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Police appeal on street attack
Two men were attacked in an unprovoked attack near the Co-Op in Middleton Road, Banbury. They were confronted by a group of six to eight men and kicked and jumped on. The incident happpened at about midnight on Sunday, August 21, but police only released
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This is the only way I can get my dailt fix
I’m often asked by friends: “When you write your column, how do you make the bridge from the water’s edge of inspiration to the far shore of accomplishment...?” Although of course they never quite word it that way – normally they just mumble: “So, how
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There's no absolute right to be able to park outside your house
Phillip James, no doubt a tradesman, has hit the nail on the head, when he says that the county council does not understand the complexities afforded to tradesmen carrying out jobs within the city (Oxford Mail, August 19). It is ridiculous to expect
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Save lives by giving blood
A blood donation session will be held in Wootton, near Abingdon, on Wednesday. Sessions will be held at the Witney and District Community Centre, in Lamborough Hill, between 1.30pm and 3.30pm and 4.15pm and 7.30pm. Anyone aged over 17 and in general
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'Help us to fill empty shelves'
Some of Oxfordshire’s charity shops have sent out a heartfelt plea for donations as they struggle to fill their shelves with stock. And the economic downturn could be behind it. Staff and volunteers at the Age UK shop, in Deans Court, Bicester, say
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Tickled pink
The Clockhouse community centre in Greater Leys is to host a pink tea party for Breast Cancer Care. People are invited to dress in pink at the centre in Long Ground on Monday, September 26, from 2 to 4pm. Visitors will also enjoy a cup of tea
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Most feel 'guilt' about wasting water
A survey has shown the vast majority of people in Oxford have a ‘water conscience’. The survey carried out by Thames Water has shown that 97 per cent of city inhabitants feel guilty about wasting water. But one in five Oxford inhabitants admitted to
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Footpath plan
Oxfordshire County Council is consulting on diverting a footpath near the A4074. It would move closer to Benson Waterfront Riverside Park under the plans. The consultation runs to October 5. Call Andy Sylvester on 01865 815302.
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First-class bid
A postmistress is supporting the campaign to re-open a post office in Summertown. Residents have been trying to bring back a post office to the area since the last one closed in 2008. Now Swarn Lally, a postmistress of 20 years, says she would love
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Photographer's vision lives on at show
Young artists are hoping their careers will be launched by a project set up by an East Oxford photographer before he died. Talented Rishi Mullett-Sadones of Florence Park, Cowley, died earlier this year. But before he passed away, the 20-year-old, who
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Postgraduate's £10,000 boost
Postgraduate student Sandira Gayadeen has been awarded a £10,000 scholarship from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The scholarships are part of the IET awards and scholarships programme, which provides £200,000 each year to support
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Group will help support school
Church Cowley St James School is hoping to start a new parents and friends group to raise money to support the school. Interested people are needed to help raise money for equipment, help fund school trips and organise events such as the summer festival
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On the buses
Andy Hamer has joined the senior management team at the Oxford Bus Company as commercial manager. Mr Hamer, 39, previously led the passenger transport publicity and marketing team at Hertfordshire County Council. He also has experience in travel information
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Cancer mum was brave to the end
When Jean Scurlock was diagnosed with lung cancer on her birthday last year she was determined to help others even if she could not help herself. The 66-year-old Didcot mum-of-three raised more than £1,750 for cancer charities and tested a new drug before
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Choir for cause
A concert will be held to raise funds for a £40,000 organ restoration at St Michael & All Angels church in Great Tew. The Oxford Male Voice Choir will perform at the church on October 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10 and will include wine and refreshments
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Architecture to lift the spirits
An exhibition featuring the best of the South East’s architecture is coming to the city. Inspire features more than 20 projects in the region which won awards last year from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) including the Ashmolean Museum
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Sainsbury's work 'keeps us awake'
Neighbours on an Oxford Street have “had enough” after months of disruption from a nearby supermarket. The Sainsbury’s store at the Heyford Hill roundabout in Littlemore is undergoing a multi-million pound revamp. The work also includes extensive work
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European School's hopes
Campaigners trying to save Culham European School’s unique multi-lingual education by opening a new “free school” have been grilled by Government officials. The 33-year-old European Commission funded school is set to close in 2017, because
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Banbury United strikers hit form
Second-half goals from strikers Will Green and Aaron Woodley saw Banbury United make it three Southern League Premier Division wins on the spin after a 2-0 success over St Albans. After a goalless first half, in which Woodley hit an upright from a narrow
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Woodstock Live brings in the crowds
IT MIGHT not be on the scale of its famous 1969 namesake but the Woodstock Live festival still entertained revellers with two days of good sounds. The free music festival took place in the Woodstock town square on Saturday and yesterday. Revellers sat
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Ballard is hero for City
ANDY Ballard headed the only goal of the game as Oxford City made it a hat-trick of Southern League Premier Division wins with a 1-0 win at Evesham on Saturday. The result sees Mike Ford’s men move up to seventh in the table and record their
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Vying for cash
Village halls are set to benefit from a £66,637 handout from Oxfordshire County Council. Halls including Claydon, Drayton, Over Norton, Ducklington and Goring have asked for cash. Judy Heathcoat, cabinet member for safer and stronger communities,
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Small village, great show
Thousands of people poured into the tiny village of Uffington at the weekend to celebrate the 40th White Horse Country Show. Despite the RAF Red Arrows having to pull out of the show after a fatal air crash in Bournemouth, there was still plenty
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Paedophile spared prison sentence
AN ABINGDON man was spared prison after pleading guilty to possessing more than 1,000 indecent images of children. Andrew Thomson, 40, of Norris Close, was sentenced for possessing indecent images of children, possessing extreme pornography
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Stepping up the push for a new pre-school building
Villagers have launched a £100,000 fundraising drive to build a new pre- school. The Hanney Pre School building, which is behind St James CofE Primary School in East Hanney, is only a temporary construction and has a limited lifespan. So the volunteer
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Off-licence sold drink to teenagers
An off-licence was caught selling alcohol to underage teenagers. An employee was given an £80 fine for serving the underage girl at Spar in Minster Lovell during a test using volunteers on Tuesday night. The team also visited four other off-licences
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RSPCA prosecutes Heythrop Hunt member
A member of the Heythrop Hunt has been charged with two counts of hunting a fox with dogs. Julian Barnfield, 47, of Kennel Lane, Worcester Road, Chipping Norton, is due to appear before magistrates at Banbury on Friday, September 16, on charges
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Poppy Army standing proud
This November, a legion of ordinary people, from teens to those in their 90s, will take to the streets of Oxfordshire on a mission. Standing sentinel in our supermarkets, on our High Streets or going door to door, these are Oxfordshire’s poppy
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FOOTBALL: Hellenic League round-up
Abingdon Town secured their first Premier Division victory of the season with a convincing win over newly-promoted Holyport. The hosts started strongly and it was no surprise when they took the lead after 18 minutes. Holyport failed
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FOOTBALL: More woe for Didcot
Didcot Town’s winless run in Southern League Division 1 South & West continued as they went down to comprehensive 3-0 defeat against unbeaten Thatcham at the npower Loop Meadow Stadium. The result leaves Francis Vines’s side with just two teams below
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FOOTBALL: Abingdon United let lead slip
Abingdon United threw away the lead as they went down to a narrow 2-1 Southern League Division 1 South & West defeat at Poole. Despite taking the lead through Scott Griffin’s fifth-minute goal, two nightmare pieces of defending two minutes midway
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Selling gives honour to Dad
Robert Newton, 60, from Grove, served as a driver with the Army and lost five friends to the troubles while serving in Northern Ireland in 1971. He broke his back in service in 1975 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. For the past 19 years he has
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Holdsworth hails Aldershot
Aldershot manager Dean Holdsworth was full of praise for his side’s performance – and revealed that they practice playing against ten men in training. The Shots played with a man short for 75 minutes, but still earned a point. And their display was
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New wave of cadets
Mary Cadogan, 33, one of the county’s youngest Poppy Organisers, took over co-ordinating Abingdon’s poppy appeal in 2007. Last year, her team at Abingdon Royal British Legion raised £28,690.75 for the Poppy Appeal — the highest amount in it the town’
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CRICKET:Oxford washed out
After a delayed start, which reduced their Home Counties Premier League Division 1 match at Bishop’s Stortford to 88 overs – with a 48-40 split – Oxford elected to bowl first, but had little success. Stortford’s openers Gareth James and Mohammed Rizwan
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MOTORSPORT: Bradley finishes fourth
Oxfordshire's Bradley Smith finished fourth in the Red Bull Indianaoplis Moto 2 Grand Prix on Sunday night. Marc Márquez headed up an all-Spanish podium with Pol Espargaró and Esteve Rabat joining him on the podium. Smith (pictured) riding for the
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CRICKET: Wycombe champions
Banbury's Home Counties Premier League Division 1 match at High Wycombe lasted little more than two hours before rain caused an abandonment. This result and Tring Park’s surprise defeat by Harpenden mean that Wycombe are champions for a record
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Red alert for volunteers
The county’s poppy fund could be more than £30,000 down this year unless a new Appeal Organiser can be found for Bicester. Brian Bailey, 73, has been helping to co-ordinate the town’s successful Poppy Appeal for the past five years – last year as Poppy
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COMMENT: Be inspired to help out
ON SATURDAY we reported on the opening of the £2.8m repatriation centre at RAF Brize Norton, a poignant reminder of the ongoing need to care for our armed forces. With Oxfordshire set to be the UK home of repatriations for those killed in
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CRICKET: Draw leaves Rowant in danger of relegation
Aston Rowant had the worse end of a draw in their rain-shortened Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West match at home to Reading on Saturday – a result that leaves both sides in danger of the drop. Batting first, Reading reached 172-6 from their
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RESULTS August 27-28
FOOTBALL. NPOWER LEAGUE TWO. Oxford Utd 1, Aldershot Tn 1. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Premier Div: Banbury Utd 2, St Albans City 0; Evesham 0, Oxford City 1. Div 1 South & West: Didcot Tn 0, Thatcham Tn 3; North Leigh 2, Gosport 1; Poole Tn 2, Abingdon
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CRICKET: Horspath survival bid going down to wire
Horspath's bid to pull off a Houdini act in Division 2 West will go to the last game of the season after their clash against Slough was abandoned due to rain with the visitors 49-3 after being put in to bat. Having been bottom for the last four
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CRICKET: Sad Thame slide into drop zone
Thame Town dropped into the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West relegation zone for the first time this season on Saturday, after they picked up only two points from their nine-wicket defeat at Dinton. After a disastrous serious
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COMMENT: It's a bit of a cheek
It's been a matter of major public debate whether some public services should be funded by the state. University education, IVF treatment and car parking are just some of the issues where the level of public subsidy has been widely discussed. But public
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Father-of-14 punched partner
A father-of-14 was sent to prison for punching his partner in the face while she held their seven-month-old baby. Paul Nelson, 35, of Wilsdon Way, Kidlington, accused his girlfriend of eight years of cheating on him and punched her to the ground, before
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Car show made £2k for charity
The Cowley Classic Car Show, which was held on August 14 by the Rotary Club of Oxford Isis, raised £2,300 for local charities. Marching band The Horns of Plenty donated their appearance fee to the cause. One of the beneficiaries of the events will be
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TV taken
A television was stolen from a home in Church Green, Witney. Burglars took the 26in Toshiba television between 8am and 7pm on Friday, August 19. Thames Valley Police only released details on Friday. Anyone with information is asked to contact Pc Sam
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Car destroyed
Firefighters were called to a car fire in Chapel Lane, Bodicote, on Saturday. The fire, which started at about noon, was caused by an electrical fault in the engine compartment of the car and no-one was injured in the incident, crews said.
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COMMENT: It's a bit of a cheek
IT’S been a matter of major public debate whether some public services should be funded by the state. University education, IVF treatment and car parking are just some of the issues where the level of public subsidy has been widely discussed. But public
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COMMENT: Be inspired to help out with Poppy Appeal
ON Saturday we reported on the opening of the £2.8m repatriation centre at RAF Brize Norton, a poignant reminder of the ongoing need to care for our armed forces. With Oxfordshire set to be the UK home of repatriations for those killed in Afghanistan
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'Too few loos'
A controversial community toilet scheme in Oxford is set to expand just a year after it was launched. Oxford City Council is calling on more stores and restaurants to open their loos to shoppers who get caught short. The scheme, in which
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Pub kitchen fire
Firefighters were called to The Barley Mow pub in Warwick Road, Banbury, yesterday after a deep fat fryer caught fire. The blaze had been dealt with when they arrived.
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Race to fight David Kelly inquest ruling
Campaigners are racing against time to challenge the Government’s decision not to order an inquest into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly. They have until tomorrow to raise £50,000 for lawyers to begin proceedings for a judicial review of the
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Cut your carbon
Residents are being urged to sign up for a new Low Carbon Living Programme being run by Low Carbon Oxford North. The free year-long programme helps people reduce their carbon footprint by cutting energy consumption. A similar scheme in West Oxfordshire
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Trek for church
OXFORD: Two members of the Oxford Oratory congregation have walked around the three Oratory Roman Catholic churches in England to raise money for the Woodstock Road church’s fundraising appeal. Nick and Billy Griffiths walked from the Oxford Oratory,
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Hop to it for artists' party
OXFORD: Art duo Brook and Black are set to celebrate the end of their term as artists-in-residence at Lenthall Road allotments, Rose Hill. They are inviting residents to join them at the allotment on Saturday between 6pm and 8pm in honour of their 25ft
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Students make time for tea
Young and old Oxford residents will be sharing life lessons at a new weekly afternoon tea club. Sixth form students from Magdalen College School will run the club together with Age UK Oxfordshire for elderly residents. More than 180
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Sainsbury's work 'keeps us awake'
Residents on an Oxford Street have “had enough” after months of disruption from a nearby supermarket. The Sainsbury’s store at the Heyford Hill roundabout in Littlemore is undergoing a multi-million pound revamp. The work also includes
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'Van man' ban goes to plan
Less rubbish is being dumped at county tips after council bosses moved to stop “white van man” abusing the service. Oxfordshire County Council said waste left at its eight household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) had fallen by 14 per cent since permits
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'White vanman' attacked girl in street
A man grabbed a teenage girl in Banbury after making inappropriate comments to her, police said. The 14-year-old was walking along Broad Street at about 3.30pm on Friday when she was stopped by a man in a white tipper style van. Thames Valley Police
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Full of food
Thousands of food lovers descended on Oxford’s South Park this weekend for the second Foodies Festival. Outbreaks of rain failed to dampen the spirits of gastronomes as they enjoyed delicious food and drink, plus a grounding in some of the tricks of
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Top Towersey
Thousands descended on a tiny Oxfordshire village for the annual Towersey Festival, near Thame, which started on Thursday and ends today. Festival-goers enjoyed the likes of Billy Bragg at the event, in its 47th year. See tomorrow’s Oxford Mail for
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Man charged on fatal crash
A man has been charged over the death of Kidlington 16-year-old Edward Lynch in a fatal crash in Deddington in April. Glen Holburt, 53, from Duns Tew Road in Hempton, near Banbury, faces one count of causing death by driving without due care
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Biker identified
A motorcyclist who died after a crash in Marsh Baldon has been named as Perry Wood, 50, from Wallingford. Mr Wood suffered serious head injuries after he came off his black Aprilla Mille at about 8.25pm as he and four other riders travelled along the