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Oxford's dog fouling laws to be made tougher
NEW POWERS to clamp down on nuisance dogs are set to be unleashed on irresponsible pet owners in Oxford. Fines for dog fouling will be increased from £50 to £80 and will be enforceable on more city streets. Park wardens and city council officers will
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Wheatley man's massive marrow wins prize
‘Taff’ Morgan-Jones’s 3ft-long, six stone, marrow, above, won the biggest marrow prize at the Wheatley Village Produce Association show. The gardener grew the vegetable in just three months, after feeding it four gallons of water a day. The 69-year-old
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Leys footie grant gives more young players a go
FOOTBALLERS on Oxfordshire’s largest estate have netted £5,000 to start two new teams for children. Greater Leys Youth Football Club has pocketed the cash thanks to a grant from the Football Foundation, the country’s largest sports charity. It means
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Woman robbed in Oxford
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was robbed by two women in Oxford. At about 11.20pm last night, a 21-year-old woman approached two other women in Hythe Bridge Street to ask for directions to a local bar where she was due to meet her
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2011 BTCC calendar unveiled
The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship has issued its provisional calendar of race dates for 2011. The season will incorporate ten events and run the length and breadth of the country. Each event will include three points-scoring races
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Call to make OAPs pay for bus passes
A CALL by the boss of Oxford Bus Company to charge pensioners for their national concessionary bus pass has received a mixed reaction from elderly passengers. Keith Ludeman, chief executive of the Go-Ahead Group, which runs the Oxford Bus Company, said
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FOOTBALL: Nicholl bags a double
Oxford Irish got life in Division 1 of the Oxfordshire Senior League off to the perfect start with a 3-1 win against Kidlington Old Boys. Kane Adams gave the visitors a first-half lead, but Daniel Nicholls equalised on 80 minutes. Minutes later, Thomas
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It's G'day minister as Aussie churchman moves to Didcot
AN AUSTRALIAN clergyman has swapped the endless sun of Australia’s Gold Coast to take up a post in Didcot. Dr David Rankin, 57, has given up his job as principal of Trinity Theological College, Brisbane, to move to South Oxfordshire as a Methodist minister
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Wantage Heritage Day
On Sunday, 12 September, Wantage is celebrating National Heritage Week with lots of activities in the Market Place including Punch and Judy, apple bobbing, traditional swing boats, stocks, coconut shy and stalls promoting local heritage. Teddy
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Wellbeing Evening for Macmillan Cancer Support
A group of therapists from Wantage Natural Therapy Centre are taking over Costa Coffee in Wantage Market Place for the evening on 22 September 2010 to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. They will be offering mini treatment sessions in return
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CRICKET: Taylor gets call-up
Matt Taylor is following in his brother Jack’s footsteps this week after making his debut for Gloucestershire 2nd. The 16-year-old all-rounder, from Great & Little Tew, appeared against Glamorgan 2nd at Bristol – a week after Jack’s first-class debut
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FOOTBALL: Curtin nets a two-timer
A double from Ryan Curtin saw Bletchingdon to a 3-2 comeback victory at Enstone in the Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division. He opened his account on 25 minutes with a volley. After the break, Liam Fudge equalised from the penalty spot, before
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FOOTBALL: Rover routed by Adderbury
Adderbury Park’s Craig Bagnall and Gary Crook hit hat-tricks as defending Oxford Senior League Premier Division champions thum-ped Rover Cowley 12-0. Steve Crognale almost gave Adderbury a dream start, but his shot hit the bar. But they didn’t have
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CRICKET: Saluting Smith
Oxfordshire's Linsey Smith starred with 5-9 to help Reading land the ECB Women’s Premier League title. The left-arm seamer, 15, was named player of the match for her superb bowling display against Ransome and Marles. Smith, who lives in Thame and also
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Tots take first ballet steps
KATHERINE LAURENS, three, and 11 other toddlers took their first steps as ballet dancers at a beginners class held in Marston yesterday. The 10 girls and two boys showed off their twinkle toes with numbers including Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Rosie and Jim
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New Witney retailer remains a mystery
RETAIL bosses are bidding to extend the Woolgate Shopping Centre, Witney, to meet the demands of a mystery retail giant aiming to move in. A planning application has been submitted to create 1,463sq ft more retail space for the centre, which already
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RAF inquiry into porn case 'could take weeks'
An investigation to decide the fate of an RAF servicemen caught with child porn on his laptop could take weeks, it has emerged. RAF Benson initially said a decision on the future of engineer Simon Radcliffe, 26, could have been made as early as yesterday
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Baby's injuries 'not from toy', court told
A THREE-MONTH-OLD girl suffered a fractured skull after she landed on something or was hit, a doctor told a jury yesterday. Dr Matthew Snape, a consultant paediatrician at the John Radcliffe Hospital, was giving evidence about the injuries
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CRICKET: Wormsley will be final venue
The ECB 50+ County Championship final between Oxfordashire and Middlesex will now be played at Wormsley. It looked as if the September 19 match would be at Derby despite the distances both sides would have to travel. But the organisers
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Man, 18, dies in smash near Burford
Police accident investigators want to speak to witnesses who saw a fatal collision near Burford in which an 18-year-old man died yesterday. The crash happened when a blue Citroen C3 came off the B4020 Shilton Road, between Burford and Carterton just
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Class action
At the time of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Budget in June, Nick Clegg boasted that it was “progressive” and did not target the poorest. But the Institute for Fiscal Studies – a respected, independent research organisation – has published a startling
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Lacking example
REGARDING your story about children being fined for dropping litter, I believe children drop litter because they lack examples of good behaviour. Our children were taught to give me their rubbish when they were toddlers and our daughters have taught their
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Dodgy statistics
I AM afraid that councillor Chris Robins has, most unusually for a politician, missed the point somewhat in order to further his own agenda regarding the faulty speed camera statistics debate (Oxford Mail, September 6). The real point is that if those
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SASSY & SINGLE: I am a chicken
IT doesn’t matter how old I get, I’m pretty sure I’m destined to never ever understand some things that people do. For instance, I watched somebody throw himself out of a plane the other day. A completely sane, lovely guy who on any other Sunday morning
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Houses may be built at Cowley depot
A COUNCIL depot in Cowley could be a future housing site as councillors seek to meet the city’s chronic shortage of homes. Oxford City Council’s core strategy, a planning blueprint for city development over the next two decades, goes back under the microscope
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FOOTBALL: Mayall bags a five-timer
TY Mayall smashed a five-timer for North Oxford Res in their 6-0 drubbing of newcomers Shepherds Hut in the RT Harris Oxford City FA. Frankie Merola was their other marksman. Arron Barrett and Ian Smith hit doubles as Corner House crushed Golden Ball
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Out of touch
SO TONY Blair has written a book...big deal! I wouldn’t read it. How on Earth he had the cheek to write about Gordon Brown, I’ll never know. Blair’s biggest mistake was not giving the people of this country a say on the EU by allowing a referendum on
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Speed camera switch-off should have been kept secret
Since the news was announced about the switching off of the speed cameras, several letters and articles have been written about the carnage that will follow on our roads. Of course several items have been from people with a vested interest in them remaining
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Stroke praise
IT IS no surprise that our wonderful John Radcliffe Hospital has been voted nationally as being among the top 10 hospitals for quality of treatment and care for stroke patients. I write from personal experience as I suffered a major stroke
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He's forever blowing bubbles
A FORMER sculptor who discovered a love of bubbles after being temporarily blinded in his forge has found hundreds of new fans after settling in Wallingford. Bubble blower Felipe Gonzalez, 38, performs across the county, creating 12ft-high shimmering
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Employee stole £3,700, court told
A MEMBER of staff at Oxford Brookes University stole about £3,700 from his employer over a three-month period, a jury heard yesterday. Mark Hughes, 39, of Southfield Park, East Oxford, who worked in the print section of the university’s media
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Hospital check-up? I had better scoot
A DISABLED man was forced to drive his mobility scooter 16 miles along country lanes for three hours to get to a hospital appointment because guards stopped him taking it on a train. First Great Western said Paul Jeffrey, 43, could not take
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Plea issued over fatal crash near Burford
Police today appealed for witnesses to a fatal collision near Burford yesterday. A blue Citroen C3 was travelling along the B4020 Shilton Road, between Burford and Carterton, just after 5.30pm, when it came off the road close to the Blue Cross
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Fun day focuses on charity’s children work
The Guideposts Trust is a Witney-based charity providing direct services in the community for people with or recovering from mental health issues, for people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, for people with a learning disability and
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Poll hails Oxford's streets as Britain's cleanest
COUNCIL chiefs are hailing the success of a zero-tolerance approach to litter louts after Oxford was voted Britain’s cleanest city. Readers of Conde Nast’s Traveller magazine voted the city the cleanest in the UK during its annual poll. More
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Cyclist hurt in city centre crash with car
There are traffic delays in Oxford city centre this morning after a cyclist and a car collided at a busy junction. The accident, involving a male pensioner and a silver Mercedes E320, happened at 8.20am at the junction of Longwall Street and High Street
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Costs of tackling Oxfordshire's obesity double
THE number of Oxfordshire people being approved for drastic weight-loss surgery on the NHS has more than doubled in the past three years. NHS Oxfordshire, the county’s primary care trust, has almost doubled its budget this year to deal with the county
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Candle starts Horspath blaze
A candle left unattended started a blaze in Horspath during the early hours today. Fire crews from The Slade fire station in Headington were called to Prospect Park, off Collcutt Close, at about 4.20am and found smoke and flames pouring from
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Ice rink graffiti still not cleaned up
THE ‘SOAK’ tag sprayed on to Oxford Ice Rink more than a month ago by graffiti artists plaguing the city still has not been removed. The city council, which promotes its Cleaner, Greener Oxford campaign to tidy up Oxford, has not said why the
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Resident needs treatment after candle starts fire
A CANDLE left unattended started a blaze in Horspath, Oxford, during the early hours today. Fire crews from The Slade fire station in Headington were called to Prospect Park, off Collcutt Close, at about 4.20am and found smoke and flames pouring from
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Foals miss out on Mercury award
Oxford band Foals missed out last night on the £20,000 Mercury Prize. The most prestigious award in the annual music calendar went to the band xx for their debut album xx. The London-based three-piece formed in 2005 and released their album in August
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AUNT SALLY: Six Bells clang off super title
SIX Bells C, Kidlington, were crowned Premier Section champions, despite losing 2-1 at home to Red Lion A Eynsham. With their closest rivals, The Cricketers, losing 3-0 to The George, the one point the Six Bells gained was enough to give them
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Defender Day on comeback trail
OXFORD United defender Rhys Day’s injury nightmare should soon be coming to an end. The former Aldershot centre back, who has been injured since the start of pre-season with tendonitis in a knee, will return to training next week. And manager Chris
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Dr Bike is back on round-the-world trip
A DOCTOR battled 51C temperatures and a series of punctures as he resumed his mammoth five-year round-the-world cycle ride. Dr Steve Fabes, who is in Turkey and has clocked up 5,000km, was four months into his trip when doctors in Greece told him he
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Children arrested for rape
CHILDREN as young as 13 were arrested for rape and sexual assault in Oxfordshire last year, the Oxford Mail can reveal. More than 1,000 were arrested between 2009 and 2010 on suspicion of crimes including rape, robbery and arson. But more than three
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Screams over Oxford's dreaming spires
THE smell of burgers and candyfloss and the sound of screaming teenagers and music filled Oxford this week as St Giles’ Fair hit the city. Despite the wet weather the fair was a big hit with revellers, with many saying it was the best ever. Hundreds
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Cross-country slog on mobility scooter
A DISABLED Didcot man was forced to drive his mobility scooter along country roads and tracks for three hours to make a hospital appointment — because guards stopped him taking it on a train. First Great Western said 43-year-old Paul Jeffrey
