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Gardeners urged to help starving bumblebees
The Oxford Nature Conservation Forum is encouraging all gardeners to help out starving bumblebees by planting late-blooming flowers. The wet weather has made foraging for nectar and pollen difficult for all bees. Now is the time of year when
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Cleaner died after working for years with asbestos
A 75-year-old former factory cleaner died after contact with asbestos. Margaret Pill died from mesothelioma, a cancer usually caused by exposure to asbestos, at her home in White Road, East Hendred, on July 6. She had worked in a food factory
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Council launches pilot electric bikes scheme
ELECTRIC bikes could become the new form of transport for city council workers after the authority launched a pilot scheme. Two Smarta ebikes from the Electric Transport Shop in Magdalen Road, East Oxford, have been loaned to the council for staff
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Football boss adds Oxford gym to fitness clubs chain
PREMIER League football chairman Dave Whelan has spoken of his vision for his new gym – and his desire to work with Oxford United . The Wigan Athletic chief has bought the Ozone gym from Firoz Kassam ’s Firoka Group and will run it under his DW
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Pooh Sticks championships voted quirkiest UK race
THERE’S no outdoor pursuit more unusual than the World Pooh Sticks Championships, according to a quirkiest event award voted for by readers of Countryfile magazine. The championships are played each spring at Days Lock, Little Wittenham, based
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Rain-delayed dragon boats finally hit the water
DRAGON boats will finally hit the water this weekend for the annual race – four months after the event was cancelled because of bad weather. On Sunday, more than 25 teams will cram into 40-foot narrow boats with Chinese dragon heads, 16 to a boat
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RUGBY UNION: London Welsh beaten in opener
London Welsh 13 (tries Arscott, Tonga’uiha; pen Ross), Leicester Tigers 38 (tries Waldrom 2, Parling, Salvi, Goneva; cons Flood 5; pen Flood) ALTHOUGH outclassed, London Welsh emerged with some credit from their Aviva Premiership debut at Oxford
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100,000 revellers expected as St Giles' Fair opens
IT is Oxford’s annual dose of bright lights and scary rides that marks the coming of autumn. The St Giles’ Fair opens today at 10.30am, with organisers expecting to see 100,000 revellers flock to the historic street event over the next two days
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RUGBY UNION: London Welsh v Leicester Tigers
Kick-off is just 30 minutes away at the Kassam Stadium. How will London Welsh do on their Premiership debut? They could hardly have a tougher start against the most successful Premiership club of recent times. A missed penalty apiece from Leicester's
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On your marks for marathon, companies urged
BUSINESSES are being urged to put their best foot forward and sign up for the Oxford Half Marathon. Organises want to see more companies involved in the second year of the event which last year attracted 2,000 people and raised more than £20,000
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Oxford cox wins Paralympic gold
OXFORD cox Lily van den Broecke has won a gold medal at the Paralympics this morning. The 20-year-old former Headington School pupil and her crew of Pamela Relph, Naomi Riches, David Smith and James Roe, were competing in the Legs Trunks and
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'Sort out neighbour disputes yourself'
A NEW campaign is encouraging south Oxfordshire residents to sort out more neighbourhood disputes themselves, before contacting the authorities. Friends Across the Fence has been set up by South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils