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Steve walks to medal at Transplant Games
ATHLETE Steve Whelan is celebrating winning a silver medal in the European Transplant and Dialysis Games. While the world was watching the start of the Paralympic Games in London, Mr Whelan was back home celebrating his achievement in Zagreb, Croatia
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Satisfactory is not good enough, Ofsted warns schools
SATISFACTORY is no longer good enough. That is the message Oxfordshire schools will hear when they face Ofsted inspections under the new framework, launched this week. Up to now schools received one of four judgements, outstanding, good, satisfactory
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Toughing it out for charity
FITNESS fanatics took part in a boot camp to raise cash for mental health charity Oxfordshire Mind. Volunteers, including Jake Wilson, 14, took part in the sponsored challenge in Shilton, near Burford, to raise £500. Burford School pupil Jake
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Cutteslowe residents win battle for 50mph bypass limit
CAMPAIGNERS have finally won a cut in the speed limit after years of complaining drivers go too fast on a busy section of the Oxford ring road. A 50mph speed limit has been imposed on the Northern Bypass between the Cutteslowe roundabout and the
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THE DISABLED SPACE: Paralympics too upsetting for me to watch
IT goes without saying that over the past few weeks I have been enjoying the Olympics and secretly enjoying the silliness of the opening and closing ceremonies. I loved the transformation from green pasture to industrial landscape and I am
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Local share prices (PM)
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Puppy is on the road to recovery after being dumped in bin
AN ABANDONED bull terrier puppy is recovering at a rescue kennel after being dumped in a litter bin. The RSPCA is appealing for information after the Staffordshire bull terrier cross was left trapped in the bin in a layby near Bicester. Cherwell
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Scarecrows continue to straw in the crowds
IT IS the quirky village contest that straws in the crowds. East Hendred’s annual scarecrow trail sees villagers create their own models and display them outside their homes. Residents and visitors have been picking up their £1 maps to tour
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Local shares (PM)
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Life's far from a drag on a charity fun day
MEN donned women’s clothing to eat as many chillis and hot dogs as they could – and raise money for good causes. Four teams taking part in the Abingdon Drag Race on Saturday made more than £2,600 for the Oxfordshire Stroke Association and Abingdon
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Talent school is a real smash hit
OXFORD’S answer to the Brit School opens to the county’s budding singers, dancers and actors this month. The Talent Industry Academy, sells itself as “Oxford’s most dynamic performing arts training school” for young people aged between eight and
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More people taking a shot at archery
OLYMPIC fever may have started to die down, but the Games have definitely left their mark on the county. There were 36 sports contested at this years event and all of them can be done right here in Oxfordshire. Over the coming months we will
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Oxfam chief to quit the charity
Dame Barbara Stocking, who has been chief executive of Cowley-based charity Oxfam GB for 11 years, will be stepping down in February. She has held the position, which involves overseeing an annual income of more than £380m and more than 5,000 paid
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CRICKET: Horspath race into Division 3
CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 4 LEADERS Horspath 2nd beat Oxford 3rd by seven wickets to guarantee promotion. Alex Nash (50), Oliver Bishop (48) and Callum Biel (32) steered Oxford to a respectable 195-6 from their 53 overs. Mohsin Rana
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CRICKET: Rampant Horley are champions
CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 5 HORLEY are champions and one success away from finishing the season with a 100 per cent winning record after they saw off Kimble with ease. Nick Tarrant (53), Jonathan Hart (52) and Sam Pearce (50) set up a declaration
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GREYHOUNDS: Trainer Atkins off to Swindon
Greyhound trainer Terry Atkins is to quit Oxford and join neighbouring track Swindon. Full story in Saturday’s At The Dogs column in the Oxford Mail .
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Crowds flock to the St Giles' Fair
WITH lessons looming, thousands of young fun-seekers basked in the sunshine yesterday at St Giles’ Fair. This year’s annual two-day fair arrived in Oxford in time for school pupils to pay a visit before they return to classes today after the summer
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HOCKEY: Bicester get ready for campaign
BICESTER HC begin their season with a club day at the town’s Cooper School on Sunday. It will start at 10am with friendly games for juniors. New youngsters and parents are welcome to attend. In the afternoon, it is the turn of the adults
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CRICKET: McLaren bags eight wickets
CHERWELL LEAGUE Divisions 6-10 JAMES McLaren took the first eight wickets as Shipton-under-Wychwood 3rd beat Tiddington 3rd by seven wickets to secure promotion from Division 9. McLaren’s 8-83 helped Shipton dismiss Tiddington for 149,
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Police tell troublemakers to stay away from U's v Swindon match
Police have warned troublemakers to stay away from Oxford United ’s home game against Swindon Town tomorrow. Thames Valley Police is running an operation to prevent disorder and ensure any trouble is swiftly dealt with. Chief Insp Jim O’Ryan said
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DARTS: Bywaters returns for Oxon
BDO Inter-Counties Championship CLARE Bywaters, twice a World Championship semi-finalist, makes her comeback for Oxfordshire in the opening match of the Premier Division campaign at home to Kent this weekend. Bywaters, from Wantage, represented
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Improvements to Didcot station under way
WORK has begun on a £7.7m project to transform Didcot Parkway railway station. Improvement work, first outlined in 2001, was originally due to start in March last year, but was postponed twice. But the scheme was launched this April at the site off
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Crash problems
KIDLINGTON: Traffic problems were reported after an accident on the A34. The incident, which involved a taxi, took place on the bridge by Water Eaton Park and Ride at about 11pm on Sunday night. A spokesman for Thames Valley Police have said no
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Theft attempt
RADLEY: Burglars searched a house in Foxborough Road after forcing open the dining room window. The incident happened between Friday, August 24, and last Friday. The criminals left empty handed but anyone with information should call police
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Man jailed for serious assault
OXFORD: A 37-year-old man has been jailed for three years for a serious assault. Andrew Cribbes was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court yesterday after being convicted by jurors of unlawfully wounding Mehmet Ulas. The victim needed staples to a
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Father’s golden glow at medallist’s honour
THE pride of a quiet residential street for Paralympic champion Lily van den Broecke yesterday shone brighter than its gold postbox. Excited neighbours gathered to congratulate her father dad Floris van den Broecke as the post box on the corner
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RUGBY UNION: Murton at the double
South West 1 East TWO tries from Thom Murton helped Witney get their campaign off to a flier with a 22-15 home victory over Cheltenham. Cheltenham took the lead with a first-minute try, with Murton levelling after some good off-loading.
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CRICKET: Twyford are promoted
CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 2 TWYFORD will play in Division 1 for the first time next summer and will go up as champions if they pick up one point from this weekend’s trip to Challow & Childrey. On Saturday, they walloped Wolverton by
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CRICKET: Cropredy go up and target title
CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 3 CROPREDY are up and will be champions if they win at Banbury 3rd this week. On Saturday, they sque-ezed past visitors Kingston Bagpuize to leave them in danger of going down. A cultured 32 from Dave Pearce and
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CRICKET: Fiery Fred wraps up title for Chadlington
Youngster Freddie Simon took a hat-trick in superb figures of 6-39 as Chadlington wrapped up the OCA League Division 2 title with a crushing 213-run win over Westcott on Saturday, writes KIEREN BUSHNELL. Chadlington, who captured the Airey Cup
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RUGBY UNION: Chinnor clinch a thriller
National 2 South MARK Chase’s late try gave Chinnor a pulsating 33-29 victory at Launceston on their return to English rugby’s fourth tier. Chinnor had prop Joe Pickett sin-binned for foul play after just 45 seconds and then trailed to a try
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ON YER BIKE: My online racing statistics are sadly inadequate
I have succumbed to yet another cycling bug. My monthly credit card statements make me wince as the cost of this cycling habit mounts. A mudguard here, some new brakes there, a service: it all adds up. But this latest fad was free, thankfully
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Moon landing
l LIKE many people, I have always been a shade sceptical about the authenticity of the apparently slightly dodgy footage of man’s first landing on the lunar surface. Following the passing of Neil Armstrong, though, the fact that one of the world
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Time Lord councillors
I AM writing to nominate Cllrs Tanner and Sanders for the Nobel Prize for Physics. With their statement that ‘most’ London commuters will escape the proposed £3 charge for parking over 11 hours at Thornhill park and ride (August 29), they have obviously
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PARALYMPICS: Baker's delight at double gold
Dressage star Natasha Baker, who trains at Milton-under-Wychwood, admitted that winning her second Paralympic gold medal at London 2012 was beyond her wildest dreams, writes STUART WEIR. The 22-year-old added gold in the Grade 2 freestyle yesterday
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FOOTBALL: Blossom's back in City booster
Captain Wayne Blossom is named in Oxford City’s squad for the first time this season for the Blue Square Bet North clash with Boston United at Court Place Farm tonight (7.45). The influential centre back has been sidelined with hamstring trouble
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Free bus pass rules are branded ‘unfair’
JUST 150 metres separate two families from the right to free travel to school for their children. Until this summer, the Preeces and the McBains were told they were both entitled to free bus passes to Wallingford School. Nicola McBain, of 27
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Swindon tie is all-ticket
Oxford United have reminded supporters tomorrow night’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy game against Swindon Town at the Kassam Stadium is all-ticket. Anyone who has not yet bought their ticket has until 5.30pm today to book their seat at the ticket office
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Wilder gets fans' vote
The majority of Oxford United supporters who contacted the Oxford Mail yesterday were in favour of Chris Wilder staying on at the club. Almost two-thirds of comments during the weekly online U’s debate at www.oxfordmail.co.uk and via our Twitter
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Concerns after college says it may take on students
THE leader of Oxford City Council has raised concerns about the possibility of Oxford taking on hundreds of students thrown out by London Metropolitan University. Some 2,600 students face deportation after the Government took away the university
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RUGBY UNION: Quins flop in opener
National 3 South West OXFORD Harlequins suffered a disappointing 49-14 home defeat to Barnstaple in their season opener. Quins flattered to deceive with a bright start that saw them lead 14-0, but their poor tackling was then ruthlessly exposed
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CRICKET: Buckingham leads Downs' defiance
CHERWELL LEAGUE GRAHAM SCOTT'S MATCH OF THE DAY HORSPATH were left frustrated yet again after dominating a match but failing to seal victory in Division 1. They declared on 231-1 after 50 overs at Oxford Downs, but could not get past a
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CRICKET: Tew close in despite scare
CHERWELL LEAGUE Division 1 GREAT & Little Tew survived an almighty scare at home to Great Brickhill to stay on course to clinch their first top-flight title. Tew looked in real trouble after tumbling to 107 all out inside 27 overs.
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No capital punishment
Mike Everett (View Points, August 30) suggested that David Diment is “the only one in this country who does not want capital punishment”. I disagree. I should think many others are glad that Britain is more civilized than that. Mr Everett,
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Criminals on doorstep
YIPPEE! Doorstep crime has fallen by eight per cent in the last year, and the fight against these rogue traders is being won (August 22). I am all for these doorstep criminals being carted away and bunged into a cell. I am concerned though that
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Pavement needs fixing
I HAVE a disability, MS, which means that walking is quite difficult. There is a footpath outside my house that connects the cul-de sac where I live, to the main road of Burwell Drive and the bus stop. I find it very difficult to walk along
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Safety at roundabout
I HOPE the two people involved in the crash in Bayswater Road near the Green Road roundabout will be OK (August 31). This is the second rush-hour crash here in two months. I know I’m not the only person to have been trying for some time to persuade
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Limit is too low
Having read your report about how Thames Valley Police are enforcing (or not enforcing) the 20mph speed limit in St Giles’, I am prompted to ask a question through your letters page. Is Thames Valley Police desperately trying to show the public
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20mph limit is unrealistic
YOUR report of the police’s speed check on the 20mph limit in St Giles’ (September 1) says the police stated: “most motorists ignored the limit”. This is not surprising, as most motorists probably think that 20mph is an unrealistic speed limit and
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Animals should not be made to suffer for us
IN REFERENCE to the incorrect description by David Stocker (View Points, August 2) of what he refers to as Mr Tyler’s organisation as believing in what he claims to be the perverse ideology of ‘animal rights’, he seems to be implying humans are superior
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THE QUIZ LEAGUE: Only one more win needed to secure victory
In an extremely tense yet exciting finish to the top of the table clash between Far From The Madding Crowd (Oxford City) and the Ploughman’s Bunch! (Wolvercote) last Thursday evening, both sides salvaged a draw, 76 -76, each having squandered several
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Thousands of indecent child images
A “SHY and withdrawn man lacking in social skills” was found with almost 5,000 indecent images of children. David Bolton had a total of 4,856 images of girls, generally aged between eight and 10, at his home in Laburnum Grove, Didcot. The 48
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Firearm charges
OXFORD: A 35-year-old man has admitted firearms and fraud offences. Vaseem Manzoor was at Oxford Crown Court yesterday and admitted possessing a prohibited firearm, blank ammunition without a firearms certificate and 35 counterfeit £20 notes. The
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Lottery tickets taken in theft
OXFORD: An optimistic thief stole lottery tickets from a van in Denton Road, Botley. The locks were broken off the vehicle and sunglasses were also stolen between 11.30am and 1.30pm on Saturday. During the same period, tools worth £750 were
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Man jailed for ‘depraved’ sex offence
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for 11 years for a “disgraceful, disgusting and depraved offence”. Dene Bake was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Friday after he admitted having sex with someone who could not give their consent. Reporting
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Wilder cut to 1-3 for Coventry job
Uncertainty continues to surround Chris Wilder ’s future as Oxford United manager despite chairman Ian Lenagan expressing a desire to keep him at the club. The odds on the 44-year-old taking over at Coventry City continued to fall yesterday,
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Drink-driver stole car a night earlier
A MAN found drunkenly slouched in the driver’s seat of a Ford Fiesta had stolen it in a burglary hours earlier. Ricky Clanfield was jailed for a year at Oxford Crown Court yesterday for a series of offences. Prosecutor Tim Boswell said the
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Murdoch’s daughter’s security plans are given approval
COUNCILLORS have approved plans by Rupert Murdoch’s daughter to boost security at her home. Members of West Oxfordshire District Council ’s uplands area planning sub-committee discussed the application yesterday. Mr Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth
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Diocese school
OXFORD: The Diocese of Oxford’s first sponsored primary academy will open tomorrow. The John Henry Newman Academy, in Grange Road, Littlemore, will hold a service to celebrate the start of term.
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Medics brought baby back from the dead
A FAMILY have thanked the medics who helped saved their young daughter’s life, and the “guardian angel” they believe was looking over her. Ten-month-old Eloise Wilmshurst was medically dead for a full four minutes after she suffered a heart attack
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Health body to meet for first time
The first public meeting of the body that will be buying our health services takes place today. The Shadow Governing Body of the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group will meet at 2pm at Jubilee House, in John Smith Drive, at the Oxford Business
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Two Oxford landlords fined over state of properties
TEN people lived in this East Oxford house, it has emerged as two rogue landlords were prosecuted. Mulazim Hussain and Momodou Chune owned separate properties in Oxford that breached licensing and safety legislation. Six landlords have been
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COMMENT: Help council to drive out bad landlords
LITTLE wonder young people in this country are obsessed with stepping on to the property ladder when the risk of falling victim to unscrupulous landlords still exists. As reported today, the spectre of the dodgy landlord is still very prevalent
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All the fun of the fair
FAMILIES flocked to Foxburrow Wood in Witney for the annual Wychwood Forest Fair. The event included everything from Aunt Sally to ferret racing, while local music and refreshments were also provided. As well as family activities, there were
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Community centre survey ‘lacks detail’
ROSE Hill residents have condemned a survey asking them what should be done with their community centre. Oxford City Council is currently looking at two possibilities. The first is that all the community facilities will be offered from one new
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Apply for special awards and win a £100 prize
If you are aged 11 to 18 you could win a £100 cash prize just for doing what you love best. Young people in the Vale of the White Horse are being invited by the district council to apply for one of three awards for sports, citizenship and the arts
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Pub takes top guide gong
A REPUTATION for fine food has won a pub near Faringdon a top award in the The Good Pub Guide. The latest edition of the guide is published today and The Trout at Tadpole Bridge, Buckland Marsh, has won Oxfordshire’s County Dining Pub of the Year
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Volunteer says goodbye after two decades at shop
WHEN Sheilah Robinson retired from her beloved Saturday job it was with a hint of sadness. The 78-year-old has enjoyed her time volunteering at the Clic Sargent charity shop in Headington for the past two decades so much that her fellow workers