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Woman takes toilet plea to councillors
A PENSIONER who suffers from a debilitating bowel condition has begged councillors to open more public toilets across the city. Pamela Webber, 66, said she was speaking for other incontinence sufferers, who were often too embarrassed to admit they became
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Get right inside Claire's art
AFTER almost 30 years of preparation, Banbury artist Claire Reika Wright, left, is finally ready to premiere her latest work. Technology has finally caught up with her vision of interactive art, and her Other Worlds exhibit will be on show
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Residents demand student headcount
A RESIDENTS’ group has called for an independent audit of the numbers of students living in private homes in Oxford. Figures presented by both Oxford universities are misleading and cannot be trusted, claims the Divinity Road Area Residents’ Association
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Residents oppose bid for third Tesco
RESIDENTS opposed to Abingdon’s third Tesco store have conducted a traffic survey which they claim shows gridlock will be created on one of the town’s major routes. Tesco has bought the former Ox pub in Oxford Road and is now developing
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Residents oppose bid for third Tesco
RESIDENTS opposed to Abingdon’s third Tesco store have conducted a traffic survey which they claim shows gridlock will be created on one of the town’s major routes. Tesco has bought the former Ox pub in Oxford Road and is now developing the site to open
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'How local newspaper advertising keeps my business rolling'
Richard Brooks is a big believer in the power of advertising through the local press. Mr Brooks laid the foundations of Cowley-based firm Carpets 4 Less just 18 months ago and business has been booming ever since. And advertising in the Oxford Mail
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Local Business Accelerators campaign: Win free advertising and business mentoring
FLEDGLING businesses are being offered the chance of a double boost for their firms thanks to a campaign being launched today by Newsquest Oxfordshire. The Local Business Accelerators campaign will see three of the most promising businesses
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School and college go for further growth
TWO long-running plans to boost further education in the north of Oxfordshire have moved a step closer. A planning application has been submitted for a media centre and vehicle workshop at Oxford & Cherwell Valley College (OCVC) in Broughton Road, Banbury
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Old cinema screens film fans' choices
FILMS will be screened in Wantage’s old cinema for the first time in six years. Movie fans are asked to name their favourite films so they can be shown in the former Regent Cinema in Newbury Street. The owners of the former cinema, now Shush The Venue
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FOOTBALL: Wallingford in cup shock
AFC Wallingford broke their duck with a shock 3-2 home win to end Wootton & Dry Sandford’s 100 per cent record in Division 1 of the North Berks League, writes Phil Annets. Connor Mattimore (2) and George Northover netted, while Chris Potter and Josh
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Pupils' project brings Gospels to life
CHILDREN from across Oxfordshire have created their own version of the Gospels to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Hundreds of youngsters from 84 schools decorated individual chapters of the four Gospels to create a set of illuminated
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FOOTBALL: Powell slams a hat-trick
Paul Powell smashed a treble as Didcot Casuals beat Hellenic Division 1 East side Maidenhead United Res 5-1 in the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup second round. Fletcher Hoey and Lee Fuller got Casuals others. Harwell International beat Hellenic League
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FOOTBALL: Ambler shines
Luke Ambler hit a hat-trick as Hagbourne Hotspurs won 6-3 after extra time at New England (Tilehurst) in the Berks & Bucks Sunday Junior Trophy first round. An Andrew Lawrence penalty, Richard Hathaway and Chris Kerry completed Hagbourne’s tally. Other
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FOOTBALL: Shepperd's brace leads North Leigh home
Reigning champions Hanborough slipped to their second defeat as North Leigh A won 4-3 in the Witney & District FA Premier Division, writes Anthony Barlow. Declan Shepperd led the way for North Leigh with a brace, while Jason Lonsdale and Gareth Beale
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FOOTBALL: Ryan is the star for Rose Hill
A double from Colin Ryan helped Rose Hill keep up their 100 per cent record as they took over at the top with a 4-2 success against Chalgrove. Ryan gave Rose Hill a first-half lead, only for Chalgrove to level with a penalty. A 30-yard wonder-strike
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FOOTBALL: Taylor's late strike ends Riverside run
Danny Taylor scored a late winner as Eynsham ended Riverside’s unbeaten start to their Oxfordshire Senior League Division 1 campaign with a 5-4 comeback victory. Drew Fowler gave Riverside the lead, before hitting No 2. Danny Taylor clawed one back
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FOOTBALL: Costley stars Ducklington
GILES SPORTS WITNEY YOUTH LEAGUE TOM Costley proved highly valuable for Ducklington as his six goals helped them to a 9-1 victory over Bampton Town in the Under 15 Knockout Cup. Harry Hamblin, Rory Cornforth and Connor Peacock were Ducklington’s other
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'Getting an Asbo changed my life'
AT NINE years old, while other boys his age were climbing trees and dreaming about football, Daniel Iles was terrorising his neighbourhood. The ex-Windmill School pupil would prowl the streets of Barton armed with golf clubs and pieces of wood
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FOOTBALL: Flaherty hits super double
Shaun Flaherty scored a double as Oxfordshire Senior League Premier Division leaders Hinksey stormed back from 3-0 down to win 6-4 at Mansfield Road in a Oxfordshire Senior Cup first-round thriller. Adam Healy fired Mansfield ahead after only 50 seconds
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SCHOOLS' FOOTBALL: Pegasus fly in
Captain Alister McKinlay receives the cup from organiser Grant Thomas after his Pegasus School side won the Oxford City round of the ESFA Tesco’s 7-a-side competition at Oxford Academy. Pegasus edged out Our Lady’s 2-1 in the final. In the semi-finals
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SCHOOLS' FOOTBALL: Bellis brace boosts Vale
Substitute Murray Bellis scored twice as Vale of White Horse beat Swindon 3-1 in the ESFA Under 13 Trophy first round at Swindon Supermarine. Swindon took the lead after 20 minutes through Tommy Ouldridge, but Vale equalised almost immediately with Bellis
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Oxford United fined £1,000 by FA
The Football Association this morning confirmed to the Oxford Mail that Oxford United have been fined £1,000 after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained from provocative
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FOOTBALL: Davis slams a hat-trick
Kieron Davis hit a hat-trick as champions AFC Hinksey demolished Oxford Yellows to go nine points clear at the top of the Critchleys Upper Thames Valley League Premier Division, writes TIM SIRET. Davis scored twice in the first half for the
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Pornography: Burton Taylor Studio
The well-regarded playwright Simon Stephens was in Oxford on Tuesday for what he can hardly fail to have judged an adroit production, under director Joe Murphy, of his 2008 Edinburgh Festival hit Pornography. This dark-hued drama is widely considered
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TRAFFICKING: OXCAT - and what the group stands for
OXFORD Community Against Trafficking (OXCAT) was founded by a former high-class escort, a trainee vicar and ordinary men and women worried about modern slavery in the city. The group campaigns against all forms of human trafficking – including
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TRAFFICKING: The case of Papas and Cochrane
PIMPS Anastassios Papas and Graham Cochrane ran the Fun Girls in Oxford escort agency and became the first to be convicted for sex trafficking in Oxfordshire. Cochrane, 49, of Corncrake Way, Bicester, was jailed for five years on August 31
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TRAFFICKING: Red light on traffickers
WHEN a teenage prostitute called Lucy was sent to a man in Oxford, the lid was lifted on the sordid world of sex trafficking in the city. The punter alerted police in December 2010, sparking an investigation that led to the conviction of two
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FOOTBALL: Six-shooter Lily
OXFORD MAIL GIRLS LEAGUE LILY Norrington bagged a six-timer as Crowmarsh saw off Tower Hill Vixens 10-1 in the Under 10 League. Maisy Thomas notched a hat-trick, with Alannah George completing their tally. Emma Bartlett scored Tower’s goal from a
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No attention paid to tradition
TRADITIONALLY, for the past 150 years, Horspath Village Feast has been held in September on the first Sunday after the 12th, unless the 12th falls on a Sunday, in which case it is on the following Sunday. This has been followed by the village fair on
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A divide between shoppers
MONTY Python’s Flying Circus has moved to Tesco in Banbury. In the quest for economy and health and safety the dividers, which separate one’s shopping from that of the person behind, have been removed at the check-out. They get very cross if you use
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Still help on hand for digital
THE digital TV switchover in Oxfordshire and surrounding areas is complete, extending Freeview coverage to thousands of extra viewers. We wish to thank everyone who helped to make the transition to digital television successful. Retailers and installers
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A question of forced cuts
THE news that the Government is reducing our armed forces begs the question why we are still keeping forces in Germany when the war with Germany ended 66 years ago. KEN HILL Trinity Road Headington
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Demand for degrees has hurt our country in so many ways
IT was necessary to renew the electricity cables in our road and a gang of about seven or eight men turned up to do the work. Imagine our surprise when it was discovered at least five of them were from the Philippines. On questioning this, we were told
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TRAFFICKING: Flashmob surprises shoppers
CAGED women and “pimps” dressed in black and pink staged a protest against sex trafficking and human slavery yesterday, urging the public to open their eyes to the problem. Scores of Oxford Community Against Trafficking (OXCAT) volunteers and
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TRAFFICKING: Sex worker witnessed women’s fears
A SEX worker who willingly signed up to work for Papas at the Fun Girls Oxford agency told police about girls living in fear of the men controlling them. The man she knew as “Mark” – Anastassios Papas – took her on, but she said she was less
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COMMENT: Dark world of trafficking must stop
FUN GIRLS. Delightful name. Whimsical almost. Conjures up certain images. But what a dark world of trafficking young women for sex it concealed, exposed with the prosecution of pimps Anastassios Papas and Graham Cochrane. Yesterday a demonstration was
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Life lessons: Peter Hindshaw
This week, Oxfordshire Unlimited chairman Peter Hindshaw speaks about how he learned to cope with disability to help others. WHAT I’M CALLED: My name is Peter Hindshaw, my closest friends call me Pete and my grandson calls me Grandad Pete
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NHS waste on pill packaging
THE NHS is short of cash and a lot of money is being spent on drugs. I have just spent an hour popping blister packs and putting a month’s supply of tablets into bottles and my pill dispenser – the packing filled the waste bin. Surely there is a cheaper
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Recycling is much improved
FAR from stagnating (Letters, October 13), recycling in Oxford has leaped forward under Labour. Three-and-a-half years ago when the Lib Dems were running the city, with Green Party support, Oxford residents recycled a little over a third (36 per cent
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Wootton Bassett's royal title filled me with pride
I FELT an enormous sense of pride when viewing the picture of the newly unveiled Royal Wootton Bassett road sign (Oxford Mail, October 14). The town is the first in 100 years to get the title “Royal” – and it could not be more deserving. Our brave
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RUGBY UNION: Dark Blues defend themselves over 'Wasps' clash
Oxford University say they did all they could to inform supporters Wasps had pulled out of Monday night’s match at Iffley Road. The Dark Blues defeated a largely scratch squad of Henley players, with a few Wasps junior academy players thrown
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Fish spa is closed amid health fears
SHOPPING centre security guards closed down a fish pedicure outlet in Oxford yesterday following health concerns. Security officers at the Clarendon Centre told staff at Bubblefeet – where customers place their feet in water containing dozens
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Pensioners' friend gets royal approval
A WOMAN who has spent the past 11 years helping lonely pensioners was yesterday made an MBE by the Princess Royal. Christine Burden, 65, from Meadow Lane, East Oxford, set up the Sweet Memories Senior Citizen’s Club in Percy Street, for lonely older
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Man denies raping prostitute at tower block
A MAN is on trial accused of repeatedly raping a prostitute in an Oxford tower block. Zelalem Netsanet, of Peregrine Road, Blackbird Leys, denies three counts of raping the woman in Hockmore Tower, Cowley. The alleged victim told jurors
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Council leader's personal reason for wanting social care reform
COUNTY council leader Keith Mitchell has spoken of his determination to fix Oxfordshire’s care system, as he described watching his father’s descent into dementia. Mr Mitchell said his experiences as a councillor and a son left him convinced
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COMMENT: Mitchell's battle
KEITH Mitchell drew a lot of criticism for his assertive push to cut library services instead of social care. He brought much of it upon himself, but as we reveal today it was motivated more by personal experience than political dogma and you have to
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Jake Wright signs Oxford United contract extension
JAKE Wright has agreed a new deal at Oxford United which could see him stay at the club until the summer of 2015. The U’s club captain had a year-and-a-half remaining on his present deal, but has put pen to paper on a one-year extension, with the option
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Residents question safety of new toucan crossing
HOW long does it take to cross the road if you are elderly, injured or unable to walk fast? That was the question posed by Headington residents who are concerned a new toucan crossing in London Road, near the Latimer Road junction, is a danger to those
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Scheme harnesses calm of Mother Nature
A NEW scheme in Oxford is helping stressed residents and citybound teenagers get back to basics with nature. The Nature Effect, based on Cowley Road, aims to reconnect people with the outdoors through a series of projects and workshops. The founders