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Blades go for Speed
Sheffield United are set to name Gary Speed as their new manager on Tuesday — to the relief of Oxford United fans. The 40-year-old former Wales star has been offered the job following the dismissal on Saturday of Kevin Blackwell. The Blades will hold
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Row over faded cycle lines
OXFORD’S Lord Mayor is urging the county council to repaint faded city cycle lanes because of safety fears. Pavements in parts of the city are split between cycle lanes and footpaths for pedestrians, but in North Oxford the dividing lines have worn away
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Scales of Justice
OXFORD Mark Gonzalez, 37, of Bartlemas Road, Oxford, admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Oxford Magistrates’ Court on September 10, by failing to comply with a curfew requirement. Ordered to pay £25 costs and
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UPDATE: One dead, two hurt on motorway
ONE person has died in the crash on the M40 this evening, police have said. The M40 is closed southbound between junctions 9 and 8a following a collision between a red MG sports car and a grey van at 4.43pm. A police spokesman said one
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New £16.8m pool for Leys planned
THE fight to save Temple Cowley Pools looks doomed after Oxford City Council officers recommended building a new £16.8m facility in Blackbird Leys. Temple Cowley would be demolished, under the scheme. Oxford City Council officers
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Family found guilty of imprisoning daughter-in-law
Three members of a family have been convicted of false imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm. Mudassar Ahmed, 29, and his parents Halima and Iftikhar Ahmed, both 52, were found guilty after a two-week trial at Oxford Crown Court.
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BREAKING NEWS: M40 shut: 75-minute delays
THE M40 is shut southbound this evening after what is being described as a serious accident between two vehicles. The closure is between junctions 9 and 8a and there are reported delays of up to one hour, 15 minutes. Congestion is back to junction 10
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Attorney General reviews Slinn sentence
The Attorney General is reviewing the two-year jail term given to a man who attacked his girlfriend outside a Cowley Road bar. The Crown Prosecution Service has asked Dominic Grieve look into whether the term handed to Michael Slinn, 46, was “unduly
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Local shares (PM)
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Woman sexually assaulted in Eynsham
Police are appealing for witnesses after an alleged rape in Eynsham yesterday evening. A 50-year-old woman was walking her dog in the sports field off the High Street at about 9.40pm when she was approached by a man. The man told the
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Woodstock reveals its literary festival line-up
WOODSTOCK will be awash with authors next month as it holds its renowned annual literary festival. The 2010 Independent Woodstock Literary Festival, now in its sixth year, includes more than 60 talks, walks and events held in venues across
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Work to start on £395k Ladygrove Loop
THE start of work on a new two-and-a-half mile walking and cycling route through a Didcot estate has been welcomed by a council leader. The £395,000 Ladygrove Loop project is due to be complete by Christmas, installation of open-air fitness equipment
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Blades set to name Speed as new boss
Sheffield United are set to announce Gary Speed as their new manager, according to sources in the city. It's a relief to Oxford United fans worried that the Bramall Lane club might be tempted to go for U's boss Chris Wilder.
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Divorce rate spirals as house prices rise
Divorce is now responsible for one in ten sales of houses worth between £500,000 and £1m, a new report has revealed. The figure produced by estate agent Savills far outstrips the six per cent recorded in 2009. Lucian Cook, director of residential
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One in Three: True cost of NHS restructuring
SO MUCH has happened in the past month, not least the proposals for a complete restructuring of the NHS. I had an operation for removal of yet another tumour at the John Radcliffe Hospital. My surgeon, and his team were brilliant, and I was back in a
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Castle to put film classics out in the open
MOVIE-lovers can enjoy some silver screen magic under the stars next month. For five nights only, the garden at Oxford Castle will be transformed into an open-air cinema. Screen classics on the bill include The Sound of Music, Grease and Saturday Night
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Wine makers toast their winning ways
AN OXFORDSHIRE vineyard taken on “by accident” by its owners a decade ago, has been listed among the world's best, winning four prestigious international awards for its wine. Almost 11,000 wines from 41 countries were entered into the influential
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Leys scouts find Shelter in London
SCOUTS from an Oxford estate hunted high and low around London to help mark 10 years of an international disaster charity. The seven-strong team from Blackbird Leys, aged 10 to 14, took part in a scavenger hunt to celebrate a decade since charity Shelterbox
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Local share prices (AM)
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Cowley car show 'the best yet'
“IT’S better than ever.” That was the verdict of one classic-car enthusiast as the sun shone on the third annual Cowley Classic Show yesterday. More than 180 vehicles and 400-plus visitors gathered at Court Place Farm in Marsh Lane,
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Shares boost for Oxford Catalysts
Shares in a synthetic fuels specialist rose sharply today after a promising progress report on its key technology. Bosses at Oxford Catalysts based in Milton Park said they were confident of securing a first commercial order after an ongoing
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Mock mayor gets historic dunking
CROWDS gathered to watch a mock mayor march through the streets of Woodstock before being dunked in the River Glyme as part of a tradition dating back 300 years. Festivities began outside the Black Prince pub, in Manor Road, Old Woodstock, with a tug
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Family pay tribute to tragic dad
RELATIVES last night spoke for the first time about the death of a man as he played with his son in a paddling pool. Window cleaner Neal Jefferies, 30, was spending a Sunday afternoon playing in the back garden with three-year-old son Liam, when he suddenly
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ATHLETICS: Dean's bemused by poor display
Former Radley ladies runner Hatti Dean was left bewildered after finishing 11th in the 3,000 metres steeplechase in the Samsung Diamond League, Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace. Dean’s title of time of 9mins 47.08secs on Saturday was 16
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CRICKET: Shower rescues Rowant
A heavy shower came to Aston Rowant’s rescue in their crucial Division 2 West relegation battle at home to Radlett on Saturday in the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League. With the rest of the league programme wiped out without a ball bowled
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FOOTBALL: Ballard strike makes a point
Oxford City 1 (Ballard 64) Bedford Town 1 (Sozzo 23) Andy Ballard scored a second-half equaliser as Oxford City came from behind to grab a point in their Premier Division opener against Bedford on Saturday in the Zamaretto Southern league
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FOOTBALL: Witney give boss Teggart a dream start with victory
Milton United 0 Witney United 2 (McNally 34, Allmond 55) Witney United made it a winning start under new boss Darren Teggart as they saw off a shot-shy Milton United in Saturday’s Oxfordshire derby in the FA Cup. After a dull
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FOOTBALL: Headington make hard work of win
Trowbridge Tn 1 (Beavers 77) Headington Ams 3 (Cuff 52, Muze 85, 90) Headington Amateurs were made to sweat before sealing the Division 1 West points in the UHLSport Hellenic league. The visitors were forced to defend early on, before Luke Cuff’s
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Let’s just cut the jargon
‘I am a very self-motivated individual who is capable of both working in a supervised and unsupervised capacity. A strong team worker, who enjoys the company and energy of others, I am also comfortable working within a solitary environment. The keynotes
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Respect our game
Over the past four years your newspaper has belittled the thousands of local non-league football players and supporters nearly every week, with comments about football below League 2. But your chief football writer Jon Murray went too far recently, when
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Blissful ignorance
COUNCILLOR John Sanders (Oxford Mail, August 4) appears to be blissfully unaware of the fact that his own Labour government had pencilled in a 20 per cent cut in their budget plans for next year as well as a 50 per cent cut in their capital spending.
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Condemn cowards
Chris Halford (Oxford Mail letters, August 13), accused me of being anti-military and anti-American. Could he offer any evidence to support this? My support for our military is different to those who are happy to see them killed and injured in conflicts
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Filthy streets
Rarely have I heard such twaddle about a real problem, as that spoken about the tidying up of Oxford’s Cowley Road (see The Issue, left). Some restaurants won’t deal with bins and overspill properly, with cooking oil contaminating the pavement – as residents
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Licensing property will protect tenants
THE compulsory licensing scheme for landlords across Oxford (Oxford Mail, July 31), does not go far enough if it is only restricted to Houses of Multiple Occupation. This only opens ways for the scheme to be abused. What safeguards will there be to
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Festival crowds retreat to pub
FOLK fans danced, sang and played music during an annual festival. Some 150 people enjoyed the 14th White Horse Folk Festival. From Friday until Sunday, pubs, the village hall and the rugby club in Grove were taken over with traditional
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Ballroom dancing was couple's passion
HUNDREDS of young people learned ballroom dancing at the dance school run by Anne and Michael O’Hagan. The couple spent many hours a week at St Michael’s Hall, in Shoe Lane, off New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, passing on their skills. We were reminded
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Babies were winners at South Oxford fete
BABY shows were a regular feature of summer fetes. The event organised by the South Oxford Civil Defence Corps in August 1960 was no exception. Some of the winners are pictured here – from left, Mrs E Whitworth with Karen, Mrs J Cummings with Nichola
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The changing face of Banbury
SCHOOLCHILDREN left their classes to visit a field study centre at Horley to learn about farming and traditional village crafts in 1976. In the first picture, Sharon Harvey, eight, and Anna Pinkerton, seven, take a close look at centipedes. Banbury Stockyard
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Proclamation drew crowds to Carfax
THOUSANDS of people flocked to Oxford to hear Edward VIII proclaimed King. Six ceremonies were held on January 23, 1936, three days after the death of his father, King George V. These pictures, sent in by Jill Vickers, of Lincoln, show the scene below
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Fire service turned out for photographs
OXFORD firemen and women gathered for a photocall, with turntable ladders in the background. The picture was taken in Gloucester Green on a misty Sunday morning early in 1945. In the other picture, also dating from the Second World War, fire personnel
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Jack - We'll get it right
Striker Jack Midson admitted Oxford United had maybe been a bit too kamikaze after they were beaten 2-1 by Bury on Saturday. In an incredibly open game, the U’s were caught short at the back when Bury broke to score their winner 11 minutes from the end
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FOOTBALL: New boy Foster’s Banbury saviour
Cirencester United 1 (Hoskins 17) Banbury United 1 (Foster 90) Rob Foster scored on his Banbury United debut to salvage a point away to Premier Division new boys Cirencester United. It looked as though Billy Jeffrey’s side would return from Gloucestershire
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FOOTBALL: Warrell’s injury caps Town woe
Didcot Town 1 (Osbourne-Ricketts pen 43) Evesham United 2 (Nisbett 55, Agbor 70) Didcot threw away a half-time lead as they went down to defeat against Evesham at Loop Meadow Stadium in the Premier Division. It was also a bad day for goalkeeper
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FOOTBALL: Bourne off to perfect start
Bridgwater 0 Abingdon United 3 (Odhiambo 18, 42, Gardner 88) Anaclet Odhiambo scored a double to give Abingdon United’s new boss Richie Bourne the perfect start with a comfortable win in Division 1 South & West. John Mills saw a header hit the bar
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FOOTBALL: Gee’s men slip to home defeat
North Leigh 0 Taunton Town 2 (Lewis 33, Marsh 55) Under-strength North Leigh slipped to an opening day defeat in Division 1 South & West on Saturday. Missing five first-teamers, Mark Gee’s side were always going to struggle, and so it proved. And
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‘Give us back our £20 for blue bin’
WASTE bosses are preparing for a huge roll out of new recycling bins across the city. Oxford City Council launches its new recycling scheme in October and is set to deliver the new, larger, blue bins free of charge to 41,000 households next month. But
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Setting out for Wembley Way
THESE smartly-dressed ladies and gentlemen were on their way to London. Dressed in all their finery, they climbed aboard the charabanc and headed for the capital. We know their destination was Wembley and the purpose of the trip was
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Readers identify footballers
WE NOW know the names of eight of the 11 players who appeared for the Oxfordshire Football Association in a match (Memory Lane, June 12). The only player identified originally was the versatile Jimmy Smith. Readers have now supplied seven more names
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Graham finishes his classic car restoration - after nearly 30 years
WIVES always complain it takes their husband ages to fix anything. But Graham Dix’s family are finally celebrating after it took him almost 30 years of painstaking labour to restore his beloved MG convertible. Mr Dix was just 22 when
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COMMENT: The patience of Bev
THE next time you are gearing up to have a go at your partner, think of long-suffering wife Beverley Dix. If you are getting annoyed because those shelves are still in the box or the tap is still dripping, remember: it could be worse. Graham Dix has
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How would you cut county's waste?
PEOPLE are being asked to come up with ideas for ways to cut the amount of rubbish Oxfordshire produces. The Oxfordshire Waste Partnership (OWP) has launched a consultation at oxfordshirewaste.gov.uk to find ways of cutting waste over the next 10 years
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MOTOR CYCLING: Bradley ends up in sixth
After a brilliant performance in qualifying, it was a disappointing day for Oxfordshire’s Bradley Smith in Cardion ab Grand Prix of Czech Republic at Brno. Starting from pole position, the Forest Hill youngster had problems with his tyre grip in the
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COMMENT: Help keep the heat on 'farmers'
THE crackdown on cannabis farms is certainly showing results. Officers raided 20 make-shift ‘factories’ in all corners of the county between April 2009 and April 2010. And six have already been shut since April this year. The message is to stay alert
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Police close down 20 drug farms in a year
MORE than £1m of cannabis plants were destroyed as police shut down a cannabis factory every two-and-a-half weeks in a year. Officers raided 20 make-shift ‘factories’ in all corners of the county between April 2009 and April 2010, with nearly
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Will Blades tempt Wilder?
Will Sheffield United come in for Oxford United boss Chris Wilder? That’s the question on all Oxford fans’ lips after the Blades parted company with manager Kevin Blackwell on Saturday following their 3-0 home defeat by QPR. Wilder,
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Bicester hospital campaigners aim for 10,000 signatures
CAMPAIGNERS are telling people they have just days to sign a petition over the future of Bicester Community Hospital. So far 9,000 people have signed the petition and organisers want to break the 10,000 barrier. Les Sibley, right, chairman of Save Our
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University cuts its police Quad Squad
OXFORD University has cut paying for its four Police Community Support Officers to patrol around the dreaming spires. The university has confirmed officers were no longer on the beat around the city’s 38 colleges and private halls following “a more constrained
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Junior youth club is new goal for Rose Hill
Oxford United coaches will help youngsters brush up on their skills at a free fun day on an Oxford estate. Budding Yellows players can take part in a penalty shoot-out and receive tips about their passing, dribbling and shooting at the event in Rose
