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Legion to pay tribute to two Afghanistan dead
TWO soldiers killed in Afghanistan will be repatriated this week. The bodies of the two soldiers will be flown to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire before being driven to the John Radcliffe Hospital for a post mortem on Thursday. Members of
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Woman given restraining order after village assault
A 53-year-old woman was given a one year conditional discharge after she admitted assault. Janet Funnell, of Thorpe Road, Upper Wardington, Banbury, was charged with the offence after an incident in the village where she assaulted a 43-year-old man.
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Hunt for woman found guilty of GBH
THE mother of an alcoholic violently beaten by a Didcot woman last night appealed to his attacker to hand herself into police. Adelle McColl, pictured, of Hamble Road, Didcot, failed to appear at Oxford Crown Court for sentencing after being found guilty
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Unicycle stolen in Headington
Police are appealing for witnesses after a unicycle was stolen from inside student halls of residence in Oxford. Some time between 8.45pm and 9pm on June 4, a man was seen entering the student halls of Ruskin College in Dunstan Road, Headington
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Winning golfer has a 'hole' lot of luck - and a new sports car
A GOLFER’S first ever hole-in-one earned him an impressive prize – a brand new car worth almost £30,000. Sales manager Nick Taylor from Carterton, scored his lucky shot while playing at Radyr Golf Club, near Cardiff. And his well-aimed shot at the 12th
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Garsington Opera
For the third and final production of the 2010 Garsington Opera season — the last in the gardens of the 17th-century Oxfordshire manor house where the festival began in 1989 — we are offered a production whose startling design and trompe l’oeil
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Man exposed himself to girl, 13
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man exposed himself in Chinnor. At 7.45am on Friday, a 13-year-old girl was walking down Foresters towards Mill Road, when a man exposed himself to her from the opposite side of the road. The girl continued
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Carterton school head says farewell after 30 years
A HEADTEACHER will wave goodbye to a Carterton school after almost 30 years to start a new life in France. Gay Hennessy started as a supply teacher at Gateway Primary School, in Netheravon Close, in 1981. After seeing thousands of children
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The appliance of science
HIGHLY magnified rats’ tongues, barley pasta and green tea ice cream were among the attractions at a special event showcasing Oxford Brookes University’s research work. The event, on Wednesday, was part of Universities Week, and saw about 150 members
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Uni is top notch at teaching teachers
OXFORD Brookes University has been rated as “outstanding” for the way it educates primary school teachers, following an inspection. Education watchdog Ofsted also rated its teaching of secondary school teachers as “good”. Brookes offers a wide range
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Missing girl found safe and well
A 13-year-old girl who went missing while on a trip to Oxford has been found safe and well. Shannon Reilly, from Enstone, went missing while out with care workers at the Oxford Ice Rink in Oxpens Road on Friday. She was found in the
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Woman admits assault
A 53-year-old woman was given a one-year conditional discharge after she admitted to assault without injury at Banbury Magistrates’ Court. Janet Funnell, of Thorpe Road, Upper Wardington, was charged with the offence after an incident in the village
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Missing 13-year-old found
A teenager who went missing in Oxford has been found safe and well. Shannon Riley, 13, who lives in Enstone, went missing on Friday night. Police said she was found safe and well in Oxford yesterday.
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Didcot OAPs say 'get us to the doctors on time'
ELDERLY people in Didcot who rely on volunteers to drive them to medical appointments have urged more people to donate some time. Didcot Volunteer Centre runs the scheme, which last year gave 1,778 lifts to housebound people in the area, and has lost
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Witness for the Prosecution: The Agatha Christie Theatre Company: Milton Keynes and touring
Agatha Christie owned up to an ignorance of the means to murder, especially guns. Witness for the Prosecution suggests that knowledge of the law was not her strong point either. The play begins in a legal fairyland when a young man on a murder
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Carnival marks town's horrible history
WOODSTOCK came alive with the sights and sounds of the last 900 years at the weekend. This year’s annual carnival celebrated nine centuries since the wall that surrounds the Blenheim estate was built and took the theme of Woodstock’s Horrible
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Lifelong resident unveils £4m homes
A LIFELONG Iffley Village resident cut the ribbon to officially open a £4m housing development. Les White, 80, is one of 16 people who have moved into Lucas and Remy Place, a 27-flat development for older people. It replaces a 1970s
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Artwork takes root at museum
THE lawn of Oxford’s Museum of Natural History will be transformed next month to become home to a haunting art installation. The creation of artist Angela Palmer, the Ghost Forest comprises 10 gigantic tree stumps – weighing up to 15 tonnes
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Silver surfers explore the net
DRESSED in bright shirts and hula skirts, elderly residents enjoyed a Hawaiian-themed silver surfers’ day. Cottsway Housing, based in Witney, organised the event with the charity Age UK to give those over the age of 55 the chance to come along and try
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Local share prices
21/06/2010 AEA Technology 19 BMW 35.01 Electrocomponents 228.4 Nationwide Accident Repair 83.5 Oxford Biomedica 10.6 Oxford Catalyst 81.75 Oxford Instruments 289.5 Reed Elsevier 503.25 RM 168.5 RPS Group 193 Courtesy of Redmayne
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The scales of justice
OXFORD Lewis Alner, 28, of Nuffield Close, Didcot, admitted possessing 0.911g of heroin in Didcot on January 23 and failure to surrender to court bail on May 13. Fined £130 with £65 costs and a £15 victims’ surcharge. Wesley Chiddington,
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Oxfordshire Business of the Year Awards - all the winners
THE boss of the new Oxfordshire Business of the Year put its success down to the achievements of his staff. John Hoy, chief executive of Blenheim Palace, paid tribute to an “amazing team” after the World Heritage Site in Woodstock walked off with the
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Summer highlights at Modern Art Oxford
To accompany Modern Art Oxford’s major exhibition of paintings by artist Howard Hodgkin, the gallery presents its biggest ever programme of events to see you through the summer months. With extended opening hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
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Howard Hodgkin: Time and Place
Time and Place (Modern Art Oxford, June 23-September 5) is an exhibition of 25 new and recent paintings by Howard Hodgkin, exploring the acclaimed British artist’s use of abstraction as an expression of subjective experience. This exhibition comes more
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Leys man due in court
A MAN accused of dealing Class A drugs is due to appear at Oxford Magistrate's Court today. Wakas Khan, 18, of Furlong Close, Blackbird Leys, is charged with possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine, and threatening behaviour in Oxford
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Little piece of New York in the heart of Oxford . . .
Timber is the new concrete, according to Alex de Rijke of dRMM, the award-winning architectural firm behind the transformation of Modern Art Oxford, writes Gill Oliver. His pronouncement comes while pointing out that MAO’s new ground-level entrance
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Man faces drugs charges
A man has been charged with possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine, and threatening behaviour in Oxford. Wakas Khan, 18, of Furlong Close, Blackbird Leys, was charged after he was arrested on Sunday morning in Park End Street.
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Richard’s comic inspiration
British artist Richard Woods is feted by the art and architectural worlds and has a string of high-profile commissions to his name. His bold, colourful art installation is the first to be exhibited in Modern Art Oxford’s new street-level courtyard area
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Taking modern art to the streets
Taking the gallery out into the street and pulling the street into the gallery was the mantra that underpinned all of the recent alterations at Modern Art Oxford. An area previously used only for storing work during exhibition changeovers has been transformed
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ATHLETICS: England happy to take second
Hannah England was pleased with her performance after helping Great Britain to second place in the European Team Championships in Norway yesterday. The Oxford City athlete finished second to Ukraine athlete Anna Mishchenko in the 1500m held in Bergen
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Charlbury Riverside festival was 'the best yet'
THE CREAM of the Oxfordshire music scene turned out to grace the bill of the county’s biggest and best free festival. The Riverside Festival, which took place in Charlbury over the weekend, featured more than 30 bands and thousands of music-lovers, with
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Tastefully oriental
Chinese food is usually a good bet for us non-meat eaters and The Real China, in the Oxford Castle complex, proved no exception. After a cheerful greeting from a waitress, we slid into one of the booths around the edge of the restaurant and
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Palace boss so proud of his team
The boss of the new Oxfordshire Business of the Year put its success down to the the achievements of his staff. John Hoy, chief executive of Blenheim Palace, paid tribute to an “amazing team” after the World Heritage Site in Woodstock walked
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Top chefs x 4 = fabulous food
Never mind pistols at dawn, it was dicing at dusk as four of Britain’s best chefs pitted their skills against each other in a friendly cook-off at the Cotswold House Hotel in Chipping Campden. Around 60 diners enjoyed the four-course meal in Juliana’
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Going Japanese in Oxfordshire
Miyuki Sedhora was brought up on good, home-cooked food in Japan, and she is now inspiring others to cook in Far Eastern style at her cookery classes at home in Churchill, near Chipping Norton. Miyuki, who was born in Hiroshima, moved to England
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Palace boss so proud of his team
The boss of the new Oxfordshire Business of the Year put its success down to the the achievements of his staff. John Hoy, chief executive of Blenheim Palace, paid tribute to an “amazing team” after the World Heritage Site in Woodstock walked
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Going a bundle on asparagus
Dinner was billed as ‘The Wonders of Asparagus’, and the meal certainly endorsed the sentiment. And served as it was, bang in the middle of the verdant Vale of Evesham — wall-to-wall with fields of asparagus at this time of year — it was a
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Chef’s seasonal source
A series of seasonal recipe cards has been launched by Millets Farm Centre at Frilford, near Abingdon, in partnership with award-winning chef Mark Chandler, of the White Hart at Fyfield. The recipes created by Mark showcase either a fruit or
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CRICKET: Oxon facing defeat inside two days
OXFORDSHIRE are facing the prospect of defeat inside two days in their Western Division encounter against Cornwall at Falmouth. Oxon ended a disastrous opening day, which saw 25 wickets fall, trailing by 36 runs in their second innings with just five
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CRICKET: Hemming fires Shipton home
Andy Hemming was the Shipton-under-Wychwood’s hero for a second match running as they saw off Cumnor by four wickets in yesterday’s Oxfordshire final in the npower Village Cup. Shipton will now visit Welsh side Ynystawe/Hfvvviig in the first national
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CRICKET: Bold Rowant hold Oxford in thriller
Oxford lost ground in the title race as they were held to a draw in an exciting finish away to basement boys Aston Rowant in Division 1 Serious Cricket Homes Counties Premier League. Chasing Rowant’s 210-7, Oxford’s last pair of twins Ian and
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'With this ring I thee weld'
Weddings. Can’t stand ’em. But that’s got nothing to do with any religious, spiritual or moral concerns. If you want God’s blessing, then good luck to you. No, what I hate about the ceremony are its social mores, the chavvy carnations, the soft-focus
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Wrong time for woodland work
I read with some disquiet Chris Walker’s article Plan will spoil our Woodland in Friday’s Oxford Mail. The reason that local parishioners are up in arms is because tree cutting is due to start on Sunday and birds are still nesting. Oxford Conservation
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Technical School pupils got used to racing around
RICHARD Sharp is another pupil who remembers walking miles between lessons at school. As we have recalled, the Oxford Secondary Technical School based in Church Street, St Ebbe’s, operated on 19 sites around the city. The cost in time
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Students got Thame branch line back in action
STUDENTS were given plenty of opportunities to run their own trains. We reported (Memory Lane, January 18) how British Railways’ Western Region handed them control of the Radley-Abingdon branch line one Saturday afternoon in May 1959.
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West Oxford School was full of fun
THERE was time for fun as well as time for lessons at this school. The pictures were taken at West Oxford infants’ school in Ferry Hinksey Road in 1952 or 1953. One shows them enjoying themselves in the playground, while the other was
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CRICKET: Banbury destroyed by Walker’s 9-83
Banbury were blown away by Welwyn Garden City paceman Nicholas Walker, who returned stunning figures of 9-83 to set the leaders on the way to a seven-wicket win in Division 1 Serious Cricket Homes Counties Premier League at White Post Road.
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CRICKET: Thame triumph
Thame Town showed real character to stay top as they beat Farnham Royal by two wickets in a low-scoring game at Church Meadow in Division 2 West, Serious Cricket Homes Counties Premier League. Farnham Royal chose to bat first and a fantastic
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'With this ring I thee weld'
Weddings. Can’t stand ’em. But that’s got nothing to do with any religious, spiritual or moral concerns. If you want God’s blessing, then good luck to you. No, what I hate about the ceremony are its social mores, the chavvy carnations
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We need a lift
THE lift at the Cowley shopping centre has now been out of action for seven months. What a disgrace this is. If it had been at a hospital or a restaurant, it would have been mended the same day – and this could have been too. Excuses are all we
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Beryl was a fighter
I WAS dismayed when I read the article Battling pensioner dies at 88, as the story implied that Beryl Mitchell held up plans for new council housing by her refusal to move out (Oxford Mail, June 14). Mrs Mitchell was not selfish and as an owner-occupier
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Straight talking
Well done to the organisers of the Pride Festival for such a well-run event. Now that’s over, I want to organise a Straight and Proud Festival. Do you think this would get the same welcome from the council as Pride? Would the Pride brigade get upset
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Scientific truths
Alan Bourne’s letter (Science delusion, Oxford Mail, May 28) criticising Graham Butler’s “fantastical notion that we are descended from animals” looked like starting well, but followed the well-trodden born-again Christian path of debunking scientific
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Chipping away
I notice that even in these times of hardship Oxfordshire County Council is wasting money again by putting stone chippings on our roads (Friday’s Oxford Mail). These have included Parks Road and South Parks Road. Not only did these roads not need doing
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Old Marston girls set off on jaunt to Germany
THESE girls had packed their cases for what was probably the biggest adventure of their lives. At a time when foreign holidays were still rare, they were heading off for a week of excitement in Germany. The eight girls, who went on the trip, were all
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Children learned all about aircraft on Brize Norton visit
THESE children learned all about aircraft during a visit to RAF Brize Norton in 1974. Thirty youngsters, from Witney and surrounding villages, were allowed on board a VC10 and a Britannia. They also saw firefighting equipment and had its uses explained
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The changing face of Chipping Norton
AN exhibition tracing the history of the town’s fire service was one of many eye-catching displays at an open day at the fire station in 1985. Kay Linnington, nine, of Hitchman Drive, Chipping Norton, is seen sitting on top of a 1952 Dennis fire engine
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Petitions will now need 16,000 signatures, before councillors will look at issue
CAMPAIGNERS will have to collect almost 16,000 names on a petition before county councillors will debate their demands. Councils across the country are deciding on the number of signatures needed to trigger a council debate or a senior officer being
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Concerns over Headington 'maze' traffic plan
A COMMUNITY fears plans for a new traffic scheme will make their homes inaccessible and turn the streets of Headington into a maze. Oxfordshire County Council is proposing to ban right turns into five Headington streets from London Road and Old Road
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'Pull it down or we will', council tells Marston bungalow man
A RETIRED architect has been told to demolish his bungalow – or Oxford City Council will do it for him. Nigel Cowell, of Mill Lane, Marston, has until tomorrow to convince city planners the work is in hand or they will send in the bulldozers
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SPECIAL REPORT: Taking on the Taliban
BEING just feet away from a Taliban blast and coming within a whisker of losing his life would put most people off Army life. But Corporal Anthony Horner has just one thing on his mind – getting back to the front line. The 25-year-old bomb disposal
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Radio diary wins award
Broadcaster Ali Booker, who has breast cancer, has won an award for her radio show. Ali Booker’s Cancer Diaries, which are aired during Jack FM’s breakfast show, was special programme of the year at the annual Arqiva Awards. Miss Booker
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MOTORSPORT: Bradley third in British GP
Bradley Smith produced his best display of the season to secure a podium finish in yesterday’s MotoGP race at Silverstone. The 19-year-old, from Forst Hill, Oxford, has been forced to endure a number of disappointments in the opening four rounds of this
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Didcot furniture firm folds - customers left out of pocket
HUNDREDS of customers have been told they are unlikely to get their deposits back after a furniture shop went into administration. Customers of Woodworks Furniture in The Broadway, Didcot, have complained of months-long waits for furniture and appalling
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Dad’s Christmas idea goes on sale
AN entrepreneur who created a board game called Whirred Play to entertain his family at Christmas has launched it commercially. Phil Annets, 45, of King's Orchard, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, developed the game as family fun for his wife and children. But
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Brave tales of a town at war
INCREDIBLE tales about Florence Nightingale, Winston Churchill and surviving Auschwitz have been uncovered by two amateur historians writing a new book about Wallingford's history. Retired engineer David Beasley and builder Andy Russell's Wallingford
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Brave tales of a town at war
INCREDIBLE tales about Florence Nightingale, Winston Churchill and surviving Auschwitz have been uncovered by two amateur historians writing a new book about Wallingford's history. Retired engineer David Beasley and builder Andy Russell's Wallingford
