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Ten rottweiler puppies taken
S OXON: Thieves stole ten puppies from a saw mill in Watlington. Ten Rottweiler puppies were loaded into a green Ford Transit tipper truck which was also stolen from the mill. The theft took place between 7.30pm and 7.45pm last Monday but police released
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'Stop arguing and sort out bed-blocking crisis'
A ROW has broken out between the three main organisations involved in the county’s bed-blocking crisis. Oxfordshire County Council, NHS Oxfordshire, and the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust cannot agree just how many people, fit enough to leave care
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Football clubs' meeting
Football clubs in the city are invited to a meeting with Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire Football Association to discuss issues relating to facilities and funding. The meeting will be held at Court Place Farm Ground, Marsh Lane, on September 14 at
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Vital to test that electric blanket
Residents are being urged to take advantage of free electric blanket tests. Fire service chief Stuart Garner said it is “vitally important” that electric blankets remain in safe working order. He said: “Electric blankets are usually installed beneath
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Quirky 2CVs on show
A convoy of striking Citroen 2CV cars snaked its way through Oxfordshire for a national rally. More than 700 enthusiasts arrived at Cokethorpe School, near Witney, for the rally, hosted by Oxford’s Deux Chevaux Blanc club. On Sunday the enthusiasts
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Cars are the stars
Classic cars from across the decades took pride of place at Blenheim Palace yesterday. The Oxfordshire Classic Car Show featured more than 500 vintage cars, including MGs, Jaguars and Triumphs. It was the sixth year the event, which
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Local share prices
30/08/2011 pm AEA Technology 2.75 BMW 4773 Electrocomponents 204.6 Nationwide Accident Repair 89 Oxford Biomedica 6.15 Oxford Catalysts 59 Oxford Instruments 808.75 Reed Elsevier 492.5 RM 90.25 RPS Group 194 Courtesy Redmayne
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Violet marks 100th birthday
VIOLET Mitchell has cele-brated her 100th birthday surrounded by her proud family. And the centenarian’s “eyes lit up” when she opened her card from the Queen. Mrs Mitchell was born in Wantage on August 25 1911 and marked reaching the incredible milestone
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Village hosts star-studded event
The tiny village of Towersey played host to some of the biggest names in the folk world for its annual festival. Towersey Festival is in its 47th year and this year it hosted performers including Billy Bragg and The Oysterband from Thursday to yesterday
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ATHLETICS: England reaches world final
OXFORD City's Hannah England has qualified for the women's 1,500m final at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. The 24 year-old GB athlete finished sixth in her semi-final and progressed as one of two fastest losers.
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Councillor says his diary is too packed to continue
THERE are not enough hours in the day to be a councillor, have a family and hold down a full-time job. That’s the message from Bob Timbs, who represents Lye Valley on Oxford City Council, as he announced he will stand down next May.
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CRICKET: Westbury stretch lead in Division 1
Westbury made the most of Horley’s abandoned match against Great Horwood to stretch their lead at the top of Division 1 in the OCA League. Westbury edged past Minster Lovell by three wickets to go 28 points clear. Jack Simpson (64) helped Minster to
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CRICKET: Harding and Shepherd star for Chad in final
Martin Shepherd starred with the ball as Chadlington romped to a comprehensive 101-run victory over Combe in the OCA League's Telegraph Cup final at Watlington on Sunday. After making a useful 166-9, Chadlington sent their opponents packing for just
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CRICKET: Shrivenham clinch first Airey Cup triumph
Shrivenham captured OCA League's Airey Cup for the first time with a 76-run victory against Garsington at Kidlington. Adam Tucker was named man-of-the-match after scoring 82 and taking 5-47, but Shrivenham’s dominant success was far from a one-man effort
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RUGBY: Henley storm back with second-half blitz
A storming second-half display gave Henley Hawks a high-scoring 45-29 victory away to newly-promoted Hertford in their first game of the new campaign. Hawks trailed 15-12 at half-time, but five tries after the break saw them ease home. The hosts
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CRICKET: Horspath are champs
MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE Divisions 6-10 HORSPATH 3rd clinched the Division 6 title, despite having their game with Wolverton 2nd abandoned due to rain. The visitors picked up six points for their game, which proved enough as Abingdon Vale 2nd
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DARTS: Kit secures triple-ton finishes
Kit Young starred with three big finishes as the Angel stormed back to beat hosts Democrats Club 5-4 in Men’s Section 2. Democrats raced into a 3-0 lead with wins from Zingy Singh, Tim Tricker and James Fagg. Angel hit back to level at 3-3 through
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CRICKET: Tense draw in top-two battle
Cublington go into the final weekend with a one-point lead over Horspath 2nd in MP Sports Cherwell League Division 5 after the two sides played out a tense draw on Saturday. Ben Henderson hit 47 and Joey Todd (below) 46 in Horspath’s 154-8
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CRICKET: Manley is Tew hat-trick hero
Liam Manley took a hat-trick and finished with 6-28 from 18 overs as MP Sports Cherwell League Division 4 promotion-chasers Great & Little Tew overwhelmed Cumnor 2nd, 53 of whose 116 runs came in extras. Robbie Catling then hit 45 and Dave Powles 34
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CRICKET: Roberts sets up comfortable win
Oxford Downs 2nd cemented their position in the top two of MP Sports Cherwell League Division 3 and will be champions if they win at Witney Mills on Saturday. They were always in charge against Kingston Bagpuize, who limped to 144 all out in
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CRICKET: Downs sneak ahead again
The MP Sports Cherwell League title race will be decided this Saturday, with Oxford Downs marginal favourites following last weekend's action. Downs beat Buckingham Town by five wickets, while morning leaders Shipton-under-Wychwood were being
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CRICKET: Vale stay in promotion hunt
MP SPORTS CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 2 Abingdon Vale kept their promotion hopes alive when they beat Aston Rowant 2nd in a low-scoring match at Hales Meadow. The visitors made just 78 as Graham Charlesworth (4-26) and Paul White (3-7) exploited the
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CRICKET: Four clubs will fight it out in final-day drama
The promotion race in MP Sports Cherwell League Division 2 will enter the final weekend with four teams still in with a chance of reaching the top flight. Morning leaders Banbury 2nd – the only member of the quartet to have played in Division
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FOOTBALL: North Leigh stun rivals with late strikes
Abingdon United conceded three goals in the last 20 minutes as Oxfordshire rivals North Leigh bagged all three Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West points in a 3-1 victory at Northcourt Road yesterday. Abingdon were in control from the start
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FOOTBALL: Banbury clinch derby honours
Striker Will Green scored the winner as Banbury United made it four Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division victories on the spin with a 1-0 triumph against derby rivals Oxford City at Court Place Farm yesterday. With both sides having won three games
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RACING: Hill fires a double
Aston Rowant trainer Lawney Hill landed a double at Huntingdon yesterday with Rock Me (4-1) and The Wifes Pet (8-11). Paul Webber’s Mollington yard, near Banbury, struck at the same venue with Bullet Man (4-1). And Eve Johnson Houghton’s Blewbury stables
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Comic to swim Thames for charity
LITTLE Britain comedian David Walliams, right, is to take on the murky waters of the River Thames through Oxfordshire for his latest charity challenge. Walliams — who raised more than £1m swimming the English Channel in July 2006 — will swim from Lechlade
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Do speed cameras cut accidents?
CRASHES that result in serious injuries or fatalities have fallen at about half of Oxfordshire’s speed camera sites, analysis of figures by the Oxford Mail has shown. New figures for 66 fixed county cameras show there were fewer of these collisions
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Marston trees are at risk
THE iconic mature trees fronting the new Tesco store in Marston are in peril. Permission has been granted by Oxfordshire County Council upon the insistence of Tesco to lop these trees to improve the visibility of the new store and give access to their
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Post office must stay
IT will be a sad day when the post office in Horspath closes, especially for the older resident. Sure the post master committed a crime and paid for it in court, but for the few hundred pounds involved, surely the post office could still let his wife
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It's not all about the money
I TOOK my grandchildren to one of my favourite places in Oxford – Florence Park. They took their bats and ball as I told them there was a table tennis table by the tennis courts. We started to play but were stopped by the guy in the kiosk and told
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Crimes pays in the USA
THE easiest way to get into manufacturing in the US is to commit a crime. Not too serious (it doesn’t have to be) but sufficient to ensure a decent spell of incarceration. You will become part of a highly productive and profitable organisation in which
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What are shoppers to do?
IT would detract immeasurably from the quality of life of the people of Headington and north-east Oxford if the car park next to Waitrose were lost to housing. The commercial prospects of the local shops would also be severely affected. I recently moved
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Film will honour the Bomber Boys
Testimony Films is producing a new documentary for Channel Five to honour the sacrifice of Britain’s Bomber Boys during the Second World War. Nearly 50 per cent of the Bomber Boys who flew in the war were killed in action – the greatest loss of life suffered
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One rule for them...
ABUSE the system and you’re out on your ear. But this doesn’t seem to apply to government. The outed Treasury chief, David Laws, who claimed unjustified housing expenses for years to the tune of £56,000, is to be offered another job in the Government
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On Yer Bike: Proud to be in the Brompton club
Last Sunday the 6th Brompton World Championship took place and somehow I found myself in among the competitors. It was rather last minute; my partner informed me the week beforehand I was racing in team Walton Street Cycles and I had to find my suit
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Stop the blame game and sort out the bed-blocking crisis
OXFORDSHIRE County Council has shown a continuing inability to get to grips with the problem of delayed discharges (“Bed blocking is now worse”, Oxford Mail, August 23). Recent government figures show that Oxfordshire is again the second worst performing
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Oxford has become a clone town
I COME from Oxford but have lived in the South of England for the past 40 years. I visited Oxford city centre for the day this week and was so disappointed to find that I was visiting another ‘clone’ city centre in that the majority of the shops are
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Call it The Gruesome 12th
DAN Reynolds of the British Association for Shooting presents a weak argument in justifying the Glorious 12th Grouse shoot (The Issue, Oxford Mail, August 24). Unlike other gamebirds, the red grouse is not reared in captivity and then released for shooting
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Sunday and evening parking charges return
Sunday and evening on-street parking charges in Oxford city centre will be reintroduced from today. The charges on streets including St Giles, Parks Road, Broad Street and Beaumont Street were removed in December 2005 from 6.30pm Monday to Saturday and
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Sixties pop group reforms for nostalgic gig
ACCORDING to the old saying, if you remember the 60s, you were probably never there. So baby boomers who are still a tad ‘hazy’ in their recollection of the era will soon be able to enjoy a quick reminder – thanks to three of the finest bands to come
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Home truths worry Whing
Andy Whing says that Oxford United have to get their home form sorted if they are to challenge for honours this season. Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Aldershot Town means that Chris Wilder’s side have failed to win two of their three home games at the Kassam
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Barton players celebrate as pavilion opens
FOOTBALLERS and families are celebrating the opening of a new pavilion for Oxford’s Barton estate. The Barton Pavilion was officially unveiled on Sunday 40 years after the original building in Barton’s Village Ground was built. Oxford City Council contributed
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COMMENT: Listen to Susanna
“FOR heaven’s sake stop quarrelling and sort it out.” Those are the words of councillor Susanna Pressel, who is having to play mum to try to stop council and NHS bosses squabbling over the county’s bed blocking crisis. But instead of
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Boss Wilder delivers honest verdict on draw with Aldershot
CHRIS Wilder delivered a brutally honest assessment of Oxford United’s 1-1 draw with Aldershot on Saturday – saying the display was simply not good enough. The U’s missed out on a great chance to make it three straight League Two wins when their ten-man
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Jailed driver defends early release
A DRIVER, who left a man with mulptiple injuries in a horrific road smash, believes it was right for him to serve just a third of his prison sentence. “There was no point keeping me there,” he told the Oxford Mail. Michael Parslow – freed three months
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COMMENT: Sentencing turns system into a farce
YOU would have thought when someone is given 10 months in prison they would serve 10 months. Not so, some prisoners in fact serve only half the sentence. It makes you wonder why this sentence was not the one passed down in the first
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St Clement's replacement car park up for decision
COUNCILLORS will next week be asked to approve a controversial replacement car park to be used if student flats are built in St Clement’s. An Oxford City Council planning officer has recommended councillors back the plan for Harcourt House in Marston
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'Dial-a-ride service is my lifeline'
WITH a helping hand from Dial-a-Ride driver Colin Edmunds, pensioner Dot Wilkins gets on board for her weekly trip to the supermarket. Yet she is concerned that the Cherwell district service will be cut back because of council funding changes. At the
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Gipsy family bids to set up a home
“WE DO not want our children to turn out like we did.” Those were the words of a Romany gipsy who wants to live on Green Belt land so she can send her children to school. Two sister-in-laws, who did not want to be named, and their 12 children have moved