxford School in 2002 with just £200 in the kitty, with the aim of giving youngsters a chance to develop through art projects
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Art Room project expands
A PROJECT to help schoolchildren has opened a third art centre in Oxford. The Art Room, which has been supported by The Oxford Times since its earliest days, was set up at Oxford School in 2002 with just £200 in the kitty, with the aim of
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Teacher follows in George Orwell's footsteps with first novel
PRIMARY school teacher Christian Hatton is following in the footsteps of novelist George Orwell by looking into the future. Orwell’s masterpiece was the classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Mr Hatton, a supply teacher at Wolvercote Primary
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Mayor leaps into the air for charities
The mayor of Abingdon raised more than £550 for charity by jumping from a plane. Town councillor Duncan Brown was joined by Bicester firefighters Nigel Cheney and Lee Churchouse, and Mr Brown’s deputy, Alastair Fear, for the skydive on Saturday. He
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Police official relives Afghan plane crash escape
HE IS the man now charged with ensuring Oxfordshire’s licensees are not breaking the law but nothing he has to face is as dangerous as his previous occupation. Tony Cope, who is now a Thames Valley Police licensing officer, was part of a seven-man
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Man held over attempted Cowley break-in
Police arrested a man in connection with an attempted burglary in Kelburne Road, Cowley, at 5pm yesterday. Shofik Townsend, 33, of Cowley, has been charged with attempted burglary and fraud by false representation, and is due to appear before
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Victim warns of card theft scam
A WOMAN conned out of £300 when crooks saw her pin number then stole her card has warned other shoppers to be vigilant. Deborah Spinks is one of three victims fooled by a gang of tricksters in the Cherwell area who have been observing Pin numbers
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Mum's march for fairness
IMAGINE being told your child could die before he is 20 years old. That is the terrible scenario faced by a Marston mum who is tomorrow set to embark on a march with other parents for her son’s right to live. Six-year-old Isaac White loves to dance,
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Fund runners hale and hearty
WALKERS, joggers and runners made their way around a 10-kilometre course to raise money for research into heart disease. The fifth British Heart Foundation run, above, was held at the picturesque setting of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock.
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CRICKET: Horspath go top
MP Sports Cherwell League - Graham Scott's Match Of The Day Horspath climbed to the top of Division 1 for the first time this season on Saturday, and few would bet against them being in the same position after the final round of matches on September
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CRICKET: Sanjay's spell is key
MP Sports Cherwell League - Division 2 Sanjay Vinjimoor produced a match winning spell of 5-41 as Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts maintained their narrow lead at the top by dispensing with Leighton Buzzard Town. He was backed up by
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CRICKET: Smith's salvo seals it
MP Sports Cherwell League - Division 1 Aussie Anthony Smith captured 6-66 as Great & Little Tew beat Bourton Vale by only two runs. But Smith’s figures were not the best of the match – Vale’s Oxfordshire seamer Ryan Newhook had earlier taken 8-90
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CRICKET: Dinton down Rowant
MP Sports Cherwell League - Division 3 Dinton 2nd emphasised their title credentials after beating closest rivals Aston Rowant 2nd by two wickets. Shaun Smith (4-28) and Mark Ludlow (4-47) reduced Rowant from 100-2 to 113-9, although Tim Foster’s
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CRICKET: Partnership sets up success
MP Sports Cherwell League - Division 4 Ali Damirchi and Rob Sessions added 161 for the fourth wicket and propelled Wallingford to an impressive victory at home to Buckingham Town 2nd. Town had racked up 245-4 from their 53 overs, with
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CRICKET: Shipton see off Challow
MP Sports Cherwell League - Division 5 The new leaders are Shipton-under-Wychwood 2nd who saw off Challow & Childrey 2nd by nine wickets. Only Nigel Hume (35) had an answer to the Shipton attack, as Steve Carvey (4-35), Jason Hunt (3-25) and Jon Hartley
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CRICKET: Four-midable Horspath
MP Sports Cherwell League - Divisions 6-10 All four of Horspath’s teams are top of their respective divisions after victories on Saturday. Their first team may have got most of the headlines, but Horspath 2nd top Division 6 by six points, Horspath
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Double awards joy for Seacourt
Printing firm Seacourt has won back to back awards in major national competitions. At the Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Environmental Leadership Awards, the company took the Continuous Commitment and Improvement honour which recognises
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Businessman discharged over cheque fraud
A 36-YEAR-OLD businessman has been given a conditional discharge for fraudulently cashing a cheque. Jamal Rezzougui, of Gilkes Yard, was owner of Fine Drinks Ltd when he wrote and cashed an £850 cheque from the company account at Cash Converters
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Twenty jobs go as horsebox firm calls in administrators
TWENTY staff at specialist horsebox manufacturer Olympic Coachbuilders have lost their jobs after the firm called in administrators. Sue Staunton, adminstrator at Oxford-based finance firm James Cowper, said the company had fallen victim to the recession
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CRICKET: Robbie blasts a ton double
OCA League Divisions 1-3 COMBE’S Robbie Nicholson had a weekend to remember as he blasted centuries on successive days in league and cup. Nicholson smashed an unbeaten 143 to help his side to a 29-run victory over Clifton Hampden in
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CRICKET: Super Macdonald hits third century
OCA League Divisions 4-11 DUNCAN Macdonald was at it again with his third century of the season as Kilkenny thrashed Stonesfield 2nd by 142 runs in Division 7. Macdonald scored 150 not out as Kilkenny posted 272-8. Chris May (
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Snake gives mechanic a slippery shock
MECHANIC Graham Chilton got a slippery surprise when he opened a van bonnet to come face to face with a 3ft-long snake. Mr Chilton was carrying out an MOT test when he made the startling discovery. The strapping 6ft mechanic, who admits
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Date set for biker's funeral
THE funeral of a motorcyclist who died after a crash at a Bicester roundabout will take place on Friday. Robert Thompson, 29, from Thame, crashed at the Skimmingdish Lane and Launton Road roundabout on Saturday, June 5. The funeral is at St Andrew’s
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Meeting to debate future of child heart surgery in city
A MEETING is taking place this evening to discuss the future of children’s heart operations at the city’s John Radcliffe Hospital. Members of the NHS management board are looking into how children’s heart surgery is carried out in the UK and has decided
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Government must not slash all schemes
ANOTHER week and another potential blow against major plans to improve the lot of this city because of Government cuts. Last week Oxfordshire County Council revealed it was having to review £500m of schemes, many of them hugely significant pieces of
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Cuts threaten key Oxford homes site
THE most important site in the struggle to combat Oxford’s chronic housing shortage is under threat from Government spending cuts. Oxford City Council is planning a 1,000-home development on land it owns near Barton and Marston. And
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Forgotten heroes
WE hear a lot about the wonderful work the Little Ships did in bringing home from Dunkirk the incredible number of 380,000 troops. When they had landed, something had to be done, to make room for more to arrive. This is how some troops were dealt with
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Campaigners secure future of The Horton Hospital
CHAMPAGNE corks have been popping after the future of Banbury’s Horton Hospital was finally secured. Yesterday, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust agreed to pay the extra £900,000-a-year needed to pay for round-the-clock consultant-led children’s and maternity
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Parents pay tribute to 'little battler' Finnley
A couple have paid a touching tribute to their baby son who has lost his fight for life aged 18 weeks. Finnley Froude was born 12 weeks premature at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital in February. He weighed just 1lb 4oz — less than a bag of sugar. Months
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Ask the Vet: My labradoodle has skin issues
QI have a year-old labradoodle. For the past six months he has a dry scaly skin. I give him Vetzyme pure cod liver oil every day. I also bath him three times a week with deep cleansing shampoo for his skin. Also, I groom him five times a
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Saddle up for great week of cycle action
Forecasters are predicting warmer, drier weather for the rest of June, so there are no excuses for not getting out and about on a bike. This year’s National Bike Week starts on Saturday, under the dubious banner of “Team Green Britain”, and in Oxfordshire
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Countryside Alliance a 'malign influence'
PENNY LITTLE (Oxford Mail ViewPoints, June 3) rightly points out the malign influence of the Countryside Alliance within the Conservative Party and the unprincipled way in which the Liberal Democrats have agreed to resurrect the hunting debate. An opinion
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Fishy stuff
I WAS amused to read that Farmoor Stores offers snoek (Oxford Mail, June 10). During the Second World War it was offered as an alternative to more traditional types of fish, was not much liked and became a national joke. Clearly we should have grilled
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Better times
I FEEL sorry for the children of today. They do not have it as good as me and my generation did while growing up during the 1960s. At school, bullies were dealt with severely with the strap or slipper. Teachers today are afraid of their own pupils
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Say no to Tesco
I WAS surprised and disgusted to read that Tesco is planning to take over the site which was Borders bookshop (Oxford Mail, June 4). Not content with one hideous monstrosity on the corner of St Aldate’s and Speedwell Street, they plan to make
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Chapman’s sentence doesn’t reflect crime
I WRITE TO EXPRESS my disgust at the sentence given to Oxford United footballer Adam Chapman for causing the death of Tom Bryan through using a mobile phone, not once, but 24 times, while driving (Oxford Mail, June 5). This was no accident. Using a
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One in four of us are now classed obese
THE county’s health chief last night said one in four people in Oxfordshire were now obese as it started to count the cost of dealing with people’s bulging waistlines. Yesterday, Oxfordshire’s health director Dr Jonathan McWilliam said the problem was
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One in four in county classed as obese
The county’s health chief said one in four people in Oxfordshire were now obese. Oxfordshire’s health director Dr Jonathan McWilliam said the problem was putting a “significant burden” on the NHS in the county. We have previously reported
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Jury sworn in for animal right campaigned arson trial
A JURY has been sworn-in over a 49-year-old animal rights campaigner accused of plotting an arson attack against Oxford University. The trial of Mel Broughton, of Semilong Road, Northampton, is due begin at Oxford Crown Court tomorrow. He is accused
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She's the hero
MILLIE Beauchamp is the real hero in the tragic story her ex-footballer husband Joey tells today. Mr Beauchamp did his best to drink his life away and it would have been understandable if Mrs Beauchamp had decided to walk away for the sake of herself
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Joey Beauchamp: My fight against booze and blues
JOEY Beauchamp’s life is finally back on track. The former Oxford United star has spoken for the first time about his 20 months of hell which saw him battle drink and depression and – thanks to those close to him – survive. But only just
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Reservoir protesters to lobby inquiry
THE public inquiry into controversial plans to build a reservoir covering 5,000 acres of farmland between Abingdon and Wantage will start at the Conference Centre, Park End Street, Oxford, today. Members of Group Against Reservoir Development, which
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U's sign up king Cole
Oxford United boss Chris Wilder has made his most exciting capture of the summer – by signing England C star Mitchell Cole on a two-year contract. The 24-year-old left winger joins the U’s on a free transfer from Stevenage. And the former West Ham Academy
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Deal helps feed Oxford's needy
HUNDREDS more vulnerable people will get fresh food every day after a charity struck a deal with a fruit and vegetable company. The Oxford Food Bank, run by charity Replenish, launch-ed in October and was soon handing out about £500 worth of food each
