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RACING: Knight's day as Somersby stars
Henrietta Knight rolled back the years as Somersby finally gained a deserved big-race victory in the 25th Anniversary of the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot on Saturday. The eight-year-old gelding, beaten a short head by Master Minded in this
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Woman sexually assaulted in A&E
A 34-year-old woman was sexually assaulted while waiting in the accident and emergency department of the John Radcliffe Hospital. A man approached her and touched her inappropriately on her groin at around 3am on Saturday. Anyone with information can
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Call for return of statue
AN ABINGDON grandfather has called for the town’s jubilee statue of Queen Victoria to be brought back to the Market Place 125 years after it was unveiled. Mike Gould, 63, says the move would be a great way of celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond
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A40 to close for electricity works
THE A40 at Witney will be closed for two days in March to refurbish the town’s electricity supply. Southern Electric will carry out the work, between the A415 and the B4022, from 10pm to 6am on March 3 and 4. The work will install ‘switching’ gear,
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Charting fast decline of the slow loris
AN OXFORD Brookes University tutor will feature in a BBC documentary about a primate now under threat after a feature on YouTube made it popular as a pet. The slow loris might look cute, but the animal is the only venomous primate in the world. In an
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Who'll top book charts?
CHILDREN from across Oxfordshire have chosen their favourite books of last year for a top literary award shortlist. Unlike other children’s fiction prizes, youngsters alone decide which authors win Oxfordshire Book Awards, with school librarians
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Helping to solve Prince Albert's death
WHEN he died 150 years ago, it threw his wife Queen Victoria, and the entire country, into a deep mourning. And until recently it had been undisputed that Prince Albert’s unexpected death in December 1861 was due to typhoid fever. But thanks to a team
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SCALES OF JUSTICE
OXFORD: Tony Attwood, 30, of Phipps Road, Oxford, admitted burglary of £30 cash from De Wani Shah’s Indian Restaurant and burglary of £5 from Auto Parts in Thame on January 4. Also admitted driving without a licence and without insurance in Park
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200 youngsters to attend club relaunch
WANTAGE’S youth club is to reopen on Friday more than a year after it was threatened with closure. The Sweatbox Youth Centre lost its funding in Oxfordshire County Council cuts but King Alfred’s Academy stepped in to help hire staff and pay for the building
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‘I’ll struggle to eat if ban is imposed’
A PENSIONER with a gluten allergy claims he will not be able to afford to eat if planned NHS cuts to prescription foods go ahead. Bill Buckingham, 90, a former Oxford Lord Mayor, was diagnosed with Coeliac disease five years ago. Children and adults
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£850 rail assault
A 40-year-old man was ordered to pay £850 in fines and costs after he admitted assaulting a British Transport Police officer and a string of other crimes. Nigel Percival, of Greenford Avenue, Ealing, London, admitted assaulting two members of train staff
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Missing teen is found safe
A 14-year-old girl last seen in Blackbird Leys earlier this month has been found safe and well. Ellie-Mai Hill, pictured right, was reported missing from Maidenhead in Berkshire and was last seen in Blackbird Leys at 4pm on January 4. A spokesman for
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Truck Festival is saved
THE team behind Oxfordshire’s best-loved festival of new music, have announced that despite having previously gone into administration, the event has been saved. Brothers Robin and Joe Bennett, who set up and ran the event at Hill farm, in their home
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Pot luck for police in hash house find
When two neighbourhood police officers agreed to deliver a stray letter to an address in Greater Leys, they were simply doing the community a good turn. But they were more than rewarded when they stumbled across a cannabis factory at the house. Sgt
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Sober warning over students
All 200 students at an Oxford college have been forced to attend an alcohol awareness course after a string of booze-fuelled incidents. Thirty bins at University College were reportedly filled with vomit by drunken undergraduates during booze
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D-Day on name
Vale of White Horse District Council will next month consider a bid to re-instate the name of the town to Abingdon-on-Thames. Abingdon Town Council thinks the name change will attract more visitors to the town. A vote will take place on Wednesday,
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FOOTBALL: Headington rue missed penalty
Headington Amateurs were rueing a missed penalty as they were held to a goalless draw at home to Malmesbury Victoria in Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 West. Ollie Zaja’s run in to the penalty area saw him upended as he was about to shoot in the
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FOOTBALL: Ardley burst sees off Witney
A devastating burst of three goals in four minutes just before half-time spurred Uhlsport Hellenic league Premier Division leaders Ardley United to a 3-1 victory away to struggling Witney Town. The deadlock was broken after 37 minutes by an individual
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Woolies workers in line for a payout
Woolworths workers across Oxfordshire could be compensated with 60 days’ pay after union bosses won an employment tribunal. Up to 700 Oxfordshire Woolworths staff who worked in nine stores across the county could get the payout. About 24,000 staff were
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Brave officers tell of icy river rescue
Wading into the icy waters of the River Cherwell, two police officers risked their lives to drag a suicidal woman to safety in sub-zero temperatures. Sgt Mark Brock and Pc Aidan Donohoe thought nothing of throwing off their jackets and wading into the
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COMMENT: The call of duty
EVERY day our police officers put themselves at risk in the line of duty. But mostly their bravery – which we often take for granted – goes unnoticed. So the story of how Sgt Mark Brock and PC Aidan Donohoe rescued a suicidal woman from the icy waters
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FOOTBALL: Woodstock's bid ended by sending-off
Skipper Murray Nicholls was sent off as Old Woodstock Town’s superb run was ended by Bethnal Green in Saturday’s FA Carlsberg Vase fourth-round tie played at North Leigh. Nicholls received his red card in the 26th minute following a foul. But the Uhlsport
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Amanda Holden buys Chippy cottage
Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, above, has reportedly bought a home near Chipping Norton. The pregnant star is believed to have bought a 17th century cottage for £860,000 with record producer husband Chris Hughes, 36. As well as Prime Minister
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Timmy on Beanogate, Dubes' hattrick and JP's magic orange boots
Another quiet week in oxford United then?!
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FOOTBALL: Didcot earn valuable point
Didcot Town were happier with a point after holding play-off chasers Cinderford in a goalless Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West game at Loop Meadow. The hosts had by far the better of it before the break with Simieon Howell and Anaclet
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FOOTBALL: Banbury fall to late goal
A goal three minutes from time sent Banbury United to a 2-1 defeat away to Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division strugglers Hemel Hempstead Town on Saturday. Marquin Smith put the hosts into a 16th-minute lead when he reacted quickest to Charlie
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MOTHERING SUNDAE: All going swimmingly
THIS week I braved the packed car park at the local leisure centre to take the children to the pool. It’s great to see their proper swimming after all those years of bobbing jelly babies in floating contraptions or sitting poolside as they Zogg
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Coeliac prescriptions ban will hit vulnerable hard
Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease, strongly opposes the proposed removal of gluten-free prescribing by the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire NHS Cluster for patients in Oxfordshire (Wednesday’s Oxford Mail).
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Parcel delivered at walking pace
FURTHER to my letter on January 13 and to Ben Cumming’s letter (Oxford Mail ViewPoints, January 16) about lost post, we can all safely assume that if a postman has a letter or parcel for you, he is going to put it through your letter-box. Most letters
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Anomalies on child benefit
MOST people would not object strongly to the suggestion that, in the present economic climate, child benefit should be cut in the case of the wealthier, nor to the argument that the original proposal is flawed in the two major ways which have been reiterated
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HS2 decision on the wrong track
I AM astonished, but not surprised, that the Government has taken the misguided step of approving the High Speed 2 railway scheme (Oxford Mail, January 11) This is a short-sighted and costly scheme, that will take 15 years to complete. The unproved
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Man about Town: Morbid thoughts among the self-service tills
I think it was our experience at WH Smith, in Cornmarket, that put us in this frame of mind, but shortly after trying out its new serve-yourself aisle of tills, some friends and I found ourselves engrossed in the subject of just what music we would want
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FOOTBALL: City caught by second-half blast
Oxford City had to cope with an icy blast as they gained a draw away to fellow Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division play-off contenders Leamington on Saturday. City must have been confident at half-time, having taken the lead while playing
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Hospital records glitches continue
AFTER an hour in a telephone queue, one hour in traffic and another hour in a hospital waiting room, 11-year-old Caroline Hudson was ready to see her doctor. But thanks to an error with a new £15.7m electronic booking system, he was not there, and neither
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Robbery highlights folly of cutting police funding
LAST Thursday’s armed robbery at a bank in Summertown in Oxford (Friday’s Oxford Mail), along with the latest crime figures, which identify big rises in robberies and street crime, surely bring into question the Government’s 20 per cent cut to police
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FOOTBALL: Abingdon denied at the death
Abingdon United conceded a sloppy goal in the dying seconds to deny them victory against fellow Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West strugglers Taunton. The hosts were by that stage down to ten men in a game in which most of the action was
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FOOTBALL: Hole's stunning goal wins it
A brilliant goal by Stuart Hole ten minutes from time gave North Leigh their first win over Mangotsfield and moved them to the fringe of the Evo-Stick Southern League Division 1 South & West play-off picture on Saturday. Victory seemed a formality when
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Wilder of proud of professional Oxford United
CHRIS Wilder believes everyone at Oxford United handled the transfer speculation about James Constable with great credit. The striker rejected the chance to speak with Swindon after United accepted a bid from their rivals 48 hours before Saturday
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RSPCA'S rescue operation
SEVENTY-nine animals were rescued from a site in Longworth, near Abingdon, during a three-day operation by police and RSPCA officers. Last night the RSPCA said that since Friday, it had retrieved 29 dogs, 13 horses and a number of chickens,
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Ex-police chief to help protect cathedral
AS COMMISSIONER of the Metropolitan Police, Ian Blair was in charge of keeping celebrities, Royals and millions of Londoners safe. Now the former top cop has taken on another tough challenge – protecting Oxford’s historic Christ Church. Since his resignation
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Di Canio at it again with Constable comments
SWINDON boss Paolo Di Canio was sent to the stands for the third time this season on Saturday. But after his side beat Macclesfield 1-0, he claimed that when he heard James Constable was not sure if he wanted to move to the Robins, he had already decided
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A week's wait for phone repairs
Hundred of homes and businesses could be left waiting until the end of the month for their internet and phone lines to be fixed after thieves stole cable. More than a kilometre of copper cabling was stolen by thieves from BT’s Steeple Aston exchange
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Picking up fines with your parcel
PARKING wardens were last night accused of preying on Royal Mail customers at one of Oxford’s main collection offices. Royal Mail customers have been landed with £90 tickets after finding parking spaces full at the East Oxford Delivery Office in Littlemore
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COMMENT: Parking problems must be sorted out
THE area around the Royal Mail delivery office must be a honey pot for parking wardens. What they get at Ledgers Close is lots of motorists cornered in a confined space under pressure to pick up their mail. Anyone who has been to the delivery office
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Duberry: Not the hat-trick I would have liked
MICHAEL Duberry admitted it was one of the strangest days of his career. The Oxford United defender scored a hat-trick on Saturday – but two of the three goals came at the wrong end as the U’s could only draw 2-2 with struggling Hereford at the Kassam
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Sordo takes second in Monte Carlo
Banbury's Mini World Rally Championship team finished the fifth and final day of the Monte Carlo Rally with second and seventh places. It was only the team’s seventh FIA World Rally Championship event, but it was the third podium for the Spanish crew
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Lord Mayor elect wants to reach out to city's diverse population
OXFORD’S next Lord Mayor has said he will make it his mission to meet and help all the city’s ethnic minority populations. Lib Dem Alan Armitage, currently serving as deputy mayor, said he wanted to reach out to all of the city’s residents. Mr Armitage
