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MPs debate press move
Wantage MP Ed Vaizey has defended Government plans to remove the need for councils to advertise traffic orders in local papers. But he said there was “a balance to be struck” between achieving value for money for taxpayers and supporting local media.
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Sports move 'has backing'
A Witney council chief has claimed only a “hardcore” of people are against a proposed move of sports facilities in the town. The town council has proposed selling West Witney Sports and Social Club, off Burford Road, for housing to finance the creation
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Disabled man's stairlift distress
A disabled man said he is “absolutely disgusted” that he has had to wait more than two weeks to get his stairlift fixed. Kenneth Vine, of Windrush Valley Road in Witney, has been forced to climb his stairs on his hands and knees to get to his toilet
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Calling all music stars of the future
Oxford’s best undiscovered musicians will be showcased at summer’s OCM Open. For the fifth year running, OCM, formerly Oxford Contemporary Music, has invited bands, singers and musicians to perform at an event which this year takes place at Pegasus Theatre
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SCALES OF JUSTICE: Some of the recent cases at Banbury Magistrates' Court
Ramond Varney, 42, of George Street, Banbury, admitted shoplifting two bottles of spirits valued at £39 from Marks and Spencer in Banbury on November 26, shoplifting four bottles of spirits valued at £85.48 from Marks and Spencer in Banbury on November
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SCALES OF JUSTICE: Some of the recent cases at Oxford Magistrates' Court
Nicola Agnew, 34, of Maple Hatch Close, Godalming, Surrey, admitted assault by beating in Abingdon on February 13. Fined £100 and a £15 victims’ surcharge, deemed paid by detention in the courthouse until the end of the day. Nicola Conlon
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Decision day over parking
AFTER six consultations costing £312,000 and spanning four years, East Oxford residents are still at loggerheads over parking permit plans. The latest, and final consultation over introducing controlled parking zones (CPZ) has neighbours split down the
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Not off their trolley - it's a flashmob!
SHOPPERS were unexpectedly serenaded by a “flashmob” choir in an Abingdon supermarket. Crowds gathered in Waitrose’s vegetable aisle as they broke out in song, much to the bemusement of staff who were unware of the group’s plans. Saturday’s stunt was
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U's event signed and sealed for Charlotte
LITTLE Charlotte Nott beamed as she received a standing ovation at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday. The four-year-old, who had to have the lower sections or her arms and legs amputated whilst battling meningitis, was the guest of honour at Oxford United
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Home in Oxford but living worlds apart
OXFORD’S great North South divide has been a source of debate for decades. While some city streets are among the most expensive postcodes to buy a home in anywhere in the UK, others close by suffer high levels of unemployment and deprivation. Recent
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'God told me to behead him' - man reveals reason for Oxfordshire Golf Club killing
A KOSOVAN-ALBANIAN has been sent to Broadmoor and told he will be behind bars for at least 19 years after admitting beheading his boss at the Oxfordshire Golf Club. Jonathan Limani, 34, has this afternoon admitted manslaughter due to diminished
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CHARITY MATTERS: ‘I will do walk for my mum’
HOLLY Pearson was just nine months old when her mother was snatched away by breast cancer. Now the 19-year-old is preparing to walk 20 miles to prevent more little girls losing their mums. Holly, who works as a part-time sales assistant
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Group in final push for minibus
AN OXFORD charity is hoping to revolutionise the way it provides care with a new minibus. Yellow Submarine Respite, based in Park End Street, provides respite breaks for children and adults with learning disabilities. In the past year it has helped
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Husband goes the extra 10k
LIFE was put on hold for Dan Wymer and his fiancé Tamsyn Honour three years ago when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. Their wedding was postponed as she went through surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. But with the Witney couple now married
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CHARITY MATTERS: Calendar girls’ effort blossoms into funds
WOMEN from a Wallingford florists who posed for a naked calendar shoot raised thousands of pounds for a hospice charity. Staff from Keri Harvey Florist in Station Road and their friends bared nearly all last year for the Sue Ryder Hospice in Nettlebed
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CHARITY MATTERS: Saddling up for challenge
THAMES Valley Police ICT staff will take time out from fixing the force’s computers to raise cash for charity with a 1,748-mile bike ride. The eight-member team plans to ride stationary bikes the combined equivalent of Land’s End to John O’Groats and
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Oxford listed among top 10 cities
Oxford has been named one of the 10 ‘Micro European Cities’ of the future. Foreign investment publication fDi magazine ranked European cities on their potential to capture future investment and expansion projects. Oxford was ranked No 1 for human resources
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End's in sight for light fight
Marston residents are hoping to win their five-year battle for lights at a recreation ground this week. Oxfordshire County Council is set to agree to put lights in the Croft Road recreation ground as part of £185,000 upgrades to the area’s cycle path
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Homeless actors to tread new boards
A NEW £15,000 stage will be built at Witney’s Langdale Hall as the town’s Corn Exchange remains shut. Witney Town Council closed the Corn Exchange, in Market Square, in November after a report showed it had “major” problems with fire escapes, stonework
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Lifesaving back-up to Accra
Two Oxfordshire firefighters are helping to save lives more than 3,000 miles away by teaching their counterparts how to look after road accident victims. Rob MacDougall and Chris Barber are in the Ghanian capital of Accra to help deliver a two-week
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Job loss firm to sub-let
Staff at school technology provider RM Education have moved out of one of the firms’s buildings after hundreds of job losses. Bosses say the building at 135 Milton Park near Didcot will be sub-let with workers moving into the firm’s other two buildings
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Fair spreads word on benefits of volunteering
WOULD-BE volunteers are being invited to attend an event to hear how they can make a difference in Oxford. The Volunteering Fair will take place on Tuesday, March 27, at Oxford Town Hall, in St Aldate’s, from 3pm until 6pm, with the aim of connecting
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Doctor was lifelong fan of film-making
MORE has been revealed about a Woodstock film-maker and photographer whose work is featured in a new exhibition. Dr Henry Tothill was a Woodstock GP and former town mayor, who had a passion for photography and filmed many of the town’s civic
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Why were these pretty maids all in a row?
WE’RE not sure what the name of the dance show was, or where it was taking place. But these flower dancers were certain to woo their audience wherever they were due to take the stage. The girls were members of the Celia Benson School of Dancing in
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Discipline dished out
Pupils at the village school at Marston, Oxford, faced severe punishment if they stepped out of line. A book on the history of the school records how, in 1903, “writing of an obscene nature” was found in exercise and reading books. Inquiries failed
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The changing face of BANBURY
Long before the opening of a bazaar in aid of Banbury Old People’s Club in 1965, crowds filled Church House, eager to spot bargains. There was plenty of jostling at the numerous stalls at the event, which was opened by Neil Marten, Tory MP for North
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This is how we roll!
THERE was no doubt about the fitness of these children. They kept themselves in shape by attending regular sessions of rollerskating. And what’s more, they had become so skilled that they passed a safety test. They are pictured
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Men jailed over attack
Two men who took part in an attack involving a baseball bat and a knife have been jailed – but a third man remains at large. Frederick Lawrence was hit over the head so hard that the baseball bat broke and was then stabbed six times in the back, puncturing
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A peek into the lives of others
Wardrobes across Oxfordshire have been raided for a forthcoming community exhibition at Oxford Town Hall. Community groups have contributed ideas for exhibits in the Head Over Heels display in the St Aldate’s venue starting on March 24 and running until
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Delivered: a clue about the carrier
Some fascinating details have emerged about the life of Albert Pratt, who ran a carrier business in Oxford. The photograph of him and his lorry outside Berry’s bakery in St Andrew’s Road, Old Headington, produced an interesting postbag, including one
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An eagerly awaited kick-off
It may have been wartime, but there was still a chance to enjoy a good football match. Oxford City players pose for the camera with a Portsmouth Naval representative XI at the White House ground, off Abingdon Road, Oxford, in the 1941-2 season. In the
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Local shares (AM)
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RESULTS: March 17-18
FOOTBALL NPOWER LEAGUE TWO Oxford Utd 2, Rotherham Utd 1. EVO-STIK SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Div: Stourbridge 2, Oxford City 0; Swindon Supermarine 2, Banbury Utd 0. Div 1 South & West: Bideford Tn 2, Didcot Tn 1; Clevedon 3, Abingdon
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Raising a glass to Conor's win
Regulars at a county watering hole are toasting a patron who scooped £1m on the Gold Cup on Friday. Conor Murphy, a stable boy at the Seven Barrows yard near Lambourn, put a £50 accumulator bet on five of the stable’s horses in November. The Cork-born
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Hall delighted with Oxford United hot streak
ASA Hall admitted he was already celebrating a second goal on Saturday when Rotherham United goalkeeper Rhys Taylor made a wonder save. The midfielder, who scored the decisive goal for Oxford United in the 2-1 win, showed great skill on the
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Teenager's arrest for park sex crime
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested on suspicion of raping a teenage girl at a Cowley park. Neighbours spoke of their shock over the alleged incident, which police said happened near the basketball court in Hollow Way Park on Friday night.
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Festival of science springs into life
More than 1,200 people visited a bazaar at Oxford Brooks University on Saturday to mark the end of a fortnight of Oxfordshire Science Festival fun. Youngsters chomped on treats to learn why some go crunch and performed CPR on dummies. Peter Wyton helped
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FOOTBALL: North Leigh fall to another late goal
For the second successive game, North Leigh succumbed to an injury-time goal – in a 2-1 defeat away to Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West play-off rivals Paulton. The hosts took the lead after three minutes. A corner was played short
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Award deadline
Nominations for Oxford Preservation Trust’s annual awards have opened. The awards, in their 35th year, recognise projects that have improved Oxford’s built or natural environment. The deadline is April 16 at oxfordpreservation.org.uk/ planning/awards.php
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FOOTBALL: Inspired keeper frustrates City
Oxford City can feel aggrieved at not gaining at least a point frorm their visit to Evos-Stik Southern League Premier Division play-off rivals Stourbridge on Saturday. The 2-0 scoreline in no way reflects the pattern of play thanks to an inspired
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FOOTBALL: Battling Didcot test the leaders
Didcot Town acquitted themselves well in their 2-1 defeat against the runaway Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West leaders Bideford, who remain the only unbeaten team at home in all three divisions of the league. Bideford took the lead just
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Fire guts car on B480
A fire destroyed a car on the B480 between Tetswoth and Chalgrove. Fire crews were called at 6pm on Saturday but details on how the fire started were not available.
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FOOTBALL: Goalless Abingdon are beaten again
Abingdon United are setting all the wrong records. After Saturday’s decisive 3-0 loss at Clevedon, they have now gone seven Evo-Stik Southern League Diviison 1 South & Westgames – 634 minutes – without scoring. This is double the number of consecutive
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FOOTBALL: Banbury slip close to danger zone
Banbury United were plunged into the Evostik Southern League Premier Division relegation fight following a 2-0 defeat at the hands of fellow strugglers Swindon Supermarine. The home side’s opening goal should have been pulled back for offside, and Banbury
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Leys residents do want new swimming pool
ON behalf of the Blackbird Leys Parish Council, we would like to comment on Mr Clarke’s letter (March 14). We have had only those who objected, ie the Pegasus 14 representative (Town Green) and a resident from Overmead Green, come to the parish council
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Pensioners losing out all round
THE letter from Cllr Jean Fooks (February 24) is very much to the point but it omits to mention that the city council, while refusing to continue financing a second Dial-a-Ride minibus for the disabled, has allocated no less than £350,000 for improving
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Simple answer to A34 issues
THE answer to the problems on the A34 highlighted by Andrew McLean (Letters, March 6) is simple: build a motorway spur from Junction 7 on the M40 to the A34 near the Harwell Garden Centre. Problem solved. DOUG BAKER, Hollow Way, Cowley
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COMMENT: Oxford’s chance to make history
RESIDENTS are being called upon in an altogether different way with the news that two major Alzheimer’s drug trials will take place in the city. Volunteers are being sought to take part in the trials in the hope that a cure will be found for
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New projects offer dementia hope
TWO multi-million pound projects have just been launched in Oxford in the hope of one day finding a cure. Over the next five years, the LEAD (longitudinal early Alzheimer’s disease) project will see a group of about 200 people from across the
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Cyclists must be more responsible
YOUR On Yer Bike columnist Honour Tomkinson (March 13) calls for more action to improve cycling facilities. In her next column, perhaps she will state where and what precisely can be done in Oxford without discouraging walking or putting more responsibility
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Parking zone plans half-baked
THE county council’s detachment from ordinary people is again in evidence with its half-baked CPZ proposal for the Magdalen Road part of East Oxford. All residents would like to see an improvement in the parking situation here but, to the county council
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Labour ignores residents' views on parking
LABOUR’s blanket campaign against Controlled Parking Zones (John Tanner's letter, March 15) ignores the wishes of residents. After leafletting every house in each of the three proposed zones, Green councillors arranged three separate meetings – one
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We shouldn't have to pay
RECENTLY in the news was the extradition to the US of Eileen Clark and Chris Tappin to face criminal charges. I have no comment as to the gravity of what they are charged with: my concern is will the hook-handed cleric Abdul Hamza, on his release from
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MAN ABOUT TOWN: Food isn't art, just lunch
DON'T get me wrong – I like food, and some foods I positively love, but I don’t get this obsession people seem to have with turning it into some kind of art form. I can’t abide the canonising of TV chefs because they can do something with a pound of
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OLYMPIC ROUTE: South Oxfordshire
THE streets that the Olympic Flame will travel down in South Oxfordshire have been announced. The torch will travel through Wallingford, Crowmarsh, Nettlebed and Henley on the morning of Tuesday, July 10. The flame will begin its journey
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FOOTBALL: McGlyn sets Abingdon up for double
Abingdon Town completed the Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division double over Kidlington with a deserved win on Saturday. First-half pressure from the Abbots resulted in chances but no goals. Mark Janes blasted over from close range
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FOOTBALL: Woodstock held as Rocks lift title
Old Woodstock Town will have to settle for second place after Tytherington Rocks sealed the Uhlsport Hellenic League Division 1 West title with a 2-0 victory at Carterton. Woodstock were held to were held to a 2-2 draw at New College for whom Gio Wrona
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Montano happy with Oxford United debut
CRISTIAN Montano may not yet know all his new Oxford United teammates’ names, but the West Ham youngster saw enough on Saturday to be pleased with signing on loan. The 20-year-old only joined on an initial month-long deal on Friday and will not take
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FOOTBALL: Brooks injured as Ardley lose again
Reigning Uhlsport Hellenic League champions Wantage Town turned the formbook upside down by denting Ardley United’s Premier Division title ambitions with a 1-0 victory at Alfredian Park on Saturday. A further blow on a miserable afternoon for Ardley
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COMMENT: Olympic spirit
OXFORD is set to do Britain proud when the Olympic torch passes through a city that is steeped in sporting history. Today we reveal the precise route where city residents will carry the torch that symbolises all that is positive about the Olympic
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Three face angling charges
THREE men have been charged over the theft of fish from a private lake in Wantage. Jack Beldom, Ricky John Taylor and Mickey Smith, all from Slough, are charged with one count of taking fish without a licence and one count of attempting to take or destroy
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Doctors back election protest
FIVE Oxfordshire doctors signed a letter endorsing plans by medics to contest Parliamentary elections over a shake-up of the NHS. The letter in The Independent on Sunday said plans to give most budgets to GPs would “lead to the abolition of the NHS in
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Repatriations: We’ll do Britain proud
OXFORDSHIRE will make Britain proud when it honours six servicemen killed in Afghanistan tomorrow, the county’s Royal British Legion said. Branch chairman Jim Lewendon said: “I’m sure Oxfordshire will do the country proud. We will show our respect and
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Freda heads family's five generations
KEEPING track of birthdays is no mean feat for Freda Andrews. Not only does the 82-year-old, from Summertown, have five children, she also has 23 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and, after the birth of two new babies, three great-great-grandchildren
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OLYMPIC ROUTE: The 50 Olympic Torch bearers from Oxfordshire
FORMER Olympic gymnist Suzanne Dando is amongst the 50 Oxfordshire people this morning named as carrying the Olympic Torch through the county in July. Organisers have this morning released the list and also amongst the bearers is 85-year-old
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OLYMPIC ROUTE: Arrival on July 9
The 2012 Olympic flame arrives in Oxfordshire from Buckinghamshire on July 9. It will be in Bicester first where runners will carry the torch will through London Road, Market Square, Sheep Street, St John’s Street, Queen’s Avenue, King’s End
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OLYMPIC ROUTE: 'Line the streets for our runners’
THE streets of Oxford will be lit by the Olympic flame when the 2012 torch passes through Blackbird Leys, Cowley Road and St Clement’s Street on its journey to London. The street-by-street route was released this morning . Torchbearers
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OLYMPIC ROUTE: Chuffed to carry torch for school
Headteacher Mark Chesterton will be among those charged with carrying the Olympic torch from Oxford to Reading. Mr Chesterton, who has been head of Larkrise Primary School in East Oxford since 1988, was nominated for the honour by parent governor
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Oxford United all smiles after win over Rotherham
DESPITE a tense finish Chris Wilder was thrilled with Oxford United’s performance as they beat Rotherham United 2-1 on Saturday. Goals from Scott Rendell and Asa Hall either side of half-time put the hosts in a commanding position. They threatened to
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Man rescued from flat fire in Oxford
AN elderly man was rescued from his home by fire fighters last night after a fire broke out in the kitchen. Crews from Rewley Road Fire Station were called to a report of a flat fire in Ridgemont Close, Oxford at 11.45pm. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue
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World-class stage set for youngsters
Hundreds of young musicians from Oxfordshire will tonight take to the stage in a world-class concert hall. More than 500 youngsters, including 250 primary school children, will perform in the Grand Spring Concert at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall
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Young readers join Olympic marathon
AS THE Olympics approach, young readers are racing for the finish line in an Oxford school readathon. Inspired by the 2012 games, the pupils at St Michael’s School in Marston are picking up books in a bid to “travel” the globe in a competition launched
