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Oxford coffee drinkers wanted for Macmillan
A CANCER charity is busy brewing support in Oxfordshire for a fundraising coffee morning. The Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning celebrates its 20th birthday this year and, to mark the occasion, the Oxford Mail is giving away coffee morning
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Missing girl found safe
A 15-year-old girl missing from Chipping Norton has been found safe and well in Leicester. Kelly Sarginson, originally from Leicestershire, was last seen at Castle Quay shopping centre in Banbury on Bank Holiday Monday.
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Police scramble helicopter over 'stolen' twigs
POLICE scrambled their helicopter and followed a family for “stealing” twigs from an Oxfordshire woodland. Gareth Pope was enjoying a stroll through Chinnor Hill Nature Reserve, near Thame, with his five-year-old twin daughters Kali and Asten and wife
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Cherie Blair to give Oxford lecture
CHERIE Blair, the wife of former PM Tony Blair, will deliver a public lecture at Oxford Brookes University on the value of social entrepreneurship in transforming the lives of people in developing nations. The lecture, on Thursday, September 16, at the
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Pool to close despite battle
AN OXFORD swimming pool complex is to be closed and demolished to make way for a multi-million pound complex on the edge of the city, councillors confirmed last night. The controversial decision to close Temple Cowley Pools was taken by Oxford City Council
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Alonso: Italian GP crucial
Fernando Alonso fears another failure for Ferrari in front of their own fans in Monza next weekend will severely damage team morale for the remainder of the season. After thrusting himself back into title contention just before the summer break
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Four walk free from court after brawl
FOUR men who brawled outside a nightclub have walked free from court. Krzysztof Bugno, 29, Radoslaw Pajecki, 25, and Marcin Murawski, 25, all previously admitted affray outside the Chicago Rock Cafe in Banbury on February 7. Stuart Pym, 20, admitted
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John Radcliffe Hospital praised for quality of stroke care
Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital has been ranked in the top 10 per cent of hospitals nationally for the quality of its care for stroke patients. The Royal College of Physicians conducted the National Sentinel Audit to assess the quality and organisation
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Headington traders want rate rebate over roadworks blight
MORE than 50 Oxford traders have signed a petition calling for a rebate on their business rates amid claims that a £2m road improvement scheme has killed off custom. Headington traders say business has plummeted since the county council began
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School of rock stages festival
TOP bands will take centre stage at Witney’s newest music festival to raise money for a town primary school. Battstock will be held in the grounds of the Batt Primary School, in Marlborough Lane, on Saturday, September 11. Bands already lined up to
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Rugby club celebrations boost charity
A CELEBRATION ball, a comedy night and a road race will mark the 45th anniversary of a rugby club and raise money for charity. The festival, called the big Witney Weekend, will be held at Witney Rugby Club, in Hailey Road, kicking off on Friday, September
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Missing girl found safe
A girl who went missing in Banbury on Monday has been found safe and well. Police said Kelly Sarginson, 15, who was living in Chipping Norton, was found in Leicester.
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Grant saves Bicester playgroup
A PRE-SCHOOL has been saved from closure after it won a £570,000 grant for a new building. Rainbow Playgroup, in Hendon Place, Bicester, was set to close within a year until Oxfordshire County Council secured its long-term future by approving the scheme
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Man arrested after pub fight
A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a fight broke out at the Wallingford Arms. The incident took place on Monday at 3.15am outside the Broadway pub, police said today. Police said a 26-year-old man was head-butted and
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No charge for former Mayor over bunker explosion
A FORMER Mayor will not face charges over an explosion in a Second World War bunker, police said today. Colonel John Gillman, 62, was arrested at his home by detectives after the boys, aged 15 and 16, were thought to have accidentally ignited a bucket
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GREAT NORTH RUN: Oxford fields fundraisers
VETERAN runner Sir Christopher Ball should have no problem completing the Great North Run half-marathon to raise funds for an autism charity. For in 2007, Sir Christopher, from Jericho, Oxford, broke a world long-distance running record by completing
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FOOTBALL: Exiles in cup joy
Abingdon Exiles won a penalty shoot-out against White Horse Abingdon in the Hedley Toms/Michael Brown Memorial Trophy, the curtain-raiser to the Autotype UTV League season. Defender Sam New fired underdogs White Horse into a 20th minute lead, converting
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AUNT SALLY: Red Lion make a title splash
Red Lion Brill claimed the Section 3 title – despite losing 2-1 at Vikings Club on one of the wettest nights for many years, writes ANDY BEAL. Needing a point to be champions, Red Lion set 19 in the first leg. Vikings anchor man Robin Charlton was
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Fired Earth makes loss
THE parent company of Oxfordshire-based Fired Earth has ordered a review after the tile and kitchenware division lost £2m. Aga Rangemaster, which bought Fired Earth in 2001 for £30m, said overall revenues increased by five per cent to £123.4m
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RACING: Knight's open day
Henrietta Knight and Terry Biddlecombe are to host an open day for racing fans at their West Lockinge Farm stables, near Wantage, on Sunday, September 19. It will be the first public open day at the yard since the glory days of triple Gold
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Soccer player in court for headbutt
A PROMISING footballer headbutted a man in a pub after drinking six pints of lager, a court heard yesterday. Samuel Elkins, 20, of Wantage Road, Wallingford, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm on November 22 last year. Elkins, who has no previous
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RUGBY UNION: Cope in for first start
Anthony Cope starts for the first time this season as Oxford Harlequins host Coney Hill in National 3 South West. The experienced scrum half, who has been recovering from a shoulder injury, replaces Nick Strizaker (unavailable) as Quins’ third No 9 in
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CRICKET: Oxon over 50s face Kent
Oxfordshire's veterans will take on Kent at home in the semi-finals of the ECB 50+ County Championship on Sunday. A venue for the last-four clash has still to be finalised, with either Wales/Middlesex or Somerset contesting the other semi-final
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Franks reveals great relief
Leigh Franks admitted relief as well as delight at his debut against Cheltenham. The 19-year-old centre back, who took over from the injured Mark Creighton, said: “There were a few high and low points for me. “The deflection over Ryan (Clarke) was almost
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Tussle with a style-sheet fundamentalist
I am sorry to have left readers (including, rather dangerously, our senior editor) in the air last week on the story I started to tell about my clash with an American novelist on a question of grammar. The tale is best told through our exchange
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It's good to see the school railings back
Readers who have been in Brewer Street, Oxford, over the past few days have perhaps noticed that Christ Church Cathedral School is turning a bright new face upon the world. Handsome Victorian railings — which had been removed like so many others around
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The Inn at Farnborough
The good sense in eating from a set menu has been nowhere better illustrated for me recently than on a Saturday lunchtime visit to The Inn at Farnborough, near Banbury. Rosemarie enjoyed an excellent three-course meal — seafood chowder, smoked haddock
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United trio put their Mind to it
The Oxfordshire Mind charity are teaming up with Oxford United to present a ‘1 in 4’ legged race across the Kassam Stadium pitch at half-time at their home match against Aldershot Town next week. One in four people suffer from a mental health problem
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Top guide to cheese in all its varieties
Little did Juliet Harbutt know that she would be returning to her home in the Cotswolds clutching a prestigious award when she attended the star-studded Guild of Food Writers Awards evening at London’s Design Museum. Her World Cheese Book, which represents
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Recipe for stuffed courgettes with cheese, serves four
Courgettes can be sliced into thin rounds and fried, but they are best stuffed and baked with a cheese topping. I create this dish when I have vegetarian friends for supper, as it is both tasty and nutritious — it’s easy to prepare too. What’s more they
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The colourful history of Wychwood Forest
Congratulations to the Wychwood Forest Project. This Sunday it will hold its 11th annual Forest Fair on land it has recently acquired on the edge of Witney, upon which it plans to plant a community wood. The fair has become a popular event
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CRICKET: Fun-loving Nichols dies at 77
Barrie Nichols, a stalwart of Banbury’s cricket and rugby clubs, has died at the age of 77 after a long illness. Mr Nichols, was Banbury CC chairman from 1980-83 and president in 1985 and 2008-09. He was a major fundraiser for both clubs and a popular
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Stephen's luck is on the up
IT pays to stand out in the crowd – as one Oxford United supporter found out yesterday. Stephen Clarke, 40, from Giernalls Road in Witney, won this week’s Oxford Mail Face in the Crowd competition and picked up £75. The competition is
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How would you save £200m from council budget?
Oxfordshire County Council wants you to tell it how to slash £200m over the next five years. The cash-strapped authority is facing “unprecedented” pressure on its finances as the Government seeks to cut public spending. It is to hold
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Review of Hitting the Ground Running, CD by Chris Wile and Julie Matthews
Fresh from this year’s Fairport Cropredy Convention I returned to my desk to find Hitting the Ground Running (Fat Cat Records), the latest CD from the award-winning duo Chris While and Julie Matthews. Both singers will be very familiar to Fairport
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The Yeomen of the Guard: Oxford Castle
The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company made an impressive debut at Oxford Castle on Monday night, at the start of a week-long run of The Yeomen of the Guard. Jeff Clarke’s stunning production, transferred from the International G&S Festival in
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Spring and Port Wine: The Mill at Sonning
While playwright Bill Naughton is best remembered for his portrait of a cocksure Cockney in Alfie, most of his plays offer an affectionate depiction of working-class life in the north of England where he was brought up and worked — as a weaver, coal-bagger
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Are There More of You? Burton Taylor Theatre
The premise of Alison Skilbeck’s one-woman show is that of four women, all at various crossroads in their lives, who are only linked because they share a postcode. And indeed that is where the similarity between the characters ends, as this very talented
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The Merry Wives of Windsor: Shakespeare's Globe
The British tradition of sitcom is a noble one; Fawlty Towers,Yes Minister, Blackadder and The Office are all familiar favourites. But The Merry Wives of Windsor? According to Christopher Luscombe and his persuasive team at the Globe, Shakespeare’s sunniest
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Please Not the Face: Edinburgh Fringe
Please, Not the Face is part of this year’s PBH’s Free Fringe, one of the two largest producers of free festival shows. The typical Free Fringe act takes place in a poky room at the back of a dingy pub, with dodgy sound and lighting equipment and a crowd
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Man held over Didcot assault
Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Didcot on Monday. At about3.15am, a fight broke out between two men outside the Wallingford Arms in The Broadway. Acting Sgt Rachel Carter said: “I appeal to anyone who was in the town
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Friends pay tribute to motorbike crash victim
FRIENDS and former teachers last night paid tribute to a Witney teenager killed in a weekend motorbike crash. Mark Trinder, 18, died after coming off his black and yellow Suzuki while riding along Thorney Leys towards the A415 at about 7pm on Sunday.
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It pays to shop around
EVERYONE knows Tesco’s own unique slogan ‘every little helps’ due to the fact they were one of the cheapest supermarkets. But, alas, in the last couple of years, Tesco prices have been increasing week by week. They tell us they check thousands of
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CRICKET: Taylor's debut on amazing day
Jack Taylor made his Gloucestershire debut yesterday in one of the most remarkable County Championship matches of recent years. The 18-year-old all-rounder from Great & Little Tew could scarely have anticipated what was to happen when he made his first-class
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Gallery looks back at childhood tales
A WOODSTOCK art gallery is inviting the public to vote for their favourite children’s book illustrations and animations, which it will then feature in an exhibition. The Creative Art Gallery, in Oxford Street, is asking the public to vote online for
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Modern swimming pool would deliver right results
Charlotte Barrow asked a series of questions about Temple Cowley Pools (Oxford Mail ViewPoints, August 20). Here is the reply she requested from the city council. The council has an aspiration for well used, high-quality, inclusive leisure
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Why do they need post-mortem examinations?
I refer to Steve Plant’s letter (Oxford Mail ViewPoints, August 3) about post mortem examinations on fallen soldiers. Does anyone have the answer to Mr Plant’s question about why these post mortems are needed? A lot of us feel the same way about this
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United the underdogs
It's been a long time since Oxford United were underdogs in a league match at home. But that’s the case tomorrow, when ex-Brighton manager Micky Adams brings his in-form Port Vale side to the Kassam Stadium. Vale have won seven out of nine this season
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Drunken sex attacker spared jail
AN ALCOHOLIC who punched a woman in the face before sexually assaulting her has escaped being sent to prison. Gary Lockhart befriended his victim as she walked to a friend’s house in Carterton on November 24. Later in the evening, having been invited
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Opera singer greets city commuters
OPERA star Oliver White climbed The Mound in Oxford to perform a dawn chorus for the city’s commuters. Mr White is starring as Colonel Fairfax in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Yeomen of the Guard this week in the grounds of Oxford Castle in New Road
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Attempt to halt plans for Oxford academy defeated
AN ELEVENTH-hour attempt to halt one of Oxford’s largest secondary schools becoming an academy failed yesterday. Opponents of plans to close Oxford School, in Glanville Road, and reopen it in January as an academy called for the move to be put on hold
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How Bletchley veteran Mary helped Allies win the war
“THE geese that laid the golden eggs but never cackled” – that is how Winston Churchill described the secret workers at Bletchley Park and sister station Bletchley Hanslope. And 65 years on, those like Mary Walton, from Witney, have finally been recognised
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FOOTBALL: Ex-players turn out for Tavinor
Oxford City Veterans will host Oxford United Legends in a benefit match for Steve Tavinor on Sunday. The former Oxford United defender, who has also played centre half for Witney Town, suffered a serious leg injury in an accident at work last year.
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Police want your help to catch county's most wanted
FOURTEEN people have been unveiled as Oxfordshire’s most hunted suspects who police want you to help find. The mugshots and e-fits have been released by police and the Crimestoppers charity and cover a range of crimes, including sex attacks, drugs and
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Car flips on A34
A CAR overturned after the driver swerved to avoid a lorry on the A34 this morning. The accident happened on the southbound carriageway, near the Chilton turn-off, at 5.15am. The driver of the Peugeot 206, a man, was checked over by the ambulance service
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Oxford United make double swoop
Oxford United chairman Kelvin Thomas said on Tuesday night he believed transfer deadline day capture Tom Craddock would be a great signing for the club. The 23-year-old striker signed a three-year deal with the U’s, despite interest from a higher division
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Pensioners' search for old flames
THEY say you never forget your first love, and Kenneth Kelly never has. The 76-year-old, who now lives in Yarnton, was a labourer from London when he first moved to Oxford 56 years ago. Despite a steady job working with a stonemason
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Free coaching to help you swim to fitness in Oxford
SWIMMERS at Oxford city pools are being offered a new bespoke coaching programme for free. The Swimfit scheme helps pool users of any age and ability create workout sessions specifically tailored to their needs. The programme, available
